Mental Health & Wellbeing Officer
Worcester Sixth Form College
Worcestershire
- £24,010 - £26,097 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Sixth Form Colleges Support Staff Salary Spine
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 12 August 2024
Job overview
The College is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic permanent Mental Health & Wellbeing Officer, to work full time (37 hours per week), term-time only (38 weeks) to work with the Safeguarding and Pastoral Team to provide mental health and wellbeing support to students and contribute to cross-college awareness events.
You will provide interventions to individual students for whom this would be beneficial to their wellbeing, attendance at the College and success in their studies. You will also provide regular focused group work. You will liaise with the Safeguarding Officer, the College counselling service and the safeguarding and pastoral team to ensure student access to appropriate internal and external sources of support. You will contribute to cross-college campaigns and events to inform students of key messages relating to mental health and wellbeing, and the planning of relevant tutorial activities.
The successful applicant will be educated to Level 3 and will have some mental health/wellbeing training and experience. You will demonstrate effective interpersonal, organisational and administrative skills and have experience of offering mental health & wellbeing interventions. You will have experience of working with individuals from different cultures, disabilities, sexual orientations and ages, preferably within a further/higher education setting.
Please note, the deadline for applications is noon on Monday, 12th August with interviews anticipated to take place soon after.
Safeguarding Statement
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including two satisfactory references and a satisfactory enhanced criminal records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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About Worcester Sixth Form College
- Worcester Sixth Form College
- Spetchley Road, Worcester
- Worcestershire
- WR5 2LU
- United Kingdom
Worcester Sixth Form College is proud to be part of Heart of Mercia Multi-Academy Trust and supports the Trust’s vision of providing a range of excellent learning opportunities within the region, in a positive, friendly and tolerant culture that will equip them to fulfil their potential and meet their individual goals. In order to achieve this vision, Heart of Mercia is committed to sustaining high achieving sixth form colleges as the best environment for the personal, academic and career development for 16 to 19 year olds.
At Worcester Sixth Form College, we are specialists in the education of 16-19 year olds and our staff are experts in meeting the needs of this age group. Every year we admit 800 or so students from the whole county of Worcestershire and from surrounding areas. This enables us to offer an exceptionally wide range of courses and flexible programmes in which any course can be combined with virtually any other course. Our students are highly successful, not just academically, but in many other kinds of endeavour, including sports, performing arts, music, Duke of Edinburgh, charity fund raising and a wide variety of other extra-curricular areas.
· Academies in Sports, Performing Arts, Maths and Science
· A long track record of supporting students with learning needs in achieving their full potential
For further details please refer to our website.
Equality
We are proud to be an inclusive organisation where individual differences are accepted and valued and where everyone is able to fulfil their potential in a welcoming, safe and non threatening environment. Worcester Sixth Form College is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for students, employers, community groups, staff, governors, members of the public and for others who come into contact with the College.
The College is an equal opportunities employer and staff, students, volunteers and workers are expected to respect the principles of open access and opportunity for all regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Applications from members of the ethnic minorities would be particularly welcome as they are currently under represented in our workforce.
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