Therapist, Mental Health

Barnardo's are recruiting staff, so if you are you ready for a new challenge and are passionate about working with children and young people to support their emotional wellbeing, you might be just who we are looking for.

The Trafford Emotional health and Wellbeing (EHWB) service supports children and young people across Trafford aged 5 – 13 years to grow up with healthy minds, feel confident and resilient and fulfil their potential. As part of the THRIVE ‘Getting Help' model Barnardo's provides therapeutic one to one, group work and counselling support in the community.

• Children's and Young people's emotional health and wellbeing
• Improving outcomes for children and young people

• Working days:
  Monday to Friday - to be agreed
• Working hours:
  
  7.4
• Office base:
  Benchill Children's Centre
• Working in a variety of school and community venues
• The ability to travel across the Trafford locality is essential
• You will offer brief interventions via 1:1 wellbeing sessions and therapeutic group work covering emotional literacy and emotional regulation.

• Providing a blended approach of digital and face to face sessions
• Maintaining active engagement on all safeguarding matters
• Ensuring accurate recording for reporting purposes

• Hold a diploma level qualification in counselling, child and adolescent psychotherapy, art, play, drama or music therapy which has included a practicum of at least 100 hours of supervised practice.
• Have considerable experience of delivering counselling to children and young people
• Have an awareness of emotional challenges and how these impact the lives of children and young people.
• Have a knowledge of child and adolescent development and the role of the family in supporting children and young people's emotional well-being.
• Have comprehensive understanding of children's safeguarding.
• Need to be adaptable and deliver support via multiple methods; face to face, telephone or video call.
• Have case management experience and a clear understanding of the requirement for professional and accurate case notes.
• It would be beneficial to have access to a car due to the regular travel required in this role.

You must demonstrate in your application that you currently use the skills outlined above, and in the Job Description/Person Specifications, or have used them previously in employment, education, training, volunteering etc. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

If you require any further information about these opportunities, please contact Janene Jackson on  or via email - Jan