Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

Job summary

If you are passionate about supporting children and young people to improve their emotional wellbeing and resilience, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Wakefield Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service. You will support children, young people and families through early intervention, advice and goal focused emotional wellbeing support across community and educational settings.

In this rewarding role, you will carry out emotional wellbeing assessments, deliver evidence based interventions and provide guidance to help children and young people access the right support at the right time. You will work closely with families, schools and partner agencies to build positive outcomes and reduce barriers to engagement.

You will also contribute to wellbeing promotion activities, deliver training and support wider service development within a collaborative and values led team. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people will be central to everything you do.

Main duties of the job

You will hold a qualification in mental health or working with children and young people, such as Youth Work, Social Work, Psychology, Counselling or equivalent, alongside relevant post qualification experience.

You will have experience supporting children, young people or vulnerable groups and feel confident working within multi agency partnerships. Strong communication, organisation and time management skills are essential, along with the ability to manage your own caseload and work independently when needed.

You will understand emotional wellbeing, safeguarding and psychosocial interventions, with the ability to build positive relationships with children, families and professionals. You will also be confident using IT systems and maintaining accurate records.

A flexible approach is important, as the role involves outreach work across Wakefield, including some evening work. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is required (unless this is not possible due to disability, in which case we are happy to talk through alternatives).

Join us and help make a real difference to the wellbeing of children, young people and families across Wakefield.

About us

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. For 40 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.

We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation, and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual salary review

Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!

Job responsibilities

If you are passionate about supporting children and young people to improve their emotional wellbeing and resilience, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Wakefield Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service. You will support children, young people and families through early intervention, advice and goal focused emotional wellbeing support across community and educational settings.

In this rewarding role, you will carry out emotional wellbeing assessments, deliver evidence based interventions and provide guidance to help children and young people access the right support at the right time. You will work closely with families, schools and partner agencies to build positive outcomes and reduce barriers to engagement.

You will also contribute to wellbeing promotion activities, deliver training and support wider service development within a collaborative and values led team. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people will be central to everything you do.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification in mental health or working with children & young people such as Youth Work, Social Work, Psychology, counselling, or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• One years relevant post qualification experience
• Relevant experience of working with children or young people
• Working with vulnerable groups
• Inter-agency and multi-disciplinary working

Desirable

• Advocacy, offering guidance and mentoring support
• Involving children and young people and their families in design, delivery and development of services
• Engaging in supervision

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Safeguarding Working Together Intercollegiate and safeguarding children/adults guidance and legislation
• Confidentiality and consent
• Gillick competency and mental capacity
• Risk taking behaviour
• Emotional wellbeing and mental health
• Psychosocial interventions

Desirable

• Developmental needs of children and young people
• Evidence based practice
• The need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets