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Job Description
Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy empowered supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.
Tasks
This role is part of an employment advice service integrated within LMWS as part of a long-established NHS Talking Therapies (Formerly IAPT) service which provides psychological therapies to people with common mental health problems. The post-holders will support individuals with common mental health problems to gain return to or retain employment.
Requirements
The post holder will work with people from a wide range of age groups and cultural backgrounds using interpreters when necessary and must be committed to equal opportunities and delivering an inclusive practice. We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and we particularly encourage applications from BAME and LGBTQIA communities.
Benefits
As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:
- Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 36% *BME staff 25% *LGBTQ staff 16% *staff with a disability. Staff and peer support networks (*as above and many more)
- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Flexible working opportunities
- Personal wellbeing budget. Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff helpline.
- Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days
- Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
- Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing
- Learning and personal development opportunities
Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community particularly BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. All applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria will be interviewed. Additional information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role if appointed you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Applications can be obtained by visiting the Touchstone website. Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
Employment Type
Full Time
