Role Description

Job Title: Psychotherapist 

Accountable to: Operations Manager

Working Hours: Cohort dates and times to be agreed with the right candidate

Salary: This role is offered in a self employed freelance capacity 

Location: Remote

Deadline for applications: 25th June, 11pm

Interviews:

First stage informal cultural chats will take place on Zoom with members of the staff team.

Second stage strength based interviews with representatives from the trustee board on Zoom

Final stage with the Clinical Lead

Start Date: ASAP

How to apply: Please apply by sending a CV and covering letter, detailing your interest in the role, your relevant experience and evidence of how you meet all aspects of the person specification to recruitment@itstimecharity.co.uk

About It’s Time

It’s Time is a charity created by and for young adults who have experienced the death of a parent. Founded by people who know this grief first-hand, the charity ensures no young adult under 30 has to navigate such loss alone. Through peer-led support, events, free group therapy, and tailored resources, It’s Time offers connection and understanding during an often isolating time. The charity also partners with universities, workplaces, and families to promote better bereavement support - recognising that grief doesn’t follow a timeline, and the help offered to young adults shouldn’t either.

We launched group therapy in January 2024 and have been running a waiting list from day one.  Our Clinical Lead, who also runs the sessions, is UKCP accredited and a leading voice in field of bereavement, specialising in adults bereaved as children. We are looking for additional therapists to work alongside her and the staff team in order provide quality support to more young adults.

Duties

 ● To assist in the facilitation of a trauma-focused therapeutic programme to meet individual and It’s Time community needs;

● To facilitate an ongoing slow-open group for It’s Time members;

● To undertake assessments of any potential group members to determine appropriateness of trauma-focused group work;

● When necessary, to provide one-to-one sessions with a group member who may be in some difficulty e.g. re attendance or crisis;

● To manage all necessary administration relevant to the role, working with the wider team, including managing communication with group members e.g. responding to cancellations or disengagement;

● To assist with monitoring and evaluation;

● To present relevant workshops if required

● To keep abreast of latest research and developments on trauma-focused bereavement therapy;

● To attend staff and volunteer meetings as and when required;

 ● To attend clinical supervision sessions;

● To keep accurate records, statistics, confidential case records and ensure GDPR compliance;

● To participate in service planning and working groups

● To adhere to It’s Time’s policies and procedures and work within the UKCP Ethical framework.

● To report any safeguarding concerns to the safeguarding leads, follow the relevant procedures and ensure safeguarding training is up-to-date.

Person Specification

1.           Skills and experience:

Required

● Experienced group psychotherapist with accreditation in psychotherapy;

● Significant experience of facilitating therapeutic groups;

● Experience of working with trauma,

● Experience of working with bereavement

● Proven written skills, in particular therapeutic report writing;

● Experience of keeping appropriate and thorough case-notes and records, and understanding of the importance of standards of confidentiality;

● Experience of conducting therapeutic assessments;

● Competency in using common software programmes including Zoom and Google Workspace or a willingness to learn.

● Significant experience of responding to safeguarding and risk with a vulnerable group;

● Experience of conflict resolution in a therapeutic context.

Desirable

● Training in group psychotherapy;

● Direct experience of working therapeutically with adults bereaved as children and ideally specialist training in trauma-focused therapies;

● Understanding of the principles behind therapeutic communities, and ideally experience of working within them;

2. Personal attributes required:

 ● Open-minded, flexible and calm / robust, able to negotiate the complexity and challenge of working creatively in a therapeutic community;

● An understanding of and affinity with our core principles, including that our members are important contributors to the running of the community

● Ability to maintain a sense of humour and perspective in the face of challenging work;

● Ability to work effectively on one’s own and also to work closely together in a creative and eclectic team to facilitate learning and foster a lively and engaging community;

● Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of individuals

● Appreciation of the reality of working in a small, evolving charity with competing demands and limited resources. 

3. Qualifications required:

 ● Accredited qualification in psychotherapy

4. Other requirements:

 ● Subject to successful DBS checks for working with vulnerable adults;

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants, and particularly encourage global majority therapists to apply as they are currently under-represented in our team.