About the Role:
Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.
We are looking to build a talented cohort of dedicated Training Associates to deliver quality programmes across Scotland. If you’re keen to help us reach our ambitious targets to support thousands more young people in schools and community settings, are passionate about young people’s mental health and have a wealth of training and facilitation experience, we’d love to hear from you.
Who are we looking for?
· You have experience in delivering training, preferably to young people inside a school, college, or community setting.
· Experience in delivering virtually and face to face
· You are a confident communicator with excellent verbal and written skills.
· You have experience of training other professionals from different backgrounds.
· You have experience of working with young people affected by mental illness.
· You have a clear understanding of the connection between mental health and wellbeing and the ability to cope with life’s stressors
· You have a clear understanding of the stressors and barriers that young people face, that may negatively impact their mental health.
· You have experience in project implementation, ongoing delivery, managing resources and evaluation.
· You have experience in forging and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders.
· You have the ability to work in a flexible and autonomous manner
· You have good IT skills, including competent use of Microsoft Office and online training platforms.
· Access to your own equipment to deliver training such as laptop, printer and projector.
· A driving license and access to use of a vehicle.
What will you be doing?
· Delivering our Young People’s programmes in schools and community settings.
· Communicating and coordinating activities with the setting including start dates, times and other logistics such as compliance with safeguarding procedures, etc.
· Delivering the programmes either face-to-face inside the setting or via their preferred online platform – e.g. Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meets.
· Supporting the relevant setting in delivering the programme and training the designated staff, teachers or youth workers in the content.
· Working closely with the designated staff to co-deliver the 7 one-hour workshops.
· Mentoring throughout delivery period, providing teachers and youth workers with the support they need to deliver it on their own.
· Ensuring that the necessary monitoring, evaluation and mechanisms are adhered to.
