Job Description
Foster Care Associates (The FCA)Role: Associate Therapist - FosteringLocation: FCA Cymru - Home-basedOffice Locations: Bridgend, South Wales or Abergele, North WalesSalary: 30 per hour / 20 per hour for report writingThis is an amazing opportunity to join Foster Care Associates.We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Therapist to deliver high-quality therapy services and to facilitate and enable a therapeutic environment for looked-after children and young people placed with Foster Care Associates (FCA) by local authorities.As an Associate Therapist, you will offer consultation sessions to foster parents who need help when they are working with particular difficulties in placements. You will also provide consultation to other staff within the team to discuss issues that arise in relation to actual or potential placements, as well as to external local authorities, social workers and the young person''s school.The successful candidate will also offer therapy sessions jointly with foster parents and young people, where direct contact with the young person contributes to our foster parents'' confidence and placement stability and enables the attachment relationship between the two to be explored in the light of the young person''s history.This rewarding role allows you to build firm relationships with our new foster parents by running sessions/groups for new foster parents during their first year and to facilitate their understanding of what it means to be a ..... full job details .....