Mandarin-speaking Mental Health Advisor (0.2FTE)

Help students feel supported, understood and empowered to thrive.

The Royal College of Art (RCA), the world's No. 1 university for art and design, is seeking a compassionate and experienced Mandarin-speaking Mental Health Advisor to join our Academic Registry & Student Success team.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference to our diverse student community, providing specialist mental health support with particular emphasis on culturally sensitive support for Mandarin-speaking students.

About the role

Working as part of our Clinical & Specialist Team, you will support students experiencing complex mental health and wellbeing challenges, helping them navigate difficulties and engage successfully with their studies and wider student experience.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing individual support, initial assessments, risk triage and ongoing interventions in Mandarin and English.
• Supporting students experiencing complex mental health and welfare concerns, including crisis intervention and risk management.
• Working with academic departments and professional services to coordinate appropriate student support and adjustments.
• Advising and supporting colleagues in responding effectively to student mental health concerns.
• Delivering mental health and wellbeing guidance, information and proactive group sessions.
• Building effective relationships with external health and mental health services.
• Contributing to wellbeing initiatives and promoting an inclusive and supportive student community.

About you

You will have significant experience of supporting individuals with mental health concerns, managing complex caseloads and undertaking mental health assessments and risk management, ideally within higher education.

Fluency in spoken and written Mandarin and English is essential, alongside excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will have an understanding of cultural differences in attitudes towards mental health and the particular wellbeing challenges experienced by postgraduate and international students.

You will be resilient, empathetic and highly organised, with the ability to work collaboratively, exercise professional judgement and remain calm under pressure.

A relevant professional qualification, such as Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Mental Health Social Work, would be desirable, as would CBT, coaching or group facilitation experience.

Why join the RCA?

Join our vibrant, international and creative community and play an important role in ensuring our students feel supported, included and able to fulfil their potential at the world's leading university of art and design.

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