Emotional Wellbeing Hub Practitioner Band 6

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Suffolk is hiring a Band 6 Practitioner for a part-time role within the Emotional Wellbeing Hub. The ideal candidate will support the mental health needs of children and young people, conduct assessments, and manage referrals while being part of a multi-disciplinary team. This position offers hybrid working and a focus on delivering high-quality care.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Parking reimbursement

Qualifications

• Must be a registered professional.
• Desirable: 2 years experience in mental health with young people.
• Knowledge of the iThrive framework is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage the duty inbox and telephone requests.
• Screen and triage referrals based on urgency.
• Liaise with multi-agency teams for appropriate service support.

Skills

Experience working with children/adolescents

Mental health assessment

Multi-agency liaison

Therapeutic conversations

Education

Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker

Job description

Overview

12 Month Maternity Cover: We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 flexi, part time post (17 hours per week) within the Emotional Wellbeing Hub, for a qualified Practitioner (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; 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 and 1 day 9:00am-2:00pm.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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.