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Midlothian School Counselling
We are delighted to announce that we will be working with Midlothian Council on a one year School Counselling pilot. We will deliver counselling for 10-18 year olds in Midlothian, all year round and both within and outwith school environments/times. It is anticipated that the service will start counselling sometime in October. More information on
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Blog – Young People Need Space…
Leila Coward, Youth Development Worker (LGBT+ Project), reflects on the need for young people to have safe spaces. I challenge any adult to live the life of a young person for one week and emerge saying that it was easy. Young people’s lives are complicated, with pressures looming in from every angle: from peers, from
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Job Vacancy – School Counsellors x 4 (East Lothian)
School Counsellors x 4 (East Lothian) 35 hours per week £30,473 – £32,260 The posts are funded for an initial fixed term until 31st March 2023 (This is a three year agreement with the option of 2 additional periods of 1 year extensions). Based in Dalkeith. The postholders will be responsible for providing counselling with children
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Job Vacancy – School Counsellor (Midlothian)
School Counsellor (Midlothian) 35 hours per week £30,473 – £32,260 Contract initially for 1 year (continuation dependent on MYPAS securing further funding). Based in Dalkeith. Responsible for providing counselling with children and young people aged 10-18 who attend school. The postholder will establish, develop, evaluate and report on, the piloting of the School Counselling service within
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Blog – A Little Bit of Mindfulness
James Kelly, Counsellor, reflects on anxiety in young people and a shares a simple mindfulness technique. In my experience of delivering counselling over the past 12 years, I have come across a lot of young people who experience a great amount of anxiety about worrying about things that have happened in the past, or might
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Eskvale Hockey Club – MYPAS Fundraiser
✨THANK YOU ESKVALE HOCKEY CLUB✨ for your fantastic Coastline Challenge fundraiser for MYPAS. An impressive 11595 km walked, ran and cycled – a superb collective club effort! 💛
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Blog – Changing our LGBT+ group to an online platform
From ‘In the Room’ to ‘On the Zoom’ Nicole Walsh, Youth Development Worker (LGBT Project) reflects on moving MYPAS’ services for LGBT+ young people from face to face contact to online contact. The Coronavirus pandemic has meant that we have all had to adapt and change how we live our lives. We were used to meeting up
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Young Peoples Substance Use During Lockdown – survey
The Drug and Alcohol team at MYPAS recently conducted a SurveyMonkey asking young people in East Lothian and Midlothian about their substance use during the COVID-19 lockdown. The survey has now ended and the results can be found here:Â Young Peoples Substance Use Survey Thanks to all young people who anonymously took part in this survey.
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Recruitment – Young Mens Therapeutic Worker
20 hours per week £30,473 to £32,260 (pro-rata) Contract initially until July 31st 2021 (continuation dependent on funding) Based in Dalkeith, Midlothian. We are looking for dynamic and flexible Counsellors or Art Therapists to apply for our Young Mens Therapeutic Worker post to work across Midlothian. This project is designed to improve young men’s mental
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School Counselling posts – we’re hiring!
4 x full-time School Counsellors 35 hours per week £30,473 – £32,260 Contract initially for 1 year (continuation dependent on MYPAS securing further funding). Based in Dalkeith. Responsible for providing counselling with children and young people aged 10-18 who attend school. The postholder will establish, develop, evaluate and report on, the piloting of the School
