Job Summary
James' Place is a unique charity, providing a semi-structured clinical intervention to men in a suicidal crisis. Founded by James' parents following his tragic death by suicide, they were determined to prevent other families from losing loved ones.
We offer free, life-saving treatment to men at our centers in Newcastle, Liverpool, and London. Our therapists get quickly to the heart of a man's suicidal crisis and help them solve it.
James' Place offers family friendly policies, generous holidays, and a competitive salary. Our centres are non clinical and decorated and furnished to a high standard, making them very comfortable work bases.
Main duties of the job
1. Welcome men into our centre and create a safe environment where they feel able to share
2. Assess the needs of men and decide if our intervention is the right service for them
3. Train in our 'Lay your Cards on the Table' intervention
4. Provide our brief intervention on a 1-2-1 basis with men
5. Work with the men supporters
6. Work with the small team in Newcastle and with our wider team in our other centres in London and Liverpool
About Us
The Newcastle Centre has a small team of 11 people but James Place currently employs 43 people in total. The Newcastle team is made up of five part-time suicide prevention therapists, a full-time Head of Centre, a full-time Centre Manager and Clinical Administrator and two members of the fundraising team.
We're an incredibly supportive and close team with a strong culture of making sure all team members are adequately supported both formally and informally.
Therapists can choose their own external supervisor, monthly supervision sessions are paid for by the charity.
Date posted
20 March 2025
Pay scheme
Salary
£33,000 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
B0410-25-0001
Job locations
Big Lamp Studio
1 Summerhill Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE4 6EJ
Job Description
Job Title: Suicide Prevention Therapist
Hours: 0.6 FTE (22.5hrs per week across 3 days) working days to be confirmed at interview stage.
Location: Newcastle
Reports to: Head of Centre
The opportunity
We are seeking to recruit a Suicide Prevention Therapist to support men in suicidal crisis at our centre in Newcastle.
We are looking for an experienced mental health professional or therapist with demonstrable interest in suicide prevention. We will work with you and train you to develop your therapeutic skills to offer our collaborative semi-structured psychologically informed intervention.
You will support the centre user and their supporter(s) to recover from the suicidal crisis and maintain their safety. You will report to the Head of Centre. This appointment is part of our growth as a charity. The successful candidate will join an experienced supportive team and will gradually build a caseload supporting men in suicidal crisis to meet the growth of referral partnerships and increased awareness raising in Newcastle. The Charity James Place exists to stop men dying by suicide. We offer free, life-saving therapy from trained, professional therapists to men in suicidal crisis. We opened our first centre in 2018 in Liverpool, the first of its kind in the UK, in 2022 we launched our second centre in London, and this year we opened our third centre in Newcastle.
To date, we have supported over 2,300 men through our life-saving intervention. James Place aims to make the experience of finding help as easy as possible. It offers men a brief, intensive, therapeutic intervention in a safe, welcoming, environment. Men who walk through the door at James Place will be in a space where they feel valued and respected.
Building on the success of our centres in Liverpool, London, and Newcastle, we are now expanding our model to reach more men in suicidal crisis. Our aim is to have five centres open by 2026.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Before starting your application, please read the below in full to understand the requirements of this role. The key criteria which will help us to assess candidates are listed below. There is guidance to highlight at which stage the criteria will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* A Core Profession such as Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker registered with NMC, HPC, BASW or
* Therapists registered with IAPT, BACP, UKCP, BABCP or Psychology Graduate with experience of working as a Psychology Assistant or
* extensive experience of working within secondary mental health services
Experience Essential
* Evidence of being able to deliver a therapeutic session
* Effective communication skills (written & verbal)
* Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult situations
* Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate therapeutic interventions
* Able to work as an effective team member
* Able to prioritise own workload
* Self-motivated, uses own initiative and will make decisions
* Good time management
* Promotes people's equality, diversity, and rights
* Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding Procedures
* Knowledge of Service Governance and Evaluation
* Commitment to clinical supervision
* Commitment to working with men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis and their supporters.
* An ability to work in a therapeutic environment.
* An ability to manage therapeutic sessions.
* An ability to maintain boundaries within a time-limited intervention.
* An ability to maintain up-to-date service user records in line with James Place standards.
* Able to conduct effective risk assessments and collaborative safety plans with men who are presenting with a high risk of suicide or be willing and able to learn how to do so.
* An ability to maintain own personal safety and the safety of others within the centre.
* An ability to manage an allocated caseload.
* An ability to identify if the service offered is not adequate to maintain the person's safety and facilitate a rapid transfer to the most appropriate service.
* An ability to collaborate with centre users in the development of a person-centred, individual intervention plan.
* An ability to engage the service user in the intervention plan, overcoming barriers to communication.
* You must hold the relevant qualification to be considered.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
James' Place Charity
Address
Big Lamp Studio
1 Summerhill Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE4 6EJ
Employer's website
https://www.jamesplace.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab) #J-18808-Ljbffr