Place2Be Counsellor, Richard Rose Morton Academy - Cumbria

Place2be; England; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave increasing with service

Learning and development to progress

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Mobile phone discounts

Wellbeing days

Christmas holidays closure

Job summary

Place2Be in the UK is seeking a Level 4 qualified therapist/counsellor to work with children and young people in schools, providing clinical assessments and interventions.

You will engage with the wider school community to promote understanding of child mental health and early intervention, and you will have access to extensive training and development to advance your career.

Qualifications

• One-to-one counselling with young people and clinical assessments.
• Engage with the wider school community to build understanding of child mental health.
• Participate in training and development to grow professional skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical assessments and interventions for children and young people.
• Work in a school setting, collaborating with staff and families.
• Contribute to the organisation's training and development pathways.

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.