Complex Needs Counsellor

Complex Needs Counsellor - Full Time, Permanent Working Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week - you may be required to work 1 evening clinic per week, this time can be taken back in TOIL. As a Complex Needs Counsellor at Waythrough, you will play a pivotal role in our drug and alcohol Recovery Service. You will lead a team of counsellors, providing vital counselling and psychological therapies directly to service users. Your work will be both on-site and in GP surgeries, where you will engage with individuals facing complex needs, typically involving co-morbid mental health issues alongside alcohol or substance misuse. Main Responsibilities: Provide individual counselling and psychological therapies to service users. Support service users in achieving improved psychological well-being. Assist service users in achieving or maintaining lower risk alcohol/substance use, or abstinence. Offer psychoeducation to families of service users to reduce harm, improve communication, and increase knowledge of alcohol, substance misuse, and mental health (desirable). Provide monthly case administration assistance to volunteer and student placement counsellors. Ensure compliance with risk management and clinical recording procedures. Collaborate closely with partners in the Haringey Addiction Recovery Treatment Service (HARTS), GP practices, the Dual Diagnosis Network, and IAPT to maintain effective treatment pathways. Registration with one of the following professional bodies is required: BACP, UKCP, BPC, BPS, or equivalent. What can Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) offer you: Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service). Annual leave purchase scheme. Enhanced occupational sick pay. Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension. Death in service benefit. Free Will writing. Eyecare vouchers. Blue light card discount. Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses. Work-life balance - flexible working and family friendly policies. Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce. Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks. Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) is an equal opportunities employer. We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear from you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at

people.recruitment@waythrough.org.uk .

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