Mental Health Therapists and Counsellors

2 days ago


Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom YMCA Trinity Group Full time

**Self-Employed **Mental Health Therapists and Counsellors - Children & young people

**Job Reference **MH-TC (1122)

Work available across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Suffolk and Northants.

**YMCA Trinity Group - Mental Health Services Team**

Our Mental Health Programme Team offer a range of mental health services for schools and other settings including counselling, therapy, staff training and whole school approaches.
- “Counselling for YMCA is amazing and I would highly recommend it, with every day being different. The charity works across many settings providing an opportunity for personal development, growth, challenges, rewards; at the same time knowing that you are supported by a very strong team and organisation. As a counsellor, you can sometimes feel like an island, this is not the case with YMCA, with invites to attend CPD, meetings and peer supervision, you are part of a family and are valued.” Michele _

For our teams we will ensure our policies and procedures are truly inclusive and work to ensure our environment is a place where everyone can thrive.

**Job Role **Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in your Counselling or Therapy Career? Looking for an organisation who can offer great benefits and regular work during the school day?

Our Mental Health service offers 1:1 therapy and early intervention programmes (group work, mentoring, family work) to children and young people aged 5-18. We provide therapeutic and non-therapeutic interventions for children and young people who have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and support for schools and other settings to develop wellbeing strategies.

Due to demand, we are now looking to expand the service and require more therapists and counsellors to cover therapeutic and non-therapeutic programmes, across the region. We are also looking for people that can work with school staff, including 1to1 and drop-in sessions. In addition, you will have the opportunity to be considered for one of our sessional trainers to deliver our existing portfolio of mental health training to teachers or workshops and assemblies to students (presentation experience required).

Current work opportunities include:

- Full day per week primary school work across Ipswich centre, Woodbridge and Hadleigh
- Various half day or full day per week vacancies in Peterborough, Cambridge and Suffolk areas (primary and secondary schools)
- Various short-term support across Peterborough & Cambridgeshire (primary schools)

**Skills and Experience **In summary, the successful applicant will have the following qualities:

- Previous experience of working with children and young people
- Have a minimum of: Certificate in Therapeutic Play, or had some training in play or arts based therapy alongside a L4 in Counselling (Primary School work); or have a L4 in Child & Adolescent Therapeutic Counselling (adolescent work) or equivalent
- Be registered with PTUK, BAPT, BACP or equivalent having obtained a minimum of 120 hours of clinical experience, and with a clinical supervisor
- Be able to travel as required for the role
- Be able to work on a self-employed basis during the day for the duration of each contract
- Demonstrate a commitment to continued CPD (min. 30 hours pa)
- Be highly organised and follow quality assurance requirements

**Please note**: You are required to have a current and satisfactory Enhanced DBS certificate which covers; the Adult Workforce for supervision and Child & Adult Workforce for counselling work. Your DBS certificate should be registered with the DBS Update Service. If you do not have a DBS certificate which meets the criteria set out above, we would be able to facilitate a DBS Application for you, at your cost.***

**Salary and Benefits **In return we can offer:

- **£21-£31.50** per hour (Level 4 or above)
- Rates depend on the intervention provided and number of sessions per day
- **£30** per hour to deliver staff training
- Regular networking meetings
- Peer support sessions
- Free and subsidised CPD
- Free resources
- Subsidised group supervision
- Flexible work patterns to suit your availability

**Interview Date** By arrangement

**Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you soon**

YMCA Trinity Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff to share this commitment.

**Visit ymcatrinitygroup.org.uk to view our current work and volunteering opportunities


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