Area Manager

About the Company

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma; allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

About the Role

You’ve previously led small teams and seen the impact you can make on service delivery. Now it’s time for a bigger challenge! As an Area Manager at Place2Be you’ll be working as part of a co leadership team covering a the Cardiff and Merthyr region. You’ll effectively line manage the clinical school-based staff ensuring service delivery and safeguarding are of the highest standards. You’ll utilise data to inform and improve service and practice, manage budgetary resources in your service area, nurture and develop talent and build fantastic relationships with the schools you look after and the wider Place2Be community; all of which will enable you to grow your area and demonstrate the impact we can achieve at a local level. Creativity is one of our values and we encourage new ideas and fresh thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead small teams
• Manage service delivery
• Ensure safeguarding standards
• Utilize data for improvement
• Manage budgetary resources
• Nurture and develop talent
• Build relationships with schools and community
• Demonstrate impact at a local level

Qualifications

Education details

Required Skills

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

Preferred Skills

Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

Pay range and compensation package

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including: Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement Robust Learning and Development Programme Contributory Pension Scheme Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary Employee Assistance Programme Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network) Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

Equal Opportunity Statement

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse groups. We are an organisation that is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and take this responsibility seriously.

Recruitment process

• Closing date for receipt of all applications: Midnight on 17th January 2025
• 1st Interview date: 27th January 2025
• Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap.
• Please feel free to contact our Recruitment team via jobs@place2be.org.uk if you have any questions about this role.