Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

Benefits Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping, as well as cashback and voucher offers for you and those special to you. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates. Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise. An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission. Job Introduction We have a fantastic opportunity within our SET CAMHS Team (part of Targeted and System support services Essex) for an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and motivated to make a real difference in our community. In this role you will be encouraged to innovate and use different approaches that are best for the children and young people that you are working closely with. Responsibilities Hold a caseload of clients, delivering goal-based interventions to support their wellbeing. Prevent more serious mental health problems in children and young people by early identification of the development of mental health problems. Plan, deliver and review individual and group therapeutic interventions for specific patients. Routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based clinical intervention. Provide a direct service to children and young people and their families in an accessible and less stigmatising environment, based on the best available research evidence, within clinical governance. Oversee the development of Wellbeing Coaches and other practitioners within the service. Qualifications & Requirements Minimum of a second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology) and/or a registerable professional qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. medicine, psychology, social work) from a UK university or an overseas professional qualification of an equivalent standard, or Qualified Wellbeing Practitioner, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP), Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP), or other CYP IAPT therapy training. Further professional knowledge and skills gained through accredited CPD courses/workshops/study/in‑house training. Two years experience in a relevant area of mental health practice. Experience in delivering evidence-based therapy, and required to work across Southend Essex and Thurrock to deliver a service. Assessment, planning, formulation and evaluation of patient's psychological difficulties. Good understanding and experience of using Routine Outcome Measures. Knowledge and direct clinical experience of adapting interventions and delivering them to CYP. Experience of delivering and managing clinical risk. Understanding of child development and psycho-social influences. Experience of delivering Low Intensity/Psycho‑educational interventions to groups of CYP and/or parents/caregivers. Commitment to continuous professional development. Knowledge and skills in effective communication, orally and in writing, of complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Ability to work autonomously but recognising the philosophy of effective integrated working. Ability to use Word, PowerPoint, Email, Excel (or similar spreadsheet or database package) and SystemOne. Motivate and enthuse others to change by developing clinical practice. Experience of developing effective relationships and networks across health, social care and the voluntary and community sector. Access to a car and full driving licence is an essential requirement for this role. About the Employer We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. Working Hours Full time and part time hours are available within the hours of 8 am to 8 pm. You must be able to be flexible from Monday to Friday with occasional Saturday work. #J-18808-Ljbffr