Mindful Town and Villages Coordinator - Norwich, United Kingdom - South Norfolk Council

South Norfolk Council

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Norwich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Location
Horizon Business Centre, Broadland Business Park, Peachman Way, Norwich, NR7 0WF

Application Deadline
Sunday, May 26, 2024

Salary Band
Band D £30,327 - £34,392

Job Summary

Other Key Information: 24 month Fixed Term Contract, 37 hours per week

_Can you empower our communities to positively support their mental health?_

Role SnapshotCoordinate, deliver and evaluate the Mindful Towns and Villages programme in South Norfolk and Broadland. Work with communities and stakeholders to create a 'train the trainer' programme that builds resilience in the programme and lead on developing a new Mindful Youth offer.

What you could be part of
Be part of a thriving Communities Team that puts the resident first. Our aim is to engage, empower and enable residents to shape their own community.

Working at the Council enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high-quality, customer focussed services.

Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like.

Continuous improvement is also vital, and we challenge ourselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people's lives.

What you'll be doing

Prepare, deliver and evaluate mental health awareness training for residents ensuring that the programme meets all funding and contractual demands.
Manage, develop, implement and evaluate all aspects of the Mindful Towns and Villages programme, ensuring a high quality service that meets identified and funding requirements, operates within budget and empowers residents to support each other's mental health.
Develop the MTV project to ensure it remains effective, efficient and relevant. Foster and maintain relationships with relevant partners including VCSE provision, community leaders and statutory services.
Work with relevant partners to create, develop, deliver and evaluate a Youth Mental Health Awareness course that is aimed at children and young people.
Create, develop and deliver a 'train the trainer' programme that enables Wellbeing Champions to deliver mental health awareness training in their community.
To manage and oversee a network of trained Mental Health Champions to empower communities and individuals to shape low level mental health support at a local level. Ensure the signposting of and support the marketing of our offering to existing groups.

You must have

Level 3 Award in Education & Training, Alevel or equivalent
Hold the Mental Health First Aid England Instructor Qualification or equivalent or have appropriate experience and be willing to complete the training within 6 months.
Indepth knowledge of common mental health conditions and experience of supporting individuals experiencing poor mental health
Demonstrable experience of organising and providing training to individuals or groups within community settings.
An ability to independently travel to venues across South Norfolk and Broadland, including those without public transport links.

What's in it for you

Why Work For Us?

Do you want to know more about why our staff work for us? Our website has a fantastic why work for us section where our staff tell us what makes working for the Councils so special.

What Flexible and Agile Working Arrangements do we Offer?
The Councils understand the importance of operating a work life balance in the modern world. The Councils operate a flexible working policy and agile working options available for employees where operationally possible.

What Roles Do the Councils Offer?

The Councils operate a vast and diverse number of services for our residents, so with this comes a vast and diverse amount of job roles within the Councils.

Our website has a great graphic showing all our job families and roles within the Councils.

From here you can plan your career with the Councils or get some ideas on other roles that you may be interested in.

What Benefits do our Employees Receive?
View all our amazing staff benefits on offer for our employees.

Our website has a brilliant benefits section allowing you to see the range of discounts, exclusive offers and total rewards our employees receive.

Make sure you stop by to find out more information.

What Employer Accreditations do we Hold?
The Councils have a range of employer accreditations that we have worked very hard to achieve. Our website has a full descriptive list of all our current accreditations and what this means for our employees.

What Wellbeing Support do our Staff Have Access to?

The Councils want to ensure all our employees have a safe comfortable place to work, ensuring that employees feel empowered to actively manage their own wellbeing both at work and at home.

The Councils have a large wellbeing section available on the website outlining our commitment to the wellbeing of the employees of the Council.

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