Service Coordinator - Safe Spaces; Maternity Cover

Job Description

• Salary scale: £14.54 - £16.37 per hour
• Contract:
  
  12 months Maternity Cover
• Hours:
  
  27 hours over a two week rota
• Bradford Hub
  • Wednesday 12:00 - 19:30 7 hours with 30 min break
  • Friday 12:00 - 19:30 7 hours with 30 min break
  • Saturday Week B 12:00 - 19:30 7 hours with 30 min break
  • Sunday 12:00 - 19:30 7 hours with 30 min break
• Base:
  Kenburgh House, 28 Manor Row, Bradford, BD1 4QU
  and Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley
• Probationary Period:
  Six months
• Closing Date:
  Monday 21st September at 10am
• Interview Date:
  Monday 28th September
• Questions:
  In the first instance any enquiries to be emailed to [email protected]. For an informal chat about the role before applying please contact Rebecca Heald at [email protected]

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 what it's like 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.
• Generous death in service/life assurance benefit

Safe Spaces is an innovative, all-age, crisis alternative service, delivered through a unique partnership between BDC Mind and The Cellar Trust and funded by the NHS. We're here 365 days a year, from 12pm to 2:30am, offering vital support to people across Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven.

Our mission is simple but powerful: to provide safe, welcoming, non-clinical spaces where people in emotional distress can feel heard, supported, and guided to the next step. Whether it's through one-to-one support or open-access crisis cafés, we help people feel grounded in moments of crisis-and connected to the right ongoing care.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We work closely with trusted partners to deliver support in local communities, and with key services such as NHS crisis teams, hospitals, police and the local authority. Together, we're building a compassionate, joined-up response to mental health crisis, and playing a vital role in Bradford District and Craven's Healthy Minds Strategy.

You will lead a team of Crisis Support Workers to ensure the effective running of the Safe Spaces service. You will also deliver one-to-one crisis support to clients face to face or over the telephone. Safe Spaces is a non-clinical, supportive environment designed to help people in crisis stay safe, work through and…