Community Wellbeing Practitioner

At the core of Matrix our work is about building relationships to catalyse change for young people and their families. This role will contribute to this by supporting them in a variety of ways including, but not limited to:

Wellbeing Support in the Community

• Assessing the needs and strengths of the referred young person and help them identify individual goals to achieve desired change.
• Designing, delivering and evaluating interventions for young people which aim to improve mental health and well-being, build on existing strengths and increase levels of resilience.
• Recording and collecting data with various tools such as goal-based outcomes (GBO’s) and use this to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
• Taking responsibility for your own caseload of young people and families, some with complex and multiple needs. Involving young people and their parents in the co-production of programmes, activities and services.
• Working collaboratively with Surrey and Borders NHS Partnership, Surrey Children’s Services, local CAMHS teams and other community-based services to provide the most effective service for children, young people and families.
• Keeping accurate records of individual engagement, evidence of change and celebrating progress with children and young people.
• Providing records and reporting the appropriate data to ensure support programmes can be accurately monitored and evaluated. Applying safeguarding and child protection procedures.
• Providing written case studies and ‘Moments of Impact’ reports as evidence of the effectiveness of individual interventions.
• Raising the positive profile of Matrix by building professional relationships in a multiagency environment including through networking events in the relevant local area, such as meeting with the community safety wardens, local schools, churches, Police and PCSOs.
• This is an exciting and innovative role for a community-minded individual to join our established and evolving charity.
• This role provides an opportunity to work with a broad range of children and young people across diverse settings.
• The post holder will undertake assessments and deliver a range of evidencebased interventions. Role Description.

Wellbeing Support in Schools

Our work in schools is varied and you may be expected to:

• Conduct one-to-one sessions to listen to, analyse and respond to the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual needs of young people.
• Manage, monitor and evaluate caseloads within your allocated school as part of the one-to-one support sessions.
• Develop and run a variety of contact points and projects for young people across the school, including group sessions and drop-ins and after school projects.
• Build good working relationships with school staff and other relevant local services.

Community Youth Work Community

Youth Work takes many forms and while the actual work is subject to change according to the current needs of young people or Matrix, it may include:

• Detached youth work.
• Running/assisting with after-school and/or holiday clubs.
• Mentoring young people.
• Supporting young people in a social enterprise environment.
• Research of young people’s needs in the local community.

Youth Café

The Youth Café is our flagship project and is a fun open access drop-in run by our team after school at our social enterprise café - The Hideaway. As a Community Wellbeing Practitioner some of your time may be spent assisting the Community Youth Work Team in delivering this project and it may include:

• Helping to create a safe, fun and inspiring environment for the young people that attend.
• Planning, preparing and delivering quality youth sessions/workshops.
• Building healthy relationships with young people that attend the sessions, identifying and responding to the needs that may arise.
• Promoting the activities of the Youth Café in the community.

General

• Contribute to, and be involved in fundraising and other activities that benefit Matrix, including whole staff retreat days, fundraising activities and outreach/networking events.
• During school holidays and after school, be involved in projects organised and run by Matrix, including holiday and after-school clubs within your allocated hours and as agreed by your line manager.
• Working as part of a team and attending team meetings, training events and participating fully in one to one, peer and group supervision.
• Working with children, young people and families from diverse cultural and financial backgrounds.
• Representing Matrix by providing a positive role-model to children, young people and families.
• Promoting our activities in both the community and in a school environment through; social media engagement and assemblies.
• Ensure you work to the Youth Work Standards. 

For further details, please see the Job Pack.