Counsellor Gendered Violence Specialist – Women and Girls Network – 13th October 2009
Vacancy For Counsellor (Female)
Gendered Violence Specialist
£150 per day; 2 days per week
Women and Girls Network is a leader in developing and delivering innovative and effective counselling services for women who have experienced any form of historic or recent gendered violence including childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, rape, torture, trafficking.
We are recruiting an outreach counsellor to work two days per week with women who have experienced gendered violence in Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. You must be BACP or UKCP accredited with at least three years’ post-qualifying experience working with survivors of violence.
You must be willing and able to work flexibly: the work involves travel within and between the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. Satellite partner venues and the days of service delivery may vary as new partner organisations come on-line.
An understanding of, and commitment to challenge gendered violence is essential as is an understanding of the issues faced by women from Black, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities.
WGN is a multi-cultural women’s organisation that provides a supportive, learning environment for all its staff. This post is open to women only; it is exempt under S7 (2) (e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
You can download the application pack from http://www.wgn.org.uk/joinus.html. If you have any difficulties downloading the pack, please call 020 7610 4678.
Applications must be returned by post on Tuesday 13th October 2009.
Please note, the postal address is a PO Box, so allow an additional day for your application to reach us.
