Wellbeing Practitioner

Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health

Permanent position until 31st July 2026

35 hours per week

£29,840.00 per annum / pro rata (plus allowances)

**Benefits**:

- 8 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension
- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service

**Location**:

- Wythenshawe, Manchester

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our Youth Impact directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.

**Do you want to support children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?**

**Can you demonstrate being able to work effectively with people from different organisations, in order to make positive change?**
**If so - please read on**

The Children’s Society is delighted to embark on an exciting new partnership with BBC Children in Need in partnership with The Health Foundation and Impact on Urban Health to develop and deliver an innovative programme to improve children’s mental health.

The funding is going to create a brand-new early support programme which will support children aged 8 - 13 years-old across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland with a strong focus on those children and families within marginalised communities. Our ambition is to support children and their families as early as possible to help prevent children developing and experiencing and mental health difficulties as they become teenagers.

The programme will offer one-to-one time-limited psychosocial interventions to children and their families. We will utilise solution-focused approached to provide children and their families with a toolbox of strategies to help support the child’s emotional health and wellbeing and manage their feelings. The direct work with children and families will be supported by digital interventions, through the use of our own wellbeing app “Me Time”.

**About the role**

We are looking for a creative, empathetic and organised practitioner who has experience of working with children and families around their wellbeing. You’ll have excellent relational skills and have the ability to quickly build positive and trusting relationships with children and their families.

The role will be responsible for engaging children aged 8-13 and their parents, carers and family members where appropriate. You will deliver short term interventions to children who are struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing. These interventions will be face-to-face, over the phone and utilising our wellbeing app “Me Time”. The role will also work in partnership with other organisations and agencies such as schools, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHs), GPs and early help services.

In addition to working within your local team in the North West, you’ll also form part of the National Programme, where you’ll have the opportunity to connect with colleagues working across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

**Skills**
- Computer literate and is able to navigate a data management system (after training is provided)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
- Teamwork and collaboration with a variety of partners
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with all children and families - practicing in a non-judgement and anti-discriminatory manner
- Competencies in undertaking risk assessments within scope of practice

**Work-based Knowledge**
- Knowledge of emotional health and mental health presentations and an understanding of evidence based and best practice
- Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding biological, socio
- economic factors and mental health.
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and risks for children, young people and young adults.

or telephone The Childrens Society Recruitment team on 020 7841 4400.

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer.

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

**Interview date - TBC.