Agency Addiction Counsellors

Desired Skills: counsellor,addiction counsellor,Tipperary

PE Global Healthcare is recruiting Counsellors based in Tipperary. These roles are full-time contract positions with a public service.

These are services that offer a range of counselling and support services for people with drug and alcohol-related problems. Both services operate from a harm reduction philosophy.

Your Role:

• Provide counselling interventions to individuals, couples and groups who are affected by addiction-related issues.

• Establish appropriate therapeutic contracts with clients to facilitate the counselling process.
• Maintain and manage a clinical caseload in proportion to other duties.
• Understand and prioritise service user needs, taking account of the role that culture, sexuality, peer group, gender, family and mental health has on beliefs and behaviours.

• Facilitate treatment strategies and Care Plans.
• Conduct screening interviews, initial and comprehensive assessments with service users.

Requirements:

1. A professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy of at least level 7 on the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland’s framework.
2. Be accredited as a counsellor with the Addiction Counsellors of Ireland (ACI) or accredited as a counsellor/psychotherapist with the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (IACP) or a relevant body within the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP).

• Have a minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience working as a professional accredited counsellor in a counselling setting with adults and young people where addiction issues were part of this work.

If you are interested in being considered and meet the above criteria please email