Employer
Early Break
Salary
Subject to review
Working hours
Full-Time
Working Hours per week
37 hours per week
Locations
Rochdale
Delivery of effective 1:1 emotional health and wellbeing support with young people aged 11+ with emotional health and wellbeing needs across education settings and the community.Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support young people within allocated high schools and support education colleagues in developing mentally friendly approaches, and act as a link worker into the MHST & HYM SPOE arrangements.Key Deliverables
- Seek out young people with emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them appropriate interventions and/or support them into the wider Mental Health Support Team, Healthy Young Minds Single Point of Access, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary Mental Health Support Team alongside Pennine Care Foundation Trust colleagues to support emotional wellbeing of students across allocated high-schools.
- Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or the community as per need.
- Adhere to the Mental Health Support Team and Early Break policies on Safeguarding including identification and referral, as well as participating in any subsequent action in relation to these.
- Work with a range of partners in ensuring seamless access to support for children and young people.
- Maintain and update levels of knowledge and understanding of issues relevant to young people’s lives through reading, eLearning and training offered by the Mental Health Support team, Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of Paris database.
- Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the work of the role and the Service.
- Implement Service Health and Safety Policy/Service Guidelines including risk assessments.
- Attend relevant internal and external meetings supportive to the role.
- Engage in professional development opportunities and training as required/appropriate.
- Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
Role type
Permanent
Employee Benefits
- Long Service Leave: an additional 4 weeks paid holiday after every 3 years in service (subject to attendance thresholds).
- Supervision: 10 sessions per 12 months with an external supervisor to facilitate reflective practice.
- Wellbeing Day: 2 x half days of additional paid leave every 12 months as a ‘wellbeing day’ for staff.
- Volunteer Day: 1 day additional paid leave every 12 months as a ‘volunteer’ opportunity with another third sector organisation of your choice.
Would you consider a job share for the role?
Yes
Would you consider a secondment for the role?
Yes
Anticipated Interviews week commencing
Closing date
Contact Name
Jess Ball
Application instructions
Further information and application form can be found at https://earlybreak.co.uk/join-us/vacancies/. Please email [email protected] or call 0161 723 3880 if you would like to discus the role in more detail.