School Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilitator

Job overview

This is a term time only contract

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Gloucestershire Mental Health Support Team – Young Minds Matter, for the recruitment of School mental health & wellbeing facilitator. The post holder will provide Psych educational support to schools within the Mental Health Support team (MHST) using the ‘Whole-school Approach’ to improve mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.

Supporting the school mental health & wellbeing co-ordinator, the post holder will work with the whole school community (teaching professionals, children, parents, volunteers, and support staff) to break down stigma of mental health issues, and support children to become more resilient so they are better equipped to understand and manage their emotions.

This will involve delivery of whole school approach presentations around mental health and wellbeing to both students and professionals of varying age and audience size, as well as attending and representing YMM at countywide promotional events.

Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis based within Gloucestershire, and will play a key role as members of the Mental Health Support Team, who will have the responsibility for delivering schools’ overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people across the county.

Main duties of the job

• To support the ‘Whole School Approach’ offer around Mental health and wellbeing across MHST schools in Gloucestershire
• Delivering assemblies, class-based workshops, and small groups in primary and secondary settings, countywide.
• To arrange, plan and deliver WSA activities.
• Regularly required to collect and collate participant feedback in response to presentations and conduct audits with regards to the outcomes.
• To participate regularly in the agreed systems for supervision.
• To participate annually in the agreed system of appraisal.
• Responsible for the security of equipment used by the service such as a projector and laptop for schools presentations.
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• Responsible for monitoring levels of resource materials and notifying the manager before they become depleted.
• Creating and disseminating resources around Mental Health and Wellbeing.
• To make accurate observations and recordings, using Rio (electronic patient recording system).
• To identify and discuss a range of health and social care needs with service users, carers and other professionals and signpost when appropriate.
• To provide support and advice to service users, carers, colleagues, and other professionals.
• Ability to work flexibly and creatively, responding quickly to changing circumstances and needs of individual children, young people and their families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To support the ‘whole school approach’ offer around Mental health and wellbeing across MHST schools in Gloucestershire
• To arrange, plan and deliver school mental health & wellbeing activities.
• Within a countywide model, you will be responsible for developing insight and knowledge of local services and signposting within your locality area.
• To evaluate and reflect upon the quality of care given and the goals achieved
• Be responsible for maintaining and influencing professional standards in relation to government policy, frameworks and Trust directives.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.