Child & Adolescent Therapeutic Counsellor

Alliance Psychological Services Limited; Billingham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

38 days annual leave pro rata

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Flexible working

Job summary

Alliance Psychological Services Limited is recruiting a Children and Young People Psychotherapeutic Counsellor to support children, young people and families, delivering early intervention and time-limited therapy in collaboration with schools and health partners.

You will work within the iThrive framework, undertake assessments, provide brief to mid-term therapies (CBT, person-centred, DDP-informed), contribute to supervision, maintain confidential notes, and promote safeguarding and

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in counselling or psychotherapeutic counselling.
• Registration or accreditation with a professional body (e.g., BACP, UKCP, HCPC).
• Experience working with children, young people and families with mild to moderate mental health challenges.
• Understanding of trauma-informed practice, attachment theory, child development and neurodiversity.
• Ability to provide guidance to parents, carers and frontline professionals.
• Confidence delivering brief to mid-term therapeutic approaches (e.g., person-centred, CBT-informed, DDP-informed).

Responsibilities

• Undertake thoughtful, developmentally appropriate assessments of emotional and mental health needs, including trauma, attachment, and neurodiversity informed perspectives.
• Deliver structured, time-limited therapeutic interventions for children, young people, and families, using evidence-informed approaches.
• Participate in triage discussions under clinical leadership, contributing to decisions on appropriate interventions and referrals.
• Support the use of routine outcome monitoring tools aligned with CYP IAPT to assess progress and inform care planning.
• Contribute to regular multi-agency huddles, sharing observations to support decision-making and joined-up care.
• Offer trauma-informed advice and informal guidance to education staff and carers, supporting relational and developmentally sensitive environments.
• Work collaboratively with families and school staff to build shared understanding of children's emotional needs and strengthen support systems.
• Contribute to the delivery of training or workshops (under the guidance of senior clinicians) where appropriate.
• Maintain clear, accurate, and confidential clinical notes in line with service standards.
• Participate in regular clinical supervision, reflective practice, and CPD to ensure high standards of therapeutic care and professional development.

Skills

Trauma-informed practice

Brief to mid-term therapy

Multi-agency collaboration

Effective communication

Education

Counselling/psychotherapeutic qualification

Registration/accreditation with a professional body

Tools

IAPTUS

Job description

Alliance Psychological Services Limited is recruiting a Children and Young People Psychotherapeutic Counsellor to support children, young people and families, delivering early intervention and time-limited therapy in collaboration with schools and health partners.

You will work within the iThrive framework, undertake assessments, provide brief to mid-term therapies (CBT, person-centred, DDP-informed), contribute to supervision, maintain confidential notes, and promote safeguarding and