Research Fellow

Hours: 21.75 hours per week, 12 Month Fixed Term

Job purpose: To develop research projects and protocols, undertake research and evaluate outcomes in accordance with BACP’s strategy. To positively promote research awareness, facilitate and actively encourage research into the counselling professions. 

Principal accountabilities:  

• Monitor, analyse and interpret developments within the field of counselling and psychotherapy research, identifying trends and debates, to support the creation and delivery of BACP’s research strategy. 

• Identify, develop, appraise and disseminate information on counselling research to members and the wider counselling professions to support practice and improve standards.  

• Undertake research projects (internal, external and commissioned research) that contribute to the evidence base, write research reports and contribute to the preparation of funding bids to contribute to the evidence base. 

• Undertake systematic research literature searching and reviewing to support the development of BACP competence frameworks. 

• Develop effective relationships and collaborations and represent BACP by liaising with relevant key groups to contribute to building the profile of the organisation. 

• Disseminate research through a range of written materials and conference or event presentations to contribute to the evidence base. 

• Analyse and interpret evidence and contribute to the preparation of high quality timely responses to policy issues and consultation exercises from Government and other external bodies to support the Head of Research in ensuring that BACP’s responses to such exercises are robust, credible and evidence-based. 

• Respond to students, practitioners and academics with enquiries and signposting to promote the development of research capacity in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. Maintain develop and evaluate services provided to support and encourage practice-based research, and improve standards. 

• Sharing and communicating research expertise with colleagues to support and develop research skills across the department. 

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