The Apple Tree Centre offers both employment contracts and sessional work.
Therapists must be fully qualified to postgraduate level and members of the appropriate professional body. Successful applicants will usually have at least two years’ post-qualifying experience.
The Apple Tree Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks and overseas checks (where applicable), as well as references from previous employment. Prospective associates will need to provide evidence to show that they are legally permitted to work in the UK.
We are now actively recruiting for the following post:
Children and Young People’s Psychotherapist (term time only)
We are looking to recruit a Young People’s Psychotherapist to work 3-4 days a week, divided between the Apple Tree Centre in Sheffield and a Secondary SEMH (social, emotional and mental health) Resource in Rotherham.
Therapists must be specifically trained to work with children and young people, be fully qualified to postgraduate level and members of the appropriate professional body. Successful applicants will usually have at least two years’ post-qualifying experience.
Salaries begin at £28,000 FTE, depending on skills and experience.
We are inviting applications up to the closing date of 21st June 2024 and interviews will take place before the end of the school summer term.
For more information or to apply for this post, please download all three parts of the application pack:
Other Applications
We are always happy to receive applications from therapists with specific training and considerable post-qualifying experience in working with children and/or young people. Our self-employed therapists provide work to the Apple Tree Centre on a sessional basis, offering between 5 and 15 client appointments per week. Our employed therapists work on a pro-rata basis for three or four days a week.
All of our therapists offer long and short-term individual therapy in accordance with our Model of Care, including consultations and therapeutic review meetings with parents and carers. We are looking for therapists who are able to offer both face-to-face and virtual appointments as circumstances allow.
All applicants will hold full membership of their professional body and a relevant postgraduate qualification, such as:
- Play Therapy
- Integrative Psychotherapy
- Counselling
- CBT
- Clinical Psychology (specialising in children and young people)
- Music Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Dramatherapy
- Art Psychotherapy
In addition to a competitive salary or sessional rate, our therapists are offered discounted access to our Continuing Professional Development programme, ongoing peer supervision, and use of our specially designed children and young people’s therapy rooms. We offer flexible working patterns.
If you are interested in becoming an associate therapist at The Apple Tree Centre, please submit a completed Therapist Application Form and covering letter/email. (The application form should download directly to your computer when you click the link; please let us know if you have any difficulty accessing this.)