Bradford District and Craven Mind is a thriving, independent mental health charity with a clear purpose to promote positive mental wellbeing and empower and help people experiencing issues with their mental health to manage and work towards recovery and fulfilment.
We do this through:
* Building community and individual resilience for better mental wellbeing
* Providing early intervention advice and support
* Supporting people in crisis
* Empowering and helping people to recover and sustain improved wellbeing
Benefits:
* 25 days annual leave per year, rising to 28 days with length of service plus bank holidays
* Up to two additional leave days to use each year to support your wellbeing.
* Simply Health Cash Plan to claim back on personal health costs including dental, optical, prescriptions, physiotherapy and more.
* Employee Assistance Service including 24/7 confidential mental health support and access to structured therapy sessions.
* Generous pension scheme and employer contribution to help you plan for a secure future.
* Discount schemes including Company Shop and Blue Light Card.
* Excellent personal development opportunities including access to Clinical Supervision.
* Enhanced sick pay after your six-month probation.
* Accredited employer with Mindful Employer, Disability Confident and Real Living Wage.
Role Purpose
This is an exciting opportunity to join our children and young people’s (CYP) team and contribute to the growth and delivery of our innovative mental health services. As a Community Wellbeing Worker, you will provide responsive, one-to-one support to children and young people aged 5–19 (or up to 25 with additional needs), empowering them to improve their emotional and mental wellbeing.
Grounded in a child-led and trauma-informed approach, you will work flexibly across a range of settings—including schools, community hubs, acute care, and youth justice services—to meet young people where they are. You will play a key role in building trusting relationships, reducing barriers to support, and enabling young people to navigate challenges with greater confidence, resilience, and self-awareness.
Key Duties
* Deliver outcomes-focused and evidence-based 1-1 interventions to CYP aged 5-19 (or up to 25 with additional needs), aimed at improving CYP mental wellbeing. You will regularly travel to work and in a variety of education, community, acute and youth justice settings.
* Develop session plans, using a goal-based, child-led approach that provides a welcoming, safe, non-judgmental and flexible environment for CYP to discuss their wellbeing or concerns.
* Work in partnership with CYP, parents/carers, families and professionals, ensuring all CYP are empowered to make informed choices about their support.
* Contribute to the development and delivery of mental health awareness training for CYP and for adults who work with CYP.
* Maintain high quality, accurate and timely records of work undertaken, providing case studies for discussion, personal development and service improvement.
* Respond appropriately to incidents and safeguarding concerns, undertaking and recording risk assessments and following safeguarding procedures, with support from Service Managers.
* Actively support and promote all aspects of the service and enhance the public image of Bradford District and Craven Mind (BDC Mind), including supporting promotional events and community fundraising.
* Work effectively with, and support coworkers, attend and contribute to team meetings.
* Participate in reflective supervision and development opportunities and processes, including appraisals and training related to the role.
* Work in alignment with the aims, objectives and core values of BDC Mind.
* Be familiar with and take responsibility, with colleagues, for ensuring that all Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Information Governance and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion requirements are met, and all other Company policies complied with.
* Promote equity, diversity and inclusion in service development and delivery.
* Undertake any other reasonable duties or tasks deemed necessary by the Leadership Team.
Person Specification
BDC Mind is committed to promoting mental health awareness, reducing stigma, and improving the quality of life for people with mental health challenges. We value diversity, inclusion and lived experiences when recruiting our staff and volunteers.
Qualifications & Knowledge
* Social media management
* Video filming and editing on a phone
* Website content management
Attitude and Personal Attributes
Other
How to Apply
We’re unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted.
We are committed to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults. All successful candidates will need to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a right to work in the UK check.
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