Sessional Lecturer – Counselling (Clinical Supervisor)

The Commercial Industries and Access School at Kingston College offers a wide curriculum range covering both academic and vocational subjects. The current Counselling provision includes a BA (Hons) Integrative Relational Counselling degree and part time adult Level 2, 3 and 4 courses. Our introductory courses are currently awarded by NCFE (Level 3) and CPCAB (Level 2). Our Counselling degree programme has gold-standard accreditation from BACP and is validated by Middlesex University.

This role is teaching on the degree programme and will require you to produce schemes of work, monitor their delivery, supervise assessment, provide internal verification and if necessary, liaise with external verifiers/moderators. You must ensure programmes of work are conceived and delivered in ways, which meet the needs of individual learners such as through Individual Learning Plans and resource-based learning.

This role requires a practising member/registrant of BACP, UKCP or an equivalent professional body and someone who has proven post qualification experience. BACP accredited, you will also hold a professional qualification to practice in Integrative Relational Counselling or Psychotherapy (minimum Level 6 Diploma or Honours Degree) and have undertaken, or be currently undertaking, training as a clinical supervisor of counsellors or have substantial experience as a clinical supervisor of trainee counsellors.

A teaching qualification is not essential, however we do ask that you are willing to achieve this in line with current regulations.

The degree teaching is all day Friday but this role is for 1.5 hours each Friday, usually between 15:00 – 16:30 however this is an option to run the group between 08:30 – 10:00.

Closing date for the return of a complete online application is 9th August 2021

South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave, pension scheme, subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to achieve and progress.

When you click on ‘Apply’, you will be forwarded to the application page which sits on a platform hosted by an external partner called Blue Octopus who support STCG throughout the recruitment process.