THE JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS

Job description

Job title

Young People’s Education Officer

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Salary

30 – 37.5 hours per week

£22,500 - £24,000 pro rata depending on experience

Service setting

A blended approach will be required to include face to face
work in schools and youth movements and meetings online
and at Jami services

Organisation

Jami is a mental health charity that enriches and saves lives impacted by mental
illness and distress in the Jewish community.

Since the start of the pandemic, demand for our services has grown exponentially. In
2021 we undertook a thorough review of the needs of the community, to develop a
new strategy that will secure the Jewish community’s mental health provision. The
new strategy sets out a huge agenda for change in scale and provision, which will be
developed over the next five years while we continue to run our diverse set of highly
professional mental health services:

Advice and advocacy

Treatment and support

Education and campaigning

Jami currently supports over 1,400 individuals, delivering almost 50,000 separate
service interactions each year, and reaches thousands more people through
education, seminars, work in schools and other organisations. Through our social
enterprise community café, Head Room, we raise mental health awareness while
delivering mental health support on the high street.

Job purpose

As part of our five year strategy we are aiming to increase our education provision
across the Jewish community through the work of our Education Team. We are
looking for a dynamic individual to deliver a variety of mental health programmes to
young people in schools and youth groups. Alongside these key populations there

may be opportunities to develop work with other stakeholder groups for appropriately
experienced and qualified individuals.

The individual will work with our Education Team to facilitate a strengths based
education programme for young people. This programme aims to build on young
people’s knowledge of mental health and building resilience in themselves and their
peers. As well as supporting young people to be part of the current conversation on
mental health and wellbeing in the Jewish community and wider society.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and creative individual with a
real passion for working with young people. The individual will need facilitation and
group work skills to deliver high quality mental health awareness sessions and to
encourage young people to learn more about their mental health and develop self-
care strategies.

The individual will have an enthusiasm for learning and education. And the desire to
help others learn in innovative, interactive and creative ways. You will also be willing
to learn more about mental health; particularly in children and young people. And
keep aware of new research and resources relevant to your role.

The post holder will work with the Senior Education Co-ordinator to manage the
administration of the department.

As a member of the Education Team you will also benefit from supervision and
development opportunities.

Responsibilities

•  Facilitate/co-facilitate mental health awareness sessions in schools, national
youth movements and communal youth groups both in-person and online.

•  Help to co-create new materials, sessions and activities that reflect new
developments in research and resources for children and young people.

•  Ensure consistent and ongoing contact with the Children and Young People’s

Service at Jami through meetings and updates to ensure clear messaging about
services and pathways for the community and to link in with educational activities.

•  Promote Jami’s education service and other services appropriately when working

in the community.

•  Work alongside a team of facilitators to deliver high level educational

programmes. Ensuring appropriate facilitation and group work practices and
participate in debriefing processes.

•  Attend regular supervision with their manager and incorporate feedback from

supervision into practice.

•  Be willing to engage with continued professional development and undertake new

areas of learning as required by the role.

•  Work flexibly, often outside of regular hours including weekends and evenings, to
meet the demands of the desired outputs of the service and travel across London
and the UK when required.

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•  Model the use of non-discriminatory, non-jargon and non-medical language in

your work to help combat stigma and discrimination of mental ill health.

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Implement administrative procedures required by the demands of your role.

•  Work within Health and Safety Guidelines, with particular reference to the Lone

Worker Policy and individual risk assessments.

•  Ensure compliance with DDA, DPA and Health and Safety legislation.

Key relationships

•  Senior Education Coordinator

•  Education Manager

•  Children & Young People’s Team

Training and Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

•  Degree level qualification

•  Commitment to obtain underpinning
knowledge through work based
learning and mandatory training

•  Evidence of Continuous

Professional Development (CPD)

•  Professional/post graduate

qualification relevant to the role

•  Safeguarding qualification

•  Youth Mental Health First Aid

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Desirable

•  Face to face youth work or teaching
experience for minimum 1 year
(paid or voluntary)

•  Creating and delivering educational
sessions using PowerPoint and
other interactive learning platforms

•  Creating and delivering educational
sessions using non-technological
based interactive learning
techniques

•  Public speaking skills

•  Experience or knowledge of mental

health services.

•  Knowledge of the Jewish

community and it’s organisations
and movements in the UK

•  Knowledge of the Jewish

community’s youth movements on
national and local level

•  Knowledge of different learning
styles and confidence to apply
these

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•  Empathy and non-judgemental

•  Awareness of key stakeholder

listening skills

mental health organisations, both
statutory and voluntary, in the UK

•  Knowledge of group dynamics and
skills to apply your knowledge to
manage groups of young people

•  Robust written and verbal
communication skills

•  Understanding of the needs and
difficulties of young people
experiencing mental health problems

•  Awareness of both professional and

personal boundaries and a
willingness to apply them in your
role

•  Awareness of safeguarding
procedures and pathways

•  Commitment to the ethos of recovery

values and principles in mental
health

•  Excellent IT skills i.e. Word, Excel,

PowerPoint

•  Organisational skills

•  Possess creativity and innovative
thinking to inform creation of
materials

•  Team and group work skills with the
ability to work with people internally
and externally

•  Ability to treat people with respect
and dignity, adopting a culturally
sensitive and holistic approach

•  Ability to self-reflect and plan and

evaluate one’s own work to enhance
performance

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Flexibility

To deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is needed, and all post-holders
may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above. Such duties will
fall within the general scope of the job description. The job description will therefore
be subject to periodic review with the post holder to ensure it accurately reflects the
duties of the job.

Disclosure of criminal background

All employees are checked with the Disclosure Barring Service

If it is a requirement of the post that an enhanced check is undertaken, successful
applicants will be asked to complete and sign a Disclosure Form giving permission
for the screening to take place.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with Jami. This will
depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of
offences.

Please note applicants refusing to sign the form will not be progressed further.

Equality and diversity

Jami are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We recognise and promote,
the positive value of diversity, equality and challenge discrimination. We welcome
and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Confidentiality

All information relating to service users, volunteers and staff gained through your
employment with Jami is confidential. Any disclosure to any unauthorized person is a
serious disciplinary offence.

For further details please contact Emma Dorman on 020 8458 2223 or email
emma.dorman@jamiuk.org.

To apply for the role, please send your CV and covering letter to
recruitment@jamiuk.org.

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