Wellbeing Worker
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,573 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | Sandwell, West Bromwich |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 21343 |
Summary
Wellbeing Worker – Emotional Mental Health & Wellbeing (Sandwell) - PW2
Barnardo's is working in partnership with Sandwell Children's Trust to deliver an integrated emotional mental health and wellbeing (EMHWB) offer for children and young people we care for, as well as care-experienced young people.
As part of the Black Country locality team, you'll play a key role in providing trauma-informed assessments and therapeutic interventions to support children and young people with complex emotional needs. Your work will help them develop resilience, understand and manage their emotions, explore their experiences, and feel more settled and empowered in their lives.
You'll deliver structured support for young people:
Entering care arrangements
At risk of placement breakdown
Preparing for independence
This includes 1:1 sessions, brief interventions, mentoring, and tailored programmes that promote emotional wellbeing, goal-setting, and safe, stable care.
You'll also work closely with Sandwell Children's Trust and wider partners across health, education, social care and community services to ensure a coordinated, multi-agency response. Safeguarding is central to the role.
We're looking for candidates with:
Experience delivering therapeutic/mental health interventions for children and young people
Strong multi-agency working and advocacy skills
A flexible, creative approach to engagement
The ability to work across a variety of community settings, including homes, family hubs, and schools
This is a dynamic, face-to-face role based across the Sandwell borough, with travel up to a 20-mile radius outside of Sandwell Borough. Hybrid working arrangements are possible by agreement.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently until March 2026 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31.03.26
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Barnardo's is working in partnership with Sandwell Children's Trust to deliver an integrated emotional mental health and wellbeing (EMHWB) offer for children and young people we care for, as well as care-experienced young people.
As part of the Black Country locality team, you'll play a key role in providing trauma-informed assessments and therapeutic interventions to support children and young people with complex emotional needs. Your work will help them develop resilience, understand and manage their emotions, explore their experiences, and feel more settled and empowered in their lives.
You'll deliver structured support for young people:
Entering care arrangements
At risk of placement breakdown
Preparing for independence
This includes 1:1 sessions, brief interventions, mentoring, and tailored programmes that promote emotional wellbeing, goal-setting, and safe, stable care.
You'll also work closely with Sandwell Children's Trust and wider partners across health, education, social care and community services to ensure a coordinated, multi-agency response. Safeguarding is central to the role.
We're looking for candidates with:
Experience delivering therapeutic/mental health interventions for children and young people
Strong multi-agency working and advocacy skills
A flexible, creative approach to engagement
The ability to work across a variety of community settings, including homes, family hubs, and schools
This is a dynamic, face-to-face role based across the Sandwell borough, with travel up to a 20-mile radius outside of Sandwell Borough. Hybrid working arrangements are possible by agreement.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently until March 2026 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31.03.26
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
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