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YoungMinds staff at risk of redundancy amid Covid-19 restructure

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A handful of staff at children’s mental health charity YoungMinds are at risk of redundancy due to the impact of Covid-19, the charity has said.
Some face-to-face services are no longer able to run, Young Minds said. Picture: Young Minds
Some face-to-face services are no longer able to run, Young Minds said. Picture: Young Minds

YoungMinds has been forced to restructure its training and consultancy team after the pandemic left face-to-face services unable to run.

Four staff members are at risk of redundancy, the charity said, however four new roles have been created in the new structure.

According to YoungMinds' latest accounts for 2018/19, the charity employs 87 members of staff with an equivalent of 68 full time roles.

A statement from YoungMinds says: “Some of the training and consultancy services YoungMinds provides, particularly those that rely on face-to-face delivery, have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In response, we have made changes to our strategy which have been reflected in some changes to team structure.

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