Apprentice Young People's Health and Wellbeing

4 months ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Polaris Community Full time

**Apprentice Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Worker**

**18 month fixed term contract**

**Salary**:£16,500-£18,000

**Base Location**:Home based role, with travel across Essex at times to meet with and support clients. The post holder will also be required to attend team meetings and events that will vary in location across the county of Essex.

**Office**:Home Based role. Provision of company laptop and work phone. The post holder will be able to claim travel costs/mileage costs and expenses in line with company policy.

**Benefits**:30 days' Annual Leave (rising to 35 days' with length of service) + Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme, Life Assurance & Employee Discount Scheme

**About Us**

Polaris Children’s Services has developed an expertise in working with vulnerable children and their families across the UK. We were established as a company in our own right in 2009.

Our multi-disciplinary social workers, support workers, therapists and teachers use both therapeutic and evidence based approaches in their work.

Our services for children, young people and families are designed to deliver positive outcomes using evidence based models and the latest research.

**What we are looking for**:
Polaris Children’s Services (PCS) are looking for an Apprentice Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Worker, who can provide high quality support to the clients of PCS within the specific project or service aims.

**Role responsibilities**:

- Work directly with young people who present with a range of emotional health and wellbeing concerns, helping to facilitate trust, relationship building and promoting their emotional health and wellbeing
- Work effectively in partnership with the Progress;ons team and external agencies to support the transition out of statutory mental health services for young people you are assigned to
- Work within internal and nationally recognised clinical governance frameworks to ensure that all young people and families receive a safe, high quality, consistent service
- Attend Monthly training and supervision to enhance your skills and expertise
- Complete a Level 3 Community Health and Wellbeing Worker apprenticeship (time will be provided for studying during your working week)
- Ensure that any safeguarding and child protection concerns are reported in line with local authority requirements, and that appropriate information is provided within required timeframes to support any child protection investigations
- Ensure that service delivery complies with PCS policies and procedures

**About You**:

- Lived experience, or a good knowledge and understanding of services within Essex that support Emotional Health and Wellbeing
- Knowledge and Understanding of the challenges young people face that may impact upon their emotional health and wellbeing and strategies that can be supportive for the management of emotional health and wellbeing
- Patient and committed, but above all you’ll be someone with a genuine desire to help others
- Creative, reliable and solution-focused
- Hold a valid UK driving licence and unlimited access you your own vehicle, or be willing to travel using public transport

For an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Ryder on 07483 144882

If you would like to be considered for this post, please do apply.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 18 months

**Salary**: £16,500.00-£18,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Store discount
- Work from home

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: REF-31-QKR1K3K



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