Psychotherapist​/Counsellor

Job Reference:

1868

Location:

Greater London

Hours of Work:

37 hours per week (full time)

Salary:

£36,501 - £40,024 FTE per annum, Inclusive of Inner London Weighting

Contract Type:

Temporary Contract

Closing Date:

30 Sep 2026

Psychotherapist/Counsellor

Service:
Off Centre

Salary:
Grade 3 (upper) 24-28: £36,501 - £40,024 FTE per annum, Inclusive of Inner London Weighting

Location:

Off Centre, The Textile Building, Hackney, London, E9.

We are predominantly office based but there may be an option for staff to work one day a week remotely. Our office space is wheelchair accessible. All staff are required to work on Wednesdays and one evening up to 8pm on either Monday or Thursday.

Hours:

Full-time (37 hours per week) or open to job share.

We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contract:

Temporary (1 year)

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policy making, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

• To carry out clinical and holistic, initial assessments of service users’ needs and suitability for service, including assessing risk and safeguarding issues, co-design outcome focussed treatment plan with young adult, utilizing agreed assessment and outcome tools such as CORE 10, PHQ 9 and GAD 7.
• To carry and maintain a caseload of service users receiving individual counselling / psychotherapy applying specialist knowledge and techniques of counselling / psychotherapy where appropriate during interventions. In addition, undertake the associated case management and administrative work in accordance with clinical and funding requirements. You will also co-facilitate the weekly Drop In on Thursday evenings.
• To keep excellent and up-to-date records of work with service users at all times, adhering to confidentiality and information sharing protocols in conjunction with safeguarding requirements.
• To advise and liaise with external partners involved in the mental health and wellbeing needs of clients. Contribute locally as well as regionally, to strategic planning discussions and ensure collaborative working with statutory and voluntary agencies and service providers to ensure a high quality unified service. Ensure that service-users’ views are heard and understood and inform and influence the development of local mental health services’ provision and practice.

• UK recognised Psychotherapy/Counselling (MA desirable) or equivalent qualification with substantial post-qualifying clinical experience in delivering evidence based psychotherapies with young people or young adults (ideally both) with moderate to severe mental health issues, and with a focus on quality and effectiveness.
• Accredited to a relevant professional Psychotherapy/Counselling body (BACP/UKCP/HCPC).
• You will be able to demonstrate continued professional development and advanced post qualification training in relevant areas which could include areas of DBT, Systemic, Mindfulness and/or EMDR approaches and interventions.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.

• - an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus…