Barnardo’s has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Therapist/Specialist Practitioner to join our ever-growing Leicestershire Residential Services team, on a full-time permanent basis. The post holder will provide specialist therapeutic assessment, intervention, and psychological support to children and young people, who have experienced complex trauma, in order to promote emotional wellbeing, resilience, and recovery.

Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:

• Professional qualification in Clinical/Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Social Work, or equivalent (e.g. Play Therapy, Art Therapy).
• Recognised qualification in clinical supervision (e.g. Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision, BACP/UKCP/HCPC/BABCP-accredited training).
• Registration with a recognised professional body (e.g. HCPC, UKCP, BACP).
• Knowledge of trauma-informed, attachment-based approaches, particularly DDP/PACE.
• Understanding of safeguarding legislation and procedures.
• Experience providing therapeutic support to children and young people with complex trauma histories.
• Experience working in residential care, CAMHS, or children’s social care settings.
• Experience using trauma-informed, attachment-aware frameworks (e.g. DDP, PACE, Theraplay, NMT, EMDR).
• Experience of providing clinical or reflective supervision to practitioners working with trauma-exposed children and young people. Knowledge of relevant supervision models and ability to support development through reflective practice

SOME OF THE KEY ACTIVITIES OF THE ROLE INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments of children’s needs and strengths to inform intervention planning.
• Deliver direct therapeutic work with children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and disrupted attachments to help them understand and manage their emotions and relationships.
• Promote a consistent therapeutic environment by supporting staff with reflective practice and trauma-informed approaches.
• Actively participate in service reviews, audits, and relevant CPD to ensure continual improvement and alignment with Barnardo’s Basis and Values

Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:

• Professional qualification in Clinical/Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Social Work, or equivalent (e.g. Play Therapy, Art Therapy).
• Recognised qualification in clinical supervision (e.g. Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision, BACP/UKCP/HCPC/BABCP-accredited training).
• Registration with a recognised professional body (e.g. HCPC, UKCP, BACP).
• Knowledge of trauma-informed, attachment-based approaches, particularly DDP/PACE.
• Understanding of safeguarding legislation and procedures.
• Experience providing therapeutic support to children and young people with complex trauma histories.
• Experience working in residential care, CAMHS, or children’s social care settings.
• Experience using trauma-informed, attachment-aware frameworks (e.g. DDP, PACE, Theraplay, NMT, EMDR).
• Experience of providing clinical or reflective supervision to practitioners working with trauma-exposed children and young people. Knowledge of relevant supervision models and ability to support development through reflective practice.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ROLE, PLEASE CONTACT KAREN CIANTAR – KAREN.CIANTAR@BARNADOS.ORG.UK

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo’s values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo’s and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo’s pay framework can be found upon application.
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