Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Thought-Full exist to support schools with all aspects of Mental Health and Wellbeing. We do that through three core functions:
1. We deliver evidence-based interventions in schools for mild to moderate mental health issues.
2. We support Senior mental health leads in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
3. We also provide advice to school and college staff, liaise with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

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.

The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) supports the delivery of the Local Authoritys wellbeing strategy and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) strategy across educational settings, children, young people, and families throughout West Sussex. The EPS directly oversees the Portage Service and the Thought-Full, Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools.