Creative Therapist/Counsellor

Murray Hall Community Trust; Tipton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-based charity is recruiting Therapists to support mental health initiatives across Sandwell and surrounding areas. Candidates should have a minimum of a level 4 qualification in counselling, with experience working with children and families. The role will involve delivering creative therapeutic sessions tailored to individual needs and working collaboratively with parents to foster emotional resilience.

Benefits

28 Days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum level 4 qualification in counselling or therapy with 100 clinical hours.
• Membership of a recognised professional counselling body.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one/group creative therapeutic sessions to individuals requiring emotional support.
• Work collaboratively with parents to ensure coping strategies are embedded.

Job description

We are recruiting for Therapists to be part of our growing pool of creative therapeutic interventionspecialists.

Main duties of the job

Intervention type: Integrative Therapists / Counsellors / Play Therapists / Facilitators / CBT / Family Therapist/Mindfulness/ Certificate in therapeutic play skills

Hourly rate: £30ph-£45ph (Depending upon type of intervention)

Contract type: Self-employed sessional basis (Service Level Agreement provided)

Location: Sandwell and neighbouring boroughs

This is an exciting opportunity to work across a range of projects and services that support mental health and emotional wellbeing for children, young people and adults.

About us

About our Organisation

We are a charity that exists to transform lives through delivering impactful services across Sandwell and the surrounding areas. We work collaboratively with public, private and voluntary organisations, educational settings and other partners to design and deliver sustainable innovative solutions to improve the lives of children, families, young people and adults from early years to end of life care.

What we offer:

• 28 Days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday (pro rata for part time employees)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site parking
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities
• Exclusive deals and discounts on products and services
• Friendly and supportive working environment

Murray Hall Community Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and invite potential applicants to contact us to identify any additional support they may require to enable them to make an application.

To Apply

Email your completed application form to [e-mail] or post to: HR Recruitment, Murray Hall Community Trust, The Bridge, St Marks Road, Tipton, West Midlands DY4 0SL.

This role will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Please note that we reserve the right to withdraw our job advertisements earlier than the published expiry date.Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

To provide one to one/group creative therapeutic sessions to children, youngpeople and adults who require emotional wellbeing tier 2 based support andcounselling/therapy sessions tailored to the needs of the individual.

Towork with parents and involve them in the creative therapy session towards theend of the intervention to ensure that coping strategies are embedded and tohelp with communication and relationship between the child/young person andparent/carer. All this has to be in consent with the child/young person and inline with BACP confidentiality agreement.

Toliaise with the service co-ordinator to discuss the individual client needs andreferral issues identified prior to the 6 to 8 week intervention, well-being ofclient monitored at week 4 review.

Tofollow the NICE guidelines for assessment and the model of delivery.

Tokeep up to date individual client clinical case note records both hard copy andon outcome star system.

Toevaluate the therapy intervention using the outcome star system and internaldata recording system.

Toprovide written reports for each young person accessing the therapy to thereferral source along with recommendations for further work and support.

To ensurecounsellors therapists engage positively with clinical supervision to reflecton case work, to discuss work undertaken, any concerns and for guidance.

Tosupport (when required) the service co-ordinator in compiling monitoringreports through the use of outcome star and internal data recording system.

Tomaintain confidentiality in keeping with Murray Hall Community Trust guidelinesand legislation both internally and externally.

Tomeet regularly with the service co-ordinator to discuss and review theprogramme.

Toarrange a suitable time and venue with the childs parent/carer/young personfor counselling intervention which is private and safe

Toarrange possible distance intervention skills as well as face to face to engagea blended approach.

Toensure that you work within the British Association Counsellors and Therapistscode of ethics and standards.

Toattend meetings as required, with the service co-ordinator and other key CTSstaff to discuss referrals, caseloads, concerns etc.

Tocomply with Murray Hall policies and procedures including Data Protection andConfidentiality Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children Policy, Healthand Safety Policy, Equality Policy, and record keeping.

Toattend any mandatory training and induction courses as designated bymanagement.

Anyother duties requested by the service manager or service co-ordinator in linewith the grant agreement.

Person Specification

• Must be committed to an integrated reflective process of personal and professional development
• Knowledge and understanding of emotional wellbeing to be able to support resilience
• Demonstrates a sound knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedure
• An understanding of CAHMS and how referrals are made and received and interventions are provided across the region
• Ability to work under pressure and manage complex client case loads
• Knowledge of the British Association Counsellors and Therapists and the code of ethics
• Knowledge of data protection/record keeping and confidentiality with regard to client group
• Knowledge of child development
• Understanding of the demographic of Sandwell and surrounding areas
• Knowledge of the Every Child Matters and Keeping Children Safe in Education frameworks and other key policies with regards to working with children

Experience

• Recent varied experience of working with children and young people aged 5 to 18 years (EWB)
• Experience of working with statutory and voluntary organisations in delivering therapeutic services
• Excellent artistic abilities, creativity, imagination and enthusiasm
• Experience of facilitating one to one therapy work and with parents in various settings
• Experience of report writing and evaluating programmes

Qualifications

• Have a minimum of level 4 qualification in counselling, therapy (or equivalent) with clinical experience of 100 hours
• Membership of recognised professional counselling body British Association of Counselling and Therapists, National Counselling Society, British Association of Drama Therapy, British Association of Art Therapy or UK Council for Psychotherapy either as an individual or as part of an organisation. This list is not exhaustive evidence required at recruitment stage
• Level 5 Counselling Qualification

Personal Qualities

• To possess an expressive, creative and spontaneous/improvised work style in response to a wide variety of issues/circumstances
• A robust level of emotional strength, personal awareness and the ability to deal with difficult situations as they arise
• Pleasant and approachable manner with a reliable and flexible approach to work
• Able to manage and prioritise a busy workload and work on own initiative

Other Factors

• Demonstrate a commitment to continued CPD
• Must be able to travel across the Sandwell and neighbouring boroughs
• Be able to provide references as to suitability for the post
• Undertake an enhanced DBS check and maintain a DBS Update service membership

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.