Service Manager (Mental Health and Wellbeing) - Waverly Court

Service Manager - Mental Health and Wellbeing
Waverley Court

Salary: £62,685 - £74,858
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

As a result of the review of Inclusion across the City of Edinburgh a senior leadership post has become available. The post holder will be a member of the Inclusion and Wellbeing Service Senior Leadership Team and will coordinate the design, development and delivery of mental health and wellbeing services and interventions for children and young people. The post holder will strategically manage and lead a team comprising education wellbeing officers and school counsellors and will oversee the implementation of evidence-based supports and interventions for mental health and wellbeing in schools including the delivery of the Community Mental Health framework. The post holder will also lead on the implementation of the City's attendance policy and procedures and take forward the implementation of the new multiagency GIRFEC guidance.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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