Senior Specialist Practitioner (Psychotherapist / Counsellor)

An established Specialist Residential therapeutic service for young people require a Senior Specialist Practitioner to join our Clinical team, to provide individual intervention, work with young people in our service, support our integrated care, education and therapy programmes with young people, and share our commitment to making a difference in young peoples lives.

Duties include:

Providing clinical casework, professional consultation and training to support the planning, delivery and evaluation of therapeutic assessment and interventions, with young people in Residential and Education Services.

working within a multi-disciplinary professional team to deliver and promote positive outcomes for young people in a context of sound and effective risk management

Contributing to service development and evaluation

You must be able to demonstrate:

High level of personal motivation and professional integrity

Strong commitment to meeting the needs of young people and facilitating their effective participation in and engagement with their communities

A depth of knowledge of effective therapeutic models for working with young people

Sound knowledge of safeguarding policy and practice, and able to act to effectively safeguard young people

Good level of analytical skills

Ability to work independently and organize work effectively

Self-assured and able champion their views, ideas and opinions in professional forums

Effective communication skills; ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of clients and professionals

Full manual driving license

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Holds postgraduate qualification in therapeutic discipline (counselling, psychotherapy, etc)

Registered with an recognised professional body (e.g. BACP) as a counsellor or psychotherapist

At least 2 years post qualification experience in applying therapeutic models of assessment and intervention in various settings, including working with clients with complex needs, mental health issues and/or high risk profiles/behavior

At least 12 months experience of working with adolescents

Experienced in producing high quality professional reports

Experienced in working effectively in multi-disciplinary teams

Sound knowledge of the development, assessment, treatment and risk management of sexually abusive and sexually aggressive behaviours in young people