Therapeutic Practitioner

Overview

Edge of Care is a service that will support young people at risk of entering care to stay with their families. The service also supports children in care who are living in foster care and at risk of relationship breakdown, helping to ensure stability and prevent children having to move again. We use therapeutically informed, evidence-based, models of practice and assist families to make significant, positive changes.

You will provide intensive therapeutic and social care support to young people aged 8‑18 and their families, usually over a period of 6‑12 weeks. The work builds on a family's strengths and introduces coping strategies. It mixes practical support with strong challenge, to address complex and enduring needs. Team members engage young people and families to defuse crises within the home, assess problems, develop measurable goals and help the whole family acquire the skills necessary to achieve them.

Cases will span a wide range of issues including family conflict, absence from home, sexual exploitation, educational issues, anti‑social behaviour, substance abuse and mental health. Working closely with other agencies and local services, you will be on the frontline of an approach that improves behaviour, relationships, confidence, aspiration, employability, living conditions and mental and physical health.

• Open and fair:
  We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop:
  We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower:
  We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate:
  We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable:
  We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect:
  We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

As a Therapeutic Practitioner you will take on a portfolio of cases, working directly and mainly with young people and foster families in their homes. You will provide a flexible crisis response service with safeguarding at its heart; you will complete an initial assessment and develop strong skills in delivering intensive interventions.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles.