Dundee, Angus
Circa £41,300
37 Hours - Full-Time, Fixed Term post for 3 years
Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.
The role
Are you a naturally empathetic, focused and passionate about changing the lives of children and their families throughout Scotland for the better? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Family Functional Therapy Supervisor to join our brand new team in the Dundee area. This is an unique and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a huge personal impact.
The Functional Family Therapy Team will provide weekly one-hour, home-based family therapy sessions to clients and will utilise the Functional Family Therapy model with families with teenagers at risk of care or custody between the ages of 11 and 18.
You will work towards the agreed goals of the commissioned service whilst providing effective and supportive line management and weekly supervision to a team of 3 Functional Family Therapist's (FFT).
You will make a difference by:
- Leading the FFT service and develop service plans to ensure that the needs of young people referred to the service are met.
- Managing the performance of the service so that the strategic aims of Action for children and partner local authorities and trusts are achieved with regard to delivery of FFT as an evidence-based programme.
- Contributing to leading on the development of higher standards of evidence underpinning Action for Children services to vulnerable children and young people through collaborative work with the practice Improvement department.
- Working in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of a good multi-agency service and maintain strong collaborative partnerships with those key stakeholders.
- Line managing FFT therapists and take responsibility for ensuring FFT therapists adhere to FFT principles and FFT analytic processes.
You will need:
- Degree or relevant professional qualification CQSW or Equivalent in Family Therapy, Social Work or equivalent qualification.
- Experience and appropriate registration where relevant.
- Involvement and or a proven track record of working effectively and flexibly with families.
- Knowledge of Safeguarding.
- Line management or supervisory experience.
- Multi agency participation.
- Exposure to managing a number of caseloads at any one time.
The way we work
We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.
Rewards
We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.
For safe and happy childhoods
At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.
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We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.
Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
