Child and Young Person Counsellor

Family Wellbeing Service

Child and Young Person Counsellor

We are looking for a qualified, experienced Counsellor to join our team, the position is part time, 25 hours per week. This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to work with us contributing to the development and delivery of a specialist wellbeing service aligned with the strategic vision for families in Cardiff. Barnardo's is also committed to becoming a trauma responsive organisation and these principles underpin all our services .

What is the Family Wellbeing Service?

The Family Wellbeing Service (FWBS) is Welsh Government funded operating within the Families First strategy, the service is an integral part of the 'Early Help' offer in Cardiff. You will be part of the team providing therapeutic support to parents/carers, children and young people with an identified need for intensive support in relation to their emotional and mental health and wellbeing. The aim of the service is to improve the emotional health, wellbeing and resilience of the family, and to support the development of effective coping strategies enabling them to better cope with problems/stresses and difficulties they may face.

Aim of the Service

We provide targeted, appropriate evidence-based interventions for families and individuals within families, who need significant support in relation to their emotional and mental health and wellbeing, building resilience and supporting safe family functioning. The FWBS comprises of a number of elements inclusive of:

• Access to counselling for parents/carers with low level mental health needs.
• Access to one-to-one support, therapy, Play/ Art / Drama therapy or counselling for children and young people.
• Interventions which help families to address issues around whole family functioning, including support for families who are particularly affected by bereavement, trauma and loss, including family breakdown.

What does the role involve?

As a Child and Young Person Counsellor, you will work as part of the team undertaking assessments and delivering professional counselling services to Adults, children and young people on a 1:1 or a group basis, practicing ethically in line with your regulatory body Code of Ethics and Practice and Barnardo's policies and procedures. You will contribute to the work of the Family Well-Being Service as a resource for provision of consultation, information and support.

You will have:

• A professional qualification in Counselling
• Registration with relevant professional body, i.e. BACP accreditation and registration or UKCP equivalent.
• Experience planning and undertaking complex clinical interventions and evaluating therapeutic interventions.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Experience of working as part of a multi disciplinary team.
• Experience of undertaking assessments, including risk assessments.
• Experience of working cooperatively with a range of agencies.
• Experience of advising and developing pathways necessary to enable sustainable long term improvements of the individual.

Additional Information:

This service has been funded until March 31st 2026, with the potential of extended funding for a further year, beyond this TUPE may apply to this post. Within Barnardo's the job title for this role Project Worker 2, this will appear on the job description.

Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently until 31.03.26 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31.03.26

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements.

Please include as much relevant detail in your application to demonstrate how you fulfil the requirements of our Family Wellbeing job role, as outlined above and in the Job Description/Personal Specification. Experience can be from previous employment, education, training, volunteering etc.

Need any further information?

If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact Hayley Smith on .

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.