Health Services Manager

Service Manager (CSA Service)
Permanent with funding 30 hours per week.Location : Nottinghamshire
£34,837 per annum / pro rata £29,860.35 (plus allowances)
The Children's Society are looking to recruit a highly skilled and experienced manager to lead and manage our Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) therapy service.
Our Nottinghamshire CSA Service will be one of four teams located in the East Midlands. The service will work with young people aged up to 18 years old who have experienced sexual harm. The range of specialist therapeutic interventions include, but is not limited to, Art and Play Therapy, Trauma Informed cognitive behaviour therapy, individual psychotherapeutic, psychoeducation sessions or psychoanalytical therapy and counselling, all tailored to the needs of the child based on clinical judgement.
Benefits : Some of our benefits include, 28 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service.
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our children and young people directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us lead and manage our CSA therapy service. Leading a team of Counsellor's and therapist's to provide Counselling or therapeutic interventions for Children and Young People living in Nottinghamshire who have been referred to the East Midlands and Young People's Sexual Assault Service.
We are currently looking for a passionate and experienced person to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
A key part of this role will be your ability to: -
-To lead a team of Counsellors/Therapists in developing and maintaining effective practice and delivery of therapeutic support to children and young people.
-To plan, allocate and manage workload and resources, ensuring oversight of all cases is maintained at all times.
-To support and manage Staff practice and performance, through supervision, performance reviews and personal development plans.
-To actively engage in all Safeguarding issues in line with The Children's Society Safeguarding Framework.
-To be responsible for ensuring practice and case recording are in in line with organisational policy and procedures.
-To work with key partners and develop pathways
Experience
-Relevant experience in working with child sexual abuse and exploitation
-Supervision and Management of staff
-Extensive safeguarding knowledge and experience
-Project/service management
Qualifications
Relevant professional qualification such as, Diploma in Counselling or Psychotherapy, Psychology, or Mental Health Nursing and or significant relevant experience.
Must be BACP, HCPC, Pre-Trial Therapy trained or equivalent
About Us
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
The closing date for applications is the 5th January 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy early from the 26th December onwards.
Interviews will be held: week commencing the 15th January 2024.