Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

**About The Role**:
**Could you be the person who helps turn a young person’s worry into confidence—and their potential into progress?**

As an **Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner**, you’ll be doing work that matters—every single day. You’ll support children, young people and families across Wakefield with early help for **low-level mental health and emotional wellbeing concerns**, offering practical, goal-focused support that builds confidence, self-awareness and resilience.

This is a role with real variety. You’ll deliver **1:1 interventions in community spaces**, offer advice and emotional health assessments, and work closely with families, schools, and local services to make sure no one slips through the gaps. **Every interaction is a chance to make a difference**—whether you're providing space for a young person to open up for the first time, helping a parent feel supported, or linking a family into services that can help them thrive.

You'll also play a wider role in the system—**training professionals, running health promotion events**, and contributing to the design of resources that boost emotional wellbeing across the whole community. It’s a position that offers **autonomy, creativity, and meaningful collaboration**, all within a supportive team that shares your drive to make things better for children and families.

**About You**:
You believe every young person deserves to feel **heard, understood and supported**. You know that behind every behaviour is a story and sometimes, a single conversation can be the turning point. You bring **warmth**, **empathy** and a **calm, steady presence**, and the belief that with the right support, young people can overcome even the toughest challenges.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need:

- A **qualification in mental health** or **working with children and young people** (e.g. Youth Work, Social Work, Psychology, Counselling)
- At least **one year’s relevant post-qualification experience**
- Experience supporting **children, young people and vulnerable groups**
- Knowledge of **safeguarding**, **confidentiality**, **consent** and **Gillick competency**
- Understanding of **emotional wellbeing**, **risk-taking behaviours** and **psychosocial interventions**
- Strong **communication skills** to engage with young people, families and professionals
- Confidence working **independently** and managing a **varied caseload**
- **IT and organisational skills**, including experience with **case management systems**
- Ability to **analyse needs** and shape **practical, tailored support**
- A **flexible**, **solution-focused** approach and commitment to **safeguarding**

You’ll need to **travel across Wakefield**, work **some evenings**, and hold a **full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle**.

Experience in **advocacy, co-production, evidence-based practice or supervision** will help you make a greater impact but not a dealbreaker if you don’t have this.

**If you’re thinking this is you, let's talk.**

**About Us**:
Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

**Benefits**

We offer a range of benefits including:

- 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
- Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
- Enhanced sick pay
- Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
- Annual performance/salary review

**Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people**

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