At a Glance
- Tasks: Support student wellbeing and promote healthy engagement in university life.
- Company: The University of Sheffield, a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Benefits: Competitive leave, generous pension, flexible working, and retail discounts.
- Other info: Join a motivated team and enjoy excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives and support their academic success.
- Qualifications: Experience in wellbeing or mental health, with strong interpersonal skills.
The predicted salary is between 31725 - 38775 £ per year.
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do.
Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.
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Overview
Join our team as a Wellbeing Adviser to positively impact students' lives through promoting healthy university engagement.
Working within Faculties and reporting into a central team you will provide a key link between faculties and central Student Health, Wellbeing and Support Service.
As a Wellbeing Adviser, you will
- Proactively identify students or groups of students who may be struggling with university life and studies.
- Offer timely support to ensure students with wellbeing needs gain access to the most appropriate support pathways.
- Refer students to wider student support services where appropriate, enabling students to achieve their academic potential.
- Provide one to one student appointments assessing and supporting wellbeing
- Plan and deliver wellbeing groups, initiatives and activities.
- Offer input to staff on wellbeing matters and contribute to embedding wellbeing into teaching.
- Support mental health promotion activities to proactively support student wellbeing.
To be successful in this role, you will have relevant and significant experience in wellbeing or mental health work.
With excellent interpersonal skills, empathy and pragmatism you will maintain boundaries and act with discretion and diplomacy.
A good knowledge of student welfare and wellbeing issues and how these may affect students is key.
You will have experience in dealing with risk and understanding when to raise risk concerns and the ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively with colleagues across faculties and central teams.
The role represents the opportunity for a motivated wellbeing practitioner to have a significant positive impact on the wellbeing of our students.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Provide support for student wellbeing, promoting healthy and positive engagement
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