Mental Health Support Practitioner
Are you looking for a new challenge, within an organisation that values you and is making a real difference to the lives of young people?
At Let’s Talk Well, we reach hundreds of children and young people every year as well as offering support and advice to parents/carers and training for professionals. We work to ensure that every young person has easy, prompt, independent access to appropriate support according to their needs.
A new Mental Health Support Practitioner position has become available within our team. You will help provide anonymous support via our two helplines: LetsTalkWellChat for children and young people ages 9 -25 years and, Parent Support Advice Line for parents and carers of children and young people from birth to 25 years. You will be using telephone and instant messaging to ensure best possible outcomes for children and young people and their parents and carers accessing the service.
In return you will enjoy the support of an organisation committed to those we support, our staff and supporters. We will invest in you, your passion and purpose because we want to motivate you, and everyone who works with us, to make a difference to the lives of young people and their families, and the county in which we operate.
You will be a considered individual, who cares about people, and making a difference where it matters most. This role requires an individual who is driven to support Let’s Talk Well to achieve its ambitions at pace, today and in the future.
At Let’s Talk Well, we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to having a workforce that is made up of diverse individuals, skills, experiences and abilities.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Place of Work:
Let’s Talk Well, Eastgate House, Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1PX. You may also be required to attend Let’s Talk Well meetings and training related to the post at various locations across Gloucestershire as required. You will not be required to work outside the UK.
Terms: Permanent, subject to a satisfactory 6-month probation period and funding.
Post: Tuesdays (4.45pm – 9.15pm), 4.5 hours per week.
Rate of Pay: Grade B £14.77 to £15.37 (£28,801.5 - £29,927.5 full time equivalent) per hour dependent on experience.
The closing date for applications: 25th November 2026 at 12pm
Interview date: 2nd and 3rd December 2026
To apply: Please download our full job description and application pack.
Let’s Talk Well operates a Safer Recruitment Policy.
CV applications are not accepted.
Let’s Talk Well is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
All employment offers are made subject to satisfactory references.
Successful candidates will need to support the Christian Ethos of the charity.