Therapeutic Practitioner

Educators; Carmarthen; Remote; GBP 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

LGPS pension scheme

Annual leave with buy option

Health and wellbeing support

Career progression

Staff discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Flexible working

Job summary

Carmarthenshire County Council's Educational and Child Psychology Service is seeking a reflective, skilled and compassionate Therapeutic Practitioner to join the Emotional Health Team. You will support the emotional health of care-experienced children and young people and work closely with families, carers, schools, and social care professionals to foster resilience and positive outcomes.

Applicants need an Enhanced DBS (Barred List) and Welsh language level 3 (verbal).

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check required (Enhanced with Barred List).
• Welsh language level - verbal: Level 3 Welsh required; support available to reach this level.

Responsibilities

• Support emotional health and psychological wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people.
• Collaborate with children, families, carers, schools, social workers and related professionals to strengthen resilience and relationships.

Job description

Salary: £36,581 - £41,177

About the vacancy

Vacancy ID: 3888

Organisation: Carmarthenshire County Council

Number of vacancies: 1

Contract type: Permanent Full Time

Location: Carmarthen

Grade: Grade H

Salary: £36,581 - £41,177

Hourly Rate : £18.96 - £21.43

Contract Hours 37 hours

Come and join our team

Come and join the team.

Carmarthenshire's Educational and Child Psychology Service is looking to appoint areflective, skilled and compassionate Therapeutic Practitioner to join our Emotional Health Team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting the emotional health and psychological wellbeing of children and young people who are care-experienced. You will work collaboratively with children, families, carers, schools, social workers and related professionals. You will help develop resilience, strengthen relationships and achieve positive outcomes for children and young people with care experience.

For an informal discussion, please contact Helen Davies [e-mail]

Job Description

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DBS level

An Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be requested for this job. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or adults at risk

Welsh language level - verbal

Level 3 - You will need a good level of conversational Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level

Closing Date

12/10/2026, 23:55

The Rewards

• Competitive salary
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing addition annual leave
• Access to staff health and wellbeing support
• Personal development and career progression
• Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle-to-work scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies

Anonymous Recruitment

We adopt an 'anonymous recruitment' approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made.

We are committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Sharing your equality monitoring data allows us to assess the impact our recruitment and employment policies and practices have and gives us the opportunity to improve them where possible. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Additional Information

We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the essential criteria and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Right to work eligibility

Every employer in the UK must carry out a Right to Work check before a new employee starts work. This is a legal requirement under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and applies to every worker, regardless of nationality.

All applicants will be asked about their nationality and whether they are legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom. This is to confirm whether you are eligible to apply for the vacancy and to work for the Council or its partner organisations.

Carmarthenshire County Council holds a valid sponsorship licence. However, applicants who require sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route must meet all eligibility criteria set out by the UK Government under the points-based immigration system. Before submitting an application, you should check whether the role meets the eligibility criteria in the UK Government guidance: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK . Please note: If you do not meet the eligibility criteria, your application will not progress. If it becomes clear at a later stage that you are not eligible to apply, your application may be withdrawn, or any offer of employment may be retracted.