Child & Young Person Clinical Supervisor

What will you be doing?

We’re urgently looking for a volunteer Child & Young Person Clinical Supervisor for our small national charity working with children and young people aged 5 to 18 affected by a debilitating chronic pain condition and young carers under 18.

We need help to:

• Meet the increased demand for our therapeutic service
• Help us to broaden and develop our outreach provision at schools/colleges and for social prescribers and the NHS

If you are a Child and Young Person Clinical Supervisor who has experience in remote working please do consider applying as all our work is done remotely. As part of this role, you’ll:

• Facilitate Clinical Supervision group sessions on a monthly or fortnightly basis (online), plus  one-to-one sessions for any CYP therapists on placement
• Administer this supervision from invitation through to record keeping
• Maintain appropriate clinical records of all work and to report, along with any concerns on individuals or their practice to the Clinical Lead
• Commitment to ongoing supervision of supervision practice at Burning Nights CRPS Support as well as engaging in separate own personal supervision as/if appropriate
• Work flexibly as part of a small team as necessary to provide maximum coverage for supervision, such as in the event of emergencies
• Abide by all Burning Nights CRPS Support policies and procedures
• Adhere to BACP, BABCP (or other appropriate therapies’ membership governing body) Ethical Framework

What are we looking for?

Essential:

• Psychotherapy/Counselling qualification with a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in a similar field
• Qualification in Clinical Supervision in Children and Young People - ideally level 7 or above
• Accreditation/registration (or working at the level of or towards this qualification) as a Supervisor with BACP/HCPC/BAPT or equivalent
• Significant proven experience of supervising individual child and young person counsellors/psychotherapists from a range of training backgrounds
• Appropriate and proven clinical experience of working with clients with a range of difficulties including complex medical health issues, loss and bereavement. Ideally experience of working with clients living with or affected by chronic pain or chronic conditions
• Willingness to engage in any Burning Nights CRPS Support training
• Understanding of issues regarding confidentiality and management of risk within a counselling service
• Good administrative skills
• Commitment to on-going engagement in personal supervision

• Knowledgeable of and committed to equalities’ provision

  
  Desirable:

• Appropriate and proven clinical experience of working with clients living with or affected by chronic pain or chronic conditions
• Being able to supervise therapists who work in therapy such as CBT, ACT, EMDR etc
• Experience of working within a low-cost voluntary sector counselling setting
• Experience of working within the voluntary charity sector

What difference will you make?

You will be a part of our small, friendly, forward-thinking charity team, focused on reaching people affected by this rare, painful and debilitating chronic pain condition and to provide them with psychological support whether they are patients, loved ones or carers.

As this service is continuing to expand, you will have a key role in helping to develop a counselling & psychotherapy programme that will complement the other support services that we offer.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to support the Counselling & Therapy Team as they make a real difference in someone’s life which is already isolated and painful, who may not have received any psychological support.

You will join the Charity during a growing period and your expert knowledge and experience will be invaluable to our success.

You will have a key role in not only developing a counselling service, but also ensuring that we provide counselling services and mental health support to children and young people living with CRPS or young carers supporting loved ones with the condition.

With your help we will expand our support and mental health services to ensure our children and young people who use our service receive mental health support that they may not have been offered.

Before you apply

If you think you could be the person we are looking for, we would love to hear from you. We invite anyone to apply for our volunteering opportunities, regardless of ability or experience.

To find out more and register your interest, you can send your CV and say why you’re interested in the role.

Please note that you will be asked to send a copy of your CV before interview and all volunteers are subject to two reference checks. All volunteer roles that involve interaction with children or at risk service users require an up-to-date DBS check, which the Charity will cover the cost of.