Place2Be Counsellor, Oswald Road Primary School, Manchester

Place2be; Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Place2Be is seeking a level 4 qualified therapist/counsellor to provide essential mental health support in schools. This role involves clinical assessments and engaging with the community to foster awareness of child mental health. With opportunities for professional growth and development, you can truly make a difference in children's lives.

Benefits

Annual Leave that increases with service

Comprehensive learning and development

5% contributory pension scheme

Life assurance of four times your annual salary

Comprehensive employee assistance programme

Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)

Wellbeing days

Christmas holidays closure period

Qualifications

• Qualified level 4 therapist/counsellor.
• Creative and ambitious with strong communication skills.
• Experience working with children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one clinical assessments and interventions.
• Engage with the wider school community to promote understanding.
• Contribute fresh ideas to shape mental health programmes.

Skills

Clinical assessments

Engagement with young people

Understanding of child mental health

Education

Level 4 qualification in therapy/counselling

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.

Recruitment Process

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result. Your answers will be used in the shortlisting process.

Closing date for applications: 27/06/2025

Interview date: 07/07/2025

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 organization.

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.

If you have any questions about the scheme, or require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team on 020 7923 5050 or [e-mail]