CYP Therapist

Role: Children and Young Person s Therapist

Based: Tees Valley

Salary: £21 23ph (dependant on experience and qualification)

Hours: 22.5 hours (3 days a week flexible on days worked)

Start Date: ASAP February 2026

Length of Contract: 3 months with the possibility of a permanent opportunity

Our client, a highly respected National Children and Young Person s Charity, is looking to recruit a Therapist to provide trauma-focused therapy to children and young people affected by sexual abuse in the Northeast and North Yorkshire.

The service works with children, young people under the age of 19 (and their families) and works to help children feel empowered, safe and supported from their first contact with the service.

The service works to reduce the impact of abusive or traumatic experiences on CYP and their families through therapeutic work, assessments, consultation and training.

They work in using a range of evidence-based approaches and encourage the use of a range of modalities and tools to best fit the child(ren) including personal centred, trauma informed, play, art, drama and integrative approaches.

You will be working with a dedicated team and together with families, partners and other professionals to ensure Children and Young People are fully supported and safeguarded.

Role Synopsis:

• Managing a caseload of children and young people and will be providing therapeutic interventions and support the centre and at safe community bases
• Supporting clients through one-to-one sessions and/or digital interventions
• Advocating for children and young people and their families to ensure that they receive services to which they are entitled
• Promoting a whole family approach to supporting CYP and their families
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with external agencies to best support the child/ young person
• Overseeing safeguarding and making safeguarding referrals as and when required and responding appropriately to child protection concerns
• Producing high quality clinical notes and closing summary reports

Essential Requirements:

• Hold a minimum diploma-level qualification in counselling or therapy (e.g. counselling, child and adolescent psychotherapy, art, play, drama, or music therapy)
• Registered member of a relevant professional body (including BACP, PTUK, HCPC, UKCP etc)
• Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions to children and young people
• Strong working knowledge of safeguarding procedures

For more information, please call the team on (phone number removed) and ask to speak to Ria or email us your CV at (url removed)

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