Mental Health Youth Worker - Maidenhead

Mental Health Youth Worker - Maidenhead Are you an advocate for good mental health? Do you have a passion to support students who need a little extra help with processing their emotions? A warm and welcoming school in the heart of Maidenhead are looking for a Mental Health Youth Worker to join their team starting as soon as possible. What being a Mental Health Youth Worker entails: Your role as a Mental Health Support assistant will be to help the children in the classroom cope with their processing and working through their emotions. Many of these children have additional struggles that impact their learning, such as ADHD, ASD, social and emotional needs and language difficulties. These issues sometimes stem from trauma and stress and anxiety. Your role as a Mental Health Support assistant will be to support these students throughout the school day with not only their course work but you will also provide them with a safe place to process and handle their emotions. You will have an excellent opportunity of working alongside a multi-disciplinary team and learn the best way to support the students. Not only will this role provide you with excellent experience working with vulnerable children, you will also leave at the end of the day knowing that you made a positive difference on the lives of those students. What you need to be a great Mental Health Youth Worker: The ideal Mental Health Youth Worker will be someone who is resilient and confident. They should have some experience working with children in general but experience working with children with additional needs will be advantageous. Key information regarding the role: This role is based in a lovely school in Maidenhead. It would ideally start ASAP. The pay is between £80 - £95 per day depending on experience. It is term time only. The school also offer therapeutic training which works hand in hand with the students class work. If this role sounds like something you are interested in, please do apply as soon as possible. Interviews are taking place soon and you do not want to miss out on such a rewarding opportunity. You can apply directly to this advert! Interviews will take place in the next few weeks! Mental Health Youth Worker - Maidenhead - ASAP Start - Term Time