Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Barnardo's are excited to be recruiting to a new post – a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner who will be embedded within the Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children and Young People (UASC) team within Nottinghamshire County Council. This new opportunity will be part of the larger Time 2 Talk team based within Nottinghamshire County Council's Leaving Care team.

We are recruiting to one fixed term post of one year at 37 hours per week. This post will be employed by Barnardo's and will be embedded within Nottinghamshire County Council's UASC team so will primarily be based in Arnold. However the post will involve travel across the County and potentially further afield depending on where UASC young people are located. Nottinghamshire County Council's UASC team works across children in care and leaving care services, and works with young people from the age of approx. 14 to 25.

We are looking to recruit 1 full time (37 hours) Wellbeing Practitioner for one year with the following qualifications/skills/experience:

- A professional qualification (Minimum Diploma level), with evidence of continuing professional development in a field relevant to child and young person mental health

- Registered with a Professional Body such as BACP, HCPC, UKCP, NMC

- Experience in supporting children and young people in one or more ways detailed below:

- Person Centred Therapy
- Integrative
- Behavioural (DBT, CBT)
- Counselling
- EMDR

- An understanding of the challenges UASC young people face.

- An understanding of legislation and policies in relation to Safeguarding young people.

- A commitment to and understanding of the need to work with UASC young people in a trauma informed way.

- A commitment to working in partnership and collaborating with the Leaving Care team and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust particularly the Transitions team, the Children in Care CAMHS team and Adult Mental Health services.

- Experience offering mental health support, consultation and interventions to young people and professionals working with them; ensuring the young person actively participates in planning their own support.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.