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Yellow Door is an amazing charity that is quite literally changing lives for the better across the Hampshire area, with a team of around 100 staff and volunteers, working together to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual abuse. We provide a diverse and innovative range of services to local people of all ages and genders. Last year we engaged with over 4,500 clients to provide crucial support, information, and in some cases a lifeline. Right now, our services have never been more in demand. Would you like to be part of our amazing team that is changing lives for the better in the Hampshire area?
Play Therapist - Frankie Worker Service
Frankie Workers are dedicated counsellors for children and young people who are the victims of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or female genital mutilation. They aim to prevent trauma from turning into poor mental health. The service, called Frankie Workers, is
inspired by Frankie, an adult survivor of child sexual abuse who is now in her 20s. Please see the video link for Frankie’s Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0WCQj9xeI4&pp=ygUPZnJhbmtpZSB3b3JrZXJz
You will be an experienced and qualified Play Therapist, having worked in voluntary or statutory roles and skilled in working with children and trauma, with knowledge of evidence-based work for sexual abuse. Working alongside the local authorities you will
provide therapeutic support for children and young people aged 0-10 years across Hampshire. The sessions will be delivered in the community; meeting the needs of the children and young people. You will be working between Yellow Door Southampton and
community settings, across Hampshire this role will involve travel, you will be an essential car user.
Salary £29,868 – £34,961 full time equivalent
Hours: 22.5 to 30 hours per week.
Contract: Permanent (subject to successful probationary period) or self-employed options available.
Working hours negotiable but Tuesdays are required for supervision and team meetings, some early evening hours may be required.
Yellow Door is committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults’. This post involves regulated activity and is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
We are an equal opportunities employer and operate a TOIL system to support flexible working. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive place to work, where everyone can feel they belong and has something valuable to contribute. For this reason, we warmly welcome applicants from all parts of our rich and diverse community, particularly those from under- represented groups. Yellow Door works across Hampshire and is based near central Southampton with free staff parking and opportunities for professional development.
Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the roles. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview
If you think you might be what we are looking for but want to know a bit more, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Rachel Edwards or Annabel Rich on 02380 636312 for an informal chat, or email [email protected]
Meet the team: https://yellowdoor.org.uk/workwithus/job-opportunities/
