Child Therapist/ Counsellor - Specialist Weight Loss Service
Our Specialist weight management service is looking for a Registered Counsellor to deliver excellent care to Children and Young people in Nottinghamshire. This role will be based out of Mansfield, but the postholder must be willing to travel, have a valid license, and access to a vehicle.
The service aims to empower individuals and communities towards a healthier future by promoting health awareness. The Child Therapist integrates psychological theory with therapeutic techniques to help people overcome and deal with problematic life events and mental health issues. They engage people and their communities to help identify barriers whilst empowering them to overcome these.
* The role is designed to support children and young people in various settings: face-to-face, community-based, digital, and via telephone.
* The role involves the assessment of clients referred and the provision of child therapy sessions.
* The role includes ensuring the therapeutic support provides a clear, evidence-based, effective, and consistent service for all clients.
* The role will continuously develop methods and resources that result in improved/effective wellbeing and behaviours for all ages.
Main duties of the job
This post will work under the line management of the Head of Service with clinical supervision from the Divisional therapist lead. The role provides therapeutic interventions to children and young people accessing specialist weight management programmes.
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities will be:
* To work effectively and collaboratively to ensure the successful operation of therapeutic provision within the service.
* To be a part of a multi-disciplinary assessment (MDA) team.
* Support children to discuss and work through highly complex, sensitive, and personal information related to their presentation.
* Maintain accurate and detailed case notes and client records utilizing digital systems and databases.
* To provide effective individual child interventions, with the aim of helping clients prepare to engage in the specialist weight management programme and/or physical activity interventions.
* To provide systemic child therapy, employing methods based upon evidence.
* To participate in multi-agency meetings as appropriate, child protection case conferences, and reviews.
* To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.
* To undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.
Skills and Competencies Required
* Be an experienced therapist in a community health environment, assisting and delivering support to children and young people.
* Experience of working with diverse communities within varied cultural environments.
* Adept in communication; a strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience.
* Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.
* Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
* Knowledge of professional bodies' ethical code of conduct.
* Cognitive behavioural therapy core concepts and behaviour change models.
* Good communication and facilitation skills.
* IT skills for administrative tasks and good time management.
* Skills and knowledge of working with issues relating to weight management.
Job Specific Requirements
* The ability to travel independently across Oldham, Stockport, and as required to ABL Health HQ in Greater Manchester.
* Work flexibly and adapt to suit service needs, including some evening and occasional weekend work.
Qualifications
* A relevant professional qualification at degree level e.g. in social work, nursing, psychology, or other relevant field.
* Registered accredited member of a professional body (such as AFT, BABCP, BPS, BACP, UKCP).
Experience
* Experience of delivering child and young persons' therapeutic interventions.
* More than 2 years, post-qualifying, experience of delivering child and young person interventions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£26,500 to £28,500 a year pro rata for part-time.
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