Wellbeing Practitioner

Anna Freud is seeking a Wellbeing Practitioner to join our world‑leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families.

Our EDI commitment

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and being an equal opportunities employer, whereby equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are core to our recruitment practices. All candidates who meet the job criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, socioeconomic background, caring responsibilities and care experience. We ask candidates to share their diversity dimensions with us to help us identify, tackle and prevent bias across the employee lifecycle. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to support mental health and wellbeing, allowing us to better meet the needs of the children, young people and families we serve. As a Disability Confident employer, disabled candidates meeting our criteria are guaranteed an interview. Applications are submitted anonymously and assessed using a fair evaluation process based on the criteria set out in our job profiles.

What You’ll Do

• You’ll assess and work therapeutically with children, young people and their families, offering individual, family and group interventions based on their presenting needs.
• You’ll deliver outcome‑focused guided self‑help and CBT‑based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and wellbeing difficulties.
• You’ll develop shared goals with young people, families and networks, and work collaboratively with colleagues and multi‑agency partners to support casework.
• You’ll provide advice, guidance, training and signposting to young people, families and professionals to connect them with appropriate wellbeing resources.
• You’ll contribute to group work delivery, risk assessment, safeguarding, record‑keeping, and ongoing evaluation to support a high‑quality, evidence‑informed service.

What you’ll bring

• Experience of working therapeutically with children and young people in school or community settings, including delivering structured interventions and using routine outcome measures.
• Training or education in psychology or a related mental health discipline that enables the delivery of evidence‑based interventions (e.g., CWP/EMHP or equivalent).
• You’ll need the ability to communicate clearly and sensitively about complex issues, both verbally and in writing, with families, schools and professionals.
• Strong organisational skills, including managing a caseload, prioritising competing demands, and maintaining accurate, confidential clinical records.
• You should be confident working cross‑culturally, applying an inclusive and anti‑discriminatory approach to practice, and demonstrating a strong understanding of safeguarding and child‑protection requirements.

Key details

• Hours: Full‑time: usual working hours are Monday to Friday, 09:00‑17:00. Flexible working is possible 09:00‑17:00.
• Salary: £31,200 FTE per annum, plus 6% contributory pension scheme.
• Location: Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley HA9 0JF, Brent community sites and occasionally at Anna Freud, 4‑8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH. There will also be remote working.
• Contract type: Fixed term until October 2026 with potential to be extended.

Next steps

• Closing date for applications: midday (12pm), Thursday, 11 December 2025. Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.
• Notification of interview: shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Tuesday, 16 December 2025. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile.
• Interviews: will be held in‑person/remotely in week commencing 12 January 2026.
• How to apply: click on the ‘apply now’ button to apply online. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
• Questions? Please email recruitment@annafreud.org with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying.
• Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post‑job offer – we do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.