Job description
Prospero are currently looking to recruit Specialist Mentors to support Secondary Education students with mental health conditions one-to-one across a number of schools in Manchester.
Your role as a Specialist Mentor will be to assist students in developing strategies that will allow them to become more confident and independent learners. You will help them to develop skills to manage their anxieties during periods of stress, to better manage their time and to generally improve their school life experience.
Benefits:
1. School based experience
2. Competitive pay rate
3. In-person mentoring opportunities
4. Work with a dedicated consultant
Each student has individual requirements so you will work closely with students and with Prospero to ensure the best support possible is provided.
As this is a specialist role, there is a specific criteria. Any candidate who is interested in this role MUST hold a DBS on the update service AND have a Professional Body Membership at one of the following organisations:
(ACP) – Full member.
(BABCP) – Accredited membership.
(BACP) (MBACP) (MBACP – Accred)
(BPC) – Under a member institution
(BPS) – Chartered Member (CPsychol)/IAPT register/ Graduate Member (MBPsS) AND a PG qualification in Psychology or Mental Health.
(COSCA) – Accredited
(FDAP) – National Counsellor Accreditation Certificate (NCAC)
(GMC) – Psychiatry
(HCPC) – Arts Therapist/ Occupational Therapist/ Practitioner Psychologist/ Social Worker in England
(IACP)
(NCS) – (MNCS Accred). (MNCS Prof Accred). (MNCS Snr Accred). (FNCS).
(NMC) – Mental Health Nurse/ Community Mental Health Nurse / Psychiatric Nurse
(SSSC) (SCW) (NISCC)
(UKCP) – Full clinical individual member
(UMHAN) – UMHAN mentor member.
Association of Christian Counsellors (UK) – Accredited Counsellor
Additional Attributes include:
5. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
6. Exemplary organisation and time management
7. Previous experience of working with young adults with mental health conditions
8. Passion for supporting students to achieve their goals
If you are interested in this role then we would like to talk to you today.