Job Description

We are excited to be recruiting into our Wellbeing Coaches team for a young person's Mental Health Coach. Our Mental Health coaches work 1:1 with young people to build resilience and develop coping strategies for improving mental health and wellbeing, offering a trauma-informed combination of practical and emotional support.

We believe each young person is unique, and benefits from a tailored approach to support - so you might spend a session exploring emotion language with one young person, and then accompany another one to a GP appointment. You'll also have opportunities to share your expertise with our colleagues by delivering training and coaching sessions for those working in our housing and support services.

This is a fixed term contract to cover a sabbatical. We are seeking either qualifiedmental health workers and/or applicants with significant and relevant experience of supporting people with mental health needs. If applying for the qualified rate, please provide details of your qualification and confirm the name and contact details for the professional body/bodies you are currently registered with.


Relevant qualification in mental health at level 5 or above, alongside significant and relevant post qualification training and experience. E.g. Mental Health Nursing Registration, Occupational Therapist or registered therapist (with post qualification experience of working and training in a CAMHS/mental health setting); Social Work qualification with approved SW status.

Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59 on 21 October 2025.

We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from a diverse range of backgrounds including applications from people with relevant lived experience.



If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.

Who are we?

We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people's lives.

What you will be doing:

Co-creating tailored 1:1 support for a caseload of young people experiencing mental health challenges Upskilling colleagues to respond effectively to young people's mental health needs Collecting data on needs, to inform service design and future funding opportunities Designing group and drop in sessions for our high support accommodation services to raise awareness of positive mental health

You will be in the Transitions & Resilience Team and your line manager will be our Transitions & Resilience Service Manager



At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based and job profiles are developed on the 'how' of a job.



If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.

Contract details

Hours per week:

30 (this represents 0.8 FTE)

Contract type:

Fixed term until June 2027

Pay:

33,143 - 35,412 (qualified) or 30,024 - 31,537 (unqualified) (pro rata based on 0.8FTE)

The location:

Central Bristol, with daily travel across Bristol and South Gloucestershire

A few benefits at 1625ip

In return for your dedication, we offer:Regular clinical supervision A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays. Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF. A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing. "1625 Independent People is an amazing organisation and I feel very lucky to work here", Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2024.

Important dates

Application deadline closes:

23:59, Tuesday 21st October 2025

If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on

Thursday 23rd October 2025

, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Interviews are on

Thursday 30th October 2025

.

Application information

Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can't wait to hear from you.
You will be asked to answer four questions at the top of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted. Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form. Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to Kingsley Hall (our main office in Old Market). An online application will then be created for you. Please note that we do not accept CVs, so please download the application form to attach to your online application.

Contact us

To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Clare.Birch@1625ip.co.uk If you have any queries, please email jobs@1625ip.co.uk For support with your application, skills, training and your career Skills Connect's dedicated advisors who can assist you

Equitable opportunities for everyone

We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications.



As an organisation who safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly. For successful candidates with a criminal record, a risk assessment process will take place with the recruiting manager.



We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer, and have made the Menopause Workplace, Mental Health at Work, and Bristol Equality Charter pledges.



Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.