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Winston's Wish is seeking a Part-time Bereavement Counsellor to cover maternity leave for a period of approximately 9 months from February 2025. The role is remote, with occasional travel to team meetings at locations around the UK (no more than 4 per year).
Role Purpose
- To provide psychosocial assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people and/or their significant adults (as appropriate) who are experiencing acute and/or complex levels of psychological distress as a result of a bereavement.
- To work with children and young people and/or their significant adults (as appropriate) using a range of counselling methods, approaches and techniques, functioning at level 3 of the NICE psychological framework.
- To provide crisis interventions when appropriate.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of therapeutic interventions for individuals, families and groups, drawing upon different models, including one-to-one work, family work, group work and activities.
- To provide psychosocial education to children and young people and/or their significant adults (as appropriate) about grief, bereavement, coping skills and trauma as needed.
- Service provided digitally with opportunities for in-person work as deemed necessary by the service.
Main Responsibilities
Communication and Relationships
- Communicate effectively within the organisation and externally including liaising appropriately with social care, health care and mental health professionals such as schools, social services, CAMHS and GPs.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information to stakeholders.
- Manage individuals and groups, including those who may be distressed by the information given to them.
- Establish excellent internal working relationships with peers and colleagues.
- Model the values and culture of the organisation in interactions and relationships at work.
Knowledge, training and experience
- Assess and engage in interventions with children and young people and/or their significant adult (as appropriate) in accordance with best practice.
- Complete comprehensive assessments which include assessments of risk and determining appropriate level of response/intervention.
- To be accountable for ensuring own practice meets minimum national standards and is compliant with professional Code of Conduct.
- Maintain knowledge about current, evidence-based practice.
- To maintain a personal profile of professional development in accordance with professional requirements/governing bodies.
- Demonstrate knowledge of all relevant policies and procedures.
- To practice in accordance with relevant legislation involving Safeguarding Children and Young People, Safeguarding Adults and the Mental Capacity Act and to be able to provide advice and guidance to other professionals.
- Provide supervision to volunteers in group or individually as needed.
Analytical and judgment skills
- To work within given frameworks for good and best practice.
- To participate appropriately in meetings to plan and/or evaluate strategies of care.
- Responsible for the provision of accurate and timely data to support team and organisational needs.
Planning and organisational skills
- Provide effective day-to-day management of own/team caseload and to collaborate with other team colleagues and/or volunteers in the coordination and allocation of new referrals to the team as required.
- Manage own time and workload.
- Provide cover for other clinical team members, including if appropriate the Associate Director of Clinical Services, during annual leave or sickness.
- Maintain personal identifiable and sensitive data according to information governance guidance and policy.
- Adhere to Information Governance policy and processes.
- Ensure incidents or near misses are reported.
- Ensure accurate written and electronic patient records are maintained, in line with confidentiality, data protection and other statutory regulations and requirements.
- To have a high degree of self-awareness and use this to maintain own and others emotional well being.
- Be able to frequently manage individuals and groups in distress or in conflict with the information presented.
- Resilience to frequently encounter highly emotional circumstances.
All Staff
- Contribute to the vision and mission of Winston's Wish; whilst embedding the values into your daily work activities.
- Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in accordance with Winston’s Wish policy.
- Contribute to the overall success of the charity’s fundraising needs by providing case studies, attending events and adding value to the experience of our supporters as required.
- Contribute to the brand and reach of the charity by working alongside our Marketing & Communications Team when relevant press opportunities arise or when required for social media and online content (including the use of photography).
- Work to objectives, targets and work plans agreed with your line manager.
- Undertake specific projects and other ad hoc duties agreed with your line manager, fulfilling any deadlines, reviews and reporting procedures required.
- Take an active part in the Quarterly review process and participate in training agreed with your line manager.
- Recognise and champion the lived experience of children and young people with bereavement within your work.
- Ensure the health and safety of all colleagues, volunteers and visitors in accordance with Winston’s Wish policy.
Person Specification
Educational/Professional Qualification
Essential
- MA/MSc or Postgraduate Degree in Counselling or Psychotherapy
- Registration with a professional body (e.g. HCPC, UKCP, BACP)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Knowledge of best practice in delivering psychological interventions
Desirable
- Certificate/diploma in supervision
- Dual qualification (social work and counselling)
- BACP accreditation and/or eligible for BACP accreditation
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- A good understanding and knowledge of relevant psychological theories, therapeutic interventions, and models of grief work for children, young people and adults.
- Able to make clear psychosocial assessments inclusive of risks, safeguarding, and mental health needs for children, young people and adults.
