Senior Residential Therapeutic Practitioner

**About The Role**:
As the Senior Therapeutic Practitioner in Therapeutic Services, you will be part of the Assessing and Healing Complex Trauma (AHCT) Multi - Disciplinary Service and will work directly within AHCT Residential homes. You will be a key part of our holistic therapeutic approach of working together, linking our Residential, Education, Fostering and Therapeutic Services together.

You will hold responsibility for regional Therapeutic Practitioners interventions and training in Residential Homes.

**Key tasks**
- Oversee Therapeutic Practitioners within your assigned region; supervising, distributing workload and monitoring progress to cover up to 10 homes.
- To ensure all compliance activity for TPs is understood and managed.
- Some travel to your assigned TPs and homes to enable strong working relationships and support the embedding of therapeutic principles.
- Help to develop and maintain understanding of the therapeutic philosophy and ethos necessary to enable all young people to heal from their diverse range of experiences of trauma.
- Work closely with the Therapeutic Development Manager and Learning and Development team to develop and maintain bespoke Compass therapeutic training across the community.
- Continuous inter-agency and multi-agency working.
- Linking directly with the Multi-Disciplinary Therapy Service to recognise the requirements for therapy for a young person and/or family, completing the Referral Forms and Process to ensure effective intervention and attending triage meetings for allocation of therapy.
- Fulfill Therapeutic Practitioner responsibilities as required to meet the needs of the service.
- Hours** - **Working Full Time hours are 37.5 hours per week and include one day till 8.00.
- Requirement ratio of TP Clinical work in home to Senior work is 50%. One Residential Home is fully managed in capacity of TP

**Why work for Compass Therapeutic Services?**
- **Career Progression** - As Therapeutic Services is continuing to expand there are strong career pathways both within our team and within the wider Compass organisation.
- **Individual & Peer group supervision** - therapeutic & clinical supporting your CPD growth.
- **Wellbeing** - Access to confidential therapeutic wellbeing sessions within our Therapeutic Services team.
- **Engagement conferences** - Two per year with the national Therapeutic Services team to continue to develop your theoretical knowledge and sense of belonging. Accommodation & DBB provided.
- **Awards** - The chance to win up to £150 in vouchers every month from our company REACH Awards and monthly vouchers within Therapeutic Services.
- **Medicash** - Receive cashback for various medical and wellbeing appointments and treatments with our MediCash scheme.
- **Annual leave** - An additional 2.5 days each year for your birthday, a health and wellbeing day and a half-day festive shopping day.
- **Bonuses**:

- Receive £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years) and £600 (10 years) service awards, plus up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice.
- **Recommendation scheme** - Earn up to £3,250 by recommending a foster carer or up to £1,000 by recommending a full-time staff member.
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**Requirements**:
- A Therapeutic qualification
- Minimum 5 years’ experience of involvement with the Care System and the children we look after
- Understanding of systemic, psychodynamic, attachment, mental health and neurodiversity principles
- Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision
- Experience of group work with young people
- Experience of assessment in intervention
- Evidence of literary ability to Level 5/A level standard
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group including safeguarding
- Ability to work within a multicultural framework
- Enthusiasm, resilience, passion, reflective and encouraging
- Understanding responsibilities in protecting your own health, safety and wellbeing and that of their colleagues and others
- Full Driving Licence and aptitude to travel and stay away from home on occasions
- Proven track record of delivering successful outcomes for children

Compass is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people.

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