Counselling and Wellbeing Adviser (Headquarters, Kent)

Location of Role: Maidstone

Advert Closing Date: 07/02/2025

Starting Salary: £40,170.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working: No

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Counselling and Wellbeing Adviser within Kent Police, working with a small, innovative team to deliver a mix of proactive wellbeing programmes as well as one to one counselling for police employees, facilitating psychological screening processes and leading on peer support initiatives.

The ability to design and present psycho-education/training to staff members of the organisation is essential as you will be required to deliver and develop wellbeing initiatives in a training capacity. Experience with facilitating groups is also essential.

You will be involved in the provision of a proactive and therapeutic service including counselling to officers and staff. You will work closely with colleagues in our Health Services as part of the Occupational Health and Health and Safety teams to improve and maintain health and wellbeing for employees within Kent Police.

Applicants must be Accredited Counsellors with the BACP or equivalent. If eligible for accreditation working towards this with a minimum of two years post qualification experience, preferably within an organisation setting will be considered. Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and oral, are essential for this role. Knowledge of the policing environment is desirable.

This opportunity would suit a highly-motivated and dynamic therapist who can bring their wide experience of working therapeutically into the emergency services environment.

If you require any further information on the role, please contact Simone Turner on 01622 653053.

The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work depending on tasks, including the potential to work from home on occasion. There will be a requirement to regularly attend the workplace for the majority of the working week, as agreed with the line manager. Currently the designated contractual workplace for this role is located at Sutton Road, Maidstone.  

Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £45,591.00.

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All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to:

British Citizens
Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.

All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.