Breathe Trust Connect and New Growth Services – Senior Social Work Assistant
This is an exciting opportunity to join Breathe Trust Connect (our rapidly growing therapeutic support service for people impacted by the loss of a child through adoption) and New Growth (our therapeutic support offer to care experienced young people who are pregnant or parenting for the first time). If you are looking to develop your practice and passionate about working therapeutically with people to build relationships and establish safety, then this is the role for you.
We invest in our staff to gain therapeutic qualifications and we have created a space for not just our clients to breathe and slow down to process past and present trauma, but also for our staff to ensure they have access to clinical supervision and regular reflective group supervision. We are looking for a highly motivated and compassionate person to join our service to support some of societies most vulnerable adults, who deserve the chance to understand what has happened to them and to feel hopeful for the future.
The role
* Is varied and includes facilitating groups for each of our pathways, providing practical and emotional support to people in the service and developing therapeutic support plans alongside people accessing the service to ensure their needs are met.
We have been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, following a 2023 inspection. This is a fantastic achievement for Birmingham Children's Trust, with many positive highlights focusing on areas including the quality of staff leadership, partnership working, safeguarding and corporate parenting.
This is a full time hybrid role based in Birmingham so you must reside within a suitable commutable distance around Birmingham and have the correct right-to-work documents to work in the UK. Sadly, we do not support those who require sponsorship.
If you are interested and would like to learn more about this role please do not hesitate to contact Jo Minifie on 07927665329 or email Joanne.minifie@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk