Mental Health Adviser
University of Bristol
Bristol, BS8 1TH
Salary
£39,906 to £44,746
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
12 days left
Job description
We are looking to appoint two Mental Health Advisers to join our expanding Mental Health Advisory Team. The Mental Health Advisory Service (MHAS) is a...
The Mental Health Advisory Team supports students with severe and enduring, complex mental health difficulties. As a Mental Health adviser, you would complete triage, assessments and risk formulations, and create care-plans as part of the wider student support offer. Mental Health advisers deliver 1-1 and group sessions with students and may create group session material. A Mental Health Adviser may also liaise with internal and external partners.
You will work alongside the Senior Mental Health advisers, wider university support and external Mental Health Pathways to provide the most appropriate package of support to the students accessing our service.
The Mental Health Advisory Team meet regularly to coordinate complex case work, for team meetings and development and supervision.
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Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in profession relevant to the post
- (mental health nurse, mental health occupational
- therapist, mental health social worker)
- Registration and good professional standing within a
- relevant Professional body which includes a
- responsibility to maintain professional accreditation
- through updating skills and knowledge, and which
- upholds a code of ethics and a complaints procedure
- Experience of working with complex mental health
- and risk including suicidality
- Knowledge and experience of using effective mental
- health interventions
- Experience of delivering effective triage, assessment
- and short-term interventions
Desirable
- Experience of working with individuals who use drugs
- including alcohol
- Ability to develop and facilitate group work
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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