Mental Health Practitioner

Barnardo's are recruiting staff, so if you are you ready for a new challenge and are passionate about working with children and young people to support their emotional wellbeing, you might be just who we are looking for. The Service: The MyTime to Thrive service supports children and young people across Lancashire and South Cumbria aged 5 - 18 years to grow up with healthy minds, feel confident and resilient and fulfil their potential. As part of the THRIVE 'Getting Help' model Barnardo's provides therapeutic one to one, group work and counselling support in the community. We are looking for people who are passionate about:

• Children's and Young people's emotional health and wellbeing
• Improving outcomes for children and young people
The Role:
• Working days: Monday to Friday - to be agreed
• Working hours: 30
• Office base: Role to be worked across our Leyland and Burnley offices
• Working in a variety of school and community venues
• The ability to travel across East and Central locality's is essential
• You will offer brief interventions via 1:1 wellbeing sessions and therapeutic group work covering emotional literacy and emotional regulation.
There will be an emphasis on:
• Providing a blended approach of digital and face to face sessions
• Maintaining active engagement on all safeguarding matters
• Ensuring accurate recording for reporting purposes
  
  Be experienced in delivering direct emotional support to children and young people on a one-to-one basis and in a group setting.
• Have a caring and approachable manner that supports children and young people to establish safe and trusting relationships.
• Have an awareness of emotional challenges and how these impact the lives of children and young people.
• Have a knowledge of child and adolescent development and the role of the family in supporting children and young people's emotional well-being.
• Have comprehensive understanding of children's safeguarding.
• Need to be adaptable and deliver support via multiple methods; face to face, telephone or video call.
• Have case management experience and a clear understanding of the requirement for professional and accurate case notes.
• It would be beneficial to have access to a car due to the regular travel required in this role.