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Join a fast growing, hard working and creative team who are changing the lives of children and young people in West Yorkshire.
Any paid opportunities will be updated here as and when we have vacancies
Project Worker (BPW2026)
Payband 3a - 3e (£23,800 - 26,500 (pro-rata)) dependent on skills and experience
14 hours per week - Part time
Shipley - with regular travel across Bradford.
Permanent
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Start Date: 01/04/2026 (Close date: 27/03/26 at 9am)
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We are looking for a highly motivated project worker to help deliver our exciting new projects
as part of the Youth in Mind: Connect Service. The candidate will work closely with the Senior Practitioner/ Coordinator and wellbeing practitioner to deliver our Safety Nets and Thrive programmes to young people across Bradford District and Craven.
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This role involves delivering engaging group work alongside providing one-to-one wellbeing support, taking lead from the wellbeing practitioner. The post holder will play a key role in supporting young people’s emotional wellbeing, resilience, and personal development through structured interventions and a trauma-informed approach in a safe, supportive, and youth-centred environment that encourages participation and positive peer relationships.
They will be involved in planning and delivering inclusive and engaging group sessions for young people aged 5-17, facilitating group activities focused on emotional wellbeing, confidence-building, resilience, and personal development.
Groups will be typically delivered for 1-2 hours at a time on a weekly basis, with 3-5 groups a week happening. Groups will run in cohorts between 10-16 weeks.
This job will require regular evening work and occasional weekend work.
Emotional Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (EHWP2026)
Invictus Band 3c-4c depending on skills & experience (£25,150 - £27,550) (pro-rata)
10 hours (2 x 5 hour evening shifts per week) with more sessional hours available
Central Huddersfield but with key responsibility to work in and across community settings across Kirklees where needed.
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Start Date: ASAP (Close date: 02/04/26 at 9am)
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We are looking for 3 highly motivated wellbeing practitioners to lead interventions and become an integral part of our therapeutic and wellbeing team based in central Huddersfield.
You will work as part of the Brew Project, a service focused on offering confidential and non-judgmental 1-2-1 emotional health and wellbeing interventions as well as group work to children and young people 5-17. This is part of Locala’s Kirklees 0-19 service.
The Wellbeing Practitioner will lead on emotional health and wellbeing interventions and deliver the highest quality service ensuring that young people have access to effective support in a timely and accessible manner. They will undergo training to learn core practitioner skills and use their skills, experiences and knowledge to aid young people’s emotional wellbeing.
They will be responsible for managing a busy caseload of young people, offering interventions, signposting and referring to local groups and establishing and maintaining partnerships with appropriate schools, organisations and individuals.
We require a wellbeing practitioner to work on one or more evening shifts (2:30 - 7:30pm)
Mon-Fri
Youth Link Worker (YLW2026)
Invictus Band 3 OR Band 4 depending on skills & experience (£23,800 - £27,550) (pro-rata)
20 hours per week ( 2 x Evening shifts)
Kirklees
Fixed Term (Until March 2027) then continued dependant on funding.
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Start Date: ASAP (Close date: 25/02/2026 at 9am)
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We are looking for a highly motivated Youth Link Worker to lead interventions and become an integral part of our team based at St George’s Square in Huddersfield.
You will work as part of the Kirklees Social Prescribing Team. The Youth Social Prescriber will work directly with young people aged 11–25 to improve their health, wellbeing, confidence, and sense of connection within their communities. Using a person-centred and trauma-informed approach, the post holder will support young people to access non-clinical services, activities, and community resources that help them build resilience, develop positive relationships, and overcome social, emotional, or practical challenges.
They will be responsible for managing a busy caseload of young people, offering interventions, signposting and referring to local groups and establishing and maintaining partnerships with appropriate schools, organisations and individuals.
We require a Youth Link Worker to work on one or more evening shifts (2:30 - 7:30pm)
Wellbeing Practitioner (BWP2026)
Invictus Band 3c-4c depending on skills & experience (£25,150 - £27,550) (pro-rata)
14 hours (evening shifts required) with more sessional hours available
Shipley - with regular travel across Bradford.
Permanent
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Start Date: 01/04/2026 (Close date: 27/03/26 at 9am)
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We are looking for a highly motivated wellbeing practitioner to help deliver our exciting new projects as part of the Youth in Mind: Connect Service. The practitioner will work closely with the Senior Practitioner/ Coordinator to deliver our Safety Nets and Thrive programmes to young people across Bradford District and Craven.
This role involves delivering engaging group work to young people alongside providing one-to-one wellbeing support. The post holder will play a key role in supporting young people’s emotional wellbeing, resilience, and personal development through structured interventions and a trauma-informed approach.
Groups will be typically delivered for 1-2 hours at a time on a weekly basis, with 3-5 groups a week happening. Groups will run in cohorts between 10-16 weeks.
This job will require regular evening work and occasional weekend work.
Why work for Invictus Wellbeing?
Culture​
Our workplace culture is based on our core values and our commitment to being the best possible place to work. We are committed to being a respectful, inclusive and understanding employer. If issues arise, we deal with it, but we will always treat our staff with respect and trust our staff to get their work done without being micromanaged.​
Ownership​
We want our workforce to feel part of our organisation, that they have a say in the direction of travel and that we are youth and community led. We have a staff consultation annually where key development areas are identified and worked on and all staff are encouraged to develop their professional portfolios by contributing to sub-committees and projects.​
Flexibility​
We don't use a steam whistle at the end of the day, we set our expectations and let you manage your workload to have the best work/life balance. We value staff performance, not the amount of time they spend at their desk. We offer flexible working schemes, a 35 hour work week and​
Development​
We want the best version of you - We want you to develop and grow and be happy where you work. We pay our staff a liveable wage, we will fund professional development and we will give you opportunities to develop, including paid opportunities to train and become a qualified practitioner.​
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Inclusive​
We aim to be inclusive and representative of the communities we serve. We work with local colleges and universities to offer entry level placements and roles, our board includes youth and parent/carer representatives, we are a disability confident employer, offer reasonable adjustment plans to all employees and voluntarily complete a Gender Pay Gap review annually. ​
Salary & Benefits​
We offer competitive remuneration packages which are reviewed annually in line with NHS and NJC pay scales. We also offer competitive benefits which include an additional day off for your birthday, a wellbeing budget and day if needed, exclusive discounts, free counselling, salary schemes, a 35 day work week and more.
