Esland are driven to changing children’s lives for the better by providing best-in-class specialist services.

Esland are embarking on an exciting period of growth and are therefore looking for a passionate Play Therapist to join us on this journey. This is an exciting opportunity to further develop and use your therapeutic knowledge and experience to deliver positive outcomes for our young people. This role will cover our homes across the Shropshire region an area that Esland is developing and opening new homes in 2024.

You will provide a therapeutic service which is rooted in trauma and attachment informed models of care and is strongly led by a “brain-based” approach. You will be art of the clinical team to provide needs, risk, strengths-based assessments and use a PACE informed approach to provide clinical consultations and training to our therapeutic care staff.

We think that our teams are the best in the industry - if you want to join us, there has never been a better time!

Key Responsibilities

Provide specialist direct and indirect therapeutic assessment and intervention for children and adolescents.

Complete therapeutic reports, clinical formulations and therapeutic care plans for the children we care for.

Work as part of a MDT and within a Team around the Child framework.

Support residential carer’s to build and connect with their key children from an attachment perspective and using principles underpinned by PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy.

Have knowledge of safeguarding and risk in relation to working with children and young people.

Provide consultation to residential care staff underpinned by a brain-based, trauma informed approach.

Hold a clinical case load in providing specialist trauma informed therapy for our children.

Work therapeutically with children using a range of approaches dependent on what matches their needs and capacity to tolerate the work.

Be able to make autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

Provide training for residential care staff and other professionals within the organisation.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

To have at least 2 years relevant experience post qualification.

Be registered with HCPC or equivalent governing body.

Have excellent written and verbal communication, particularly making complex information meaningful.

Be motivated and have a genuine passion and care for children who have experienced trauma.

Benefits

We want you to feel valued and rewarded by your time at Esland Group. We understand the importance of offering you a reward package that goes beyond simply a salary. The salary will be up to £38,000 dependant on experience and qualifications.

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enrolment into Esland pension scheme

Company sick pay

Comprehensive, paid induction training (that is accredited through the Bild Association of Certified Training) and ongoing training within the role

Fantastic opportunities for career development, we promoted over 50 colleagues last year

Cycle to work scheme

Access to our Green Car scheme

A £500 bonus via our 'Refer a Friend’ scheme

Monthly recognition awards

Casual dress code

Access to big-brand deals and discounts via our employee benefits scheme E-Together

Food available whilst on shift

Free parking

A day off for your birthday (in addition to your holiday entitlement)

Access to a holiday home based in the Peak District where you can stay for free, on the company!

The opportunity to make a real difference to a child's life!

About Esland

With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than fifty residential children’s homes, and three schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire regions of England. We strive to support our children to achieve their very best outcomes, through our bespoke residential care, education, therapeutic and activity-led wraparound services.