- Evidence of working in a psychological framework with children, young people and adult who have experienced common mental health problems (e.g. anxiety and depression).
- Ability to provide support, supervision, and line-management to volunteers or staff as required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Evidence of and ability to work as part of the interdisciplinary team as well as on own initiative.
- Ability to manage own workload and own cases in accordance with best practice and clinical needs.
- Computer Literacy e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point, Electronic Notes systems.
- Planning and organisational skills.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience in counselling or psychotherapy.
- Experience of working therapeutically with children and young people (pre and post bereavement).
Desirable
- Minimum of 300 hours of supervised clinical practice.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of bereavement, grief and its complications.
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation and impact on practice.
- Understanding of the organisation as a charity.
Desirable
- Knowledge of current relevant legislation and government strategies.
Other
Essential
- Commitment to equal opportunities.
Recruitment Timetable
Application deadline: Wednesday 15th January 2025
Interview date: 24th and 25th January 2025
Interview location: MS Teams
Winston’s Wish reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications for the role before the closing date.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
Winston’s Wish is a charity that helps children, teenagers and young adults find their feet when their worlds are turned upside down.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the organisation
For nearly 50 years, nia has provided high quality, women-led services across North and East London. nia has three main aims: to provide services for women, children and young people who have experienced male violence, working to end men’s violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.
nia’s values, and our commitment to upholding them, set us apart. We put women first – always and without hesitation: we believe women, we are run by women, for women. We leave no woman behind: we challenge inequality and discrimination and believe that uniting women of all backgrounds is essential to ending the sex-based oppression of women.
East London Rape Crisis provides free, confidential specialist support for women and girls who have been raped or experienced any other form of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, regardless of whether or not they have reported to the police. We offer confidential and independent support. Services include advocacy, emotional and practical support, one-to-one counselling and group work.
About the post
The post is currently funded until September 2025 with a possibility of extension.
In the role of Social Justice Counsellor, you will provide one to one counselling and group therapy to survivors of sexual violence. You will also be championing the role that counselling plays in addressing social justice causes that women we support are affected by. You will work as part of a growing feminist Rape Crisis service that is developing to meet the needs of women and girls.
About you
We’re looking for a highly organised and self-motivated woman who is passionate about ending violence against women, girls and children. You’ll have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer.
CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date: 10am, Monday 20th January 2025
Interview date: Thursday 30th January, Tuesday 11th February and Thursday 13th February 2025
The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
6 hours per week / £33,130 per annum pro rata / Permanent – term time only / Working one day week, to be discussed at interview
Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Established in 1996, Dialogue School Counselling is a BACP accredited school counselling service covering Sussex and Surrey. Dialogue has built an excellent reputation with schools, professionals and commissioners and the service has developed and expanded over the years, now operating across Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex, and Surrey.
We are recruiting for a qualified counsellor with experience of working with primary school age children and liaising with parents to join our team and deliver the school counselling service at St. Margaret's CE Primary School in Rottingdean, East Sussex.
We are seeking a qualified counsellor who is passionate about making a difference to lives of the children they work with. You will have a keen interest in and experience of working with children of primary school age.
Key responsibilities
- Run a suitable appointment system flexible to the needs of the school, offering students appropriate assessments and counselling appointments
- Manage the tight time boundaries of the role and the often complex and varied workload
- Liaise with school staff over referrals, waiting lists and appointments
- Carry out initial clinical and risk assessments and establish appropriate referral pathways with other services where appropriate. Continually assess risk throughout each student’s counselling.
- Follow YMCA Dialogue safeguarding procedures; to know who the School’s Designated Safeguarding Officer/s is and how to contact them when a safeguarding concern arises
- Work at all times within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
- Maintain individual membership of the BACP and to become a Registered Member (or other professional body such as HCPC)
- You will establish good professional working relationships with key school staff
ABOUT YOU: We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.
Qualifications, knowledge, and experience
- You will have a Counselling or Psychotherapy qualification, minimum Level four and ideally Level six, and two years’ post qualifying experience in individual counselling or therapy with young people. This will include working with risk issues
- You will also have a sound understanding of child protection and vulnerable adult safeguarding issues, policies, and procedures
- You will have proven experience in safeguarding children and young people; responding to, managing, and referring safeguarding issues
- You will have a BACP Membership; BACP Registered or Accredited. Or other professional body e.g. HCPC
- You will have a keen interest in working with children and will be familiar with using creative therapeutic approaches, along with experience of working in a school setting
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We believe every young person has the right to discover their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
About the organisation
For nearly 50 years, nia has provided high quality, women-led services across North and East London. nia has three main aims: to provide services for women, children and young people who have experienced male violence, working to end men’s violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.
nia’s values, and our commitment to upholding them, set us apart. We put women first – always and without hesitation: we believe women, we are run by women, for women. We leave no woman behind: we challenge inequality and discrimination and believe that uniting women of all backgrounds is essential to ending the sex-based oppression of women.
