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New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling

Existential Academy
61-63 Fortune Green Road

London
NW6 1DR

Title of Post: Library Assistant and Resource Administrator

Hours: Saturday 9:00-17:00

Responsible to: Danny van Deurzen Smith

Salary: £24617 pro rata (£4923.40 per annum)

Expected starting date: ASAP

The New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling is a post-graduate Higher
Education and training college that provides degree courses in psychotherapy, counselling, coaching, pastoral care, autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions, diversity, and related topics. Two of these training programmes lead to doctoral degrees, jointly awarded by Middlesex University, and the remaining five lead to Masters degrees, validated by Middlesex University.

NSPC It is wholly owned by Septimus Ltd, which also owns Dilemma Consultancy
Ltd, a sister company which provides psychotherapy, counselling, coaching, supervision and psychiatric assessment services, and provides a low cost clinic; Ask the Therapist, which provides an online environment (TheTherapy.Space) for therapy and supervision, including the supervision of many NSPC students; and the
Existential Academy, a not for profit community interest company that provides educational services to the public and to the wider profession. Dilemma
Consultancy’s low-cost clinic provides a placement for some NSPC students, and the
Existential Academy also offers a foundation course and short courses, and also a clinical training pathway that, in combination to the MSc in Psychotherapy, constitutes the Existential Psychotherapy Training.

The Professional Doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling (DProf) and the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy (DCPsych) were first started in 2008. Successful completion of the DProf and the Existential
Psychotherapy Training are accredited by the United Kingdom Council for
Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Universities Psychotherapy and Counselling
Association (UPCA), leading to professional registration with these bodies.
Graduates of the DCPsych are eligible for full membership of the British
Psychological Society, and registration with the Health and Social Care Professions
Council.

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All of our courses involve some online modules. The MSc in Autism and Related
Neurodevelopmental Conditions, the MSc in Psychotherapy, and the MA in Diversity are each taught solely online using our purpose-built Moodle-based VLE.

NSPC also provides online teaching and supervision via the online, Zoom-based platform TheTherapy.Space hosted by one of our sister institutions, Ask the therapist.
Supplementary courses for some of our students are provided by another of our sister institutions, the Existential Academy. These include a training in psychotherapy supplementary to the MSc in Psychotherapy Studies, and training in autism diagnosis and autism coaching.

Supervised psychotherapy experience is also available for selected students in the clinic provided by another sister institution, Dilemma Consultancy.

For more information about NSPC and its courses see our website at: www.nspc.org.uk

Location and ownership

NSPC is based in West Hampstead in purpose-built premises within easy reach of
West Hampstead Thameslink, West Hampstead Overground, and West Hampstead
Jubilee line stations. The building is a twelve-minute walk from each of these stations. The 139 and 328 buses pass the front door. There are secure facilities for bicycles. NSPC has a green transport policy and encourages staff and students to avoid the use of private cars.

NSPC presently has a student body of about 350, 70 part-time self-employed teaching consultants, four core academic staff who are leaders or course leaders for our programmes, 30 part-time research supervisors, a part-time librarian, a receptionist, and four full-time administrative staff in addition to its two directors.
Emmy van Deurzen (principal of NSPC) and Digby Tantam (deputy principal) direct all four companies.

Hours of work

Irrespective of the location of the work, normal hours at NSPC are 9 to 5 (including a lunch break), or on half days 9:00 to 12:30 or 1:30 to 17:00.

Qualifications
A good undergraduate degree in a relevant subject

Particular Duties

• Classify and catalogue new acquisitions which includes covering the relevant books.
• Monitor loans and notify students and staff when due dates are imminent, or books are overdue
• Write and/or review policies that affect the library.
• Update the reading lists of NSPC courses with the latest editions of books.
• Teach and advise students information literacy/how to find quality resources.
• Teach and advise students how to use reference software.

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• Maintain good relations with the Middlesex University library team and signpost students to Middlesex University resources.
• Assist students and staff with queries concerning Middlesex University library access.
• Ensure that books are promptly and correctly shelved and that the library is kept well ordered.
• Respond to students' resource queries - can include scanning and e-mailing articles/book chapters to students.
• Foster ongoing relationship with other London-based psychotherapy libraries via the Psychotherapy Librarians Umbrella Group (PLUG).
• Create and update lists of recommended videos for NSPC courses and their respective modules.
• Purchase and remove stock as per collection development principles.
• Maintain an up-to-date catalogue of graduate research for publication on the

NSPC website.

• Maintain the NSPC bookstore and order stock when appropriate.
• Contribute to marketing strategy by collating blog posts, articles and other publications by NSPC staff students and graduates.
• Assist the teaching committee with matters including Copyright Licensing

Agency reporting.

• Liaising with the IT committee where needed on matters pertaining to library catalogue updates or online resources.

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 may be asked to attend fairs, conferences, or other events for recruitment purposes
• 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 compatible with your terms of employment if these are proposed by one of the directors or by a senior member of staff who has been authorized by the directors
• You will adhere to our staff policies and standards at all times
• You will look after the environment and culture of the institution, 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.

Person specification

• They must be able to be diplomatic and supportive when dealing with students and clients, who may sometimes be distressed or frustrated.

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• 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

Applications:

• Via our online application at https://nspc.org.uk/staffrecruit/

Further information about NSPC can be found at www.nspc.org.uk or by contacting
Sarah Walton at [email protected]

Deadline for applications: 31st May 2023
Interviews: 8th June 2023
Starting date of the position: ASAP
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 8 per week

Salary: £4,923.40 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 31/05/2023
Reference ID: Library Assistant and Resource Administrator