Staff Benefits at Kibble
* Learning continues with opportunities for further training, job variety and funded study
* Healthcare significantly contributes to expenses such as dental treatments, new glasses and contact lenses
* Money off shopping and events from Blue Light Card, Costco and other partners
* Discounts are available for childcare through Puddle Lane children’s nursery
* Immediate access to confidential counselling helps you prioritise self-care
* Wellbeing perks continue with Cycle to Work and generous holidays
About Kibble
Kibble is a specialist provider of services for at risk children and young people across the UK. Many of the young people the charity cares for have experienced significant trauma in their lives and we provide a safe, stable environment that is both nurturing and therapeutic. With a robust support network and wide range of integrated services, we offer young people opportunities and encourage them to believe in themselves, feel a sense of belonging, and realise their own self-worth.
About the Service
The SAFE service is an exciting new national and free to access service for children and families affected by crime. It is Scottish Government funded through the Victim Centred Approach Fund for three years. The service will go to families in their communities and provide person-centred and trauma-responsive services through advocacy, systemic family therapy, creative therapies and psychological consultation, assessment, and therapy.
The overall goal of the service is to support the emotional wellbeing of young victims/witnesses to crime (aged 5-25). The service will do this by providing three types of support.
Type 1: professional consultation
We will provide systemic and psychological advice and support for organisations and professionals who do not have that expertise in trauma, mental health, and intervention but who support young victims and witnesses, e.g., education, social work, police. This will include drawing together shared-understanding formulations and care/intervention plans alongside other professionals. It may also include training and consultation around organisational processes and structures. The goal is to improve systems and how they support young people.
We will also support colleagues and partner agencies through institutional advocacy and awareness raising to help other agencies provide the best possible service for victims and witnesses of crime.
Type 2: delivery of direct systemic family and psychological therapy to children, young people and their wider family impacted by crime.
The service will work with families to help them understand the impact of crime/victimisation and how models such as attachment-based parenting and trauma therapy, can help them and their children and young people. We will support children directly with a therapy modality that fits them. Therapeutic interventions will be assertive and go to the children and families in their community. Our aim is to intervene and prevent experiences of crime and victimisation leading to harmful or risk-taking behaviours.
We understand the impact of multi-generational trauma experienced by parents and carers and will work with a family to help them with the impact of domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. We will work alongside families to enhance their resilience and capacity as carers.
We will work closely with professionals and services to help ensure that risk assessment and management along with safeguarding requirements are effectively planned, assessed, responded to, and met.
Type 3: Advocacy
We will provide advocacy support to children who have experienced crime helping them through the Criminal Justice process, explaining the procedures, how they work and ensuring they understand their individual rights. We will support young victims to be able to make decisions based on what is right for them. Our advocacy services will enable children and young people to engage more safely and meaningfully with court processes and feel empowered to complete court actions, with an aim to increase accountability of perpetrators, reduce repeat offending and achieve positive outcomes for family members.
We will advise children and young people of their options for seeking help and will connect them to services and co-ordinate the provision of multi-agency support in relation to the reporting of crime. We will proactively ensure barriers to accessing support and protection are minimised and will advocate for victims with external support agencies who can help address challenges that they may face. By acting alongside children and young people we will enable them to feel safe and supported in accessing the justice system.
Job Purpose
You will deliver direct services to children and families, provide consultation to professionals and work systemically with those around a child. You will collaborate and integrate with the service’s psychotherapy team and advocacy worker to provide a holistic and systemic service.
Main Duties:
* To provide consultation to professionals and those using the service regarding systemic formulation, trauma, victimisation and care planning.
* To help formulate and then implement plans for the systemic support and therapy for children, young people and / or family members based on an appropriate conceptual framework, and using methods based on evidence of effectiveness and efficacy.
* To implement a range of interventions for individuals, carers, staff, professionals, and families by drawing from different explanatory models and maintaining a number of professional hypotheses.
* To create a safe environment and building a strong therapeutic relationship where a young person can openly discuss their experiences. Over time this should allow them to build confidence, raise self-esteem, improve emotional wellbeing and resilience.
* The role will involve working closely with the team around the young person. This includes the Teachers, Social Workers, and other support workers who have a role to enhance the emotional and psychological well-being of the young person.
* You will be expected to attend professionals’ meetings, contribute to risk management, keep accurate case records, write reports, and evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.
* You should have the capacity to reflect on your own practice, whilst working in an emotionally challenging environment, using supervision to further develop within the role.
Person Specification
Education and/or Professional Qualifications
Essential
* The post holder will hold a psychotherapist qualification recognised by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). This could include family therapy, counselling, art therapy, integrative therapy or equivalent.
* Professional registration with HCPC, BACP, UKCP or other relevant regulatory body.
* Experience of providing both in person and online therapy sessions.
* A minimum 2 years experience working with children and/or adolescents & young adults with complex needs.
* Evidence of continuing professional development and a keenness to develop your practice.
* Excellent interpersonal and listening skills and be able to communicate clearly and precisely orally and in writing both within the Centre and with external agencies.
Desirable
* Foundation and/or Intermediate Certificate in Systemic Practice.
* DDP Level 1 and/or 2 Qualification.
* Trauma Training eg. TFCBT, EMDR, DBT
Job Related Skills and Achievements
Essential
* Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites
* Skills to undertake clinical roles and tasks within the multi-disciplinary and multi- agency contexts.
* A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level to colleagues, professionals and lay people, and a high level of skill and ability to foster effective partnership working.
Desirable
* Experience working with families
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Personal Attributes
* Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena related to the development of harmful behaviour and psychological difficulties, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by systemic and psychology services within the context of working with children, young people and families who have experienced crime.
* A capacity to establish priorities and organise workload effectively and efficiently.
* Ability to operate successfully within a team-based setting as well as being able to work autonomously
Safe Crisis Training (SCM)
Successful candidates will require a level of fitness to be able to carry out SCM. Please see note section below (4) for further information.
Notes
1. This job outline reflects the main tasks and responsibilities discharged by the post holder at the present time, however, Kibble reserves the right to alter or amend the content of this job outline to reflect changes to the job or services provided, while maintaining the overall character and level of responsibility for the post.
2. Notwithstanding any information or statement described within this job outline, all duties must be carried out in a way that promotes equality of opportunity, dignity and respect for all individuals and which is consistent with Kibble’s stated policy on equal opportunities.
3. The successful candidate will be subject to PVG Scheme Membership. Having previous convictions will not automatically disbar you from working at Kibble (with the exception of offences against children or other vulnerable groups) and every case is taken on an individual basis.
4. The successful candidate will be required to undertake Safe Crisis Management (SCM) training and will require a level of fitness to be able to carry out SCM. The successful candidate must be able to participate fully in this training and be prepared to put this training into practice. The SCM training will consist of two days theory and two days physical training. The successful candidate must complete this training in full within four weeks of an agreed start date. Should the candidate for any reason fail any aspect of the SCM training (theory, physical or both parts), an additional two weeks will be given to pass.
5. Appointments will be subject to a twelve-month probationary period.
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