Wellbeing Worker

Wellbeing Worker

Hours : 21.5 hours per week

Salary :  £15,762.41 pro rata salary (FTE equivalent £ 27,126 per annum)

Contract: Permanent

Base: Oxford City / Travel across the geographical area as required

The Localities Service provides holistic wellbeing support to anyone in Oxfordshire experiencing a mental health issue or poor mental wellbeing, empowering people in their own recovery.  They offer an initial Advice and Guidance session to help people identify their wellbeing support needs and signpost to a wide range of services available within Oxfordshire Mind and in the local community. They offer a broad range of peer support groups, short courses and workshops to enable people to learn tools and strategies to improve their wellbeing.

To provide support to service-users around their mental health through building positive relationships and empowering service users to achieve their wellbeing goals and through the delivery of Advice and Guidance sessions and facilitation of peer support groups, short courses and workshops.

We are currently looking to recruit to the above role and would really welcome applications for it.

If you have any accessibility needs or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact [email protected] .

If you are interested in learning more about the role and find more about what we do before applying, please contact Sara Keppie / [email protected].

Alternatively if not we would really like to know how your skills and experience match our requirements.  If you feel they do, please tell us how you meet the below requirements:

- Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues and the needs of people living with mental health problems

- An understanding of good practice in safeguarding Children and Adults

- Experience of working within mental health, wellbeing or similar services

- Experience of working in a demanding environment

- Experience of working as part of a team and communicating effectively

- Experience of working with individuals or groups, enabling them to identify their own goals to support personal wellbeing and recovery, and helping them to pursue these.

- Ability to work both collaboratively as a team and independently

- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills

- Ability to confidently use IT systems and software at a basic level

- Good planning and organisational skills

- Knowledge/Understanding of our values

Please ensure that you match your skills and experience against the above and provide details and evidence of this in your application.  If you don't provide this you may not be shortlisted for the role.

Click here for full Job Description - JD Wellbeing worker.docx

Closing date:  15.11.2026

Shortlisting date: 16.11.2026

Interview date: 23.11.2026

Interview location: In-person in Osney Mead

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We are unable to provide sponsorship for visa applications.

Oxfordshire Mind is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  We therefore require a Disclosure and Barring Service check, for all our roles. The level of which will vary depending on the nature of the role.