Qualified Therapeutic Practitioner (Band 5) x2, Mental Health Support Team
Location: Schools across the borough of Southwark
Contract: Fixed Term Contract until March 2027
Salary: £32,000
Hours: 37.5 per week
Groundworks Mental Health Support Team
Join our passionate team which provides a range of vital therapeutic interventions across primary and secondary schools in Southwark. The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) works to improve children, young people and their families’ mental health and wellbeing through a range of early intervention and prevention programmes across the diverse borough of Southwark.
We are currently seeking 2 dedicated practitioners with training and at least one years’ experience in delivering therapies, i.e. Counselling/Art/Music/Dance/Drama/Play therapy. The practitioners will be responsible for delivering 1:1 sessions and group work to young people in primary and secondary schools across Southwark. This role will involve the widening of the MHST offer to suit both the candidates’ skills and experience, and the needs of young people who require support with their mental wellbeing.
At Groundwork, we believe young people should have a voice in shaping the services offered to them. To ensure co-production within the MHST, you’ll collaborate with the Youth Forum, ensuring young people’s values and interests remain central to our work, enabling us to support positive change in ways that matter most to them.
Groundwork Benefits
Groundwork Staff are given the opportunity to participate in regular CPD opportunities to support their professional growth. The Groundwork Youth Team also provide whole team Wellbeing Days allowing colleagues to take the day off from their regular workday to socialise and participate in a range of activities to support positive wellbeing and team cohesion. Clinical supervision and professional body membership costs are covered by the organisation. Employees for Groundwork London receive Health Shield benefits which allow staff to claim money back for a wide variety of health and wellbeing services including dental work, opticians’ appointments and massages.
A Greener London
Groundwork London works with communities across the capital to transform their lives and the places they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration in London for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working. We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstance.
Applicants to this post must have successfully completed training as therapeutic practitioner and be able to evidence their use of the necessary knowledge and capabilities in CYP-IAPT principles, evidence-based interventions and routine outcome measures.
Key requirements: Please contact us if you have:
- Experience of and passion for working with children and young people
- Experience delivering one-to-one and group therapies for young people.
- Knowledge and understanding of the barriers children and families face when accessing support
- An awareness of working to safeguard children, including relevant training
- An understanding of the local community of Southwark
Apply now!
To apply for the job download the Job Description and Person Specification and the Application Form and Groundwork London Prospectus below.
Job Description and Person Specification
To apply for this role, please complete the attached application form quoting 1223/MHSTQP to londonjobs@groundwork.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 21st of October 2024
First round of interviews will be conducted remotely
For further information and to discuss the role please contact Rosa Kornfein, Mental Health Support Team Service Lead – Strategic Operations at Rosa.kornfein@groundwork.org.uk.
Groundwork London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We are particularly seeking applicants from under-represented backgrounds including but not exclusive to, males, transgender people and those from an Asian background.
