Family Postvention Practitioner - Leeds

Leeds Mind is the city’s leading mental health charity. We have faith and optimism in our clients and so the services we deliver are built around their needs. We support the people of Leeds and across West Yorkshire to discover their own resources to ‘recover’ from periods of poor mental health, and to live life independently with their mental health condition.

Our values of Kindness, Hope, Respect, Empowerment, Support and Inclusion are pivotal to the work we do.

Belonging at Leeds Mind

Leeds Mind is committed to creating an inclusive environment and being an equal opportunities employer - We believe that inclusive practices should be part of everything we do. We are committed to ensuring that our colleagues, volunteers, and service users feel a sense of belonging at Leeds Mind that gives them the confidence to share their unique perspectives and experience.

Our Service

Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service is a Postvention service, funded by Leeds Council, to support the people of Leeds, who have been bereaved by suicide. This is a partnership project with Leeds Survivor-Led Crisis Service, with Leeds Mind being the lead agency. The project supports individuals, children, young people, and families in the immediate aftermath of a suicide. The service also supports people who have been bereaved in the past. Postvention is an internationally evidenced way of reducing risk of suicide in people who have been bereaved in this manner. Interventions offered within this service include peer led support for individuals, within groups and for families with children, counselling, and memorial events.

The Role

The post holder will be responsible for a mixture of individual and family group interventions with parents, carers, children, and young people in order to improve outcomes for families and children after suicide bereavement. By working in partnership with parents/carers and schools/colleges we aim to strengthen parental capacity and family relationships as well as educate schools and colleges on how best to support their pupils and colleagues after a bereavement by suicide.

The post holder will work across Leeds offering a range of interventions to families and schools who have been bereaved or impacted by suicide.

These include:

1. Assessment of need to identify the appropriate intervention to meet their needs

2. Family support for up to 6 sessions including practical, advocacy and emotional support

3. Individual support for parents/carers

4. Group support including Living With My Loss course, skills courses and peer support groups

5. Training for education settings

You will carry a caseload of families referred to the service and will need to travel across the whole of the Leeds district.

Main tasks and responsibilities

· Support children and young people bereaved by suicide via individual support and family support.

· Promote and facilitate parental understanding of a child’s needs.

· Support schools/colleges after a bereavement by suicide.

· Promote and facilitate school/college understanding of staff needs.

· Signpost and refer to other services for longer term support

· Facilitate training and psycho-education courses around bereavement skills and experience of suicide bereavement.

Hours – 37 hours per week

Scale – NJC Scale 6 Point 18

Salary – £27,344

Contract – current funding up to March 2024

Closing Date: 07/02/23

Interview Date: 16/02/23

Please note that we are looking for the success candidate to be in post by the end of March 2023.

The Family Work Practitioner role is based at Clarence House, Clarence Road, LS18 4LB and across the district of Leeds.

For an informal discussion about these posts prior to applying please contact Lisa Bourne on 0113 3055800

Successful candidates will be required to undertake a right to work in the UK check as well as an enhanced DBS check. Leeds Mind is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Reg charity number: 1007625

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: From £27,344.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 27/03/2023