Work with us
We’re a dynamic organisation on the lookout for women with skills, energy and sensitivity to join our team. This includes full and part-time paid staff, volunteers and sessional workers too. In return for your commitment, we provide a friendly and supportive environment where you’ll carry out rewarding work, and we also offer excellent opportunities for developing your skills. We’re a family-friendly employer too, so we understand the demands placed on working mothers and accommodate their needs whenever we can.
Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service is an award winning organisation providing long term individual and group therapy to disadvantaged women who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access therapy. We believe in a world where all women and girls enjoy good mental health and flourish.
We are currently recruiting for:
Service Manager – Peri-natal team (Job Share)
Due to our existing perinatal team manager reducing her hours we are recruiting a Service Manager (Job share)
About the Role
Based at our new building in Park Square, central Leeds, this important role involves supporting and motivating a skilled experienced team of counselling professionals and taking a creative can-do approach to achieving service outcomes.
As well as co-leading a team of around six members of staff, we’ll rely on you to identify and contribute to development opportunities and get involved in local networks and partnerships. If appropriately accredited, you may hold a small caseload. Your key focus however, will be on managing service delivery.
Hours: 17.5 – 22.5 per week over three days Tuesday to Thursday (days are non-negotiable, pattern of hours is negotiable).
Salary: £37,558 – £43,446 (pro rata based on 35-hour week); 5% employer pension contribution
Applications are invited from women (Genuine Occupational Qualifications apply under the Equality Act 2010).
At WCTS, we welcome and encourage applications from all women regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We encourage women from BAME communities to apply as we are underrepresented here at this level in the organisation. We also encourage applications from people, who have accessed counselling or wider mental health or social care services.
WCTS does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourage applications from underrepresented groups.
Planned closing date for applications: 8 April 2024 at 12 noon
Planned interview dates: 22 and 24 April 2024
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for WCTS, you can call 0113 245 5725 to arrange an informal conversation with one of our senior management team.
Board of Trustees – new members
Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service (WCTS) is the specialist women and girls mental health charity in Leeds. Our mission is to work with vulnerable women and girls who experience significant mental health difficulties; providing accessible therapeutic services that offer brief medium and long term relationship and result in valued and sustainable change.
Trustees play a critical part in this highly regarded, specialist charity. As we celebrate 40 years of services and move into the next stage of development we are seeking to strengthen the Board adding new trustees to our current complement.
We are looking for women with a passion for mental health or living in / working with communities experiencing deprivation. We are particularly interested in hearing from women with experience of finance or acting as Treasurer.
We especially invite young women to consider this opportunity (that is under 30 years old as this age group is currently under represented on the Board).
To find out more about the role please download the Trustee Recruitment Pack: