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On a rolling basis we are also looking for Exploring Anxiety Programme Volunteers, Clinical Training Supervisors, Student Placement Services Supervisors, and Training Therapists, with a background which includes an understanding and interest in psychosynthesis or transpersonal psychotherapy models and application.
As an organisation we are committed to diversity and inclusion, and are additionally looking for supervisors with an interest and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusivity in counselling and psychotherapy.
Explore each of these roles by expanding the drop-down menu below.
Vacancies
Location: The Psychosynthesis Trust, London, with remote and in-person meetings.
Contract: Non-executive Trustee/Director
Salary: This is an unpaid position
Hours: 4 Board meetings per year, usually on Thursdays, plus other committee and adhoc meetings
The Trust is best placed to achieve its ambitions and aims with effective governance and the right leadership structures. Skilled and capable trustees help the Trust attract resources and put them to best use. Good governance enables and supports the Trust’s compliance with relevant legislation and regulation. It also promotes attitudes and a culture where everything works towards fulfilling the Trust’s vision, working within the framework set out by the Charity Commission and the seven principles of the Charity Governance Code Steering Group.
The Board of Trustees is currently comprised of 5 members and is convened by a Chair. Over the next year we look forward welcoming new Trustees to increase membership and expand on the current skill sets, considering the natural movements expected within a dynamic board.
The term of office for Trustees is currently 4 years, although this may be extended by mutual consent when rotation or recruitment has not been fulfilled.
Our Trustees
As a non-executive Trustee, you will hold a shared responsibility to ensure:
- the Trust is carrying out the purposes for which it is set up
- the Trust complies with its governing document and the law
- the Board acts in the Trust’s best interests
- the Trust’s resources are managed responsibly
- Trustees act with reasonable care and skill
- the Trust is accountable
- that the risks of liability are reduced
Our Trustees use their specific skills, knowledge, and experience to support the Leadership Team in making decisions and achieving its strategic goals, as well as general responsibilities which include:
- working with the Chair to ensure good governance
- acting as an ambassador of the Trust
- upholding the Board’s responsibilities to its communities
- be able to commit to sufficient time, thought, and energy to the role (for example by preparing for, attending, and actively participating in all trustee meetings)
- contribute to regular and ad hoc skill-specific working groups and conversations led by the Leadership Team
Trustees are expected to:
- understand the Trust’s purpose
- take an active role in understanding and approving decisions
- adhere to and support the governance framework
- uphold the seven principles of the charity governance code
The role of Trustee has no remuneration, although reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the role will be reimbursed if agreed in advance. This commonly includes travel to meetings and any necessary overnight stays.
The time commitment that is anticipated in a typical year in the role of Trustee can be broken down as:
- 3 x half day Board meetings (usually 12 till 5pm)
- 1 x full day Board strategy meeting
- Up to 4 x working group/ sub-committee meetings (although this varies depending on the need and theme)
- Time to prepare for Board meetings (for example, reading director reports and motions for consideration in advance of meetings)
- A connection to the Leadership Team through a particular skill set or expertise that can be called upon for support and guidance
The commitment varies between in-person and virtual meetings.
Apply to be a Trustee
To be considered for a Trustee position please email a CV and cover letter (explaining what draws you to be a Trustee at the Psychosynthesis Trust) to Jamie Joyes at jjoyes@ptrust.org.uk
Applications remain open until positions are filled.
All applications will be screened and we will hold an interview process for those shortlisted.
Please note, to apply to be a Trustee:
- you must be at least 18 years old
- you are not disqualified as a company director
- you do not have an unspent conviction for an offence involving dishonesty or deception
- you are not undischarged bankrupt (or subject to sequestration in Scotland), or have a current composition or arrangement including voluntary arrangement (IVA) with your creditors
- you have not been removed as a trustee of any charity by the Charity Commission (or the courts) because of misconduct or mismanagement
- you are not on the sex offenders’ register
Prior to being accepted as a Trustee, the Trust will conduct a fit and proper persons test, in line with the conditions of the Finance Act 2010, and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Trust also needs to be satisfied that there are no known serious conflicts of interest between a Trustee and the Trust.
Rolling Vacancies
Salary: Voluntary
Introduction to the role
The Exploring Anxiety programme seeks to help participants from all walks of life to alleviate their experiences of anxiety through psychosynthesis-informed activities and experiences.
After completing their training, Facilitators of the programme can lead 2-hour weekly sessions of group discussions, relaxation techniques, local community group collaborations and other activities with their participants over a course of ten weeks.
Organisational Overview
The Psychosynthesis Trust is a psychospiritual, psychotherapeutic training organisation that strives for connection and community. A small educational charity with a rich 50-year history of enabling human potential in the UK, the Trust was founded by pioneering leaders in education, psychology, science and spirituality and we continue to work at that nexus today. Our work is based on psychosynthesis – a transpersonal psychological model and approach that integrates the spiritual aspect of the human experience.
Our core work is in providing personal and professional training programmes ‘to help people to know and transform themselves’.
Our values and our culture consider the whole, both in terms of individuals and society, as well as from an organisational perspective. We orientate to working with the qualities of love and will, bringing the principles of curiosity, inquiry, and responsibility to our work and to each other.
The Trust has an intention of playing an important role in one of the most exciting times in history – helping people to finding meaning, purpose, wellbeing, and a sense of place in an increasingly complex world. We believe that our work will help to enable an expanded sense of human consciousness in individuals and in society.
The Trust created a Social Impact project to offer outreach work within our local community providing support those with the most pressing social needs. This work, in collaboration with other local charities brings communities together, supporting participants who experience anxiety, through a tailored programme which utilises discussion/support groups, interactive experiences within nature (including community gardening). Our ultimate aim is to support the reduction of the stigma associated mental health, whilst signposting participants to local resources and support.
