Wellbeing Practitioner

Location: Wymondham

Salary: Point 30 of the Support Staff Scale, FTE £40,777 per annum, per annum pro rata - £10,818 - £11,012, including an allowance for holiday pay

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Term-time only, 12 hours per week

Closing Date: 12 noon Tuesday 6 January 2026

The College is a member of the Education Trust. The Trust is an expanding multi-academy trust with 13 primary and 9 secondary schools.

The Role

The College seeks to appoint a well-qualified individual with proven experience of working with children and/or young adults to become a Student Wellbeing Practitioner. The successful candidate will be registered with a professional body. They will support the Wellbeing Manager and other pastoral staff in order to deliver a highly effective and professional counselling service to students 11-18 years old within the College. They would welcome applications from a variety of therapeutic backgrounds such as Art/Creative Therapists.

Skills and Qualifications

The professional competencies expected of a Wellbeing Practitioner are:

• The ability to communicate clearly and tactfully using appropriate methods and an awareness of the impact of your own communication on others;
• Able to maintain positive relationships with all and able to work as an effective and flexible part of a team; willing to change methods of work and routines to benefit the team;
• Be able to multi-task and work under pressure;
• Be flexible and resilient in managing and executing their daily responsibilities;
• Able to demonstrate strong planning and organisational skills;
• Willingness to accept responsibility for your own actions;
• The ability to prioritise effectively, meet deadlines and accept challenges.

The personal competencies expected of a Wellbeing Practitioner are:

• Competence in generic professional skill, including: literacy, numeracy, information technology, administrative skills, self-management skills, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Experience of working in a team as well as independently;
• Awareness of the nature of prejudice and oppression;
• Awareness of issues of difference and equality;
• Awareness of ethical issues relating to working with young people;
• Knowledge of the wider professional and legal environment relating to working with young people and the issues that affect them;
• Ability to recognise the need for personal and professional support.

The qualifications and experience required of a Wellbeing Practitioner are:

• Professionally qualified child centred counsellor or equivalent;
• Qualified up to diploma level in an appropriate therapeutic field;
• Minimum two years post-qualification experience;
• Registered/accredited on the BACP Voluntary Register or equivalent;
• Minimum of 300 hours, supervised working with young people;
• Experience of working with young people aged 11-18 years old including those who have mental health problems;
• The criteria are subject to reasonable adjustment to enable disabled candidates to fulfil the requirements of the job.

To Apply

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