Health & Wellbeing Coach

Overview

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate. The Stephen Longfellow Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Health & Wellbeing Coach
. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy; the Health and Wellbeing coach will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of high-quality health and wellbeing programmes across all phases (5-16), ensuring an integrated and holistic approach to support all students. The health and wellbeing lead will lead a team of health and wellbeing coaches and counsellors.

The role focuses on managing, mentoring and developing the team, whilst fostering collaboration and innovation to meet the diverse needs of the students.

• Grade C/4 and above in GCSE English and Mathematics (or equivalent).
• An understanding of the particular factors and issues faced by children and young people in relation to the maintenance of good mental health and emotional wellbeing.
• Strong emotional intelligence.
• The ability to relate well to adults and children/young people.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to work calmly under pressure.

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

The Stephen Longfellow Academy is an Alternative Provision setting based in the South of Leeds that has changed the face of Alternative Provision, both locally and nationally. Opened in September 2017, The Stephen Longfellow Academy serves schools across Leeds to support some of the most vulnerable young people in the city to re-engage with education by following a bespoke curriculum offer that reopens the doors of opportunity that were, at one point, firmly closed.

This is because our exceptional team of staff create personalised pathways that combine an academically rich curriculum with personalised therapeutic support. This allows significant numbers of students to re-engage in mainstream education or successfully enter further education, employment or training.

Inspected in October 2019, inspectors told us that, Leaders want the very best for pupils and have established an effective alternative provision in a short period of time. They are working together well to make this school even better for the benefit of its pupils and their families. They also judged all areas of the academy to be Good. We will continue to further improve our provision with this exciting role.

If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website at The Stephen Longfellow Academy.

If you are as excited about this role as we are, you can download the Job Description, Person Specification, and Application Form from this page, request them by email dlay@st, or call us on .

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy.
CV’s are not accepted.