{"id":722,"date":"2025-03-25T16:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/?p=722"},"modified":"2025-03-25T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:43:07","slug":"worcester-community-trust-wellbeing-jobs-club-report-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/worcester-community-trust-wellbeing-jobs-club-report-published\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcester Community Trust: Wellbeing Jobs Club report published"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Worcester Community Trust (WCT) partnered with the University of Worcester in 2024 to evaluate its Wellbeing Jobs Club, aimed at improving mental health, confidence, and employability for residents referred by local agencies. The program&#8217;s holistic approach addresses employment, mental health, and practical needs, with Job Coaches offering personalised support. Participants reported high satisfaction and shared transformative experiences like \u201cit saved me\u201d and \u201cI felt accepted.\u201d The initiative reduces strain on mental health and social services while bridging gaps in existing support systems. Recommendations include sustained funding, more resources, and staff expansion to enhance the club&#8217;s positive impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full report available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WCT-wellbeing-jobs-club-report-March-2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of WCT wellbeing jobs club report March 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ccdbad3c-4bea-4357-b541-fa9920022e22\" href=\"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WCT-wellbeing-jobs-club-report-March-2025.pdf\">WCT wellbeing jobs club report March 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WCT-wellbeing-jobs-club-report-March-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ccdbad3c-4bea-4357-b541-fa9920022e22\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Worcester Community Trust (WCT) partnered with the University of Worcester in 2024 to evaluate its Wellbeing Jobs Club, aimed at improving mental health, confidence, and employability for residents referred by local agencies. The program&#8217;s holistic approach addresses employment, mental health, and practical needs, with Job Coaches offering personalised support. Participants reported high satisfaction and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/worcester-community-trust-wellbeing-jobs-club-report-published\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worcester Community Trust: Wellbeing Jobs Club report published<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-research","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenandfamilies.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}