Counselling jobs in Scotland

Job Title: Psychotherapist

Location: Regionally based across Scotland

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience

About National Fostering Group

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With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

We also offer a 4 day working week - this means 80% of the hours for 100% pay! This will be given following a successful 6 month probationary period and is a performance based benefit.

A bit more about the opportunity:

We are looking for a Psychotherapist to join our central clinical team.

The National Fostering Group central services consist of providing our carers with an online clinical consultation service, our agencies with reflective practice groups and clinically deliver our specialist packages. You will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide an effective clinical service across the group.

Daily tasks will consist of the following face to face and online services:

• Clinical Consultation Sessions for Carers and Staff.
• Reflective Practice Sessions for Staff.
• Direct therapy for children.
• Facilitation of our specialist clinical programmes.
• Clinical Meetings.

Reporting to the groups Clinical Lead, you will carry out individual assessments advising on best practice relevant to autism, learning difficulties, complex attachment, and trauma experiences. After assessment you will formulate, recommend, and deliver best courses of intervention and evaluate progress in line with the statement of purpose and deliver the groups clinical model to allocated agencies.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the Job Description.

Who we’re After:

The successful candidate will have relevant post registration experience with children and young people and previously worked within a multi-disciplinary team who support families. You will have knowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice including regulatory requirements and information governance as well as being competent in all relevant core areas of Psychotherapy.

You will be comfortable communicating with a range of stakeholders including children, carers, families and professionals. It would be desirable if you have had experience teaching and training others in clinical practice but this is not essential.

Essential Criteria:

• Relevant qualification in Psychotherapy (Minimum of a Level 4 Diploma in Counselling/Psychotherapy)
• Registered with BACP or equivalent.
• Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities.
• Hold a full UK driving licence, with access to a car.
• Ability to work independently as agreed under supervision.
• Experience of multi-professional work teams or services within designated speciality

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• 27 days holiday, increasing with service up to 32 days + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
• Bonus schemes
• Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you. Just some of the things on offer:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options
• Salary sacrifice Eco Car Scheme and Cycle Scheme
• Tech benefit

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer.

Job ID: 319274

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free or subsidised travel
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Licence/Certification:

• Registered with BACP or equivalent (required)
• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edinburgh