Mental Health Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom University of Bath Full time

Job title:
Mental Health Practitioner

Department:
Student Support and Safeguarding

Salary:
Starting from £37,099, rising to £44,263

Closing date:
Tuesday 27 August 2024


We are looking to recruit a Mental Health Practitioner to come and work with our Mental Health Service in the Student Support and Safeguarding team.


Working in partnership with other teams and colleagues within the department (particularly our Therapeutic and Wellbeing Services), you'll be contributing to a developing departmental vision of supporting students to enable students to thrive, as individuals, throughout their journey to, through and beyond the University of Bath.

About you


You will be an experienced and creative registered Mental Health Professional who can provide structured interventions and support planning for the students who need Mental Health Support during their time at University.


We are looking to recruit someone who can:

  • Work effectively to build collaborative relationships with students on their caseload and to coproduce support plans with students to address their Mental Health (MH) needs at University
  • Work confidently to assess and manage any presenting MH risks to our students and University community as a whole
  • Work within our existing policies and in partnership with other internal services to manage student need and respond proportionately
  • Help us build excellent working relationships and joint practices with our colleagues in the NHS
About us


The Department of Student Support & Safeguarding is a lively and committed team of interconnected services who are working to support and enhance the student experience and are developing sector-leading practices to support both student and staff development.

The Mental Health, Therapeutic and Wellbeing Services work in close connection with colleagues in our Disability, Money Advice and Student Retention & Success services to create a holistic response to student needs, and to share our learning experiences across a multi-disciplinary team of dedicated professionals.

Further information


This is a full-time role, working 36.5 hours per week, however, all Mental Health Practitioners will contribute to a collaborative Duty Service, including providing on-campus weekend cover to manage incoming/urgent situations, and help shape future development of our offer in this area.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Hannah Baker, Student Mental Health Service Manager at , or Liz Kearton, Deputy Director (Student Mental Health) at

A Disclosure Baring Service (DBS) clearance will be required for this post.

What we can offer you:
- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme

- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance

- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements

- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce

- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan

Find out more about our benefits on our website.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged.

We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award.

We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.


We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

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