Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

HCRG Care Group; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and care service provider in Salisbury is seeking an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner to support children and young people experiencing various issues such as anxiety and depression. The role requires holding a caseload, delivering therapeutic interventions, and working either in-person or remotely. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience, contributing to the community's wellbeing efforts.

Benefits

Salary of £30,607.50

Access to group pension

Free tea, coffee, and milk

Membership of My Reward Hub

Access to eLearning and career pathways

Support for mental and physical wellbeing

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working with young people in a counseling capacity.
• Understanding of child safeguarding procedures.
• Ability to work independently and manage a caseload.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of clients and deliver therapeutic interventions.
• Communicate effectively with professionals relevant to the role.
• Undertake assessments and formulate treatment plans.

Skills

Counseling skills

Communication

Crisis intervention

Education

Relevant qualifications in mental health or counseling

Job description

Job Introduction

As an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, you’ll be part of our valued Wiltshire Children's Service. You will feel valued as an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• A salary of £30,607.50 with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Job Introduction

HCRG Care Group Wiltshire Children and Young People’s emotional wellbeing service are currently seeking a passionate and experienced children and young person's counsellor to work in the team. You will provide support to children and young people who may be experiencing a range of issues, such as but not limited to anxiety, gender dysphoria, depression, family problems and self-harm. Support will be provided in person and/or remotely depending on the clients’ needs.

This role is part of the wider wellbeing team who offer early support such as group work and positive activities with the aim of preventing escalation to more specialist CAMHS services.

You will have an active caseload of children and young people within the ‘getting help’ sphere of support and will use evidence-based therapeutic models. Low intensity, early interventions will be delivered in a range of settings and will include parental and family support.

Main Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of clients, delivering outcome-based interventions to support their wellbeing
• Communicate effectively with a wide variety of professionals relevant to the role
• Deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean lone working
• Undertake professional initial assessments of young people and formulate a plan for their treatment within the guidelines of the service
• Provide ongoing (up to 10 weeks) and one-off counselling to young people
• Support alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work
• Maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems
• Support outcome focused reporting of interventions
• Develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals
• Positively manage risk and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues escalating and referring as required
• Undertake regular supervision in line with regulation guidance

A full list of role responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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