Primary Care Mental Health Support Worker

Touchstone; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Health and wellbeing support

Learning budget

Employee assistance

Hybrid work pattern

Job summary

Touchstone is seeking a Primary Care Mental Health Support Worker in Leeds to join the LMWS. This permanent, full-time role is based in Leeds with hybrid working (1 day remote).

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide mental health support for individuals with mild to moderate conditions and focus on improving access for underserved communities. The position offers a supportive working environment with opportunities for personal wellbeing, development, and flexible working

Qualifications

• Role requires compassionate communication and teamwork.
• Experience in mental health support is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver primary care based mental health support for people with mild to moderate conditions.
• Help increase access to mental health services for people in deprived areas and those facing barriers.

Job description

Primary Care Mental Health Support Worker

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

As a Mental Health Support Worker within the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (LMWS) you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team which delivers an integrated service to offer primary care based mental health support for people with mild to moderate common mental health problems. You will also focus on increasing access to mental health services for people in some of the most deprived areas of Leeds and those who traditionally face barriers to accessing this support.

Information session via TEAMS on Tuesday 17th November 2026 at 5:30pm. Please email [e-mail] for a link to join.

Closing date: Tuesday 24th November 2026

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 10th December 2026

Company: Touchstone

Salary: from £28,392 a year, pro rata

Hours: Full-time

Location: Leeds, LS9 7RE

Working pattern: Hybrid - 1 day remote

Job type: Permanent

• 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
• Access to HealthHero - Employee Assistance Scheme and Virtual GP service for staff
• Personal wellbeing and training budget
• Access to 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

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 our equal opportunities policy.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we 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.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

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