Package Description
Job Title: Therapist
Salary: Up to £38,000
Location: Nottingham
Working pattern: Hybrid plus travel to services within your region.
Hours: Full Time
Region – Services grouped by location and may be up to approximately 90 mins travel dependent on candidate location, Full UK Driving Licence required
Welcome to apply: Art therapist's, play therapist's, dance and movement psychotherapist's, music therapist's, child and adolescent psychotherapist's
The Opportunity:
Are you a compassionate therapist looking to create meaningful change?
Join the Keys Group Clinical Team and help transform the lives of children and young people in our residential services.
In this vital role, you'll deliver both direct and indirect therapeutic support, working with care teams to embed trauma-informed, child-centred practices. You'll collaborate across the organisation to ensure each young person's emotional and psychological needs are met.
Bring your expertise to a team that values connection, collaboration, and impactful care
About you:
* Essential: Relevant accredited qualification in therapeutic approach (e.g. Masters in Art Therapy)
* Essential: Professional registration with appropriate body. HCPC, UKCP, BACP.
* Desirable: Experience of working as a qualified practitioner. Ideally 1+ year post-qualification
* Desirable: Previous experience of working with care experienced children including working with teams around children
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Deliver therapeutic interventions for young people.
* Provide specialist consultation and guidance to regional teams.
* Apply and promote the Keys Connect clinical model.
* Support assessment, formulation, and delivery of evidence-based therapeutic plans.
* Offer therapeutic insight on referred children to assist operational teams.
* Collaborate with psychologists and therapists across the region.
* Provide upskilling sessions in therapeutic approaches and associated relevant subjects
* Provide cross-service consultation on child trauma, attachment, and recovery.
* Contribute a therapeutic perspective to service planning and development, supporting policy improvements through project work and the implementation of identified therapeutic needs.
* Maintain effective communication with Local Authorities, NHS, and partner agencies.
* Maintain professional standards through supervision, CPD, and adherence to ethical and organisational guidelines; ensure accurate record-keeping, uphold safeguarding and EDI principles.
Why be a part of Keys Group?
* Salary - up to £38,000 per annum
* Paid Mileage
* Annual Leave - 32 Days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
* Career Progression - We have a whole world of opportunities within the group.
* Festive Gift- Our way of saying "Thank you" for your hard work at Christmas
* Life Assurance - Worth x 2 your annual salary
* DBS Check – we cover the cost of your DBS check and subsequent renewals
* Ongoing Training and Development – Supported by our award-winning Learning and Development Team, you will receive ongoing training and development throughout your career
* Pension Scheme – start growing that pot for a healthy and happy retirement
* Wellbeing Support, Advice and Guidance – via our Employee Assistance Program though an online portal or over the telephone
* Staff Referral Scheme – Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
* EPIC Awards – All of our employees are EPIC in our eyes and do some incredible things each and every day. Each month, we recognise those that have shown that they really live by our values with EPIC awards and a fantastic prize on offer
* Discounts at Highstreet retailers, days out, gifts, holidays and even when buying a car – available via a Blue Light card
Due to the nature of the role, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken (DBS).
Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.
As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.