Head of Therapy – Children’s Residential Services Nuneaton Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 DOE Must be registered with the HCPC or BACP Remit Compass Associates is excited to be working with a specialist provider of children’s residential care and therapeutic support, to recruit a new Head of Therapy to join them on a full-time permanent basis. You’d work with children who have complex needs and challenging behaviours due to backgrounds of learning disabilities, previously living in unsafe/harmful environments, attachment difficulties and/or early life trauma, which has disrupted their development as a consequence. You’d be based at the main site in Nuneaton which has specially designed, high quality residential homes as well as beautiful outdoor gardens and therapy, sport and art activity spaces. As Head of Therapy, you will be lead the clinical and therapeutic provisions, build a team of therapists and ensure high quality therapeutic interventions are being delivered across the services. You’d work closely the Operations team, promote best practice and create/deliver specialist training sessions to staff. The service utilises Life Story Work and a trauma-informed approach with PACE principles which you will embed and develop. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Psychotherapist or Creative Therapist as you’d maintain the clinical element of your role but also be involved in service development, leadership and clinical quality. Essential criteria: Degree in Psychotherapy or Art/Drama/Dance/Music Therapy Registration with the HCPC or BACP Extensive experience working within children’s residential and/or specialist education settings Previous experience using a trauma-informed approach Up to date knowledge around safeguarding and child protection Leadership and service development experience Commutable from: Birmingham, Redditch, Coventry, Leicester, Bedworth, Hinkley, Tamworth, Coalville, Lutterworth, Rugby and surrounding towns. Interview Process Informal phone call followed by formal interview onsite. Contact details If you would like to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please contact Lynette Robb directly on 0161 509 0419. Alternatively email an updated CV to lrobbcompassltd.co.uk Recommendations Compass Associates Ltd is acting as a Recruitment Consultancy for this permanent vacancy; we offer a £200 John Lewis voucher for each successful recommendation. Compass Associates, established in 2009, is an award-winning, UK specialist Health and Social Care Recruitment Consultancy providing tailored, high quality recruitment solutions for all permanent assignments.