Job description
Trauma Informed Lead
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £15.75 - £18 per hour
Contract: Full-Time Fixed Term Contract (September 2026 to March 2027)
Hours: 36.5 hours per week
Help Shape a More Inclusive and Trauma-Informed College
The College are seeking a passionate and motivated Trauma Informed Leads to support the delivery of an ambitious whole-college trauma-informed practice programme.
This exciting fixed-term opportunity will play a key role in helping create learning environments where every student feels safe, included, valued and able to succeed. Working across the campuses, you will help embed trauma-informed approaches into teaching, support services, quality processes and everyday student experiences.
If you are passionate about improving outcomes for young people, experienced in training or staff development, and committed to creating inclusive environments, we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
As a Trauma Informed Lead, you will:
• Deliver trauma-informed awareness training to staff across the College.
• Facilitate specialist workshops, reflective practice sessions and development activities.
• Support the development of internal Trauma-Informed Champions.
• Conduct trauma-informed campus reviews and environmental audits.
• Identify barriers to inclusion, belonging and student engagement.
• Work with curriculum and quality teams to support continuous improvement.
• Contribute to policy and systems reviews, ensuring alignment with trauma-informed principles.
• Gather feedback, evaluate impact and support the development of future recommendations.
• Build effective relationships with colleagues across curriculum, safeguarding, wellbeing, HR and student services teams.
About You
You will be:
• Passionate about trauma-informed practice, inclusion and student wellbeing.
• An engaging communicator with experience of delivering training, workshops or learning activities.
• Experienced in supporting young people, adults or vulnerable individuals within education, community, wellbeing or support settings.
• Skilled at building positive relationships and influencing change.
• Organised, analytical and confident in producing reports and recommendations.
• Committed to safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion.
Applications are welcomed from candidates with backgrounds in:
• Further or Higher Education
• Youth Work
• Social Care
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
• Community Development
• Safeguarding
• Learning Support
• Workforce Development or Training