Wellbeing Practitioner

Action for Children; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Professional qualifications and training opportunities

Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Discounts through staff discount portal

Job summary

A charity focused on children's wellbeing is seeking a Wellbeing Practitioner in Glasgow to support young people's emotional health through individualized and group interventions. This part-time position involves working directly in schools, delivering evidence-based programs to improve resilience and wellbeing. Candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to mental health support, excellent communication skills, and the ability to engage children and families effectively. The role requires collaboration with multi-agency partners and a focus on inclusivity and diversity.

Qualifications

• Caring understanding of mental health challenges faced by children and young people.
• Experience working within social care or health settings.
• Ability to maintain clear boundaries and positive relationships.
• Warm, engaging communication with professional boundaries.
• Commitment to equality and inclusive practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex interventions to children and families.
• Focus on resilience and wellbeing through early intervention.
• Collaborate with families and schools to support mental health.
• Manage case planning and risk assessments.
• Provide lead case planning, risk assessment and review.

Skills

Understanding mental health challenges

Experience in multi-agency environments

Excellent communication skills

Commitment to inclusivity

Ability to build rapport with young people

Job description

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term contract until May 2027/ Part Time – 29.6 hours per week, The core working days for this role are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The remaining hours will be delivered in line with the service requirements.

Closing date for applications is midnight of 29th January and interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on 6th February

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.

A bit about the role

Action for Children’s Schools Wellbeing Service began as a partnership funded by Scottish Friendly in June 2023 and is funded until May 2027. We work closely with Glasgow schools that experience the highest levels of need, offering a caring, early help approach that supports pupils’ emotional wellbeing before challenges escalate. With two dedicated Wellbeing Practitioners based directly in schools, young people can easily reach out for support themselves or be referred by trusted staff, ensuring help is accessible, timely, and rooted in strong relationships.

Our practitioners deliver a blend of supportive, evidence based interventions. Bouncing Back introduces large groups of young people to simple, practical tools that build resilience and confidence. For those who need a little more, the Blues Programme offers a gentle, structured six weeks space for 13–19 year olds to explore low mood, anxious thoughts, and emotional resilience, guided by a wellbeing questionnaire to identify who will benefit most. When a young person requires more focused support, we offer one-to-one sessions using the My Mind Star tool to help them understand and strengthen their emotional wellbeing. Practitioners can also work alongside families using the Family Star, helping them explore wider needs and create meaningful action plans that support positive change at home and in the community.

How you’ll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities of the Wellbeing Practitioner role are;

• Delivering a complex and specialist interventions with children, young people or families on a 1:1 basis, group or community setting.
• Focusing on resilience and wellbeing at an early intervention level.
• Working with families as indicated by schools and group work.
• Working with our partners to achieve fantastic outcomes for young people and their family's mental health.
• Providing lead case/care planning management, including undertaking assessing, reviewing and managing risks.

Let’s talk about you

Below outlines what will help make you a great candidate if you are considering applying;

• A caring understanding of the mental health challenges children and young people can face, and a genuine commitment to supporting their wellbeing.
• Experience working within a multi‑agency environment—such as social care, early years or health—and confidence in applying safeguarding procedures to keep young people safe.
• A strong ability to keep children and young people at the heart of every decision, ensuring their voices, feelings and wishes are heard and reflected in meetings and written records.
• Warm, engaging communication skills, with the professionalism to maintain clear boundaries and positive working relationships.
• A commitment to working inclusively with diverse communities and actively promoting equality in every aspect of your practice.

Good to know

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.