Mental Health Practitioner to Students within Higher Education
London, Fulltime & Permanent Role
Hybrid Working Monday – Friday 9-5.30pm 3 days on campus, 2 days from home
Do you have experience of supporting and guiding students in need of advice, information or help? Are you calm, collected and reassuring when faced with a crisis? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
About our role: As Mental Health Practitioner (and in collaboration the welfare team, disability teams and student relations team), you will have the experience and knowledge to contribute to the delivery and development of a range of services including individual, managing a caseload, and sometimes group work, to provide a professional advisory service for staff and students, internal or external referral, and curation of psycho-educational or self-help resources.
As Mental Health Practitioner you will assist and support the Clinical Lead in promoting, developing, and maintaining a safe and ethical wellbeing service within QA Higher Education.
This will include looking at key times throughout the academic year and proactively planning and organising events and interventions to promote wellbeing activities.
Our role is Monday to Friday business hours with very occasional evening work (6pm finish).
Here’s a flavour of what’s involved: (click through to read the JD)
Manage a caseload of undergraduate and postgraduate students with mental
health difficulties and/or disabilities, delivering focused therapeutic interventions both in person and remotely, and co-ordinating support across a range of services to optimise their student experience. Provide targeted support where appropriate at periods of transition e.g. pre-entry, suspense and placements.
Establish effective working relationships with external service providers, (GPs, specialist mental health services, social care), to facilitate students’ access appropriate medical support. Promote timely, effective information sharing and collaborative working.
Support in the delivery of all welfare services, this can be on campus, via the phone or email.
Provide urgent triage, assessment and robust, collaborative risk management interventions to students experiencing a mental health crisis, referring to and liaising with internal and external service providers as appropriate.
Provide comprehensive mental health assessments to students presenting with significant mental health needs and provide appropriate advice, signposting and referral on to additional services.
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Bring your experience:
Experience in supporting clients with complex mental health difficulties in a multi-agency context.
Experience of delivering targeted, evidence-based mental health interventions.
Experience in working in Higher Education. Desirable
Experience of delivering group interventions. Desirable
Evidence of relevant continuing professional development/training in the field of mental health/therapeutic interventions
Practical working knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to all protected characteristics and a sound grasp of the legal aspects of supporting disabled students
Understanding of the SEND Code of Practice 2015. Desirable
Current professional registration in the field of mental health relevant to this role (NMC or HCPC registration) Desirable
Degree level qualification or equivalent.
About QA Higher Education
QA Higher Education works in partnership with seven UK universities, colleges, and education specialists in the UK, to recruit, market and deliver a range of education programmes to international and domestic students, from foundation level to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
At QA Higher Education, we are absolutely committed to breaking down barriers, eliminating discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities so that diversity can flourish here. One of our core values is that ‘our Diversity makes us stronger’ – we recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences bring valuable perspectives and enhance the way we work at QA. As a market leader in the digital education, it’s our duty to drive diversity and inclusion not only for ourselves, but also the wider industry, the clients we serve and the communities in which we work.
Equal Opportunities At QAHE, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place.
