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School Mental Health Programme Manager

Location: Schools across London Borough of Southwark and The Nest’s hub in Peckham

Salary: £35,500 per annum

Job Type: Fixed Term until 31st December 2025

The Role

The organisation are 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 the Nest, 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.

Main Objectives:

Develop and manage relationships with teachers and other appropriate staff members across Southwark to ensure the successful engagement of schools in early intervention mental health support for pupils.
Effectively manage a team of diverse wellbeing and therapeutic practitioners to ensure that targets are met, and the highest quality of service is delivered.
Oversee the creation of resources that will be used to support the delivery of the School Engagement Team programme.
Quality assure service delivery by providing frontline support.

Skills and Qualifications

Experience of working with children, young people and families
Experience of being based in schools to deliver mental health and wellbeing interventions
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and use of evidence based therapeutic  and mental health and wellbeing interventions
Knowledge and understanding of the barriers and challenges facing children and young people seeking support for their mental wellbeing
Ability to form close and effective relationships with children, young people and their families from a wide range of backgrounds
Ability to develop young people, broaden horizons and support them to take advantage of opportunities whilst overcoming barriers
Ability to undertake initial assessments and design action plans in collaboration with service users
Experience of working collaboratively and collecting feedback from children and young people to shape service delivery
Working knowledge of Safeguarding, the ability to follow procedures, and develop and work within a culture of safe practice
Ability to follow Policies and Procedures in relation to Data Protection and Security, and Protection of Personal and Sensitive Personal Data
Ability to plan and manage a complex work programme, prioritise tasks and deliver results on time
Ability to manage and lead a team of diverse practitioners
Ability to use MS Corporate Software applications, particularly MS Office, MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook Email
Ability to keep accurate records including service user development logs and use recorded data for evaluation and monitoring
Willingness to be flexible in work patterns and to fulfil regular evening and weekend duties
Commitment to the organisations Equity and diversity, in practice in the workplace and across communities
To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, then please do not hesitate to apply