Mental Health Trainer

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 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.

​To find out more about how we are developing this you can click here.

​Our Service

​The training team offer a variety of courses to corporate clients to raise awareness of mental health in the work place, support staff to feel better able to manage their own mental health and support colleagues, and to support employers to be more aware of and motivated to support staff wellbeing.

​You will be responsible for delivering our market-leading content to an array of corporate clients, while playing a key role in the development of future products and titles alongside knowledgeable and experienced colleagues.

​The Role

​An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Leeds Mind as a Mental Health Trainer, delivering both remote and face-to-face courses to our corporate clients on topics relating to Mental Health and Wellbeing.

The role involves:

• ​Delivering Leeds Mind and wider training packages (up to 18.5 hours per week)
• ​Supporting the current training team in developing and evaluating existing and future training packages.
• ​Promotion of the training service to businesses and individuals.
• ​Providing shadowing / co-delivering to new trainers/volunteers.

​Essential Skills and Experience:

• ​Recognised teaching or training qualification (Level 4 and above)
• ​Proven experience of delivering training to a diverse range of stakeholders.
• ​At least 2 years working within a teaching/training setting.
• ​Working within a mental health setting.
• ​Designing, developing, and evaluating a wide range of learning interventions
• ​High level of oral, written, and non-verbal communication skills that engage, challenge, and aid the learning of delegates.
• ​Excellent group facilitation skills and awareness of group dynamics.
• ​Strong classroom management skills.
• ​Solution focussed using initiative to offer new ideas.
• ​Organisational and time management skills to enable you to manage training schedules, work effectively and meet deadlines and objectives.
• ​Ability to use Microsoft Office (Power Point/Word) effectively and use Teams and Zoom for delivering online.

Hours – Full time, 37 hours per week

Scale - NJC Scale 6 points 18 to 22

Salary - £27,344 – 29,439 per annum

Contract – Permanent

Closing Date: 26th February 2023

Interview Date: 7th March 2023

The role is based at Clarence House, Clarence Road, LS18 4LB

For an informal discussion about these posts prior to applying please Tel: 07715 415873 and speak to Andrea Wallman (on leave until 20th Feb)

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

Reg charity number: 1007625

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £27,344.00-£29,439.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leeds