Senior Therapist Bacp
2 weeks ago
**Job Content & Purpose**:
Working as an embedded practitioner and part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide an
integrated therapeutic service. To work with children and young people to provide high quality assessment, direct and indirect therapy. To provide consultation, training and modelling to educational and residential staff. To provide (as required) line managementand clinical supervision to Therapists within the allocated setting or region.
**Responsibilities**:
Use advanced specialist knowledge and levels of experience appropriately and
effectively across a range of work practices which is underpinned by comprehensive and
extensive theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
To undertake high quality assessments of children and young people and make
recommendations about appropriate therapeutic interventions for each child or young
person, in accordance with individual assessed needs.
To work closely with children, young people and their staff to ensure a personalised plan of
delivery.
To provide line management and clinical supervision to allocated Therapists within the
region or setting.
To support the recruitment and induction process and offer ongoing mentoring and
coaching for clinical colleagues as required.
To participate in service and practice development.
To undertake management and leadership roles as required within the setting/region
e.g chairing/facilitation of meetings.
To identity training needs, develop and facilitate training sessions to staff and
parents/carers.
To promote and facilitate Reflective Practice.
To prepare high-quality reports and quality assure reports.
**You will get**:
Great Salary £52.000- £58.000 (depending on experience)
Bonuses
Term Work
Pension
**You will have**:
**Essential**
Registered as an Therapist with the HCPC or the appropriate regulating body for the therapeutic
mode e.g BAPT, BACP, UKCP etc.
Minimum of 5 years experience working with children and young people as an Therapist.
Experience of supervising other Therapists.
Car driver / Access to own vehicle.
**Desirable**
Experience practicing within an education or residential setting
Supervisor qualification
Identified area of specialist practice.