Psychotherapist

Aspris; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Aspris is seeking a part-time Psychotherapist to join their Therapy team in the East Midlands. This role involves providing one-to-one therapy to young people, managing caseloads, and delivering training workshops. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in therapeutic support, with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Benefits

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Commitment to ongoing training and career progression

Pension scheme

Paid for enhanced DBS

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Registered as a therapeutic practitioner with BACP, UKCP, or HCPC.
• At least 2 years of experience providing therapeutic support to children and young people.
• Experience in preparing comprehensive, high-quality clinical reports within required timelines.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload, both in-person and remotely.
• Deliver training workshops to internal staff and develop therapeutic training programs.
• Ensure high-quality therapeutic records and lead therapy sessions.

Skills

Resilience

Communication

Caring

Education

Relevant professional qualifications in Psychotherapy and Counselling

Tools

Database systems for recording

Job description

If you are a therapist looking to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!

Aspris are recruiting for a part time Psychotherapist, based in the East Midlands, to join our Therapy team. We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and passionate people to become an integral part of our therapy team. The successful candidate will join our multi-disciplinary team offer an integrated approach within our residential children’s home, offering flexible, one-to-one therapy with our young people, and will be required to work closely with the Head of Therapy and Senior Psychotherapist’s to deliver high-quality, therapeutic support to our children. This role is based remotely with frequent visits to a cohort of our residential homes based in Chesterfield, Mansfield and Rotherham.

Responsibilities Include :

Direct Clinical Work

• Manage your own caseload, both in-person and remotely.
• Provide collaborative therapeutic assessments and identify when additional guidance is needed.

Training & Development

• Deliver training workshops to internal staff, such as practitioners, managers, and external professionals (e.g., schools), as needed.
• Opportunity to develop therapeutic training programs, including researching relevant theories.

Caseload and Record Management

• Ensure high-quality therapeutic records and reports, evaluating the impact of interventions and support provided.
• Lead and facilitate group and/or individual therapy sessions, ensuring activities and interventions continue to meet the needs of the young people, and are consistent with the provisions detailed in the child/young persons’ therapy plan.
• Receive and respond promptly to referrals undertaking initial assessments to establish the scope, level and nature of the individual therapeutic needs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant professional qualifications in Psychotherapy and Counselling.
• Registered as a therapeutic practitioner with BACP, UKCP, or HCPC, adhering to their Professional and Ethical Frameworks.
• At least 2 years of experience providing therapeutic support to children and young people.
• Fulfilled and exceeded the minimum clinical hours required by the relevant professional body.
• Experience in effectively responding to safeguarding concerns.
• Skilled in delivering formulation-driven, collaborative, and goal-focused therapeutic interventions for children and young people.
• Experience in preparing comprehensive, high-quality clinical reports within required timelines.
• Experience in professionally liaising with a range of stakeholders, including those in health, social care, education, and law enforcement.
• Competence in using database systems for recording and maintaining information.
  
  

Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

The successful candidate will be registered and will hold a profession specific equivalent qualification, along with the following characteristics:

Resilience – We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged.

Communication – Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Positive working relationships, good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.

Committed – will join a supportive and experienced team of dedicated support staff, committed to delivering the very best care.

Caring – Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.

If you want to progress your career, Aspris will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

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