Mental Health Advisor

About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established University Wellbeing Service. As an experienced practitioner you will use your clinical judgement and knowledge to case manage, coordinate and deliver support for students with emerging, acute and enduring mental health conditions. This will include students eligible for Disabled Students’ Allowance. You will help them to manage their mental health alongside their studies, providing appropriate support plans, academic reasonable adjustments, psychoeducation, and referring to other services as needed. This will include partnership working with colleagues across the University as well as external stakeholders such as Police, NHS, local authority and voluntary sector. You will also be a part of departmental initiatives, working to increase the awareness of services available, promoting them, whilst ensuring the student experience is at the centre of all we do. 
About you
With a relevant degree or qualification, you will be registered with a relevant professional body, alongside considerable and demonstrable depth of experience working with a variety people with mental health conditions. You will have experience of working with case management models or in a client focussed environment, as well as experience of assessing and managing risk and responding proactively to crisis situations involving mental health issues.  
Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and can be made to Thomas Wheelband on [email protected]

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change , which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.