# Counsellor - Becoming a Man (BAM)

**Company**: Islington Council
**Location**: London Borough of Islington, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 44,331 - 45,696 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

Islington Council is seeking skilled and committed practitioners to join the Becoming A Man (BAM) team as Counsellors working directly with young people in secondary schools.

The BAM programme is a school-based counselling and mentoring programme that supports boys aged 12–16 to develop social-emotional skills, strengthen relationships, and make positive choices about their future. As a BAM Counsellor, you will build trusted relationships with young people and create safe, supportive, and appropriately challenging spaces in which they can reflect, develop, and thrive.

**Responsibilities:**

- Deliver weekly curriculum-based BAM group counselling sessions (“BAM Circles”).

- Provide individual counselling, mentoring, and support to young people participating in BAM.

- Build strong, trusting relationships with young people and maintain appropriate professional boundaries.

- Work collaboratively with school staff, pastoral teams, and other professionals to support young people’s engagement and wellbeing.

- Create safe, engaging, and inclusive environments that support young people’s social-emotional development.

- Maintain accurate records and contribute to programme monitoring, evaluation, and data collection requirements.

- Participate fully in BAM training, coaching, supervision, and reflective practice to support high-quality and consistent programme delivery.

- Follow safeguarding procedures and identify and escalate concerns appropriately.

**Requirements:**

- Experience working directly with young people in education, youth work, counselling, social care, or community settings.

- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive, trusting relationships with young people.

- Strong group facilitation, communication, and empathy skills.

- An understanding of trauma-informed, relationship-based, and culturally responsive practice.

- An ability to work effectively and collaboratively with school staff and other professionals.

- A commitment to equality, inclusion, and anti-racist practice.

- A commitment to ongoing professional and personal development, including openness to coaching, feedback, and reflective practice.

- Good organisational skills and the ability to maintain accurate records and contribute to programme monitoring and evaluation.

**Benefits:**

- Up to 31 days leave per year, increasing to 36 days after five years of local government service

- A range of flexible working arrangements to maintain a healthy work-life balance, as well as a 35-hour working week

- Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential

- Competitive pay and a commitment to paying all staff the London Living Wage at minimum

- Excellent local government pension scheme

- Cycle to Work scheme and discounted gym memberships

- Local discounts from restaurants, shops, health and beauty therapists, and more!

**Salary:** GBP 44,331 - 45,696 per year

## Skills

### Required
- counselling
- youth work
- social-emotional development
- trauma-informed practice
- relationship-based practice
- culturally responsive practice
- group facilitation
- communication
- empathy
- organisational skills

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