Mental Wellbeing Officer
Salary: £25,00 - £28,000 per annum;
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 31/10/2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 04/11/2024
Job Summary
Are you passionate about empowering children and young people to thrive in their educational journey? We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Mental Wellbeing Officer to make a real difference through our innovative school programmes.
What We Offer
- Flexible & remote working;
- Competitive salary and benefits package (including healthcare plan, discounts and match tickets);
- 26 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays);
- A personal development plan and training opportunities;
- The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people in South London.
Job Description
As Mental Wellbeing Officer you will:
- Deliver our positive mental health programme, Team Mates, to groups of students in years 6 and 7 in our partner schools, including workshops, assemblies and mentoring;
- Deliver the Premier League Primary Stars programme, including small group activities, workshops, social action programmes and PE lessons;
- Deliver the Premier League Inspires programme, involving workshops and activities for young people in secondary schools;
- Organise and support at events related to the programmes, including parent consultations, career and aspirational days, mentors training, tournaments and festivals;
- Form positive relationships with key partners including schools, parents and local authorities;
- Support the administration elements of the programmes including data collection and input, updating monitoring and evaluation systems and completing reports for funding partners.
Person Specification
As successful candidate you will:
- Have experience working in a school environment and with young people from different backgrounds;
- Have the ability to empathise with and give support to participants who may not feel comfortable in learning or sports related environments;
- Have good knowledge of the school education system and mental health related illnesses;
- Ideally possess qualifications in Physical Education, FA/UEFA football coaching or other sports coaching, Youth Mental Health First Aid, safeguarding and/or first aid;
- Have the ability to develop and maintain relationships with schools and their staff including head teachers, SENCO and Governors;
- Be available to work at least one evening a week as part of your regular hours, and some holiday work.
Safeguarding
We are committed to ensuring the welfare and protection of all children, young people and adults who take part in our activities, and all staff are expected to share this commitment. All successful candidates will go through safer recruitment checks (including a criminal records check) before commencing employment.
Equalities
We endorse the principle of equality and strive to ensure that all our staff and participants have a genuine and equal opportunity to participate to the full extent of their own ambitions and abilities, and can be assured of an environment in which their rights, dignity and worth are respected.
We want our staff to reflect the diversity of our local community, and we welcome applications from individuals of all age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion of belief and marriage and civil partnership.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to support your application, please just let us know.
- Department
- Primary Schools
- Locations
- Selhurst Park Stadium
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Hours
- Full-Time
Selhurst Park Stadium
OUR BENEFITS
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Flexible and remote working
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Generous holiday allowance
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Healthcare plan
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Perkbox discounts
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Match tickets for CPFC home games
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Discount in the club shop
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Free access to Palace TV
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& plenty more!
Our Values
- TEAMWORK 🤝
We support everyone around us and treat them with respect, working together to achieve great results.
We are proud to represent Palace and aspire to be the best in everything we do.
- INNOVATION 💡
We are not afraid to try new things, we are creative and inspiring, always seeking new ways to progress.
About Palace For Life Foundation
The Palace for Life Foundation is the official charity of Crystal Palace FC which has been working with the south London community for over 25 years. We use the power of football and the Palace brand to change the lives of young people across south London, particularly the most hard-to-reach and hard-to-help. We work with over 13,000 people each year, inspiring them to find a better path and to lead a healthier life.
Mental Wellbeing Officer
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