Location: Covering all of North Yorkshire but predominantly working in Knaresborough and Harrogate.

Salary: Scale PO6-9 SCP 39 – 42, £24,461 - £26,490 per annum, (Full time equivalent £43,098 - £46,674)

Contrat: Permanent

Hours: Part time 21 hours per week, working Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Location: Covering all of North Yorkshire but predominantly working in York

Salary: Scale PO6-9 SCP 39 – 42, £18,636- £20,183 per annum, (Full time equivalent £43,098 - £46,674)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time 16 hours per week, working Tuesday and Thursday

Key documents:

Job description

Competency and Values Framework 

We are looking to appoint two Health and Wellbeing Counsellors, to join our Health and Wellbeing Department, where you will provide confidential psychological support and counselling to individuals within NYP, NYFRS and the OPFCC.

As Health and Wellbeing Counsellor you will be part of a dedicated team who deliver an effective wellbeing support service.  A large part of this involves delivering education and prevention strategies across all organisations, throughout North Yorkshire. You will contribute to the development, promotion, and review of all initiatives for managing health at work, including a psychological screening service for high-risk roles.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide a professional and confidential support and counselling service to individuals within the organisation.
• Engage in the delivery of proactive programmes, working collaboratively with colleagues and managers to explore options and develop proactive solutions to enhance the wellbeing of employees.
• Provide a support service for staff and their managers in identified roles where routine screening is required.
• Provide support and management information to assist with future planning of the service and assessment of the impact of staff care provision.
• Develop and maintain internal and external relationships and partnerships to support the achievement of objectives.
• Provide an input on welfare and related issues.
• Participate in service groups to actively contribute to seek to continuously improve wellbeing services including implementation of relevant processes, procedures, and guidance in line with the NYP, NYFRS and OFPCC, codes of practice and legislation.
• Promote and enhance the concept of staff counselling and wellbeing, to help raise awareness of the role and its function to employees in all organisations.
• Liaise with the wider People Services teams regarding general staff care issues, training needs, policy, and practice.
• Complete statistical information to identify any organisational issues or wellbeing trends within the workforce, ensuring these are communicated and assist in the development of initiatives to combat these.
• Advising the organisations on psychological occupational health related issues.
• Actively pursue research or project work on specific initiatives.
• Deliver education and prevention initiatives.

Requirements:

To be successful you will:

• Hold a qualification in either counselling or psychotherapy to at least Diploma level or equivalent.
• Hold a registration with UKCP, BACP.
• Be accredited to UKCP, BACP or be willing to work towards this.
• Significant and varied post qualifying experience, including trauma work. 
• Be able to communicate and deliver relevant wellbeing interventions at all levels.
• Have excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a demanding caseload.
• Be able to effectively cope with the pressures of providing psychological counselling support across all organisations.
• Experiencing of providing psychological support in an organisational setting would be an advantage, as would a qualification in trauma therapy, such as EMDR or trauma focused CBT.

Working for us - what we can offer you

Working for the emergency services is truly rewarding, and we want to inspire all colleagues to achieve their full potential. Everything we do has a direct impact to the service our organisation delivers, and each of us contributes to ensuring our communities continue to feel safe.

You’ll be welcomed into an organisation that is committed to ensuring everyone is treated fairly and supported equally. We value different perspectives, skills and experiences and we care about the well-being of our staff, and actively support people so they can perform to their best. 

In addition, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Staff support networks
• Training and development
• Excellent government pension scheme
• Access to onsite Health and Wellbeing services
• 24 days holiday entitlement, increasing to 30 days with length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Access to discounts at major retailers
• Unison – recognised trade union
• Inclusion and Diversity support networks

Positive Action

At North Yorkshire Police value difference. We have a positive action team who are dedicated to supporting you through your application and beyond. If you feel you need any reasonable adjustments to help reach your potential, please contact our Positive Action Team, positiveaction@northyorkshire.police.uk.

How to apply

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity, we want to hear from you, please submit your application. For further information on this opportunity, please contact Vicky Campbell, Lead Health & Wellbeing Counsellor, vicky.campbell@northyorkshire.police.uk

If you feel you have the skill required for this role and want to work for a great organisation, please submit your CV and expression of interest. Please state clearly which post/s you are interested in your supporting evidence.

We invite applications from all backgrounds. As males are currently underrepresented within our well-being team, we especially encourage men to apply. Please note that all appointments will solely on merit

Key dates:

Vacancy closing: 9am Monday 7^th October.

Interview: Wednesday 23rd October