Mental Health Advisor
Truro and Penwith College
Cornwall
- Expired
- Salary:
- £19,491 - £21,709 pro rata
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 March 2019
Job overview
Term time • Job Share applicants welcome.
The successful applicant’s prime responsibility will be to provide specialist support to students with mental health difficulties at both our Truro and Penzance campuses. The successful candidate will meet with individual students to assess support and needs. The Mental Health Adviser will also liaise with tutors, staff, community workers and carers where appropriate to facilitate educational attainment and retention of students allowing them to personally progress and achieve. For this rewarding position, candidates should have qualifications within the mental health/psychiatric field with a strong interest in the mental well-being of students and considerable proven experience. Due to the interagency working aspect of this role excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills are essential. Travelling between sites may be necessary.
Application forms, job descriptions and details of how to apply for the above post are available online at https://www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/work-for-us or via email recruitment@truro-penwith.ac.uk
Closing dare: 12 Noon, Friday 22 March 2019
Curriculum Vitae are not accepted, Application Forms only.
Successful candidates will be notified within 4 weeks of the closing date.
Truro and Penwith College is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants must be willing to undergo a Criminal Record (DBS) check and past employment checks.
About Truro and Penwith College
Truro and Penwith College is one of the best tertiary colleges in the country for education and training. This further education college offers a diverse range of opportunities in Cornwall and achieved Grade 1 in every key category in a January 2007 Ofsted inspection report. Outstanding learner achievement on work based learning and employer facing provision was recognised through the re-accreditation of the Training Quality Standard in 2011.
The College has two main sites one in Truro and one in Penzance. The facilities and resources are second to none. Building on the best individual traditions of both centres, the merged Truro & Penwith College has a local and national reputation as an institution which is lively, innovative, demands high standards of its learners, but is also caring and supportive of individuals.
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