Mind and Body Practitioner

Are you passionate about wellbeing in young people? Do you have a genuine desire to support them in reaching their goals, exploring their values and understanding their identity? Do you have demonstrable experience of supporting young people to challenge the way they perceive wellbeing and improve their overall mental health and wellness?

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you to understand how you might be able to support the fantastic work we do here at We Are With You.

As Mind and Body Practitioner you will provide community based support, information, training, education and guidance to young individuals in relation to self-harm and risk taking behaviour.

You will be committed to improving access to appropriate services for young service users with mental health issues, specifically self-harm and risk taking behaviours.

This is a great opportunity for a dedicated professional to ensure a safe and appropriate environment for our young service users through the prevention and management of abusive and aggressive behaviours.

As our Mind and Body Practitioner you will deliver continuity of care through effective partnership working and support the day to day operation of services through the delivery of appropriate evidence based treatment interventions.

You will manage an active caseload providing structured psychosocial interventions and harm minimisation strategies to young persons, and assist in the delivery of an integrated service through the provision of assessment, recovery planning, appropriate referral, support and interventions.

You will develop and disseminate emotional and mental wellbeing information, advice and health & social wellbeing in both group and one to one settings and screen for emotional wellbeing.

As you will be required to travel across Kent, possession of a car and a full, clean driving licence is essential.

**REQUIRED SKILLS**:

- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months
- A successful track record of therapeutic working with young people in groups and 1:1 settings
- Demonstrable experience of supporting young people in relation to mental health
- Knowledge and understanding of health and safety, including assessing high-risk situations for service users
- Knowledge/understanding of self-harming behaviours and other mental health issues
- Proven ability to carry out comprehensive assessments, assess risk, devise care plans and deliver evidence based interventions
- Thorough and up to date knowledge of child and adolescent development, mental wellbeing and self-harming behaviours
- Ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- A proven track record of working as an individual and as part of a team sharing skills, experience and knowledge with others
- Excellent Time management, written and communication skills
- IT skills, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and digital media

**DESIRABLE SKILLS**:

- Qualified in mental health, psychology, nursing or youth work

**ABOUT THE COMPANY**:
Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online.

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.

**We Are With You.