Join the Team
Become part of the Charlie Waller Trust team
The Charlie Waller Trust was created by the Waller family in 1997 in response to the loss of their son and brother Charlie to suicide, having suffered from depression. We have since become one of the UK’s most respected mental health charities.
We provide mental health training and resources with a focus on children and young people. We equip parents, carers, teachers and communities with the best and latest evidence-based strategies. We give them the knowledge and confidence to help young people thrive.
If you’re interested in joining our team, we may have an opportunity for you – within our head office, as part of our network of freelance trainers, or as a volunteer.
Working for the Trust
Why work for the Charlie Waller Trust?
The Charlie Waller Trust is a great place to work. We care about mental health and wellbeing in our team and have a positive, enabling workplace culture. Our values drive our work:
- Positive: We focus on prevention, early intervention and the importance of offering hope.
- Collaborative: Partnership and cooperation are at the core of our work; we seek the views of those we wish to support and aim to put them at the centre of our activity.
- Inclusive: We strive towards better mental health for all children and young people, promoting diversity and equity as mechanisms for more inclusive and accessible systems of support.
- Compassionate: We believe empathetic human connections are central to good mental health. We aim to reflect that in all our relationships with stakeholders; going above and beyond for people on an individual level.
- Accountable: We maintain integrity and transparency, taking responsibility as individuals and as an organisation for the quality of our work; robustly measuring our outcomes enables us to garner the trust and respect of those around us.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the trust
We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and are working to ensure that our staff represent the communities we aim to support. We activity utilise positive action as set out in the Equalities Act (2010) to ensure we attract and recruit candidates from backgrounds and groups that are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We therefore particularly encourage applications from men, trans and non-binary folk, and those from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds.
When we recruit, we will ask all our shortlisted candidates to tell us about any reasonable adjustments they need. Our current office is only accessible via a flight of stairs. We would of course discuss home based working and holding team meetings in an accessible location as appropriate.
Benefits
We want people to thrive at the Trust; we believe you do your best work when you feel your best. That being the case, our team comes first, and we are proud of our culture: we offer a supportive, flexible and enjoyable place to work.
As part of our employed team, the following benefits are available to you:
- Flexible working policy - we're committed to helping you find a healthy work-life balance.
- Generous annual leave allowance - pro rata 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service), PLUS bank holidays PLUS the period between Christmas and New Year.
- Option to purchase up to 3 days additional annual leave.
- A workplace pension scheme to support you with saving for your retirement, into which we pay 5% (higher matched contributions after lengths of service).
- Access to a 'Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan' - helping staff to stay mentally well and to support them through periods of poor mental health. This includes support for the cost of talking therapies where these are not available via the NHS.
- Opportunities to experience our charitable activities and impact at first hand by attending training and events and through involvement in relevant projects.
- Learning and development opportunities specific to job roles and on mental health and wellbeing topics.
- Coaching (offered to CWT pro bono, depending on team member and need).
- Social events and team days.
- Bike to work scheme.
- Time off for volunteering.
- Unpaid leave/sabbatical particularly if this supports personal or professional development (offered after 2 years in post).
You can view our staff handbook by clicking the button below.