Delivery of effective 1:1 emotional health and wellbeing support with young people aged 5-18 presenting with emotional health and wellbeing needs across the community and education settings.
- 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 the 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.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or the community as per presenting need.
- 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.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of Nebula database.
- 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
Key information
- Employer: Early Break
- Locations: Rochdale
- Role Type: Permanent
- Salary: 12 months in the first instance.37 hrs FTE. Salary subject to review.
- Working Hours: Full-Time
- Closing Date: Monday 19th October 2026 at 12:00pm
- Closing Time: 12:00
- Contact Name: Jess Ball
- Contact Information: recruitment@earlybreak.co.uk or 0161 723 3880
- Employee Benefits: Health Benefit - % claimed back on healthcare costs like dental, optical, and prescriptions - part of our ongoing benefit to staff wellbeing.Company Pension Contribution of 6% (employee contributions 2%)30 days annual leave pa (in addition to 8 Bank Holidays)Long Service Leave: an additional 4 weeks paid holiday after every 3 years in service (subject to attendance thresholds).Wellbeing Day: 2 x half days of additional paid leave every 12 months as a 'wellbeing day' for staff.Volunteer Day: 1 day additional paid leave every 12 months as a 'volunteer' opportunity with another third sector organisation of your choiceSupervision: 10 sessions per 12 months with an external supervisor to facilitate reflective practice.
- Would You Consider A Job Share For The Role?: Yes
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