Student Wellbeing Coordinator

Interview date: Tuesday, 29 October 2024

At UCA, creativity and innovation are at the heart of what we do. Our legacy of educating eager and passionate artists, makers and thinkers runs back almost 160 years, and today we’re helping shape a global future that supports and nourishes talent worldwide. 

Our campuses across Surrey and Kent are vibrant communities, each specialising in different areas of the creative industries. We are also home to a thriving research hub, with academic experts and fellows leading the way in research on sustainability, design, textiles, animation, history and culture, and more. 

Are you ready to share your passion for creativity with the next generation of innovators? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a committed and experienced individual to join our integrated team in this exciting and challenging role, to provide specialist advice and support on student wellbeing and mental health and to deliver a range of interventions for students experiencing personal issues that may impact on their learning.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively as part of the wider Wellbeing and Counselling Service to ensure consistent practice towards student welfare and wellbeing issues and that concerns are responded to effectively. This may also include travel to other campuses and online/remote wellbeing support in response to service demand.

To provide an effective triage for student wellbeing enquiries and referrals.

To assist students who present with a range of issues relating to their student experience you will be responsible for identifying and managing risk in relation to student mental health and will seek opportunities to encourage and enable enhanced student retention and achievement. You will be able to respond appropriately to challenging situations whilst identifying barriers to student engagement. You will build positive partnerships with external NHS agencies and voluntary organisations through creative and innovative approaches.

You will work in collaboration with the Head of Student Wellbeing and contribute to the development of the inclusive and embedded services to support student wellbeing at the University.

There are two roles, one based at Farnham and one at Epsom.

About You

We are seeking to recruit an individual who displays a flexible approach with excellent planning, communication and organisational skills and who will be willing to take an active role in the development of the service, including delivering group workshops within the wider wellbeing service.

You will need to hold a degree or equivalent, together with relevant and recent experience of supporting young people with complex mental health issues and risk, including experience of working with young people in distress/crisis.

You will have effective interpersonal and communication skills and will be able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

For an informal discussion about the post contact:

Donna Haston, Head of Student Wellbeing via email donna.haston@uca.ac.uk  

For further details and to apply for this post please plick the 'Apply' button, above.

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) aims to be a welcoming and inclusive University that is truly representative of all sections of society. We particularly encourage applications from people from minoritised ethnic groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented within the University.

Please note UCA may close a vacancy early in the event of high numbers of applications being received.

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