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Indigo Lead Counsellor

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Key Information:

Job Description: Indigo Lead Counsellor
Special Terms: Full-time, permanent, Hybrid working, must be available for full-time face-to-face working based on the needs of clients and service users
Salary: £31,440 + 10% pension
Accountable to: Indigo Service Lead
Accountable for: Indigo Counsellor

Recruitment timeline:

Closing Date: 13th of May
Interview Date: 29th of May

(We appreciate there will be a short turnaround and therefore have been advertising the interview date in advance so pre-emptive availability can be organised.)

About the role:

Indigo Gender Service is setting the national standard for a pioneering, localised and person-centred NHS primary care led partnership that enables trans, non-binary and gender variant
people to reach their full potential. Indigo is delivered as a joint venture between LGBT
Foundation and gtd healthcare.

The post holder will provide therapy for trans* people at Indigo Gender Service in Greater
Manchester, as well as working as the Team Lead for Counselling team and with the Service
Lead to develop the service.

As this role focuses on working for a service specifically designed by and for trans and non-binary communities, we believe lived experience of being trans and/or non-binary and having
experienced NHS gender transition services will be hugely valuable to the role.

Our values and behaviours are an important part of who we are; we feel it is essential to get the
right people to work with us, so these values need to be as important to you as they are to us.
Trans people are the experts of their own experience – our services are trans led, with trans and
non-binary people guiding and feeding into them at all levels.

• Support is person centred – we recognise that there are as many ways to be trans and
  non-binary as there are trans and non-binary people in the world and we tailor our
  support to meet each person’s individual needs.
• Care is safe and affirmative – we support trans and non-binary people to be well
  informed about their choices by sharing knowledge, explaining options, promoting health,
  and trusting people to make decisions that are right for them.
• Knowledge is power – we share our knowledge and best practice with other services,
  showing leadership and empowering them to better meet the needs of trans
  communities.
• Care is delivered locally – trans and non-binary people are supported to access the full
  range of assets in their local communities and to maximise their wellbeing.
• We take a multidisciplinary approach to care – we bring together knowledge and
  expertise from different fields and backgrounds to ensure our service delivers the
  highest quality care to trans communities.

For more information about the role please download the role profile at the top of this page.