What is Therapeutic Traning Centre?
TTC is our therapeutic training company whose aim is to facilitate therapeutic practice throughout the Care Today & Parallel Parents organisation. Lead by our core team of therapists, we have developed our own therapeutic model: My World. We are now using this model to shape our practice and promote development across the board.
We are currently offering many training opportunities for our staff to develop in various roles, if they want to take a therapeutic path!
My World
My world is our therapeutic model which spans across all aspects of a child or young persons daily living situation. It requires that the relationships between the different parts involved are fully integrated into the model. Our approach is knitted in and blended in throughout our policies and procedures, as well as staff culture.
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Our model is rooted in the ‘whole system’ (family and group systems) therapeutic tradition which emerged from the psychoanalytic movement. Our fostering and residential homes seek to create a ‘holding environment’ in which children and young people can safely think about their trauma, experience feelings about it, and take steps towards recovery, supported by all the individuals involved in their life and care, or who make up their world.
Who makes up their world?
Opportunities
TTC facilitates lots of opportunity for career progression within children's residential care. While we endeavour to implement therapeutic practice which permeates all aspects of our work, staff are able to specialise into areas of interest.
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Our therapeutic career structure is as follows:
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Key worker
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Enhanced Key Worker
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Therapeutic Key Worker
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Trainee Therapist
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Therapist
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Lead Therapist
Counselling
We offer a Level 2 Award in Introduction to Counselling Skills as an entry to therapeutic skills. The course has the following aims: ​
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Learn basic counselling skills (listening and responding skills) in helping roles
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Find out more about counselling (this may help you decide whether you want to train as one)
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Improve professional and personal relationships
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It is an 8 week part-time qualification that gives learners the knowledge, skills and competencies to improve professional and personal relationships in helping roles. Once candidates have completed this qualification, they may wish to progress to Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (CSK-L2).
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