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Minds Up Trainer

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Minds Up Trainer

• £13,255 (based on a full time salary of £32,730 for 37.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year) Includes a salary increase applicable from 1 April 2023 and a payment for annual leave entitlement as the post holder will be expected to work every week during term time
• 18 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks per year)
• Hours to be worked over 3 days per week
• Permanent contract
• Location: Secondary schools in Greenwich borough with some travel to Bromley and Lewisham. Office base in Beckenham.

Raising awareness of mental health in young people has never been more important, with one in six young people now reported to have issues with their mental health.

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind have secured funding to expand our ‘Minds Up’ schools mental health, wellbeing and resilience project. The focus of the programme is to enable young people to understand what mental health is; to recognise that they have mental health and need to take care of it; to discover ways to protect their wellbeing and ask for help when needed.

We are looking for a new Trainer to deliver Minds Up workshops in secondary schools primarily in Greenwich borough, with some potential work in Bromley and Lewisham boroughs. The role holder will deliver training across years 7 to 13 in designated secondary schools, encouraging healthy debate and interaction around mental health and wellbeing. The role will also assist in facilitating monthly sessions with the Minds Up Youth Advisory Board.

Ideally with experience of working in school settings, you will be confident in training young people around mental health and wellbeing, with a good understanding of mental health issues and how they impact on people’s lives.

You must be well organised and adaptable in terms of developing course content, since this may vary depending on the audience. There may also be times when co-delivery of training sessions is appropriate.

Applicants must be flexible as this post will involve some travel across Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich, and working hours may vary.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check

Closing date: Sunday 19thMarch (11:59pm) 2023
Likely interview date: Tuesday 28thMarch 2023

Please apply on our website: https://blgmind.org.uk/job/minds-up-trainer/

About us

BLG Mind is a local Mind with a diverse workforce of over 400 staff and volunteers, working to support people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich. Read about the benefits of working for us.

Inclusion is one of our core values. We welcome all applicants, including those with lived experience of mental health problems. We particularly encourage applications from:

• People from culturally diverse communities
• Disabled people
• People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities
• Under 25s

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 18 per week

Salary: £32,730.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Flexitime

Work Location: In person

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