Mental Health Practitioner – Children and Young People

Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind; Coventry; Hybride; GBP 24 000 - 29 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Annual leave 25 days

Wellbeing day

Life insurance

CPD training

Flexible working

Pension

Sick pay

Résumé du poste

Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind is seeking a dedicated practitioner to support children, young people and families across Coventry and Warwickshire. The role provides early intervention and prevention within THRIVE-based practice, delivering group work, drop-ins, assemblies, and one-to-one guidance.

You will work within a trauma-informed framework, co-creating personalised plans with CYP and their families, and coordinating with schools and community partners to ensure timely

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, young people, and families.
• Able to engage with young people and communicate effectively.
• Knowledge of children and young people’s mental health.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Full driving licence with vehicle access and business insurance.

Responsabilités

• Promote emotional wellbeing through psychoeducation, assemblies, workshops, therapeutic groups, drop-ins, events, and one-to-one guided self-help interventions.
• Support children and young people to identify strengths, set goals, develop personalised wellbeing strategies, and maintain a Mental Health Passport to promote continuity of care.
• Provide clear and accessible information about mental health and emotional wellbeing to children, young people, parents/carers, and professionals.
• Ensure children and young people are listened to, actively involved in decisions about their support, and treated with dignity, respect, and without judgement.
• Manage a caseload of young people.
• Support children, young people, and families to access community resources and appropriate sources of support.
• Complete necessary data collection, including assessments and evaluations
• Experience working with children, young people, and families.
• The ability to engage and communicate well with young people.
• Knowledge of children and young people’s mental health.
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• A commitment to listening to and involving young people in decisions about their care.
• Good verbal, non‑verbal, and written communication skills.
• A full driving licence with vehicle access and business insurance.

Connaissances

Communication

Driving licence

Engaging with CYP

Trauma-informed practice

Equality & inclusion

Data collection

Description du poste

Together with people who have experienced mental health challenges, we provide quality services and support that reduce stigma and promote positive mental health and wellbeing.

Location

Coventry and Warwickshire

Salary

£26,500 per annum

Hours

37 hours – This role sits within an 8am-8pm service to provide flexibility of engagement

Job type

Permanent

Are you ready to make a real, lasting impact on the lives of young people and their families?

Do you believe that every child deserves to be heard, valued, and supported in their mental health journey?

Are you looking for a role where you can be part of a passionate, inclusive, and forward-thinking team that truly makes a difference?

At Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind, we are driven by a powerful vision, a society where mental health is understood, supported, and prioritised for everyone. We believe in empowering children and young people, ensuring their voices shape the support they receive.

Join our creative, dynamic, and dedicated team as we work together to transform lives across Coventry and Warwickshire. Your passion and skills could be exactly what we need to create a brighter future for young people.

About the service

We want every child and young person to feel heard, valued, and able to access support when needed. We are committed to trauma-informed, compassionate practice, where children and young people’s voices actively shape how services are designed and delivered.

You will be supporting a new mental health and emotional wellbeing service for children, young people and families across Warwickshire. ECHO stands for Every Child Heard and Offered support. It will make it easier to access help early, offering the right support at the right time — before difficulties become more serious. Supporting children and young people up to the age of 18, and young adults up to 25 with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

About the role

This role provides compassionate, needs-led, strengths-based early intervention and prevention support to children and young people (CYP) aged 0–25, their families, and carers across Warwickshire.

Working within the THRIVE Framework, you will primarily support CYP in the Getting Advice and Signposting and Getting Help quadrants. Using a trauma-informed approach grounded in safety, trust, choice, collaboration, and empowerment, you will promote emotional wellbeing, reduce stigma, and help prevent the escalation of mental health difficulties.

You will co‑create personalised support with children and young people, ensuring they feel heard, respected, and actively involved in decisions about their wellbeing.

Support will be delivered across schools, community settings, online platforms, and Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind (CWWM) buildings across Coventry and Warwickshire. This will include group work, workshops, assemblies, mental health awareness sessions, drop‑ins, events, and one‑to‑one guided self‑help interventions.

The role sits within a collaborative partnership led by Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind, working alongside voluntary, community, education, health, and social care partners to ensure children and young people access the right support at the right time.

Key responsibilities

• Promote emotional wellbeing through psychoeducation, assemblies, workshops, therapeutic groups, drop‑ins, events, and one‑to‑one guided self‑help interventions.
• Support children and young people to identify strengths, set goals, develop personalised wellbeing strategies, and maintain a Mental Health Passport to promote continuity of care.
• Provide clear and accessible information about mental health and emotional wellbeing to children, young people, parents/carers, and professionals.
• Ensure children and young people are listened to, actively involved in decisions about their support, and treated with dignity, respect, and without judgement.
• Manage a caseload of young people.
• Support children, young people, and families to access community resources and appropriate sources of support.
• Complete necessary data collection, including assessments and evaluations
• Experience working with children, young people, and families.
• The ability to engage and communicate well with young people.
• Knowledge of children and young people’s mental health.
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• A commitment to listening to and involving young people in decisions about their care.
• Good verbal, non‑verbal, and written communication skills.
• A full driving licence with vehicle access and business insurance.

What we can offer you

The following are just some of the benefits that Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind offer its employees:

• Working culture – based on core values of trust, honesty, inclusivity, enabling, effective and an unapologetic drive for excellence.
• Annual leave – 25 days plus bank holidays plus an extra day for every two completed holiday years.
• Wellbeing day – 1 day, per holiday year, to be used to take care of your own mental health and wellbeing plus access to peer support and therapy sessions.
• Life insurance policy – Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mindare covered by a Life Insurance policy. The death in service payment is 2 x gross salary (tax free).
• Employee development – Active encouragement not only to assist performance in the current role but also for the benefit of personal development via various means. Access to Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind CPD training and opportunities to access external CPD training.
• Flexible working –There will be a mixture on online and face‑to‑face delivery, to include evenings and some weekend working.
• Pension –Minimum 5% employee and 3% employer contribution, with an ethical investment policy option.
• Sick pay – On completion of a 4‑month probationary period, Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind employees will be eligible to a period of paid sick leave.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Interview date: Monday 9th November and Tuesday 10th November 2026

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact: Service Manager Sabrina Palmer or Team Leaders Charlie Griffiths or Emma Griffiths on 02476631835

Ref: LM MHP 30.10

Coventry, Warwickshire and WorcestershireMind values diversity and difference. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly under‑represent‑ed groups and people with lived experience of mental health issues.

Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind is a leading mental health service provider and an equal opportunities employer.