Minds Up Sessional Trainer

Location: Based in schools in South East London boroughs, with a priority focus in Greenwich - office based in Beckenham

Salary: £17.63 per hour

Contract: Sessional

The Vacancy

Hours: Minimum 6 hours per week

Before applying for this role, please read through the Job Description and Person Specification (available at the bottom of this page).

Raising awareness of mental health in young people has never been more important, with one in six young people now reported to have issues with their mental health.

Our ‘Minds Up’ schools mental health, wellbeing and resilience project aims to help young people understand what mental health is, to recognise that they have mental health and need to take care of it, and to discover ways to protect their wellbeing and ask for help when needed.

The project is delivered across five London Boroughs: Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We are looking for sessional trainers to deliver Minds Up workshops to schools in these boroughs. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who can facilitate across Greenwich.

The role holder will facilitate weekly workshops across years 5 to 13 in primary and secondary schools, encouraging healthy debate and interaction around mental health and wellbeing.

Ideally with experience of working in schools, you will be confident in training young people around mental health and wellbeing, with a good understanding of mental health issues and how they impact on young people’s lives.

You must be well organised and flexible in terms of adapting to the course content, since this may vary depending on the audience. There may also be times when co-delivery of training sessions is appropriate.

Applicants must be flexible as this post will involve travel across our South East London boroughs, and working hours will vary in line with the school day.

Further detail for candidates:

The project is delivered term time across the academic year, with trainers delivering to a different student group each session. The sessional trainer role is responsible for facilitation of weekly training sessions and a small amount of session administration. All content and session plans are provided however, the ideal candidate is expected to be confident in adapting the session to the needs of students.

School continuity is important to the project, we ask our trainers commit to facilitating up to two 2-hour workshops each week in a local school. Both workshops will usually take place during a school day – for example a morning and a midday workshop.

Candidates will be expected to allocate 5-6 hours at each school, excluding travel. Please note, some trainings require an early morning start in line with the school day and therefore you may need to be able to arrive at the school by 8am.

A minimum availability of one 6 hour work day, per week (excluding travel) is expected for this role.

Applicants must be available to attend our monthly Minds Up Advisory Board on Tuesdays at 4.30-6.30pm.

Closing date: Sunday 2nd February (11:59pm)

Likely interview date: Wednesday 12th February

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.

About Us

SEL Mind supports people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We are proud of our diverse workforce and know that our organisation is made stronger by the variety of backgrounds, experience, and ideas within it. We promote a culture of inclusion and representation, and are working hard to build a workforce that even better reflects the communities we support.

SEL Mind is somewhere that you can be your authentic self without fear of discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodivergence, gender, age, lived experience of mental health problems or anything else that’s part of who you are.

Read more about staff benefits and why staff love working here.

Benefits

Flexible working

Enhanced annual leave package

Learning and Development

Pension scheme

Funded counselling

Strong commitment to inclusion

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Cam Lloyd ; recruitment@selmind.org.uk

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Royal Borough of Greenwich

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