Wellbeing Advisor

We have an exciting opportunity in our Triage and Outreach team as a part-time Wellbeing Advisor.

This is a permanent, part-time post – 0.6 FTE covering 35 weeks per year, available immediately.

The role will be to support the team with delivering triage appointments for the service and signposting students onto further support in a stepped care approach. The role would be largely based on campus with face-to-face appointments being offered from multiple sites, however, there is the potential for some hybrid working.

Summary of the role

Wellbeing Services has been established to provide a range of health promotion events on campus, as well as to develop illness prevention and intervention services. Our vision is to offer accessible and flexible support for the whole range of wellbeing issues that can impact upon student learning. We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic staff who can contribute to our vision for Wellbeing Services through supporting and helping develop a new Triage and Outreach team, offering comprehensive initial triage appointments to our diverse student community while advancing our University-wide outreach work. We currently seek to offer 140 initial triage appointments per week. Initial Consultations provide space for a student to share their difficulties and create an action plan with a practitioner to move forward.

About You

You will be skilled at identifying wellbeing needs, signposting accordingly, identifying and screening for risk and completing any necessary onward referrals, including liaison with other departments – both internal to Wellbeing Services, the wider University and External services. You will be an experienced practitioner within the wellbeing/welfare field who has a thoughtful and adaptable approach to your work, with a real interest in sensitively supporting students with potentially complex difficulties. You will have a passion for early-intervention and supporting the wider service Outreach work to encourage students to reach out for mental health and wellbeing support.

A DBS Check will need to be completed.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

Disability Confident

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39/41 days leave per year

• options for flexible working

• numerous discounts at leading retailers

• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme

• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy

• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Please contact Laura Delamar l.a.delamar@exeter.ac.uk