Psychotherapist

Full job description
Contract: Permanent

Salary: £25,585 - £31,239

Closing Date: 12th August 2025

Interviews will be held w/c 1st September 2025

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Psychotherapist to join our Therapeutic Service based team based in Manchester.

About us

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

About the Role

Are you a qualified Psychotherapist passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people experiencing homelessness? We’re looking for a compassionate and driven professional to join our Health and Wellbeing team, delivering vital mental health support across a designated patch of services.

In this rewarding role, you will coordinate and deliver one-to-one counselling interventions and psychoeducational groups to support young people in improving their mental health. You’ll work closely with a multidisciplinary team to create a tailored, person-centred health offer, ensuring young people receive the right support at the right time. This is a highly collaborative role where your ability to engage, communicate, and build trust with young people will be key.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will need:

A recognised qualification in psychotherapy or counselling
(e.g., BACP, UKCP, or BPS accredited)
Experience of working therapeutically with young people
Excellent written and organisational skills
The ability to maintain clear, outcome-focused records
Confidence in using data management systems and evidence-based practices
Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
Private Medical insurance
Income protection
Employer pension contributions of 5%
Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Psychotherapist click ‘Apply’ now! Read more