CYP Wellbeing Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post will work under the line management of the Service Lead. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as you will work as part of a diverse clinical team pro-actively developing the service through co-production, delivery, and ongoing innovation.

Main Tasks:

To deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently and with the wider practitioner team.

To join the Wellbeing Practitioner team in delivering school-based wellbeing workshops and in delivering 1-1 interventions in follow-up clinics.

Confidence and competence in delivering workshops to classes of young people. This should include the ability to engage a group, manage classroom dynamics effectively, and adapt delivery to meet the varying needs and ages of participants.

To present to groups of young people, introducing accessible resources and guidance.

Develop strengths-based practice, utilising the My Story approach in group work and 1-1 consultations.

To facilitate peer support interventions with and for children and young people.

To offer creative input and participation in promoting our services across social media platforms.

To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems.

To nurture links with other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals.

To positively manage risk and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues.

To complete high quality written notes in a timely manner using service databases.

To be involved in creating high quality materials to use within wellbeing workshops and 1-1 intervention clinics.

Communication

Be able to communicate and engage with children and young people appropriate to individual needs.

Ensure young people feel listened to and have an opportunity to communicate autonomously.

Promote a mutually respectful working environment, nurturing a positive team culture.

Skills & Competencies required:

Experience of working with Children and Young People who have experienced challenges with their wellbeing.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Experienced in working with children and young people and experienced in engaging peers, professionals, and family members/carers.

Experienced in providing pastoral care to Children and Young People.

Committed to achieving the highest standards and outcomes.

Adept in communication and confident communicating with CYP (Children and Young People), their parents/carers and health professionals

Open, respectful, committed to equality and inclusiveness and motivated by new ideas and perspectives

A team player

Standard Information

Information Governance

Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

Smoke Free

ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.

Equality, Diversity & Human Rights

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of development in CYP, family development and of transitions
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Experience in managing a caseload Ability to assess and manage risks
• Ability to recognise and respond to concerns about child protection and safeguarding
• Ability to make use of supervision

Desirable

• Up to date knowledge of CYP emotional wellbeing / early mental health clinical evidence-based practice and support for parents/carers
• Experience in coordinating volunteers
• Experience in quality improvement measures
• Experience in pathway development
• Experience in delivering training and workshops to CYP and parents / carers
• Experience in delivering training to professionals
• Experience in running peer support groups

Essential Skills

Essential

• A full, clean UK driving licence and access to a car

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Be U Notts Suite 50A, Ransom Hall

Mansfield

NG21 0HJ

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)