Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner in Chichester inChichester PUBLISHED FRI 7 MAR 2025 Jump to job information section

Do you have a post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Childrens Wellbeing Practice (CWP)?

Do you enjoy solution-focussed work, using evidence-based interventions?

Do you have a passion for supporting the best outcomes for children?

If you have a genuine interest in working with children and young people who experience mental health problems, find out more about becoming a Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner.

The Thought-Full Mental Health Support Team are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic person with low-intensity CBT training and experience. Working within education settings, and sometimes in the community, you will undertake mental health assessments and deliver a wide range of evidence informed interventions based on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model.

You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary school age to support, plan, and implement mental health support work. Key to this role is promoting the development and delivery of the Whole School Approach to childrens and young peoples emotional wellbeing and mental health.

We are looking for someone who can work with integrity, openness, and confidence. You will need a passion for using your knowledge of education settings and mental health interventions to bring the two together.

For more information on the key responsibilities, skills, and qualifications and/or experience required for this role, please refer to the Job Description attached.

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Qualifications: Post Graduate Certificate or diploma in Childrens Wellbeing Practice (CWP)

Key Skills:1. Ability to carry out 1:1 and group therapeutic mental health assessment and interventions with children and young people and/or their families in line with CWP training.2. Ability to assess risk and to record and communicate it appropriately and take necessary actions.3. Ability to work in a number of different ways with a range of professionals and other adults including teachers, parents/carers, social workers and other mental health professionals in the best interests of the child.4. Ability to effectively manage a caseload, which may be sensitive, traumatic or potentially emotionally distressing.5. Ability to positively make use of supervision both clinical and caseload in groups and individually.6. Ability to complete and maintain data recording and paperwork appropriate to the work undertaken.