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Job Title: Therapeutic Lead

Location: Regionally based across Scotland

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £32,000 - £42,000 dependent on experience

About National Fostering Group

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With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

We also offer a 4 day working week - this means 80% of the hours for 100% pay! This will be given following a successful 6 month probationary period and is a performance based benefit.

About the role:

We are looking for a Therapeutic Lead to join our central clinical team.

The National Fostering Group central services provide our carers and agencies with a range of therapeutic support including consultation, reflective practice, specialist interventions and therapeutic programmes. Working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will support the delivery and development of our Clinical Offer across the group.

The main focus of this role will be to lead on universal, targeted and specialist therapeutic interventions to support our children, staff and foster families through therapeutic models such as Therapeutic Life Story Work (TLSW). Alongside the delivery and implementation of these models, you will ensure high-quality practice, support trained practitioners and embed approach consistently across our agencies.

You will also contribute to the development of future therapeutic interventions, provide direct therapeutic support to children and young people and work alongside foster carers, social workers and professionals to embed trauma-aware and therapeutic approaches into everyday care.

Who we’re looking for:

The successful candidate will have experience delivering therapeutic interventions with children and young people, particularly those with complex needs, trauma experiences and attachment difficulties.

You will have experience of Therapeutic Life Story Work (TLSW), be confident supporting practitioners through supervision and reflective practice and have the ability to work collaboratively with foster carers, social workers and wider professionals.

You will have excellent communication skills, experience of multi-disciplinary working and a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people through therapeutic practice.

Essential Criteria:

• Relevant professional qualification in a therapeutic discipline.
• Hold a Therapeutic Life Story Work (TLSW) qualification and certification to supervise practitioners.
• Experience delivering therapeutic interventions with children and young people.
• Experience working with trauma, attachment and complex needs.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
• Experience providing supervision, guidance or reflective support.
• Clear and concise report writing skills and ability to maintain accurate clinical records.
• Ability to work independently under supervision.
• Hold a full UK driving licence, with access to a car.

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• 27 days holiday, increasing with service up to 32 days + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
• Bonus schemes
• Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you. Just some of the things on offer:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options
• Salary sacrifice Eco Car Scheme and Cycle Scheme
• Tech benefit

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer.

Job ID: 319277

Pay: £32,000.00-£42,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Free or subsidised travel
• Life insurance
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Work Location: Remote