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    Children and Young People Counsellors - London, United Kingdom - Place2be

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    Thank you for your interest in a Counselling Placement at a Place2Be partner school Counsellorson Placement provide emotional and therapeutic support to children and young people aged 4-18 in Place2Be partner schools.

    As an organisation that has adopted the BACP ethical framework of good practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, counsellors working within the organisation are dedicated to improving the mental health and well-being of the children they work with.

    Place2Be provides a high level of support to counsellors on placement through regular supervision, tailored training workshops and offers a well-recognised clinical placement*.

    We need you to be available for a minimum of one day per week to work in a therapeutic capacity with up to 3 children offering one-to-one counselling.

    Placements are term time only and run for one academic year.

    You will have the opportunity to attend up to six optional workshops throughout the year which are recognised as continuing professional development time.

    Sessions spent with children are accepted as clinical hours towards professional accreditation, and are recognised by the BACP and UKCP.

    A placement is an excellent stepping stone into a job opportunity and career with Place2Be, over 2⁄3 of our clinical staff were once Counsellors on Placement.

    We have places available in our projects in both primary and secondary schools nationwide.

    • However if you need to gain clinical hours for your course, we would strongly advise that you check with your course tutor as to whether child hours are accepted before applying. If your course does not accept child hours but you would like to gain counselling experience of working with Children and Young People, you can still apply for a Place2Be placement as a second placement.
    Diversity and Inclusion

    Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

    Additionally, for our clinical roles we are particularly keen in attracting male candidates to reflect the diversity of the partner schools and communities we work in.

    You will be a fully qualified Counsellor, Therapist or Clinical Psychologist or studying towards one of these professions at the following levels:
    Diploma in Counselling (Level 4 or above).

    If you are in your first year you will have completed a full academic year Certificate Course in Counselling or the equivalent of months.

    Degree, MSc or MA in Counselling, Counselling Psychology or Psychotherapy - if you are in your first year you will have relevant experience of direct work with children.

    Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

    Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert professional development to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, families,teachersand school staff.

    The charity currently provides an embedded mental health service in 500 UK primary and secondary schools supporting a school community of around 243,000 children and young people.

    Our teams provide a range of services in our partner schools to build resilience early in life through counselling, creative work and play and support a child's ability to engage in school life.

    Our work, focused on early intervention, is part of the comprehensive CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) system.

    Through our professional development programme, we are training around 1,200 Counsellors on Placement each year who build their mental health and counselling skills and experience through practice in our partner schools.

    We also provide a range of professional development programmes on mental health and wellbeing for school leaders, teachers and other professionals who work with children and young people, so we can help to build 'mentally healthy' schools and communities where all children can thrive and flourish.

    We also work collaboratively with a range of charities and expert organisations to leverage best-in-class knowledge and expertise to inform, develop and improve outcomes for the children,familiesand schools we support.

    We ask our staff team to share our core values of perseverance, integrity,compassionand creativity, and to have the skills and patience to support some of the UK's most vulnerable children and families.

    Compassion – We bring empathy and kindness to all we do, to better understand and meet the needs of children and young people, colleagues and other stakeholders.



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