Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Core
Deliver evidence-informed prevention, wellbeing education, brief solution-focused counselling, and specialist support for students experiencing mental health, psychosocial, or safety concerns.
Role type
Clinical mental health practitioner (counselling & prevention)
Builds
Integrated continuum of prevention, early intervention, therapeutic support, and recovery services for university students
Domain
Higher education student wellbeing and mental health
Required skills
Evidence-based brief therapeutic interventions, solution-focused counselling, crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, gender-based violence response, case management, community education, training delivery
Preferred skills
Registration with professional body (social work, psychotherapy, counselling), experience in trauma-informed responses
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Conduct risk assessments and develop collaborative safety plans; facilitate coordinated case management and referrals; deliver wellbeing education and training to staff and students; contribute to clinical supervision and service evaluation
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC