Mental Health Advice Manager

9250

Education
Library and Student Support Services
Grade 6
£48,534 - £58,474 per annum

Permanent

Full time - 35 hours per week

28 February 2023 17:00

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join UAL’s growing Counselling and Health Advice Service. We are investing in the management capacity of the team to help us respond to students’ complex needs and to enhance services. 

You will work in partnership with the team’s other Mental Health Advice Manager to co-ordinate health advice services across the University. You will hold a caseload and provide advice and consultancy to colleagues, including responding to complex and urgent situations. Alongside this, you will manage a team of Mental Health Advisers and coordinate service service delivery at half of the University’s colleges.

You will work with the Service management team and other colleagues, leading initiatives to enhance our wellbeing offers.

You will also be part of the duty management team. During term-time, this includes working remotely on Saturday mornings once a month.  

About you

You will have successful experiencing of managing people and services and working collaboratively to achieve objectives within a multidisciplinary team. You will be an experienced and qualified mental health practitioner, who understands the specific needs of university students. You will be able to assess students and have a good working knowledge of brief work approaches and interventions to alleviate mental health symptoms and promote wellbeing.

You will have a flexible and responsive approach and excellent communication skills. You will be able to hold and manage risk within appropriate boundaries.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact, Sahil Ibrahim, Resourcing Adviser via email at Educationstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk or 020 7514 9627.

What we offer

 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for innovation, drawing together six colleges with international reputations in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. Every position within the University plays an important part in shaping future creative professionals, and impacts on the future of so many creative industries. Expert management of the organisation is essential to ensuring that this continues.

In return, University of the Arts London offers generous leave, an attractive salary and pension plus a commitment to your continuing personal development and training in an environment that encourages excellence, creativity and diversity. Relocation assistance is available.

Our culture

 

This opportunity is closed to applications.