Primary School Mental Health Champion

7 days ago

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia beBeeWellbeing Full time $110,000 - $125,000
Job Description

This role is part of a comprehensive initiative to expand mental health support in primary schools. As a Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader, you will play a crucial part in implementing a whole-school approach to wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities
  • Promote mental health awareness among students, staff, and families.
  • Support teachers and school staff to develop their capacity for evidence-based mental health strategies and interventions.
  • Collaborate with school staff to inform and influence teaching and learning related to mental health and wellbeing.
  • Work with school leadership and wellbeing teams to embed whole-school approaches to mental health into school planning and strategic processes.
Required Skills and Qualifications
  1. Demonstrated ability to inform and influence the work of others involved in the engagement, mental health, wellbeing or learning of children and young people.
  2. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation, and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to mental health, wellbeing, or learning.
  3. Demonstrated ability to support a student's mental health, wellbeing, or learning by developing and maintaining connections with external services.
  4. Demonstrated high-level interpersonal skills and communication skills.
  5. Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate by gaining buy-in and ownership for ideas, gaining agreement to proposals, or involving experts or other third parties to strengthen a case.
Benefits

Mental Health and Wellbeing Leaders receive training in mental health literacy, supporting emerging needs, and building school capacity. They also receive ongoing support and professional development through structured and regular Learning Communities Training is developed and facilitated by the Faculty of Education at University of Melbourne, supported by Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

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