Organisation: Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
Job Opportunity: 2 x Counselling Support Practitioner – Young People and Students Service
Contract: 28 hours per week
Salary: £34,070 pro-rata
Deadline: Tue 7 Oct, 10am
Established in 1978, Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) provides a support, information and advocacy service to all survivors aged 12 and over in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian who have experienced recent and/or historic sexual violence, including rape, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation. We also work in schools and with young people across Edinburgh and the Lothians, and strategically with multi-agency partners, towards preventing sexual violence.
We are looking for 2 skilled and experienced Counselling Support Practitioners to help deliver our specialist support services for young people and students who have experienced sexual violence at any point in their lives including rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual bullying and harassment, stalking, commercial sexual exploitation and organised abuse.
The post-holder will take a trauma informed approach and will be required to work across the different functions of the service, including initial assessment, short- and long-term support and referral and intake tasks.
A background and experience in a similar setting / previous role are essential.
Studies show that women and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So, if you are excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we would love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within our organisation.
An application form, job description and person specification are available to download here.
Only women need apply for the above posts under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Successful applicants will be subject to relevant PVG and disclosure checks.
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre is committed to and working to achieve equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Please direct any queries to: [email protected]
