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About us:
Empire Fighting Chance is a sport for development charity. We use psychologically informed non-contact boxing programmes that reach around 10,000 vulnerable young people every year. We run these programmes in our gym, in schools, and through a growing network of partner organisations and affiliated amateur boxing clubs in England and Wales.
Our model features a powerful fusion of boxing and psychology, delivered by coaches and therapists that young people can trust, in a place where they feel safe, cared for and understood.
With Empire Fighting Chance, young people gain support in ways that are natural and enjoyable, encouraging them to turn up, relax, engage in the work, and go on to make positive changes to their lives.
About the job:
Do you have a drive for breaking down the barriers of traditional therapeutic services, whilst supporting young people to address mental health issues in a creative and non-stigmatising way?
We are passionate about breaking down the barriers that often prevent young people from accessing the mental health support they need. In many of the communities in which we work, mental health issues are stigmatised and rarely discussed. Traditional clinic-based therapy can be difficult to access and intimidating for young people, leading to reluctance in seeking the necessary help and opening up. Our approach is to bring mental health services out of clinics and into the communities where young people live.
Box Therapy combines non-contact boxing with psychologically informed interventions with the primary aim being to support and empower young people to improve their emotional wellbeing and mental health. Box Therapy most commonly takes place in a boxing gym setting, where our therapists use non-contact boxing as a physical outlet to help young people build trust, manage their emotions, and make positive changes in their lives. We also deliver Box Therapy in school-based settings.
This is an incredible opportunity to play a key role in a thriving charity that is supporting youth in our community through an active and engaging approach to improving lives. Every day, we meet young people who are facing significant challenges in their lives such as mental health issues, chaotic home lives, difficulties at school or involvement in crime.
With your commitment, timely input, and ability to think outside the box, we can dramatically increase the impact of our work, and improve the mental health outcomes of those who engage with our services and promote new and innovative ways to break down the barriers many young people experience in accessing critical mental health support.
We are also embarking on an exciting journey to take Boxing Therapy to the nation. We have just finished our inaugural training programme to create and support new Boxing Therapists from across the UK.
Your role:
Box Therapy is an accessible way for young people to receive support from a qualified practitioner in a non-clinical, non-intimidating setting.
As a Boxing Therapist you will be expected to work with young people with moderate to severe and enduring mental health issues in both 1:1 and group settings. You will not be expected to have a specific sports or boxing qualification, but an interest in fitness and the benefits of physical activity as a therapeutic tool are essential.
You will receive full boxing coaching skills training as a part of your induction.
Your responsibilities:
- To provide effective mental health support to young people aged between 8 and 25. This includes combining non-contact boxing and physical exercise with psychosocial interventions.
- To work in a dynamic and unconventional work environment where flexibility and creativity are paramount.
- To work with young people in a 1:1 and group-based capacity in both gym and school-based settings.
- To maintain the highest standards of record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing, outcome. measurement and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with Service and Partner’s policies and procedures.
- To ensure the development and maintenance of the highest personal and professional standards of practice, through active participation in clinical supervision, training, and reflective personal development sessions.
- To utilise assessment and formulation skills to guide the delivery of therapeutic interventions.
- To work flexibly and with initiative to meet the core aims of service delivery to children and young people, including working evenings and some weekends.
- To autonomously manage own caseload.
- To build positive and effective relationships with young people/ carers/parents/ external services to aid a young person's therapeutic journey.
- To increase understanding and awareness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and how this informs Box Therapy.
- To work within a multi-disciplinary team, and alongside colleagues.
- To work collaboratively with other organisations/agencies.
What we’re looking for from you:
We are seeking compassionate and culturally competent therapeutic practitioners who understand the complexities of working-class communities and the impact of societal inequalities on mental health. In this role, you will have the opportunity to provide support and advocacy to clients from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds
Qualifications:
- Registered practitioner (RMHN, OT, Practitioner Psychologist, Counsellor, Psychotherapist)
- Therapy-related qualification desirable
Essential attributes:
- A proactive and creative approach to work
- The ability to use own initiative and work cohesively as a part of a team.
