Emotional Wellbeing Hub Practitioner Band 6

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ipswich is seeking an Emotional Wellbeing Hub Practitioner. This part-time role involves supporting children and young people with mental health needs while covering maternity leave. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience, along with strong clinical judgement. The position offers competitive compensation and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Career progression

27-33 days annual leave

NHS discounts

In-house training programs

Qualifications

• Registered profession with ongoing CPD.
• Desirable: 2 years experience in mental health with young people.
• Evidence of collaborative family working.

Responsibilities

• Respond to queries and referrals, initiating appropriate support.
• Conduct risk assessments and safety plans.
• Manage triage of referrals and multi-agency liaison.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Therapeutic communication

Risk assessment

Multi-agency collaboration

Child and adolescent understanding

Education

Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse

Occupational Therapist

Social Worker

Higher degree in clinical practice

Job description

Emotional Wellbeing Hub Practitioner Band 6

12 Month Maternity Cover: We have an exciting opportunity for aBand 6 flexi, part time post (17 hours per week) within the Emotional Wellbeing Hub, for a qualifiedPractitioner (mental health nurse/ occupational therapist/ social worker) to join our dynamic young person focused Child, Family and Young Persons Service (CFYP) in Suffolk. This is an exciting opportunity to support the ongoing development of the iThrive framework in Suffolk in a locality-based model.

The post holder will be responsible for responding to queries and referrals to initiate the most appropriate sources of support for children and young people. Including facilitating therapeutic conversations, risk assessment, safety planning and arranging onward referrals.

The Emotional Wellbeing Hub is based at Mariner House,43 Handford Road, Ipswich, IP1 2GA. We have hybrid working in place. There is limited parking and if parking is required there is pay and display close by which NSFT will refund in your monthly payslip.

The Emotional Wellbeing Hub is currently an 8am-8pm service Monday to Friday not including bank holidays. This post is covering maternity leave from November 2025, working 3 days a week would be preferable either Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays or Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays.

Hours would likely be: 2 days 9:00am-3:00pm 1 day 9:00am-2:00pm.

***Previous applicants need not apply***

Main duties of the job

EWH staff have varied duties which include:

• Managing the duty inbox email requests, telephone requests and deciding next steps.
• Screening referrals, deciding whether these are urgent, priority or routine.
• Triaging referrals, making calls to professionals to find out more information or contacting families and young people directly to gain additional information on their needs, risk assess and safety plan.
• Multi agency liaison, presenting referrals to other teams to ascertain appropriate service for support.

We are looking for candidates who have a registered profession, have kept up their CPD in order to retain their registered profession. It would be desirable for candidates to have experience of 2 years or more working with children/adolescents and young adults within the mental health field who can demonstrate an excellent understanding of the mental health needs of this client group.

We are looking for candidates with sound clinical judgement and good understanding of safeguarding and risk assessment.

Previous experience in assessment and formulation is essential.

About us

You will be part of our multi-disciplinary team whose vision and goals are to provide the best possible care and outcomes for the young people and their families that we work with. Making sure we deliver a high quality of care is of paramount importance to our service. As a community-based service, it is essential to build effective relationships with partner agencies who offer support and interventions to the children and young people who are supported through our service.

Job responsibilities

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, youll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. Were an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
• Current UK professional registration
• Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice.

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge and experience of working directly with children, young people and their families.
• Evidence of collaborative working with families.
• Experience of assessment and observation of the developmental needs of children

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)