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LocationWest Midlands

	DepartmentLearning and Practice (L&amp;P)

	Advertising SalaryPro rata depending on hours - FTE of £28,822p.a

	Vacancy TypePermanent

	Careers Site Advertising End Date13 Jun 2025

	HoursHours Per Week:35

	Working PatternTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

	School Website URL<a href="http://www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com" target="_blank">www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com</a>
 
	 

 

 
		<h2>About The Role</h2>
	
		
			
At Place2Be, we believe that every young person should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. That’s why we create safe spaces in schools where young people can open up without pressure or stigma. Our highly skilled and diverse counsellors provide the compassionate, expert care that children, young people, and their families need.&nbsp;
We are looking for level 4 qualified, creative, and ambitious counsellors looking to make a real difference to the lives of young people. You’ll need to have experience of working in a secondary school supporting young people who may be facing complex challenges. You’ll be resilient, have high levels of emotional intelligence to be able to look after yourself as well as the young people you will be working with and be proficient in dealing with safeguarding issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;
We have multiple roles across seven secondary schools in Birmingham working with key stage 3,4 and 5 students, starting in September 2025. When you make your application,&nbsp;you’ll be asked to state your school preference along with preferred working hours and days.&nbsp;
<a href="https://arkvictoria.org/about/welcome/secondary" target="_blank">https://arkvictoria.org/about/welcome/secondary</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.keshacademy.com/" target="_blank">www.keshacademy.com</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.corecity.academy/" target="_blank">www.corecity.academy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.corejewelleryquarter.academy/" target="_blank">www.corejewelleryquarter.academy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.stacs.org/" target="_blank">www.stacs.org</a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.solihull.graceacademy.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.solihull.graceacademy.org.uk</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com/" target="_blank">www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
Working at Place2Be means you become part of a huge nationwide community of professionals dedicated to children’s mental health. You’ll&nbsp;benefit from extensive training and development, ensuring you can grow your career with us.&nbsp;
Make a lasting difference—Together, we can change children’s lives.&nbsp;
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.&nbsp;Your answers will be used in the shortlisting process.
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Closing date for applications:13/06/2025
Interview date: 20/06/2025&nbsp;
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:
<ul>
 <li>Annual Leave that increases with service</li>
 <li>Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career</li>
 <li>5% contributory pension scheme</li>
 <li>Life assurance of four times your annual salary</li>
 <li>A comprehensive employee assistance programme</li>
 <li>Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)</li>
 <li>Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time</li>
 <li>Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave</li>
</ul>
We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.&nbsp;We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.
Should you require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team on 020 7923 5050 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c56535e4f7c4c505d5f590e5e5912534e5b124957">[email&nbsp;protected]</a>
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 which includes a DBS check.
		
	
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Place2Be Counsellor, Multiple Locations, Birmingham

LocationMidlands

	DepartmentLearning and Practice (L&amp;P)

	Advertising Salary£11,529 pro rata (from FTE of £28,822 p.a) 

	Vacancy TypePermanent

	Careers Site Advertising End Date12 Jun 2025

	HoursHours Per Week:14

	Working PatternThursday, Friday

	School Website URLarktindalprimary.org
 
	 

 

 
		<h2>About The Role</h2>
	
		
			
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.
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.&nbsp;Your answers will be used in the shortlisting process.
Closing date for applications: 12/06/2025
Interview date: 20/06/2025

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:
<ul>
 <li>Annual Leave that increases with service</li>
 <li>Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career</li>
 <li>5% contributory pension scheme</li>
 <li>Life assurance of four times your annual salary</li>
 <li>A comprehensive employee assistance programme</li>
 <li>Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)</li>
 <li>Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time</li>
 <li>Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave</li>
</ul>
We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.&nbsp;We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.
We are proud to be a disability confident employer and will ask you during your application If you wish to be considered for a guaranteed interview under the disability confident scheme. Under the scheme we commit to offering an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria as outlined in the job role.
If you have any questions about the scheme, or require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team on 020 7923 5050 or email&nbsp;<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1cbcec3d2e1d1cdc0c2c493c3c48fced3c68fd4ca">[email&nbsp;protected]</a>
		
	
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Place2Be Counsellor, Ark Tindal Primary School, Birmingham

