Child & Family Trauma Therapist, Children's Trauma

6 days ago


Bradford, United Kingdom Family Action Full time

**Job title: Child and Family Trauma Therapist**

**Service**:Children’s Trauma Therapy Service

**Location**:Based in Central Bradford

**Hours**:29.6 hours per week (part-time)

**Salary**:£31,991 - £35,445 FTE per annum (£25,592.80 - £28,356 per annum for part-time, 29.6 hours per week)

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Are you a qualified psychotherapist, creative arts therapist, family therapist, or clinical/counselling psychologist with experience of working with children? Do you want to be part of an award-winning organization that makes a difference?**

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

We are looking for a qualified, registered therapist to helpchildren and their families recover from trauma through abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, domestic and neglect) and traumatic bereavement. We specialise in working with developmental and complex trauma.

We deliver specialist trauma and attachment therapy. Our therapists are trained in a range of therapeutic modalities including Dance-Movement Therapy, Dramatherapy, Art Therapy, Integrative Counselling, Family Therapy and Child Psychotherapy.

Your Skills and Experience:
You will be a qualified, registered therapist with additional training/experience in working with children. You will be skilled in working with complex trauma or keen to develop your therapeutic skills in this area. You will be trauma-focused in your approach and have experience of working with children, young people and their parents/carers. You may have additional clinical training in a specific trauma and/or attachment focused therapy (e.g. EMDR, TF-CBT, TF-Play Therapy, DDP, Theraplay). You will be able to think systemically about inter-generational trauma with an understanding of the different presentation and therapeutic recovery needs of children at different ages and stages. You will be committed to high quality therapy standards with a passion for using your therapy skills to facilitate good outcomes. As a team player you will be keen to share your skills and specialisms and also learn from others.

What will we offer you?

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.

**Next steps**:

- **To learn more about Family Action**:check out our Recruitment Pack
- **To learn more about Family Action’s terms & conditions**:check out the Summary Terms & Conditions of Employment
- **To help us fulfil our commitment to encouraging diversity and promoting equal opportunities**:fill out our anonymous Equality & Diversity Monitoring Information survey

**Closing Date**:Friday 14th June 2024 at 09.00 am

**Interview Date**: Wednesday 26th June

**ID: 1213**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Job title**: Child and Family Trauma Therapist

**Service**: Children’s Trauma Therapy Service

**Salary**: Grade 3 (upper) point 24-28

**Hours**: 29.6 hours per week (part time)

**Location**: Central Bradford

**Responsible to**: Clinical Lead

**Summary of job**:
To offer specialist trauma informed and attachment focused assessment and therapy to children and families who have experienced trauma through emotional, physical, sexual, domestic abuse and/or neglect and traumatic bereavement.To work with parents, carers and professionals to develop their understanding of the impact of trauma, improving outcomes and support for affected children.

**Key tasks and responsibilities**:

- Undertake assessments of clinical need, taking into account children’s developmental, attachment, trauma and cultural needs.

2. Working to a clear plan, provide outcomes-focused trauma and attachment therapy with a focus on recovery with children and families who have experienced trauma through emotional, physical, sexual, domestic abuse and/or neglect and traumatic bereavement.
- To take part in multi-agency meetings, including Child in Need and Child Protection meetings, care planning meetings with other health professionals and safeguarding reviews.
- Provide information and assist with the production of reports and monitoring, including case studies of therapy, as required by our funders.
- Consult with families who use our service and incorporate their views within service development.
- Ensure all work is carried out to Family Action minimum standards and is designed and delivered to maximise agreed outcomes.
- Ensure that the needs and views of children young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering holistic


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