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Psychological Therapist - Part Time - London, Greater London
Client:
St Christopher's Fellowship
Location:
Greater London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
5
Posted:
03.03.2025
Expiry Date:
17.04.2025
Job Description:
Psychological Therapist - Part Time - London
Location: London with substantial travel to UK Services.
Part time 7.5 hours per week
Salary of £37,500 - £40,000 Full time equivalent (£7,500 - £8,000 pro-rated)
Permanent
About Us
Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.
St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.
We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under-represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.
St Christopher’s Academy
When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions.
We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions.
About This Role
This is an exciting new opportunity to be part of a new project within our Wraparound Service in the UK. As Psychological Therapist, key aspects of your role will be:
* Facilitation of Reflective Practice for residential staff to help support therapeutically informed practice, staff resilience and emotional wellbeing.
* Direct support to Looked After Children and Care Leavers to improve their emotional health and well-being, and to provide any additional support identified as needed by statutory services to those with mental health needs.
* Working with children, residential carers and social workers where care arrangements are at risk of breaking down.
* Consultative support and training to foster carers and residential staff where there are children in placement who have complex needs.
* Support the development of the UK Therapeutic Service to help meet the needs of staff and young people across the organisation.
The successful candidate will have:
* Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, Therapy)
* A minimum of three years working directly with children, young people and families
* Experience of dealing with crisis situations and working with emergency services
* A minimum of one years’ experience of delivering therapeutic interventions
* Experience of working in a multi-agency setting
* Knowledge of UK Legislative framework
* Good interpersonal and communication skills
* Knowledge/Experience of Care Planning and Care Management
* Ability to manage caseload and to work on own initiative
* Excellent IT, report writing and presentation skills
* Ability and willingness to work outside of normal office hours as required
In return we offer:
* Salary of £37,500 - £40,000 Full time equivalent (£7,500 - £8,000 pro-rated)
* A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
* Industry Leading training programme including children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy.
* 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays.
* Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
* BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
* Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
* Discretionary Funding Training Programs.
* Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.
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