Advisory Teacher, Mental Health Support Team

Job title:

Advisory Teacher, Mental Health Support Team

Company:

West Sussex County Council

Job description

Salary: Soulbury EIP 4-6 £44,545 to £47,170 per annumContract Type: PermanentWorking Pattern: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with flexible workingLocation: Littlehampton and WorthingClosing date: 19 May 2024Interview date: Week commencing 27 May 2024As an Advisory Teacher in Thought-Full, Mental Health Support Teams in schools, you will work with schools to develop their whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing, working with children, young people, and families in addition to working with school staff and colleagues in WSCC. You will work alongside mental health experts to provide advice and support to schools relating to the emotional wellbeing of the staff, pupils, and their families.You will provide day to day management of assigned teams, leading and managing areas of practice and policy, continual professional development, monitoring of information, and promoting equal opportunities.We are looking for an ambassador to enhance the quality of inclusive teaching and learning, who will influence activities, improve services, and ensure Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing is promoted.You will need a qualified teacher status, strong personal values, and emotional resilience for this role with knowledge and understanding of mental health and wellbeing.If this sounds like the role for you, apply below!For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.Experience and SkillsKey Skills: * Experience of and an interest in supporting pupils who present with emotional wellbeing challenges; for example, those relating to anxiety.

• Ability to make sound pragmatic problem-solving decisions which will have a wider service impact. The ability to provide comprehensive professional advice, analyse and make judgements to resolve difficult problems of a technical, professional or people related nature.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships and excellent partnership working skills with leaders, managers, practitioners, and other agencies to deliver objectives.
• Ability to challenge existing practices and identify innovative solutions to improve learning outcomes for children and young people.
• Excellent inclusive practice and teaching skills.
• Ability to forward plan, set timescales and meet challenging targets and objectives, taking appropriate action where these are not being met.
• Effective evaluation and analytical skills to monitor and review effectiveness of provision, teaching and learning.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (oral and written) with the ability to successfully influence and negotiate effective outcomes, demonstrated through the development and delivery of a range of strategies for practitioners to adopt to improve outcomes.
• Sound and accurate IT skills to enhance teaching and learning and effectively monitor service delivery.
• Ability to travel countywide.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Educated to degree level with QTS
• Experience of the Advisory Teacher role in providing consultation, support and challenge to schools and settings
• Experience in working collaboratively and successfully with colleagues across different service areas

About UsThe Educational Psychology Service (EPS) supports the delivery of the Local Authority’s wellbeing strategy and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) strategy across educational settings, children, young people, and families throughout West Sussex. The EPS directly oversees the Portage Service and Thought-Full, the Mental Health Support Teams in schools. We are an integrated team so also work alongside colleagues employed by Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT)Advisory Teachers are part of Thought-Full, receiving support from Educational Psychologists and the Thought-Full Senior Advisory Teacher. The Thought-Full team provides advice and support to schools and settings, for children and young people who experience mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties.For more information, please visit both our our page on our West Sussex County Council (WSCC) website.BenefitsFor a full list this can be found at ourFurther InformationThe reference number for this role is CAFHE05171.For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contactTo apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter.In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, five years referencing and an occupational health check.Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our page.Available documents

Expected salary

£44545 – 47170 per year

Location

Worthing, West Sussex – Littlehampton, West Sussex

Job date

Sun, 12 May 2024 05:20:44 GMT

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