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Functional Family Therapy Child Welfare Therapist

Employer
hireful
Location
Leicester
Salary
£38,052 to £40,858
Closing date
7 Oct 2018

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Function
Administration
Sector
Community
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Functional Family Therapy Child Welfare Therapist

Leicester is one of the most diverse and multicultural cities in the country. They are committed to continuous improvement and due to ongoing investment, our client's Edge of Care Services have expanded.

Position: Functional Family Therapy Child Welfare Therapist
Location: Halford House, Leicester
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £38,052 to £40,858 per annum

Closing date: 07 October 2018

About the role:

Whilst there are a number of Functional Family Therapy services in the UK, they are the first in the UK to offer Functional Family Therapy Child Welfare (FFT-CW). This new programme went live at the beginning of September and you would be joining a dynamic, fresh team. You will be working with families where there are ongoing child protection concerns and a real and imminent risk of care.

Primarily you will work with families with very young children or families where there are concerns regarding domestic abuse. However, you will also work with cases with a range of other complex and high-risk child protection issues.

FFT-CW is a manualised therapy which utilises a range of tools from behavioural therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and family therapy to enable families who often have complex and challenging needs to adopt new choices and behaviours within around 6 months. The aim is to make the home and family relationship sound and safe enough to keep children and families together.

About you:

- Hold a relevant qualification
- Substantial experience of working in a challenging environment dealing with sensitive and complex issues with children and families and the ability to maintain personal resilience
- Experience of delivering one or more of the following structured therapies: behavioural therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, family therapy
- Aware of the safety risks posed to very young children in the safeguarding arena
- Willing to engage in group clinical supervision
- Able to engage and empathise with families with complex needs

You may have experience of the following: Functional Family Therapy Child Welfare Therapist, Functional Family Therapist, Functional Family Therapy
Therapist, Child Therapist, Child Welfare Therapist, Behavioural Therapist, Cognitive Therapist, Family Therapist, Psychologist, etc.

This vacancy is being advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment, the UK’s leading Online Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief, and we confirm that we will gladly accept all applications.

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