Honorary Therapist

Responsible to: Wellbeing Network Clinical Manager

Contract Length: 12 months (with option to extend)

Location: 12 Orsman Road N1 5QJ

About Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest: we are a multi-disciplinary provider of specialist mental health services and a part of the Mind Federation. We promote both recovery from ill health for people with recurrent and enduring mental health difficulties and early intervention and mental/physical wellbeing for those at risk of developing mental health issues or who struggle with common mental health conditions. We currently support around 5000 people a year through a variety of services focusing on psychological and social supports, economic and workplace wellbeing, and support for minoritised communities.

Our values are:

• Connected: Creating a compassionate and supportive community.
• Fair: We strive for equity- no-one’s needs should go unmet.
• Brave: We walk with people, offering help by doing what works – proven or new.

Working with Mind CHWF means you’ll be part of a dedicated, passionate, and professional workforce who cares about the work they do and make a real difference to the lives of the people in the City of London, Hackney and Waltham Forest. We are committed to actively becoming anti-racist in everything we do. This is a critical priority for Mind CHWF. We embrace diversity and understand that being an inclusive organisation that recognises different perspectives will enable us to provide excellent services. We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

All staff, trainees and volunteers have opportunities to participate in a wide range of in-house and external trainings through our networks. At Mind CHWF, we offer significant personal and professional development opportunities, encourage innovation and initiative from our committed and talented practitioners, and offer skill-building and experience of working across multiple projects and modalities in an award-winning mental health organisation. Those with lived experience of Mental Health struggles are encouraged to apply. DBS clearance at Enhanced (with Barring) is required for this role.

Purpose for the Posts: Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest are recruiting qualified honorary therapists to join us in the Psychological Therapies Team. We ask that you see 3 clients per week. Presently, our work is primarily on F2F basis with occasional online method if necessary. We will provide 2 hours of group supervision fortnightly with a supervisor who is BACP, HCPC, or UKCP registered. We also provide supportive line management, twice yearly management supervisions, the support of an administrative team, access to Microsoft Teams for organisational comms and updates, a comprehensive induction, a MIND email address, access to our database, the opportunity to co-facilitate a group and/or support webinar delivery, and the chance to participate in trainings, all staff meetings and other events.

We are looking for applicants who are either fully qualified or working toward their qualification and accreditation and able to work with clients of varying complexity. Ideally you will be available to begin seeing clients from September 2026. Comprehensive induction along ongoing opportunity for further training and professional development. Honorary therapists will be asked to see 3 clients per week for mainly afternoon and/or evening slots. Interviews are currently to be scheduled in June.

Value-based Recruitment: We know that for various reasons, not everybody who can successfully perform in a role, performs their best under traditional interview/selection procedures. We are therefore seeking ways to breakdown further barriers in our recruitment & selection process. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with some questions to help them prepare for the interview.

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