Part-Time Urgent Care Youth Worker
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.
Touchstone are working in partnership with Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust (MYTT) at Pinderfields Hospital and Dewsbury & District Hospital, to embed youth work teams in the Urgent Care and Emergency Departments at the trust, to engage with young people aged 11-25 who present at Urgent Care and Emergency Departments, who have been present with or are impacted by violence or exploitation.
Urgent Care Youth Workers will provide a hospital-based intervention service that supports young people following presentation at hospital and prior to discharge with an injury caused by violence or exploitation. Additionally, they will provide support in the community to support young people to engage with support to reduce escalation and risk.
Online Information session: Thursday 23rd May 2024 11.30am. To attend, please email
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CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 5th June 2024
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 19th June 2024
For more information, please contact
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As an employee of Touchstone, all successful applicants continually benefit from the following:
- Personal wellbeing budget
- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Agile working opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff Mindful Employer helpline
- Health and wellbeing and fun organisational staff away days
- Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
- A full range of staff and peer support networks
- Additional day of leave for a celebration day
- Learning and personal development opportunities
How to Apply
To apply please complete please complete the application form you can find on the Touchstone website and return it to: recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk 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. Further 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 www.touchstonesupport.org.uk or by e-mailing recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk. Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted.107 total views, 0 today