Part-time Therapeutic Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Chorley, United Kingdom Family Care Group Full time

Part-Time Therapeutic Practitioner (2 days/week)
Family care group
**Location**: Hybrid / Chorley, UK
**Job type**: Permanent / Part-Time
**Sector and subsector**: Childcare | Childcare Practitioners
**Annual Salary Range**: from £ 33,705.00 to £ 39,016.00
**Salary details**: Pro Rata
Family Care are a family-owned social care provider. We have been providing therapeutically informed care and education for children and young people since 1988.
We work with a determination to create environments which enable traumatised children and young people to take their first steps towards recovery.
Our therapeutic services team work closely with all staff members through consultation and reflective practice sessions to support them in the therapeutic care they provide our children and young people. Through our consultation model we aim to empower staff and foster carers, support self-reflection, promote safe practice and develop an appreciation of the life journey our young people have been on. In doing so, we have adopted the Secure Base model as our practice model, this model underpins all practice across Family Care.
This is a part-time, term-time only position, working 15 hours (2 days) per week.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Offer therapeutic support time to individual foster carers through our Team Around the Child pathway of support (TAC)
- Be responsible for keeping accurate and GDPR compliant notes
- Facilitate reflective practice sessions with staff and teams to provide support within our adopted therapeutic model, the Secure Base model
- Facilitate and/or attend a variety of meetings as required
- Liaise with internal and external professionals
- Support the delivery and development of company-wide training
- On occasions, deliver individual therapeutic work with children and where appropriate, children and carers
- Any other duties that are reasonably required by Family Care and the Therapeutic Services team

What we’re looking for
- Hold a relevant therapeutic or counselling qualification (i.e. Psychotherapy, Play & Creative Arts Therapy etc.)
- Post qualifying experience of 2+ years working therapeutically with children, young people and families.
- Have a good working knowledge of trauma informed and attachment based approaches and experience of working with parents/carers/professionals supporting children to recover from developmental trauma
- Have an understanding of children’s mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions
- Ability and experience in writing therapeutically to complete reports
- Be registered/governed with an accredited body (i.e. HCPC, PTUK, BACP, etc)
- Share a commitment to equal opportunities in all work practices and to improving the lives of children in care
- Hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to your own car
- An enhanced DBS will be required upon appointment

**Benefits**:
Training and professional development opportunities
Access to Paycare and Employee Assistance Programme
Contributory Pension
Long Service Rewards
Hybrid Working
Sick pay after the qualifying period
Why Join Us?
Family Care Group is committed to supporting every child and young person in our care, providing an inclusive, nurturing, and safe environment. As part of our team, you’ll be encouraged to grow professionally, with access to regular training and development. This role offers the opportunity to make a genuine difference, helping to shape better futures for vulnerable young people.



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