Young People’s Peer Support Worker – Culturally Diverse Communities
Leeds Mind
Leeds Mind promotes positive mental health and wellbeing, and provides help and support to anyone who needs it in and around Leeds. 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 lifeindependentlywith their mental health condition.
Our values of Being Open, Supportive, Brave, Connected, and Resourceful 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
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to play a central role in Youth in Mind, Leeds Mind’s support for young people. Youth in Mind has been nationally recognised for being designed and delivered by people with personal experience. We offer peer support for young people from school year 6 (age 10-11) to age 25 whose mental health has been impacted by trauma. This is a unique offer in the city, building on and expanding the award-winning work of our previous young people’s peer support groups.
The Role
This post will provide peer support for young people from culturally diverse communities1. The post holder will draw on their own personal experience of cultural diversity, trauma and mental health difficulties to deliver both 1-to-1 and group support. They will have do community engagement work to improve the reach and accessibility of Youth in Mind to young people from culturally diverse communities. They will work closely with people with personal experience, the rest of the Youth in Mind team and external partners to continually adapt the service to respond to what young people want and need.
Essential Skills and Experience:
* Own lived experience of trauma (including racial trauma) as a child/young person and ability to use this appropriately to support others
* Being from a culturally diverse community
* Managing a 1:1 caseload
* Outreach/engagement work with culturally diverse young people
* Person centred working and ability to adapt approach by working in partnership with young people
* Ability to manage dynamic risk and respond appropriately to mental health crises
* Excellent verbal and written communication with a range of people including 10-25 year olds, parents/carers and other services
* Living our core values every day
Salary – per annum (pro-rata for part time) £28,164 pro-rata
Contract – fixed term to 31 October 2026
Closing Date: 26 August 2025
Interview Date: 2 September 2025
The role is based at Clarence House, Clarence Road, LS18 4LB and De Lacey House, Abbey Road, LS5 3HS, with travel across Leeds.
For an informal discussion about these posts prior to applying please email emlyn.hagan@leedsmind.org.uk
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.
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