Psychological Therapist Croydon
Psychological Therapist (Part-Time)
Location: Croydon
Hours: 16 hours per week (Flexible working hours)
Salary: £16,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent
About Us
Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.
St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.
We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.
St Christopher’s Academy
When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please click here
We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions.
About This Role
This is an exciting new opportunity to be part of a new project within our Wraparound Service in the UK. As Psychological Therapist, key aspects of your role will be:
1. Facilitation of Reflective Practice for residential staff to help support therapeutically informed practice, staff resilience and emotional wellbeing.
2. Direct support to Children in Care and Care Leavers to improve their emotional health and well-being, and to provide any additional support identified as needed by statutory services to those with mental health needs.
3. Working with children, residential carers and social workers where care arrangements are at risk of breaking down.
4. Consultative support and training to foster carers and residential staff where there are children in placement who have complex needs.
5. Support the development of the UK Therapeutic Service to help meet the needs of staff and young people across the organisation.
The successful candidate will have:
6. Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, Therapy)
7. A minimum of three years working directly with children, young people and families
8. Experience of dealing with crisis situations and working with emergency services
9. A minimum of one years’ experience of delivering therapeutic interventions
10. Previous experience of delivering therapeutic interventions to children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties
11. Experience of working in a multi-agency setting
12. Knowledge of UK Legislative framework
13. Good interpersonal and communication skills
14. Knowledge/Experience of Care Planning and Care Management
15. Ability to manage caseload and to work on own initiative
16. Responsive to deadlines
17. Excellent IT, report writing and presentation skills
18. Ability and willingness to work outside of normal office hours as required
In return we offer:
19. Competitive salary of £16000 per annum for part time work.
20. A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
21. Industry Leading training programme including children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy.
22. 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays.
23. Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
24. BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
25. Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
26. Discount shopping scheme.
27. Discretionary Funding Training Programs.
28. Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.