Expire in: 23 days
Role: Children and Young Person’s Therapist
Based: Cumbria (2 days at home and 3 in the community/ office)
Salary: 30,750pa
Hours: 37 hours
Start Date: ASAP – June 2026
Duration: 1 year Fixed Term Contract
Our client, a highly respected National Children and Young Person’s Charity, is looking to recruit a Counsellor to join their specialist Cumbrian based Emotional Health and Well Being Services.
The service provides individual and group therapy work to children and young people aged 5 to 18 (and up to 25 if have SEN) having trouble with their mental health and emotional well-being. You will be supporting clients with Tier 2 Mental Health needs including anxiety, bereavement, attachment disorders and family breakdown).
They work in using a person-centred approach and encourage the use of a range of methods and tools to best fit the child(ren) including play, art, drama and integrative approaches.
Role Synopsis:
Managing a caseload of children and young people in Cumbria – working with them using remote/ virtual platforms from home
You will be working with children and young people with Tier 2 Mental Health needs and offering between 6 to 8 sessions
Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with external agencies to best support the child/ young person
Liaising and engaging families as appropriate to ensure the needs of the child/ young person are met
Attending various multi-agency meetings including SEN, CORE Group and Child Protection
Initiating and supporting the EHAT (Early Help Assessment Tool) process in response to the levels of need for families and multi-agency working
Overseeing safeguarding and making safeguarding referrals as and when required
Essential Requirements:
Must hold a psychological qualification to diploma level or above (this can include Counselling, Art Therapy, Play Therapy etc)
Member of a Recognised Professional governing body (e.g. BACP, PTUK. HPCP, UKCP)
Minimum 100 hours supervised practice
Proven track record of working with children and young people
For more information, please call the team on (phone number removed) and ask to speak to Ria or email us your CV at
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