SPECIALIST MENTOR MENTAL HEALTH

First Class Support provides academic support to students in receipt of disabled student allowance (DSA).
We pride ourselves on only employing first class support workers that are passionate about making a difference to the lives of people studying higher education courses across the UK.
We are recruiting for a Specialist Mentor to work with a student on a one-to-one basis face to face, addressing the barriers mental health has on their learning.

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS:

The DSA requires that our Specialist Mentor MH have one of the below memberships:

• British Psychological Society (BPS) - Chartered Member (CPsychol)/IAPT register/ Graduate Member (MBPsS) AND a PG qualification in Psychology or Mental Health.
• Registered Member of the BACP (MBACP)
• Accredited Member of the BACP (MBACP – Accred)
• Addiction Professionals – Registration Body and Network – National Accreditation Certificate (NCAC)
• Full Membership - Association of Child Psychotherapists
• Full Accredited BABCP Membership.
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) - Mental Health Nurse/ Community Mental Health Nurse / Psychiatric Nurse
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - Education and training programmes approved as a route to registration - Arts Therapist/ Occupational Therapist/ Practitioner Psychologist/ Social Worker in England
• British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) – Registrant
• Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA).
• Social Work England (SWE) – Social Worker
• Social Care Wales (SCW) – Social Worker
• Full Clinical Membership of the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

• Flexible Working Patterns.
• Access to continuing learning and development opportunities.
• Unique staff email address