About Morley College London
It's a genuinely exciting time to join our North Kensington Centre for Skills.
We have a newly-refurbished Centre providing state-of-the-art classrooms, workshops and studios for our students on a wide variety of provision that ranges from courses for 16-19 year olds to adult qualifications to short courses in creative areas like jewellery, glass and ceramics. Students and staff also benefit from an excellent performance space, the Morley Heart Gardens, Morley Gallery, Morley Radio studios, and other amazing spaces for learning collaboratively.
At the heart of the North Kensington community, we partner with the Grenfell Community, Portobello Business Centre, the National Theatre, the National Trust, the Natural History Museum and others to ensure we provide collaborative, relevant and useful courses that meet the needs of those around us.
As we scale up our provision to fill our wonderful Centre, we have a range of opportunities available.
If you want to make a difference and believe in the power of learning to build connections, community and skills, we'd love you to join us.
About the Role
The College is looking to appoint an hourly paid Counselling Lecturer to deliver a range of Level 1, 2 and 3 CPCAB and NCFE Counselling Skills courses using online plus delivery method at our North Kensington Centre.
We require a dynamic, experienced lecturer ideally with education to level 4 and to possess a teaching qualification or working towards one. Minimum qualification required is 420 hours therapeutic counselling qualification at level 4 or above. e.g. TCL4 plus 10 hours personal therapy and Member of a professional association for counselling and 30 hours per year CPD activities. You should also have current supervised counselling practice and supervision qualification or experience of supervising groups or individuals in a counselling setting with a Teaching qualification or be working towards one with 6 months teaching and assessing at level 2 or above.
You will be teaching a range of adult learners, marking and assessing work, providing feedback and inspiring learners to develop the knowledge, counselling skills and understanding to progress to becoming a counsellor by doing CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (CST-L3) or move into the area of life coaching by doing the Level 3 Certificate in Life Coaching Studies (LC-L3).
The successful candidate is required to work effectively within a specific timeframe, so we are looking for an individual with very good organisational, strong communication skills, good IT skills, experience of effective assessing and a sound knowledge of quality assurance processes.
If you are interested in using your enthusiasm for sociology and your ability to relate to people, to deliver quality inspiring education to our students we would like to hear from you.
Returning your Application
Completed application forms must be received by 9am on Friday 14 thJuly 2023. Late applications will not be considered.
Please note that applicants must apply using the application form and CVs will not be considered. We are happy to accept applications in alternative formats from applicants, who, for reasons of disability, may find it difficult to fill in our standard form.
The safety and welfare of our learners and staff is extremely important to us and this is why we pride ourselves on our safeguarding procedures. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and Social Media background checks.
If applicable please note, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activities relevant to children.
Morley College London is an Equal Opportunities employer. The College aims to reflect the diverse community it serves and welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds.