Job overview

 We are looking to recruit a Whole school and college co-ordinator to work in the Mental Health Support Team.

 The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.

You can expect Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which is tailored to meet your professional development; individual CPD advice is available from our Practice Education Team.

You will receive supervision in line with the Trust values and the training course.

As a Whole School and College Coordinator, you will be responsible for embedding a whole-school approach to mental health, ensuring that staff, students, and families receive the right support. Working closely with educational institutions, local authorities, and healthcare professionals, you will drive mental health awareness and resilience-building initiatives. This role will play a pivotal part in transforming mental health support in schools

The Mental Health Support Teams are currently based in Stoke, the Staffordshire Moorlands and North Staffordshire and cover approximately 130 education provisions.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a developing service with high expectations for improving the outcomes for children and families in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire.

Main duties of the job

The principles when applied consistently and comprehensively will help to contribute towards protecting and promoting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The post holder will need to work within all education provisions covered by the mental health support team across both North Staffordshire, Moorlands and Stoke including any newly recruited provisions for the planned Wave 8 phase in January 2023, there are currently 63 provisions with a total pupil population of almost 30,000. The numbers for wave 8 include 21 provisions with a pupil population circa 8000. The post holder will be expected to liaise with schools and support them to implement changes that positively impact on the education provisions as a whole, this includes pupils, staff and parents/carers. They will be required to complete and support the education provisions in completing audits and then creating, implementing, maintaining and reviewing action plans and if needed adjust if plans are not effective.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

 The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.