Sessional Lead EWMH Practitioner

Sessional Senior Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner- (with rotational lead areas of responsibility)

£17.07 an hour

Hours: Sessional contract

Please not this post is on an ;as and when needed' basis and no guaranteed hours



The post-holder will be based at our Pause hub, 21 Digbeth, High St, Birmingham B5 6BJ

Pause opening hours supports the needs of the communities in which we work, and therefore there are elements of unsociable hours - this includes evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.

or,

Coventry & Warwickshire Time for Young People based at

Saints Nuneaton, Newdegate St, Nuneaton CV11 4ED

Valley House Navigation Centre, 55-57 Bell Green Rd, Coventry CV6 7GQ

Coventry & Warwickshire Time for Young People operate on Thursday & Friday.



The post holder will support Children, Young People, and Young Adults across our Emotional Health & Wellbeing services by offering low intensity support under a brief intervention framework.

The nature of the Emotional Health & Wellbeing services the ability to build relationships quickly, identify risks, and process further support is vital.

In order to be considered for this post you will have to demonstrate that you already have:

Skills

-Experience of management and supervision of staff and volunteers: (following the necessary training and support

-Computer literate and is able to navigate a data management system (after training is provided)

-Excellent verbal and written Communication skills, including telephone skills

-Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with all clients - Practicing in a non-judgement and anti-discriminatory manner

-Competencies in undertaking risk assessments within scope of practice

-Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training

-Experience of managing risk of a service and implementing and safe practice standards

-Experience in collating, understanding and challenging data sets with practice teams.



Work-based Knowledge

-Knowledge of anxiety and depression presentations in Primary Care and an understanding of evidence based interventions.

-Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding socio- economic factors and mental health.

-Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding legislation, policy and procedures and risks for children, young people and young adults aged 0-25.

-Able to demonstrate a knowledge of the issues that children, young people and young adults face when accessing mental health services.



For an application pack please visit the web site

http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/work-us

or telephone

The Children's Society Recruitment team on 020 7841 4400



Info about The Children's Society

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.  

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.  

All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities   



The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with.  As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.  We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.   

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. 



The closing date for applications is Midnight on Sunday 27th October. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy from the 17th October onwards.

Interviews will be held on only the following dates  TBC 

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