Rein & Shine Wellbeing Practitioner – Part Time (FTC)

Rein & Shine Wellbeing Practitioner, 15 Hours, West Bromwich £12.31 p/h plus Benefits! Fixed Term Contract (FTC)

Please note: The role requires you to work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday working in local schools on a 15-hour contract and you must be able to drive your own car to the schools.

About Us

Here at KPG we are passionate about improving emotional health and transforming lives, where everyone has access to the emotional wellbeing support that they need to lead a healthy and rewarding life.

Our values are Integrity, Inclusion, Initiative, Innovation, and Independence; at the forefront of our minds are our service users and our people, providing a great place to work. We are Gold standard accredited with Investors in People and are also recognised by Best Companies to work for.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Rein & Shine Wellbeing Practitioner will be responsible liaising with schools to identify children to take part in the after-school classes. Children will be invited to connect with horses through grooming, patting, caring, bonding, and a short, assisted ride. These animal sessions will be followed by a 30-minute wellbeing and psychoeducation session exploring mental health, wellbeing, thoughts, and feelings. Children will also discover new ways to express their emotions through therapeutic artwork.

Please note that all roles at KPG require a satisfactory DBS check.

What’s on Offer?

• £12.31 per hour
• 35 days per year (pro-rata) plus time off for your birthday
• Enhanced company pension contribution (5%)
• Wellbeing hour every week to focus on your health and happiness
• Length of service holidays (up to 3 extra days)
• 5 volunteering days per year to help a cause of your choice
• Free suicide awareness & mental health first aid qualification
• Paid on 19th of each month for the full month
• Fixed Term Contract (FTC)
  
  

Key Tasks:

• Working with children
• Employ a range of theories and techniques to ensure the specific needs of children are met
• Support children to gain, maintain and develop their emotional health and wellbeing through creative activities
• To deliver direct interventions for children, young people or parent/carer(s), this may be in conjunction with others or as part of a directly held caseload – interventions should address presenting issues and outcomes as identified by the lead professional and the child or parent/carer. Interventions should prevent escalation of need and reduce referrals to specialist services

Safeguarding

• Ensure any concerns about safeguarding are reported to the safeguarding Lead and the organisational and local safeguarding procedures are followed

Partnership

• Create excellent relationships with local schools to champion the project
• To establish a robust evaluation process to ensure continuous best practice
• Work in partnership with the riding school to support children experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties
• To ensure that the project is of the highest quality by completing assessments, interventions, case management and workshops
• Act as a key link with other agencies and where appropriate work with children/young people and families/carers
• Participate in multi-agency meetings where necessary
• Provide direction to appropriate services, preventing delays and avoiding inappropriate referrals
• Contribute to the development of local networks
• Collate and provide robust data and intelligence to influence strategy and service planning

Clinical

• Children/young people, families and carers have their mental health needs assessed promptly
• Use evidence-based behaviour change practice
• Have a holistic approach to risky behaviours and situations
• Keep good records of service operation ensuring confidentiality processes are adhered to
• To assertively outreach to prevent non-attendance at appointments using appropriate, non-stigmatising and familiar environments
• Use innovative, proactive methods to help service users
• Act as an effective screening process for targeted and specialist services

Training & Learning

• In partnership with other agencies develop and deliver learning and development opportunities to enable professionals working with children and young people and families to gain knowledge and skills regarding the identification and awareness of poor emotional wellbeing and mental health issues
• Attend meetings and events as required by the nature of the role and as agreed by the organisation.
• Undertake an active role in personal development through training and development as required and agreed by the line manager and which is foreseen as commensurate to carrying out the role and duties
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be required within the scope of the post.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for applicants that do not have the right to work in the UK or who may need sponsorship in the future. We are a disability confident employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application, please let us know.