Student Services - Student Wellbeing

Location: Greenwich & Avery Hill
Salary: £27,924 to £33,309 plus £4872 London weighting per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 03 June 2022
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 3134-E

We are seeking 2 Psychological Wellbeing Advisors to join our new Psychological Wellbeing team which sits within our award-winning Student Wellbeing Services. One position will be based at our Avery Hill Campus, Eltham. The other will be based World Heritage Site and is located in the heart of Greenwich.

These roles will provide proactive and welfare support, assessment, referral and delivering health/wellbeing preventative interventions to students who present with a range of mental health difficulties, psychological wellbeing issues and disabilities.

Successful candidates will have experience of developing and delivering workshops, training and awareness raising events. You will be self-motivated adaptable and flexible in your approach to delivering an excellent service to students. You will also be able to demonstrate your experience of working in a similar role within a multidisciplinary team in a healthcare or educational setting.

You will have excellent communication skills, strong planning and organisational skills, together with the ability to respond rapidly and work under pressure as and when required.

This role includes some evening work up to 7pm for 2 days per week.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore the successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Data and Barring Service check

Should you have any queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team on hrsr-censvcs@greenwich.ac.uk 

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion.

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich