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This is an exciting opportunity to work within a therapeutic team and join an organisation that has a strong reputation for providing therapeutically informed care. The successful candidate will work within our North based fostering team in Chorley. 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 fostering team.
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
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:
Training and professional development opportunities
Access to Paycare and Employee Assistance Programme