Wellbeing Practitioner - Relief; Group Delivery

Job Description

• Salary scale: £14.46 per hour
• Contract:
  Relief
• Hours:
  Relief
• Base:
  
  Kenburgh House, 28 Manor Row, Bradford, BD1 4QU
  / Groups and activities in the community
• Probationary Period:
  Six months
• Closing Date:
  Monday 21st September 10am
• Interview Date:
  Thursday 1st October
• Questions:
  In the first instance any enquiries to be emailed to [email protected]. For an informal chat about the role before applying, please contact the admin email address above who can pass your request onto a relevant recruiting manager

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.

• 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

Bradford District and Craven Mind offers group support across a number of different services to ensure that nobody has to face a mental health problem alone.

Through our Adult and Older Adult (AOA) services, we deliver a range of group sessions and activities. From creative activities to structured support programmes, we support people to take care of their emotional and mental wellbeing. People accessing our services have a range of group-focused activities to choose from, from social activities, peer support and wellbeing courses in our Wellbeing Team
, to community groups set in nature in our Nature in Mind team, to peer support groups within our Hearing Voices offer on site at Kenburgh House.

We're looking for a committed, proactive and enthusiastic person to join us as a relief worker. As a relief practitioner, you will work with colleagues across departments to support facilitate our group support offer, to cover staff absence and annual leave. Flexibility to work various shifts within the week, sometimes on short notice, is essential for this role.

After three months in post covering group support across our departments, you will be supported to learn more about other services in BDC Mind, with a view to accessing additional relief opportunities. This could be with our 1-1 support services, telephone services or Children and Young People services.

BDC Mind is committed to promoting mental health awareness, reducing stigma, and improving the quality of life for people with mental health…