An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Northwest region of England which means that Barnardo's are recruiting to the Emotional Health and Wellbeing Specialist Fostering Service (EHWBSFS). Are you motivated by new challenges and inspired by the growth of new services supporting children, young people and families to achieve their potential? If so, you could be interested in this post.
The Service:
The service supports children, young people and their foster families by providing therapeutic support within a specialist fostering placement within Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and occasionally in neighbouring localities.
We are looking for people who are passionate about:
The Service provides outreach support and while clerical duties can be carried out when home-based there is an expectation to attend the Barnardo's locality hubs when required.
We have a part-time role available:
There may be an expectation to work with a family outside of this area, and an adjustment to your caseload will accommodate this. The size of caseloads will reflect the travel expectations and time spent in consultations and report writing.
The Role: Therapist
We are looking to recruit a part-time therapist (22.2 hours per week each) with the following qualifications / experience.
We are looking for skills in one or more of the therapy modalities below:
Your professional qualification will be at a minimum diploma level, with evidence of continuing professional development in a field relevant to child and young people mental health. You must be registered with a Professional Body such as BACP, BABCP, BAAT, HCPC, PTUK, UKCP, or equivalent, and committed to maintaining this registration.
You will have at least two years post-qualification experience of delivering counselling to children and young people and have an awareness of emotional challenges and how these impact the lives of children and young people.
It is desirable that you have completed the AIM3 assessment training and have experience of and a willingness to work therapeutically with young people displaying harmful sexual behaviours.
You will have a knowledge of child development and the role of the family in supporting children and young people's emotional well-being.
You will have comprehensive understanding of children's safeguarding.
You will be willing to be adaptable and deliver support via multiple methods, e.g., face to face, telephone or video call.
It is essential that you have case management experience and a clear understanding of the requirement for professional and accurate case notes.
Are you able to demonstrate in your application that you currently use the skills outlined above, and in the Job Description/Person Specifications, or have used them previously in employment, education, training, volunteering etc?
Need more information?
If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact Annette MacKinley on annette.mackinley@barnardos.org.uk
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
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