Mental Health Practitioner - Children and Young People
Role: Mental Health Practitioner - Children and Young People
Reports to: Team Manager
Location: Remote - Must be UK based
Full-time: 35 hours per week or 26 hours a week
*This position is fully remote and our working hours are between 12.00pm to 10pm weekdays and Saturday and Sunday 5.00pm to 10.00pm (dependent on rota)
Kooth ’s mission is to remove the barriers that prevent people from accessing the mental health support they need. As the UK’s longest-established digital mental health provider, we create welcoming, accessible spaces where young people can access personalised, effective support in a safe and anonymous way.
Our culture is grounded in our values: Alongside You, Flexible, Compassionate, Committed, and Safe, which guide how we support young people, collaborate as a team, and create solutions that meet communities where they are.
Kooth has 25 years of experience building something rare in digital mental health: a service that people trust and systems rely on. Across the UK, approximately 60% of children and young people aged 10-25 access our services through their local area, our reach and clinical credibility are the bedrock of our value.
Our early-intervention approach empowers young people aged 10–25 to build resilience, access timely support, and lead fulfilling lives. Today, Kooth ’s products are available to over 18 million people across the UK and US, connecting them with qualified practitioners and a range of wellbeing resources when they need support.
Soluna by Kooth is the next chapter in Kooth ’s 25-year commitment to building mentally healthier populations. Soluna builds on the clinical approach, safeguarding standards, and commitment to meeting young people where they are that Kooth developed and refined over 20+ years of working in the UK.
You’ll be joining at an exciting time as we continue to grow our product-led strategy and expand access to digital mental health support through Soluna.
Role Objective
Offer digital online emotional wellbeing and mental health support and structured interventions to children and young people and adults
Split of the role
- Offering digital emotional wellbeing and mental health support and structured interventions to CYP - 40%
- Assessment and formulation through an online digital platform - 20%
- Clinical administration - 20%
- Attending clinical supervision and training - 10%
- Attending management supervision and meetings -10%
Main responsibilities:
Offering digital emotional wellbeing and mental health support and interventions to CYP
- Providing text-based online support and advice to children and young people in line with iThrive clinical model
- Assessing and management of the risks and needs of each service user you interact with.
- Appropriately signposting and completion of referrals as required
- Undertaking comprehensive assessment and formulation of wants and needs of CYP
- Providing short and mid-term support and interventions with physical, emotional and mental health issues and distress.
- Providing caseload support and interventions to those with complex mental health difficulties and/or risk support.
- Performing all duties in line with relevant compliance, legal requirements and internal policies with particular reference to children, young people and adult safeguarding and protection, and data protection legislation.
Assessment and formulation through an online digital platform
- Maintain accurate case notes and records using Kooth approved systems and processes.
- Liaise with other professionals/services either internally or externally around safeguarding issues and concerns.
- Performing all duties in line with relevant compliance, legal requirements and internal policies with particular reference to children, young people and adult safeguarding and protection, and data protection legislation.
- Maintain accurate information about shift duties and activity via the scheduling and rota system.
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