Current Vacancies
After a successful Children In Need bid, we are now recruiting two posts:
Deputy Client Services Manager
- Job Title: Deputy Client Services Manager
- Office Location: SWEDA head office, Shepton Mallet
- Salary: £27,000 to £29,250 FTE
- Hours: To be agreed
- Contract: Term time – 1-year fixed term – likely to increase with further funding
SWEDA is looking for an exceptional Deputy Client Services Manager. You will play a key role in working alongside our Client Services Manager in supporting our team of Counsellors and Clinical Volunteers.
This position requires an experienced practitioner (BACP registered). It is essential to have experience of integrative counselling, supervision of counsellors and have a willingness to embrace and develop a broad range of counselling models.
The successful candidate will have experience in assessing new clients and successfully matching them to one of our Counsellors. Experience and practice in mentoring trainees and counsellor supervision is integral to the role.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the running of a professional and successful service that covers its costs and will also work closely with the Chief Executive and the Operations Manager.
More information included in the pack at the bottom of this page.
Children's Therapeutic Worker
- Job Title: Children’s Therapeutic Worker
- Office Location: Head office, Shepton Mallet, but will deliver services across Somerset.
- Salary: Ranging from £23,310 to £28,860 or £11,340 to £12,150 pro rata depending on experience.
- Hours: 18 hours per week (Tues, Weds, Thurs) – hours to be agreed
- Contract: Term time only (39 weeks) - Fixed term for 3 years.
- Leave: 25 days per annum plus bank holidays - pro rata
SWEDA is looking for a Children’s Therapeutic Worker to work alongside the Clinical Services Manager to develop and coordinate an early intervention therapeutic and support service for Children and Young People (C&YP. Initially you will directly deliver services for young people including support sessions and counselling. to help change current and future behaviours within children and young people, around their disordered eating. As the service evolves your role will also involve recruiting and supporting a small team of Volunteer Counsellors and Support Workers, who will be delivering the therapeutic 1:1 sessions.
More information included in the application pack at the bottom of this page.
To apply for either of these positions, please complete the Application Form and Equalities Monitoring Form below and return them to [email protected]
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