NHS Jobs
Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner
Trowbridge BA14 0XG
Key information
- Pay
- £31,710 - £38,052
- Hours
- Full-time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted date
- 17 Jul 2026
- Closing date
- 31 Jul 2026
About this role
Package Description
Package Description As an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, youll be part of our valued Wiltshire Children's Service.You will feel valued as an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: A salary of £31,710.00 with access to our group pension Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year Job Introduction HCRG Care Group Wiltshire Children and Young Peoples emotional wellbeing service are currently seeking a passionate and experienced children and young person's counsellor to work in the team.You will provide support to children and young people who may be experiencing a range of issues, such as but not limited to anxiety, gender dysphoria, depression, family problems and self- harm. Support will be provided in person and/or remotely depending on the clients needs. This role is part of the wider wellbeing team who offer early support such as group work and positive activities with the aim of preventing escalation to more specialist CAMHS services. You will have an active caseload of children and young people within the getting help sphere of support and will use evidence-based therapeutic models.Low intensity, early interventions will be delivered in a range of settings and will include parental and family support. If you have any questions please reach out and we are happy to answer queries.
Recruitment Advisor
Ellie-Jane Dixon on 07884 658788 or ellie-jane.dixon@hcrgcaregroup.com Main Responsibilities Hold a case load of clients, delivering outcome-based interventions to support their wellbing Communicate effectively with a wide variety of professionals relevant to the role To deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean lone working To undertake professional initial assessments of young people and formulate a plan for their treatment within the guidelines of the service To provide ongoing (up to 10 weeks) and one-off counselling to young people To support alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems To support outcome focused reporting of interventions To develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals To positively manage risk and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues escalating and referring as required To undertake regular supervision in line with regulation guidance A full list of role responsibilities can be found in the attached job description. Ideal Candidate Essential Minimum level 4 Counselling Qualification BACP Membership/Registration Assessment, planning, formulation and evaluation of patients psychological difficulties Good understanding of routine outcome measures Application of evidence based psychological therapies relevant to clinical service Knowledge and direct clinical experience of adapting interventions and delivering them to children Experience of delivering and managing clinical risk Previous experience supporting vulnerable Children Ability to work autonomously but recognising the philosophy of effective integrated working Ability to use word, powerpoint, email, excel and clinical systems Car driver and use of car Desirable Clinical leadership experience Experienced in innovative clinical practice Other forms of therapeutic skills i.e. EMDR, Sand Tray About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you.If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.