Youth Mental Health Practitioner - Flexible & Impactful

Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Wellbeing day

Life insurance

CPD training

Flexible working

Pension

Sick pay

Job summary

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.

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.

Skills

Communication

Driving licence

Engaging with CYP

Trauma-informed practice

Equality & inclusion

Data collection

Job description

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