Job Vacancy: Psychotherapist/Counsellor: Adult Eating Disorders

Psychotherapist/Counsellor: Adult Eating Disorders

You will see clients at our offices in Glasgow city centre. If you have you own office in another part of Scotland (not a home office - no seeing clients from home), then we will consider you seeing clients from your own office. Offices will be subject to inspection as we require certain standards.

CLOSING DATE: WEDNESDAY 6TH APRIL 2022, 5PM

Please contact us for a Role Description and Application Form. We do not accept CVs.

Talking EDs: Eating Disorders Support Service Scotland seek to recruit a suitable CBT Therapist to join our friendly, supportive team of psychotherapists, counsellors, mental health practitioners and dieticians. We are currently a team of 14. We are looking for an affiliate Psychoherapist or Counsellor: Adult Eating Disorders to provide in-person therapy and counselling appointments at our offices in Glasgow city centre. If you have your own office in another location (see * above), we will consider that.

This role is not suitable for newly qualified therapists (0-3 years) or those with little or no experience or training in eating disorders and disordered eating.

We are looking for someone to see our clients for one of the available clinic times below. We request that Affiliates commit to seeing at least 5 clients per week during one of the clinics below. Other work will be available here and at our other non-eating disorder practices, should you want extra clients. We need a practitioner who can see clients during one of a blocks of time/clinics below (although you can spread clients across the days/times below, if you prefer).

So, there are appointments/clinics available during the times below (if working from our Glasgow offices. If working from your own office, you set the times/days).

Monday mornings, 8am-5pm

Tuesdays, 8am-2pm

Thursdays, 8am-3pm

Fridays, 8am-10pm

Saturdays, 4pm-9pm

Sundays, 9am-6pm

You can choose which of these appointment slots suits you and we will set up a clinic for you during those times to see clients.

We do all the admin, advertising/marketing, getting the clients, arranging appointments, answering enquiries etc. - your role is to provide therapy sessions with the clients we refer to you.

This is a sessional self-employed role, however, you are very much part of a team and you will receive various benefits and discounts as part of your role. We regularly check in with Affiliates and you will have access to individual and group supervision, networking events, discounts, updates and more. This is a flexible role that you can fit around your other commitments.

Here's some of the abilities, skills and experiences we are looking for:

• Qualified Psychoherapist or Counsellor
• This role is NOT suitable for newly qualified clinicians (e.g. under 3 years) or for those who don't have substantial experience working directly with eating disorder clients/patients;
• Qualified for at least 3 years;
• Experience of working with at least 2-3 different forms of eating disorder/disordered eating (e.g. BED, AN, BN, compulsive overeating, emotional eating, purging disorder, restrictive eating, orthorexia, NES etc.);
• Ability to work with adults over 16 years
• We are a specialist service, so you must have significant experience working with individuals experiencing difficult relationships with food/eating disorders. If you don't have the experience, this role isn't for you;
• Evidence of having attended training, workshops or CPD related to eating disorders and disordered eating;
• Preferable that you have worked with at least over 30 different individual clients experiencing eating disorders or problems with food and eating. Our clients are looking for therapists who have lots of experience working with eating disorders/disordered eating.
• Some additional experience in the fields of eating disorders is desirable (but not essential (e.g. group-work, training, campaigning, support work, research etc.);
• Be willing to work in-person at our offices in Glasgow;
• Current professional and public indemnity insurance, PVG/Disclosure, membership of a counselling/health/psychotherapy/psychology professional body, current ICO Data Protection certificate and HMRC self-employment registration is required (or be willing to achieve these)

Here's what we can offer:

• £38/hour
• Higher rates for CBT-T and insurance and corporate clients
• Friendly, supportive and encouraging team
• Comfortable working environment within luxury, well-equipped consulting rooms in Glasgow city centre (for those applying for the in-person position)
• Flexible working arrangements that you can fit around other commitments
• Fee annual membership to the Eating Disorder Therapist Networking Group;
• Discounted clinical supervision (should you wish to work with our supervisor);
• Access to 3-4 free support and supervision groups for affiliates, per year; acess to free monthly support frop-ins; access to 2 individual supervision check-ins per year
• Opportunity to pick up extra client work; invites to events; other opportunities; and referrals from our other two practices, should you want them;
• Free networking events;
• Support from the team - you are not alone

* CLOSING DATE: WEDNESDAY 6TH APRIL 2022, 5pm

* INTERVIEWS: within 1 week of the closing date

** START DATE: asap**

Contact us for a Role Description and Application Form or if you have any questions or need any further information information. Plese note that we do not accept CVs and these will not be considered.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Talking EDs: Eating Disorder Support Service Scotland

CONTACT DETAILS

www.eatingdisorderscotland.co.uk

support@eatingdisorderscotland.co.uk