Wellbeing Practitioner

Posted 7 hours 38 minutes ago by The Children's Society

Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Job Description
Wellbeing Practitioner

Permanent with funding until September 2026

35 hours per week Monday to Friday

£26,269.74 per annum / pro rata (plus allowances)

Nottingham/Nottinghamshire

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country . Please see the supporting documents for more information about the roles and responsibilities of this vacancy.

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic practitioner who shares the ambitions and values of both The Children's Society, our partners, and BBC Children in Need to work directly with children aged 8-13 and their families where appropriate. We're looking for someone who has excellent relational skills and who is familiar with ways of engaging younger children and their families specifically in relation to improving children's emotional health and wellbeing.

The role will be responsible for holding an agreed caseload of children who are struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing, working alongside other agencies to achieve the best possible outcomes and recording the impact you've been able to make on children's lives. You will also utilise The Children's Society digital offer as part of this programme.

BBC Children in Need have appointed an independent learning partner to work along The Children's Society, Children 1st and MACS to identify what we are learning across the programme nationally. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring your work with children and their families is recorded accurately and that the themes from this work are fed into the national learning that is utilised to create positive system changes for children who are struggling

Key responsibilities;

-To deliver 1-1 face-to-face, digital and telephone support to children, aged 8 - 13 struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing and their parents/carers where applicable.

-To assess and support children's self-management of their recovery through step care approach, including informal assessment and Goal Based outcomes for service users.

-To build positive and effective relationships with family members, in particular parents and carers, in order to support their children with their emotional health and wellbeing.

-Where appropriate, to offer interventions directly to parents/carers with the aim of improving the child's emotional health and wellbeing.

-Ensure accurate and timely case recording using a variety of management recording systems. The role does require good administration skills.

-To contribute to the overall monitoring and evaluation of the programme including but not limited to; supporting children and families to share their voice and experience, recording of data and outcomes and gathering feedback from children, parents and carers.

-Identifying risks and/or managing disclosures of a safeguarding nature ensuring that referrals are made whilst escalating where appropriate in line with TCS's safeguarding policy.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an "Employment history_template" document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 27th October 2024. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy from the 8th October onwards.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 4th November.

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