Sessional Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Practitioner

1 month ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom The Children's Society Full time
Sessional Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Practitioner (Parent Worker)

Permanent position with a provisional end date for funding of 31/03/2025

Salary:
£13.96 per hour (including some unsociable hours, evening and weekends.)

Locations:
Halton / co-locating with Halton Borough Council

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 post holder will

  • To support parent/carers of children and young people who have been affected by domestic abuse
  • Enable parents/carers to understand their child's experiences and the impact of witness domestic abuse
  • Enable parents/ carers to be more able to identify key indicators of trauma and reinforce CYP interventions
  • Improve family relationships by equipping parents with tools/techniques to improve communication between them and their YP
  • Reduce the divide between statutory agencies and parent/carers
Experience

  • Relevant experience of working with parent/carers (essential)
  • Experience of supporting families who are dealing with complex and sensitive issues through offering advice and advocacy (essential)
  • Experience of partnership working (essential)
  • Experience of working on one's own and within a team (essential)
Qualifications

  • A qualification relevant to working with parent/carers and young people e.
g. degree in social work, certificate in youth and community work, or related NVQ is desirable but experience is more important.

  • Group Gateway Facilitator Accreditation (or willingness to obtain)


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.


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 April 2024.

If after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy early on the 8th April 2024.

Interview date to be confirmed.

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