Trauma Informed Support Project Worker

The purpose of this post, as part of Mind in Gwent s new National Mind funded Trauma-informed support project, is to provide trauma-informed mental health support to young women, girls and non-binary young people aged 11-24 and their families in Newport.

This role has the following aims:

To respond to the increasing mental health difficulties that young women, girls and non-binary young people with experience of trauma face;

To improve the overall mental health and wellbeing of young women, girls and non-binary young people;

To increase knowledge of mental health and wellbeing and improve mental and emotional literacy and resilience, for young women, girls and non-binary young people and their families and wider communities;

To increase the number of young women, girls and non-binary young people managing their mental health without being referred to specialist higher tier services;

To increase choice, control and trust in the trauma-informed support that young women, girls and non-binary young people access;

To improve public knowledge of where to find trauma-informed support in the community.

The project will offer trauma-informed, restorative and resilience-based focused interventions to address trauma and reduce the impact of poor mental health. The work will be targeted, albeit not exclusively, towards racialised communities and young people experiencing poverty.

Interviews to be held 16th December