Place2Be provides emotional and therapeutic services in primary and secondary schools, building children’s resilience through talking, creative work and play. Place2Be provides children’s mental health services in 294 primary and secondary schools, reaching a total school population of 142,000 pupils, helping them to cope with wide-ranging and often complex social issues including bullying, bereavement, domestic violence, family breakdown, neglect and trauma and last year 232 schools took part in our in-depth training programmes.
Place2Be’s highly skilled practitioners deliver services in 294 schools across the UK. We offer a menu of services for primary and secondary schools, providing support for children, parents, teachers and school staff.
Where we work
Explore the map to find schools, training and real stories across England, Scotland and Wales. You can also view a list of all the schools we work in. Read more about our work in Scotland.
Children’s stories
Read how Place2Be has made a difference to these children.
School resources
We have developed resources to help schools understand, raise awareness of and support children and young people’s mental health. These are based on over 20 years of frontline experience.
Parent / Carer resources
These Place2Be resources can help parents and carers to support the emotional wellbeing and mental health of their children and young people.
Videos
Location
Place2Be, 175 St John St,
Clerkenwell,
London
EC1V 4LW
IT Support Engineer. £23,000 per annum. (Monday- Friday. Permanent. Location: 175 St John Street, London, EC1V 4LW. Your new employer. Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert training to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils, families, …
Corporate Partnerships Officer. £28,500 per annum. 5 days per week (Monday- Friday. Permanent position. Location: 175 St John Street, London, EC1V 4LW. Your new employer. Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert training to improve the …
Individual Giving Manager. £39,000 per annum. (Monday- Friday. Permanent. Location: 175 St John Street, London, EC1V 4LW. Your new employer. Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert training to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils, families, teachers and school staff. We provide emotional and therapeutic services in over 600 primary and secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales, reaching a school population of approximately 350,000 children. Place2Be also provides training on mental health and wellbeing for teachers and other professionals who work with children and young people, so we can help to build “mentally healthy” schools and communities where all children can thrive and grow up with prospects, not problems. If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity, we would love you to join us. It's sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping give young people brighter futures. Are we the type of life changing organisation you'd like to work for. Overall Purpose. You will work with the Head of Individual Giving, Philanthropy and Special Events to strategically lead and develop a 3-5-year plan for the Individual Giving programme. As well as managing the scoping and delivery of individual giving activity, you will work in close partnership with external agencies, senior stakeholders, Fundraising and wider Place2Be colleagues. What exactly will I be doing in this ground-breaking new role. As the successful candidate you will be creating, developing and implementing Place2Be's individual giving programme, with responsibility for the attraction and retention of new and existing individual supporters (giving less than £5,000 per annum) across all channels and products. You will develop, test and launch digital and direct marketing attraction and conversion campaigns to achieve income growth. You must have strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to communicate and influence others through verbal and written media. The successful candidate will. Experience of writing and delivering a three year or one-year Individual Giving programme plan. Proven track record of managing an Individual Giving programme (direct mail and digital. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Proven track record of generating income uplift and donor retention. Development and use of a CRM system for the purposes and benefit of an Individual Giving programme. In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including. Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement. Robust Learning and Development Programme. Contributory Pension Scheme. Life Assurance. Employee Assistance Programme. Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes. Extended maternity/paternity pay. A supportive organisation we offer strong and clear leadership as well as a fantastic working environment to ensure your early success. Closing Date: Sunday 16th February 2020 at 11.59pm. 1st Interview: Wednesday 19th February 2020. Start Date: March 2020. Please apply via our website. If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity, we would love you to join us. It's sensitive and demanding work - but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping give young people brighter futures. Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are keen to reflect the diversity of the partner schools we work in and are particularly interested in attracting applications from male candidates, as well as candidates from Minority Ethnic (BAME) …
