Mental Health Advisor

Fixed term, 12 months

Part-time, 30 hours per week

Liverpool L1 9HF

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) is one of the UK’s leading performing arts institutions. We enjoy a global reputation for the quality of our teaching, our world class facilities and an enviable track record of graduate employment and international awards of all kinds. This is a particularly exciting time for LIPA as we grow our academic portfolio, move towards gaining our own Degree Awarding Powers, and continue to develop world class performing arts talent, ready to respond to industry needs and drive positive change in the performing arts.

We are looking to recruit a Mental Health Advisor to join the Student Wellbeing and Disability Team. The postholder will act as a Mental Health Adviser for the Student Wellbeing and Disability team, triaging and responding to urgent student need and conducting initial assessments of students with a range of emotional difficulties. This will include signposting students to voluntary and statutory services; working collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders, complying with professional standards, and ensuring that the Institute's mental health and wellbeing support services are widely promoted, accessible, efficient and of high quality. The post holder will also lead on monitoring students identified as high risk.

In addition, you will provide support to students with a range of emotional difficulties and mental health needs; undertake regular monitoring of students deemed to be high risk, work with colleagues across the Institute to develop good practice in supporting students with mental health needs, oversee counselling service administrative processes and raise awareness of student mental health issues, developing mental health promotion strategies.

The ideal candidate will have a degree or equivalent professional qualification in Mental Health, Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Counselling and/or significant professional experience and registration or membership of a professional body. Experience of working with students, young people and learners with complex mental health needs, managing a busy caseload and of risk assessment and crisis management. is essential.

You must have excellent communication and written skills and be able to work collaboratively as part of a team and on your own initiative. The ability to quickly build rapport with diverse.

student groups and remain calm and professional in an environment where students might feel distressed and vulnerable is essential.

In return we offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience, generous pension, and holiday entitlements, complimentary tickets to our in-house productions, and the opportunity to become part of our unique international community of creatives, performers, technicians, managers, and film makers.

This is a fixed term post to commence as soon as possible.

Closing date for applications:  Monday 25^th November 2024 at 1:00pm

Interviews: w/c 2^nd December

You can download or request a hard copy of the details and an application form, from our website on the following link: lipa.ac.uk/about-us/working-here

CVs will not be accepted.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact our Recruitment Team on recruit@lipa.ac.uk or 0151 330 3091.

Please send your completed application form to recruit@lipa.ac.uk

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