Student Counsellor

1 month ago


London, United Kingdom Imperial College London Full time

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service at Imperial College as a student counsellor We have been investing heavily in our Service to better support our students through university life. We have grown from a small team to a diverse and multifaceted group of over 30 professionals striving to deliver the best experience possible for our students.

You can read more about our Student Counselling and Mental Health Service here: www.imperial.ac.uk/counselling.

As we are a very busy service supporting thousands of students each year, the role is a demanding but equally very rewarding one. The ideal candidate would demonstrate a sense of resilience and flexibility in order to meet the diverse needs of our student population and would have experience working in similar settings.

Duties and responsibilities

This Student Counsellor role is part of well-established Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Team that has grown over recent years. The service currently comprises 35 staff. You will be fully supported by and work with and across this multi-disciplinary, dynamic service to support Imperial students and staff and will be reporting into a Senior Student Counsellor and responsible to the Head of Student Counselling & Mental Health Advice Service.

The post holder will carry a significant client case load providing psychological assessment and brief counselling to students at the College.

The post holder will also contribute to:

  • providing drop in appointments
  • psycho-educational workshops and training on matters related to mental health and counselling
  • events promoting the Service and student wellbeing across the College.

The Student Counselling Service aims to enable students to enhance their psychological health and personal effectiveness, thus empowering them to optimise their academic accomplishment, College involvement, and personal development.

This is achieved through the provision of a variety of psychological services such as assessment, individual counselling and consultation.

Essential requirements

  • Please note that applicants must have one of the following accreditations/registrations to be considered for this post:
    • full accreditation with the BACP or BABCP
    • UKCP Registration
    • a Counselling Psychologist with full HCPC Registration
    • Accredited Professional Registrant with NCPS
  • Experience of holding a case load of at least 20/25 clients a week (pro-rata) gained working within an institution/organisation and not privately. 

Further information

The role is three days a week on a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with at least two of the days on campus, in-person.

The majority of annual leave is expected to be taken out of term time.

For full details of all essential role requirements please review the Job Description and Person Specification document.

Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Jasmin Han – j.han@imperial.ac.uk

Closes: 6th August 2024

£44,309 to £53,558 per annum


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