Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

Compass

East Midlands

On-site

GBP 30,000 - 35,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

DBS checks

27 days holiday

Life assurance

Pension scheme

EAP & OH service

Enhanced sick pay

Learning & development opportunities

Annual salary review

Job summary

Compass is recruiting an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Derby Early Intervention Targeted Support Service. You will support children, young people and families to improve emotional wellbeing across Derbyshire in community and educational settings.

You will carry out emotional wellbeing assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions and provide guidance to ensure access to the right support. Safeguarding and promoting welfare will be central to your work.

Qualifications

Relevant qualification in emotional wellbeing, youth work, psychology or counselling
Experience delivering emotional health or pastoral wellbeing support to children and young people
Experience working therapeutically with children and young people with low level emotional health needs
Experience supporting children, young people and families to build skills, knowledge and confidence in managing mild mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties
Knowledge of safeguarding, capacity and consent, including Gillick competence
Experience working with children, young people, families and a range of agencies and stakeholders
Ability to deliver therapeutic emotional wellbeing interventions with children and young people and provide advice and support to families
Ability to recognise, manage and respond appropriately to risk
Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills

Responsibilities

Carry out emotional wellbeing assessments
Deliver evidence-based interventions
Provide guidance to help children access the right support
Work with families, schools and partner agencies
Contribute to wellbeing promotion activities and training
Support wider service development within a collaborative team
Safeguarding and promoting welfare are central to the role

Skills

Emotional wellbeing qualification

Experience with children

Therapeutic work with youth

Family support skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Stakeholder collaboration

Therapeutic interventions

Risk recognition & management

Communication & time mgmt

Organisational skills

Education

Relevant qualification in emotional wellbeing education or counselling

Job description

Title: Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner
Location: Derby
Department: Compass Changing Lives
Advertising salary: £29,545 - £34,683
Contract: Permanent
Duration: Not Specified
Hours per week: 37

About the role

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 Derby Early Intervention Targeted Support Service. You will support children, young people and families, across the Derbyshire county, 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.

About you

You know that emotional wellbeing support is about more than ticking boxes. It’s about helping young people feel safe enough to open up, understood enough to trust you and supported enough to believe things can improve.

Essential criteria

Relevant qualification in emotional wellbeing, youth work, psychology or counselling
Experience delivering emotional health or pastoral wellbeing support to children and young people
Experience working therapeutically with children and young people with low level emotional health needs
Experience supporting children, young people and families to build their skills, knowledge and confidence in managing mild mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties
Knowledge of safeguarding, capacity and consent, including Gillick competence
Experience working with children, young people, families and a range of agencies and stakeholders
Ability to deliver therapeutic emotional wellbeing interventions with children and young people and provide advice and support to families
Ability to recognise, manage and respond appropriately to risk
Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills

Experience of monitoring emotional wellbeing outcomes, working within education or community settings, or supporting looked after children or other vulnerable groups would be great but aren't essential.

If you want to help young people feel stronger, more confident and less alone when life gets difficult, this is work you can feel proud of.

Benefits

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.

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