We wish to appoint a dynamic and highly motivated Mental Health Professional to lead on mental health and well-being strategy across the Trust including direct work with young people and families.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead
37 Hours Per Week During Term Time Only (Full-Time or Part-Time Considered)
Salary: Grade 4B, Pt 27 – 31 (£37 035 - £40 476) - Pro-rata for Part-Time Roles
The successful candidate will provide strategic and clinical expertise and advice to school mental health practitioners, supporting assessment and interventions to staff, pupils and their families.
This role will be crucial in delivering the Trust’s ambition to provide the highest quality early help to young people and our workforce experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges, achieving the benefits of our collaboration model and mission for ‘Achieving More Together’.
WMAT was founded by three high performing secondary schools in Birmingham – Hall Green, Kings Norton Girls’ and Swanshurst – who transferred into WMAT on 1st January 2025.
The three schools have nearly 500 staff and around 4,000 students. We each have our own in-school provision for mental health and wellbeing support and this role will grow and develop our provision further, and provide a service which achieves more for each school and their communities. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to lead the establishment of new trust policies, procedures and professional growth.
You will be joining at the beginning of our journey, as we establish, embed and then grow the trust. For the right individual, we believe that this is an extremely exciting lead role. At WMAT, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and empowering environment for both our staff and students. We believe that a strong, jointly created provision for mental health early-help and trust wellbeing resource is essential for delivering the vision and aims of our trust.
At every step, you will be supported by a leadership team full of ambition and optimism, including a Chief Executive and Chief Finance and Operations Officer who are each on secondment from the founding schools. Appropriate externally sourced supervision will be in place from the outset.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
For further details and an application form please contact recruitment@wmatrust.co.uk. Applicants requesting an online application form must also submit a signed copy of their application, either at the point of being called for interview or as soon as possible after the closing date.
Please submit all completed applications to recruitment@wmatrust.co.uk.
WMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Necessary safeguarding checks will be undertaken.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
To ensure we attract the highest quality candidates, applications are welcomed from individuals seeking both full-time and part-time opportunities. We are open to job-share arrangements and flexible working models. Please state your preferred working pattern in your application.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 3pm on Wednesday 5th February 2025.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to be a part of something truly transformative.
We look forward to your application and the possibility of welcoming you to our team.