Place2Be Supervising Counsellor - Erskine Stewart Melville - Edinburgh

Overview

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.

A qualified therapist/ counsellor, you've been working in the profession for at least a year, and now it's time to take the next step. As a Place2Be Supervising Counsellor your main focus is assessment and formulation of referrals and supporting and overseeing the work of the Counsellors on Placement enabling them to deliver interventions across all year groups and achieve the best outcomes for the young people we support. You'll still deliver some therapeutic work with children yourself, including some group/whole class work, but ultimately, you'll be shaping clinical delivery of services within the school you operate.

As part of a huge community of practitioners across the United Kingdom, you'll have opportunities to share best practice and develop clinical thinking, knowledge and learning. 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.

Responsibilities

As a Place2Be Supervising Counsellor, your responsibilities include:

• Assessment and formulation of referrals
• Supporting and overseeing the work of Counsellors on Placement
• Delivering interventions across all year groups to achieve the best outcomes for the young people we support
• Delivering some therapeutic work with children yourself, including group and/or whole class work
• Shaping the clinical delivery of services within the school

Qualifications

A qualified therapist/counsellor, with at least one year of professional experience in the field.

Application process

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: 14 September 2025 Midnight

Interview date: 18 September 2025

Benefits

• 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.

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 or email

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.