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Regional Director (Scotland)

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the UK’s leading children's mental health charity. Place2Be has been providing in-school support and expert professional development to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, families, teachers and school staff for over 25 years.

Place2Be provides children's mental health services in over 600 primary and secondary schools, reaching a total school population of over 350,000 pupils. The teams at the charity provide a range of services in their partner schools to build resilience early in life through counselling, creative work and play, and support a child's ability to engage in school life. They are currently training c1200 Counsellors on Placement each year who build their mental health and counselling skills and experience through practice in their partner schools.
To continue their ambition to reach 10% of schools nationally Place2Be is now looking for an inspirational and passionate leader to join them in the capacity of Regional Director (Scotland) on a permanent basis.

Place2Be - Regional Director (Scotland)

Location: Scotland (Preferably in the Central Belt with occasional travel to Cardiff, Wales)

Salary: 56K + Benefits

Contract: Permanent

As a Regional Director you will provide strong strategic and professional leadership for all aspects of Place2Be service delivery; translate and deliver Place2Be's mission, values and business priorities into operational plans, KPIs and local delivery.
In this newly created position as Regional Director you would need to lead, build and develop field-based service management teams, ensuring appropriate professional development, training and succession plans are in place and that resources are available to meet service commitments.

To be considered for this position you will have a demonstrable track record of delivering results with quality outcomes. You will need to be a collaborative team player, concerned with team success as well as individual performance. You must have experience of financial and budget management including planning, development, forecasting and setting. The successful candidate needs to have an astute understanding of the clinical work carried out by Place2Be.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on Sunday 24th May 2020
First stage interviews: W/C 1st June 2020
Second stage interviews: W/C 1st June 2020

If you would like to receive an information pack for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Jason Jederon:

Jason Jederon: jason.jederon@harrishill.co.uk | 020 7820 7320

We look forward to hearing from you.