Thursday, 13 February 2020

Job Opportunity - Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Awareness Project Officers


 


We require two

Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Awareness Project Officers 

to work on a new project to raise mental health awareness with a range of sports organisations and workplaces across Derby and Derbyshire.

 

37 hours, including some weekend and evening working

Salary: £24,050 one year contract

Are you enthusiastic about empowering people to promote good mental health and suicide prevention awareness within sports settings and workplaces? 

We need two Project Officers who will engage with a range of identified organisations and enable their workers and volunteers to

  • Understand the need to promote mental health across their contacts
  • Access training, develop mental health policies and action plans
  • Signpost to ongoing advice and support.

 

A commitment to the promotion of good mental health and an interest in local sport and community activity is essential. Our target groups will be local football clubs, gyms and boxing clubs and identified workplaces.

You will need excellent communication skills, and an aptitude for learning. You must be self motivated and able to work independently within an agreed framework. You will be self-supporting so must be fully computer literate. You will need to be able to work flexible hours and to travel across Derby and Derbyshire.  Posts will be based at our office in Long Eaton with the possibility of hot-desking with a partner organisation in the north of the county.

The posts are initially for a one-year contract.  

Please download an application pack from www.erewashvoluntaryaction.org.uk

e-mail      stella@erewashcvs.org.uk

or send an A4 SAE (Large letter stamp) to

Stella Scott, Erewash Voluntary Action, Granville Avenue, Long Eaton, NG10 4HD

 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: MONDAY 2ND MARCH 4P.M.

INTERVIEW DATE: TUESDAY 10TH MARCH 2020.

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