Wellbeing & Emotional Support Practitioner

Onside Advocacy; Redditch; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Onside Advocacy is seeking a Wellbeing & Emotional Support Practitioner to support children and young people with mental health and wellbeing. In this role, you'll provide early intervention services and equip youth with practical skills for emotional resilience. The position offers a supportive environment, a focus on continuous professional development, and a chance to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

26 days annual holiday + Bank Holidays

Pension Scheme

Company Sick Pay Scheme after qualifying service

Additional Maternity & Paternity Pay after qualifying service

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Access to premium Calm App

Employee Engagement Forum

Supportive working environment

Continuous professional development support

Qualifications

• Proven ability to inspire change and build rapport with children and young people.
• Skills to equip individuals with techniques to manage low-level mental ill health.
• Passion for supporting youth mental health and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional wellbeing and mental health support to children and young people.
• Develop personalized plans to address individual issues impacting their lives.
• Work within the 'i-THRIVE' model to offer comprehensive support.

Skills

Experience working with children and young people

Behavioural change support

Ability to build rapport

Creative problem-solving

Job description

Closing Date: Sunday 22 nd June 2025

Interview Date: Thursday 3 rd July 2025

About the role

Join ONSIDE and discover the role as a Wellbeing & Emotional Support Practitioner and work within an organisation and be part of team of professionals working within Melo community hubs across Worcestershire to support children and young people (aged 0-25 years old) with their mental health and wellbeing.

A Wellbeing & Emotional Support Practitioner will work with children and young people providing early intervention and preventative emotional wellbeing and mental health services. Providing children and young people with the skills and techniques to better manage their own emotional wellbeing and improve their confidence and self-esteem. This will result in children and young people who cope better with stress, anxiety and life challenges, to enable them to participate fully in life

The Melo service works within the ‘i-THRIVE’ model to provide a diverse and broad range practical and emotional support options for children, young people, and their families.

• 26 days annual holiday + Bank Holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Company Sick Pay Scheme (after qualifying service)
• Additional Maternity & Paternity Pay (after qualifying service)
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to premium Calm App
• Employee Engagement Forum to ensure our employee’s voices are heard!
• Supportive working environment & good work/life balance culture
• Support with continuous professional development

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with experience of working with children and young people ideally in a behavioural change or support role context.

You will have a proven ability to identify and understand individual needs and the skills required to inspire change, build rapport and be creative in your approach. Along with ability to equip children & young people with tools and techniques to manage low level mental ill health, improve their confidence and create a personalised plan to address issues that are impacting negatively on their lives

As well as, have a passion for ensuring children and young people have access to the support and interventions needed to improve their lives and ensure that their best interests are at the heart of everything you do.

The role of Wellbeing & Emotional Support Practitioner is a real career opportunity to support the children & young people in our communities!

Someone like you?

If you embrace difference and operate with integrity .

If you are committed to fairness and justice .

If you are creative in your approach, can think around problems and find new ways to solve them.

If you’re looking for a job that you can be proud of and be passionate about. Please submit your application.

These values run through our entire organisation. ONSIDE is a creative, collaborative community where people feel free to share new ideas or ask for support. If something’s not right, we don’t just change it. We change ourselves too.

Who are ONSIDE?

ONSIDE is a charity working across Worcestershire and Herefordshire, established in 1993 stemming from a belief that everyone has the right to be a valued human being and to be treated in a just and fair way.

In support of this belief, we provide a range of support services across a dvocacy, wellbeing and mental health for adults, children and young people who may be vulnerable, disadvantaged or discriminated against .This includes mental and physical ill health, sensory impairment, learning disability, drug and alcohol misuse, older people, and carers. ONSIDE is funded through a range of sources to maintain its independence and ensure that the support it provides reflects the views and perspective of the people it wishes to help.

Our amazing team of skilled staff and volunteers make a difference to the lives of over 11,000 people a year!

Please also access our guidance on how to apply to ONSIDE on our advert pages.

ONSIDE reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before the closing date.