Children's Community Therapist

4 weeks ago


Blandford Forum Dorset, United Kingdom Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you an experienced Hi Intensity therapist looking to support families, to help remain and stay together. The Safeguarding Families Together (SFT) approach recognises the importance of adult workers to work across the service to support bringing about changes to children and families' lives. SFT is a strength-based model, and a way of working with families so that where-ever possible they can stay together, and children can remain safely at home. It will help families to identify what changes could be made in their daily life and provide the dedicated support to enable them to achieve this. One of the principles of the service is the use of 'motivational interviewing' techniques to motivate parents to make, maintain changes and reducing the risk of significant harm to children.


It also means that the responsibility for a family is shared among a team of professionals, reducing the risk placed on any one individual. Instead, social workers, Child and Family Workers, domestic abuse practitioners & officers, recovery workers, mental health practitioners and psychologists all work closely together to support families and keep children safe. All workers participate in group supervision, contribute to analysis and decision making.
Domestic Abuse Officer
Probation Officer
Probation Service Officer
Domestic Abuse Practitioner
Mental Health Workers

Our approach is to support families using a technique of motivational interviewing and CBT which is designed to empower and engage parents to make the positive changes needed to achieve improved outcomes for their children and their own wellbeing. By meeting the complex needs of the adults, we can reduce the risk to children.


Attend Group case management supervision in a MDT team with social workers, substance misuse workers and DV workers.


Provide trauma focused CBT treatment in patient homes using evidenced based models


This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.


We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.


We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.


As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Princes Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. wideningparticipation@nhs.net


A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology Or Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course [Post Graduate Diploma] Or A recorded/registered qualification in one of- nursing, social work, occupational therapy or a psychological therapy plus further post graduate qualification training in CBT.
Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
Evidence of commitment to ongoing professional development


Demonstrated experience of working in mental health services with clients who present with a range of mental health issues and degrees of complexity.
Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients their families/carers and other professional colleagues.
Demonstrates and understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.

Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
Personal Qualities / Aptitudes
Ability to be self reflective whilst working with service users and in own personal and professional development and in supervision.

Car owner / driver
Subject to provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act


Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust



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