Wellbeing Officer

Interview Date: 8th - 12th June 2026

The Vacancy

Are you committed to gender equality and promoting the rights of young women and girls in the care system and their babies? If so, we would love to hear from you.

NYAS Cymru have services across Wales, and we have an exciting new programme called TogetHER which is a sister project from our Unity work which provides wrap around support to girls and young women when their babies are at risk of entering care.

Our new Programme TogetHER will aim to advance the rights of young women in care who have children and undertake key research into why the number of babies born to care experience young women become the subject of child protection. 

We will be providing wellbeing support and offering safe spaces for young women and their children to access sessions focusing on positive mental health and creating hubs for this to be achieved.

With funding from the Community Fund - National Lottery for Wales, we are looking for a Wellbeing Officer based in North Wales working 28 hours per week. 

For more information, please view the attached job description. If you would like to have an informal discussion about the position, please contact Nia Gwynfor on  07776990911 or Helen Perry on 07786854906. Alternatively, you can email projectunity@nyas.net 

You will need to live within the geographical area in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

Benefits include:

• Additional sick pay
• Enhanced pay for family friendly leave
• Health care cash plan 
• Employee Assistance programme and other wellbeing resources
• Death in Service
• Learning and development opportunities 

Please note: When completing the application form, it is important that you refer to the person specification within the job description and detail how you can evidence the criteria. The job description can be located at the right hand side of the page.

NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment.

In accordance with UK immigration law, NYAS is required to ensure that all prospective candidates have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom. Therefore, proof of eligibility to work in the UK will be required as part of the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.

About NYAS

As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.

We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic.

 NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

Work with us to help change young lives.