Personal Counsellor (22.5 hours per week)

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Student Operations and Support
Location:  Brighton - City Campus, Moulsecoomb and Falmer
Salary:  £39,347 to £46,974 pro rata
22.5 hours per week
Closing Date:  Saturday 20 January 2024
Reference:  SO5041-23-494

Your expertise and passion for improving student mental health and wellbeing coupled with the relevant qualifications, will be key to your success in this new and exciting role within the Counselling team of the Student Wellbeing Service at the University of Brighton.

As a student counsellor you will hold a caseload, provide assessments, and deliver a range of therapeutic and psychological support interventions.  You will possess the relevant skills, qualifications and creativity to deliver clinical and support interventions directly, and to make appropriate referrals both internally and to key local organisations and statutory services (i.e. for longer-term or more specialist support).  

To succeed in the role, you will be a strong team-player with the flexibility and drive to adapt your service delivery to meet student demand and will be prepared to contribute to the wider student wellbeing agenda as appropriate.  In joining the Student Wellbeing team there will be opportunities for development, collaboration and creativity.  For further information about the role and the qualities we are looking for, and to understand how you might be able to really make a difference, please do take a look at the job description.   

Please note that this role is for 22.5hrs (three days) per week. We welcome applications from job sharers.

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.