Wellbeing Practitioner: Mental Health Support Team

This is an opportunity to join a passionate, creative MHST with excellent school engagement placed within a third-sector service who place young people and families at the heart of everything we do. Our base is in central Bromley and we come together in the office one day per week to ensure everyone feels connected and supported with both their work and their wellbeing.

The Wellbeing Practitioner post is a diverse role which involves delivering evidenced‑based interventions for mild‑moderate mental health difficulties, liaising with schools and partner agencies, and facilitating psycho educational events. In addition to managing your own caseload of clients, you will act as the Bromley Y link for a number of primary and secondary schools to provide consultation, signposting and support development of bespoke Whole School Approaches to mental health in line with schools individual needs.

The right person will be hard‑working and enthusiastic with the ability to work flexibly and creatively with young people, parents/carers and school staff to achieve their goals. They will enjoy collaborating with colleagues and feel confident sharing ideas and seeking solutions. They will look forward to new challenges and be keen to develop their professional skill set.

• To provide an evidenced based service for children and young people as part of early identification and intervention for children and young people with emotional and mental health needs.
• To provide advice, support and knowledge of appropriate resources for the emotional wellbeing of children and their families.
• To take responsibility for leading on and liaising with a number of primary and secondary schools, providing consultation and planning interventions through regular Support and Advice Meetings with School Mental Health Leads and other relevant pastoral staff.
• To keep up to date with local service offer provision in the locality and connections with suitable services for a range of diverse needs, including SEND.
• To support development and delivery of psycho educational workshops, webinars and groups for young people, parents/carers and school staff.
• To work across agencies to develop a co‑ordinated response to children and young people's mental health needs.
• To work alongside others to demonstrate knowledge and skills to plan and critically evaluate the implementation of the early intervention role to meet the mental health needs of children and young people.

Bromley Y are a long-established charity for over 60 years, which runs the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People in Bromley. We are a supportive, inclusive, collaborative organisation with an opportunity for an experienced mental health practitioner, counsellor or equivalent to join our Mental Health Support Team on a full‑time contract. If you are looking for a service that believes in developing and upskilling its practitioners, this is the role for you!

• To deliver evidence based therapeutic interventions for low to moderate difficulties with a caseload of children and families, to maintain their professional qualification, keeping abreast of current training and practice in such areas.
• Ensure information sharing protocols are conducted according to GDPR compliance and organisational policy.
• To provide support and guidance to others, particularly schools with the aim of improving skills, knowledge, awareness and facilitating reflective practice.
• Undertake assessments with young people and parents which identify areas where the young person/ parent wishes to see change and/or recovery.
• To identify, monitor and manage risk to self or others in every contact…