Package Description

Job Title: Therapist 

Salary: Up to £38,000 Pro rata 

Location: Sudbury 

Working pattern: Hybrid plus travel to services within your region.

Full Time: 3 days P/W

Region – Services grouped by location and may be up to approximately 90 mins travel dependent on candidate location, Full UK Driving Licence required
  

Welcome to apply: Art therapist's, play therapist's, dance and movement psychotherapist's, music therapist's, child and adolescent psychotherapist's

The Opportunity: 

Are you a compassionate therapist looking to create meaningful change? 
 Join the Keys Group Clinical Team and help transform the lives of children and young people in our residential services.
 In this vital role, you'll deliver both direct and indirect therapeutic support, working with care teams to embed trauma-informed, child-centred practices. You'll collaborate across the organisation to ensure each young person's emotional and psychological needs are met.
 
Bring your expertise to a team that values connection, collaboration, and impactful care!

About you:

• Essential: Relevant accredited qualification in therapeutic approach (e.g. Masters in Art Therapy)
• Essential: Professional registration with appropriate body. HCPC, UKCP, BACP. 
• Desirable: Experience of working as a qualified practitioner. Ideally 1+ year post-qualification
• Desirable: Previous experience of working with care experienced children including working with teams around children

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic interventions for young people.
• Provide specialist consultation and guidance to regional teams.
• Apply and promote the Keys Connect clinical model.
• Support assessment, formulation, and delivery of evidence-based therapeutic plans.
• Offer therapeutic insight on referred children to assist operational teams.
• Collaborate with psychologists and therapists across the region.

 Teaching/Training/Supervision/Consultation

• Provide upskilling sessions in therapeutic approaches and associated relevant subjects
• Provide cross-service consultation on child trauma, attachment, and recovery, in line with Keys Connect and within professional scope

Policy and Service Development

• Contribute a therapeutic perspective to service planning, development, and clinical meetings.
• Support policy and service improvements through agreed project work and implementation of identified therapeutic needs.
• Maintain effective communication with Local Authorities, NHS, and partner agencies.
• Stay informed on current research to support evidence-based practice and the Keys Connect model.
• Support outcome measure administration and, with approval, initiate relevant research projects.

Professional/administrative

• Engage in supervision and CPD in line with professional body guidelines 
• Adhere to ethical codes, professional guidelines, and Keys Group policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate records and support required data collection.
• Uphold equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) principles, promoting a safe, respectful environment
•  Remain alert to safeguarding concerns and report incidents appropriately.
• Travel as needed to fulfil role responsibilities.

Due to the nature of the role, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken (DBS).

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.

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