Senior Mental Health Adviser

The MHAS team supports students with severe and enduring, complex mental health difficulties. As part of the team, you will work using the recovery model (hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy and support) with students and are responsible for case formulations, care planning, risk assessments, and the subsequent risk reduction and stabilisation interventions. You would be working with awareness of the different needs of the student population such as neurodivergent students, international students etc. Senior Mental Health advisors deliver 1-1 sessions with students, cover MHAS duty function on a rota basis, liaise with internal and external partners, and lead on project work when needed.

As a Senior Mental Health advisor, you will support MHAS staff around complex cases, assist in service risk management, and have a key role in supporting the development of the service. You will also be responsible for attending and contributing to a multi-disciplinary complex case meetings as well as responsibility for case reviews, service capacity management and allocations.

The MHAS Team are part of the wider student counselling service and attend full team meetings, CPD training and peer supervision spaces. Additional individual and group supervision is provided by external supervisors on a monthly basis.

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