Mental Health Practitioner

Are you ready for a new challenge? Are passionate about working with children and young people to support their emotional wellbeing? If you are then you might be just who we are looking for.
Although this contract is fixed term until end of March 2025, there may be potential to extend subject to funding.
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
Office base:
Kendal
Working in avarietyof school andcommunityvenues
Theability to travel across the South Cumbria localityis essential
Working in a variety of school and community venues, you will offer briefinterventions 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
Maintainingactiveengagementon allsafeguardingmatters
Ensuring accurate recording for reporting purposes
Successful candidates must:

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 ofchildren 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 adaptableand 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
Additional Information:

You must demonstrate in your application that you currently use the skills outlined above, and in the /Person Specifications, or have used them previously in employment, education, training, volunteering etc. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
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 in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our? People & Culture ?Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
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 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.
Benefits Workplace Offer:
What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
• T&C's apply based on contract

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