Health and Wellbeing Coach

Required to start ASAP

Health and Wellbeing Coach

SO1 (SCP 23-25) £27,741 - £29,577

Actual Salary: £23,829 – £25,406

Contract: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only + 5 Days

Subject to a 6-Month Probationary Period

We seek to appoint a Health and Wellbeing Coach, who will deliver high quality, personalised coaching and planned intervention across all phases at The Stephen Longfellow Academy. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced coach/mentor or counsellor to change the lives of our most vulnerable students and play a pivotal role in academy’s health and wellbeing strategy. The role is a new post and has been established to prevent and reduce the risk of students being involved in Child Criminal Exploitation, County Lines and youth violence. The post is a fixed term contract as part of the Department for Education’s (DfE) Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce and the successful candidate will work as part of a team of family support workers and a large well-established pastoral and health and wellbeing team at the academy.  

The role will entail planning and leading personalised 1:1 coaching and group work intervention to support the social, emotional and mental health development of all children and young people at the academy. The successful applicant will work closely with other professionals within the academy, which includes supporting the role of the form tutor and promoting the expectations and standards of the academy Alternative Provision Positive Discipline Policy. 

Applicants for this post must have:   

• Previous experience of mentoring/coaching children and young people and supporting young people with Social Emotional and Mental Health difficulties.  
• Excellent interpersonal skills, establishing constructive partnerships with parents/carers, students and all stakeholders, ensuring transparency in communication.  
• Experience in managing caseloads of students, providing targeted and planned coaching on a 1:1 basis and in group-based intervention sessions.  
• Ability to maintain accurate and efficient records, in order to track and monitor student attendance and progress, in accordance with the academy policies and procedures.  
• An awareness of strategies and intervention to improve children’s mental health, promoting awareness of this throughout their work, with both staff and students.  
• Clear understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation related to working with children and young people.   
• A commitment to safeguarding children.

An Application Pack (including Job Description and Person Specification) is available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website (www.tgat.org.uk/jobs), by email to recruitment@stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk or by telephone on 0113 468 5999.

Please note if you submit an electronic application we will not require a hard copy. CV’s are not accepted.

Closing date for applications: Monday 28 February 2022, 9am

Applications should be returned to: recruitment@stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk 

Interviews will take place: TBC

The GORSE Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children and we expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.