Spring by Action for Children

MST Therapist

Spring by Action for Children

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Manchester • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £38,800 per year

About the role

  • As an MST Therapist, you'll work flexibly around the needs of the family to a clinical model (training will be provided on the MST model).
  • You will engage and motivate care givers into changing their child's behavioural problems and increase their skill and ability to manage future problems.
  • You will assess the families' needs and identify the priorities for you as a therapist to work with them on.
  • Therapists visit families regularly in their home or place of convenience to address and work through issues and work collaboratively with other agencies and professionals to co-design interventions consistent with the MST model.
  • Participation in a telephone on-call rota, providing support to families when they are in crisis.
  • Being involved in weekly clinical group supervision to discuss your families and to support you in adhering to the MST model.

Requirements

  • Educated to degree level as a minimum, preferably within a related subject such as Social Work, CBT, Probation Services, Youth Work, nursing, speech and language.
  • A professional qualification in a related subject (desirable).
  • Experience of working with adults, parents, adolescents, and families in challenging environments.
  • Skills in delivering programmes of work to families and adolescents, preferably parenting interventions.
  • The ability to plan and predict problems and devise evidence-based interventions and evaluate them.
  • Strong communication and engagement skills to help care givers to changing their child's behavioural problems.
  • Access to transport is essential to travel across the County including remote locations.
Benefits
  • Paid annual leave.
  • Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
  • Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
  • Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance coverage
  • Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
CBTevidence-based interventionsparenting interventionsprogrammes of work
Soft Skills
communication skillsengagement skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationmotivation
Certifications
degree in Social Workprofessional qualification in related subject