Specialist Wellbeing and Welfare

Specialist Wellbeing and Welfare Advisor

Location: Canterbury

Salary: £39,906 to £44,746 per annum

Grade: Grade 7

Post Type: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Tuesday 01 September 2026 

Reference: SL-075-26-R

On the 1 August 2026, The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent formed a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South- East (LASE) University Group. Should you join us, you will be employed by LASE but will work as part of the University of Kent academic division, contributing to its distinct strengths, community and identity while also being part of a wider group that brings together the scale, resilience and shared ambition of both universities. Through LASE we aim to deliver outstanding education, impactful research, and meaningful regional and global impact.

Do you have the specialist wellbeing expertise to support students following disclosures of complex and sensitive issues?

The Specialist Wellbeing Adviser sits within the Specialist Support and Welfare team in Student Mental Health, Welfare and Wellbeing. Working with the Specialist Wellbeing and Welfare Manager, you will provide specialist emotional and practical support to students on the Canterbury and Medway campuses, particularly in relation to sexual misconduct, hate incidents and discrimination, spiking, domestic abuse, stalking, harassment and bullying.

You will also sit within a wider team including the Senior Welfare Adviser and Welfare Officers who provide a broad range of student welfare needs. Although based in Canterbury, the role includes travel to Medway to support students and deliver training and workshops.

As Specialist Wellbeing Adviser you can expect to be involved in:

• To offer specialist advice and support to students who have experienced sexual misconduct, harassment, bullying, domestic abuse, discrimination, spiking, stalking or hate incidents, including advice and support on accessing emotional and practical support engaging with external services as they require.
• To provide guidance to students who may wish to raise their case formally, through University Complaints Procedures or referral to the Police.
• To respond to incident reports submitted via the Universities Report and Support online reporting tool. Providing a timely contact with any named students to check in and determine what next steps they would like to take.
• To offer specialist advice and support to students experiencing a wide range of either pre-existing mental health difficulties that arise following an incident, this includes external liaison where needed.
• To complete risk assessments for students following serious assaults or in abusive domestic violence settings. 

What will you bring to the role?

• Experience of offering support and advice to those who have experienced sexual misconduct, harassment, bullying, domestic abuse, discrimination, spiking, stalking or hate incidents.
• Relevant experience of providing one to one support to people with complex mental health conditions
• Experience of using counselling/advice and guidance skills to a high level in sensitive and complex cases
• Experience of risk assessment, risk management and of responding pro-actively to mental health emergencies.

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• Hybrid working options allowing a flexible blend of office and home working (to be agreed in line with business needs) (remove this bullet for ACADEMIC roles)
• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented at this level in this area

Additional Information:

Occasionally we may need to close a vacancy before the published deadline due to a high number of applications being received, therefore we strongly advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. (All vacancies will be open for at least one week.)

PLEASE NOTE: We prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.

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Applications must be made via the University’s online application system; CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.

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