Lead Practitioner Leeds TIME (5898)

Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service Lead Practitioner Leeds TIME

Permanent position but with a provisional end date for funding of 31/3/2027

£30,600 - £32,823.52  per annum

35 hour week (part time will be considered)

Leeds Time for young people is an emotional wellbeing service for 11–18-year-olds living and studying in Leeds (as well as care leavers and individuals with special educational needs or disabilities up to 25). The service supports young people who are struggling with their wellbeing to find coping strategies and techniques, through a suite of support options. Examples are our drop-in sessions where young people can drop in and meet trained staff one to one. Young people can come along and talk through what they are struggling with. The service does not hold a waiting list and therefore the ability to build relationships quickly, identify risks, and process further support is vital. Alongside our drop-in support, we also offer young people more structured one-to-one sessions, alongside group-based work.

Please note that Leeds Time for Young People service operates Monday – Saturdays and our opening hours supports the needs of the communities in which we work. You will be required to work a number of drop in throughout the week, these generally finish at 7pm. You are also required to work 2 Saturdays per month 9.30 till 14.30. These will always be agreed in advance and will be as flexible as possible to need individual needs.

We are looking for a Lead Practitioner that has experience of:  

• Working in emotional wellbeing/mental health settings/services with young people aged 9 - 25 (predominantly 11-17)
• Support staff members to report safeguarding concerns, ensuring that relevant and timely referrals are made whilst escalating support where appropriate
• Working with external stakeholders to deliver better outcomes for children, young people and young adults
• Providing line management and/or reflective case management support to a staff team for those young people the staff member's support
• Embedding outcome tools such as Goal Based Outcomes and WEMWBS

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer.  

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.  

Benefits

Enhanced Annual leave 28 days length of service extra 2 after 2 5 and 7 goes up to 36 days plus bank holidays.

Free eye test claim back

Pension match contribution up to 8% can op out

Life Assurance death in service 4 x salary gets paid to nominated person.

Cycle to work 39% of bike costs can be spread across the year

770 retailers discounts offered with You Star App.

All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities   

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with.  As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.  We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.   

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. 

   The closing date for applications is Midnight on 13^th October. 

Interviews will be held in person at The Leeds Hub office

For an application pack please visit the web site http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/work-us

or telephone

The Childrens Society Recruitment team on 020 7841 444

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