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** Investors in people
** Mindful employer
We currently employ approximately 130 staff. The majority of our staff are employed within
direct service delivery roles as Case Workers and Support Workers providing direct support to
people using our services. Our services are directly managed by our Project Co-ordinators
and overseen by our four Area Managers who report to our Head of Operations and other
Senior Management Team colleagues.
We believe in good mental health and wellbeing for all.
Do you have the passion and drive to help us achieve our vision and to help us achieve a
positive lasting impact in all that we do? If so, then a job with Gofal may be just for you –
please click on the links below for further information.
We have a variety of different roles within Gofal. The majority of our staff are employed within
direct service delivery roles – as Case Workers providing direct support and case
management, and, Support Workers providing direct support to people using our services.
These roles operate across the range of our services, and can provide a variety of
opportunities for staff. We have Crisis Intervention roles providing support to people leaving
hospital or at housing departments. Services are directly managed by our Project Coordinators and are split into four geographical areas each having its own Area Manager
reporting to our Head of Operations and other Senior Management Team colleagues.
We also have a variety of Head Office roles providing support functions across all our service
areas – Finance, Human Resources, Business Development, Administration, Fundraising,
Public Affairs and Marketing.
Staff Wellbeing
We take our staff health and wellbeing seriously and as a mental health and wellbeing charity
we aim to be an exemplar of good practice in our employment practices. We are signatories
to the mindful employer charter and are committed to ensuring that we look
after the mental health and wellbeing of our staff. In pursuit of this:
• We have a staff wellbeing group to generate ideas and share good practice from the areas.
• We are flexible with work times to allow staff to meet out of work commitments.
• We promote a culture of openness and transparency.
• We encourage people to become more involved in our work through involvement in working
groups, organising or taking part in fundraising and feedback on our current and future
workplans.
• We provide a range of benefits to support staff wellbeing such as our income protection and
employee assistance programme.
Benefits of working with us
We offer a generous range of benefits for all our employees which include:
• Good annual leave entitlement – 26 days rising to 30 days after 4 years – and bank holidays
are in addition to this – so a maximum entitlement of 38 days a year.
• A generous entitlement of full and half pay provision if you are ill and not able to work.
• Enrolment into an Income Protection Scheme that can make payments of approximately
50% of your salary for up to 2 years.
• Automatic enrolment into our Group Pension Scheme and we will pay 4.5% of your salary
into this – even if you chose not to contribute.
• A Group Life Assurance Scheme – which will provide 3 times your salary as a payment to
your beneficiaries in the unfortunate event that you die while in our service.
• Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of
support and advice including counselling; legal and financial advice.
Introduction
Thank you for showing an interest in working at Gofal. We hope this booklet along with other
information on our recruitment pages and website gives you all the information you need to
make your decision about joining us at Gofal.
We are a mental health and wellbeing charity with a strong identity and purpose to our work
captured through our vision, mission and core beliefs.
If you believe in this and want to challenge the way we all think about mental health then we
look forward to reading your application and discovering what you can bring to our work.
Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure we bring out the best in every candidate
from application to interview – to help you we have put together some guidance (Guidance for
Applicants).
You might find it useful to read through this before you start on your form.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Current opportunities
Before completing the application form, please download and read through our Guidance for
Applicants
Completed application packs should be returned to:
Gofal, 2nd floor, Derwen House, Court Road Bridgend, CF31 1BN.
For further information, please email [email protected] or call 01656 647722.
Benefits of working for us
We offer a generous range of benefits for all our employees which include:
• Good annual leave entitlement – 26 days rising to 30 days after 4 years and bank holidays
are in addition to this – so a maximum entitlement of 38 days a year.
• A generous entitlement of full and half pay provision if you are ill and not able to work.
• Enrolment into an Income Protection Scheme that can make payments of approximately
50% of your salary for up to 2 years.
• Automatic enrolment into our Group Pension Scheme and we will pay 4.5% of your salary
into this – even if you chose not to contribute.
• A Group Life Assurance Scheme – which will provide 3 times your salary as a payment to
your beneficiaries in the unfortunate event that you die while in our service.
• Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of
support and advice including