East London Rape Crisis provides free, confidential specialist support for women and girls who have been raped or experienced any other form of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, regardless of whether or not they have reported to the police. We offer confidential and independent support. Services include advocacy, emotional and practical support, one-to-one counselling and group work. The service is provided across Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Redbridge, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
nia is a professionally approved member of Rape Crisis England and Wales; an umbrella organisation supporting Rape Crisis Centres across the country. Rape Crisis is completely independent of the government and the criminal justice system.
About the post
We are seeking to recruit to the following post:
Job Title: East London Rape Crisis Counsellor (Employed)
Job Ref: nia 179
Hours: 28 hours per week (2x 14-hour posts will be considered)
Salary: £24,400-£27,200 (£30,500- £34,000 pro rata depending on experience and qualification, rising incrementally by £500/year to a maximum of £34,000) for 28 hours per week
£12,200 - £13,600 (£30,500- £34,000 pro rata depending on experience and qualification, rising incrementally by £500/year to a maximum of £34,000) for 14 hours per week
Location: The post involves travel and working across East London
The post is currently funded until September 2025 (with a possibility of extension).
In the role of Counsellor, you will provide one to one counselling and group therapy to adult women who are survivors of sexual violence. You will work as part of a growing feminist Rape Crisis service that is developing to meet the needs of women and girls. Counselling is delivered face to face, online and via the phone. We are looking for counsellors who can provide a commitment of 14-28 hours a week of counselling services.
About you
We are looking for a highly organised and self-motivated woman who is passionate about ending violence against women, girls and children. You will have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer and well.
CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date: 10am, Monday 20th January 2025
Interview date: Thursday 30th January, Tuesday 11th February and Thursday 13th February 2025
The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Job Title: Counsellor – Adult Domestic & Sexual Abuse
Location: Staffordshire
Contract Duration: Initial contract until March 31st 2026
Salary: £34,834 (FTE) per annum Actual Salary £11,146
Hours of Work: 12 per week
This post is open to women only, under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1. We value diversity and are committed to ensuring that our organisation is an inclusive place to work. We encourage applications from women from all backgrounds and communities and actively welcome applicants from Black, Asian, or other ethnic minority backgrounds and women with a disability .
About Pathway Project
We are a domestic and sexual abuse service based in Lichfield & Tamworth, Staffordshire.
We offer a range of support services and run two refuges in confidential locations.
We have been operating for over 30 years helping adults and children overcome domestic abuse, and to build a future where they live in safety and are free from fear.
Since our founder, Kathy Coe MBE, created Pathway Project, we have helped over 25,000 people, with 5,814 hours of support provided in the last year.
We offer a wide range of services, including adult and children outreach and community support, mental health, wellbeing and financial advice.
We support the relatives of those who have experienced domestic and sexual violence and offer specialist counselling, advocacy and care to all who need us.
Pathway Project believes in working as a cohesive team and are service user led.
Our helpline is access to all and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Why work for us?
Pathway Project is an inspiring place to be, we are a charity with big ambitions and huge energy.
We are currently evolving a bold new strategy and a passion for excellence in service delivery.
Supported by a driven and energetic board of trustees the new Chief Executive is leading Pathway Project through their ambitious plans.
It’s a really fantastic time to join our amazing charity as we move into the next phase of our exciting journey.
We are a flexible and supportive employer, committed to the personal and professional development and wellbeing of our employees. We welcome applications from women with lived experience of domestic abuse and from minority or under-represented groups.
We offer the following benefits:
· 25 days paid leave plus statutory holidays (pro rata)
· A competitive pension scheme
· Employee Assistance Programme delivered by Health Assured which offers incredible support to staff and their families
We value our colleagues and are constantly reviewing our policies and practice, looking for ways in which we can better demonstrate this. We also recognise the potential impact of working in this field and provide clinical supervision to all of our employees, whatever their role.
About the role
The post-holder will deliver a high-quality counselling service to survivors and victims of domestic and sexual violence (aged 18+) that is trauma-informed, ethical and supports key outcomes. Supporting the Lead Counsellor and the wider counselling team to develop and maintain a safe, professional and accessible service.
Managing a caseload of clients accessing short to medium term counselling, providing face to face, telephone and online counselling sessions. Where clients are engaged with the criminal justice system ensuring that they are working to Pre-Trail Therapy guidance.
