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11203 - Professional Tutor in Counselling and Psychotherapy: PD Mentor

Job details
Posting date: 04 September 2024
Salary: £39,347 to £46,974 per year, pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 19 September 2024
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week
Company: University of Edinburgh
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 11203

Summary

Grade UE07, salary range: (£39,347 - £46,974 pro rata). Hourly Rate: £21.56 - £25.74 plus 18.1% annual leave allowance.
Open-ended, Guaranteed Hours
Counselling, Psychotherapy and Applied Social Sciences,
School of Health in Social Science,
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

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

The Opportunity:

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