Community Wellbeing Worker – Hospital Buddies

Community Wellbeing Worker – Hospital Buddies

Job Description

• Salary scale: £14.46 per hour
• Contract:
  Permanent
• Hours: 12 hours per week ( Tuesday, Thursday, Friday )
• Probationary Period:
  Six months
• Closing Date:
  Wednesday 2 nd September – 10:00am
• Interview Date:
  Monday 7 th September
• Questions:
  In the first instance any enquiries to be emailed to  . For an informal chat about the role before applying please contact Tyler Parkinson kinson. uk
  About Us

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

Watch this video to find out whatit’slike to work here:

Read our latest Impact Report and 2024-28 Strategy:

Find out more about our approach to Equity,Diversity and Inclusion:

• 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.
• Flexible working opportunities to support work-life balance, including hybrid and remote working where suitable for the role.
• 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.

This is an exciting opportunity to joinour C hildren and Y oung P eople’s (CYP) portfolio , playing a pivotal role in delivering and growingourhighly innovativeCYP services.

This dynamic opportunity involves providing comprehensive , on-the-day, one-to-one, child-led supporttoCYPaged5-19 (or up to 25 withadditionalneeds) who are navigating challenges in their physical, social, emotional, and mental wellbeing whilst being an inpatient at our two acute sites, Bradford Royal Infirmary and Airedale General Hospital. However, t his post is specifically for a 12-hour post at our Airedale General Hospital Site , delivered through 3 x 4 hour shifts on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday only.

Hospital Buddies Community Wellbeing Worker s are at the heart of our CYP internal services who help Wellbeing Workers on the wards support children and young people with issues ranging from anxiety around an operation, coming to terms with a chronic health diagnosis, to mental health admissions and crisis. This service is delivered in partnership with the hospital ward staff and other services to ensure children and young people get the best wrap around care whilst in hospital.

Most of the work will be undertaken on the Paediatrics ward across both hospitals, although there will be opportunity to visit children and young people in A&E, as appropriate . The content of the sessions will focus on de-escalation, wellbeing, coping strategies & resilience, short term goals and signposted provision following discharge. By offering person ‑ centred conversations, wellbeing activities, and clear pathways to further help when needed, the Community Wellbeing Worker plays a vital part in creating a safe, inclusive environment where young people feel heard, valued, and supported in shaping their own wellbeing journey through a goals-based intervention.

• To develop and deliver outcomes-focussed and evidence-based 1-1 interventions to CYP aged 5
  -19. Interventions will be delivered face to face and will be aimed at improving CYP mental wellbeing. You will be required to travel to the hospital and work in…