Mental Health Youth Worker
Tradewind Recruitment is currently looking for enthusiastic Mental Health Youth Workers to work in one of our partnership Alternative Provisions in Blackpool. The role is full-time, Monday - Friday, 8.20 am - 3.30 pm, working across KS3 and KS4. Additionally, you may be required to do some 1-2-1 intervention sessions with literacy and numeracy with several students.
The role is to start as soon as possible - July 2025, with the potential to go permanent. Pay from £90 per day.
The Alternative Provision School caters for pupils aged 11 to 16 years old.
The school requires a Support Worker who has worked with mental health within secondary and primary aged children.
As a Support Worker, the ability to engage and build rapport using your understanding of mental health and support background is essential.
As a person-centred youth worker, you will be a dynamic, forward-thinking, and pro-active team player, with passion and commitment to holistically supporting pupils, including individual 1-2-1 intervention sessions in Maths and English.
Team Teach training is desirable but not essential, as training can be provided.
If you have worked or studied mental health and are interested in working in new settings such as this Good Alternative Provision based in Blackpool, we encourage you to apply.
In these Support Worker roles, your primary areas of responsibility will be to:
1. Encourage the development of positive attitudes to learning and behavior through well-planned support.
2. Have a creative and innovative approach to understand and support disaffected learners in education and help them overcome barriers to learning.
3. Support on a 1-2-1 basis.
4. Monitor pupil learning, social, emotional, and behavioral progress against targets and report any changes to the teachers.
5. Be aware of safeguarding and behavior policies of the settings you work in and adhere to the policies at all times.
To join us and be successful in this role, you will need to:
1. Have experience in health and social care, which would be an advantage but is not essential.
2. Have knowledge and experience working with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties (Alternative Provision), although not essential.
3. Team Teach (desirable but not essential, as training can be provided).
The school is easily accessible with close links to the motorway and a large free car park.
Click 'Apply Now' to be considered for this great position as a Youth Worker in Blackpool. For more information about the role, contact Christina on (phone number removed) or (url removed).
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