Therapist, Welshpool
The Supply Service are recruiting for a Therapist on behalf of a SEMH Residential home based in Welshpool, Powys
The successful applicant will support the delivery of evidence based and theoretically informed care, education and therapy for vulnerable boys in a therapeutic community setting. Specifically, to develop therapeutic relationships with boys to allow effective use of assessment tools, to inform intervention approaches which are regularly reviewed and to feed into live and pro-active approaches to risk management and reduction.
Responsibilities:
- To provide a specialist service including assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes
- Producing formal written reports for internal and external reviews
- Providing 1-1 Therapeutic intervention with young people
- Supporting staff and other professionals within the residential settings in guiding practice
- Facilitating group supervision and group dynamics (for the other site)
- Engaging in group supervision and group dynamics (at your host site)
- Involved in the assessment of young people joining the service using a range of appropriate tools, scales and measures which includes producing impact risk assessments
- Support the community in being compliant with CofC standards
- Inform individual risk assessments and for this to be a live and dynamic process focused on a positive approach.
- To provide supervision and consultation as appropriate
- Good teamwork skills and flexibility. Working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- To contribute to enabling other staff and young people from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a safe, therapeutic environment.
- To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
- Deliver presentations at external events
- To provide local authorities with timely information on our service, working model, evidence base and associated information as requested from time to time
- Support links with other external agencies relevant to the task and develop positive relationships with them. (E.g. colleges, YOS, housing)
- Maintain awareness of regulatory changes that affect care planning, admissions and reviewing of progress of placements
- To contribute to the delivery of training in specific/ identified programmes with other management colleagues
- To continue to engage in professional development and wider reading across the sector and practice
- To work as an autonomous professional and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work.
- Any other relevant duties delegated by the Management Team to support operations and care planning in accordance with regulations
Special requirements:
- To ensure a therapeutic and caring environment
- To engage in external clinical supervision as provided and link this to internal line management as appropriate.
- To work alongside other disciplines and role model this in the day to day
- To be aware of and to understand the needs of Looked After Children
- Create an environment that allows working in a caring and therapeutic manner
Person specification:
- Working within a therapeutic community (D)
- Working with children and young people (D)
- Working with vulnerable and complex clients (E)
- Experience of working with HSB (D)
- Relevant degree/qualifications (E)
- Use of psychometrics (D)
- Working knowledge of the Good lives Model and its application (D)
- AIM 2 assessment experience (D)
Successful applicants are required to attend an online interview, complete safeguarding training & must undertake a full enhanced DBS check.
Type: Full time
Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 per annum
Location: Welshpool, Powys
Requirements
CCYP - Counselling Children & Young People
Start date: 14/04/25
Closing date: 30/04/25
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