SEND Education Mental Health Lead
Gloucestershire College
Gloucestershire
- £28,479.51 - £30,164.50 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 26 July 2021
Job overview
Gloucestershire Professional Services (GPS) is looking to recruit an experienced mental health practitioner to join the Learning Support team as a SEND Education Mental Health Lead at Gloucestershire College on a fixed term basis.
The SEND Education Mental Health Lead role is based within our bespoke provisions at Alexandra Warehouse, designed to support, develop and reintegrate young people with poor mental health and or severe anxiety in to education. The purpose of the role is to lead the bespoke provision and provide specialist mental health and pastoral support to the young people and their families. The role also supports the transition of incoming and progressing learners, as directed by the Head of School.
Please review the Job Description to find out more about this role and apply online to join our team.
As a SEND Education Mental Health Lead, you will:
• Coordinate the day to day running of the specialist provision ‘Quayside Transition Centre’, being the port of call for external stakeholders, agencies, parents and key staff within the College
• Provide essential mental health/anxiety/pastoral support to the learners at all provisions based within Alexandra Warehouse, assisting the SEND Lecturers and Teaching Assistants with appropriate interventions to ensure learners are able to learn and achieve
• Provide training and support to specialist SEND teams to ensure that learner needs are met
• Undertake 1:1 pastoral sessions with learners to support difficulties presented based on the additional needs of the learners
Skills and Experience:
• Working with post-16 learners with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND)
• Working with young people to support their mental health, severe anxieties and complex difficulties (including PDA)
• Qualification in mental health – ideally Level 4 or above
• Registered mental health professional with one of the statutory bodies
Benefits:
A career with us means much more than just a salary - we know that our people are our greatest asset. Working with committed colleagues, we also offer an attractive benefits package.
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About Gloucestershire College
- Gloucestershire College
- Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham
- Gloucestershire
- GL51 7SJ
- United Kingdom
Gloucestershire College is a successful college of further and higher education, offering a wide range of education and training programmes, including A Levels and GCSEs, vocational qualifications, work-based learning, basic skills courses, higher education, short courses for business, part-time day and evening courses and English for overseas students.
The College is a dynamic and lively place, with main sites in Cheltenham, Gloucester and Forest of Dean, as well as a number of satellite sites such as our Construction School in Kingsditch and the Tewkesbury Launchpad Centre.
The College continues to be formally recognised by external bodies, being re-accredited for Investors in People, achieving ISO9001 and achieving the Dyslexia Quality Mark.
Buildings are not sufficient to make a thriving and successful college. We have an excellent team of staff who challenge learners to achieve their best and who provide the support required to ensure this is accomplished. We also work effectively in partnership with key stakeholders in the County, thereby fully playing our part in helping drive the local Gloucestershire economy.
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