At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you:-

• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk

Hybrid Working

Hours - 37 per week

Fixed term contract until 31st July 2026

Salary – Band F   SCP 26 - 31 (£36,124 - £40,476 per annum)  dependent on experience plus excellent benefits.

If you are passionate about changing the lives of young people and their families, thrive on working with complex populations and have a background in Psychology, Social work, Family Systemic Therapy, Mental Health and Criminal Justice, Nursing, Education, Therapeutic care work then we would love to hear from you!

Sandwell Children’s Trust are recruiting for a Multisystemic Therapist in our Multisystemic Therapy Team. We are looking for an exceptional candidate who is passionate, committed and dedicated to improving the lives of children & young people upon completing the MST trained therapy model.

As an Multisystemic therapist working in the Trust you will:-

• Have experience of delivering different types of therapeutic interventions to children/young people and/or families with a proven track record of making positive changes to their lives
• Influence positive changes in various social systems that contribute to anti-social behaviours in children and young people
• Experience in understanding and the ability to address and minimize those drivers to negative behaviour in reducing possibility of care, juvenile criminal activity and permanent exclusion to education.
• To have the ability to engage and overcome barriers to families with complex problems and professionals who may not align in a systemic approach.

About you:

• You must hold a professional qualification in Social Work, Youth Offending, Mental Health, Psychology, Counselling
• You must have demonstrable experience of working with serious anti-social behaviours in children and young people
• You must be able to deliver behaviourally based approached implementing interventions within and across systems
• You must be able to manage complex situations whilst being able to hold professional responsibility for decision making and risk management You must have excellent skills in communicating with and influencing other professionals.

Added highlights:

• An additional minimum of £4,200 (on call money) on top of salary (1 week a month on call)
• Weekly group clinical supervision and MST consultation with an MST Expert
• Monthly clinical supervision
• 4 times a year additional MST booster training
• Exclusive and highly valued access to Sandwell Childrens Trust training and development training course to boost your CPD.

We are seeking practitioners with experience of working therapeutically with young people and families using a range of evidence-based models including systemic, CBT, family therapy and behavioural approaches. Regular duties include assessment, treatment, and collaboration with families, young person, school and agency professionals. Therapists will function as part of an MST team and will participate in weekly team supervision and consultation. Therapists must be available to provide rotational on-call 24-hour coverage as this is an essential component of the post, as is flexible working outside normal office hours. As an MST Therapist, you can expect to develop your therapeutic skills in working with families and in applying structured interventions that target the multiple drivers to antisocial/offending behaviour under the guidance of an MST clinical supervisor and MST consultant. You will be part of an energetic team who are committed to achieving positive life outcomes for the young people we work with.

Further information about the MST treatment model is available on www.mstservices.com
or www.mstuk.org

For further conversation regarding this role, please call MST Clinical Supervisor Lloyd McDonald on 07773818786 or lloyd_mcdonald@sandwellchildrenstrust.org or

You can also contact the recruitment team for further information at Recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk

When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.

So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  An Enhanced DBS is required for this position.
To apply please click on the apply button below

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk