Senior Wellbeing Practitioner; Mental Health

The UWE Bristol Wellbeing Team is part of the wider Student Access and Enabling Service, and we are seeking an enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner with strong clinical experience to work on a part‑time basis of 30 hours a week as a maternity cover position.

As a multidisciplinary team we provide Counselling and Mental Health Support to students and work closely with our internal partner services to provide effective coordination of support, and to empower our students to become ready and able graduates. We are committed to working creatively to support our students and offer a mixture of face‑to‑face online and telephone options.

If you’re a person with a disability, if you’re neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you. You’ll have the opportunity to let us know about any adjustments you may need throughout the application and selection process. We’ll continue this conversation if you join us as an employee, and we’ll work with you to make sure you have the adjustments you need to succeed in your role.

Examples of adjustments could include:

• Extra time for online assessments.
• Providing alternative accessible formats.
• Interview questions in advance of the interview.
• Providing some extra information about what to expect.
• Office orientation before an in‑person assessment.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under‑represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from disabled or neurodivergent candidates.

You will be an experienced Mental Health Practitioner with a minimum of two years’ experience working within a Mental Health setting.

You will have the ability to manage a busy caseload, work with a high level of risk and complexity managing high pressure and emotive situations with skill and sensitivity using your expertise and initiative to make decisions in difficult situations. Risk assessing and risk management will be essential to this role as will be the need to work collaboratively with other UWE support services and community‑based services to ensure safety and continuity of support.

You will provide a solution focussed approach wherever possible and will work alongside students to co‑create support plans that enable them to work through psychological difficulties utilising their inner resources.

In addition to your caseload work, we will encourage you to provide input into service development/delivery using your individual experiences to provide training and presentations to colleagues as required and to participate in university‑wide projects where necessary.

UWE Bristol is a campus‑based university, with vibrant campus communities that are central to student life.

This role will be predominantly based at our Frenchay Campus however there may be a requirement to work at our Bower Ashton Campus in the south of the city when needed. You will be required to work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

This role is based on campus for all your time.

If you have any queries or would like an informal discussion, please contact Neil Biggs on  or email: neil.biggs@uwe,

Shortlisting is expected to be completed within 2 weeks of the closing date depending on application volumes. We aim to give candidates at least a week's notice to attend interview.

This is a part‑time, fixed‑term post until 24/08/27, working 30 hours per week.

This post is not available on a job share basis.

Salary offers are made in line with the University’s salary assessment guidelines, reflecting your relevant skills and experience in parity with colleagues.

This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.

If offered a role, you will need to provide valid documentation confirming your right to work in the UK before employment begins. Guidance on acceptable documents is available via the Home Office Right to Work Checklist. Unfortunately, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

We’d love to hear from you – if this role excites you, please complete our application form as soon as possible and tell us how your skills and experience meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification, using clear and relevant examples wherever possible.

We’ll keep you informed of the outcome by email once shortlisting is complete.