Psychotherapist

Horizon Care and Education Group Ltd; Batley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supervision

CPD opportunities

Service development projects

Job summary

Horizon Care and Education Group Ltd is seeking an Experienced Psychotherapist to join our expanding Therapeutic Team. You will support colleagues across the group to deliver positive outcomes for young people, manage your own caseloads, and provide expert therapeutic guidance within residential and education settings.

Key requirements include HCPC registration, experience with children and Young People in CAMHS or community mental health services, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and current practising status.
• Experience with children and young people in residential or education settings.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.
• Experience teaching, training and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseloads to provide high levels of support and consultation for operational colleagues.
• Provide therapeutic advice and guidance to teams to enable them to support young people throughout their journey with Horizon.
• To be responsible for assessments, goal setting and recommendations for therapeutic support for your own caseload.
• To develop, write and regularly review/update therapeutic goals for children and young people in education.
• To develop and contribute to the delivery of therapeutic and psychological training to all staff in the organisation as part of the Therapeutic Academy.
• Benefit from regular supervision and CPD activities
• Benefit from opportunities to participate in service development activities across the Horizon Group

Skills

Effective communication

Teaching and supervision

Autonomous work

Microsoft Office

Driving licence

Education

HCPC registered

BACP/BABCP/UKCP accreditation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are looking for an Experienced Psychotherapist to join our expanding Therapeutic Team There's nothing more rewarding than helping someone believe in themselves, have the confidence to celebrate their own uniqueness and achieve success that is personal to them. This is an exciting opportunity to further develop and use your therapeutic knowledge and experience to support colleagues across the group to deliver positive outcomes for young people. What you'll get to do

• Manage your own caseloads to provide high levels of support and consultation for operational colleagues
• Provide therapeutic advice and guidance to teams to enable them to support young people throughout their journey with Horizon
• To be responsible for assessments, goal setting and recommendations for therapeutic support for your own caseload.
• To develop, write and regularly review/update therapeutic goals for children and young people in education.
• To develop and contribute to the delivery of therapeutic and psychological training to all staff in the organisation as part of the Therapeutic Academy.
• Benefit from regular supervision and CPD activities
• Benefit from opportunities to participate in service development activities across the Horizon Group

Experiences or background

• Children's residential care or looked-after children's services.
• Therapeutic residential settings.
• Supported accommodation for young people.
• CAMHS or community mental health services.
• Child and adolescent psychotherapy or psychology.
• Trauma and attachment-focused services.
• Work with children and young people affected by abuse, neglect, exploitation or disrupted attachments.
• Multi-agency environments involving social care, education, health and safeguarding.
• Staff consultation, reflective practice or psychologically informed training.
• Working with young people who present with emotional dysregulation, self-harm, aggression, withdrawal, risk-taking or difficulties engaging with services.
• HCPC registered.
• BACP, BABCP, UKCP accredited
• Experience of working with Children and Young People or relevant demonstrable transferable skills
• A desire to support services through embedding therapeutic practice
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Ability to work autonomously with the support from individual and peer supervision
• Ability to role model behaviours and attitudes in line with organisational values
• A sound understanding of Microsoft Office components, including knowledge of Excel, Teams and SharePoint
• Full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle
• We have recently launched OneHorizon which is a new platform designed for YOU which brings together the benefits, tools and resources to help you feel supported, valued and great at work!
• The platform is designed to give you instant access to amazing employee benefits, company announcements, downloadable resources and documents as well as feedback surveys and our people directory. You will benefit from Discount programmes, Holiday trading scheme, Eco friendly car scheme, SmartTech scheme, Wellbeing Centre and Cycle to work plus much more! Horizon Care and Education is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. This post is subject to satisfactory criminal records check and satisfactory references.

Closing date for this role is the 31st August , we reserve the right to close the job role early upon receipt of suitable CVs. INDSUPPSERV