Children’s mental health charity, Place2Be, has been providing in-school support and expert training to improve the
emotional wellbeing of pupils, families, teachers and school staff in Scottish primary and secondary schools
since 2001.
Starting with an initial pilot in two Edinburgh primary schools, Place2Be Scotland now reaches over 14,000 pupils and
their families in schools across Glasgow, Edinburgh, South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Dundee, Angus, Perth and
Kinross and South Ayrshire. Our training programme includes a Mental Health Champions Foundation Course
available free of charge to 50,000 teachers across the UK and support for School Leaders.
As an established leader in the field Place2Be has also been commissioned by the Scottish Government to deliver a
nationwide support service for school leaders, teachers and staff across Scotland. In addition we are working in
partnership with the University of Edinburgh to support teachers of the future to develop their resilience,
understand children’s mental health and wellbeing and contribute to mental healthy schools.
We are committed to supporting the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of children and young people in the crucial
formative years of their lives. Our expert teams provide pupils and their families with emotional and
therapeutic support, as well as delivering training within school communities. All of our work is
evidence-based, using tried and tested methods, backed by research.
As a Mental Health Practitioner/Counsellor, you will effectively manage all aspects of the Place2Be provision in
partnership with the school ensuring that the children and young people are provided with therapeutic and
emotional support, high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in Place2Be
schools. This includes undertaking clinical assessments and formulations.
You will also undertake one to one or clinical or group work with children and/or young people and provide Place2Be
services such as Place2Talk, Place2Think and Parent Partnership interventions as agreed with the Area Manager
and school leadership team.
You'll ensure high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in Place2Be schools, by
undertaking clinical assessments and formulations, identifying and delivering appropriate clinical interventions
for children and young people, establishing positive, active and effective relationships with the school and
Place2Be management team and actively participating in staff meetings to share best practice and develop
clinical thinking, knowledge and learning.
The successful candidate:
Will have a recognised counselling or therapy qualification with substantial post-qualifying experience, along with a
good knowledge of the school environment. Most important of all is your ap-proach; we are an exciting, dynamic
organisation doing amazing work so we're looking for people with the enthusiasm and commitment to match our
own.
You will:
- hold a recognised counselling or therapy qualification
- have current membership of a relevant
professional body (BACP/ PTUK/ UKCP/NCS/BPS)
- possess post qualification experience in a clinical role
and an understanding of children and young people
- demonstrate understanding of working with children and
young people who require or would benefit from emotional and therapeutic support
- demonstrates
understanding of a range of therapeutic models
- be able to travel regularly as rural locations included
in this post (Car preferably)
- show strong experience, be organised and a dynamic individual
In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:
- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
- Robust Learning and Development Programme
- Contributory Pension
Scheme
- Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mobile Phone
Discounts (EE Network)
- Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
- Extended
Maternity/Paternity Pay
If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills
and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and fami-lies, we would love you to join
us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and ful-filling - you will be helping to give young
people a brighter future.