Resilience Training Lead

Resilience Training Lead (Leadership Point 10 - 14)

The Innovative Big Lottery Funded HeadStart Preventative Mental Health programme in Newham is committed to the delivery of evidence based approaches which promote emotional resilience in 10-16 year olds at risk of developing mental health difficulties.

As part of the HeadStart Newham  programme delivery team, we are looking for someone with the skill set, passion and experience to facilitate transformational change in how schools support the emotional resilience of vulnerable pupils. We are seeking to employ or second a full time or part time senior education lead (between 4-5 days a week, negotiable based on experience) for this exciting opportunity. They will be trained to deliver the Academic Resilience Approach developed in partnership with YoungMinds, across Newham schools. 

We are looking for a senior school leader who will be able to:

• Facilitate the Academic Resilience Approach to secondary schools at an individual school level.
• Through ongoing expert coaching and training to different staff groups, build whole school staff competency to identify vulnerable pupils and support them to develop a number of resilience competencies including aspiration, self-esteem and school and community connection.
• Support schools through a service improvement/organisational development approach to develop and implement new policies, initiatives and ways of working which explicitly promote resilience in more and less vulnerable pupils.
• Facilitate regular resilience Community of Practice meetings in each neighbourhood to share practice between HeadStart schools and collect ongoing school feedback on the programme.

We will offer you:

• The opportunity to be accredited in delivering emotional and resilience training in schools and the chance to lead delivery of a specific intervention model.
• Training and support from national specialist organisation YoungMinds and the University of Brighton.
• Ongoing professional development as an essential aspect of the role.

The role will start at the beginning of September 2017 and contracts will be offered on a 1-2 year fixed term basis initially.

For further information please contact the HeadStart Operational Manager, Holly Jones at Holly.Jones@Newham.gov.uk or on 0203 373 1587

Closing date for applications: Sunday 21^st May  

Interviews (to include a pre-prepared presentation): Wednesday 24^th May & Thursday 25^th May

The council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check. A disqualification declaration questionnaire maybe required for this post.

NPW, managing recruitment on behalf of LBN