Therapist (Homes) (52wks) - Durham, United Kingdom - Witherslack Group
Description
Be amazing, be inspired, be you.
Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our staff. You deserve to have the career you want, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.
As a member of our team, you'll receive a sector-leading salary, extensive benefits, training, and a clear career pathway ahead of you.
If you want to join the UK's leading provider of specialist education and care, working passionately to bring the best possible outcomes for young people, you're in the right place.
Be the Therapist, be the guide.
Our Clinical Team supports children and young people across our school and home environments.
As a member of the team, you'll play a vital part in our work and our outcomes for young people.
It's a highly rewarding role where your skills can make a huge difference - as you help us create the type of futures that every child deserves.
The contentment young people feel when you help them to work through their development traumas, neurodevelopment lifelong conditions and other complex needs and really start to communicateThere really is nothing like it.
It's exactly that kind of selfless, professionalism attitude that makes us so excited to talk to you, here at Witherslack Group, as we grow our therapeutic team.
You're already a skilled Therapist or Counsellor, but could you support children and young people with highly complex and challenging needs? If so, join the expert Clinical Team in our outstanding homes and schools.
This is a great opportunity to change young lives for the better, as you make a big impact on our children and young people's wellbeing and development.
The role
Working with children and young people with a wide range of SEMH needs, you'll assess their mental health and recommend appropriate interventions.
Your colleagues will be looking to you to provide high quality reports on all developments, and it's important you keep them, authorities and external professionals well informed.
You'll also be very happy to provide advice, support and training where needed internally.There's no doubt that you'll be dealing with some challenging behaviour. What's more, each child's requirements are constantly evolving. You must therefore be flexible, calm, resilient and patient.
In return you will find this to be a highly rewarding role and when you see a child progress, all the hard work will have been worth it.
Be the Therapist you always wanted to be
A qualified professional (or accredited counsellor), you'll be eligible for membership of BACP (or a similar professional body), and further mental health or therapeutic intervention qualifications would be advantageous.
With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we're proud to have won a reputation for excellence. Our aspirational homes, schools and ethos help us achieve the best possible outcomes. In short, we're enhancing life opportunities.
Be Rewarded
We know you're going to do great things.
For your hard work and commitment, we want to reward you with a salary and benefits package that's among the best in our sector.
You'll receive a competitive salary, Pension Scheme matched up to 5% or a range of flexible pension options to suit personal circumstances(where applicable) and comprehensive induction and ongoing training, as well as extensive Group staff benefits such as Medicash Health Plan/Employee Assistance and Cycle to Work Scheme.
Witherslack Group conducts DBS Enhanced checks and covers the costs for all new employees.For an informal discussion about the role please contact Carole Anne Hudson, Regional Director (Clinical) on
For a full job description and person specification, please see the attached document.
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