Job summary
Do you want to make mental health support more accessible to children and young people? Are you passionate about early help and community-based care? If so, #Thrive could be the place for you.
#Thrive is a dynamic, front-door service providing early emotional wellbeing support to children, young people and families across Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale (HMR). We're part of a whole-system approach that puts access, prevention, and community connection at the heart of what we do.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Child and Young Person's Wellbeing Practitioner (CYWP) to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified practitioner who is confident delivering brief, low-intensity, evidence-based interventions and thrives in creative, flexible, and community-driven environments.
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Main duties of the job
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Deliver evidence-based guided self-help for children and young people with mild to moderate emotional and mental health difficulties.
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Support young people and families through 1:1 sessions, group work, and drop-in conversations
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Co-deliver workshops and psychoeducation in various settings including #Thrive and community settings
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Work collaboratively with professionals across education, health, social care, and voluntary services.
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Promote mental health literacy and empower young people to build resilience and self-management skills
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Be part of a compassionate, skilled multi-disciplinary team focused on accessible, trauma-informed care.
About us
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A supportive and values-driven team
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Access to supervision, CPD and ongoing training
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Flexible working and community-based delivery
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Opportunities to develop innovative approaches to young people's mental health
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to assist you in completing your supporting information section of your application. To stand the very best chance of being shortlisted ensure you give examples how you meet each of the criteria on the person specification as this is ultimately what you'll be shortlisted against.
The successful post holders will be offered specialist clinical supervision and separate line management; this is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in developing their clinical skills and gaining experience of working in a specialist mental health service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to assist you in completing your supporting information section of your application. To stand the very best chance of being shortlisted ensure you give examples how you meet each of the criteria on the person specification as this is ultimately what you'll be shortlisted against.
The successful post holders will be offered specialist clinical supervision and separate line management; this is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in developing their clinical skills and gaining experience of working in a specialist mental health service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or undergraduate course) OR an experienced and qualified graduate mental health worker with a Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Mental Health Care or equivalen
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner / graduate mental health worker in a primary care setting
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience of working in the local community
- Experience of multi-agency working
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of child psychology and development
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrate an understanding of parenting and behaviour management interventions
- Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding school and education and the impact it can have on mental health
Skills
Essential
- Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Excellent IT skills
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Ability to use supervision to guide case management
- Ability to build good rapport with children, young people and parents / carers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate or undergraduate course) OR an experienced and qualified graduate mental health worker with a Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Mental Health Care or equivalen
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner / graduate mental health worker in a primary care setting
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience of working in the local community
- Experience of multi-agency working
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of child psychology and development
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrate an understanding of parenting and behaviour management interventions
- Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding school and education and the impact it can have on mental health
Skills
Essential
- Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Excellent IT skills
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Ability to use supervision to guide case management
- Ability to build good rapport with children, young people and parents / carers
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
