Creative Therapist/ , Spring Hill School, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Hours: Part time 3 days per week 24 hours
Salary/Benefits: Pro rota £42,170 per annum – depending on experience
Cambian Spring Hill School is a 38 - 52 week residential and day school for children and young people aged 8-19 with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, associated challenging behaviours, social communication difficulties and complex needs.
Do you have experience of working with children, young people and families and are committed to getting the best outcomes for them? The Cambian Group, part of the CareTech family of companies, are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Mental Health Therapist to join our friendly team.
We invite applicants from all disciplines to apply, Art Psychotherapists, Music or Drama Therapist with experience working with trauma informed approaches. You will be working within an existing multi-disciplinary team, which consists of OT’s/SaLT’s
Working as a member of an integrated residential Children’s Service to support the emotional wellbeing, mental health and placement stability of looked after young people who have experienced significant adverse childhood experiences.
Supporting our teams across schools you will be providing a combined clinical consultative and direct therapeutic service for Looked After young people placed in school.
Candidate Profile
To be successful within this role you will need to have experience in:
- Working with Knowledge of theory and practice of therapeutic interventions with children and young people.
- Assessment, intervention and management of a range of mental health needs including trauma.
- Partnership working supporting agreed placement objectives, care planning and progression including regular clinical reporting and routine outcome measures
Essential:
- Registered with the relevant professional, HCPC
- Mental Health background and/or CAMHS experience
- Relevant qualifications to allow you to offer children therapy, when required
- Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills
- Have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills
In return, we offer:
- Full support from a multidisciplinary team
- Regular clinical supervision
- Meetings and peer support
- Development opportunities
- Internal/external training on new initiatives
You will also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.
Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.
All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.