- A willingness to support others, and ability to work empathically as part of a team.
- A creative and curious approach to providing alternative approaches to mental health support.
- An active interest in fitness and sport and its therapeutic potential.
- Confidence and enthusiasm, alongside a passion for professional development.
- Excellent written English skills with reading, writing and numeracy skills.
- The ability to build positive working relationships with young people, parents and careers, and other organisations/agencies.
- A high level of analytical and judgement skills.
- Robust and well-developed clinical reasoning skills
- The ability to engage young people in meaningful therapeutic alliances, being personable and welcoming whilst setting clear and consistent boundaries.
- Resilience, a sense of humour and the willingness to integrate as part of the wider Empire boxing team.
- Required experience/knowledge:
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development in an area of mental health or supporting people field.
- Awareness of social determinants of mental health and wellbeing.
- Experience working with underserved populations, and an understanding of the social, economic, and cultural factors that impact mental health outcomes.
- An understanding of common mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions.
- A good understanding of the barriers and challenges that people with serious mental health issues face.
- Must have some understanding of the issues affecting people from underserved and marginalised populations, and a commitment to social justice and advocacy.
Read the full job pack and apply through our website.
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About the role
This is a senior clinical role at Women and Girls Network (WGN), supporting the delivery and development of our Clinical Services. The postholder will ensure high-quality, survivor-centred, trauma-informed and culturally responsive therapeutic support for women and girls who have experienced violence.
Integrated within WGN’s Safeguarding Hub, the role focuses on supporting survivors with complex and high-risk needs, including those experiencing suicidality and self-injurious behaviour. The postholder will provide high-intensity clinical interventions, contribute to crisis triage and safeguarding, and support safe, integrated pathways of care across the organisation.
Job description
As the High Intensity Therapist, you will:
- Support the day-to-day delivery and development of WGN’s Clinical Services.
- Provide specialist therapeutic support to survivors at crisis point, including work around suicidality and self-harm.
- Conduct risk assessments and develop survivor-led safety plans.
- Participate in the Safeguarding Hub duty rota, providing triage, crisis response and safeguarding coordination.
- Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure holistic, trauma-informed pathways of care.
- Provide oversight and consultation on high-risk cases.
- Contribute to safeguarding processes, multi-agency working and MARACs.
- Maintain high standards of clinical governance, documentation and ethical practice.
- Support monitoring, evaluation, service improvement and staff learning.
Closing date and interviews
This vacancy closes at 9am on Monday 2 February 2026, with first stage interviews to follow in the week commencing Monday 9 February 2026.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation. Full details and guidance for this task will be provided after shortlisting.
About us
Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a pan-London organisation that supports women and girls affected by all forms of gendered-based violence. Our overall aim is to promote, preserve and restore the mental health and well-being of women and girls who have experienced, or are at risk of, gendered-based violence, whilst working towards a society free of gendered-based violence.
We do this by:
- Providing women-only holistic and seamless therapeutic services, which meet women and girls’ needs and contribute to total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
- Evidencing the impact of gendered-based violence and presenting this information in appropriate forums to affect social change in attitudes towards, and responses to, gendered-based violence.
- Developing good practice in the sector by providing training and guidance on specialist service provision and the development of culturally appropriate service delivery.
We are deeply committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity and strength of the women and girls we serve, and we strongly encourage candidates from Black and Global Majority backgrounds with Lived Experience who may not meet all criteria to apply.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer.
The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We promote social change that transforms societal attitudes, practices, and policies to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re currently recruiting full time or part time School Counsellor/Art/Play Therapists to work directly with children and young people in our schools Mental Health Teams. For this post you need to have a mental health qualification and at least two years’ experience of working with young people. We are also looking for people with an open and flexible attitude; excellent engagement skills and a passion for working with children and young people around mental health.
Responsibilities include offering a flexible range of short-term and longer-term mental health interventions to primary and secondary aged children and young people including individual and group-based support; workshops; crisis support; mental health themed activities. The posts have scope and opportunity for developing new initiatives and ways of working to support young people’s mental health across South London.