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities. The post holder will work within a multi-agency setting and communicate regularly with other agencies.
This role description cannot cover every eventuality or task that may arise within this position and the post holder will be expected to carry out other duties from time to time which are broadly consistent with the role.
Tasks and responsibilities
1. CLINICAL
· Assess and support people impacted by abuse and violence in need of therapy by delivering interventions as appropriate and supporting them in the self-management of their recovery.
· Undertake clinical assessments and make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the service referral protocols, refering unsuitable clients on to the relevant appropriate services or back to the referral agent as necessary, ensuring open communication with the individual throughout.
· Deliver trauma-informed short term counselling over a 8-10 week period with individuals.
· Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
· Ensure that records of all activity are kept up to date for all clients in line with service protocols, best practice and the requirements of relevant statutory agencies records, including using OASIS case management system to report all support activity and monitoring information as required.
· Work closely with other members of the team ensuring onward referrals, or escalations are managed appropriately.
· Assess and integrate issues impacting recovery into therapy to support the individual holistically.
· To attend regular line management, monthly clinical supervision and participate in team meetings and peer review, to ensure safe practice.
· Escalate and safeguard risk where appropriate and respond accordingly and appropriately in relation to the ‘do no harm principal’. This may include referrals to Children Social Care, MARAC or Adults social care as appropriate. Seek advice from a Senior Service Manager in the first instance to consider and support appropriate steps.
· Contribute to the development of service policies, protocols, guidelines and strategies within area of practice as necessary.
· Coordinate and accommodate multiagency working, sharing information pertaining to risk at all times, and with a view to best support the individual throughout their journey, ensuring they are fully informed throughout.
2. PROFESSIONAL
· Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating counselling bodies (i.e. BACP, UKCP, NCPS) and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence, RESPECT).
· Ensure that client confidentiality is protected and advocated for at all times.
· Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with manager on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
· Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
· Attend relevant conferences /workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
· To support, promote and work in accordance with Pathway Project’s aims and objectives.
3. GENERAL
· To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services as well as Domestic and Sexual Abuse services.
· All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, clients and the general public.
All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both clients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the General Data Protection Regulations and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
· It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
Essential
- Recognised qualification in counselling and psychotherapy Level 4 or above
- Evidence of significant post-qualifying continuous professional development
- Membership of BACP
- Eligible for or working towards professional accreditation
- Ability to carry out clinical assessments and provide high quality counselling
- Experience of working with victims of abuse and violence
- Experience of working in a time-limited counselling approach as well as longer term work.
- A good understanding of working within a trauma-informed approach
- Experience of delivering integrative Counselling
- Experience of leading service development
- Ability to assess and support client’s needs and risks including those with complex issues
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to maintain clear boundaries
- Strong team working ethos and team management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues and management, both verbally and in writing
- Case recording and monitoring skills and ability to interpret data to produce reports
- Good organisational, project management and IT skills
- Ability to work well within a team
- Experience of working under pressure and handling competing demands
- Experience of working independently and managing own workload
- A strong commitment to increase the availability of DA/SV counselling
- Willingness to contribute to the charitable aims of the organisation and profitability
Desirable
- Level 7 in counselling and psychotherapy
- Certificate in counselling supervision
- BACP accreditation
- Experience of group work
- Experience of delivering counselling in the voluntary sector
- Significant experience of working with victims of abuse and violence
- Significant experience of working with different modalities
- Experience of service evaluation, service improvement or contributing to service expansion
- Experience of managing a service as part of a small organisation
- Experience of audit and or research
- Experience with using OASIS
Other information:
Pathway Project is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes diversity across our services. All of our employees are required to adhere to our Equality & Diversity policies and to challenge discrimination wherever it is appropriate.
We strive to be as inclusive as is possible and look to recruit individuals with the right skills, experience and attitude, however, for genuine occupational requirement reasons we are looking to appoint a female only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9.
The role is subject to receiving satisfactory references, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, plus a probationary period.
How to apply:
Closing date – 5pm Tuesday 14th January
Interview date Wednesday 29th January ( by invitation)
Please send a full CV together with a covering letter indicating why you meet the essential criteria In no more than 2 sides of A4 by email.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
About the organisation
For nearly 50 years, nia has provided high quality, women-led services across North and East London. nia has three main aims: to provide services for women, children and young people who have experienced male violence, working to end men’s violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.
nia’s values, and our commitment to upholding them, set us apart. We put women first – always and without hesitation: we believe women, we are run by women, for women. We leave no woman behind: we challenge inequality and discrimination and believe that uniting women of all backgrounds is essential to ending the sex-based oppression of women.
