Social Therapist

Cygnet Group; Ealing; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Social Therapist to join their multidisciplinary team at a hospital in Ealing. The successful candidate will provide social therapy to service users, engage with families, and deliver therapeutic activities tailored to individual needs. Applicants should have a relevant qualification, HCPC registration, and experience in care settings. Strong career progression opportunities and support for continued professional development are provided.

Benefits

Strong career progression opportunities

Monthly reflective practice

Expert clinical supervision

Employee referral scheme

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount saving

Qualifications

• Qualified in Social Therapy with suitable degree or equivalent.
• Registered with the Health Care Professions Council.
• UK driving license holder for escorting service users.

Responsibilities

• Assess service users for social therapy as part of needs assessment.
• Plan and deliver social therapy activities.
• Provide individual and group therapy related to social situations.
• Monitor and adapt clinical work based on individual needs.
• Attend clinical meetings and communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Experience in a care environment

Ability to engage with service users

Assessment of social therapy needs

Education

Qualified in Social Therapy – Degree/Postgraduate Diploma/Masters or equivalent

Registered with the HCPC

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around – there’s no better feeling. It’s what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

We are looking for a Social Therapist to join our team at Cygnet Hospital Ealing.

As a Social Therapist, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team on an in-patient ward, with supervision, support and training you will deliver interventions defined within the personalised care plan, spend time engaging, connecting and supporting service users, families, carers and friends through their recovery pathway. You will help facilitate activities/groups and ward based projects and be actively involved in every aspect of their physical, psychological and social care of people who uses our service.

You will be expected to work 38.5 hours a week (Days and night shifts)

Cygnet Hospital Ealing provides a welcoming, non-institutional environment, offering personalised treatment for service users with an eating disorder or personality disorder over two separate wards.

Your day-to-day…

• Assess service users for social therapy as part of a multidisciplinary needs assessment
• Plan & deliver social therapy observations & activities & determine their effectiveness
• Provide a variety of individual & group therapy work relating to social situations
• Monitor, evaluate & adapt ongoing clinical work according to each individual’s needs
• Attend clinical meetings & communicate with colleagues, agencies & families/carers
• Comply with the codes of practice.

We are looking for someone who is…

• Qualified in Social Therapy – Degree/Postgraduate Diploma/Masters or equivalent
• Registered with the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council)
• Experienced within a care environment, or with a passion for working in this setting
• A UK driving licence holder who can escort service users on visits & trips when required
• Preferably experienced in a multidisciplinary team & in an evidence-based framework.

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

Salary: £29,598.40 Per Annum

• Strong career progression opportunities
• Monthly reflective practice, & support with CPD opportunities
• Expert clinical supervision & peer support
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• “Cycle to work” scheme & employee discount saving.

Please note, successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Please note this advert may close early, if we receive a high level of applicants.

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