Are you an experienced High Intensity Therapist or Counsellor looking to support families, to help remain and stay together? Dorset Council's Safeguarding Families Together team can has an opportunity for you. The Safeguarding Families Together (SFT) approach recognises the importance of adult workers to work across the service to support bringing about changes to children and families' lives. SFT is a strength-based model, and a way of working with the adults in families so that wherever possible they stay together, and children remain safely at home. It will help them to identify what changes could be made in their daily life and provide the dedicated support to enable them to achieve this. One of the principles of the service is the use of 'motivational interviewing' techniques to motivate parents to make, maintain changes and reducing the risk of significant harm to children. If you would like to see the difference that providing the right support can make to a family's life then please visit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-54117562 It also means that the responsibility for a family is shared among a team of professionals, reducing the risk placed on any one individual. Instead, social workers, Child and Family Workers, domestic abuse practitioners & officers, recovery workers, mental health practitioners all work closely together to support families and keep children safe. All workers participate in group supervision, contribute to analysis and decision making., Work in a co located MDT team with Social Care Practitioners and

• Domestic Abuse Officer
• Probation Officer
• Probation Service Officer
• Domestic Abuse Practitioner
• Drug & Alcohol Worker
• Mental Health Workers
The teams will work together to support families to keep together where it is safe to do so. Our approach is to support the adults in families using a technique of motivational interviewing and CBT or CfD designed to empower and engage parents to make the positive changes needed to achieve improved outcomes for their children and their own wellbeing. By meeting the complex needs of the adults, we can reduce the risk to children. Attend Group case management supervision in a MDT team with social workers, substance misuse workers and DV workers. Provide trauma informed treatment in patient homes using evidenced based models.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people. We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities. Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves. Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.