Deputy Team Leader – Mental Health & Wellbeing

Here’s the standard bit: An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our existing pastoral team in working alongside curriculum and other members of the Progress and Welfare Team to co-ordinate effective mental health and wellbeing support across college. You will enhance wellbeing by; supporting college wide staff and the Progress and Welfare team in supporting students through networks, training, resources and access to external support. You will pro-actively promote the mental health and wellbeing of students throughout the college and develop effective systems to monitor external referrals and any associated processes and procedures.

What you’ll need:You will co-ordinate support provided by external partners, support staff in managing students with significant mental health needs (risk assessments and fitness to study) and support incident management. You will also co-ordinate and deliver mental health awareness, training and events. Ability to use and develop data monitoring systems is also essential for this role.

You will have a sound understanding and a proven track record in supporting students with mental health and wellbeing and be skilled in communicating with students, parents and carers in varied and challenging situations. You will pro-actively promote the safety and wellbeing of students throughout the college acting as the student’s advocate in line with college values. An understanding of local mental health provision and referral mechanisms would be advantageous for this role.

As a support colleague you’ll go into the Local Government Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefit’s, i.e. Costa Coffee on site, Free on site Gym at Beaufort Road, onsite bakery products at Tameside One, The Restaurant at Tameside One to name but a few. Of course we offer retail discounts, cycle to work, great holiday allowances and a saving club via Manchester Credit Union.

About us: Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.

We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.

Come join us on our journey to outstanding!