Wellbeing Practitioner

**Family Wellbeing Service**

**Wellbeing Practitioner - Therapist (Maternity Cover)**

We are seeking a qualified and experienced Therapist to join our dedicated Family Wellbeing Service team on a maternity cover basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated individual trained in a creative therapeutic discipline such as Drama Therapy, Music Therapy, or Art Therapy. As a Wellbeing Practitioner, you will play a key role in delivering specialist therapeutic support to families across Cardiff. You will contribute to the development and delivery of an innovative service that aligns with Cardiff's strategic vision for family support.

Barnardo's is committed to becoming a trauma-responsive organisation, and these principles are embedded across all of our services.

**What is the Family Wellbeing Service?**

The Family Wellbeing Service (FWBS) is Welsh Government funded, operating within the Families First strategy, the service is part of the 'Early Help' offer in Cardiff. You will be part of the team providing therapeutic support to parents/carers, children and young people with an identified need for intensive support in relation to their emotional, mental health and wellbeing.

**Aim of the Service**

The aim of the service is to improve the emotional health, wellbeing and resilience of the family, and to support the development of effective strategies enabling them to better cope with problems/stresses and difficulties they may face. We provide targeted, appropriate evidence-based interventions for families and individuals within families, who need significant support in relation to their emotional and mental health and wellbeing, building resilience and supporting safe family functioning. The FWBS comprises of a number of elements inclusive of:

- Access to counselling for parents/carers with low level mental health needs.
- Access to one-to-one support, therapy, Play/ Art / Drama therapy or counselling for children and young people.
- Interventions which help families to address issues around whole family functioning, including support for families who are particularly affected by bereavement, trauma and loss, including family breakdown.

**What does the role involve?**

As a Wellbeing Practitioner - Therapist, you will work as part of the team undertaking assessments and delivering professional therapeutic services to children and young people and adults on a 1:1 or a group basis, practicing ethically in line with your regulatory body Code of Ethics and Practice and Barnardo's policies and procedures. You will contribute to the work of the Family Well-Being Service as a resource for provision of consultation, information and support.

**You will have**:

- A professional therapeutic qualification.
- Registration with relevant professional body, i.e. BACP, BAPT accreditation and registration or UKCP equivalent.
- Experience planning and undertaking complex clinical interventions and evaluating therapeutic interventions.
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Experience of working as part of a multi disciplinary team.
- Experience of undertaking assessments, including risk assessments.
- Experience of working cooperatively with a range of agencies.
- Experience of advising and developing pathways necessary to enable sustainable long term improvements of the individual.

**Additional Information**:
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements.

**Need any further information?**

If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact Hayley Smith on 029 2057 7074.
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