Wellbeing Officer

Company: Elizabeth School of London

Job Title: Wellbeing Officer

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 annually (Depending on experience)

Location: ON-SITE, London, UK

Employment Type: Full-time (Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 17:00)

About Us:

Elizabeth School of London work in Partnership with Bath Spa University, Canterbury Christ Church University, St Mary University, Newcastle College Group and the University of Bolton.

About the Role:

The Elizabeth School of London is seeking a Wellbeing Officer to join our London campus. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality support to our students throughout their academic journey.

As our Wellbeing Officer, your duties will include:

• Conduct well-being meetings with the students in order to discuss their problems.
• Analysing and identifying wellbeing cases and sharing a report with the Wellbeing Manager.
• Providing guidance, advice, and information related to student wellbeing and pastoral care is essential, as is offering support to students who are experiencing emotional or practical difficulties that are affecting their learning.
• Managing a caseload of student well-being matters is part of the job, and requires reviewing support needs and logging student outcomes, as well as communicating with tutors and other central services.
• Helping the Wellbeing Manager to deliver workshops, webinars and awareness-raising events.
• Collaborating and communicating with other teams to establish, maintain, and develop productive relationships with colleagues across the University, in order to support service delivery and issue resolution.
• Planning and organising own workload.
• Contributing to longer-term plans/programmes.

We are looking for people who have:

Essential:

• A bachelor`s degree or equivalent qualification in Psychology/ Education or related subjects
• A willingness to train, in Mental Health First Aid
• Excellent communication skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Works collaboratively with others
• Identifies and implements continuous improvement
• Sensitivity and empathy with students, colleagues and staff
• Works collaboratively with others
• Identifies and implements continuous improvement
• Sensitivity and empathy with students, colleagues and staff
• Able to deal with confidential matters and act with discretion

Desirable:

• Master’s in psychology or Mental Health qualification
• Experience in producing and managing timetables in an educational context
• Strong IT skills
• Evidence of working with a diversity of students
• Experience in risk assessments and crisis management.

Benefits:

• Annual leave (5.6 weeks) + bank holidays.
• Workplace pension scheme.
• Company Sick Policy (from January 2025).
• Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) (until December 2024).
• Statutory maternity/paternity pays.
• Career development opportunities
• Training and self-development opportunities.
• Gym membership discounts
• Retail discount schemes
• Cinema discounts
• Grocery discounts
• Cycle to work
• Investing and savings opportunities
• Financial wellbeing – personal debt advise.
• Financial wellbeing education
• My Mind Pal (mental fitness)

Our Approach

Diversity, Inclusion and Flexible Working:

We are dedicated to making our workforce diverse and inclusive, reflecting the diversity of our students. We aim to increase the representation of individuals from different age groups, disabilities, gender identities and expressions, religions, races, sexes, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds among our employees. Additionally, we are committed to providing necessary accommodations and support to those who require assistance during the recruitment process.