Mental Health Educator

2 weeks ago

High Wycombe, United Kingdom Buckinghamshire Mind Full time

**Description**:
**Mental Health Educator - Children & Young People**

**Salary**:£10,788.07 actual

**Contract**:7 month Fixed Term Contract

**Hours**:22.5 hours pw flexible on days (Term time only, 41 weeks)

**Location**:schools across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire*

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**Who we are**

Buckinghamshire Mind is part of a network of over 100 Local Minds, which provide trusted mental health services to our communities. We connect. We support. We influence. We deliver services in our local communities, in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire. We promote wellbeing and recovery; we prevent mental ill health; we offer talking therapies, and we provide support in times of crisis.

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**Do you have a passion for supporting young people with their mental health and wellbeing? For giving them the chance of a better future?**

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We’re looking for such a person to support the coordination and delivery of our Peer Support Mentoring and Mental Health Education in schools.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has experience of working in schools (or with children and young people) around mental health and wellbeing. You will require a positive can-do attitude and excellent communication skills, with confidence in communicating with senior school staff and key stakeholders. Strong admin skills are also a must. You’ll join a professional team and have opportunities for personal and career development.

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As the role involves travel you’ll need access to a vehicle and appropriate insurance (work related mileage will be paid). Alternative travel arrangements will be considered.

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See job description for more details and a description of our benefits.

**Closing date: 28th July 2023**

**Interviews: 3rd and 8th August 2023**

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Basic function**

As a Buckinghamshire Mind Mental Health Educator, you will work as part of a team of staff and volunteers to deliver our services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.

**Main responsibilities**
- To support the coordination and delivery of our Mental Health Education Service across schools in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire
- To carry out all administrative tasks associated with our service, which includes keeping accurate, up-to-date records, taking bookings and inputting evaluations.
- To support our Children and Young People’s Services Team Lead in the design, promotion, implementation and delivery of our Peer Support in schools’ service.
- Keep statistical records of all training work undertaken and provide high quality reports as required.
- Keep up-to-date with research and developments regarding mental health and wellbeing and/or have a bearing on the work of Buckinghamshire Minds’ training provision.
- Work with the Finance Manager to ensure that invoices are issued and paid within agreed timeframes.
- Lead by example; inspiring and motivating the young people we work with.
- Lead on the development of new sessions focussed on both mental health awareness and wellbeing to achieve agreed impact and budgetary targets.
- Create a non-judgemental, positive and welcoming atmosphere within Buckinghamshire Mind training provision.
- Liaise with parents, teachers, support staff and external agencies and stakeholders to promote awareness about our services.
- To undertake any other duties as reasonably required for the success of the role.

**About Buckinghamshire Mind**:
Buckinghamshire Mind is an independent charity providing high quality services to support and represent people with mental health needs in the local community. We work to provide a voice for people with mental health needs, to fight stigma and campaign to influence policy and decision making locally. We are committed to making sure our services are inclusive and meet the diverse needs of people in Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire.

Buckinghamshire Mind is run by local people for local people and is responsible for its own funding and the services it provides.

We are an independent charity that is proud to be affiliated with national Mind and to adhere to its quality standards of governance and service delivery. Buckinghamshire Mind is part of a network of over 100 Local Minds, which provide trusted mental health services to our communities.

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