All posts are based on-site (office/school) and may require flexibility to work across different service areas and interventions. Some evening and/or weekend work may be necessary to meet the needs of young people.
Registered Charity
Off the Record was founded in 1994 to provide free, independent and professional counselling for 14 – 25 year olds in the Croydon area
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THE CHARITY
Suicide is the leading cause of death of men under 35 and three quarters of those who die by suicide are men. James’ Place exists to save the lives of men in suicidal crisis through delivering clinical services. We are a charity currently offering free, life-saving therapy to suicidal men at our centres in Liverpool, London and Newcastle.
James’ Place was set up by Clare Milford Haven and Nick Wentworth-Stanley in 2008 after their twenty-one-year-old son, James, died by suicide ten days after a minor operation. James had no history of mental illness or depression and had sought urgent help for anxiety and suicidal thoughts but didn’t find it.
James' Place was set up to make the experience of finding help as easy as possible. We offer men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis a brief, intensive, therapeutic intervention in a safe environment. Men who walk through the door at James’ Place will be in a space where they feel valued and respected. We provide a calm and peaceful environment both inside the centres and in our outside spaces, accessible to men who visit us as well as their friends and families. We have so far treated over 4,300 men who might otherwise have been unable to access the support they desperately need.
In early 2026 we will be opening our fourth centre in Birmingham. Our new centre in Birmingham will be there to support suicidal men living in the West Midlands.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are recruiting for a team of clinicians to deliver our clinical proven intervention at our new James’ Place centre in Birmingham, due to open in early 2026. As a Senior Suicide Prevention Therapist, you will work alongside the Head of Centre to manage and support the clinical team in delivering our unique intervention and co-producing effective safety plans to maintain their safety. You will be an experienced mental health professional or therapist with demonstrable interest in suicide prevention and team management and leadership. You will support men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis and their supporter(s), delivering our unique intervention and co-producing effective safety plans to maintain their safety. Successful applicants will be joining a new team at a pivotal time and will have the opportunity to shape the local culture at James’ Place Birmingham. Training and support will be provided by the Head of Centre in Birmingham and the wider James’ Place team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Senior Clinical Duties
- Work as a duty therapist to triage and assess suitability of James’ Place referrals daily
- Take full clinical responsibility of the men under James’ Place care, as a co-leader of the clinical team and in consultation with Head of Centre
- Lead and support peer support sessions, caseload discussions and reflective practice with the team
- Create an environment in which confidentiality, privacy and dignity are respected and be clear with clients about limits of confidentiality
- Lead on the creation and facilitation of a Peer Support Group once James’ Place Birmingham is well-established
- Deputise for the Head of Centre when required
Clinical
- Conduct initial Welcome Assessments with men in a suicidal crisis, assessing risk and the suitability of the James’ Place intervention and co-producing effective safety plans
- Deliver our therapeutic intervention, building trust and exploring the reasons for crisis
- Use the Lay Your Cards on the Table intervention to encourage men to talk about and explore their feelings, attitudes and behaviours and develop positive coping strategies
- Escalate care to appropriate services when necessary, including emergency services and secondary mental health teams
- Deliver one-off guidance sessions to supporters of men under the James’ Place care
- Work collaboratively with other professionals to coordinate comprehensive care
- Undergo clinical supervision with a qualified supervisor to reflect on clinical work and raise any issues or concerns arising from work
- Remain up to date with developments in law, theories and research
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical standards
- Complete session notes in a timely and effective manner
- Participate in continuous professional development and engage in training provided both internally and externally
- Support the Clinical Administration team as and when necessary
Leadership and Management
- Manage, support and lead Suicide Prevention Therapists, encouraging staff to develop and grow
- Conduct regular probation reviews, monthly 1:1s and annual appraisals with staff
- Conduct therapist case reviews to ensure work is completed safely, effectively and in accordance with James’ Place policies and procedures
- Confidently identify and sensitively communicate areas for development and conduct performance management reviews when necessary
- Demonstrate and promote self-awareness and regularly dedicate time and space, inside and outside of work, to keeping yourself and the team well
- Provide support to access training and other developmental activities
- Support staff wellbeing
Outreach and Engagement
- Work alongside the Head of Centre to actively increase contact with local community organisations able to refer to us or offer move on support for men completing our intervention
- Support the fundraising team to bring potential supporters into our building and showcase our work, including the facilitation of events
Values
- Demonstrate commitment to the James’ Place values of Focus, Bravery, Respect, Compassion, Professionalism, Collaboration and Hope through all aspects of work
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The role requires someone with a relevant qualification who can confidently lead a team and support men experiencing a suicidal crisis. You will need to be able to effectively conduct risk assessments and deliver our clinically proven therapeutic intervention to ensure client safety. Strong therapeutic communication, the ability to work autonomously and teamwork skills are also essential to this role, as well as the ability to build trust and hope.
