Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

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Closing Date:             Friday 23rd January 2026 – 12pm

Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner
Birks Road, Cleator Moor, CA25 5HR
Chief Executive Officer
£13,967.20 (FTE) Actual £11,818.40
20 hours per week (Term Time Only)

HOWGILL MISSION STATEMENT:

Howgill Family Centre supports children and families, with particular emphasis on the
vulnerable and disadvantaged. Howgill aims to intervene early, helping to prevent families
getting into crisis.

RESPONSIBLE TO:
The Howgill Board of Trustees is the legal employer for this post and exercises the usual
responsibilities attendant to this.
The Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner reports to the Howgill Manager.

JOB SUMMARY:
To provide emotional and practical support to children and their families who have been
identified as requiring additional emotional support.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

•  Accept children through self-referral and referrals from other support professionals in

organisations such as schools, hospitals, clinics and children’s social care

•  Assess each child and their individual needs.
•  To be responsible for the planning and delivery of emotional wellbeing services in the

locality.

•  Provide consistent play activities in individual and group sessions in a safe and

stable environment.

•  Build up a relationship of trust with children and their parents/carers.
•  Review therapeutic interventions on a regular basis.
•  Liaise and develop partnerships with other professionals, such as social workers,

teachers and medical practitioners.

•  Attend meetings, maintain client records and produce reports on activities and

progress.

GENERIC DUTIES:

•  To develop best practice and identify own development and training opportunities. •
To contribute to the development of quality systems within Howgill Family Centre

•  To comply with all policies and procedures of Howgill Family Centre.

The job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holders and identifies
a level of responsibility at which the post holders will be required to work.  In the interest of
effective working, major tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing needs
and  circumstances.    Such  reviews  and  other  consequential  changes  will  be  carried  out  in
consultation with the post holders.  The post holders will also be required to carry out such
duties as may be determined from time to time to be within the general scope of the post.