Counselling Support Worker jobs

Salary: £31,000 - £34,155 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Team Leader

Department: Student Experience

Click here to read the full job description and view our excellent benefits here

This role will be based full time from our Birmingham campus.

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

Our Wellbeing Advisors sit within our Student Experience team who are crucial to providing pastoral support and career advice to students to maintain student welfare. This includes providing the best experience and guidance from application, admission, through to graduation.

As a Wellbeing Adviser at Arden University, you will support equitable access to education and wellbeing services for UK students, including those with disabilities and accessibility needs. You will provide tailored advice on reasonable adjustments, diagnostic assessments, mental health, and wellbeing, while managing a personal caseload.

Working collaboratively with Disability & Accessibility, Mental Health & Wellbeing Advisers, and Team Leaders, you will help deliver inclusive, student-centred support and training for students and staff. You will also support students taking or returning from a break in learning, including those covered by the Pregnancy, Adoption and Family Leave policy, while contributing to responsive, inclusive services aligned with best practice.

As a Wellbeing Adviser at Arden University, you will support students’ mental health, wellbeing, and accessibility needs, managing a personal caseload and providing advice on reasonable adjustments, assessments, and support.

You will work collaboratively with specialist and university-wide teams to deliver inclusive, student-centred support and training, including supporting students taking or returning from a break in learning and those covered by the Pregnancy, Adoption and Family Leave policy.

Essential requirements:

• Degree in Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, Disability Studies, or relevant experience in a related field.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.

• Experience in student support, mental health, or disability services, ideally within higher education.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, crisis management, and problem-solving skills.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and GDPR.

Desirable requirements:

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject, such as Mental Health, Special Educational Needs, Disability & Accessibility, or Specific Learning Differences.

• Counselling and/or coaching skills or training.

• Mental Health First Aid training.

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!

• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%

• BUPA Cash Plan

• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)

• Access to Perkbox benefits

• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends

• Plus, other excellent benefits

• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

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Closing Date: Tuesday 27 October

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa, or fulfil the criteria we have for providing sponsorship. However we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.