Mental Health Outreach Worker - Wakefield Community Enablement Team

This role is fixed term up to 31 March 2027, with the possibility of an extension.

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that they can only deliver excellence to the people they serve if the people they recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

Touchstone is seeking experienced, self-motivated individuals to join their team. The Community Enablement Team provides 1-1 support in the Wakefield district (5 towns) delivering person centred and recovery focused outcomes in line with individual goals and objectives.

You will be supporting individuals in their own home and local communities who have mental health needs. You will manage your own case load with a focus on promoting improved health and wellbeing, reduce isolation, maximise strengths & independence which is sustainable.

As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:

• Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 36% *BME staff, 25% *LGBTQ+ staff, 16% *staff with a disability
• Staff and peer support networks (*as above and many more)
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Flexible working opportunities
• Personal wellbeing budget.  Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff helpline
• Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days
• Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
• Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing
• Learning and personal development opportunities

Information session: Wednesday 11 February 2026, at 12:00pm, via Microsoft Teams. To attend please email recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk

Interviews: Wednesday 04 March 2026

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. All applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria will be interviewed. Additional information can be obtained from their equal opportunities policy. Please note that Touchstone do not hold a sponsor licence and do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

Applications can be obtained by visiting Touchstone's website or by e-mailing recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk.

Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted. Touchstone reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.