Mental Health and Well-being Adviser

Closing date:  Monday 13^th January 2025 by 9:00 am

The University’s Student Life provision brings together a range of support services for students including counselling, mental health and well-being, disability support, and student finance. 

This role sits within a well-established mental health and wellbeing team providing advice, ongoing support and self-help strategies to students presenting with mental health difficulties. 

We are seeking to appoint a part-time Mental Health Practitioner to work for three days per week during university term-time (approx. 35 weeks), between September and June. The post is campus-based at our Hope Park Campus, although attendance at other university campus locations may be required on occasion.  

Candidates will be able to demonstrate appropriate post-qualification experience of providing mental health assessment, safety planning, ongoing mental health support, and risk management strategies.  They will also have experience of dealing with a wide range of complex needs, ideally within a demanding environment such as Higher/Further education, NHS, Social Work or voluntary sector to clients presenting with moderate to complex mental health difficulties. 

Ideal applicants will have a thorough understanding of current statutory mental health legislation and good working knowledge of statutory/community mental health services and third sector provision. The ability to deliver mental health awareness training is also desirable.  

Applicants should be educated to degree level or equivalent with a relevant professional qualification/training in mental health (e.g. Community Mental Health Nurse, Mental Health Social Work or similar).

This is a permanent post, subject to the normal 12-month probationary period. 

For an application form and further details, please visit our website or contact us using the details below.

Liverpool Hope University
People Services
Hope Park
Liverpool L16 9JD

Email: jobs@hope.ac.uk

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