Emotional Wellbeing Support Worker

Staffordshire County Council; Stafford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking part-time Family Practitioners to join their Leaving Care Teams in Staffordshire. This role focuses on providing emotional wellbeing support to care leavers aged 18+. Responsibilities include building relationships, emotional assessments, and contributing to multi-agency plans. Ideal candidates will have experience with young people with complex needs and creativity in engagement. Evening work may be required, and full-time options are available for suitable applicants.

Benefits

Flexible working policy

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people with complex needs.
• Compassionate, resilient, and skilled in building rapport.
• Creativity in engagement; openness to various approaches.
• Ability to travel between districts and work some evenings.

Responsibilities

• Support young people to meet aims of their Pathway Plans.
• Build trusting relationships with care leavers.
• Complete emotional wellbeing assessments.
• Contribute to multi-agency support plans.

Skills

Experience working with young people with complex needs

Compassionate and resilient

Skilled in building rapport

Creativity in engagement

Transferable skills from housing, nursing, armed forces, police services

Job description

Overview

We are looking for 4 part time Family Practitioners (Emotional Wellbeing) to join our Leaving Care Teams in Staffordshire. This role focuses on providing targeted emotional wellbeing support to care leavers aged 18+, helping them build resilience, regulate emotions, and feel empowered. This role may involve occasional evening work and travel to any district in Staffordshire, and may involve travel out of county. We offer a flexible working policy. If you are interested in full-time hours, please apply as we will consider a full-time role, working across 2 leaving care teams for the ideal candidate.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside young peoplers allocated PAs to support young people to meet the aims of their Pathway Plans
• Work closely with care leavers, building trusting relationships and offering one-to-one support as well as some group work when needed
• Complete emotional wellbeing assessments
• Contribute to multi-agency support plans
• Contribute to the growth and development of this new role in coordination with Leaving Care Senior Practitioners

Qualifications / Requirements

• Experience working with young people with complex needs
• Compassionate, resilient, and skilled in building rapport with vulnerable individuals
• Creativity in engagement; openness to arts-based, digital, and experiential approaches
• Ability to travel across districts (and occasionally out-of-area) and work some evenings
• Transferable skills from housing, nursing, armed forces, police services
• Disability Confident: we encourage applicants who declare a disability and meet the minimum criteria

About the Role

The Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner is an exciting new role to support Care Leavers. There will be scope for this role to evolve over time as the service demands, with opportunities to contribute to its growth in coordination with Leaving Care Senior Practitioners.

Benefits & Additional Information

This is a flexible role that may involve occasional evening work and travel across districts or out-of-area. You will be part of a supportive team committed to making a real difference in the lives of care-experienced young adults. We welcome applications from individuals with transferable skills, including those from Housing, Nursing, Armed Forces, and Police Services. Disability Confident: we are a Disability Confident employer and will generally offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the job. For more details, please visit our website.