Mental Health Lead / Nurse

Job Title: Mental Health Lead / Nurse

Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 1DS

Salary: FTE £46,117.50 based on 18.75 hours per week or 2.5 days

Job Type: Part-time, permanent

The Company:

St Edmund’s Prep offers a magnificent country setting in rural Hertfordshire, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds.

We require a Mental Health Lead/Nurse who will have an oversight of the whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing, including how it is reflected in behaviour and wellbeing policies, curriculum, and pastoral support.

About the role:

The candidate will have an oversight of the delivery of interventions implemented and will measure the impact within the College, both the day and boarding community. They will support staff in contact with children and young people who have been identified with SEMH (social, emotional, mental health needs) to help raise awareness, and develop the confidence level of all staff to work with these children and young people.

The successful candidate will welcome the many opportunities to contribute to the lively co-curricular life of the College, which is situated in rural East Hertfordshire. St Edmund’s is England’s oldest Catholic school offering an all-round co-education for students from 3 to 18 and for families from all faiths.

• The role would require a minimum of 2.5 days or equivalent hours, with the potential for this to be higher.
• Whilst not in a teaching role, as Mental Health Lead you will be working on a regular basis in a school in a role which gives opportunity for contact with children. As such, you will be in regulated activity and an enhanced DBS check (which includes children’s barred list information) will be required in advance of appointment.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. As with all College staff members, you will therefore be responsible for providing a safe environment in which children can learn.

About you:

Essential:

• GCSE in English and Mathematics at grade C or above (or equivalent).
• Child protection and safeguarding training. If not current, then a willingness to undertake this training.
• Relevant professional qualification.
• Experience of working within schools or with children and families.
• Experience of working with a range of professional organisations, including in health and social care.
• Experience of working in children’s mental health and with students experiencing social, emotional and behaviour issues (including loss/bereavement, separation, anxiety, self-harming, low mood).
• Commitment to personal and continued professional development.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact positively and develop good working relationships with students and staff.
• Excellent team-working skills, as well as the ability to work creatively and independently.
• Understanding of the social, emotional and educational development issues secondary-aged children may encounter.
• Up-to-date knowledge of best practice in field of young people’s mental health.
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people.
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours.
• Ability to support the work of pastoral teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and to be able to practise active listening and to be an effective communicator.
• Flexible, organised and efficient.
• Able to use initiative as well as work as part of an effective team.
• Patient, reliable and conscientious.
• Motivation to keep up to date with changes in policy and the DFE guidance for wellbeing in education.

Desirable:

• Relevant degree or professional qualification in education, youth or social work or equivalent experience.
• Relevant counselling qualification.
• Qualifications in relevant area e.g. education, social work, youth and community work or parenting support.
• Youth Mental Health First Aid training.
• Mental Health Lead training.
• Experience of working effectively with colleagues across a school setting.
• Proven ability to coordinate, plan and deliver evidence-based interventions and demonstrate their impact.
• Experience of delivering a whole-school approach for wellbeing in education.
• Experience of developing both preventative and early help work with young people to support their emotional health.

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Mental Health Support, Mental Health Advisor, Wellbeing Advisor, University Mental Health Advisor, Wellbeing Support Advisor, Mental Health Support Advisor, may be considered.