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Children’s Therapy Manager

£36,960 - £38,779 p.a. + 6% pension contribution

London

You will oversee the effective delivery of our children’s therapy service, working with children who have been exposed to domestic abuse to increase their safety and wellbeing. You will undertake assessments, manage staff and lead on the development of the service. You will also carry a small caseload delivering interventions including specialist safety planning, crisis intervention, and working with children in transition and those fleeing violence.

A qualified clinical or counselling psychologist (HPC registered), you must have at least 2 years  post-qualification experience of providing direct, long-term therapeutic support to children from a wide range of backgrounds who have experienced domestic violence between their parents. Outstanding communication skills are essential, and you should be able to work well as a part of a team.

This post is subject to an enhanced CRB check.

  

To request an application pack, please email charlie@dvip.org  

Closing date:   13/03/12
Interviews to be held on: week of 19/03/12 

 

Sessional Contact Assessor

Part-time, £15-30 per hour

London

Based at DVIP’s Children’s Centre Stephen’s Place, you’ll work with children and families in crisis to identify the issues that have prevented contact with support services from starting, caused it to breakdown or made it unworkable. You’ll intervene in a range of complex situations (for example, domestic violence, substance misuse and mental health concerns), liaising with external agencies and reporting on your findings.

A qualified social worker (CQSW, CSS, DipSW) with a background in working with young people and families, you should also have experience of working within child protection procedures. A thorough understanding of the effects of domestic violence and other traumas on children is essential, along with excellent communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team.

This post is subject to an enhanced CRB check.

To request an application pack, please email charlie@dvip.org

For an informal discussion, call Shelley on 0208 741 8020

Closing date:   13/03/12

 

Sessional Contact Supervisor

Part-time, £10.00 per hour

London

You’ll supervise contact with children to mediate complex family situations, working to achieve safe and beneficial contact with parents, siblings and other family members. Ensuring a comfortable environment, you’ll observe and intervene if necessary, providing parenting guidance and observational reports for development.

With at least 2 years  experience of working with young children and families under supervised contact, you’ll have the ability to advise and support families on issues of child development and an understanding of domestic violence. A minimum NVQ 3 in Child Care is required for this post, as is a social work qualification or equivalent work experience.

This post is subject to an enhanced CRB check.

To request an application pack, please email charlie@dvip.org

For an informal discussion, call Shelley on 0208 741 8020

Closing date:   13/03/12


Vacancy for volunteer for the Al-Aman Arabic speakers service

Al-Aman, the Arabic Speaking Project of the Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP), is looking for volunteers to help with our busy and challenging Violence Prevention Programme.   The post is based in Hammersmith although outreach events may take place in other boroughs.

If you wish to apply, please complete the downloadable application form Volunteer’s application form Al-Aman Service and return it ASAP.  For more information contact Mohamed 020 8748 2577 or Meriem on 0208 5632250

 

Volunteering opportunities at Stephen's Place Children’s Centre 

We can offer unpaid placements at our children’s centre to counselling psychologists in training.  This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge. The placement is predominantly psychodynamic, and we provide one-to-one clinical supervision by an HPC-registered Chartered Counselling Psychologist.  For more details and how to apply, please download the information sheet.


If you’re interested in offering your skills and experience as a volunteer within any of our other teams, please do get in touch – thank you.   

We offer a range of volunteering and training placements across our services and we list opportunities here when they are available.

Downloads

Counselling psychologists training placement

Information about unpaid counselling placements at our children's centre 

 

Volunteer’s application form Al-Aman Services

Downloadable application form

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