Museum Assistant

This is a fantastic opportunity for 12 months at 15hrs per week. The workdays will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday or just 2 days at 7.5hrs or could be split over 3 days if needed.

Get involved in the Trusts innovative and award-winning Mental Health Museum. The role will involve working with service users, carers, Trust staff and community groups and organisations to further develop Mental Health Museum projects and initiatives., You will have the chance to help shape the future of MHM and really have a positive impact on the service user as you become part of the MHM team. The team is responsive and dedicated and open to change and always strives for the highest standards. There will be opportunities within the role for further training and development.

You will bring excellent skills and knowledge to the role, great communication skills and be confident in outreach work in the community as well as hospital settings. During your time you will be supported by MHM manager.

At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role.

We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

The post holder will need to have experience and skills around archiving, community engagement. They will have to have good interpersonal skills as this role is all about partnerships and relationships building.

The post holder would be working across the areas served by this NHS trust including Barnsley, Wakefield, Kirklees, Calderdale, though would be able to work agilely, and would be expected to work with a certain degree of autonomy.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.