East London Rape Crisis provides free, confidential specialist support for women and girls who have been raped or experienced any other form of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, regardless of whether or not they have reported to the police. We offer confidential and independent support. Services include advocacy, emotional and practical support, one-to-one counselling and group work.
About the post
The post is currently funded until September 2025 (with a possibility of further extension).
In the role of Young Women and Girls Counsellor, you will provide one to one counselling and group therapy to young women and girl survivors of sexual violence. You will specifically be championing the development of the counselling offer for young women and girls. You will work as part of a growing feminist Rape Crisis service that is developing to meet the needs of women and girls.
About you
We’re looking for a highly organised and self-motivated woman who is passionate about ending violence against women, girls and children. You’ll have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer.
CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date: 10am, Monday 20th January 2025
Interview date: Thursday 30th January, Tuesday 11th February and Thursday 13th February 2025
The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Are you passionate about shaping the future of mental health support? Strides Highbury Counselling Centre is searching for a dynamic Clinical Placement Manager to lead and nurture our honorary counsellors and ensure compassionate, high-quality care for our clients.
This is your chance to make a real difference, driving impactful counselling services while mentoring the next generation of therapists.
Why Strides?
We bridge the gap in mental health services, offering affordable, long-term counselling to those who need it most. Join us in creating a safer, brighter future for individuals and communities.
What You’ll Do:
- Recruit, manage, and support our talented team of trainee counsellors.
- Oversee client services to ensure excellence in care.
- Collaborate on clinical policies, safeguarding, and service development.
- Build strong relationships with training organisations and supervisors.
About You:
You’re an experienced counsellor or psychotherapist (450+ hours), with a deep understanding of psychodynamic modalities and ethical frameworks. You’re organised, proactive, and passionate about making a lasting impact in mental health services.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We’re looking for an experienced Marketing and Communications Officer to join our Marcoms Team. This role represents an exciting opportunity to work with a charity that has real impact on the lives of children, young people and their families. Whether you’re liaising with the media to raise awareness of our work in schools, working with school-based colleagues to develop case studies, promoting our professional qualifications, or developing marketing and communications campaigns and activity, including Children’s Mental Health Week, you will be motivated by knowing that this role will help Place2be to support children across the UK with their mental health.
You will play a key role in campaigns, creating compelling copy to raise awareness of our work and work closely with our Head of Marketing and Communications to secure press coverage and supporting with the creation of digital media, key blogs and content. This is a role that requires a unique mix of skills across communications, marketing and PR.
If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the ‘can do’ attitude towards your work and the key skills needed to succeed, we would love to hear from you. It’s varied and interesting role but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.
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.
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.
Closing date for applications: Midnight on 12 January 2025
1st Interview date: 17 January 2025
2nd Interview : 23 January 2025
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 organization.
Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap.
Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment including DBS checks and social media background checks.
Registered Charity
501 - 1000
we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it.
Thank you!
I am delighted to be working with an amazing mental health organisation in search of a freelance Clinical Lead. This is a part-time (40 hours per month) remote role, with occasional travel to Oxford. As Clinical Lead your role will be to oversee the clinical management of clients and ensure the delivery of high-quality services. Responsibilities include clinical oversight, safeguarding, client intake and allocation, team management, and supporting organisational development under the CEO's direction.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Oversight
• Manage client intake, waiting lists, and allocation to counsellors.
• Provide clinical oversight on policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the BACP Ethical Framework.
• Lead the safeguarding process, maintaining accurate records of concerns.
• Supervise the assessment team, conduct client assessments, and provide support on clinical queries.
• Ensure adequate supervision for all client-facing staff.
Management & Administration
• Recruit, induct, and manage volunteer counsellors, supervisors, and assessors.
• Oversee the interface between clinical and operational activities, ensuring accurate record-keeping.
• Attend clinical management meetings and community events.
Additional Duties
• Manage steps in the complaints process.
• Assist with fundraising and communications.
• Support relationships with training organisations.
This position combines clinical leadership, safeguarding, and team management to ensure the organisation delivers effective mental health services while adhering to ethical standards.
If you are immediately available (January start) with the above skills and experience, please apply online today, I would love to have a conversation with you.
Thank you!
Unifrog’s mission
We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.
Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.
We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).
Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply.
The role and your key responsibilities
As Marketing Lead, you’ll head up the marketing to our UK and international school audiences - from building compelling email campaigns to crafting engaging slide decks. UK and international schools are our two biggest audiences, and you’ll play a key role in driving their continued growth, helping us to support as many students as possible to make informed decisions about their next steps.
