Healthy Minds Practitioner Remote
Job description
Healthy Minds Practitioner
(Registered Counsellor)
Fully Remote Working
Salary £35,000 per annum
We’re looking for a home-based, full-time, Registered Counsellor (BACP or NCS) to join us as a Healthy Minds Practitioner within Peppy's Healthy Minds team. Working within the small, close-knit Healthy Minds team you will be interacting remotely via our text chat service with Peppy members who have been referred to Healthy Minds from one of our other services: Menopause, Baby, Men’s Health, Women’s Health or Fertility on a variety of topics including stress, low mood, anxiety, emotions and relationships. You will also be expected to provide Peppy member support by providing relevant content and signposting on a variety of other issues including eating disorders, suicidal ideation, addiction, bereavement and domestic or sexual abuse.
This role is offered on a fully remote, full-time basis - 40 hours per week.
The expected hours of work are 10am - 6pm, Monday to Friday with a 1 hour paid lunch break.
Qualifications, Experience and Essential Knowledge:
Essential Qualifications:
Professional clinical qualification (e.g. Counselling Level 5 or above)
Professional registration with relevant body (e.g. BACP, NCS)
Evidence of continuing and recent professional development
Essential Experience:
A minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience
Proven experience with a wide range of mental health issues
Knowledge of, and compliance with, vulnerable adult and child safeguarding procedures
Knowledge of a broad range of services for referral and signposting
Prior experience of working online via chat
Working knowledge of Mac & Microsoft packages
Bonus points if you also have:
CBT qualification
Working safely online qualification
Experience of working with organisations and/or Employee Assistance
Experience of creating articles, podcasts, videos or other content relating to your field of expertise
Additional training in modalities, such as and not limited to CBT, transactional analysis, solution focused therapy, emotional freedom technique, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness etc.
Evidence based writing/content creation experience
Experience of conducting remote client consultations (via Zoom or similar)
Involvement in projects that incorporated digital health technology
Required Knowledge:
Good working knowledge of Mac & Microsoft packages
Up-to-date knowledge with regards to clinical best practice
Implementation of research based practice
Bonus points if you also have:
Experience using Powerpoint or Canva to create presentations, information handouts or infographics
Required skills & attributes:
Clear written and spoken English.
A typing speed of at least 40 words per minute.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Leadership skills
IT literate
Ability to demonstrate initiative
Flexibility
Clear written and spoken English
Strong organisational skills; an ability to prioritise, and the skills to manage a busy clinical caseload
Able to work in a fast paced environment
Able to work effectively in a team
Enthusiastic and assertive
Caring and compassionate
Flexibility and reliability
Strong desire to improve standards
Self-motivated
Dynamic and supportive
Keen to implement research based practice
Confident and friendly, quick to build rapport with users and team members
Be empathetic and understanding with good interpersonal and communication skills
Enhanced DBS certificate and eligibility to work in the UK
Who you are:
You have an innate interest in health and wellbeing. You’ll be motivated by the idea of being part of a force for good and bringing health support to millions.
You will be hungry to join an exciting startup. You’ll get excited about the prospect of rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in.
You’re collaborative and respectful as a team player. You positively contribute to Peppy as a team. You’re supportive and see success as team success.
You’re committed to exceeding expectations, boundaries and excellence. You demonstrate passion and you’re willing to go the extra mile.
You take ownership of your deliverables and you admit your mistakes. You take responsibility and you’re proactive in identifying solutions.
What we offer you:
An exciting opportunity to work in a fun, dynamic and growing team!
A competitive basic salary of £35,000 per annum
The opportunity to get involved with writing Peppy content.
Peppy Benefits:
- Remote-First: All of our clinical employees work remotely from home.
- Home Office Allowance: You will be eligible for a Home Office Allowance to setup your remote workspace.
- Health & Wellbeing: You will receive Private Medical Insurance through Vitality as well as unlimited access to the Peppy app.
- Financial Wellness: You have access to your own confidential financial wellbeing coach and resources, through Bippit.
- Parental Leave: We have a generous Enhanced Family Leave policy, whether you or your partner are giving birth, going through surrogacy or adoption.
- Pension: We offer an up to 7% employer pension contribution scheme through Nest.
- Sick pay: Generous sick pay is provided.
- Holidays: Peppy employees in the UK get 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time).
- Tech: New joiners receive a company laptop delivered in time for your first day.
- Professional Support: NMC registration paid, role appropriate professional membership paid, CPD funding allowance (pro-rata if part-time), revalidation support, annual practitioner conference (fully funded).
- Referral Incentive: You’ll receive up to £3k for each successful employee referral.
- Socials: We regularly host virtual and in-person socials (think Pizza making and cocktail drinking!) to help us stay connected in a remote-first environment.
If this sounds like you, and you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with your CV. We look forward to hearing from you!
About Peppy: We’re on a mission to support often-overlooked areas of healthcare, starting with Menopause, Fertility, Baby, Men’s Health and Women’s Health. Our clients’ employees get expert healthcare support via the Peppy mobile app, with unlimited access to our team of specialist practitioners.
- Recent $45mil Series B fundraise, led by Albion VC
- One of Europe’s fastest growing HealthTech scale-ups; 8x revenue growth in 2021 and 4x revenue growth in 2022.
- B2B SaaS offering, supporting employees across 150+ clients and partners including Natwest Group, Clifford Chance, Capgemini, Santander, Aviva and Coty.
- Remote-first company with 200+ employees across UK, USA and Ukraine.
- Proudly B-corp certified and Mission-led - read all about our company values here.
- Rated one of the Top Startups to work for by LinkedIn, Tempoand Flexa.
Equality & Diversity
Peppy's mission is to help people in life's most challenging journeys. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer, committed to equality and diversity amongst both our employees and prospective applicants. We ensure that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, socio-economic background, neuro-diversity, education, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Financial planning services
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- post registration counselling: 5 years (required)
Work Location: Remote
