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Are you an experienced Hi Intensity therapist  (CBT or Counsellor) looking to support families, to help them remain and stay together. Dorset Council's Safeguarding Families Together team has an opportunity for you.

The Safeguarding Families Together (SFT) approach recognises the importance of adult workers to work across the service to offer wrap around care to bring about changes to children and families’ lives. SFT is a strength-based model, and a way of working with the adults within families so that where-ever possible they can all stay together, and children can remain safely at home. SFT  practitioners will help families to identify what changes could be made in their daily life and provide the dedicated support to enable them to achieve this. One of the principles of the service is the use of ‘motivational interviewing’ techniques to motivate parents to make, maintain changes and reducing the risk of significant harm to children. 

If you would like to see the difference that providing the right support can make to a family's life then please visit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-54117562

Main duties of the job

Work in a co located MDT  team with social care practitioners and

• Domestic Abuse Officer
• Probation Officer
• Probation Service Officer
• Domestic Abuse Practitioner
• Drug & Alcohol Worker
• Mental Health Workers

The teams will work together to support families to keep together where it is safe to do so.  Our approach is to support families using a technique of motivational interviewing  and using CBT  and/or counselling  skills  which are  designed to empower and engage parents to make the positive changes needed to achieve improved outcomes for their children and their own wellbeing. By meeting the complex needs of the adults, we can reduce the risk to children.

All practitioners will attend group case management supervision in a MDT team with social workers, substance misuse workers and DV workers on top of their standard supervision.

Provide trauma focused CBT or   counselling treatment   in patient homes  using evidenced based models 

Receive clinical supervision 

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only.  Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Working for our organisation

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.