- Place of work: Hybrid working within Dundee, (outreach working will be a key requirement of the role).
- Salary: Equivalent to salary of £50,000. Secondment applications are welcomed and will be considered.
- Contract type: Fixed term and freelance / secondment for 10 months (until 31 May 2027)
- Hours: Up to 35 hours per week (full-time). Flexible working arrangements will be considered.
- Department: Together to Thrive Project
- Reports to: Together in Mind Directors
- Responsible for: Sessional staff
- Budget responsibility: Project specific activity
Who we are:
Together in Mind is a newly established charity founded by Clinical Psychologists dedicated to promoting the wellbeing, safety and long-term development of children, families and communities. Together in Mind supports children, young people, parents, caregivers and the professional systems around them through psychologically responsive and relationship-based approaches. We work alongside families, practitioners and communities to build safe, nurturing environments where every child and family has the opportunity to thrive.
As an organisation, we recognise and prioritise staff wellbeing. We encourage one another to maintain a healthy work life balance and will support the successful candidate to work in a way that reflects this. We are committed to creating a psychologically safe working environment and provide regular clinical psychology supervision, reflective practice, and protected time to come together as a team. Where possible, we also offer flexible working arrangements to help our staff balance their professional and personal commitments.
The Job Role:
Place of work: Hybrid working within Dundee, (outreach working will be a key requirement of the role). This is a Project Manager role within the already established Together to Thrive project running within Dundee. Together in Mind has recently taken over as the Host of this project. The role will include leading the implementation of Together to Thrive, a targeted programme for at-risk families, children and young people. The programme uses a task-sharing model to provide timely, evidence-informed support that is responsive to the needs of the local community.
Together to Thrive aims to deliver transformational change in how support is delivered to families. This includes the provision of support for parents of children (5 to 11) with neurodevelopmental concerns who are currently waiting for a neurodevelopmental assessment or identified via schools as having emerging neurodevelopmental differences, with the overall aim of providing early support and preventing escalation of children onto CAMHS waiting list where not required.
The postholder will draw upon the expertise from within Together in Mind, local families and community partners. Community partners include NHS Tayside Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), social work, education, and community-based organisations. The post holder will be expected to build relationships with new partners, identify key areas for future development and opportunities to embed the Together to Thrive model. The post holder will work closely with the Together in Mind Directors and wider programmes team to deliver a community-based intervention that enables families at greatest risk of poor mental health to receive timely psychosocial, preventative support through a sustainable, community-based delivery model. They will do this whilst ensuring the delivery model meets the strategic aims of the ‘Connected Tayside Strategy’, ‘The Promise’, and the Scottish Government Strategy ‘The Right Help at the Right Time in The Right Place’.
This next one year phase has been funded by the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund.
The role involves a mixture of:
- home working
- office/base working in Dundee
- community delivery across Dundee and Tayside
We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience and from underrepresented communities.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the team (Dr Vikki Taylor and Dr Lucy McGregor) at [email protected]
Closing date: Monday 20th of July
Interview date(s): Friday 31st of July (alternative dates may be available where required)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The post holder will:
- Manage relationships with key partners to support delivery of a dynamic and collaborative approach to supporting families.
- Work collaboratively with the operational which includes staff from Together in Mind, NHS Tayside and other community partners.
- Support development, delivery and evaluation of training and coaching sessions with partners with a view to deliver a sustainable model that aligns to the goals of the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund.
- Ensure programme activity is in alignment with policy and standards for practice.
- Facilitate key programme activities, including but not limited to;
- The coproduction of and delivery of a task sharing model of practice to enhance the mental health and wellbeing of children and families in collaboration with community providers
- Delivery of capacity building training and support and coaching sessions with training cohorts.
- Supporting innovation in the development of sustainable and scalable models for peer mentoring and support for parents.
- Contribute to and oversee the design of materials and resources that support programme development, and delivery
- Contribute to the ongoing evaluation of the project, produce reports and publications at key stages of the programme delivery
- Where possible, promote and support coproduction with families, children and young people
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and key partners, with a focus on representing the voice and interests of families, children, young people and providers.
