Job Description

Arts and Minds Development Worker

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 life independently with 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 - equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything that we do.

We are committed to ensuring that our colleagues, volunteers and people who access our services feel a sense of belonging at Leeds Mind that gives them the confidence to share their unique perspectives and experience.

By creating an inclusive environment that fosters belonging, we aspire to attract colleagues and volunteers who offer diversity of experience and thought. We believe this will ultimately improve the service we provide as well as the employee and volunteer experience.

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

Our Service

Arts & Mind's mission is to champion the vital role of creativity in promoting inclusion, recovery and mental wellbeing, with the active involvement of Arts & Minds members and partners. This post will be key in helping us achieve that ambition. Leeds Mind is one of our partners and will host this exciting post.

www.artsandmindsnetwork.org.uk

Arts & Minds is an NHS initiative and is part of Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust (LYPFT)

The Role

This post aims to build the capacity of Arts & Mind's membership to utilise the arts in supporting recovery focused care and promoting mental wellbeing. We see this as happening through a structured approach that builds our member's understanding, confidence, skills, and knowledge of the processes and principles involved in creative health engagement. This includes the need for service user involvement and empowering working practice. We envisage that this will happen through a community development approach that provides a range of information, advice, resources, and opportunities to our members.

Essential Skills and Experience:

To provide information and advice to members of Arts & Minds network related to arts initiatives and opportunities.

To maintain the Arts & Minds website (WordPress) with up-to-date information on creative opportunities, resources, and publications.

To publish a quarterly printed and online newsletter that involves contributions by members with the support of Arts & Minds volunteers.

To co-ordinate social media communications and e-bulletins to members with the support of Arts & Minds staff.

To assist with PR and publicity of Arts & Minds including producing press releases and designing promotional literature with the support of LYPFT communications department.

Living our core values every day.

See job specification for more information.

Hours: 21

Leeds Mind: Grade - 4

Salary: 31056 per annum (pro-rata for part time)

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 11th May

Interview Date: Aiming for Thursday 22nd May

The role is based at Clarence House, Clarence Road, LS18 4LB with some remote working possible. Some travel required as part of role.

For an informal discussion about these posts prior to applying please Tel: Anna Quinn-Martin, Operations Manager on 07701008767

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 Type: Part-time

Pay: From 31,056.00 per year

Expected hours: 21 per week

Work Location: In person