Vacancy Detail

Senior Therapists

Role:               Senior Therapist (Children and Young People)

Based:            Home based with 1 or 2 days in the office (North/ West Cumbria)

Rate:               27,800 GBP - 35,700 GBP pa

Hours:             37 hours

Start Date:      ASAP – June 2022

Duration:        Permanent

Qualification: Diploma level qualification in counselling, child and adolescent psychotherapy, art, play, drama or music therapy

 

Our client, a highly respected National Children and Young Person’s Charity, is looking to recruit 2 Senior Therapists to join their specialist Emotional Health and Well Being Services.

The service provides individual and group therapy work to children and young people aged 5 to 18 (and up to 25 if have SEN) having trouble with their mental health and emotional well-being.

They work in using a person-centred approach and encourage the use of a range of methods and tools to best fit the child(ren) including play, art, drama and integrative approaches.

The successful candidates will be responsible for directly working with 5 clients and for case allocation and line management of 3 – 4 Therapists.

Role Synopsis:

  • Supporting practitioners to work within appropriate caseload requirements
  • Maintaining active engagement on all Safeguarding matters
  • Ensuring accurate recording for reporting purpose
  • Line managing and nurturing a diverse team of therapists
  • Working with individual strengths to support case allocation and management
  • Holding a caseload of complex cases as required (approximately 5 clients)
  • Facilitating decision making to support access to appropriate local services including specialist CAMHS through consultation according to level and nature of need
  • Attending and to contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings including: Early Help Panels, Practitioner Forums etc. where applicable

They are looking for someone who is passionate about:

  • Children's and Young people's emotional health and wellbeing
  • Improving outcomes for children and young people

The successful candidate must have:

  • A diploma level qualification in counselling, child and adolescent psychotherapy, art, play, drama or music therapy which has included a practicum / placement of at least 100 hours of supervised practice
  • Registration with a relevant professional body e.g. BACP, PTUK, HCPC, UKCP
  • A comprehensive understanding of children's safeguarding
  • Experience of line management in a children's therapeutic setting

For more information, please call the team on 0204 566 5515 and ask to speak to Ria or email us your CV at ria@supporting-futures.com


Location: | Salary: 27814 - 35728 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 10/05/2022