Counsellor (Child & Young Person)

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Family centred care

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Salary: £39,959- £48,117 per annum, dependent on experience

Location: The Treehouse Hospice - IP3 8NS

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 14 days at 23:59 BST.

The vacancy

Are you a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist with relevant experience of working therapeutically with children and young people, and confidence supporting families experiencing grief, trauma and emotional distress?

We are looking for a compassionate and skilled Child and Young Person Counsellor to join our Care team. This role provides therapeutic support to children and young people, and their families, living with severe medical complexity, life‑threatening or life‑shortening conditions, as well as those experiencing anticipatory grief, trauma and bereavement.

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 dependent on experience

EACH Care Band 6

Location: The Treehouse Hospice with ability/ willingness to work across hospice, community and education settings

Please note that a full current full, valid driving license and access to own vehicle is required.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide counselling to children, young people and families affected by illness, trauma, loss and bereavement
• Manage a varied clinical caseload
• Complete comprehensive assessments, formulations, risk assessments and regular reviews
• Deliver individual, group and family therapeutic interventions
• Work collaboratively with multi‑agency partners including schools, health and community services
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records using approved systems
• Provide pre‑ and post‑bereavement counselling and psychoeducation
• Support families with key decision‑making, memory making and end‑of‑life planning
• Contribute to therapeutic groups, workshops, training and organisation‑wide events

What we are looking for:

• Recognised postgraduate counselling/psychotherapy qualification (Level 5+) specific to work with children and young people (CYP)
• UKCP Registered or BACP accredited (or working towards accreditation) or equivalent counselling accreditation
• Regulating body allows practice with both adults and children
• Relevant experience providing counselling to children, young people and families
• Experience of assessment, risk management and multi‑agency working
• Experience working with grief, loss, complex trauma and emotional distress

*** Interview Date:  11 June 2026 at the Nook Hospice. Successful applicants will be invited for a tour of the Treehouse hospice on a separate date. ***      

Want to see what it is like to be a part of our Care team at EACH? Please click here.

To take a tour of all three of our hospices please click here.

Interested in Learning More Before You Apply?

At EACH, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone and actively encourage applicants to ask questions, request reasonable adjustments or have an informal discussion before submitting an application.

If you’d like to find out more or make a request, please contact the Recruitment Team by email hrinbox@each.org.uk or phone 07442 465971. 

The Company

The benefits

Free onsite parking

NHS pension - continuation if already contributing

Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme

Employee Assistance programme

Role specific training and development opportunities

Employer pension scheme (up to 7% employer contribution) inc. life assurance cover

Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

Employee health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes

The organisation

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.

Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in Care, Fundraising, Retail, Facilities, IT, Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources.

We’re over 440 employees strong, with a team of more than 2,000 volunteers across the organisation including over 50 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.

Diversity statement

At EACH we believe in fostering a workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion where differences are embraced. We are actively seeking talent from all walks of life, recognising that diversity drives innovation, creativity and success.

Join us on a journey to create a more inclusive workplace, where everyone has equal opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for opportunities at EACH and adjustments will be made to facilitate the application and selection process.

Please note:
EACH reserves the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group.

EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

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