About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Damien Homer at [Confidential Information].
This role is term time only, 30 weeks a year, Monday to Friday.
- To provide specialist mental health mentoring to students with mental health disabilities and to support them identify and manage any impact on their studies.
- To promote strategies for independent learning and positive wellbeing to help enable students to achieve their full potential. To work in close consultation with the Disability Team, Mental Health Nurses and the wider Wellbeing and Student Support team to discuss any relevant issues or arising concerns affecting the student.
- In consultation with the Disability Coordinator, to ensure that the service provided is appropriate, monitored and reviewed regularly.
- To monitor efficacy of support interventions, record and report student outcomes in accordance with the DSA Quality Assurance Framework.
- To comply with the annual audit requirements as part of the University's Non-Medical Helper provider registration.
- Where the support requirements fall beyond the boundaries of the mentoring role, to signpost and refer students to other internal or external, statutory or other, sources of support.
- To contribute towards raising awareness of disability and wellbeing across the University.
- To undertake any other duties, such as contributing towards other support initiatives, as assigned by the Disability Coordinator.
- To operate in accordance with Wellbeing and Student Support confidentiality, record keeping, case management systems and other internal processes.
This role will require an enhanced DBS check.
About You
We are looking to recruit an experienced, and passionate, Mental Health Mentor to join our Disability Team.
Working with within Wellbeing and Student Support Services the Mental Health Mentors provide support to students with workload prioritisation, goal-setting, planning and supporting individuals to reach their full potential at university.
We are seeking a Mentor that has a detailed understanding of working with people who have mental health conditions such as bipolar disorder, psychosis, depression, anxiety, and phobias.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
About The Department
The Disability Team is part of Wellbeing and Student Support (WSS) at the University of Warwick. We provide advice, information and support to disabled students and those staff supporting them, helping students to learn effectively.
The University of Warwick and WSS as a whole are committed to equality, diversity and to promoting an inclusive teaching and learning environment for all.
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We're one of the world's top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be world leading or internationally excellent**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024
- Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 24 July 2024 at 11.55pm
To apply, please click Apply below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We
highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.
Interview Date: WC 05 August 2024.
Start Date: September 2024.
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the University's Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.
Job Description
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