Wellbeing Advisor (Triage and Outreach)

Education and Academic Services

This new full – time post is available from immediately on a permanent basis.

This role offers the opportunity for some hybrid working, to be discussed with the Triage and Outreach Pathway Lead.

Summary of the role

We have an exciting secondment opportunity into the new Triage and Outreach team as a full-time E Grade Wellbeing Advisor.

The role will be to support the team with delivering triage appointments for the service and signposting students onto further support in a stepped care approach. The role would be largely based on campus with face-to-face appointments being offered from Reed Mews, Mardon Hill and Hailey Wing.

Wellbeing Services has been established to provide a range of health promotion events on campus, as well as to develop illness prevention and intervention services. Our vision is to offer accessible and flexible support for the whole range of wellbeing issues that can impact upon student learning. We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic staff who can contribute to our vision for Wellbeing Services through supporting and helping to develop the Triage and Outreach team, offering comprehensive initial triage appointments to our diverse student community while advancing our University-wide outreach work. We currently seek to offer 140 initial triage appointments per week. Initial Consultations provide space for a student to share their difficulties and create an action plan with a practitioner to move forward.

About You

You will be skilled at identifying wellbeing needs, signposting accordingly, identifying and screening for risk and completing any necessary onward referrals, including liaison with other departments – both internal to Wellbeing Services, the wider University and External services. You will be an experienced practitioner within the wellbeing/welfare field who has a thoughtful and adaptable approach to your work, with a real interest in sensitively supporting students with potentially complex difficulties. You will have a passion for early-intervention and supporting the wider service Outreach work to encourage students to reach out for mental health and wellbeing support.

A DBS Check will need to be completed.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including: 

• - 41 days leave per year
• - options for flexible working
• - numerous discounts at leading retailers
• - onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• - sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• - stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England 

Further information

Please contact Laura Delamar l.a.delamar@exeter.ac.uk

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