Senior Wellbeing Practitioner
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £23,232.00 to £28,402.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £23232.00 - £28402.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF2 8EF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0139-26-0010 |
Summary
Are you ready to use your skills not just to care, but to lead, mentor and shape the future of mental health support in education? This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in delivering the Single Point of Access for Children and Young People Emotional Health and Wellbeing Services in Wakefield, working in partnership with CAMHS. You will ensure children, young people and families receive the right support, at the right time, in the right setting. You will carry out comprehensive assessments, respond thoughtfully to risk and make confident, evidence informed decisions that keep the voice of the child at the centre. You will provide advice, guidance and targeted interventions in one to one, group, virtual and face to face settings, and ensure clear and supportive pathways into specialist services where this is needed. Alongside clinical work, you will play a key leadership role within Compass Rise. You will provide supervision and peer support to Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners, contribute to quality assurance and promote continuous improvement. Safeguarding is central to this role and you will actively contribute to multi agency processes to protect and promote welfare. We are offering this role as a 2 year fixed term contract or secondment opportunity based in a newly created Single Point of Contact with Wakefield CAMHS. You will be based 2 days in CAMHS and 1 day completing supervision within Compass.