Job title: Young Persons Practitioner
Salary: £25,000 per annum
Location: You will be required to travel across North Wales as part of the role, but will primarily work from home
Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until 31/03/2026, with possible extension – 37 hours per week

LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate will possess the skills and experience necessary to engage with clients effectively from day one. We are looking for:
· Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions
· An eagerness to learn about the role to ensure first-class service delivery.
· Willing to attend training to deliver relevant skills.
· A passion to make a change.
· Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, as well as IT proficiency
· A Welsh speaker is desirable but not essential.
· Driving license with access to a car as this role requires travel across North Wales

ABOUT THE ROLE

Skills Plus is a skill’s building intervention for young people in or leaving care aged between 14 and 24.
We provide therapeutic interventions based on Dialectical behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to improve the emotional and social well-being of our service users.
The aim is for young people who experience significant distress and relationship difficulties, to have the practical and life skills to enable them to transition into happy, healthy adults.
Your role as a Young Person’s Practitioner is to provide a support system using various means which will help them achieve their future goals.
You will be part of a team to provide support to young people in developing in areas such as mindfulness skills, emotional regulation skills, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness skills

WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE

For more information about our Young Persons Practitioner role, please review our full job description by clicking here.
If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Scott Jones at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 11318 and we’ll be happy to give you any support you require.