Mental Health Support Worker - Full-time

Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-4046-779S
• Posted:14/05/2024
• Pay:KR5 £20,866.72 - £21,696.74
• Start Date:1st September 2024/ As soon as possible
• App Close Date:31/05/2024 at 09:00
• Interviews:7/10 June 2024

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The role of Mental Health Support Worker will form part of our exceptional Student Services team. The purpose of the Student Services Team is to provide key support for the learning and welfare of all Students. Members of the team work at both the Tonbridge and Sevenoaks campuses. The team is led by a Deputy Headteacher and consists of a range of posts including Family Liaison Managers, School Counsellors, school nurses, and Student Services Receptionists. 

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will work closely with our students on a 1:1 basis and in small groups. You will help students to learn and use effective strategies to support their mental health and develop resilience and self-awareness. Working alongside our Counsellors and Student Services Receptionist, you will be part of the wider team supporting students who face difficulties with their social, emotional and mental health issues.  

Application Closing Date: Friday 31 May 2024

Shortlist Interview Date: 7/10 June 2024

Early applications are advised as the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the application process. 

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. As this role involves 'regulated activity' with children the successful applicant will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure application. Employment will be conditional upon the College being satisfied with the result of the Enhanced DBS check and the outcome of all other checks. 

The School will also carry out a check of the Children's Barred List on the successful applicant. Applicants should be aware that it is unlawful for the School to employ anyone to work with children if they are barred from doing so, and it is a criminal offence for a person to apply to work with children if they are barred from doing so. 

This role is also exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. 

Information about the school

Weald of Kent is a selective Girls’ Grammar School for 11-18 year olds with a roll of approximately 2000 students including our co-educational Sixth Form. The school is one of the highest performing schools in the country. We aspire to excel at everything we do. Owing to our continued success were thrilled to have been given permission by the Secretary of State to expand and mirror what we deliver at our Tonbridge campus in a campus at Sevenoaks, which opened in September 2017. In addition to the exciting new facilities, we have also invested in our Tonbridge campus which now has a state of the art Sports Hall and university style Sixth Form Study Centre. A new science block and new English classrooms have been built this year. Both campuses are situated in beautiful rural settings with far reaching views across the Garden of England with excellent transport links.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Human Resources
• Address:Tudeley Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JP
• Telephone: 01732373500
• Email: hr@wealdgs.org

Fax: 01732373500

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• Mental Health Support Worker