Overview
Volunteer Clinical Supervisor - Counselling or Therapy role at Cocoon Kids - Creative Counselling and Play Therapy CIC. The position aims to support priority, disadvantaged children and young people and their families by providing supervision and enabling access to funded, long-term therapy to improve mental health equity and outcomes.
What you will be doing
* Meet the continued increases in demand for our therapeutic service.
* Help broaden and develop outreach provision at nurseries, schools, colleges and organisations, as well as in-home sessions (and upcoming base).
* Offer individual and/or small group Clinical Supervision.
* Be competent in applying therapeutic coaching skills and managing group dynamics.
* Have ample experience in working alongside children and young people aged 3-19, and their families, in a holistic person-centred, humanistic or similar way.
* Apply extensive skills in building strong therapeutic relationships with families.
* Be experienced in working effectively with children, young people and families from Priority and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with insightful understanding of barriers they may encounter.
* Have excellent depth of knowledge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and use Attachment and Trauma Informed practice; may have lived-experience of ACEs.
* Be competent to advise on the use of creative interventions (play, art, drama, movement, dance, music, sand) as appropriate, as well as talk-based approaches.
* Have experience of face-to-face and remote working.
* Be committed to supporting the volunteer therapists, child, young person and their family for the duration of their work with Cocoon Kids CIC.
* Be open to making the role your own in a responsive organisation and welcome ideas to improve access and services.
Qualifications and skills
* Accreditation/registration with BACP, UKCP, CPCAB, BAPT, PTUK, BAAT or other similar bodies, or membership thereof.
* A recognised qualification in Clinical Supervision, or working towards the qualification.
* Accurate and up-to-date knowledge, experience and therapeutic practice skills, including Safeguarding and Child Protection.
* Self-motivated with clear communication and the ability to work on your own initiative.
* Knowledge and experience in mental health and wellbeing challenges and their impact.
* Experience in or understanding of living with socio-economic deprivation and/or marginalised communities.
* Understanding of how housing insecurity may affect a child, young person and family’s mental health and wellbeing.
Why join us
We are a small, friendly team where you can organise your time around your schedule and make a real and immediate difference to children, young people and families in difficult times.
Employment details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Job function: Strategy/Planning, Training, and Health Care Provider
* Industry: Mental Health Care
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