Place2Be Counsellor

PLACE2BE; Eltham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave improvements with service

5% contributory pension

Life assurance of four times salary

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing days

Christmas holidays closure

Job summary

Place2Be is seeking a Level 4 qualified therapist/counsellor to work with children and young people in schools. You’ll deliver clinical assessments and interventions, providing one-to-one support and engaging with the wider school community to strengthen mental health understanding.

You will join a national network dedicated to early intervention, with access to extensive training and development to shape our programmes for today and tomorrow.

Qualifications

• Qualified therapist/counsellor with Level 4 qualification.
• Experience working with children/young people.
• Ability to engage with the school community and promote mental health awareness.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one counselling with young people.
• Conduct clinical assessments and interventions.
• Engage with the wider school community to strengthen mental health understanding.

Skills

Counselling

Clinical assessment

Interventions

Youth work

Active listening

Education

Level 4 qualified therapist/counsellor

Job description

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma. Allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

Qualified, creative and ambitious. Sound like you? As a level 4 qualified therapist / counsellor, you’ll not only work in one to one situations with young people providing clinical assessments and interventions, you’ll also engage in the wider school community to strengthen skills, and promote understanding of child mental health and the importance of early intervention.

As part of a huge community across the United Kingdom you’ll have opportunities to bring your fresh thinking and ideas to the table to help us shape our programmes for today and tomorrow. You’ll have access to an enormous range of training and development and a pathway to develop and grow your career.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 19 October 2026

Interview date:TBC

Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person.

To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support. Here’s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organisation.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer and will ask you during your application If you wish to be considered for a guaranteed interview under the disability confident scheme. Under the scheme we commit to offering an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria as outlined in the job role.

We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may want to use it to help you format your CV, create responses to application questions or even help you prepare responses. AI can be a powerful enabler and we are open to you using it to apply for roles with us, but we ask you to ensure anything you submit truly represents your capabilities and viewpoint. We value honesty, integrity and creativity and want to understand whatyouwill uniquely bring to our team.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.