Professional Tutor in Counselling and Psychotherapy: PDM

Guaranteed hours - Minimum 97 hours per annum

Open-ended

The Opportunity:

We are looking for Professional Tutors to serve as Professional Development Mentors (PDM) to postgraduate students on the programme in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

You will offer one to one mentoring to students on the Counselling and Psychotherapy Programmes to contribute to their personal and professional development. You will have 7 to 10 mentees with whom you will meet regularly through the two years of their programme. You will be paid for meetings with students and with staff, and in addition for preparation, supervision of your mentoring work, personal scholarship, and writing reports and references for students. Further benefits include holiday pay, sick pay and pension contributions.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• You will be a qualified practitioner in Counselling and Psychotherapy, holding professional accreditation with a relevant Counselling and Psychotherapy professional body (COSCA, BACP, UKCP or equivalent) or eligibility to apply for accreditation 

• You will have a professional qualification in Counselling and Psychotherapy, with a specialism in the person-centred approach, in psychodynamic perspectives or in the dialogue between them 

• You will have experience in promoting the professional development of trainees in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy 

• You will have experience of contributing to assessing students in their practice competence 

• You will be able to take responsibility for organising your own activities 

• You will have the ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team

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