Counsellor

Clarecare is a professional social enterprise with charitable status, providing a range of people centred social services to individuals and families in County Clare for over 50 years. Current services provided include Family Support, Elderly Care Services, Child & Adolescent Counselling and Bushypark Residential Addiction Treatment Centre.  Clarecare’s headquarters are based in Ennis with local offices in Bushypark, Shannon, Kilrush, Killaloe and Ennistymon. 

Bushypark Residential Treatment Centre is a Clarecare service, offering a 28-day Residential Programme for people with alcohol, drugs, gambling, and other addictions, based on evidence based models of treatment. In addition to residential treatment, the Centre also offers Community based Programmes, Family Supports and Aftercare.

Overview of Bushypark Addiction Treatment Centre:

The Counsellor position forms part of a multi-disciplinary team, led by a Psychotherapist/Clinical Supervisor in conjunction with a GP with expertise in Addiction treatment. The existing team includes Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Night Staff who work on a full-time or part-time basis. 

Counsellors are employed in both the residential and community-based services within the Service. As an integral Service within Clarecare, Bushypark Addiction Treatment Centre provides a range of services for people impacted by addiction and other health and societal related issues within the Mid-West and wider geographical regions. 

Bushypark has established and enhanced links nationally and internationally in the development of its ongoing programmes.Bushypark has secured significant financial funding to expand its current facility and to re-develop Bushypark House, thus enabling the Service to increase its in-house capacity to 16 residents in addition to enhancing our community-based services to meet a growing demand within the region and beyond.

We have expanded and refurbished our Family Centre on the grounds of Bushypark, thus enabling the expansion of services to support clients and family members with addiction related issues.We are planning to develop further services in the areas of dual diagnosis and related aftercare and enhance online counselling services. As one of the few services that work with clients with dual diagnosis, Bushypark acknowledges the impact Covid-19 has had on mental health and the increased levels of addiction within the community. We have identified a need to further expand service provision in this regard.

The impact of Covid-19 has highlighted the requirement for online service provision. This has provided an opportunity for us to continue to expand this online service, especially to those in rural communities or to those who are unable to access face to face service provision.The other area for expansion is Family Support services. Bushypark provides support to concerned persons across its services, from our confidential phone line to our aftercare programmes. 

As a result of funding secured from HSE through the Mid-West Regional Drug and Alcohol Forum, we are in a position to deliver Family Support Programmes in Ennis, Limerick and in Bushypark. Additional Family Support is provided on-line and by phone to meet individual family needs.

TITLE: Counsellor – Part-time, Permanent role

ROLE:

In conjunction with a significant capital investment expansion project at Bushypark Treatment Centre, we now have an immediate opportunity to join our Counselling Team based in Ennis, Co. Clare.The successful candidate will work as part of the clinical team in providing assessment, evaluation and psychological interventions as appropriate to individuals, couples and families who present to the service for support with addiction and related issues. You will case manage individuals within the Centre during treatment episodes.

JOB RELATIONS: The Counsellor will work as part of the Bushypark Team and will report to and be supported by the Deputy Manager or designate.

JOB LOCATION: The Counsellor will be based in the Bushypark Addiction Treatment Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare.

JOB DETAILS:

The successful candidate will work as part of the Treatment Team in Bushypark and liaise regularly with same. Flexibility and willingness to travel and work outside of normal hours is necessary. Training and supervision will be provided to the successful candidate.

HOURS OF WORK: This is a part-time permanent role, working 20 hours per week which includes working 1 Saturday and 1 Sunday (alternate) in every 6 week cycle. 

General Responsibilities:·

• To be accountable to the Deputy Manager or designate.
• To adhere to both Clarecare and Bushypark policies and procedures in relation to your work.
• To maintain files in accordance with CHKS accreditation standards in order to ensure that good record keeping practices are in place.
• To fulfil the administrative responsibilities of the post.
• To complete statistics as required by the line manager.
• To maintain professional boundaries in all work with clients
• To comply with the clinical standards of the Centre
• To support the work of staff, volunteers, students and others involved in Bushypark and Clarecare.
• To actively participate in regular external personal supervision as required by your accrediting body and provide receipt of attendance.
• To actively participate in in-house team monthly supervision.
• To engage in in-house and other relevant training and to keep up to date with new developments in addiction, counselling and psychotherapy.
• To perform such other duties appropriate to the office as may be assigned to you by the Deputy Manager or designate.

Benefits:

• 13 days annual leave per annum excluding Public Holidays.
• Paid external session of private supervision per month.
• Paid group supervision on a bi-monthly basis with external supervisor.
• In-house supervision provided by the Treatment Team Leader who is a qualified supervisor
• Free access to Employee Assistance Programme Services via VHI.
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme Membership on successful completion of probation.
• Payroll deduction facility for Hospital Plan cover with VHI or LAYA or BUPA
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Access to Sick Pay Scheme on successful completion of probation.

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