Complex Needs Counsellor

Job Summary

Location : Greater London, Camden (Hybrid)Salary : £180 per dayHours/Work Pattern : 2 days per weekClosing Date : Wednesday 17th September 2025Closing Time : 00:00amAre you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as a

Complex Needs Counsellor

at Solace Women\''s Aid on a part time basis.You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.About the Service

Solace’s North London Rape Crisis offers a range of services to women, girls, trans and non-binary aged 13+ who are experiencing or have experienced any form of sexual violence in their lives. We offer a safe and non-judgmental space to women who are living, working, or studying across London boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Islington, Haringey, Barnet, and Enfield.Our expert team provides helpline support, advocacy (ISVA) support including specialised ISVA support for those with complex needs. We provide one-to-one and group counselling to survivors as well as short-term one-to-one counselling support to survivors’ family and friends. We also ensure we engage with the community by creating awareness of sexual violence within society and places of help. It is an inclusive service which takes a holistic approach to supporting recovery and independence; and supports all ages, disabilities, sexualities, gender identities including non-binary, ethnicities, and religions.About the Role

To deliver a therapeutic response engaging survivors considered at high risk due to coping strategies such as acute or chronic self-injurious behaviour or suicidality, which presents a threat to the client’s wellbeing. This post will be part of NLRC’s Clinical Team’s Safeguarding Hub, which facilitates innovative, responsive, trauma-informed and culturally responsive services for survivors of sexual violence. The successful applicant will be a qualified counsellor registered with BACP or UKCP.How to apply

When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:Values, Behaviours and CompetenciesKnowledge, Experience and SkillsSolace Women\''s Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.No ..... full job details .....