Job summary
Could you be the person who helps turn a young persons worry into confidence and their potential into progress?
As an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, you'll be doing work that matters every single day. You'll support children, young people and families across Wakefield with early help for low-level mental health and emotional wellbeing concerns, offering practical, goal-focused support that builds confidence, self-awareness and resilience.
This is a role with real variety. You'll deliver 1:1 interventions in community spaces, offer advice and emotional health assessments, and work closely with families, schools, and local services to make sure no one slips through the gaps. Every interaction is a chance to make a difference whether you're providing space for a young person to open up for the first time, helping a parent feel supported, or linking a family into services that can help them thrive.
You'll also play a wider role in the system training professionals, running health promotion events and contributing to the design of resources that boost emotional wellbeing across the whole community. Its a position that offers autonomy, creativity, and meaningful collaboration, all within a supportive team that shares your drive to make things better for children and families.
A real chance to make a change in young lives. Interested? Apply Now!
Main duties of the job
You believe every young person deserves to feel heard, understood and supported. You know that behind every behaviour is a story and sometimes, a single conversation can be the turning point. You bring warmth, empathy and a calm, steady presence, and the belief that with the right support, young people can overcome their challenges.
To succeed in this role, you'll need:
- A qualification in mental health or working with children and young people (e.g. Youth Work, Social Work, Psychology, Counselling)
- At least one years relevant post-qualification experience
- Experience supporting children, young people and vulnerable groups
- Knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality, consent and Gillick competency
- Understanding of emotional wellbeing, risk-taking behaviours and psychosocial interventions
- Strong communication skills to engage with CYP, families and professionals
- Confidence working independently and managing a varied caseload
- IT and organisational skills, including experience with case management systems
- Ability to analyse needs and shape practical, tailored support
- A flexible, solution-focused approach and commitment to safeguarding
You'll need to travel across Wakefield, work some evenings, and hold a full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.
Experience in advocacy, co-production, evidence-based practice or supervision will enhance your impact but not a dealbreaker if you don't have this.
If you're thinking this is you, let's talk.
About us
Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.
All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.
We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation, and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce.
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits including:
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
- Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
- Enhanced sick pay
- Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
- Annual performance/salary review
Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Could you be the person who helps turn a young persons worry into confidenceand their potential into progress?
As an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, youll be doing work that mattersevery single day. Youll support children, young people and families across Wakefield with early help for low-level mental health and emotional wellbeing concerns, offering practical, goal-focused support that builds confidence, self-awareness and resilience.
This is a role with real variety. Youll deliver 1:1 interventions in community spaces, offer advice and emotional health assessments, and work closely with families, schools, and local services to make sure no one slips through the gaps. Every interaction is a chance to make a differencewhether you're providing space for a young person to open up for the first time, helping a parent feel supported, or linking a family into services that can help them thrive.
You'll also play a wider role in the systemtraining professionals, running health promotion events, and contributing to the design of resources that boost emotional wellbeing across the whole community. Its a position that offers autonomy, creativity, and meaningful collaboration, all within a supportive team that shares your drive to make things better for children and families.
A real chance to make a change in young lives. Interested? Apply Now!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Could you be the person who helps turn a young persons worry into confidenceand their potential into progress?
As an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, youll be doing work that mattersevery single day. Youll support children, young people and families across Wakefield with early help for low-level mental health and emotional wellbeing concerns, offering practical, goal-focused support that builds confidence, self-awareness and resilience.
This is a role with real variety. Youll deliver 1:1 interventions in community spaces, offer advice and emotional health assessments, and work closely with families, schools, and local services to make sure no one slips through the gaps. Every interaction is a chance to make a differencewhether you're providing space for a young person to open up for the first time, helping a parent feel supported, or linking a family into services that can help them thrive.
You'll also play a wider role in the systemtraining professionals, running health promotion events, and contributing to the design of resources that boost emotional wellbeing across the whole community. Its a position that offers autonomy, creativity, and meaningful collaboration, all within a supportive team that shares your drive to make things better for children and families.
A real chance to make a change in young lives. Interested? Apply Now!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in mental health or working with children & young people such as Youth Work, Social Work, Psychology, counselling, or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- One years relevant post qualification experience
- Relevant experience of working with children or young people
- Working with vulnerable groups
- Inter-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Safeguarding Working Together Intercollegiate and safeguarding children/adults guidance and legislation
- Confidentiality and consent
- Gillick competency and mental capacity
- Risk taking behaviour
- Emotional wellbeing and mental health
- Psychosocial interventions
Desirable
- Advocacy, offering guidance and mentoring support
- Involving children and young people and their families in design, delivery and development of services
- Engaging in supervision
- Developmental needs of children and young people
- Evidence based practice
- The need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Excellent communication skills: written and oral, to effectively engage with children, young people, families, and other key stakeholders
- Team player and a dynamic personality
- Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision whilst accessing appropriate support when required
- Multi-agency and partnership working
- Good organisational skills including time management and ability to manage workload
- Ability to motivate and persuade others
- Solution focused approach
- Able to work under pressure and manage changing priorities
- Recognise and escalate safeguarding concerns thereby contributing to risk management
- Competent in the use of management information systems
- IT skills including the use of email, internet and Microsoft Office
- Innovative with a willingness to influence developments within the team
- Ability to analyse information and develop interventions in response to the needs of children, young people and families
- Able to travel across district and, if required, across North Yorkshire
- Able to work a flexible work pattern as service requires, including some evenings
- Holds a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle
- Enhanced DBS check
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in mental health or working with children & young people such as Youth Work, Social Work, Psychology, counselling, or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- One years relevant post qualification experience
- Relevant experience of working with children or young people
- Working with vulnerable groups
- Inter-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Safeguarding Working Together Intercollegiate and safeguarding children/adults guidance and legislation
- Confidentiality and consent
- Gillick competency and mental capacity
- Risk taking behaviour
- Emotional wellbeing and mental health
- Psychosocial interventions
Desirable
- Advocacy, offering guidance and mentoring support
- Involving children and young people and their families in design, delivery and development of services
- Engaging in supervision
- Developmental needs of children and young people
- Evidence based practice
- The need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Excellent communication skills: written and oral, to effectively engage with children, young people, families, and other key stakeholders
- Team player and a dynamic personality
- Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision whilst accessing appropriate support when required
- Multi-agency and partnership working
- Good organisational skills including time management and ability to manage workload
- Ability to motivate and persuade others
- Solution focused approach
- Able to work under pressure and manage changing priorities
- Recognise and escalate safeguarding concerns thereby contributing to risk management
- Competent in the use of management information systems
- IT skills including the use of email, internet and Microsoft Office
- Innovative with a willingness to influence developments within the team
- Ability to analyse information and develop interventions in response to the needs of children, young people and families
- Able to travel across district and, if required, across North Yorkshire
- Able to work a flexible work pattern as service requires, including some evenings
- Holds a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle
- Enhanced DBS check
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
