Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner

Job Introduction

• Annual Leave: You will receive 33 days per annum; our holiday year runs from March to February.
• Additional leave: at 2 years and 5 years’ service.
• Training Academy: An in-depth induction and welcome programme.
• Bonuses: A bonus of £1000 every time you successfully refer a friend.
• Pension: Auto enrolment into our Company pension.
• Recognition Awards: Our monthly Wilderness Heroes Awards celebrate you and your team’s success.
• Your Wellbeing: Excellent health and wellbeing benefits via Medicash, including an employee assistance programme; a cash back healthcare plan that offers discounts on optical, dental, and a range of complimentary therapies; 24/7 access to a virtual GP, and other lifestyle apps to support your wellbeing; discounted gym memberships. 
• Life Assurance: of 2 times annual salary.
• Discounts: A range of discount schemes with access to savings on high street brands, restaurants, cinemas, and other leisure outlets, including local businesses following feedback from our employees.

• Reporting to the Clinical Team Manager/ Head of Clinical and Therapy, you will compile and update, in collaboration with the team around the child, individual Plans for Care for the children who live with us.
• Work directly with the children to support wellbeing in relation to their identified wellbeing needs.
• Work as part of a clinical and therapeutic team to develop and deliver robust individualised intervention plans.
• Liaise with therapists and clinical team members in the indication and immediate needs of individual children.
• Work in partnership with external agencies when required, such as CAMHS and Children Social Care. 
• Monitoring and updating the Plans for Care, safety plans and relevant connected paperwork.

• Relevant qualifications, such as a degree in psychology, health and social care etc.
• Experience of trauma-informed working with children. 
• Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relating to emotional well-being.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A full, valid, UK driving licence and access to your own transport.

• Wilderness is one of the UK’s leading specialist providers of residential care for children who have suffered trauma and adversity.
• We encourage an environment of continuous development by ensuring that you are supported to achieve industry recognised qualifications.
• We value respect and adaptability, we have fun, and we enjoy working collaboratively, meaning that together we make a real difference to the lives of the children we look after.
• We celebrate the smallest of achievements at Wilderness, helps us accomplish bigger outcomes for our people and communities.