co-Director of Therapy

The Helen Bamber Foundation is a human rights organisation with an international reputation for providing medical consultation, therapeutic care, legal protection and practical support to survivors of trafficking and torture. We are a team of therapists, doctors, lawyers, caseworkers and administrators who help men, women and children recover from the emotional and physical damage they have suffered as a result of torture, human trafficking, or other forms of cruelty., As co-Director of Therapy within the Helen Bamber Foundation, you will be responsible for working with the co-Director, Therapy Team Manager and associates in the oversight and provision of a comprehensive range of therapeutic interventions to clients of the Helen Bamber Foundation and its partners.

This role will include oversight and strategy development, with the aim of ensuring that the Helen Bamber Foundation is able to both provide and increase access to appropriate evidence-based therapies, to our highly specialised psychological assessments for both medico-legal and clinical purposes, and line management and clinical supervision to clinical staff, partnerships, and, where relevant, trainee clinical psychologists on final year specialist placements. This role will include leading on research, delivering on consultancy and training as well as inputting into policy and fundraising.

We are looking for someone who is committed to ensuring that individuals who have experienced human rights abuses and who have developed trauma spectrum disorders as a result get the therapy they need. Therefore, in addition to proven experience in working therapeutically with this client group, the candidate will have a passion for human rights work beyond the individual client work, and a desire to contribute to effecting change at a policy level. This role requires the ability to react and respond creatively and appropriately to the needs of the charity.

Please note that the successful candidate will be offered the job subject to suitable references and a DBS check. This role will require disclosure of both the adult and child barring lists. If appointed, you will be required to give your consent to HBF to receive regular updates on your criminal records status throughout your employment.

The Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid is an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as we are keen to make sure that our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in at every level within the organisation. We particularly welcome applications from Minority Ethnicities.