Head of Student Counselling and Mental Health Service

City University London is a global University committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

The University attracts over 17,000 students (35% at postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and academic staff from over 50 countries. Its academic range is broadly-based with world leading strengths in business; law; health sciences; engineering; mathematical sciences; informatics; social sciences; and the arts including journalism and music.

City is in the top 5% of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011/12 and in the top 30 UK Universities according to the Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2012. It is ranked in the top 10 in the UK for graduate-level jobs and the top 12 for starting salaries (The Sunday Times University Guide 2012). Fifteen of its subject areas were identified as undertaking world-leading or internationally-excellent research in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

City has embarked on a strategic transformation to strengthen still further its position as a leading global University.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit for a Head of Student Counselling and Mental Health Service; based in the Department of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD).

The Head of the Student Counselling and Mental Health Service will lead a multidisciplinary team of student counsellors and mental health specialists providing a wide range of psychological services and interventions to students alongside offering institutional support to staff.

Responsibilities:

The post holder will: manage, coordinate and develop the work of the Student Counselling and Mental Health Service and ensure that the needs of students engaging with the Services are met at an individual and institutional level; use expertise to embed student mental health good practice at an instituional level; work closely with the Head of Learning Success to sustain and develop multidisciplary work.

Person Specification:

The successful candidate will have a Postgraduate qualification in counselling/counselling psychology/psychotherapy and be registered/accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy/UKCP/BPS.

You will have substantial counselling and leadership experience in the sector and be able to demonstrate a commitment to student counselling and mental health. You will be willing to meet the challenge of increasing demands within limited resources.

You will demonstrate a high level of competence in dealing with severe emotional problems, crisis intervention and group work and commitment to institutional work and an appreciation of the complexity of working within the sector.

Additional Information:

In return, we offer a comprehensive package of in-house staff training and development, and benefits that include a defined benefit pension scheme.

For more information and to apply, click on the link below

Interviews will require 2 days commitment on 27 and 28 June.

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