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Our Values
Supporting Minds is successful because it has the courage to make the world a better place.
Acting with integrity at all times and sharing our loving compassion with others.
Whilst responsibly striving for change and remaining professional in our pursuit.
Current Job Opportunities
Below you will find details of all of our current job opportunities.
Please follow the application process at the end of each job description.
Share our Passion for Therapy
Whilst we are rapidly expanding nationwide, our core values remain the same. Integrity. Courage. Responsibility. Loving Compassion. Professional
Everyone within Supporting Minds is passionate about holding space to encourage individuals to self actualise in their own unique way.
As we recognise each service users uniqueness, we also recognise each employees uniqueness and we are looking to expand our team to offer a modern, fresh approach to therapy services.
Counselling Tutor
About Supporting Minds:
We are a not for profit organisation with a strong social mission to make therapy affordable and accessible. Our training allows us to do just that. We believe in recognising and valuing the whole person and that’s why we offer direct entry to our courses, we take into consideration an individual’s self-awareness, openness to experience, previous academic study and life experience.
Supporting Minds operates in the talking therapy field and offers counselling to clients in the Lincoln area and online, and provides training to those looking to qualify as therapeutic counsellors across the country. Supporting Minds is rapidly expanding nationwide through a franchise model, as well as developing and maintaining its own current training and counselling offering. The role required is diverse and varied and will grow as the business grows.
We are looking for a motivated, passionate and dedicated counsellor to deliver our BTEC Level 5 Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, supervise our students and deliver mini CPD courses.
Contact us with your CV + cover letter at careers@supportingminds.com
Your role will include:
- Delivering the BTEC Level 5 syllabus, including regular weekend work.
- Assessing and marking learners work.
- Offering study support across the SM network.
- Speaking to new potential students about the course and interviewing.
- Preparing teaching resources.
- Offer group supervision via Teams one evening a month.
- Offer 1:1 supervision to SM students (not your own groups).
- Deliver mini CPD via Teams in our Summer School.
- There may be the possibility of client work (time permitting).
- Attendance at monthly team meetings via Teams.
- Some flexible working hours to suits yours and SM’s needs.
You will need to be:
- A registered (NCS/ BACP) therapist.
- 2 years post qualifying experience.
- Knowledgeable on counselling theory and experiential delivery.
- Experience of facilitating/ teaching groups.
- Able to provide two references.
- Have or be prepared to have an enhanced DBS check for adults and children.
- Understand the Supporting Minds ethos.
- Able to use your own initiative and work autonomously.
- Be confident in being responsible for your own teaching space and problem solving independently.
What Supporting Minds can offer you:
- A level 3 qualification in Teaching and Education.
- A certificate in Counselling Supervision.
- An exciting opportunity to make a difference in your own community through our forward thinking approach to talking therapy.
- Support and training with our academic team covering the Supporting Minds ethos and values, full course syllabus, internal verification/ quality training.
- Ongoing and regular support from the SM team across the country.
- You will have a SM quality advisor to support you with student assessments and marking between team meetings.
- Access to our Summer School which hosts a variety of informative CPD sessions.
- We are a supportive team that strives to innovate.
£27k- £30k per annum (£30- £33k per annum in London), to be reviewed regularly | 37.5 average working week. Part time working considered | Two evenings a month (2 hours each). Weekend teaching groups (no more than two) | Flexible working to fit around the above.
Contact us with your CV + cover letter at careers@supportingminds.com
Short Term Croydon Counselling Tutor
Starting Friday 18 November and ending Friday 16 December.
Due to staff sickness we are looking for a qualified counsellor with teaching experience to deliver our BTEC Level 5 Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling to one group, each Friday 10am- 4pm, at our central Croydon centre.
You will follow lesson plans and be supported by our Head of Training to deliver a high quality of teaching to our students.
You will need to be:
- A registered (NCS/ BACP) therapist.
- 2 years post qualifying experience.
- Knowledgeable on counselling theory and experiential delivery.
- Experience of facilitating/ teaching groups.
- Able to provide two references.
- Have or be prepared to have an enhanced DBS check for adults and children.
- Understand the Supporting Minds ethos.
- Able to use your own initiative and work autonomously.
- Be confident in being responsible for your own teaching space and problem solving independently.
This is a rare oppotunity to work on a self employed basis, on a fixed term agreement at £30 p/h.
Contact us with your CV + cover letter at careers@supportingminds.com
