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. Qualified, creative and ambitious. Sound like you? As a level 4 qualified therapist / counsellor, you ll not only work in one to one situations with young people providing clinical assessments and interventions, you ll also engage in the wider school community to strengthen skills, and promote understanding of child mental health and the importance of early intervention. As part of a huge community across the United Kingdom you ll have opportunities to bring your fresh thinking and ideas to the table to help us shape our programmes for today and tomorrow. 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. Hours - part time - 21 hrs pw working a Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Salary - £17,293 pro rata (from FTE of £28,822p.a) Maternity cover 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: 27/01/25 Interview date: to be confirmed Our Benefits When you work at Place2Be whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support. Here s just a few things we have on offer: 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. Should you require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team on or email Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap. Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment including DBS checks and social media background checks.
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. You've previously led small teams and seen the impact you can make on service delivery. Now it's time for a bigger challenge! As an Area Manager at Place2Be you'll be working as part of a co leadership team covering a the Cardiff and Merthyr region. You'll effectively line manage the clinical school-based staff ensuring service delivery and safeguarding are of the highest standards. You'll utilise data to inform and improve service and practice, manage budgetary resources in your service area, nurture and develop talent and build fantastic relationships with the schools you look after and the wider Place2Be community; all of which will enable you to grow your area and demonstrate the impact we can achieve at a local level. Creativity is one of our values and we encourage new ideas and fresh thinking. You'll be part of a wider community of Area Managers that will enable you to shape a local service by bringing best practice from across different strands of specialisms. With access to an enormous range of training and development and a pathway to develop and grow a career with purpose, this is your place. Recruitment process Closing date for receipt of all applications: Midnight on 17th January 2025 1st Interview date: 27th January 2025 Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap. Please feel free to contact our Recruitment team via if you have any questions about this role. 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 families, we would love you to join us. It's sensitive and demanding work - but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.
Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details. Diversity and Inclusion Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse groups. We are an organisation that is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and take this responsibility seriously.
