Wellbeing Practitioner
The Children's Society
Greater London (On-site)
£29,394.04 Per annum
Permanent
Job description
The Children's Society and BBC Children in Need: A Million and Me Award
Wellbeing Practitioner
Role based in London
The post-holder will work within an innovative mental health community based setting,
Permanent with funding until 31st July 2026.
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £29,394.04 per annum
Benefits: 28 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service
Do you want to support children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?
Can you demonstrate being able to work effectively with people from different organisations, in order to make positive change? If so - please read on!
The Children's Society is delighted to embark on an exciting new partnership with BBC Children in Need in partnership with The Health Foundation and Impact on Urban Health to develop and deliver an innovative programme to improve children's mental health.
The funding is going to create a brand-new early support programme which will support children aged 8 - 13 years-old across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland with a strong focus on those children and families within marginalised communities. Our ambition is to support children and their families as early as possible to help prevent children developing and experiencing and mental health difficulties as they become teenagers.
The programme will offer one-to-one time-limited psychosocial interventions to children and their families. We will utilise solution-focussed approached to provide children and their families with a toolbox of strategies to help support the child's emotional health and wellbeing and manage their feelings. The direct work with children and families will be supported by digital interventions, through the use of our own wellbeing app “Me Time”.
About the role
We are looking for a creative, empathetic and organised practitioner who has experience of working with children and families around their wellbeing. You'll have excellent relational skills and have the ability to quickly build positive and trusting relationships with children and their families.
The role will be responsible for engaging children aged 8-13 and their parents, carers and family members where appropriate. You will deliver short term interventions to children who are struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing. These interventions will be face-to-face, over the phone and utilising our wellbeing app “Me Time”. The role will also work in partnership with other organisations and agencies such as schools, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHs), GPs and early help services.
In addition to working within your local team in Leeds you'll also form part of the National Programme, where you'll have the opportunity to connect with colleagues working across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Skills
-Computer literate and is able to navigate a data management system (after training is provided)
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
-Teamwork and collaboration with a variety of partners
-Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with all children and families - practicing in a non-judgement and anti-discriminatory manner
-Competencies in undertaking risk assessments within scope of practice
Work-based Knowledge
-Knowledge of emotional health and mental health presentations and an understanding of evidence based and best practice
-Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding biological, socio- economic factors and mental health.
-Knowledge of safeguarding issues and risks for children, young people and young adults.
- Able to demonstrate a knowledge of the issues that children, young people and young adults face when accessing mentalhealth services.
-Evidence of delivering positive outcomes, specifically around emotional and mental health.
-Evidence of working in partnership to deliver improved wellbeing for children &young people struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing.
All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
For an application pack please visit the web site
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/work-us
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 6th October. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we can close this vacancy from the 4th October onwards.
Interviews w/c 7th October.
IN1
Wellbeing Practitioner
Role based in London
The post-holder will work within an innovative mental health community based setting,
Permanent with funding until 31st July 2026.
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £29,394.04 per annum
Benefits: 28 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service
Do you want to support children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?
Can you demonstrate being able to work effectively with people from different organisations, in order to make positive change? If so - please read on!
The Children's Society is delighted to embark on an exciting new partnership with BBC Children in Need in partnership with The Health Foundation and Impact on Urban Health to develop and deliver an innovative programme to improve children's mental health.
The funding is going to create a brand-new early support programme which will support children aged 8 - 13 years-old across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland with a strong focus on those children and families within marginalised communities. Our ambition is to support children and their families as early as possible to help prevent children developing and experiencing and mental health difficulties as they become teenagers.
The programme will offer one-to-one time-limited psychosocial interventions to children and their families. We will utilise solution-focussed approached to provide children and their families with a toolbox of strategies to help support the child's emotional health and wellbeing and manage their feelings. The direct work with children and families will be supported by digital interventions, through the use of our own wellbeing app “Me Time”.
About the role
We are looking for a creative, empathetic and organised practitioner who has experience of working with children and families around their wellbeing. You'll have excellent relational skills and have the ability to quickly build positive and trusting relationships with children and their families.
The role will be responsible for engaging children aged 8-13 and their parents, carers and family members where appropriate. You will deliver short term interventions to children who are struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing. These interventions will be face-to-face, over the phone and utilising our wellbeing app “Me Time”. The role will also work in partnership with other organisations and agencies such as schools, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHs), GPs and early help services.
In addition to working within your local team in Leeds you'll also form part of the National Programme, where you'll have the opportunity to connect with colleagues working across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Skills
-Computer literate and is able to navigate a data management system (after training is provided)
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
-Teamwork and collaboration with a variety of partners
-Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with all children and families - practicing in a non-judgement and anti-discriminatory manner
-Competencies in undertaking risk assessments within scope of practice
Work-based Knowledge
-Knowledge of emotional health and mental health presentations and an understanding of evidence based and best practice
-Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding biological, socio- economic factors and mental health.
-Knowledge of safeguarding issues and risks for children, young people and young adults.
- Able to demonstrate a knowledge of the issues that children, young people and young adults face when accessing mentalhealth services.
-Evidence of delivering positive outcomes, specifically around emotional and mental health.
-Evidence of working in partnership to deliver improved wellbeing for children &young people struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing.
All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
For an application pack please visit the web site
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/work-us
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 6th October. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we can close this vacancy from the 4th October onwards.
Interviews w/c 7th October.
IN1
Posted on: 20 September 2024
Closing date: 06 October 2024 at 23:59
Job ref: 5556
Tags: Counselling
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