Wellbeing Practitioner X 2 Roles - Bromley, United Kingdom - Bromley Y

Description

Bromley Y are a long-established charity which runs the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People in Bromley. We are a supportive, inclusive, collaborative organisation with an opportunity for an experienced mental health practitioner, counsellor or equivalent to join our Mental Health Support Teams on a full-time contract. If you are looking for a service that believes in developing and upskilling its practitioners, this is the role for you


Bromley Y is organised around the needs-led iThrive Model and operates an Integrated Single Point of Access with our partners in CAMHS to ensure children and young people receive the right support at the right time. Our MHSTs are well-established (2x Trailblazer, 1x Wave 6) and work together to support primary and secondary schools across Bromley borough.

The service has a diverse offer for young people and families, with evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions, workshops, webinars, mentoring, social prescribing and parent-support.

We champion the voices of young people, actively seeking feedback from clients, facilitating user participation groups and empowering our Youth Ambassador to lead on community outreach.

About the role

• Job Title: Wellbeing Practitioner (MHST) x
• Salary Banding: £32,887.13 to £40,843.69 per annum
• Hours of Work: Full Time (37 hrs a week) negotiable
• Contract Type: Fulltime, permanent
• Location: Remote/Bromley Y/Bromley schools

This is an opportunity to join a passionate, creative MHST with excellent school engagement placed within a third-sector service who place young people and families at the heart of everything we do.

Our base is in central Bromley and we come together in the office one day per week to ensure everyone feels connected and supported with both their work and their wellbeing.

The Wellbeing Practitioner post is a diverse role which involves delivering evidenced-based interventions for mild-moderate mental health difficulties, liaising with schools and partner agencies, and facilitating psychoeducational events.

In addition to managing your own caseload of clients, you will act as the Bromley Y link for a number of primary and secondary schools to provide consultation, signposting and support development of bespoke Whole School Approaches to mental health in line with schools' individual needs.

The right person will be hard-working and enthusiastic with the ability to work flexibly and creatively with young people, parents/carers and school staff to achieve their goals.

They will enjoy collaborating with colleagues and feel confident sharing ideas and seeking solutions. They will look forward to new challenges and be keen to develop their professional skill set.


You will have:

• A recognised Counselling, Therapeutic or CYP-IAPT qualification (e.g. EMHP, CWP).
• Over 2 years experience of working with children, adolescents and/ or young adults
• Experience of undertaking assessment of emotional and mental health needs of children, adolescents and/or young adults
• A wide range of skills to engage young people and work effectively with other professionals
• First Stage Telephone or Virtual Interview
• Face to Face structured scored competencybased interview and a case study and/or presentation

To find out more about opportunities at Bromley Y, visit our website: Vacancies (bromley-y.org).


We are committed to the safeguarding of children and require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£32,887.13-£40,843.69 per year


Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Do you possess a professional qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development, in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health e.g. Counselling, Psychotherapy, Creative Arts, CBT, CYP IAPT inc EMHP and CWP?
• Have you got a professional Registration (one of the following): BACP, UKCP, NCP, HCPC, GMC, NMC?
• Have you got experience of undertaking assessment of emotional and mental health needs children and young people?

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Bromley, BR1 1JA

Application deadline: 15/04/2024