The Apple Tree Centre offers both employment contracts and sessional work. We are always happy to receive applications from suitably qualified and experienced therapists.
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.
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.
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. Salaries for employed therapists begin at £28,000 FTE, depending on skills and experience.
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 ongoing support including peer supervision, safeguarding management, and use of our specially designed children and young people’s therapy rooms. We offer flexible working patterns.
We also offer occasional placements to students in their final year of therapeutic training. If you are interested in a trainee placement, we encourage you to contact us by phone or email to check current vacancies and suitability before you submit an application.
If you are interested in becoming an associate or employed therapist at The Apple Tree Centre, or in undertaking a trainee placement with us, please submit a completed Therapist Application Form and covering letter/email, highlighting why you are suitable for this role. (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.) Please do not send the self disclosure form at this stage; we will ask you to bring this in a sealed envelope if you are invited to interview.