Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Children and Young People Services

Shaw Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in Northampton is seeking a compassionate Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to support staff in a children's services team. You will provide debriefs, facilitate reflective practice, and offer wellbeing checks. Ideal candidates will have an allied health background and experience in supporting professionals working with children. This role promotes a supportive culture for colleagues and aims for the highest quality care for young people.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering wellbeing or staff support in health, social care, education or community settings.
• Knowledgeable about challenges faced by professionals working with children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide debriefs after incidents.
• Facilitate reflective practice (1:1 and group).
• Offer wellbeing check-ins with staff.
• Deliver training on proactive strategies to maintain resilience and confidence.

Skills

Approachable

Empathetic

Building trust

Independent work

Collaborative teamwork

Facilitating reflective practice

Training delivery

Education

Allied health background or equivalent qualification

Job description

Overview

Working Pattern: Monday-Friday, but maybe subject to non-confirmative working patterns to ensure equal opportunities for staff members.

Homes2Inspire are one of the UK's top providers of Children's homes and currently care for over 150 children in 57 homes and 2 semi-independent leaving care facilities across Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. We are proud to be a part of Shaw Trust Group, a charity helping to transform the lives of young people and adults across the UK.

Homes2Inspire are looking for a compassionate, reflective and motivated Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Children and Young People Services team. In this role, you will provide debriefs after incidents, facilitate reflective practice (1:1 and group), offer wellbeing check-ins, and deliver training on proactive strategies to maintain resilience and confidence.

As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner for Homes2Inspire, you will play a key part in promoting a supportive and open culture, helping colleagues to manage the emotional impact of their roles, and ensure they feel empowered, confident and well-equipped to provide the highest quality care and support to children and young people and create a positive, supportive workplace culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide debriefs after incidents.
• Facilitate reflective practice (1:1 and group).
• Offer wellbeing check-ins with staff.
• Deliver training on proactive strategies to maintain resilience and confidence.

Qualifications and Skills

• Allied health background or an equivalent qualification as recognised by an appropriate awarding professional body (e.g., Psychotherapist registered with BACP, CBT Therapist registered with BACBP, Mental Health Nurse registered with NMC).
• Experience in delivering wellbeing, reflective practice, or staff support within health, social care, education or community settings.
• Knowledgeable about the challenges faced by professionals working with children and young people.
• Skilled in facilitating reflective practice, group sessions and training.
• Approachable, empathetic and able to build trust quickly.
• Confident working both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Flexible in approach to meet the needs of colleagues across varied settings.