Integrative Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist - AFC Band 6 (Entry Point)
Salary: AFC Band 6 (Entry Point)
Location: Oxted, Surrey
Closing Date: 04/09/2026
Moor House School & College is an outstanding residential and day school for children and young people with significant speech, language and communication needs. Situated close to a mainline station with direct links to London, the school is located in a beautiful rural setting on the Kent and Surrey borders. Moor House provides a differentiated mainstream curriculum to students aged from 7 to 19.
We are seeking to recruit an Integrative Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist to work for three days per week, 8.2 hours per day, with demonstrable interest in Developmental Language Disorder and or/speech disorders and associated diagnoses. The role will involve direct individual work with students across the school and college, contribution within multi-disciplinary teams to ensure a holistic approach to student mental health and well-being and supervision. Applicants must be trained to MA standard and be registered with the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP).
Successful candidates will join the mental health and wellbeing team that is part of a large, established Therapy Team. CPD and research opportunities are considered vital to the provision of a high-quality service, and these are actively encouraged.
What we offer
- Weekly supervision sessions, induction and CPD sessions to facilitate development of the skills & completion of NPQ framework.
- A programme of specialist accredited training.
- An organisation that has a pioneering research institute providing opportunities for clinical research & contributions to publications.
- Restaurant quality hot and cold food.
Closing date for all applications: 9am on Friday 4 September2026
Interview date: To be confirmed
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
Moor House School & College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. All applicants will be screened, including checks with past employers and with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if suitable candidates are found.
Moor House School opened in June 1947 and was the first school of its kind. It was set up by Dr Worster-Drought, a neurologist and Mrs Hudson Smith, a speech therapist and Principal of the West End School for Speech Therapy, London.
Moor House School & College is a highly specialist educational placement which provides individualised, targeted, and specialist education to a specific population of children who have significant and pervasive language disorders and/or speech disorders with average learning potential. The school therefore meets the needs of a discrete pupil population and undertakes very careful and detailed assessment before offering any pupil a place.
At Moor House School and College, we take the safety and welfare of all our students very seriously. Find out more about our Team.
Specialising in supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (DLD) we offer a personalised, therapeutic and ambitious curriculum from Key stage 2 through to Post 16. Every pupil follows an individualised pathway that builds confidence, communication, independence and achievement.