Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.
About the role
Mental Health Coordinator
We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Liverpool FC Foundation team as a Mental Health Coordinator. In this role you will oversee the day-to-day coordination of the On Target programme and a large element will involve delivery of educational workshops, within a range of environments including secondary schools.
What will you be doing?
- Work closely with the Mental Health Manager to establish strong and lasting relationships with educational providers, key stakeholders and partners.
- Provide specialist mental health workshops to a range of participants.
- Design and deliver a range of mental health workshops.
- Deliver low level physical activity sessions with groups.
- Deliver the project in line with the project plan ensuring all KPI’s are met
- Ensure quality and safeguarding standards are achieved and maintained
- Work closely with and support other members of the mental health team
- Support the development of the other mental health programmes
- Support beneficiaries to learn and feel comfortable talking about mental health
- Champion young people to have a voice and express themselves
- Deliver the project as per the project budget
- Ensure effective collection of all monitoring and evaluation data
- Record data on LFC Foundation databases
- Provide timely reports and analysis of performance
- Ensure case studies and PR opportunities are regularly undertaken in line with Club, educational institute, and Foundation guidelines
- Provide content for LFC Foundation social media
- Support LFC Foundation colleagues and events as and when required
Who are we looking for?
To be successful in this role you will have proven experience working with children and young people in a youth work or school setting. You will understand the issues around mental health and well being. You’ll have a youth work and/or mental health qualification, including experience delivering informal education workshops. You will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, empathy and resilience, including excellent personal organisational skills.
It is desired you have experience of delivering educational programmes in schools and delivering music or art-based workshops with children or young people. Also experience of partnership working and having a First aid at work qualification.
Why should you apply?
This is a full-time one year contract working 35 hours per week, working 5 out of 7 days and will include working over some weekends. This role is based in the Anfield Sports and Community Centre in Liverpool; however, the role will involve traveling to other locations across Merseyside and occasionally further travel across England and Wales or internationally.
To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme.
You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.
At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.
Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
