Joyti Burke

Joyti has been supporting Looked After Children since 2009, working across a wide range of roles and settings. Before qualifying as a child therapist in 2018, she completed a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management, strengthening her foundation in service development and team leadership.

She joined Channels and Choices in 2019 and now leads the organisation’s therapy department as Therapy Service Manager. In this role, Joyti oversees a multidisciplinary therapy team and the delivery of therapeutic interventions, assessments, and clinical support for children across our residential homes, fostering service, and Sallygate School.

She also has strategic oversight of the psychiatry service, the support provided to staff and foster carers, and the coordination of all therapeutic training delivered within the organisation.

Joyti is a qualified Creative Arts Play Therapist and a Systemic Family Therapy Practitioner. She is additionally trained in Theraplay, Therapeutic Life Story Work, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Practice (DDP) Levels One and Two, Non‑Violent Resistance (NVR) Foundation Level, and the AIM3 assessment and intervention framework for supporting children who may present with harmful sexual behaviour.