Young Person’s Community Counsellor
Hours: 30 hours per week. Face-to-face Counselling. Working hours will mainly be afternoon/early evening. Typical counselling hours are Monday to Thursday 10-6 pm or 12pm to 8pm, with a minimum of 2 x 12pm to 8pm. Community Engagement work would include some weekend work. We would require the post holder to work a flexible week when weekend work is required.
Salary: £29,640 pro rated increasing to £30,127 pro rated after successful completion of the probationary period per annum
Holidays: 25 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Term: Permanent
Location: Face-to-face work at Visyon Crewe base, The Dome and other outreach locations in the locality of Central and South East Cheshire
Visyon is a charity that supports the emotional health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families across East Cheshire, through the provision of a range of services, including one-to-one counselling, group work, mentoring, and family support work.
The post holder will work as part of the Visyon team, providing time-bound, outcome-focused therapeutic interventions to children and young people.
Visyon places a high value on governance and accountability. We work with often complex clients, meaning risk management and safeguarding are essential parts of our work. Working with Visyon requires flexibility, strong communication, organisational skills and working effectively with children and young people, and others who support them. The ability to support and manage client risk and know when referrals should be made onto other agencies is essential within this role.
The closing date for the application is Thursday 2nd July at 6pm.
Interviews will take place week commencing 13th July 2026.
*All job offers are subject to satisfactory references, right to work and DBS checks.
For further information please contact Gary Wildgoose on: 07946 268651 or email: gary.wildgoose@visyon.org.uk
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