Location: | London |
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Salary: | Salary from £38,313 to £46,148 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £49,614 pa inclusive of London allowance |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 6th December 2022 |
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Closes: | 15th January 2023 |
LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university
Student Wellbeing Service
Mental Health Adviser
Salary from £38,313 to £46,148 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £49,614 pa inclusive of London allowance
The Student Wellbeing Service (SWS) brings together two key student facing services: the Disability and Wellbeing Service (DWS) and the Student Counselling Service (SCS). It provides a single integrated approach to help students, offers advice to staff across the School, and leads a wider initiative to improve student wellbeing.
The postholder will support students with mental health difficulties and play a key role in decision-making in relation to student risk. They will liaise both across the School and with community based mental health and primary care services in order to put in place reasonable adjustments for students with mental health difficulties. They will help to promote inclusive practice across the School, carrying out training and awareness-building activities in relation to mental health.
Candidates should have experience of working with students with complex mental health difficulties and have expert knowledge of mental health difficulties as well as understanding their impact upon students. Candidates should demonstrate an ability to make decisions independently and to be aware of when to escalate concerns.
The post is permanent and full-time, flexibility will be considered.
This position will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Any offer of employment made is conditional on receipt of a satisfactory DBS check.
We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.
For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.
To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email s.hackney1@lse.ac.uk.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 15 January 2023 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.
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