Shaw Trust Hiring for Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Children & Young People Services) Full Time

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Children & Young People Services)

£29,508 – £40,437 Dependant On Experience

The significance of access to efficient health and wellbeing services is vital component cannot be underestimated, and we required a highly skilled, clinically qualified staff member to support our Children’s homes to promote positive outcomes and compliment current initiatives.

As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner for Children and Young People services, you will be delivering a range of initiatives, to young people as well as staff, and supporting a group of 3 children’s homes. You will work with a diverse range of individuals with a variety of needs, ranging in age from 9-25 years of age.

The role holder will be expected to work closely with staff and young people, taking a holistic approach to supporting people in attaining positive health and wellbeing using a variety of approaches. You will also need to support the staff, both to frontline workers for the young people as well as managers.

The post is hybrid and will involve at a minimum of monthly visits to the homes in Northamptonshire. You will also be required to attend the homes to respond to other events, such as OFSTED inspections or to support following a significant crisis. Whilst not in attendance at the homes, the role can be carried out remotely, providing support to staff, children and young people via telephone or virtual approaches.

The ideal candidate will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Essential:
You will have:
Minimum of a recognised level 6 Clinical practitioner qualification with registered professional membership (i.e Mental Health nurse, Psychologist, Counsellor/therapist, Social Worker etc.)

Recognised qualification for working with Children and Young people, level 4 minimum, or a willingness to complete one within 18 months

Compliance with relevant professional practice standards and registration

Relevant health and wellbeing clinical experience with Children and Young People

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:
Home Based

Employee Benefits

As well as helping to make a positive difference to the lives of young people, as an employee of Shaw Trust you will have access to the following benefits:

25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday

2 days paid volunteering leave each year

An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months

Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate

Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes

Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)

Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In our most recent colleague survey “86% of our colleagues say we demonstrate a true commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion”.

In addition;

We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.

We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.

Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [email protected]

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.