Work for Us

Would you like to work for a caring and supportive organisation where you can make a positive contribution to people's lives?

Do you have the right skills, qualities and aptitude to bring a high-quality standard of care and support to those experiencing mental distress as they work to regain their full potential? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Current Opportunities

Our current vacancies are listed below:

Senior Adults Counsellor

We are seeking a qualified and experienced Adults Counsellor to join our busy team. Based at our Darlington office the successful candidate will work full time on a permanent contract, supporting the operations of the Adults Counselling Team and delivering one to one counselling by phone and face to face to people who have had suicidal ideation and require counselling to commence within 5 working days.

Job Type: 35 hours per week

Based: Darlington Office

Salary £15.50 per hour

Application deadline: 18/12/2024

The main duties and responsibilities:

To undertake daily counselling sessions as directed by the Counselling Coordinator in the Darlington and/or South Durham area. In the absence of the Adult Coordinator you will to cover aspects of the rapid responsereferral process.

You will need to deputise (on occasion) for the Adults Counselling Coordinator who undertakes the initial assessment of need upon enquiries received from the Crisis and Access teams and further hours will be available to do this. Full training will be given on this.

The successful candidate will have a minimum Diploma in or a Foundation Degree in Counselling, and hold membership of a professional body e.g. BACP. You will also need access to a car for work.

Enhanced DBS checks will be undertaken as will two references for all staff and volunteers who work for Darlington Mind.

Please submit an application form in the first instance. To obtain an application form or find out more about the role please call 01325 283169 or email yvonne.hoare@darlingtonmind.com or download one from under the GetInvolved/WorkForUs tab.

Applications should be emailed to contactus@darlingtonmind.com. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview at the Darlington office.

We warmly encourage applications from people from diverse communities, including but not limited to people with lived experience of mental health problems, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQ and BAME communities.

How To Apply

Please download and complete the documents below stating the vacancy and job title. You can email your completed documents to contactus@darlingtonmind.com or post them to us at Darlington Mind, St Hilda’s House, 11 Borough Road, Darlington DL1 1SQ. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

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