Your key responsibilities:
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Marketing strategy and planning
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Work with the Head of Marketing to set the marketing strategy for our UK and international school audiences, including understanding our customer personas, setting objectives, and identifying priorities for the year.
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Execute the strategy and lead on the creation and delivery of all comms to these two key audiences.
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Email
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Plan, write, and send compelling email campaigns, tailored to our different school audiences across the world.
- Work with the Content team to plan content for our teacher, parent and student-facing newsletters, and proof-read drafts.
- Use data to conduct regular ‘test and learns’ to maximise engagement with email campaigns.
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Events
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Work with our Events team to effectively market our school-facing events, including in-person teacher conferences, webinars, and virtual university and careers fairs for students.
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Create and send promotional comms, and support the Events team to write engaging event descriptions, conversion, and follow-up emails.
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Provide on-the-day support to the Events team for bigger events, such as our in-person teacher conferences.
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Social media
- Grow, create engaging content for, and spark conversations in our private UK teacher and international counselor Facebook groups.
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Design
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Write effective briefs and work with our in-house Graphic Designer to create impactful marketing collateral to use across digital channels and at in-person events.
- Create your own graphic design projects, based on templates, such as event agendas and slide decks for the UK and International schools teams to present at conferences.
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Working together
You’ll be working as part of a small marketing team, alongside our: Head of Marketing (your line manager), Marketing Lead for HE and Employers, Events Manager, Events Leads, and Events Assistant. You’ll also be working closely with our Content team, as well as our UK and International school partnerships teams.
What we’re looking for
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3-4 years’ experience in a marketing role.
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Exceptional writing skills, including ability to pick up our Unifrog tone of voice and tailor messages to different audiences.
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Excellent writing and communication skills, in person, over the phone and via video call.
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Strong stakeholder management skills.
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Highly organised and able to juggle different projects and deadlines.
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Confident with Google Sheets and Docs, and happy to learn new platforms such as Asana, Visme and Canva.
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Comfortable working both as part of a team and independently, and able to take the initiative when required.
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An interest in education, careers, and development.
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Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in. You need to be excited about going beyond the core responsibilities detailed above to improve what we do and make it a success.
You will be joining a team of highly motivated people who are passionate about our mission of helping students to find the best next step for them after school. If this excites you, you love keeping on top of the latest marketing trends, and are an energetic person who is willing to learn, then we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.
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Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools.
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Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
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Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
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Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
Key details
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£36,000 - £40,000 per annum (Grade B) (pro rata) depending on experience, plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus.
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Full-time.
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10-month FTC maternity cover.
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28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays) pro rata.
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Working hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9:00 am to 4:30 pm on Friday.
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Work remotely or in our London office.
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Start date: Monday 31st March 2025 (although we can be flexible depending on notice periods).
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If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying please get in touch.
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We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
Application process
Deadline: 10:00AM (GMT) on Friday 10th January 2025
- Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour) ✍️
- i. With reference to examples of your recent experience, what would make you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
- ii. You joined the team mid-campaign for the launch of a new tool on the Unifrog platform. It becomes clear that the campaign is off track and internal stakeholders have started to express concerns. How would you go about understanding the cause/s of the issue, and how would you regain stakeholder confidence? (250 words)
- iii. Tell us about a time when you had to tailor an email campaign for a specific audience. What informed your approach? (250 words)
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Stage 2: Marketing task (1 hour) ✉️
- For the next stage of the application process, we’ll ask you to draft a marketing email to one of our audiences. We will send you instructions if you are successful in the first application stage. We will be scheduling these tasks after the application deadline.
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Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour) ��️
- Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).
- Video call interviews will be held w/c 27th January 2025.
Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently.
Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring.
Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog
- Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.
- As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We want to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.
- To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.
- To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Title: Qualified Practitioner
Reporting To: CP Manager
Location: Remote (UK or NZ)
Contract: Fixed Term, 22 months
Hours: 9 - 15 hours per week (3-5 3hr shifts each week at specified times on a rota)
Hourly Rate: £15 / $30 p/h
Benefits:
- Enhanced policies including 25 days annual leave per year, plus public holidays;
- Company electronic devices;
- Competitive pension;
- Remote and flexible working;
- Excellent opportunities for training and career progression
Closing Date: 12th January 2025
Job Purpose: To have text-based conversations to provide mental health support to people in distress, working to take someone in distress to a calmer place.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Have text-based conversations to provide support for people in distress at peak evening times.
- Follow our training and work, with the support of a Clinical Supervisor, to take someone in distress to a calmer place.
