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Specialist Mentors (Mental Health)
Location: Winchester and Chichester (in-person support required)
Organisation: Mulberry Education
Salary: £36.48 per hour (part-time)
Closing Date: 6 February 2026
Positions Available: 2
About Mulberry Education
At Mulberry Education, we believe in fighting inequality by helping people develop and learn. Education is a valuable life experience that can and should be made more accessible to people who have barriers to learning resulting from a disability, mental health condition, specific learning difficulty or neurodivergence.
The specialist support workers we work with are highly qualified and provide professional, friendly, personalised, one-to-one support to higher education students to help them demonstrate what they can truly achieve.
The Role
We are currently seeking two Specialist Mentors (Mental Health) to provide in-person support to higher education students in Winchester or Chichester.
What We Offer
- £36.48 per hour
- Full induction training
- Ongoing professional support and development
Requirements
To be eligible for this role, you must meet the Department for Education’s mandatory qualifications and professional body membership requirements for Specialist Mentors (Mental Health).
If you are interested in applying or would like more information please click here, or email: [email protected]
Specialist DSA SpLD Study Skills Support Workers
Location: Portsmouth; Southampton; Exeter
Organisation: Mulberry Education
Salary: £36.48 per hour (part-time)
Closing Date: 6 February 2026
About Mulberry Education:
At Mulberry Education, we believe in fighting inequality by helping people develop and learn. Education is a valuable life experience that can and should be made more accessible to people who have barriers to learning resulting from a disability, mental health condition, specific learning difficulty or neurodivergence.
The specialist support workers we work with are highly qualified and provide professional, friendly, personalised, one-to-one support to higher education students to help them demonstrate what they can truly achieve.
For more infomation or to apply, please click here.
Mental Health Advisor
University: University of Law
Campus: Manchester
Salary: Full-time- £43,250 pro rata, per annum
Closing Date: 15/02/26
About the role:
As Mental Health Advisor, you will play an active part in the overarching Wellbeing Team, sharing ideas and knowledge with other members of the team and with colleagues in the wider student support services department.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide specialist confidential mental health support to students who are referred in to the service by academic and business professional staff across the University
- Maintain a caseload of complex mental health cases ensuring risk is managed effectively in line with the University’s policies
- Work in collaboration with other Student Support Services colleagues in the promotion of mental wellbeing within the student and wider University community.
- Work closely with Student Support Services colleagues to develop clear pathways for referrals within the department and to external groups
- Provide expert advice, support and training to University staff in supporting students with mental health issues.
Key Requirements:
- Recognised and current mental health nursing, mental health social work and/or a mental health based qualification or experience.
- Relevant recent experience of working in a Mental Health setting such as IAPT, CMHT, University/College Mental Health Team
- Experience of managing a complex case load of clients presenting with a range of mental health conditions.
- Knowledge of the mental health needs of young adults and/or students in higher education and how to refer cases into NHS and voluntary sector bodies.
- Expert knowledge and skill of undertaking mental health needs and risk assessments
- Ability to work flexibly in response to mental health crises or other similar urgent situations, including flexible working hours and locations
Interested in this role, or want to find out more? Click here.
Cost
UMHAN member organisations
£50 for each role
- Addition to UMHAN website Jobs Board
- Ad posted in member newsletter and subscriber newsletter
- Role promoted on social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Bluesky and Facebook)
- UMHAN member-only Community Forum post.
Non-member organisations
£150 for each role
- Addition to UMHAN website Jobs Board
- Ad posted in member newsletter and subscriber newsletter
- Role promoted on social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, X and Bluesky)
- UMHAN member-only Community Forum post.
Jobs marked as 'UMHAN members' are from organisations who demonstrate their commitment to supporting Mental Health professionals in education.
By encouraging and funding membership of UMHAN they recognise the need for ongoing staff supervision and appropriate CPD to provide the best support to students.




