Specialist Wellbeing Practitioner

**Specialist Wellbeing Practitioner**

Life Skills Hub has an amazing opportunity for a Specialist Wellbeing Practitioners to join our rapidly growing team. You will have the opportunity to work as part of a great team and be a part of working with and for some amazing young people and families, working across Hull & East Riding and 0-25 years old.

You will be given the opportunity to develop your skills within our multi-disciplinary team including relevant training and working with some amazing colleagues from all different walks of life.

**About Us**

Life Skills Hub offers specialist wellbeing support across a range of internal and external settings and within the community with a view to improving positive wellbeing for children, young people and adults aged between 0-25 years old. We have a flexible and relational approach and a team of multi-disciplined staff to support our students & their families. We offer 1-1 and small group sessions and work across a range of organisations such as; schools, nurseries, colleagues, social care and local authorities across Hull, East Riding and the wider area. We support students to develop their wellbeing, social skills, confidence, life skills and support them with educational readiness and transition onto a future setting, as required.

We are recruiting for multiple Specialist Wellbeing Practitioners to work flexibly across our services which include: Forest Skills (a forest school), intense outreach service, post 16 service, employability service and if you have a background and qualifications as a Teacher or TA, then you may be considered for our Specialist SEND Tuition Service. At the heart of all services are great communication and relationship building.

**The Role**
- Working flexibly across one or multiple specialist wellbeing services within Life Skills Hub across Hull and East Riding working with students 0-25 years old, commonly with complex SEND needs and/or lived experiences and/or high anxieties
- Working on a 1-1 and small group basis to engage, interact and motivate children, young people and adults to promote their; independence skills, life skills, confidence, social skills, engagement in the community, readiness for learning, transition onwards to their next provision, when required
- Forming an excellent rapport with students, families and professionals, attending multi agency meetings as required
- Completing paperwork such as intervention logs, planning sheets, AQA evidence trackers and information on the student's individual file
- Be competent and comfortable being the lead practitioner for the student and undertaking planning and an understanding of the needs and next steps for the young person
- Driving to/from appointments, including home visits, within the community, working in schools, LSH sites
- Contributing ideas, passion and insights to the multi disciplinary team
- Supporting students in high levels of distress and emotional de-regulation
- Support students who may exhibit higher levels of risk, safeguarding and welfare concerns
- Attending supervisions, team meetings, CPD events, training and multi agency meetings regularly
- Using psycho-education techniques to help support the student with their anxiety/copying strategies
- Using and developing a range of person centred resources
- Navigating and inputting onto a range of documents including word and excel, and our computer software

**The Person**
- An all round team player, contributing to the needs of the students, families, professionals and colleagues
- Confident in their abilities to manage, support and progress next steps for students with a wide range of complex SEND needs and ages. Students will often present with high levels of anxieties, and sometimes demonstrate risk taking behaviours so it is essential the practitioner can remain calm in heightened situations and manage situations effectively. Practitioners need to be resilient
- Feeling comfortable with asserting boundaries whilst providing a nurturing, person centred and relational approach
- Ability to drive & have access to your own vehicle - this role will involve visits in Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire (mileage reimbursed)
- Professional background with specialist knowledge
- Strong interest in wellbeing and developing life skills
- Shares the ethos and set up of Life Skills Hub
- Previous experience working with children/young people with complex SEND and anxieties
- Previous experience of a trauma informed approach
- Additional qualifications, CPD and training is favourable within counselling, pastoral support, wellbeing, mental health, children's services, SEND, trauma informed services
- Willingness to learn, be curious, develop and contribute to the team
- Willingness to support Seniors in development of the allocated service(s)
- Personable, friendly and hard working
- Strong communication and time management skills
- Additional relevant talents and skills are favourable

**Job Type**: Permanent