Role: Alcohol Counsellor
Salary: GCA Salary Grade 6 £26,002 to £28,891 per annum (pro rata)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 7.5 hours per week on Saturdays
Location: Based within the GCA office in North Claremont Street, Glasgow
Flexible working, part-time hours, or job-sharing arrangements will be considered for the right candidate.
GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire
Role: To provide an alcohol counselling, advice and information service for individuals aged 16 and over with problematic alcohol use or affected by other people’s problematic alcohol use. The service will be provided from North Claremont Street Office and community settings.
There may be an opportunity to provide practice supervision to volunteer counsellors.
Key-holder responsibilities. The counsellor will have keys for the office and will open the premises on Saturday mornings.
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
- Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
- 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
- Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
- Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
- Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
Organisation Profile: Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.
To apply please download, complete and return the following forms to: recruitment@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org by the closing date.
Alcohol Counsellor Application Form Jan 2025
Alcohol Counsellor Guidance Notes Jan 2025
Alcohol Counsellor JD & PS Jan 2025
GCA Applicant Privacy Notice Feb 2021
If you need the application form in an alternative format please contact Glasgow Council on Alcohol, 14 North Claremont Street, Glasgow G3 7LE Tel: 0141 353 1800 or e-mail us at recruitment@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org.
Please note: A PVG membership will be required for this post. This will be arranged by Glasgow Council on Alcohol. You will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.
No CV’s please, submit completed applications to: recruitment@glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org
STAGE IN PROCESS | TIMESCALE |
Closing date for applications | Friday 14th February 2025 |
Date of shortlist meeting to select candidates for interview | Tuesday 18th February 2025 |
Date of interviews | Thursday 27th February 2025 |
Date for feedback for candidates selected for interview | Wednesday 5th March 2025 |
Date of appointment | ASAP |
N.B If you have not received a phone call/email inviting to interview by 5pm on Thursday 20th February 2025 your application has not been successful.
We have no vacancies at present
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
- Very generous annual leave entitlement : full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
- 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
- Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
- Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
- Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
Benefits of working with GCA
In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:
- Very generous annual leave entitlement : full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
- 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
- Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
- Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
- Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
