Clinical Facilitator, Action Groups, Manchester

Place2Be’s vision is for all children and young people to have the support they need to build lifelong coping skills and thrive. Our research projects help us advance our understanding of children and young people’s mental health. This role is part of the Learning Together Mental Health research project: Learning Together for Mental Health You will play a key role in delivery by working with a number of schools to facilitate regular Action Group meetings in each school across the 2-year period of the project. Action Groups will consist of key staff and a representative selection of students. You will help to identify mental health needs in their school and to respond by selecting, planning, implementing and reviewing actions from a menu of evidence-based resources. You will be the key point of contact for each school in setting up the meetings and following the agendas and guidance as per the project manual. You will be supported by Place2Be’s Action Group Lead Facilitator and LTMH Project Manager.   

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Recruitment Process:

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 18 August 2026   1st Interview date: Week commencing 24 August 2026   Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support. Here’s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
  

Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career

5% contributory pension scheme

Life assurance of four times your annual salary

A comprehensive employee assistance programme

Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)

Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time

Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organisation.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer and will ask you during your application If you wish to be considered for a guaranteed interview under the disability confident scheme. Under the scheme we commit to offering an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria as outlined in the job role.

If you have any questions about the scheme, or require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team on 020 7923 5050 or email jobs@place2be.org.uk

We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may want to use it to help you format your CV, create responses to application questions or even help you prepare responses. AI can be a powerful enabler and we are open to you using it to apply for roles with us, but we ask you to ensure anything you submit truly represents your capabilities and viewpoint. We value honesty, integrity and creativity and want to understand what you will uniquely bring to our team.    We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.