Contract - Two Year Contract, 36.5 Hours Per Week, Term time only 

The South Area Network of Birmingham schools is a large group of like-minded secondary schools, two alternative-provision Free Schools as well as post-16 and specialist providers located in south Birmingham and Solihull, serving more than 14000 students.

The schools are individual and independent, but have worked together over a number of years, valuing the benefits that come from working as a group, and developing a number of shared successful projects. This role has been created to deliver a new and ambitious project to set up an early-help resource for our schools so young people can access specialist support as quickly as possible within their school or from the Network.

We wish to appoint a dynamic and highly motivated Mental Health Professional with one of the following professional registrations:

•                   Registered Mental Health Nurse with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health

•                   Registered Children’s Nurse with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health

•                   Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health

•                   NHS recognised Allied Health Professional with at least 2 years post qualification experience within child and adolescent mental health including; Registered Occupational Therapist, Qualified Music  

Therapist, Qualified Art Therapist, Qualified Drama Therapist.

•                   Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

The mental health professional will lead on mental health and wellbeing strategy across the South Area Network of Schools in Birmingham including direct work with young people and families. This is an exciting role to work across a diverse group of schools, supported by the network’s inclusion team, to develop provision and have a direct impact on the lives of young people.

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 Network’s ambition to provide the highest quality early help to young people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges through training, supervision