Education Wellbeing Programme Manager

Education Wellbeing Programme Manager

Location: Peckham

Salary: £35,500 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hour per week

Contract: Fixed Term until 31st December 2025

The Role

Our client is looking for a skilled and organised manager to lead their Wellbeing Services and Under 11 s therapeutic interventions across Southwark Schools. The role involves managing a team of Wellbeing Coaches and qualified therapeutic practitioners to deliver a variety of mental health initiatives to children and young people, parents/carers and teachers. The post holder will have experience and a proven track record of working with young people, or in the mental health sector e.g. youth practitioners, teachers, mental health support workers and therapists/counsellors in training,

The role will operate from their mental health support service, specifically designed for young people aged 0 to 25 living in the London Borough of Southwark and involves managing two teams: The School Engagement Team (SET) and an Under 11 Therapeutic team. Both teams deliver bespoke interventions around various topics relating to mental health and wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and management:

• Work closely with Whole School Approach Lead and co-ordinator to ensure there is a comprehensive offer across their mental health support services in Southwark.
• Run regular team meetings and 1:1 case supervision sessions for Wellbeing Coaches and Under 11s Creative Therapists, to support their wellbeing and ensure best possible outcomes are achieved.
• Plan School Engagement calendar. Liaising with each school to assess their needs, creating bespoke plan for the school, booking in appropriate interventions and allocating staff to deliver them.
• Act as a DSL (Designated Safeguard Lead) on the Safeguarding Duty Rota for The Nest. Appropriately deal with any safeguarding concerns, adhering to the procedures of the organisation thoroughly recording any concerns/incidents on Salesforce.
• Recruit, organise and manage volunteers who work alongside the team to support the planning and delivery of SET interventions.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships and communication with stakeholders and partners such as schools, Family Early Help, Youth Offending Services and Social Services.
• Build partnerships with other organisations in the local community so that School Engagement can work with outside of term time.

Programme Delivery:

• Educate and empower children, young people and their families to make informed choices about their wellbeing.
• Make outward referrals should a child or young person need more intensive and/or specialist support than The Nest is able to provide.
• Oversee the Exclusion Prevention Offer, by managing referrals, allocating CYP (Children and Young People) to suitable Wellbeing Coach and supporting them to deliver these interventions, as well as holding a caseload of vulnerable CYP.
• Develop and maintain a thorough local knowledge of the borough and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues.

Skills and Qualifications

• Experience in working in and managing teams of diverse practitioners
• Experience of working with young people and/or in the field of mental health
• Confidence in planning and delivering workshops and assemblies to large groups of children and young people
• Confidence in planning and delivering educational workshops and wellbeing sessions for parents/carers and school staff
• Knowledge and understanding of the barriers young people face when accessing support
• An awareness of working to safeguard children young people, including relevant training

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, then please do not hesitate to apply.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 10th February 2025

Interviews will take place remotely the w/c 17th February 2025