Child and Adolescent Therapist (EMDR and/ or CBT)

The Together Trust; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card

Real living wage employer

Generous pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing and mental health support

Job summary

The Together Trust in Cheadle, Stockport, is seeking a Child & Adolescent Therapist (EMDR and/or CBT) to join our inclusive, multidisciplinary team at Inscape House School.

You will deliver CBT and/or EMDR to referred students, work with parents and carers, manage a timetabled caseload, and help shape wellbeing strategies across the school, with a pro-rata salary and 37.5 hours per week over 41 weeks.

Qualifications

• Qualified with a recognised mental health profession and a Postgraduate CBT diploma or EMDR UK standards.
• Individual accreditation with BACP, HCPC, BABCP or EMDR Europe or equivalent.
• Substantial experience delivering CBT/EMDR with autistic individuals.
• Experience involving parents and carers within therapy and multidisciplinary teams.
• Passionate about improving outcomes for young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide CBT and/or EMDR therapy to referred students at Inscape House School.
• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes with groups and individual students and families.
• Modify formulations and treatments to suit individual children and young people.
• Apply evidence-based practice and critically evaluate treatment approaches.
• Support students with trauma, anxiety and attendance-related challenges.

Skills

CBT therapy

EMDR therapy

Autism experience

Parent involvement

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Postgraduate CBT diploma

EMDR Europe accreditation training

BACP/HCPC/BABCP accreditation

Job description

Child and Adolescent Therapist (EMDR and/ or CBT)

Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.

Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you’ll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families, and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.

Child & Adolescent Therapist (EMDR and/or CBT)

Location: Inscape House School on the Together Trust Campus in Cheadle, Stockport

Hours: 37.5 hours per week worked over 41 weeks per year

Salary: Actual pro-rated starting salary £39,667.04 working 41 weeks per year with biennial increments. Full-time salary is £43,150.00.

Are you passionate about shaping culture, unlocking potential, and driving meaningful change? We are looking for a committed and compassionate Child & Adolescent Therapist (EMDR and/or CBT) to join our inclusive and multidisciplinary team in Cheadle, Stockport.

The purpose of the role is to deliver

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and/ or

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to students who present with or identify as having emotional and/or mental health difficulties, frequently working with students alongside parents and/or carers. The therapist role carries a case load and offers proactive, timetabled support to individual students as well as being able to be reactive based on student need.

Responsibilities include but not exhaustive

• Provide a therapy service, using CBT and/ or EMDR, to referred students at Inscape House School, working directly with students and their parents/ carers where appropriate.
• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for children and young people. Develop, agree and implement an action plan with groups and individual students and those involved with them based on a comprehensive assessment, strengths and needs.
• Modify formulations and treatments to suit the needs of the individual children and young people.
• Employ an evidenced based practice approach to therapy and use a wide understanding of empirical research findings, to critically evaluate treatment approaches, on an individual level.
• Respond to the needs of children and young people who have experienced trauma.
• Support children and young people with phobias, high levels of anxiety, and emotion-based school non-attendance.

About You

• Qualification - Individual accreditation with BACP, HCPC, BABCP, EMDR Europe or other recognised governing body.
• Core professional qualification in a recognised mental health profession with either a Postgraduate diploma in CBT or EMDR UK standard accredited training which is compliant with EMDR Europe criteria and standards. (The successful completion of other EMDR Europe approved training, and accreditation is accepted, e.g. EMDR Ireland).
• Substantial and recent experience of working as a CBT or EMDR Therapist with autistic individuals.
• Substantial and recent experience of involving parents and carers in therapy along with multidisciplinary teamwork and collaboration.
• Passionate about improving outcomes and quality of life for young people.

Annual leave – 27 days’ holiday plus 8 bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.

Generous pension scheme – a minimum company pension contribution of 4%.

Occupational sick pay and family-friendly policies, including

enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave

Reward and Discount platform – offering discounts on high street shopping, travel and insurance.

Generous death in service benefit – up to 6 times basic salary.

• Eligibility to apply for a

Blue Light Card

• Proud to be a

real living wage employer

Refer a friend scheme – be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.

training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.

Long service awards – vouchers and extra holiday.

• Promotion of

wellbeing across the organisation, including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleagues and a free weekly yoga session, in person or online.

• Access to our

Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults in your household.

Inclusive networks for colleagues to join if they’d like to (Disability & Neurodiversity Action Group, Race Equality Network, Proud Together (LGBTQ+ group), Together for Men, Women Together).

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

This role will involve regulated activity and is also exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act

This role will involve regulated activity.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.