Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead

Moseley School and Sixth Form, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 9UU

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP[

• Closing date

  10 February 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  24 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33 366 to £40 476 (Pro rata for Term Time Only actual salary £29 301 to £35 545)

Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead job summary

Job Title; Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead

Contract; Two Year Fixed Term Contract, 36.5 Hours Per Week Monday to Friday , Term Time only

The South Area Network of Birmingham schools is a large group of like-minded secondary schools, two alternative-provision Free Schools as well as post-16 and specialist providers located in south Birmingham and Solihull, serving more than 14000 students.

The schools are individual and independent, but have worked together over a number of years, valuing the benefits that come from working as a group, and developing a number of shared successful projects. This role has been created to deliver a new and ambitious project to set up an early-help resource for our schools so young people can access specialist support as quickly as possible within their school or from the Network.

We wish to appoint a dynamic and highly motivated Mental Health Professional with one of the following professional registrations:

Registered Mental Health Nurse with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health

Registered Children’s Nurse with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health

Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health

NHS recognised Allied Health Professional with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health including; Registered Occupational Therapist, Qualified Music Therapist, Qualified Art Therapist, Qualified Drama Therapist.

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

The mental health professional will lead on mental health and wellbeing strategy across the South Area Network of Schools in Birmingham including direct work with young people and families.This is an exciting role to work across a diverse group of schools, supported by the network’s inclusion team, to develop provision and have a direct impact on the lives of young people.

The successful candidate will provide strategic and clinical expertise and advice to school mental health practitioners, supporting assessment and interventions to staff, pupils and their families.

This role will be crucial in delivering the Network’s ambition to provide the highest quality early help to young people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges through training, supervision and actively supporting the Network’s inclusion leaders in ensuring Network schools are equipped to respond and support pupils struggling with poor mental health and wellbeing.

The successful candidate will be employed directly by one of the Network schools: Moseley School and Sixth Form but will be expected to work in all the schools across the network.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

For further details and an application form please contact ; Natalie Gorman Recruitment Co-Ordinatorat Moseley School on recruitment@moseley.bham.sch.uk. Applicants requesting an online application form must also submit a signed copy of their application, either at the point of being called for interview or as soon as possible after the closing date.

Please submit all completed applications via mynewterm which can be accessed via the Moseley School Website. If you have any queries, please email recruitment@moseley.bham.sch.uk

Network Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Necessary safeguarding checks will be undertaken.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Theclosingdateforreceiptofapplicationsis8am on Monday 10th February 2025.

If you would like to know more about this role please contact via email the recruitment team at Moseley on recruitment@moseley.bham.sch.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

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About Moseley School and Sixth Form

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Moseley School and Sixth Form website (opens in new tab)
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The staff at Moseley School and Sixth Form are a passionate team of professionals. Our purpose is to inspire excellence in character and scholarship. The students and their families have bought into this vision. Together we form a friendly and dedicated community.

Moseley School and Sixth Form is a large comprehensive secondary school with a thriving sixth form. Moseley School first opened its doors in 1923. We value our long history whilst being excited about our future. There are 1300 students, 150 teaching and support staff, excellent facilities housed in a grade two listed building, a modern building which opened in 2012 and a recently completed sports complex and extensive grounds. Staff enjoy subsidised healthcare options and access to our on-site gym.

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