Job summary
With Me In Mind are a school based mental health service involved in early intervention and prevention of mental health in children and young people. Part of the service offer is to impact on this through a whole school approach to mental health. We are looking for a Whole School Approach Lead in each of our localities (Rotherham, Doncaster, North Lincolnshire). Working in partnership with each other and with your local educational settings to facilitate early intervention and prevention and auditing this throughout the year under the framework of Whole School Approach within a Mental Health Support Team to develop a positive culture and ethos.
This is a newly created post, and candidates who should apply will be passionate about early intervention and prevention, needs analysis and implementing change. This is not a clinical role but rather a co-ordinating and delegating role, based on needs analysis. The candidate will have great skills in auditing, co-ordinating service delivery and monitoring impact.
The whole school approach lead will work with school and colleges as part of a mental health support team. The post holder will work autonomously and directly with education settings to coproduce and evaluate the whole school approach interventions.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description for further information.
The post holder will be expected to travel throughout the Trust's three localities for meetings with a range of organisations. A proportion of their working day will be office based working at a computer.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
http://workwith.rdash.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent qualification relevant to the post.
Desirable
- Post graduate study relevant to the post
- Qualified teacher status (QTS) with demonstratable ongoing CBD such as SENCo qualification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate demonstrable experience in either an education or health setting
- A good understanding of the education system
- Experience of engaging with patients/students, parents, teachers and members of the public.
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to junior members of staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent qualification relevant to the post.
Desirable
- Post graduate study relevant to the post
- Qualified teacher status (QTS) with demonstratable ongoing CBD such as SENCo qualification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate demonstrable experience in either an education or health setting
- A good understanding of the education system
- Experience of engaging with patients/students, parents, teachers and members of the public.
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to junior members of staff.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
