Therapeutic Practitioner - Ormiston Families : Job Details

Ormiston Families’ Supporting Smiles Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service is excited to invite applications from therapists, looking to further their therapeutic career. We offer great benefits.

Our Supporting Smiles service provides professional mental health support to children and young people through our Therapeutic Pathway for 4-13 year olds and 5-18 year olds with our Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner team. Whether residing in Norfolk or Waveney or registered with a Norfolk or Waveney GP, we're here to offer therapeutic support to meet children and young people’s needs.

At Supporting Smiles, we believe in a needs-led approach, and our service name, "Supporting Smiles," was co-created with input from the children and families we support. Our holistic mental health and wellbeing support service encompasses the expertise of our therapeutic practitioners, counsellors, and children’s wellbeing practitioners, complemented by therapeutic support from our partners at The Benjamin Foundation. Together, we are committed to working alongside a network of support that extends beyond our walls and into the heart of the community.

Convenience and accessibility are key to our therapeutic support. We offer sessions in various venues across local communities, including schools and family hub sites. If accessing our venues poses a challenge, we encourage service users to reach out and work together with us to find a solution.

As a member of Norfolk & Waveney’s Children and Young People’s Alliance, we're part of an integrated mental health service network dedicated to THRIVE principles: Getting Advice, Getting Help, Getting More Help, and Risk Support. Alongside partners like The Benjamin Foundation, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norfolk County Council, and Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, we're committed to providing comprehensive support to children and young people aged 0-25, ensuring their mental health needs are met every step of the way.

Ormiston Families is one of the leading charities working with children, young people, and families in the East of England. We take early and preventative action to support families to be safe, healthy, and resilient.

Responsibilities of a Therapeutic Practitioner:

• Assess each referred child and young person as appropriate and liaise with the wider service regarding their needs
• Carry out Routine Outcome Measures or other outcome and feedback measures at the appropriate points of the intervention as advised by the service
• Provide the appropriate number of therapeutic sessions based on the service provision and young person’s needs
• Deliver a single session approach where appropriate
• Provide high level professional therapeutic practice using appropriate interventions which are outcome focussed and evidence based
• To ensure comprehensive written records are kept of sessions, assessments, planning, progress and decision making
• Appropriately identify and transition referrals between relevant programmes/other services as necessary
• Pro-actively encourage service user involvement and feedback to monitor the quality and impact of our interventions and inform ongoing service improvements
• Complete paperwork as required to show progress made and impact of provision
• Promote other Ormiston Families services where appropriate

Skills and experience of a Therapeutic Practitioner:

• Relevant Professional Qualification, e.g.Counsellor, Integrated therapist, Play therapist, Psychotherapist

• Current registration or accreditation with relevant professional body, such as UKCP, BACP, HCPC, PTUK, IPT, AFT

• At least 1 year’s previous experience of working therapeutically with children, young people and/or families

• Have obtained a minimum of 120 hours of clinical experience, and with a clinical supervisor
• Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and safety planning
• Ability to establish and maintain clear boundaries in respect of personal and professional responsibility.
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and use of evidence based therapeutic interventions.

Benefits of a Therapeutic Practitioner:

• Cycle to work scheme.

• 27 days annual leave, plus additional leave for employees who have completed 1 year’s service up to a maximum of 30 days. (Part-time employees receive a pro-rata allowance according to the number of hours they work per week.).

• Ability to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave.

• Group life assurance.

• Pension, up to 9% employer contribution when matched by employee.

• Sponsorship opportunities for employees who have completed their probationary period and been in post for at least 12 months to undertake nationally accredited or chartered certification awarded by professional associations.

• Employee assistance programme

• The Hive savings platform

• Your Wellbeing - We have trained Mental Health First Aiders who form our Wellbeing Team, promoting mental and physical health.

• Pets in the workplace - We allow our employees to have certain pets at work, as we believe that pets can foster a friendlier and happier workplace. This is provided that the conditions outlined in our Pets in the Workplace policy are met.

The location for this post is Norfolk & Waveney.

We are an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.