Contract: Permanent, Part-time (30 hours per week)
Salary: £28,980 per annum
Location: On site in various locations in Lambeth, with occasional travel to Head Office (Aldgate East)
Closing Date: 15th October 2024
Interviews expected to be on w/c 29th October 2024
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Psychotherapist to join our Lambeth Emotional Well-being Service (LEWS) based in South London.
We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.
Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.
You will work alongside other professionals in a multi-disciplinary team. Your experience of managing a caseload of Young People will mean you excel at working in partnership with Centrepoint colleagues in different departments, partner organisations and local services to ensure that our clients receive the support relevant to their mental, emotional and physical health needs. You will have a good working knowledge of primary healthcare and public health initiatives and you will be keen to acquire new skills and knowledge.
You will have experience of working with the homeless or otherwise vulnerable Young Adults aged 16-25 in a mental health setting. You will have a relevant, recognised qualification at post-graduate level in the field of counselling, psychotherapy or art therapy. You must be a current registered or accredited member of an appropriate professional body (eg BACP, UKCP, HCPC); with a minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
What you’ll be doing…
- Your core responsibility will be delivering one-to-one psychotherapy to homeless Young People (aged16 – 25) in LEWS.
- Building relationships with our colleagues in Housing, who are the Keyworkers in Services.
- Being visible to Young People as a key part of promoting psychotherapy and other disciplines in the LEWS Team.
- Maintaining appropriate records, using our IT and information management systems.
- Communicating appropriately with a broad range of audiences.
This is a great opportunity for an individual to develop and deepen your clinical practice.
Why join Centrepoint?
In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Psychotherapist click ‘Apply’ now!
