Place2Be Supervising Counsellor, Dover Christ Church Academy, Dover

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.

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.

Responsibilities

As 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. This is a blended role: for three days a week, 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. For the remaining day, you'll work as a Place2Be School Counsellor, delivering therapeutic interventions directly to children yourself, including some group and whole class work. Across the week, you'll be shaping clinical delivery of services within the school you operate in, both through your own direct work and through the practitioners you supervise.

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.

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

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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 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.