Mental Health Adviser

Overview

Mental Health Adviser — 37 hours per week, term time 40 weeks
Salary: £27,694 - £29,556 per annum pro rata
Fixed term until 31 July 2027

• Provide specialist mental health support for students, with recent experience in youth mental health, ideally in an education setting or with experience of teaching young people under the age of 25.
• Collaborate with internal and external professionals to support students, including attending multi-agency planning meetings with agencies such as CAMHS to devise and implement action plans to help learners access their education.
• Work with colleagues to liaise on Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and take a leading role in multi-agency partnerships.
• Demonstrate excellent organisational skills, including coordination, attention to detail and robust record keeping; some evening work may be required.
• Engage with prospective candidates and provide information about the role as requested (informal chats and enquiries).

• Experience of youth mental health, preferably in an education setting or with teaching experience for people under 25.
• Excellent communication skills and experience with EHCPs.
• Ability to work effectively with multi-agency teams and partners.
• Strong organisational, coordination and record-keeping abilities; willingness to work some evenings.

• For more information or an informal chat about the role, please contact Samara Castro at [email protected].
• Please  to view the Job Description and Person Specification.
• Closing date for applications:
  Sunday 8 February 2025 at Midnight.
• Safeguarding:
  We undertake Safer Recruitment checks and require an enhanced Adult and Child Workforce DBS Check; you must be registered with the DBS Update Service. A new DBS check is required with City College Norwich.
• We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if warranted; some roles are posted directly by the college and not handled by AoC Recruitment. If you would like to hear about interim/permanent roles, email your CV to the address provided.

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