£30,000 - £35,000 per annum + £4000 London Weighting
Based on-site at our Holborn Campus
Permanent, Full time
About Arden University:
We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.
Student Experience:
This role sits within the broader Student Experience department, dedicated to ensuring an excellent student journey throughout the student lifecycle at Arden, from application and admission through to graduation.
This role is part of Wellbeing Services, a key area of the Student Experience department, which includes Disability and Accessibility and Mental Health and Wellbeing support for Arden Students.
About the Opportunity:
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Adviser will provide safe, ethical and high-quality wellbeing support to students presenting with a wide range of wellbeing difficulties at Arden. The role involves managing a caseload of students presenting with complex wellbeing and mental health difficulties, including high levels of risk and safeguarding concerns, as well as liaising with NHS and external services and providing follow-up support.
The role also involves developing and delivering wellbeing workshops and group sessions and developing our online self-serve wellbeing portal.
As a key role within Arden’s Wellbeing Service, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Adviser will play an active part in the development of the service, contributing to new initiatives and ways of working to meet changing needs and demands of students. The adviser will actively promote an open culture around wellbeing within the Arden community by developing and running student-focused wellbeing events, campaigns, and activities.
About You:
We are looking for someone who has the following experience:
* A high level of competence in assessing students’ mental health needs, crisis intervention, and managing severe emotional difficulties.
* Relevant experience in a similar role working within Further or Higher Education or experience as a mental health practitioner in the NHS or similar environment.
* Experience supporting individuals with complex mental health difficulties, including managing mental health-related risk, safeguarding, and serious incident disclosures.
* Experience of safeguarding activity with the ability to identify safeguarding concerns and experience of safety planning, safeguarding escalation, and appropriate signposting.
* Ability to work efficiently within a fast-paced environment, whilst ensuring that documentation/records are thorough and accurate.
* Strong organisational skills to manage own diary and caseload, make and follow-up on referrals and practical arrangements.
Why Arden:
At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students' journeys are the best they can possibly be; as such, we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:
* 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and we even throw in Christmas closure.
* A generous Aviva pension plan, with our contributions starting at 7%.
* PMI or Healthcare Cashback (dependent on role grade).
* Study any Arden course for free, with generous discounts for all family and friends.
* Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education.
* Plus, other competitive benefits.
Our Values:
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness reflect who we are as an institution, a team, and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.
Closing Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:
Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.
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