LocationEdinburgh City

	DepartmentClinical Trainee Placements

	Advertising SalaryNot Applicable

	Vacancy TypePlacement

	Careers Site Advertising End DateNot Specified

	HoursHours Per Week:7

	Working PatternMonday - Friday

	School Website URLNot Specified
 
	 

 

 
		<h2>About The Role</h2>
	
		
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 <li>Thank you for your interest in a Counselling Placement at a Place2Be partner school!&nbsp;Click this link to view a map of our placement schools:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&amp;mid=1FifS_0M0IiXmPX8eVUc-1EAlBcG_xag&amp;ll=53.72628311420423%2C-1.5667679000000136&amp;z=6" target="_blank">Placement Map</a><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&amp;mid=1FifS_0M0IiXmPX8eVUc-1EAlBcG_xag&amp;ll=53.72628311420423%2C-1.5667679000000136&amp;z=6" target="_blank">&nbsp;</a></li>
 <li>Please note that not all schools will have placements available, but we will try our best to match you to a convenient placement.</li>
 <li>Please only apply for one vacancy as multiple applications are rejected on the system. If successful upon interview, you will have the opportunity to discuss your location preference.</li>
 <li>All successful applicants would need a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) or Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check that is&nbsp;enhanced, checked for&nbsp;children’s and adult’s barred list, and is&nbsp;registered on the Update Service.</li>
</ul>
Counsellors&nbsp;on 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.
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 <li>Place2Be provides a high level of support to counsellors on placement through regular supervision, tailored training workshops and offers a well-recognised clinical placement*.</li>
 <li>We provide a comprehensive induction programme and clinical supervision is undertaken at the end of each day.</li>
 <li>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.</li>
 <li>Placements are term time only and run for one academic year. There are opportunities for you to stay with us beyond one year.</li>
 <li>You will have the opportunity to attend up to six optional workshops throughout the year which are recognised as continuing professional development time.</li>
 <li>Sessions spent with children are accepted as clinical hours towards professional accreditation, and are recognised by the BACP and UKCP.</li>
 <li>A placement is an excellent stepping stone into a job opportunity and career with Place2Be, over&nbsp;⅔&nbsp;of our clinical staff were once Counsellors on Placement.</li>
 <li>We have places available in our projects in both primary and secondary schools nationwide.</li>
</ul>
*Counting your hours
All clinical hours gained on placement can be used towards accreditation with a body such as BACP and UKCP. 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. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. 
 
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.&nbsp;

 
		
	
		<h2>About You</h2>
	
		
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You will be a fully qualified Counsellor, Therapist or studying towards one of these professions at the following levels:
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 <li>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 9 - 12 months.</li>
 <li>Degree, MSc or MA in Counselling or Psychotherapy - if you are in your first year you will have relevant experience of direct work with children.</li>
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We are always looking for suitable counsellors on placement, so if you believe you have what it takes to thrive in this challenging, rewarding environment please apply.&nbsp;Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

		
	
		<h2>About Us</h2>
	
		
			
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,&nbsp;teachers&nbsp;and 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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.&nbsp; Our work, focused on early intervention, is part of the comprehensive CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) system.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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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 continue to pilot,&nbsp;trial&nbsp;and explore new ways in which we can develop our practice as well as share learning, expertise and findings from the robust evidence and evaluation we gather. HRH The&nbsp;Princess of Wales&nbsp;is our Royal Patron and Place2Be is one of the founding charity partners of Heads Together. 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,&nbsp;families&nbsp;and schools we support.&nbsp;We ask our staff team to share our core values of perseverance, integrity,&nbsp;compassion&nbsp;and creativity, and to have the skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable children and families.
Our values:
We believe that how we approach our work is as important as the work itself. Our four key values shape everything we do: 
Compassion&nbsp;– 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.
Integrity&nbsp;– We demonstrate sound ethical values in all our work, and we are honest, transparent, courageous and authentic.
Perseverance&nbsp;– We have the courage to continue in the face of adversity and do this with determination to find effective solutions.
Creativity&nbsp;– We bring an open-minded approach and flexibility to our thinking and actions and enable others to do the same.&nbsp;

		
	

 
 
 
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