📍 North West England
🕒 Permanent | Full-Time | 37.5 Hours Per Week
📅 Start Date: September 2026
🏫 Onsite Position
Mentalia Campus are currently supporting a Higher Education client in the North
West with the appointment of a permanent Counsellor to join their Student Wellbeing
service from September 2026.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a supportive and student-focused
environment, providing high-quality therapeutic support to students experiencing a
wide range of emotional, psychological and mental health difficulties.
The successful candidate will play a key role within the wider wellbeing team,
supporting students through short-term interventions, risk management, signposting
and collaborative multidisciplinary working to help students engage positively with
their studies and university life.The successful candidate will play a key role within the wider wellbeing team,
supporting students through short-term interventions, risk management, signposting
and collaborative multidisciplinary working to help students engage positively with
their studies and university life.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver confidential one-to-one counselling sessions to students
- Undertake assessments and risk evaluations where appropriate
- Maintain accurate and professional clinical records
- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary Student Wellbeing team
- Support students presenting with a broad range of mental health and emotional wellbeing needs
- Provide appropriate referrals and signposting to external services where required
Requirements
- Qualification in Counselling, Psychotherapy or related field
- Membership/accreditation with a recognised professional body (BACP, UKCP or equivalent)
- Previous experience working with young adults, students or within education settings desirable
- Strong understanding of safeguarding and risk management
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
In Return
- Permanent full-time opportunity
- Supportive and collaborative working environment
- Opportunity to make a genuine impact within Student Wellbeing services
- September 2026 start
- Based onsite within the North West
For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact Mentalia Campus.