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Head of Counselling & Mental Health
| Posting date: | 29 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | £48,619 per year |
| Additional salary information: | (Including London Allowance) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 November 2024 |
| Location: | Egham, Surrey |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Royal Holloway University of London |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1024-319 |
Summary
(Full-Time, Permanent)
Applications are invited for the post of Head of Counselling and Mental Health working within the Directorate of Student Life at Royal Holloway University of London.
This full-time role provides an exciting opportunity to lead our Counselling & Mental Health team and play an important role in the delivery of Royal Holloway’s wellbeing and experience offering. The Directorate of Student Life includes a broad range to teams who are core to the student journey:
Active Lifestyle & Sport
International & Money Advice
Multifaith Chaplaincy
Student Engagement & Insights
Wellbeing Support & Community Wellbeing
Hall Life
Student Conduct
Counselling & Mental Health
Disability & Neurodiversity
Reporting to the Director of Student Life, they will contribute to the work of the Directorate taking the management lead for this aspect of our student support following the strategy and aims of the University and demonstrating our University values - being Daring, Innovative, Open and Respectful.
They will be required to lead on the provision of inclusive and accessible support, act as operational and case lead for the team of Counsellors and Mental Health Practitioners always ensuring a high professional standard of student support. They will need to demonstrate experience of working with and providing support to clients from underrepresented groups (including POC and LGBTQ+) and an understanding of the potential barriers to engagement to these groups.
We are also seeking a candidate with a commitment to the ethos of continual service improvement and who will have the confidence to constructively challenge existing practices in response to professional and sector developments, analysis of processes and feedback from students and staff, and modernisation of operations. With this role there is a need for some campus-based working to enable in-person student appointments (based on student preference and need) but there will be some opportunity for working remotely.
In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:
Generous annual leave entitlement
Training and Development opportunities
Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing
Free parking
The post is based in Egham, where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.
For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk
Please quote the reference: 1024-319
Closing Date: 23:59, 15 November 2024
Interview Date: 6 December 2024
Applications are invited for the post of Head of Counselling and Mental Health working within the Directorate of Student Life at Royal Holloway University of London.
This full-time role provides an exciting opportunity to lead our Counselling & Mental Health team and play an important role in the delivery of Royal Holloway’s wellbeing and experience offering. The Directorate of Student Life includes a broad range to teams who are core to the student journey:
Active Lifestyle & Sport
International & Money Advice
Multifaith Chaplaincy
Student Engagement & Insights
Wellbeing Support & Community Wellbeing
Hall Life
Student Conduct
Counselling & Mental Health
Disability & Neurodiversity
Reporting to the Director of Student Life, they will contribute to the work of the Directorate taking the management lead for this aspect of our student support following the strategy and aims of the University and demonstrating our University values - being Daring, Innovative, Open and Respectful.
They will be required to lead on the provision of inclusive and accessible support, act as operational and case lead for the team of Counsellors and Mental Health Practitioners always ensuring a high professional standard of student support. They will need to demonstrate experience of working with and providing support to clients from underrepresented groups (including POC and LGBTQ+) and an understanding of the potential barriers to engagement to these groups.
We are also seeking a candidate with a commitment to the ethos of continual service improvement and who will have the confidence to constructively challenge existing practices in response to professional and sector developments, analysis of processes and feedback from students and staff, and modernisation of operations. With this role there is a need for some campus-based working to enable in-person student appointments (based on student preference and need) but there will be some opportunity for working remotely.
In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:
Generous annual leave entitlement
Training and Development opportunities
Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing
Free parking
The post is based in Egham, where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.
For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk
Please quote the reference: 1024-319
Closing Date: 23:59, 15 November 2024
Interview Date: 6 December 2024
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