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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 info@supportingminds.com

Your role will include: 

• Delivering the BTEC Level 5 syllabus to up to 4 groups, including weekend work. Although you won’t start with 4 groups, these will be increased over the coming months. 
• 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 Zoom one evening a month. 
• Offer 1:1 supervision to SM students (not your own groups). 
• Deliver mini CPD via Zoom one evening a month on topics that you’re most passionate about. 
• There may be the possibility of client work (time permitting). 
• Attendance at monthly team meetings via Zoom. 
• 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. 
• A minimum of a PTTLS/ L3 Education and Training qualification/ commitment to complete inhouse if not already achieved. 
• 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. 
• Free group supervision once a month. 
• Free CPD each month on a variety of topics. 
• We are a supportive team that strives to innovate. 

£27k- £30k per annum, to be reviewed regularly | 37.5 average working week.  | 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 info@supportingminds.com