We Currently Have Opportunities for:

Title of Post: Course Leader - DCPsych Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy

Hours:                      Part-time post, 5, i.e. two and a half days per week   

Responsible to:      Principal

Salary:                     Grade 8 (equivalent to senior lecturer)

                                  £27 446 – £29 002 per annum and depending on previous experience (Pro rata £54 892 - £58 004

Normal hours at NSPC, Fortune Green, London are 9 to 5 (including a 60 minute unpaid break).

Qualifications

• A Doctorate in counselling psychology
• HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist and chartered counselling psychology status with the BPS
• Familiarity with online teaching, including the use of virtual learning environments such as Moodle
• Managerial experience and demonstrated effectiveness as a teacher
• Experience of supporting and managing students in higher education
• Demonstrate experience of successful team working
• Knowledge and interest in the existential approach
• Familiarity with Office 365 and its apps

Duties

The successful applicant will be expected:

• Teach on the Induction unit for new doctoral students.
• Teach one academic unit or clinical supervision group once a term.
• Attend Student Voice Meetings, and Progression and Exit Boards (twice yearly).
• Support the Deputy Course Leader in the DCPsych admissions process
• Assist the Registrar, and NSPC Principal in revising syllabi and producing various documents, such as leaflets, brochures and handbooks for validation and accreditation exercises as well as for annual updates.
• Attend the Teaching Committee to improve the programme as it evolves.
• Work with teachers and research supervisors to enhance the student experience, and to provide peer review
• Address any elements with tutors flagged up by the Deputy Course Leader as part of the review of lecturer peer evaluations
• Attend the Student Review Panel and be part of the ethics committee. Take part in Review Stage 1, PAP, and Clinical vivas as well as conducting Mock vivas.
• Support the Deputy Course Leader in taking responsibility for problem solving with students on the courses when difficulties arise and guide students through the various hurdles, giving them appropriate guidance and feedback at each point.
• Take part in relevant meetings with Middlesex University and complete relevant MU documentation (including annual return)
• Establish or maintain and develop professional accreditation and links with the relevant professional bodies and representing NSPC on these bodies where relevant, supported by the Deputy Course Leader.
• Take part in professional body meetings with the BPS and HCPC and alongside the Deputy Course Leader complete relevant documentation as required.
• Be part of the Academic Team and participate in general NSPC meetings.
• Participate in the induction of new staff where appropriate
• Deal with relevant correspondence, websites and databases.

General

• You will be joining an active and committed team and as such you will be required to cover essential roles if another member of the team is absent.
• You will be flexible about taking on new roles that are commensurate with your terms of employment if these are proposed by one of the managers.
• You will look after the environment and culture of the college, which includes being courteous and helpful to all users of the building; giving timely feedback on matters that might need action such as potential improvements to our websites, our communication methods, the fabric of the building or any other issues that pertain to recruitment, to our reputation, and to the wellbeing of all the users of the building.
• You will produce timely and accurate reports at the request of the principal or deputy principal, attend meetings regularly, and take minutes if you are requested to do so.
• Contributing to the marketing strategy and using tools such as social media, blog posts, publications in relevant journals to promote NSPC.

Person specification

• The successful candidate must be able to work well in a small and cohesive team, in which many tasks are shared between academic and administrative staff.
• They must be able to be diplomatic and supportive when dealing with students and clients, who may sometimes be distressed or frustrated. 
• They must be able to demonstrate experience of successful team working
• They must have the aptitude to learn to use our bespoke student management system

NSPC is an equal opportunity employer. 

Applications:

To apply for this role, please email your CV and covering letter to Agnieszka Lecka-Wuni

Further information about NSPC can be found at www.nspc.org.uk or by contacting Agnieszka Lecka-Wuni at [email protected]

Deadline for applications:  6^th June

Interviews:  13^th June

Starting date of the position: 1^st September or as soon after that date as possible

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

Teacher

We are always looking for new teachers, but we are especially interested in teachers with expertise in the existential approach and with a solid understanding of Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Edith Stein, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. We can offer free, in-house training to teachers who wish to acquire knowledge of these philosophers and skills in the application of their work to psychotherapy and counselling psychology.

To apply, please email Harriet Roots ([email protected]) and request an application form. 

Research Supervisor

Doctorate and Masters Research Supervisors sought for a range of courses in Counselling Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling, Coaching, Diversity, Pastoral Care and Autism.

Salary: £50 per hour

The New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling is looking to recruit research supervisors for students studying on our innovative, accredited, masters and doctoral courses.

Supervisors should have a relevant qualification at or above the level of the course they are supervising on; have knowledge and experience of qualitative and/or quantitative research methods; understand how to create and maintain excellent supervisory relationships; and have publications of their own in appropriate journals.

Supervision is offered face-to-face or online and also involves reading and commenting on written work. Primary supervisors for doctoral projects offer 5 hours of supervision per term for 9 terms and secondary supervisors 12 hours in total throughout the research journey. Supervisors for masters projects offer 6 hours of supervision per term. Supervisors who have guided at least two students to successful completion, can become primary supervisors.

We provide a short training in how to manage supervision at NSPC and you will be joining an international community of academics, working with a diverse student researching a wide range of topics. Complementary training in research methods and the existential approach can be provided and there may also be opportunities to join our teaching team.

Salary: £50 per hour

(Supervisors are independent consultants, not directly employed by NSPC.)

To apply, please email Harriet Roots ([email protected]) and request an application form. 

Clinical Supervisor

Most of our students are undergoing training in the practice of counselling psychology, or psychotherapy. Our student body is expanding and we are therefore always on the look out for qualified existential therapists who have training or well-established experience in clinical supervision. For those otherwise qualified who are not yet familiar with the existential approach to therapy, we can offer complimentary, in-house training.

To apply, please email Harriet Roots ([email protected]) and request an application form. 

Research Supervisors: Primary Doctoral Supervisors

Research Supervisors: Masters and Secondary

Approved therapists