VACANCIES

Vacancy Closed – Mental Health Support Worker

Stepping Stones is excited to announce that we are recruiting three full time Mental Health Support Workers – Neurodiversity to work in our experienced, busy, and compassionate team in our Stepping Up for Neurodiversity! project.

About Us:

We are a user led organisation that have provided a range of mental health supports for more than 30 years within West Dunbartonshire. We pride ourselves in being a person centred organisation that believes that our service members should be empowered to design and deliver the services they need and want from our organisation. We are proactive in the employment of people who have lived experience of mental health problems, or other disabilities, and welcome applications from all sections of our communities.

About the Role:

The new service, part funded by the National Lottery, will provide support to those neurodiverse people who have mental health challenges. The service will be delivered across West Dunbartonshire for local residents aged 16 years and older. The successful candidates will be experienced social care practitioners who are keen to develop their skills in a new and challenging role.  The work will take place in local communities across the area and will include one to one and group supports. The successful candidates will have a wide range of transferable skills including experience supporting people who experience common mental health challenges. The successful candidate will work to the SSSC Codes of Practice and the Health and Social Care Standards.

Vacancy Closed – Counselling Trainees and Volunteers

At Stepping Stones, our counselling is provided by professional, trainee and volunteer counsellors. All of our counsellors can enjoy working as part of our team, in a busy service. As we have been operating for more than 30 years, we are well established in our local community. At Stepping Stones, we aim to facilitate learning and growth. We also offer support and encourage positive outcomes for all of our members, as well as all of our team.

As a result of a successful interview, you will be offered a position in Stepping Stones. We request that you continue in this post for at least 6 months. During this time, you will be offering 3-4 sessions of counselling each week to our members. A PVG disclosure must be completed, prior to beginning your post. More information is available in our Counselling Placement Handbook.

Trainee Counsellors

We have a good working relationship with several counselling qualification providers. These include:

  • Centre of Therapy (Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork),
  • Persona Counselling (Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Psychological Wellbeing, Counselling and Psychotherapy),
  • University of Strathclyde (MSc Counselling and Psychotherapy),
  • Glasgow Caledonian University (D.Psych in Counselling Psychology).

We require our trainees to be studying a Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) level 8 or above.

Volunteer Counsellors

We request that volunteer counsellors who are applying for a post in Stepping Stones are fully qualified. You may decide to volunteer with us because it would allow you to continue to develop your counselling experience or maybe even work towards accreditation. While you are in this post, you will be reimbursed for any related costs such as travelling and supervision.

How to apply for Trainee or Volunteer Counselling Post

Trainees and/or volunteer counsellors should apply by sending an email containing a CV (no more than 2 sides of A4 paper using 12 point font) and cover letter to our Placement Educators as listed below.

CBT based trainees, or volunteers contact Coliosa Boyle – Services Manager @ coliosa.boyle@stepstones.org.uk

PCC trainees, or volunteers contact Danai Batziou – Counselling Supervisor @ danai.batziou@stepstones.org.uk

Interviews will be held in September with a view to starting in October 2024. We will review our vacancies after this and may re-advertise in late 2024. Please check back for details.