The post holder is responsible for delivering and developing all METRO’s mental health and youth services, and some of our community projects. They will provide strategic leadership for METRO’s work in the mental health and youth domains, line managing a team of managers. They will be responsible for the financial direction and strategic growth of the mental health and youth domains, overseeing and developing new programmes for the charity, particularly in the area of training and education, including Relationships, Sexuality, Health and Sex Education (RSE or RSHE). They will ensure our services are delivered to a high standard and are co-produced with people with lived experience of mental health and young people.
Importantly, they will also be the charity’s Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), to advise and support the charity’s approach and plan for safeguarding, as well as providing direct safeguarding support to both frontline and managerial staff.
Programme
METRO runs a variety of mental health and youth services across London and the Southeast. These include our young people’s group work, short-term mentoring for those with specific behavioural needs, and adult mentoring and parenting support services in partnerships such as Young Greenwich. We deliver LGBTQ+ youth groups and an LGBTQ+ schools education programme. Our mental health work includes LGBTQ+ and HIV counselling services for adults and children. Many of these services are delivered in partnerships such as the SASH partners, consisting of Turning Point, London Friend, and Naz.
This role will also oversee some of our community services, including some projects under METRO GAD (formerly Greenwich Association of Disabled People), Equalities and Hate Crime, Disability and Welfare Rights work.
Application deadline:
9:00 am on Monda,y 12th May 2025