Emotional Health & Wellbeing Sessional Practitioner - Universities across Birmingham

The post-holder will work within an innovative mental health team.

Permanent with funding until 31st August 2025

Hours : Sessional (0 hour contract)

15.52 Per hour

Flexible working - various hours available

Emotional Health and Wellbeing services opening hours supports the needs of the communities in which we work, and therefore there may be elements of unsociable hours – this may include evenings, weekends, and bank holidays. These will always be discussed and agreed

Do you want to support a team who work with children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?

The post holder will support Children, Young People, and Young Adults in our Emotional Health & Wellbeing services based in Birmingham by offering low intensity support under a brief intervention framework.

The Children's Society currently offer drop ins across Birmingham Monday - Saturday Hours are available across these

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.

The nature of the service means that service users require intensive support to be provided during out of hours and weekends. The service holds no waiting lists and therefore the ability to build relationships quickly, identify risks, and process further support is vital.

We are looking for a Wellbeing Practitioner that :

• Has a genuine passion and working knowledge of young people and mental health.
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with CYP and families
• Experience of working in settings with young people who have emotional, behavioural and / or mental health concerns.
• Has a background or worked in Health Care, Education, Youth Work or Social work
• Able to provide direct low level therapeutic support that is person centred.
• Able to deliver improved wellbeing for children &young people presenting in crisis.
• a good working knowledge of Mental and Emotional Health Issues that young people face today, including interventions on how to support young people in overcoming these challenges.

Due to the fast paced environment and use of computers for clinical record keeping, you will need to have a good level of IT skills.

For an application pack please visit the web site

or telephone

The Childrens Society Recruitment team on 020 7841 4400

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.

All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

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.

This vacancy closes at midnight on 22nd September 2024. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy from 5th September onwards.

Interview date to be confirmed.