Liverpool, Merseyside
Circa £17,200
Hours - Full-Time, Fixed Term for 12 months

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

The Blues programme is a 6-week evidenced based group intervention equipping young people with cognitive reforming techniques, coping strategies and increasing fun activity to reduce depression and anxiety

We provide support to children and young people by agreeing and directly delivering interventions, with appropriate direction, which enable positive and agreed outcomes to be achieved.

We are looking for a Young Person Worker who will be part of a small team trained to deliver an early intervention mental health programme to young people aged 13-19 within a cluster of educational establishments across Merseyside.

As a Young Person's Worker, you will be trained to undertake the Blues evidenced based CBT influenced programme prior to delivery. The role will be to support the delivery of the Blues programme in schools and other identified areas to young people aged 13-19 with a focus on improving their emotional wellbeing and reducing depressive symptoms. This role is predominately Mon - Fri 8.30am-4.30pm but a degree of flexibility would be expected to suit the needs of the service.

You will make a difference by:

- Supporting delivery of a six-week rolling programme to approximately 500 young people a year as a team.

- Delivering the evidence-based group work across Merseyside and to young people aged 13-19 years.

- Contributing to the delivery of a programme both face to face and digitally via Microsoft Teams.

- Underpinning the targets and outcomes within the Blues programme.

- Working as part of a wider localised Blues programme.

You will need:

- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, child-care, youth work or equivalent is desirable

- Experience of working with young people aged 13-19

- Experience of working with young people with low emotional wellbeing

- Experience of delivering group work programmes

- Driving license and access to a car desirable

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For more information, please contact Lynsey.Munro@actionforchildren.org.uk for any further questions about this role.

Interviews are scheduled for 10th Aug 2020 remotely over MS Teams. Details will be provided to candidates who are shortlisted for this role.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

Guidant is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.