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Mental Health Advisor

Job details
Posting date: 18 July 2025
Salary: £35,116 to £40,497 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 07 August 2025
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Remote working: On-site only
Company: University of Central Lancashire
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 0367-35

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Summary

By joining the University of Lancashire, you’ll become part of a thriving community of talent that’s united by a shared vision – to transform the lives of our students and create prosperity and opportunity in the communities we serve. Every colleague has a vital role to play in helping us achieve this vision.

About the role:

The University of Lancashire is seeking to appoint a Mental Health Advisor to work within our busy Student Support and Wellbeing team. The post holder will work with colleagues from across Student Services and the wider University to provide specialist mental health and wellbeing support and resources for students, maximising their student experience. In particular, the post holder will act as the named Advisor for an academic school, implementing targeted proactive and reactive interventions, as appropriate.

The post holder will work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the University’s support services are widely promoted, accessible, efficient and of high quality, complying with professional standards. Also, the post holder will work alongside school colleagues, to design and deliver tailored mental health and wellbeing information, training, advice and guidance to individuals and groups.

About you:

The successful candidate will be required to operate as part of a team, working across the full spectrum of mental health and wellbeing difficulties, ensuring students access appropriate and timely support and adjustments to enable them to successfully complete their studies. As such, we are looking to appoint a practitioner with substantial and recent post qualification experience working with individuals experiencing mental health difficulties, including assessment of individuals with complex needs, risk assessment and high risk/crisis management.

You will have an undergraduate degree or equivalent experiential learning, along with a relevant professional qualification in the field of mental health, such as RMHN nursing degree or equivalent, Mental Health Social Work, High Intensity Therapist/Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification from a BPS accredited programme of study or a clinical psychology doctorate

Additional information:

The working pattern for the post is predominantly Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00, however the post holder will need to be flexible in terms of working hours to support the service. This position is based in Preston, although the post holder would be expected to travel to other Campuses as required. There will be the opportunity for blending working, with time working from home and on Campus.

What we can offer you:

Our people are our most important asset. We’ll encourage you to make the most of your talents and continually develop your skills and knowledge. As well as realising your career ambitions, you’ll be making a positive difference to other people’s lives. We also offer a fantastic package of rewards and lifestyle benefits – from an attractive annual leave entitlement to access to a comprehensive employee benefits platform.

We are proud to be a diverse, multicultural university. We are committed to building a truly inclusive culture where diversity is championed. Applications are particularly welcomed from individuals who will support the diversification within the University and support its development of a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all.

The University is committed to providing a safe environment to study, work and visit, protecting children, young people and adults at risk from harm and abuse. Our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedure outlines our approach, alongside other internal policies, procedures and guidance which can be found on our Safeguarding page.

Applicants applying for roles in regulated activity and that are listed as an exception under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be required to disclose any spent and unspent convictions and undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check at the appropriate level, the University will only ask an applicant to make an application for a DBS check if they are legally entitled to.

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