Operational:
- Utilise project planning tools and templates to ensure efficient and timely implementation of project deliverables as outlined in the programme workplan.
- Contribute to the design and development of high-quality materials for programmes, ensuring alignment with relevant policy and standards for practice.
- Effectively manage relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across Dundee.
- Lead the development of a workforce capacity-building programme with partners in
- Embed robust research and evaluation methodologies across the programme that will enable Together in Mind and partners to understand and demonstrate the impact of the delivery model.
- Support, coach and direct, project development officers, sessional staff, volunteers and students as required.
- Work closely with Together in Mind Directors and key partners to embed a strategy for sustainable delivery of the model.
- Work with Together in Mind Directors to oversee the financial management of budgets specific to the project management activity.
Communication/Liaison:
- Collate data and feedback to inform reports to the steering group and other publications (including blogs/social reels/ podcasts etc)
- Host and facilitate learning events and promote knowledge exchange
- Work closely with external stakeholders, develop relationships and contribute to multi agency working groups
- To participate in workload management and reflective practice sessions with Together in Mind Directors.
General:
- To promote and support Together in Mind in our overall mission, goals and values
- To act as a positive ambassador for Together in Mind in all opportunities
- To maintain a high standard of probity in professional, personnel and financial matters, maintaining good relations with colleagues and external partners and to act in accordance with the foundation’s code of conduct.
- To uphold and promote Together in Mind’s commitment to equality and diversity and the value of lived experience.
- Ensure that the relevant policies including safeguarding, working with external partners, and partnership agreements inform project development and delivery of the project plan and its products.
- To have due regard to safeguarding and health and safety issues.
- To engage in learning and development activities appropriate to the role.
- To have due regard to health and safety issues.
- To undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required.
This job description is not contractual and is liable to change over time.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Knowledge and qualifications:
Essential:
- Degree or equivalent qualification or demonstrable project management experience
- Evidenced understanding of risk and protective factors that commonly impact mental health of families, children and young people
- Demonstrable knowledge of peer led models.
- Proven understanding of policy drivers within Scotland that relate to public and child mental health.
- Understanding of data safety requirements and how to maintain appropriate data sharing solutions within partnership working.
Desirable:
- Relevant postgraduate qualification
- Knowledge of current provision of mental health support available for families, children and young people in Scotland.
- Knowledge of organisational change theory and methods for capacity building.
- Knowledge and theory supporting a public health approach to mental health promotion.
- Demonstrable understanding of the impact of racism and other power inequalities
Skills and abilities:
Essential:
- Proven evidence of the ability to engage with families, children and young people and the wider workforce members that support them.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey concepts to a range of audiences and to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Demonstrable ability to build and develop strategic relationships with stakeholders.
- Strong facilitation skills, with an ability to creatively engage families, children and young people and a commitment to empowering approaches.
- A strong team player with a positive and energetic approach able to work in a dynamic environment.
- Exceptional planning, organisational and time-management skills, able to work to own initiative.
- Demonstrable evidence of effective project management and skills to achieve operational goals and priorities.
Desirable:
- Ability to think strategically and support implementation of sustainable models of delivery.
- A working knowledge of the CAMHS neurodevelopmental pathway for families and schools/ other referring agencies.
Experience:
Essential:
- Demonstrable experience of working proactively to engage internal and external stakeholders in a shared vision.
- Proven track record of developing and delivering accessible and engaging training for relevant workforce members, particularly in a youthwork or education context.
- Experience of building community/organisational capacity to respond to the needs of families, children and young people.
- Empowering community members and amplifying less-heard voices
- Proven experience of applying safeguarding and child protection policies and processes.
Desirable:
- Demonstrable experience of managing budgets and maintainaccurate accounts.
- Ability to engage in creative thinking and planning to overcome systemic barriers to traditional organisational models of capacity and funding.
- Experience working with FORT and/ or an understanding of Client Record Management Systems for recording and monitoring in support agencies.
- Experience working in development of Children and Young People’s mental health in the community.
Other requirements
- Committed to equality, diversityand inclusivity
- Self-sufficient in the use of information and communications technology
- Ability to self-manage a full and varied workload
Pay: £50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dundee
