Weston College Group
SEND Mental Health Officer
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The college is seeking to appoint a motivated and innovative SEND Mental Health Officer to work with learners with a range of learning barriers/SEND and associated mental health needs; to support them to develop their independence and achieve sustainable outcomes.
The role will be crucial to enable the sharing of best practice and to encourage inclusive practice approaches and curriculum adaptions, including modifications to delivery and imaginative ways of teaching.
Job Details
This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week.
Whilst this is an all-year round position, we are open to applications from people who wish to work term-time only, on a 38 weeks per year basis.
Interviews for this role will take place on-site, at one of our college campuses in Weston-super-Mare.
As a SEND Mental Health Officer, you may be based at any of our Weston-super-Mare campuses.
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Day to day duties of the role
- Delivering appropriate high-quality interventions to support a caseload of learners with SEND who have associated mental health needs.
- Planning and reviewing individual programmes of support, ensuring all aspects of provision and support specified within a learner's Initial Needs Assessment and/or Education Health Care Plan are delivered.
- Assessing the progress of learners and ensuring this is effectively tracked and monitored.
- Closely liaising with Heads of Department and the ALS teams to implement a seamless process of Initial Needs Assessment that quickly identifies learners who may require specific mental health support.
Required skills and qualifications
- A professional degree level qualification in an area of SEND or mental health.
- Relevant successful experience of supporting learners with SEND and associated mental health difficulties.
- Knowledge and understanding of how SEND and mental health needs may present barriers to learning and how these may affect the way learners learn.
- Knowledge of current learning strategies, reasonable adjustments and principles of inclusive practice.
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About Weston College
Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We value equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants who require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact or 01934 411441.
Please note: this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received, so we encourage early applications.
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