Mental Health Advisor Manager (Part-Time, Internal Only)

At Bournemouth University, we are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive environment where every student can thrive. We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Mental Health Advisor Manager to lead our Mental Health Advisor service and play a pivotal role in supporting students with complex mental health needs.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled mental health professional to combine leadership, service development, risk management and direct student support within a dynamic and student-focused environment.

About the Role

As Mental Health Advisor Manager, you will lead a team of Mental Health Advisors, providing line management, professional supervision and service oversight to ensure students receive high-quality, effective support that enables them to succeed academically and personally.

Reporting to the Clinical Lead, you will maintain your own caseload of students with complex and high-risk mental health needs while supporting the wider student wellbeing team through assessment, triage and crisis management activity when required.

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment.  We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society.  To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.  

More than just a job!  Working for BU provides you with access to a fantastic range of benefits.

Core Package:

You will also have access to a wide range of voluntary benefits:

• Health & Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme, dental care scheme, health cash plan
• Financial & Discounts: Discounts including a reduction of fees for family members who study at BU
• Travel: Cycle to work scheme, secure bike stores, showers and lockers, free bus travel between campuses, discounted bus travel
• Sports & Activities: Sport BU has a wide range of activities which staff can access
• Family: Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, on-site nursery with discounts for BU staff
• Modern, vibrant campus locations: Bright and flexible work and meeting spaces, with on-site food outlets and coffee shops

A job description for this position is available at the top of this page. If you require this in a different format, please contact us at [email protected].