Full time Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner – The Children’s Society
Job Description
Are you passionate about emotional health and wellbeing? Is creating a space for children, young people and young adults (CYPYA) to talk important to you? Motivated to develop and be part of an innovative mental health and wellbeing service?
A fabulous opportunity has developed within The Children’s Society for an Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner at the successful Pause service delivered, in partnership with Forward Thinking Birmingham.
You will be part of the innovative ‘Pause’ service staff and volunteers team with mental health experience to provide interventions for CYPYA. The Pause service utilises early-intervention approaches to enhance CYPYA mental health and wellbeing, allowing access to timely and flexible support.
We are seeking an Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner that:
- Has a good working knowledge of mental and emotional health,
- Is keen to support CYPYA (aged 0-24) in 1 to 1 sessions and in groups to address low level mental health and wellbeing issues.
- Due to the fast paced environment and use of computers, you will need to have good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and good typing skills.
- Has a background and/or worked in Youth Work, Social Work, Health Care and/or Educational support.
In the post you will have access to regular supervision, opportunity to training continuing professional development to ensure CYPYA’s needs are addressed.
The position is available full time (37 hours a week) until the end of March 2024, with a salary of £26,855.58 per annum. Contract negotiations are ongoing with our funders regarding extensions beyond this date.
As a member of our team you will be part of a fast paced and rewarding environment where you can leave each day knowing the difference you have made to the lives of our young people. Along with being part of a pioneering service that supports children, young people and young adults to develop their resilience.
If you are interest in the Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner please apply following the link; If you would like to find out any more information about this role, please email Laura Roden on [email protected]
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 fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 26th December 2023.
Interviews will be held on the week commencing 2nd of January 2024.
Location : West Midlands
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