Qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner - CWP

The Methodist Church in Britain; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Regular clinical supervision

Opportunities for professional develop

Leave entitlement

Generous pension scheme

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is recruiting a fixed-term Children's Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Citywide Targeted CAMHS Team until March 2027. The role focuses on assessing and delivering structured, evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, including anxiety and low mood.

Working in a multi-disciplinary service on hybrid terms, you will collaborate with schools, health and social care partners, manage risk including

Qualifications

• Qualified Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP).
• Experience assessing and delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families.
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes, risk assessment and early intervention approaches.

Responsibilities

• Assess children and young people’s mental health and plan formulation-informed interventions.
• Deliver structured evidence-based one-to-one and group interventions to children, young people and families.
• Work with children, families and professional networks to promote resilience, wellbeing and change.
• Provide consultation, advice and training to schools, health, social care and community partners.
• Identify, assess and manage risk, including safeguarding concerns and self-harm.
• Communicate risk and escalate increasing complexity to the right pathway within clinical governance.

Skills

Risk management

Communication

Stakeholder liaison

Education

CWP qualification

Job description

This fixed-term Children's Wellbeing Practitioner post sits within the Citywide Targeted CAMHS Team at Nottingham City Council, with two posts to March 2027. The work centres on assessing and delivering structured evidence-based interventions, one-to-one and in groups, for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, including anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties. Working in a multi-disciplinary service on hybrid terms, the post also involves consulting with schools, health and social care partners and managing risk, including safeguarding and self-harm. An enhanced DBS for regulated activity is required.

What the job involves

• Assess children and young people's mental health and plan formulation-informed interventions
• Deliver structured evidence-based one-to-one and group interventions to children, young people and families
• Work with children, families and professional networks to promote resilience, wellbeing and change
• Provide consultation, advice and training to schools, health, social care and community partners
• Identify, assess and manage risk, including safeguarding concerns and self-harm
• Communicate risk and elevate increasing complexity to the right pathway within clinical governance
• Improve understanding of children's mental health and increase access to support across partner services

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified Children and Young People's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

Experience

• Assessing and delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties
• Identifying, assessing and managing risk, including safeguarding concerns and self-harm, while working with partner agencies

Skills & knowledge

• Strong knowledge of child development, neurodevelopment, child wellbeing and child and adolescent mental health
• Knowledge of evidence-based interventions, safeguarding processes, risk assessment and early intervention approaches
• Ability to carry out mental health assessments and structured interventions, adapting to diverse needs, individually and in groups
• Ability to communicate and manage risk and deliver consultation, advice and psychoeducational training to professionals, parents and partners

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check for regulated activity

What’s offered

• Leave entitlement
• Generous pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Regular clinical supervision
• Opportunities for professional development
• Pay progression from Level one to Level four