Social Care jobs in Burnley

School based psychotherapist

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000. (Term Time plus 5 days £27,768- £31,735 pro rata)

Job Type: 37 Hours per week term time only plus 5 days
Schedule: Monday to Friday (4 days 8:45am – 4pm one day 8:45 – 5pm)
Location: Blackburn, Burnley, Leeds and Bury
Start Date: September 2026 – with induction prior to this in August (dates can be discussed)

Full Job Description

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people to thrive emotionally, socially, and academically? We are seeking a dedicated School Therapist to deliver therapeutic support across our specialist school settings in Blackburn, Burnley, Bury and Leeds. This is a rewarding role working with pupils aged 5–16, offering tailored 1:1 therapy sessions and embedding a therapeutic approach throughout the school environment.

We are looking for a compassionate, resilient, and motivated Psychotherapist to join our supportive team at Prosperity Children’s Services.

You will work within our therapeutic education provisions, delivering flexible, one-to-one therapy and supporting staff to provide trauma-informed, person-centred environment.

As a school therapist, you will play a key part in developing and implementing high‑quality therapeutic provisions across our schools. You will be required to manage a case load of children offering 1:1 sessions, liaise with and offer therapeutic support to teaching staff working with children on your case load, and delivering workshops when required to guide and expand on our therapeutic environment and practice.

More about this role and full application pack at www.prosperitychildrensservices.co.uk/careers

About Us

Prosperity Children’s Services supports children, young people, and families across Lancashire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

We provide a range of services from short-term interventions to long-term, bespoke support packages, with a focus on achieving positive outcomes. We also provide psychotherapy in 1:1 and group settings and deliver training to our education staff.

Responsibilities

• Offering 1:1 therapy sessions for pupils with a wide range of emotional, behavioural, and social needs, within Ofsted registered educational services for children.
• Use a range of therapeutic techniques to support emotional regulation, self-esteem, resilience, and social development.
• Complete assessments and develop individualised therapy plans tailored to each pupil on your case load, with therapeutic resources and materials designed to meet each child’s needs.
• Liaise with families, social workers, commissioning authorities and inter-agency teams, OFSTED, including CAMHS, when appropriate.
• Work closely with teaching and support staff to help embed therapeutic principles, such as principles of P.A.C.E and Trauma-Informed Care, into daily classroom practice.
• Provide reflective practice sessions for our staff teams working with and educating traumatised children and young people.
• Offer staff training, workshops, and ongoing CPD focused on emotional wellbeing and trauma‑informed approaches.
• To adhere to your professional body's code of ethics (BACP, UKCP, HCPC) including maintaining accreditation or registration. This includes the BACP’s Competences framework for working with young people.
• Ensure high standards of practice, safeguarding, and documentation are maintained.

Requirements

• Level 6 qualification (or above) in a relevant subject counselling, psychotherapy, drama/art therapist. Significant recent experience of working with children and young people within a psychotherapeutic or counselling role.
• Professional qualifications - Level 6 minimum
• Member of BACP/UKCP/HCPC or other relevant professional body.
• Ability to relate to and build rapport with young people who have a range of social, emotional and cognitive abilities, as well as with their families and other professionals.
• The ability to identify where thresholds are met for more specialist intervention such as psychological assessment, assess and communicate risk and safeguarding concerns to ensure the safeguarding of our young people and practitioners, and be part of an assessment process to support the young person’s individual needs.
• Excellent literacy, numeracy, written and oral communication skills, including writing comprehensive, detailed reports.
• Good information technology literacy skills, with a knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and experience of learning database systems for recording and storing information.
• The ability to maintain confidentiality and sensitivity of young people’s information, along with the ability to correctly breech confidentiality where legally and ethically required.
• Full UK Driving Licence required – Ability to travel between sites (Blackburn, Burnley, Bury, Leeds).

Benefits

• Term time only working pattern (plus 5 training days).
• Opportunities for professional development and ongoing training.
• Company pension scheme
• Death in service (after probation)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Blue Light Card – Enjoy discounts on lots of everyday favourites!
• Refer-a-friend scheme
• External supervision contribution
• Supportive and dedicated team
• Mileage allowance
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on children’s lives every day.

Safeguarding & Recruitment

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Prosperity Children’s Services is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of any protected characteristic.

As part of the selection process, we will undertake thorough checks to ensure that the appointed candidate poses no risk of harm to children and young people.

The post-holder is expected to uphold the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and report any concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy DSL

Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Financial planning services
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Work Location: In person