Person Specification
Essential
- You must be able to follow the Shout model for support and be comfortable holding a minimum of four conversations simultaneously as directed by your Supervisor.
- You should be calm, compassionate, communicative, confident and interested in developing skills in the field of digital mental health.
- You must hold a qualification at Level 4 or above in counselling, psychology, psychotherapy, nursing or social work, and have suitable experience of working on the front line of mental health.
- You must hold, or commit to studying towards, a Level 3 safeguarding qualification, and have completed the Shout Safeguarding Texters training.
- You must be able to commit to taking shifts at times stipulated by our rota between three and five times per week on average, and be able to respond to occasional calls to help out if we are experiencing a substantial spike in demand at other times.
- You must be able to attend a group reflective session with our practice lead once a month, which will be held remotely.
Contracts of either 3, 4 or 5 shifts (shift=3hrs) per week - Minimum of 4 conversations at any one time
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent communicator
- Ability to multitask and work at a high volume whilst maintaining calm under pressure
- Demonstrate a high level of resilience
- Willingness and ability to work independently (remotely), whilst remaining connected to and engaged with the team
- Reflective, compassionate, kind, and respectful
- Proactive in reviewing own performance, improvement and development
Desirable:
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding, confidentiality and risk
- Ideally, you should have an external supervisor and/or a personal counsellor, but we are aware that some jobs or qualifications do not require this.
We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of applicants.
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Are you an experienced operations leader looking to make a real difference in people's lives? Relate Mid & East Surrey, the trusted name in relationship support across the region, is searching for an Operations and Services Manager to oversee the day-to-day running of our impactful charity.
Why Join Us?
At Relate, we know that healthy relationships—whether with family, partners, friends, or colleagues—are the cornerstone of wellbeing. That’s why we’re dedicated to helping individuals, couples, young people and families improve their relationships through expert counselling and mediation.
As an independent charity, we deliver over 5,000 hours of high-quality support annually to people of all ages. With two centres (Epsom and Reigate), a charity shop, and active partnerships with local schools, we’re deeply embedded in our community.
Our team is the heart of our success. You’ll be working alongside:
• 2 clinical supervisors
• 20 skilled counsellors
• 1 dedicated mediator
• 9 friendly receptionists
• 3 committed office staff and management
• Teams of volunteers
About the Role
As our Operations and Services Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our services run smoothly and effectively. This senior position requires a hands-on leader with a knack for problem-solving, a passion for making an impact, and a collaborative approach to team management.
You’ll oversee the operational backbone of our charity, managing administrative systems, leading support staff, and coordinating our reception volunteers to deliver a seamless client experience.
What We’re Looking For
• A proven track record in operational and administrative management, preferably in a client-focused or charitable environment.
• Strong leadership skills to inspire and support a team of dedicated staff and volunteers.
• A proactive, positive approach to problem-solving and day-to-day management.
• A genuine passion for Relate’s mission to support and strengthen relationships.
What We Offer
• The opportunity to make a real difference in your community.
• A welcoming and collaborative team culture.
• A varied and meaningful role in a thriving charity.
This is a part-time role for 25 hours per week, working across both our Epsom and Reigate centres, and some home working.
Salary £22,857 - £25,000 per annum, depending on skills on experience (based on a full-time salary of £32,000 - £35,000)
This post is subject to a Standard DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check.
Closing date - 19th January 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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SV 2 has been supporting victims and survivors of sexual abuse since 1994, and today provides a range of services to anyone in Derbyshire or Derby City who has experienced sexual abuse, assault or violence, including friends and family members. We support people irrespective of age, gender or when the abuse occurred.
We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Therapy Delivery Manager to join our friendly, professional and passionate team, working across Derbyshire remotely and in person. You'll manage our BACP accredited therapy service, which provides therapy for people of all ages, delivered by a team of employed therapists and a pool of self-employed counsellors.
You might be the right person for the role if you have:
- Management qualification minimum level 4
- A minimum 3 years’ experience in managing and supporting staff to deliver services effectively
- A proven track record working in a quality assurance role including data collection, analysis and problem solving
- Knowledge, experience and awareness of rape and sexual abuse and their effects
- Brilliant communication skills including an ability to provide effective feedback, negotiate well and work with others, including funders
- Full driving licence and ability to travel across the county on a regular basis
In exchange we offer a competitive salary, flexible working, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a comprehensive employee wellbeing service. Our hybrid working policy is based on doing what's best for our clients, our services and our people, so we would expect you to based primarily from one of our offices to ensure that you can support your team effectively.
