Therapeutic Practitioner (Children’s Residential Services)

Therapeutic Practitioner (Residential Services)

Salary:  £31,516 per annum, rising to £33,092 per annum following a successful probation period. Maximum job rate (which is performance related) is £34,667 per annum.

Hours:  37 hours per week

Location:  Norwich based with Norfolk wide responsibilities

Nobody chooses the family or circumstances they are born into. At Break we firmly believe that with the right care, there is no limit to what can be achieved.

We work across East Anglia with children and young people on the edge of care, in care and leaving care. Whether you’re interested in working in our residential homes and short breaks for children with disabilities, our pioneering Staying Close Staying Connected project or vital essentials like our family assessment centre and wraparound care offer, one thing is universal: you’ll be joining a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who want the very best for the young people they care for.

At Break we invest in the future of our staff just as we do for the young people in our services. We strive to provide the highest quality of care, so whether you’re just starting your career in children’s social care or are already qualified, you’ll be supported, recognised and rewarded for your essential part in our vital work.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Break organisation in a new and developing role. You will be part of team who are working directly alongside our residential homes. You will be able to build relationships with dedicated staff teams who are working directly with looked after children on a day to day basis. You will facilitate and support teams around the young people to reflect and consider the needs of each young person through a trauma informed lens and offer direct therapeutic frameworks and practice support.

You will need a warm and attuned approach and be able to think independently but also joining teams to facilitate reflective spaces and understand our young people.  Break has a continued aspirations to provide the best level of care possible to our young people and staff teams.

Break Therapeutic Services is a multi-disciplinary therapeutic team (arts therapists, psychotherapists, psychotherapeutic counsellors, social workers) offering attachment and trauma based support to children and young people across Norfolk, providing both externally commissioned work and a range of services within Break.

We are seeking a Specialist Therapeutic Practitioner to be part of the Break Therapeutic Services team but predominantly work with a smaller homes based team focused on developing therapeutic practice within our residential services. This is a full time post of 37 hours per week.

We welcome applications from candidates with training and experience in the arts therapies, child psychotherapy and counselling, psychology, therapeutic parenting or other relevant trainings.

In your role, you’ll have access to the following benefits:

• Free, career-enhancing qualifications
• A “golden hello” scheme welcoming you to our services, with £250 paid to you one month after your start date and a second £250 at the six month mark.
• A referral scheme offering the same two payments as the golden hello if you recommend a contact who goes on to be employed by Break.
• A benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across a range of shops, venues and services.
• A free counselling service to all our employees.
• The opportunity to influence Break’s strategy and direction through the Staff Consultation Forum.
• Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Free flu jabs.

Full details of the role, including a job description and person specification can be found within the ‘documents’ section on our website.

To apply click the ‘Apply Now’ button below to be taken to our application site.

Closing date: 19/04/22

Interview date: 03/05/22 & 04/05/22

The first interview will be a Safe Care/ Warner style interview. If successful after the first interview, candidates will then be expected to attend a formal interview.

To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UK Visa’s and Immigration (UKVI) requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK. We will ask to see and take a copy of an appropriate official document as set out in the UKVI guidelines. Do not send anything now, further information will be sent to you should you be invited to interview.

We are committed to equality of opportunity. Your current immigration status will not be taken into account when assessing your application against the selection criteria for the post.  We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

For more information on this job opportunity, please initially email or call the HR Team via the contact details found on our website.