West Sussex Mind

Hours: 1 x full-time 37.5 hour role in Rural North Chichester Salary: £27,846 per annum Contract: Fixed term contract to end of March 2027 with potential to extend Location: Rural North Chichester (GP surgeries: Pulborough Medical Group and Riverbank Medical Centre) Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per year rising to 27 days after 2 years West Sussex Mind Values: Excellence, Equitable, Open, Together, Curious, Unstoppable Winner of National Mind Anti -Stigma Award 2021 Overview: Make a Lasting Difference to Young People Are you passionate about supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? This is a rewarding opportunity to be part of an innovative partnership between local GP practices and West Sussex Mind, working together to strengthen mental health support where it matters most. In this role, you ll be based across GP surgeries, offering early, meaningful support to children and young people aged 8 17. You won t be working alone - you ll be supported by a large, experienced, and compassionate team dedicated to helping young people and their families across West Sussex. What you ll bring: We are looking for someone with relevant mental health experience and a genuine commitment to working with children and young people. You may come from a background such as counselling, teaching, social work, nursing, youth work, PWP, family, housing or advice work, and a relevant qualification would be an advantage. What you ll do: Provide recovery-focused, practical support to help young people build resilience, develop coping strategies, and take control of their mental health. Work one-to-one with children and young people referred via GP surgeries, helping them identify their needs and set meaningful goals through collaborative support planning. Take a holistic, flexible approach, addressing both emotional wellbeing and wider social challenges, while confidently managing risk where needed. Connect young people and their families with local services and community support, including Early Help, YES, and other specialist services. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own transport, as the role involves travel across the local area and attendance at team meetings in locations including Durrington and Littlehampton. Mileage is paid for travel beyond your agreed base and there are opportunities to collaborate across West Sussex. If you are motivated by making a difference and want to support young people at a pivotal time in their lives, we d love to hear from you.

Overview: Are you a competent Trust & Foundations Fundraiser who loves being part of a team and is looking for a new challenge? Are you detail orientated and highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively? Would you like to make a difference to the community where you live? Then this could be the right opportunity for you. West Sussex Mind are seeking someone who could join our friendly team and help us further develop our trust and foundations fundraising in support of our mental health services. The successful candidate will be looking for: A fulfilling role and want to feel they are making a difference. Looking for a challenge, be good at problem solving and self-motivated. A role where you are part of a larger team all working together for one purpose. The role is to lead the trust and foundations fundraising activities for West Sussex Mind. This will include maximising support through building and maintaining relationships on behalf of West Sussex Mind, to secure funding to enable us to maintain and develop our services. You will research and build our trust and foundations pipeline and support the delivery of our wider community fundraising work. The successful candidate will generate income and funds for West Sussex Mind in line with the WS Mind fundraising strategy by: Writing high quality applications for grants and to trusts and other charitable funders. Undertaking identification and research to identify new trust supporters. Maintaining and updating accurate fundraising databases to show potential bids, those in progress, timelines and outcomes. Delivering excellent customer care to our trust donors. Achieving agreed targets on income through funding bids. Ensuring reports back to funders are written to a high standard and sent on schedule. Supporting our Deputy CEO around the development of cases for support for projects/services where fundraising is required. Producing high-quality cases for support. Supporting the Fundraising and Communications Manager and fundraising team with other fundraising tasks. Collecting and presenting accurate and appealing information, including high-quality cases for support, to trust prospects and donors about West Sussex Mind s work Contributing to the smooth running of the team and effective fundraising by providing administrative and organisational support as needed Promoting best practice in fundraising. You could be an experienced Trust & Foundations Fundraiser looking for a change in role or an individual with strong transferable skills looking to build your experience in this area. You will need to have excellent skills at working with a wide range of people and organisations and be creative and proactive around creating and taking trust fundraising opportunities. As we are a small organisation with a small fundraising and communications team, you will also be involved in supporting day-to-day community fundraising work and activities.