Therapist
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,972.04 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | Knowsley, Prescot |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22475 |
Summary
Barnardo's is the largest Children's Charity in the country and we know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. That is why we recruit outstanding people who share our commitment to deliver excellent services to children and young people.
Does that sound like you?
The Mental Health & Trauma Services Platform – North Region delivers a range of services supporting the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and families.
The Knowsley Cared for Children's Emotional Wellbeing Service is a service commissioned by Knowsley Local Authority to work with looked after children, care leavers and carers in the Knowsley area.
The aim of the service is to deliver client-centred emotional and mental health support to children, young people and carers, who are experiencing mild, moderate and /or complex mental health conditions that cannot be adequately treated by other community-based services.
The service will also provide information, advice and consultation to carers and professionals engaged with children in care.
All our services use a suite of evidenced based outcome tools to show individual progress of service users. The Child Outcome Rating Scale, Session Rating Scale form the basis of these tools. These sit within the Barnardo's CSSO framework of practice. Training will be given on the CSSO Framework.
We are looking for an experienced therapist to support children and young people with a range of mental health needs.
Do you have significant experience of working in a trauma informed and responsive way?
Do you have experience of working with children and young people who have complex emotional health and wellbeing needs, who may have experienced trauma and abuse?
Are you:
Accredited/registered with an approved professional body
Able to evidence continuous professional development
Our ideal candidate will have significant experience of working directly with cared for children and young people, and care leavers, and of working alongside carers and multi-agency professionals offering training, advice and consultancy.
We would very much like to hear from you to potentially join our team.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
Does that sound like you?
The Mental Health & Trauma Services Platform – North Region delivers a range of services supporting the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and families.
The Knowsley Cared for Children's Emotional Wellbeing Service is a service commissioned by Knowsley Local Authority to work with looked after children, care leavers and carers in the Knowsley area.
The aim of the service is to deliver client-centred emotional and mental health support to children, young people and carers, who are experiencing mild, moderate and /or complex mental health conditions that cannot be adequately treated by other community-based services.
The service will also provide information, advice and consultation to carers and professionals engaged with children in care.
All our services use a suite of evidenced based outcome tools to show individual progress of service users. The Child Outcome Rating Scale, Session Rating Scale form the basis of these tools. These sit within the Barnardo's CSSO framework of practice. Training will be given on the CSSO Framework.
We are looking for an experienced therapist to support children and young people with a range of mental health needs.
Do you have significant experience of working in a trauma informed and responsive way?
Do you have experience of working with children and young people who have complex emotional health and wellbeing needs, who may have experienced trauma and abuse?
Are you:
Accredited/registered with an approved professional body
Able to evidence continuous professional development
Our ideal candidate will have significant experience of working directly with cared for children and young people, and care leavers, and of working alongside carers and multi-agency professionals offering training, advice and consultancy.
We would very much like to hear from you to potentially join our team.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.