Application deadline:

15-September-2024

£41,158 - £49,721 + excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

This role is based at Sandwell Learning Centre.

Located in the rural community of Alvescot, Sandwell is a tranquil setting that offers young people an environment to live, learn and grow. This beautiful site brings together education, care and therapeutic support for our small cohort of young people, providing the perfect backdrop to release their full potential. We support young people with ADHD, autism, Asperger’s and SEMH and have recently been rated Good by Ofsted.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. You’ll also be assessing our young people’s mental health and recommend appropriate interventions in a personalised care plan. Building rapport is key, by doing this you’ll be able to deliver effective counselling and feedback on progress.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

Training : A full induction and on-the-job training
Holiday : You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays
Clinical Development : If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development
Flexible benefits : meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance
Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an optician or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities
A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Here’s a few things we’ll need from you:

As a qualified professional (or accredited Counsellor), you’ll be eligible for membership of BACP, or a similar professional body (additional mental health or therapeutic intervention qualifications would be desirable)
You’ll be well versed in child development and good at connecting with young people
You’re also highly organised and ready to take the initiative
We genuinely care about our young people (and each other) so honesty and empathy is a must

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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Witherslack Group Ltd

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