Children and Young Persons Therapist

2 weeks ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Young Person's Advisory Service Full time

**YPAS - Employment Opportunity**

The Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) is a Liverpool based charity that provides a wide range of support and therapeutic interventions across Merseyside to address the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children and young people (aged 5-25 years) and their families.

YPAS has secured MVRP funding to provide a Whole Family Evidence
Based Therapeutic Intervention Service.

Flourishing Families is a Therapeutic Service for families with children and young people aged 5 - 25. The Service encompasses multi modal and innovative YIAC approaches. Each family member will be assessed on their individual needs and matched to the appropriate intervention.

This service is for families with children or adolescents presenting with signs of having experienced violence, trauma and/or adversity.

**Children and Young Persons Therapist - Flourishing Families Service**

**Salary**: NJC/SCP 23-25 (£30,151 - £32,020)
**Hours**: 35 Hours per week

**Additional Benefits**: 30 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, Funded monthly clinical supervision, Membership costs & Accreditation fees. Yearly opportunities to CYP-IAPT funded courses.

**Closing Date**: 13/09/2023 (5pm)
**Short listing**:14/09/2023
**Interviews**:21/09/2023

**Job Purpose**:

- To provide individual therapies to children and young people (aged 11-25+) who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and emotional well-being.
- To engage with families as appropriate to the needs of child or young people.
- To offer early help for moderate mental health difficulties.
- To carry out peripatetic work as and when required.
- To manage and maintain a therapeutic caseload as outlined by management.
- To maintain existing links and cultivate good working relationships voluntary and statutory sectors.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- To identify and assess the therapeutic needs of children and young people who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and emotional well-being.
- To manage and maintain a caseload of working within a 1+8 therapeutic delivery model under YPAS Clinical Management system.
- To liaise with the clinical administration team regarding referrals and allocation.
- To develop and maintain sound working relationships with external agencies to enable appropriate support for additional needs of children and young people.
- To work in collaboration with cross sector agencies to support the needs of children and young people.
- To work peripatetically in relation to the needs of the child or young person.
- To initiate and support the EHAT (Early Help Assessment Tool) process in response to the levels of need for families and multi-agency working.
- To attend safeguarding, EHAT and multi-agency meetings as and when required.
- To record activity data onto YPAS’s centralised data system in accordance with YPAS’ record keeping policy.
- To actively promote and encourage participation and service user engagement.
- To contribute to YPAS service developments.
- To be committed to value based and anti-discriminatory practice.
- To participate and consult within YPAS’s policy review system.
- To share knowledge and skills through training as and when requested.
- To engage with all internal YPAS services to ensure any additional needs of children, young people and families are met.

To produce monthly activity reports based on your work undertaken.
- To undertake any additional duties consistent with the nature of this position as agreed through the management structure.
- To utilise Routine Outcome Measures collaboratively within practice to assess, monitor, evaluate and demonstrate intervention impact.
- To actively participate in the quality assurance of the service via appropriate systems underpinned by ISO9001.
- To work peripatetically in relation to the needs of children, young people and families.
- To adhere to the data security and information governance compliance requirements in accordance with GDPR.
- To safeguard children, young people and families by adhering to the protocols of YPAS and the LSCP (Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership).
- To identify and access appropriate training and personal development opportunities.

**Shared Tasks**:

- To adhere to YPAS’s health and safety regulations
- To adhere to all YPAS policies.
- To actively participate in the evaluation and quality assurance of the organisation.
- To share knowledge and skills through training as and when required.
- To engage with all YPAS services and staff team members.

**Support and Supervision**:

- Comprehensive staff induction
- KIT (keep in touch) meetings during probation period
- Six weekly line management supervision
- Monthly external/clinical case-load supervision
- Biweekly Team meetings
- Special Interest Groups
- Skill share meetings
- Staff Conferences
- Therapy Service Development Days
- Full staff conferences
- Annual appraisal

**Salary**: £30,151.00-£32,020.00 per

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