Job responsibilities
Service: Children and Young Peoples Service
Job Title: Wellbeing Advisor
Location: Base - Coopers Lodge, with outreach work across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Salary: £20,500 per annum
Hours:37 hours per week on a 12 month fixed term contact.
This is an 8am 8pm service and may include some evenings and weekends.
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and their families?
Do you believe that the child's voice should be at the heart of the work you do?
Would you like to be part of an inclusive, enabling, honest and effective organisation?
Our vision is of a society that promotes good mental health for all and that values, as equals, people who experience mental health problems.
Come and join our creative, dynamic and motivated team supporting children and young people across Coventry and Warwickshire! We look forward to receiving your application.
About The Role:
This is an exciting new programme and we are seeking individuals with the passion and drive to ensure its success.
Wellbeing Advisers will provide a navigation-based model of support through signposting and regular catch ups to guide young people and young adults access their chosen method of support to increase their wellbeing.
The role has been specifically designed to support 11-24-year-olds, and will work closely with parent/carers.
Key Responsibilities include:
- To raise awareness of the Wellbeing Advisers Programme through various forums.
- To encourage, inspire, motivate and assist the young people/adults who access the programme.
- To manage a caseload of young people and young adults aged 11-24 year olds.
- To support in the development and delivery of Coventry and Warwickshire Mind (CW Mind) Wellbeing Advisers (WBA) Programme for young people and young adults, their families, carers and professionals supporting the young person and young adults, as well as the Children and Young Peoples Service as a whole.
- To travel throughout Coventry and Warwickshire as part of delivery, visiting venues including schools and hubs.
- To actively challenge stigma and discrimination, and to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing issues amongst professionals, young people, parents and carers and others using the service.
Essential Criteria includes:
- Experience of providing support to young people and young adults.
- Excellent communication skills verbal, non-verbal and written.
- Manage own workload, and manage conflicting priorities with a minimum of supervision.
- Up to date knowledge of mental health and wellbeing.
- Experience of working with a wide range of agencies.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Commitment to service user, parent and carer involvement.
- Holds a drivers license and access to a vehicle to travel to venues across Coventry and Warwickshire
Mandatory Questions:
If you are submitting a CV, you MUST include answers to the following questions, these can also be found on our application form:
- Do you have any unspent convictions or conditional cautions? If yes please give details of date(s) of offence(s), nature of offence(s) and sentence(s) passed.
- Are there any restrictions regarding your employment in the UK? E.g. do you require a work permit? If yes please provide details.
- Are you the partner or relative of anyone currently connected with Coventry and Warwickshire Mind? (either as a volunteer, service user or employee If yes please confirm their name and which project they are connected with if known.
- Do you hold a UK driving license?
What We Can Offer You:
The following are just some of the benefits that Coventry and Warwickshire Mind offer its employees:
- Working Culture - based on core values of trust, honesty, inclusivity, enabling, effective and an unapologetic drive for excellence for children and young people.
- Annual Leave- 25 days plus bank holidays plus an extra day for every two completed holiday years.
- Wellbeing Day - 1 day, per holiday year, to be used to take care of your own mental health and wellbeing.
- Life Insurance Policy- Coventry and Warwickshire Mind are covered by a Life Insurance policy. The death in service payment is 2 x gross salary (tax free).
- Employee Development- Active encouragement not only to assist performance in the current role but also for the benefit of personal development via various means. Access to CW Mind CPD training and opportunities to access external CPD training.
- Flexible Working- A range of options available for all employees dependant on role and responsibilities.
- Pension - Minimum 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution, with an ethical investment policy option.
- Sick Pay -On completion of a 6-month probationary period, Coventry and Warwickshire Mind employees will be eligible to a period of paid sick leave.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Closing date: This advert will close once sufficient applications have been recieved.
Interview Date: Dates TBC, shortlisting will take place adhoc during the advert.
Please note: Only successful applicants will be notified.
We reserve the right to close the application window early and without notice should a suitable number of applications be received.
Coventry and Warwickshire Mind values diversity and difference. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly under-represented groups and people with lived experience of mental health issues.
Coventry and Warwickshire Mind is a leading mental health service provider and an equal opportunities employer.
