Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Haringey GP Federation; Selby; On-site; GBP 31,000 - GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Children's Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Think Together Team for a fixed-term position. The role involves offering triage assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions to children and young people facing mental health difficulties. Ideal candidates should be qualified and registered professionals with experience in working with young people and delivering psychological therapies. Salary ranges from £31,049 to £37,796 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Successfully completed British Psychological Society (BPS) Accredited or Higher Education England (HEE) Approved academic course.
• Professional registration with an appropriate regulatory body.

Responsibilities

• Offer triage assessments and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to assess and plan care.
• Travel across the locality for training and consultation.

Skills

Working with young people experiencing emotional distress

Delivering evidence-based LICBT interventions

Understanding of emotional distress in young people

Psycho-educational groups delivery

Education

BPS Accredited or HEE Approved academic course

Professional registration as a Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 17 February 2026

An exciting, fixed term/secondment opportunity for 12 months has arisen for a Band 5 Children's Wellbeing Practitioner's (CWP) to join the Think Together Team with the CAMHS Single Point of Access Team. The team is locality based across North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

We are keen to hear from those already qualified and registered, highly experienced individuals who are motivated and focused on delivering high quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within the Think Together Team within the CAMHS Single Point of Access Team. They will need to offer triage assessments, alongside delivering brief, outcome-focused evidence‑based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The post will also include visiting our partner agencies to deliver support and training, and offer consultation.

The Think Together team works across the locality of North Yorkshire, York and Selby and there is an expectation of travel across the locality in order to deliver the training, support and consultation. There may also be a requirement to work adjusted hours between 8 am and finish at 8 pm in relation to group work and facilitation.

Working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team and liaising closely with other agencies you will assess, plan and implement care for children with mental health needs.

If you have excellent communication skills and are committed to providing a high quality, flexible service to children then we want to hear from you.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care – our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which outlines the main duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Successfully completed British Psychological Society (BPS) Accredited or Higher Education England (HEE) Approved academic course of study in line with the CYP IAPT Low Intensity National Programme and will be qualified as a Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)
• Professional registration as a Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) with an appropriate regulatory body (e.g. British Psychological Society (BPS) or British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• Evidence of working with young people who have experienced emotional distress impacting on their mental health.
• Able to deliver evidence‑based LICBT interventions in line with protocols
• Demonstrates an understanding of how emotional distress may present in young people and impact upon their mental health
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
• Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Experience of delivering psycho‑educational groups and parent led CBT
• Demonstrates knowledge of the issues relating to children and young people and the impact it can have on mental health

Experience

• Able to manage own caseload
• Experience of managing distressed young people and families
• Competent in risk assessment.
• Experience of safeguarding procedures

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata per annum