Emotional Health & Wellbeing Sessional Workers

Key Focus

Delivery of effective 1:1 and group emotional health and wellbeing support with young people presenting with emotional health and wellbeing needs across the community and education settings.

Key Deliverables:

• Offering a range of individualised support to young people with presenting emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them appropriate interventions and/or support them into wider CYPMH provision, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary substance-use and emotional health and wellbeing team alongside to support emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
• Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, substance use, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other utilising a trauma-informed approach.
• Adhere to Early Break policies on Safeguarding including identification and referral, as well as participating in any subsequent action in relation to these.
• Work with a range of partners in ensuring seamless access to support for children and young people.
• Maintain and update levels of knowledge and understanding of issues relevant to young people’s lives through reading, eLearning and training offered by Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
• Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the work of the role and the Service.
• Implement Service Health and Safety Policy/Service Guidelines including risk assessments.
• Attend relevant internal and external meetings supportive to the role. 
• Engage in professional development opportunities and training as required/appropriate.
• Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.