Deputy Mental Health Lead FTC

Is our Deputy Mental Health Lead FTC opportunity, the role for you?

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Why?

Well firstly you’ll be working for us at Oasis. We exist to build stronger communities where no one is left out. If you are looking for a purpose led role , where you will make a DIFFERENCE then this could be the role for you.

We’re looking for someone to join us at Oasis Community Learning as our Deputy Mental Health Lead (maternity cover) until the end of academic year 2027 (July). This is a role that will suit a variety of professional backgrounds across education or health backgrounds. We’d love to hear from candidates with experience of leading teams and delivering quality assurance/audit programmes. A clinical background is not a pre-requisite

Stand out things in the role:

Benefit from a team that love their roles (retention since setting up the team 3 years ago has been superb).

Remote/flexible working. We cover core hours during the day but with flexibility to be available for school pick up times or other needs/wants you may have. Ability to accrue hours during term time operations and flex down during school holiday periods

Staff wellbeing at the centre of what we do. Each member of staff has a personalised plan, benefit from a wellbeing walk during the day? Let’s have that in your plan. Find you are exhausted by early afternoon? Have time out here to refresh. This is personalised to you and how you can work best.

A unique opportunity where 50% of the role is based on team leadership and 50% quality assurance.

About our Deputy Mental Health Lead role

You'll be joining as part of our Safeguarding and Mental Health Team. This team provides vital services and support to our 55 academies and circa 2000 employees across Oasis Community Learning. This role is to cover a maternity leave for our lovely current incumbent of the role.

Our Mental Health team consists of 15 members of staff with clinicians in each region and this role is key in making sure we are working effectively. Our Mental Health team has really ensured that critical and prompt support is there for our students with referrals being seen within 14 days. This has had a hugely positive impact on our provision to our students and getting the support that is needed. This is a service that is the envy of a lot of multi-academy trusts & we are rightly proud of the offer to our academies and the work of the team! This role is unique as is 50% team leadership wellbeing and line management of all clinical staff, the clinical supervision remains with the National Clinical Lead” and 50% quality assurance, to include leading quality assurance and audit activity, and using data to drive continuous improvement in mental health provision across the Trust.

Who will it suit?

Someone who wants to be involved in a pioneering service, someone happy with a remote role