Essential
Qualification(s)
- A Core Profession such as Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, counselling or practitioner psychologist registered with NMC, HCPC, or Social Work England
or
- Accreditation as a psychological therapist, psychotherapist, or counsellor registered with BACP, UKCP, BABCP or equivalent, or have completed training and awaiting accreditation
You must hold a relevant qualification to be considered for this role.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Experience of leading, supervising and developing a team or others
- Experience of holding supervision, reflective practice and/or case management with colleagues
- Experience of decision making, when asked by colleagues for advice and support
- Experience of triaging referrals and demonstrating accountability for decisions made
- Experience of modelling best practice to others and working to address issues of performance and competency when they arise
- Willingness to cover Head of Centre delegated duties when needed (e.g. leave and other absence)
- Commitment to continued professional development and can evidence additional learning since completion of core training
- Demonstrable experience working with adults experiencing acute psychological distress
- Demonstrable knowledge of social and other factors which could lead to suicidal thinking and actions
- Demonstrable knowledge of the factors contributing to male suicide
- Evidence of being able to deliver a therapeutic session and work in a therapeutic environment
- Effective communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult situations
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions
- An ability to collaborate with clients in the development of a person centred, individual intervention plan
- An ability to engage clients in the intervention plan, overcoming barriers to communication
- Ability to conduct effective risk assessments and collaborative safety plans with men who are presenting with high risk of suicide, or be willing and able to learn how to do so
- Ability to identify if the James’ Place service is not adequate to maintain the person’s safety and facilitate rapid transfer to the most appropriate service
- Ability to maintain boundaries within a time-limited intervention
- Ability to work as an effective team member
- Ability to manage and prioritise own workload, using own initiative and confidence in decision making
- Strong time management
- Ability to maintain up to date client records in line with James’ Place standards
- Ability to maintain own personal safety and the safety of others within the centre
- Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding Procedures
Values
- Commitment to clinical supervision
- Ability to engage with James’ Place values
- Ability to promote people’s equality, diversity and rights
- Ability to work collaboratively and demonstrate commitment to co-production
- Ability to be transparent, honest and show discretion when needed
- Commitment to suicide prevention and working with men in a suicidal crisis
WE OFFER
- A 7% employer contributory pension scheme
- Family friendly policies
- Death in service insurance scheme
- 25 days plus bank holidays leave entitlement (FTE), including enhanced holiday allowance with incremental rises after qualifying period
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, please follow the application instructions on the full job advert.
This position is being recruited on a rolling basis, so we encourage applicants to submit their applications as early as possible.
Our aim is to recruit clinicians who are representative of the communities of men who will access treatment at James' Place Birmingham. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups and those who have experience delivering therapy within culturally diverse communities, particularly in widely spoken languages within those communities.
James’ Place is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community. Our aim is that no job applicant, temporary worker or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender and transgender status, race and ethnicity, religion and belief (including no belief), marriage or civil partnership status or sexual orientation.
If you have a disability or health conditions which means you'd benefit from any adjustments to the interview process to help you perform at your best, please do let us know in advance.
Any job offers made are subject to the receipt of two relevant satisfactory employment references. We expect this to include one from your most recent or current employer. Any job offers made are also subject to a satisfactory DBS check and a Right to Work in the UK check.
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