West Dunbartonshire Council are seeking an organisation to provide a Youth Counselling Service in West Dunbartonshire Schools.
The service purpose is to provide confidential counselling for young people in all 6 secondary schools.
The aim is to promote positive emotional health and wellbeing in learners attending secondary school by:
Providing direct counselling to young people following referral to the service for a range of emotional health issues;
Signposting and facilitating onward referrals of young people experiencing crisis to appropriate agencies;
Supporting and enabling staff to support emotionally vulnerable young people;
To improve the overall emotional health of young people using the service;
Raising the visibility of emotionally vulnerable young people in schools, community and at home where appropriate.
The counselling must be provided by an accredited qualified counsellor.