Counselling Lecturer

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Permanent

7.4 hours per week

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity to join an outstanding Health and Science department. The post holder will provide high quality teaching and access to learning in addition to undertaking associated tutorial duties. It is expected that the post holder will contribute to course design, development of programmes and the expansion of the area generally. The college has excellent relationships with the local NHS and other providers. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced or newly qualified counselling lecturer. We would also welcome applicants with sector experience who wish to retrain as a lecturer.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver and teach on our counselling qualifications, level 2 to level 5 to agreed success targets.
• Work with the teaching team and NHS colleagues to develop new courses based on sector demand.
• Regularly review and monitor the attendance and progress of learners and follow up as required to ensure learners achieve their targets.
• Maintain quality systems related to the teaching of counselling and other Health and Social Care related modules including designing work schemes, lesson plans, assessment plans and assessment activities.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

Qualifications and training

• Degree or equivalent in Counselling is require
• Teaching qualification or willingness to work towards is desirable

Skills and expertise

• The ability to work as a team member contributing to the development of teaching and learning strategies.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills at individual and group level
• Willingness to participate in a very comprehensive staff development program
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage workload effectively.

HOW TO APPLY

We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to Telford College. Please take time to review the job description.

Please complete the online application form with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your application form will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.

Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The college’s safeguarding policies are available. Under KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) guidance the college is committed to all pre-employment safeguarding checks, including online checks and candidate history. Therefore, please note upon clicking to apply you agree for these checks to be completed.