Place2Be Counsellor , Richard Rose Central Academy - Manchester

Place2be; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Training & development

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee assistance

Phone discounts

Wellbeing days

Christmas closure

Job summary

Place2Be in the United Kingdom is seeking a level 4 qualified therapist/counsellor to work with young people in schools, providing clinical assessments and interventions, and supporting families where needed.

You will join a broad community across the UK, have access to extensive training and development, and a clear pathway to grow your career within our mission to improve child mental health.

Qualifications

• Qualified, creative and ambitious. Level 4 qualified therapist/counsellor with clinical assessments and interventions.
• Engage in the wider school community to strengthen skills and promote early intervention in child mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one counselling sessions with young people.
• Engage with school communities to promote child mental health and early intervention.
• Contribute to developing and delivering Place2Be programmes and training.

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.

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 value honesty, integrity and creativity and want to understand what you will uniquely bring to our team.