Job Description

Salary: £32,355 (FTE), pro rata

Hours of work: 30 (0.8 FTE)

Contract type: Fixed-term contract (ending in March 2028; possibility to extend subject to future funding)

This is not a Wiltshire Council vacancy therefore please contact Off The record- BANES direct for further information.

A bit about us:

Off The Record Bath & North East Somerset (OTR) is a mental health and wellbeing charity that gives local children and young people (CYP) a safe space to be heard and be themselves. We provide a range of services for CYP, including counselling, listening support, youth participation, advocacy, support for care leavers and a LGBTQ+ focused youth group.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. OTR is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability or any other status protected by law.

All about the role:

Our CAMHS and Hospital Youth Work Lead is an exciting new role, leading two highly impactful OTR services: the RUH Hospital Youth Workers and the BANES Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Social Prescribing Link Workers. You will lead the delivery and development of both services, including working closely with our partners at the RUH, in CAMHS and in the wider BANES community.

You will also:

• Manage referrals coming in to both the Hospital Youth Workers service and the CAMHS Link Workers service.
• Lead on monitoring the impact of both services and report regularly on this to our funders/partners.
• Engage in direct 1:1 casework
• Ensure strong safeguarding practice across the two teams.

The role combines team leadership, safeguarding oversight, partnership working and frontline youth work. You will help strengthen collaboration between hospital and CAMHS teams, community organisations and local services to ensure CYP are able access appropriate non-clinical support.

At the RUH you will oversee the service’s work with CYP aged 11–25 who present at the Emergency Department with low to moderate mental health needs, or who are admitted to hospital wards with long-term health conditions. This includes managing a limited 1:1 caseload alongside your project management duties. Utilising a person-centred and trauma-informed approach, you will build trusting relationships and support CYP to identify and access the support they need. Support may take place face to face or virtually and will focus on improving access to community-based support networks, with a view to improving wellbeing, increasing resilience and reducing repeat hospital attendance.

At CAMHS you will oversee the service’s work with CYP aged 10-17 who have been accepted into CAMHS with moderate mental health and wellbeing challenges. The Link Workers work with CYP: at the start of their CAMHS support, alongside other CAMHS interventions, and those who are nearly ready to be discharged from CAMHS. Within this role, you will hold a small caseload of CYP, working with them for an average of 10-12 weeks. You will deliver social prescribing as the main intervention (for more information about social prescribing see https://www.socialprescribingnetwork.com/resources

If you would like an informal conversation about the role before applying, please email oweneverett@offtherecord-banes.co.uk to arrange a time for a brief phone call.

Key Attributes

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience managing teams and project within similar settings (i.e. Hospital/Youth/Mental Health & Wellbeing services).
• Has the ability to build strong partnerships with other professionals, services and organisations.
• Is comfortable working in a busy, multi-agency environment with competing demands.
• Has experience of supporting CYP 1:1 with complex needs.
• Has sound judgement when responding to safeguarding concerns and assessing risk.

Your skills, enthusiasm and personal approach are as important to us as your experience. If you do not meet every point in the job description but believe you have the transferable skills to succeed in the role, we would still welcome your application.

This role is primarily based at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, with some travel around B&NES to support the CYP on your CAMHS caseload. You would also spend some time each week at the CAMHS office in Keynsham. As an OTR employee, you would also have access to our office and meeting rooms in central Bath.
Occasional out of hours working may be required, for example to settle a young person into an early evening youth group or as a part of our safeguarding on-call rota.

Applicants must have the ability to travel within and outside the local authority, including to areas where there is no public transport.

For full job description and person specification, please virit our https://www.offtherecord-banes.co.uk/work-for-us

Find out more and apply:

If you’re ready to proceed, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our website www.offtherecord-banes.co.uk/work-for-us to download the application form, and send the completed version, together with our Equal Opportunities monitoring form, to office@offtherecord-banes.co.uk

Terms and conditions

• Contract: Fixed term until March 2028, with possibility of extension subject to future funding. Subject to a 6-month probationary period.
• Paid leave entitlement: 25 days of annual leave plus 2 discretionary days and all English public holidays for FTE employees. This entitlement is pro-rated for part-time employees.
• Paid volunteering leave: Two days (pro-rated for part-time employees) of paid volunteering leave to enable you to support causes that matter to you.
• Pension scheme
• Death-in-service benefit
• Training and development opportunities for all our staff
• Appointments will be subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced level Criminal Records Bureau check.
• This job description is a general outline of the duties and responsibilities and may be amended as OTR develops. The post holder may be required to undertake additional duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.

Closing date (and time): The closing date for applications is 12 midday on Wednesday 24th June 2026.

Interviews are due to take place in the week commencing 29th June 2026.

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