Student Support Practitioner (Mental Health)

jobs24.co.uk; Penryn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated Student Support Team at a leading university, providing vital mental health support to students. This full-time role as a Student Support Practitioner focuses on delivering assessments and interventions to help students navigate challenges and thrive in their academic life. With a compassionate and flexible approach, you will collaborate with various departments and external services to ensure comprehensive support for mental health. This position offers a permanent contract with excellent benefits, including a generous pension contribution, holiday entitlement, and lifestyle discounts. If you are passionate about making a difference in students' lives, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employer Pension Contribution up to 10%

28 days + 8 days bank holiday

Life Assurance

Subsidised Sports Centre Membership

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme

Vivup Lifestyle Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health nursing with a focus on crisis intervention.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide immediate response to mental health crises and concerns.
• Facilitate referrals and liaise with external services for student support.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Crisis Management

Biopsychosocial Assessments

Team Collaboration

Service Development

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Job description

We are seeking a Student Support Practitioner (Mental Health) to join our Student Support Team at Falmouth Exeter Plus. Our friendly team supports a diverse community of staff and over 7,000 students across Falmouth University and the University of Exeter in Cornwall. Our mission is to provide outstanding welfare and wellbeing support which enables students to learn and progress successfully at university. To enable this, we offer a range of assessment-based interventions, including advice and guidance on student life issues, mental health and psychological support, individual action plans, online resources, and referral/liaison - always keeping the whole student community at the heart of what we do.

This key role will primarily involve working with students, providing assessments and short-term solution-focused interventions to help them manage challenges, recover, support themselves, and participate fully in student life. The key responsibilities for the role include:

1. Providing an immediate response to mental health crises and concerns.
2. Facilitating referrals and ongoing liaison with university departments, external and statutory services including the local Primary Care Network, Community Mental Health/Home Treatment/Early Intervention teams, and GP surgeries to ensure a supportive and joined-up approach to student support and mental health.
3. Contributing to proactive interventions as part of the Student Support multi-disciplinary team.
4. Providing advice and training for staff on mental health in a university environment.
5. Facilitating group sessions and contributing to the ongoing development of self-help resources.
6. Participating in university partnership initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience of working as a Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or equivalent core profession, with experience working with people with severe and enduring mental health issues. Alongside these key skills, you will have a positive, compassionate, and flexible approach. We are looking for candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Substantial experience of completing mental health biopsychosocial assessments, care planning and coordinating, assessing and managing risk, and responding to immediate crises.
• Experience of active contributions to service development initiatives.
• Ability to adapt to a role in a university setting, flexibly supporting the multi-disciplinary team approach to enable students to academically progress.
• Experience of, and commitment to, working collaboratively and positively in a team.
• Ability to remain calm and deal sensitively and effectively with difficult situations in a high-demand environment.

This post is offered on a full-time, 37.5-hour a week, permanent contract working across Monday-Friday based at Penryn Campus. As an employer of choice, we can offer the successful candidate for this role a range of benefits, including:

• Employer Pension Contribution up to 10%.
• 28 days + 8 days bank holiday.
• Life Assurance.
• Subsidised Sports Centre Membership (Gym & Fitness Classes).
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker).
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme.
• Vivup Lifestyle Discounts.

Alongside these benefits, we offer a first-class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from working across two leading Universities. Falmouth Exeter Plus welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.