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Education Wellbeing Programme Manager
Location: Peckham
Salary: £35,500 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hour per week
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st December 2025
The Role
Our client is looking for a skilled and organised manager to lead their Wellbeing Services and Under 11’s therapeutic interventions across Southwark Schools. The role involves managing a team of Wellbeing Coaches and qualified therapeutic practitioners to deliver a variety of mental health initiatives to children and young people, parents/carers and teachers. The post holder will have experience and a proven track record of working with young people, or in the mental health sector e.g. youth practitioners, teachers, mental health support workers and therapists/counsellors in training,
The role will operate from their mental health support service, specifically designed for young people aged 0 to 25 living in the London Borough of Southwark and involves managing two teams: The School Engagement Team (SET) and an Under 11 Therapeutic team. Both teams deliver bespoke interventions around various topics relating to mental health and wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership and management:
- Work closely with Whole School Approach Lead and co-ordinator to ensure there is a comprehensive offer across their mental health support services in Southwark.
- Run regular team meetings and 1:1 case supervision sessions for Wellbeing Coaches and Under 11s Creative Therapists, to support their wellbeing and ensure best possible outcomes are achieved.
- Plan School Engagement calendar. Liaising with each school to assess their needs, creating bespoke plan for the school, booking in appropriate interventions and allocating staff to deliver them.
- Act as a DSL (Designated Safeguard Lead) on the Safeguarding Duty Rota for The Nest. Appropriately deal with any safeguarding concerns, adhering to the procedures of the organisation thoroughly recording any concerns/incidents on Salesforce.
- Recruit, organise and manage volunteers who work alongside the team to support the planning and delivery of SET interventions.
- Build and maintain excellent relationships and communication with stakeholders and partners such as schools, Family Early Help, Youth Offending Services and Social Services.
- Build partnerships with other organisations in the local community so that School Engagement can work with outside of term time.
Programme Delivery:
- Educate and empower children, young people and their families to make informed choices about their wellbeing.
- Make outward referrals should a child or young person need more intensive and/or specialist support than The Nest is able to provide.
- Oversee the Exclusion Prevention Offer, by managing referrals, allocating CYP (Children and Young People) to suitable Wellbeing Coach and supporting them to deliver these interventions, as well as holding a caseload of vulnerable CYP.
- Develop and maintain a thorough ‘local knowledge’ of the borough and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues.
Skills and Qualifications
- Experience in working in and managing teams of diverse practitioners
- Experience of working with young people and/or in the field of mental health
- Confidence in planning and delivering workshops and assemblies to large groups of children and young people
- Confidence in planning and delivering educational workshops and wellbeing sessions for parents/carers and school staff
- Knowledge and understanding of the barriers young people face when accessing support
- An awareness of working to safeguard children young people, including relevant training
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, then please do not hesitate to apply.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 10th February 2025
Interviews will take place remotely the w/c 17th February 2025
