Sessional Counselling Lecturer

Counselling Department
Counselling Lecturers - Sessional

£36.39 per hour (£29.98 to £6.41 holiday pay)

To

£42.62 per hour (£35.11 + £7.51 holiday pay)

Due to growth in demand for our exceptional courses, alongside expansion of our vibrant department, we require additional lead and co tutors to deliver the following CPCAB counselling qualifications.

Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People

Applicants need to have:

• Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People (CYP-L5) : Core tutor specification
• 420 hours therapeutic counselling qualification at level 4 or above e.g. TC-L4 AND Relevant training specific to working with CYP e.g. CYP-L5
• Min 10 hours of personal therapy
• Member of a professional association for counselling or psychotherapy.
• 30 hours per year CPD activities.
• 2 years post-qualifying practice and current CYP practitioner AND Experienced in providing supervision to counsellors working with CYP.
• Teaching qualification AND 2 years teaching and assessing counselling CPCAB counselling qualifications at level 4 or above

Co-Tutor Applicants need to have:

• 420 hours therapeutic counselling qualification at level 4 and above.e.g. TC-L4 AND Relevant training specific to working with CYP e.g. CYP-L5
• Current CYP practitioner AND Experience of providing supervision to counsellors.
• 1 year teaching and assessing CPCAB counselling qualifications at level 4 or above.

In addition, ALL applicants will need to have the following credentials:

• Be a member of a profession association of counselling or psychotherapy (i.e. BACP or UKCP)
• Be able to evidence CPD, a minimum of 30 hours and committed to continue professional development.
• To hold a minimum of a Level 3 Award in Education and Training or be working towards this or another teaching qualification.
• Willingness to work with co-tutors and in the wider tutor team.
• Available to attend termly / quarterly team meeting outside of teaching hours.
• Passion and interest in developing students and the counselling profession.

The courses at BCoT are integrative, so experience and knowledge of a variety of counselling modalities would be advantageous, with ideally a person centred/humanistic foundation.

We will start to review applications 7 days after the vacancy is advertised. Interviews will be arranged as and when after this date, so please do not delay in applying.

We have some amazing benefits on offer:

• Membership of the Teachers Pension Scheme
• Retail Benefits scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Free Annual Flu Jab
• Annual Well-being Day
• Free onsite Gym
• BCoT Nursery, Restaurant and Hair & Beauty discounts
• Starbucks onsite!

Additional information

• Pension scheme: Teacher's Pension (TPS)
• Generous annual leave entitlement, bank holidays (plus Christmas closure.) Retail Benefits scheme, free onsite parking, refectory/coffee shop, Gym and staff wellbeing day.
• DBS check is payable by candidate.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the College is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Basingstoke College of Technology is a leading and well-respected further education college situated in North Hampshire, easily accessible and with excellent transport links to surrounding areas. We provide a wide range of technical training courses, have an extensive apprenticeship programme and an increasing portfolio of Higher Education courses.

Ofsted has judged as Outstanding our students' Personal Development and their Behaviour and Attitudes. Adult provision was also judged to be Outstanding and the college was awarded the highest rating of 'Strong' for its contribution to meeting the skills need in the region. Furthermore the college has maintained Outstanding financial health for many years and is now one of the most financially secure FE colleges in the country

We use this financial advantage to ensure our staff are competitively remunerated, use the latest industry standard equipment and work in a pleasant and rewarding environment.