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Job Offer: Lead Advisor Wellbeing Support:MinEducationJob description:Job Description» Permanent» Regional The function can be located in our New Plymouth, Whanganui or Palmerston North office.Travel across the region will be required. Education plays a critical function in promoting and supporting the wellbeing of children and young people. The Ministry promotes a holistic approach to wellbeing for children and their wh?nau. As part of this approach, we are implementing an alternative model of counselling in selected schools, with skills provided from outside the education sector. Are you passionate about supporting the mental wellbeing of tamariki and wh?nau in schools? Community Provision of Counselling in Schools At least 130 schools involving around 21,000 ?konga will receive access to counselling support from the community sector. Counselling will be tailored to the different needs of schools and integrated with a wide variety of wellbeing supports in the school environment. About our group and team The Sector Enablement and Support (SE&S) business group is one of nine in the Ministry and is responsible for operational service delivery. We ensure early childhood services, schools, kura and communities have the support they need to achieve the best education results for all children and young people. Over 60 per cent of SE&S people work in regional offices and the Taranaki Whanganui Manawat? (TWM) region is one of ten regions within SE&S. Our region supports 234 schools/kura and 321 Early Learning Centres/Ng? K?hanga Reo from offices located in New Plymouth, Whanganui and Palmerston North. You’ll be joining a small, high-performing team with a culture of constructive open-minded debate and working together to make an impact. As an organisation, we are committed to building racial equity and excellence in the education sector About this function The Lead Advisor Wellbeing Support will work closely with Ministry staff, community providers, schools and communities to establish the counselling initiative in selected schools in your region. The Lead Advisor will build connections to other wellbeing supports in schools and the community. Once the support is established, the focus may include the implementation of other wellbeing initiatives. The Lead Advisor will: » manage relationships between schools, providers and other key stakeholders to identify service priorities and provide regional oversight for the management of contracts with providers » lead on establishing and implementing the counselling initiative across selected schools in your region » share information across diverse stakeholders to inform quality programming and improvements » support the integration of quality counselling services in diverse school environments and build connections with other wellbeing supports provided in schools and the community. About you You will bring your practice working on other wellbeing initiatives, particularly with younger children in the school environment. Your strength will be your capability to manage relationships across multiple stakeholders to establish new initiatives in diverse environments. Your added value would be your networks with M?ori and Pacific communities. You will have excellent project management skills, with the capability to deliver projects on time and be flexible to respond to the changing needs of communities as they emerge. As a Lead Advisor you will have a passion for working with schools and Ministry staff to support an inclusive education system that meets the needs of all ?konga. To be prosperous in the function you will: » require a passion for working in a team that prioritises working with schools on ?konga mental health and wellbeing » be passionate about diversity and demonstrate your capability to work with M?ori and Pacific communities, and ?konga with learning support needs » seek opportunities to tailor the initiative to meet the diverse needs of communities and continuously make improvements so that Information technology has the best results for ?konga and their wh?nau » prioritise building great relationships and partnerships with people at all levels of the organisation » have a team mindset and flexibility to work across multiple workstreams to achieve the group results and priorities. » adapt to working in a fast-paced environment » have excellent communication skills, written and verbal » have the capability to apply the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi » actively support healthy and productive relationships between schools, Ministry staff, communities and providers to achieve the best results for ?konga and their wh?nau. You will be joining a growing team who are passionate about changing the way we work to improve educational results for our learners, and committed to building transparent, continuing partnerships that enable us to keep learners at the heart of everything we do. Are you ready to make a difference? The Ministry of Education is committed to ensuring that what we are currently doing and what we plan to do in the future promotes and improves the wellbeing of all learners. There is more information in the position description attached, please take a look and if this opportunity sounds like you, please apply now using the ‘apply online’ button. For more information, Contact Us by Jane Hawkins-Jones on jane.hawkinsjones@education.govt.nz or 027 2726597 Please review the position description by copying and pasting this link into your browser: https://expressonline.haineslink.co.nz/pdfs/693451_jobdesc.pdf Applications close on Sunday,8 August 2021. How to submit the application:Please apply via our website:https://jobs.education.govt.nz/jobtools/jncustomsearch.viewFullSing le?in_organid=17584&in_jnCounter=224756980&in_jobDate=All&in_sea rchbox=YES&in_summary=S&in_site=CareersSiteSkills:
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