Hours: 37.5 (full-time) hours per week

Salary: £27,485 per annum

Contract: One year Fixed Term Contract starting in January 2026.

Location : Roles will work in the community and GP practices. Role will be assigned to specific locations but may need to have flexibility to be able to travel to sites across Rural North Chichester, Chichester, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton, Chanctonbury, Worthing, Shoreham and Southwick. You will also attend the University of Sussex, Falmer, multiple times per week throughout the course.

West Sussex Mind Values:

Excellence, Equitable, Open, Together, Curious, Unstoppable

Winner of National Mind Anti-Stigma Award 2021

Overview:

Ready to make a real difference in young lives?
We’re offering an exciting chance to join West Sussex Mind as one of four full-time trainee Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners, starting in January 2026. This is more than just a job — it’s your opportunity to earn a nationally recognised NHS qualification while working hands-on in a passionate, values-driven mental health charity.

Whether you’ve recently completed a degree (2:2 or above) and have some experience with children, or you’re ready to pivot your career and follow your passion for helping others, this could be your next big step.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Enrol in a graduate or postgraduate diplomaat theUniversity of Sussex, attending all university-based training in Falmer and progressing through all assessments.

• Train on the job with West Sussex Mind, delivering brief, evidence-based interventions and guidedself-help tochildren and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health challenges.

This is your chance to build a meaningful career — and change lives along the way

Please watch this video produced by the University of Sussex for further information

Please see the Job Description, Person Specification and Guidance below for further detail.

All posts will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. If successfully shortlisted, you will attend a joint interview with the Assistant Professor from the University of Sussex and Head of Children, Young People and Family Services from West Sussex Mind.

Closing date: 9:00 am on Wednesday 5th November

Interview date: Tuesday 11th or Thursday 13th November in person at our Southwick office, 45 Southwick Street, Southwick, Brighton BN42 4TH

If you are unable to make either of these interview dates for any reason or have a preference on date, please indicate this on your application form.

How to apply: 

Please email completed applications to recruitment@westsussexmind.org  

 If you would like to have an informal discussion prior to applying or have any questions after reading the documents, please email kim.anthony@westsussexmind.org

Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must therefore be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time once we receive sufficient applications and encourage all interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

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West Sussex Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Here is a link to our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion statement - West Sussex Mind | Equality, diversity and inclusion statement.