University of Bristol
Mental Health Adviser
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The Role
We are looking to appoint two Mental Health Advisers to join our expanding Mental Health Advisory Team. The Mental Health Advisory Service (MHAS) is a team of Senior Mental Health Advisers & Mental Health Advisers, within the Student Counselling Service (SCS). The Mental Health Advisers work 1-1 and in groups with students and key functions of the role include triage and assessment, formulations, care planning, liaison, risk management and risk reduction work with students.
In line with the wider University strategy, we are committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion, and anti-racism. We particularly encourage applications from professionals who identify as male and come from, or have significant experience of working with black, Asian and other Global Majority communities, those who speak different languages and anyone with experience of growing up and living abroad and then coming to live in the UK. We are currently under-represented in these areas, although all appointments will be made on merit.
The Student Counselling Service is working hard to create a welcoming, exciting and joyful place to work, meeting the demographic of the student population and offering more diverse and inclusive therapeutic support. As a team we are genuinely passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; it forms a key thread through all the work we do. We want everyone that joins to be a part of this and to contribute to the friendly and fun community we are creating.
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What Will You Be Doing?
The Mental Health Advisory Team supports students with severe and enduring, complex mental health difficulties. As a Mental Health adviser, you would complete triage, assessments and risk formulations, and create care-plans as part of the wider student support offer. Mental Health advisers deliver 1-1 and group sessions with students and may create group session material. A Mental Health Adviser may also liaise with internal and external partners.
You will work alongside the Senior Mental Health advisers, wider university support and external Mental Health Pathways to provide the most appropriate package of support to the students accessing our service.
The Mental Health Advisory Team meet regularly to coordinate complex case work, for team meetings and development and supervision.
You Should Apply If
You should apply if you are a qualified Mental Health Nurse, Mental Health Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Social Worker or Clinical Psychologist, who holds current registration with a relevant professional body.
The professional body registration must include a responsibility to maintain professional accreditation through updating skills and knowledge, and which upholds a code of ethics and a complaints procedure.
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You will have exceptional knowledge and in person experience of supporting people with complex mental health needs and have a good understanding of the specific needs of a diverse and unique population of university students.
The Mental Health Advisers are based on site, due to the nature of the work. We do not offer condensed hours within the Mental Health Advisory Service as our client facing hours line up with the key services that we liaise with in order to appropriately manage risk and referrals. The standard minimum contact we are aiming to recruit is 21 hours or more, this is to allow the time needed for essential meetings and handovers, internal liaison and the individual and development required.
Additional Information
- Contract type: Open ended
- Work pattern: Part time, 21 hours
- Grade: I
- Salary: £39,906 - £44,746 per annum pro rata
- School/Unit: Education and Student Success
This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on Thursday 17th September
For informal queries please contact: Matteo Francescon (Deputy Head of Student Counselling) on matteo.francescon@bristol.ac.uk or 0117 394 0123
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Available Documents
- Job Description - Mental Health Adviser.pdf
- Further Particulars - ESS - Student Health and Inclusion.pdf
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