Mental Health & Wellbeing Trainer

Application Deadline: 21 April 2025

Department: Training Services

Location: Bucks - High Wycombe/Hybrid

Compensation: £28,000 / year

Description

Join Our Mission at Buckinghamshire Mind!

Are you passionate about delivering life-changing mental health training?

Do you want to empower communities and help save lives through education?

Buckinghamshire Mind is looking for a Mental Health & Wellbeing Trainer to cover maternity leave.

The Mental Health & Wellbeing Trainer is responsible for the high quality delivery of Buckinghamshire Mind's existing mental health and wellbeing training courses, with a focus on the delivery of suicide first aid training (NCSPET), and plays a key role in the delivery of Buckinghamshire Mind's training services to meet agreed business development targets and KPIs, marketing using holistic approaches tailored to specific cohort audiences, training delivery, contract management, liaising with the Public Health partner on the project and undertaking all associated administration and evaluation.

Contract Type: Maternity cover for up to 12 months with the possibility of a contract extension/permanent role beyond this as the training team expands its reach.

Location: Hybrid working, with a base at High Wycombe Office. Face to face training delivery across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.

Salary: £28,000 FTE, pro rata actual £15,135 for 20 hours per week.

About Us

Buckinghamshire Mind is an independent charity providing trusted mental health services to our communities. We are affiliated with national Mind and are part of a network of over 100 Local Minds. We promote wellbeing and recovery; we prevent mental ill health; we offer talking therapies and we provide support in times of crisis.

Key Responsibilities

Training at Buckinghamshire Mind is an agile prevention service which uses community engagement to increase mental health literacy across the counties of Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.

• Delivering engaging and impactful mental health & wellbeing training to diverse audiences.
• Helping drive our mission by supporting key business growth targets and KPIs.
• Collaborating with Public Health partners and stakeholders to ensure high quality training delivery.
• Promoting courses through creative and targeted marketing strategies.

The ideal candidate will have

• 3 years' relevant experience in training and/or mental health.
• Experience of delivering facilitation/training/presentation.
• Willingness to undertake Suicide First Aid training (NCSPET) if not already an accredited trainer.
• Understanding of equality and diversity principles. Is committed to working in an anti-oppressive way and striving to create equal opportunities for all people.

Why Join Us?

• Inclusive Employer: We are an Equal Opportunities employer, welcoming applicants from all sections of the community, including those with lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Training and Development: We offer full training and development opportunities to help you grow in your role and further develop your skills.
• Supportive Environment: You'll be part of a dedicated team, with the opportunity to make a tangible difference in your community.

If you are interested in the role please send your CV and complete the mandatory questionnaire in our application page.

If you need to apply in a different format or need assistance to apply, please contact us at recruitment@bucksmind.org.uk.

Closing date for applications – 21st April 2025.

We will be assessing applications and interviewing on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close the advert early if we fill the post. If you're interested please apply early.

Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities and inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including those with lived-experience of poor mental health. If you meet all the essential criteria we welcome your application as training and development can be provided to give you further skills. Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check depending on the role.

*Please note we do not provide VISA sponsorship and unfortunately we cannot employ you if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Travel expenses will only be paid for journeys that fall outside of the regular commute to and from the work location(s). If the role is home-based, all travel will be paid for on expenses.