This role is subject to Enhanced DBS certification due to the nature of our services. You can find out more about our recruitment of ex offenders policy by contacting us.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
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Background
The Maypole Project supports children and young people with complex medical needs and their families across the UK. Our vision is that all families with a child with complex medical needs will have access to our support from diagnosis, for as long as they need.
Our unique model provides emotional and wellbeing support through counselling and therapy services for parents/carers, siblings and other adults involved in caring for a young person with complex medical needs.
The Maypole Project has been providing vital services to families for over 21 years and is in an exciting phase of development. We are expanding our management team to provide the capacity needed to grow and extend our provision to meet the needs of more families who would benefit from our unique model of support.
Role Purpose
As a member of the senior leadership team, the role will have strategic and operational oversight of all clinical and therapeutic services and activities, ensuring the Maypole Model of support is delivered effectively, to high-quality standards and is appropriately resourced. Working to the Maypole vision to provide access to support for everyone who needs it across the UK, through appropriate outreach, the role will work closely with colleagues and external partners to support the development and expansion of our service offer to meet the needs of families and grow our income.
Key Responsibilities
Service Management
- Line Management of the Senior Counsellor, Senior Child Therapist, Activities Manager and Clinical Supervisors.
- Overall management of the Therapies team, fostering positive communications through regular team meetings/socials, and building a collaborative and collegiate working culture across the organisation.
- Ensure all staff receive appropriate training and have access to further professional development opportunities.
- Holding a counselling caseload of 3-4 clients, in line with postholders professional qualifications and experience.
- Oversight of all enquiries and referrals from initial contact, through assessment and end of support, with assistance from the team administrator.
- Facilitate the provision of a Clinical Supervision for the therapies team.
- Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for the organisation ensuring safeguarding cover is always available via nominated deputies in your absence.
- Contributing to case conferences as required and convening internal “Maypole Team around the family” meetings to discuss our work and ensure seamless working both within Maypole’s provision and with external providers as necessary.
- Contract management: act as the main point of contact for our contractors with which we have service level agreements for the provision of therapy services.
- Data: Manage the client database and associated systems for recording of clients in relation to appointments, payments and impact reporting.
- Ensure premises are fit for purpose for therapy services and activities programmes, ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations, accessibility and confidentiality policies, in liaison with Head of Developments, CEO and other responsible personnel.
- Business/Service Development
- Contribute to strategic and operational plans for business and service development including delivering the aims of our strategic plan for growth in the following areas:
- service uptake and expansion across a wider geographic area
- developing service provision, quality and resourcing
- development of training and other consultancy services to external professionals
- Monitoring and Evaluation: ensuring standardised ways of recording data and disseminating the impact of our services in communications to a range of stakeholders including for contracts/grants as well as for key supporters and internally the Board and staff team.
- Support the CEO and Head of Development in developing external relationships and partnerships, instigating discussions regarding potential new contracts and partnerships and opportunities for collaborative working.
- Act as an Ambassador for The Maypole Project, advocating and promoting our work throughout relevant networks. Working with the Head of Development, seek opportunities to give talks and presentations to a range of audiences with the aim of building relationships with external contacts and potential partners.
- Reporting: provide written reports as required for the CEO, Board of Trustees, funders and contract clients.
Finance
- Contribute to setting the annual budget for therapies and activities.
- Monitor monthly income and expenditure accounts for therapy services, highlighting any discrepancies or potential for significant over or underspends.
General responsibilities
- Attend regular supervision, line management and whole team meetings.
- Adhere to the codes of ethics and practice adopted by The Maypole Project, in line with our service model and with other relevant Counselling Professional bodies.
- Comply with legal and statutory requirements including the Data Protection Act, Health and Safety at Work Act (always ensuring H&S of self and others).
- Comply with all organisational and departmental policies and procedures.
- Undertake the required CPD as identified in annual appraisals and line management processes.
- The postholder is expected to carry out additional duties commensurate with the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
About The Role
We are looking an organised and methodical generalist to join our People and Culture team. You’ll be the first point of contact for all people related queries so you’ll love supporting people helping them help themselves through effective signposting and coaching. This role is the bedrock of the team ensuring compliance and data integrity is upheld at all times to enable informed decision making by other members of the team.
You will need to be CIPD level 5 qualified as a minimum and come with experience of providing support on a range of Employee Relations casework. Your advice, guidance and support will facilitate managers and employees to be able to get on with their roles making sure no child faces mental health issues alone. For a career with purpose, this is your place!
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.
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.
Closing date for applications: Midnight on 03 January 2025
1st Interview date: 10 January 2025
2nd Interview date: 15 January 2025
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 organization.
Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap.
Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment including DBS checks and social media background checks.
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we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it.