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Therapeutic Practitioner

United Kingdom, Stafford Employment contract 39016.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted June 14, 2026
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As the Therapeutic Practitioner you will offer therapeutic support to our foster carers and the fostering team drawing on trauma and attachment informed approaches to offer support and explore therapeutic parenting strategies that meet identified needs within our fostering households. You will also provide consultation support and reflective practice to our education staff within a school setting.

Job Responsibility

  • Offer therapeutic support time to individual foster carers through our Team Around the Child pathway (TAC) – providing reflective space and trauma and attachment informed therapeutic care/parenting support
  • Provide consultation and therapeutic support time to Education staff around supporting children and young people within our adopted therapeutic model, the Secure Base Model
  • Facilitate reflective practice sessions with staff and teams to provide support within our adopted therapeutic model
  • Implement observation sessions to support and inform practice
  • Be responsible for keeping accurate and GDPR compliant records
  • Facilitate and/or attend a variety of meetings as required
  • Liaise with internal and external professionals
  • Support the delivery and development of company-wide training
  • Be an active participant/contributor to the oversight of assessment and tracking processes and report writing
  • On occasions, deliver individual therapeutic work with children and where appropriate, children and carers
  • Any other duties that are reasonably required by Family Care and the Therapeutic Services team

Requirements

  • Hold a relevant therapeutic or counselling qualification (i.e. Psychotherapy, Play & Creative Arts Therapy etc.)
  • Post qualifying experience of 2+ years working therapeutically with children, young people and families
  • Have a good working knowledge of trauma informed and attachment-based approaches and experience of working with parents/carers/professionals supporting children to recover from developmental trauma
  • Have an understanding of children's mental health, neurodevelopmental conditions and child development
  • Ability and experience in assessment, formulation and report writing
  • Be registered/governed with an accredited body (i.e. HCPC, PTUK, BACP, etc)
  • Share a commitment to equal opportunities in all work practices and to improving the lives of children in care
  • Hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to your own car
  • An enhanced DBS will be required upon appointment

What we offer

  • Salary: Up to £39,016 per annum (full time equivalent)
  • Training and professional development opportunities
  • Access to Paycare and Employee Assistance Programme
  • Contributory Pension
  • Long Service Rewards
  • Sick pay after the qualifying period

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