The Role
Exploring Anxiety Programme Facilitators are essential to the delivery of group programmes in community groups and within corporations. A minimum of two facilitators will lead each programme, working with ten participants over ten weeks.
We are interested in training facilitators who want to work with diverse participant groups (youth, environmental-focused, disadvantaged, corporate, elderly etc.) and who are passionate to support those experiencing various forms of anxiety (social, GAD, environmental, phobias).
As the programme uses nature as a lens, many of the sessions are based outside and use natural metaphors. Therefore, facilitators are required to have an active interest in nature and the environment. Additionally, an interest or understanding of psychotherapy or the psychospiritual, or in wellbeing and mental health, would be beneficial.
Training Commitment:
- Stage 1 – Participating as a volunteer assistant for 2 hours a week for the duration of the 10-week Exploring Anxiety programme (in person)
- Stage 2 – Attending a 2-day group facilitator training (online)
- Stage 3 – Passing an Exploring Anxiety Facilitator Assessment (online)
- Stage 4 – Accessing Supervision from The Trust whilst delivering an Exploring Anxiety Programme.
Each stage requires an assessment to move to the next stage.
Once the Exploring Anxiety Facilitator training programme and assessment has been successfully completed, facilitators are able to run their own Exploring Anxiety programmes as the Programme Lead within their own networks and organisations, as long as another facilitator/trainee facilitator works alongside them.
Once trained, Exploring Anxiety Facilitators will also have the choice to deliver our corporate group programmes, where they will be paid for their facilitation.
Accountable to: Social Impact Director, Kelly Tyler
Key Accountabilities
- To support and challenge the participants in group discussions.
- To lead group exercises and update accessible resources.
- To review programme sessions, group dynamics and report to the Programme Lead.
- To liaise with partner organisations & ensure health & safety forms are completed.
- To attend facilitator training and ensure continuing quality assurance of future programmes.
- To participate and engage in our digital community for people experiencing anxiety.
- To collate and analyse participants assessments and feedback forms.
Values and Behaviours
Our values and behaviours are important to us – and as such we are looking for people who align and resonate with our values. This includes:
Wholeness: It is important for us to take time to see the bigger picture and the unity in multiplicity. We are interested in using different ways of knowing – the head, the heart, and the body. We are motivated by serving the whole.
Love: We work with people who appreciate the strengths and potential in themselves and in others, and who support others in reaching their fullest potential.
Inquiry: We value an environment where we learn as we go through our actions and take time to reflect on what works, what doesn’t, and what we need to do to evolve and adapt.
Will: We are intentional in our actions which are underpinned by strength, goodness, and skill.
Responsibility: It is important that we all take ownership to ‘know, master, and transform’ ourselves and our relationships so that we can be of service to ourselves and others .
Behaviours, skills and experience for this role
Education, Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Experience
First-hand experience of working with the participant demographic whom you have an interest in facilitating an Exploring Anxiety programme with (youth, environmental. disadvantaged, corporate, elderly etc.)
Ideally experience of working in the 3rd sector.
Skills
An excellent communicator (verbal and non-verbal communication skills) and listener with empathy and compassion.
The ability to support small groups and facilitate discussions.
A level-headed approach, with the flexibility and ability to read group dynamics and adjust to the needs presented.
Good time management, analysis and reporting skills.
Knowledge
An interest or experience in any of the following: the psychospiritual, transpersonal psychology, self-development, wellbeing, nature, mental health (anxiety specifically).
Application Process
To apply please complete the application form via this link.
During training to be a psychosynthesis counsellor/psychotherapist, our students are required to be in weekly therapy with a suitably qualified psychosynthesis therapist, so that they:
- Experience the benefits of therapy for themselves
- Have the opportunity to process material which comes up from their training weekends and in their unfoldment
- Have a model of the therapy they are training in.
This is crucial work not only for our students in training, but also for furthering the future field of psychotherapy. If you are inspired to support and develop Psychosynthesis Trust students on their journey towards accreditation, the first step is to apply to join our recommended therapist membership.
The role
Our students train with us to become fully qualified psychosynthesis counsellors and psychotherapists. As part of this, they complete a minimum number of therapy sessions during each stage of their training. We seek self-employed psychotherapists/counsellors to:
- Provide students with weekly, in-person (when possible and safe) 50-minute therapy sessions.
- Hold these sessions on an independent basis, within your private practice.
- Sign off the number of therapy hours for students to submit to their tutors on an annual basis.
- Join our membership list and pay a small annual administration fee of £35 (renewable in July/August).
- Join our occasional training days, held to understand the complexities and ethics within the training therapist role.
Criteria
Our members must:
- Have 5 years’ experience post psychosynthesis qualification, and hold BACP accreditation or UKCP registration.
- Be based in Ireland and the UK, ideally outside of Greater London.
- Be in regular supervision for the number of hours required by their membership body.
- Abide by BACP and UKCP ethical code of practice.
- Be fully insured.
- Be able to offer personal therapy at the rate of £45-£65 per therapeutic hour.
- Pay a £40 referral fee after three sessions with one of our student clients.
The Psychosynthesis Trust is committed to developing and increasing equality, diversity and inclusivity in the counselling and psychotherapy professions. We recognise that we currently have an under-representation of diversity within our training team and seek to make our training more accessible and relevant to training therapist across diversity, to equip all our training therapists with the skills to work in a diverse society.
We welcome applications from currently under-represented groups in the field of psychotherapy, counselling and in our organisation.
Express your interest
Contact our Programmes Administrator Krystal Joseph (kjoseph@ptrust.org.uk) to receive an application pack and information on how to join our membership list.
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