Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (CC13019)

We are looking to recruit a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to work in the Student Support and Safeguarding department at the University of Bath.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Service operates throughout the year, working in partnership with other teams and colleagues within the department. You will be contributing to the departmental vision of supporting students to enable them to thrive as individuals, throughout their journey at the University of Bath.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners provide support to undergraduate and post-graduate students through undertaking duty work, risk assessments, and providing one-to-one support and interventions.

About you

You will have a relevant welfare and wellbeing-related academic qualification, including professional membership/registration in the areas of Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy or other appropriate allied health profession.

You will also have:

excellent needs assessment and risk assessment skills, alongside a strong background in working with and managing risk.experience of delivering pastoral care, welfare and mental health/wellbeing support to a good standard.effective communication and negotiating skills.Further information

This is a permanent, full-time role, working 36.5 hours per week. The role is primarily based in our Claverton Down (Bath) campus, working Monday - Friday.

For an informal discussion about this role (including work patterns), please email Neal Davies, Mental Health & Wellbeing Service Manager (nd462@bath.ac.uk) or Maria O’Neill, Senior Practitioner (mlon20@bath.ac.uk).

A Disclosure Baring Service (DBS) check will be required for this post.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

Free counselling services through Health AssuredCycle to work schemeElectric vehicle salary sacrifice schemeStaff discount at Team Bath gymStaff discounts on postgraduate tuition feesStaff discount on language coursesGenerous employer contributory pension schemesGenerous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balanceA wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and moreFree entry to the Holburne Museum in BathLocal discounts and moreA family-friendly workplace An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforceRelocation allowanceVisa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

                                                   

Closing Date: 12 Oct 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049