Job Description

Department
Student Services
Location
Ormskirk
Salary
35,608 to 38,784 per annum
Fixed Term Maternity Cover for 6 months in the first instance
Post Type
Full Time
Closing Date
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Reference
EHA0342B-0825



We're here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Counselling and Wellbeing Team providing front line wellbeing support for students, supporting ongoing service development and empowering students to succeed.


Using a high level of clinical skill, you will undertake needs assessments with students, ensuring students receive appropriate advice and guidance to support their mental health and wellbeing. You will frequently assess, contain, and manage risk, and will effectively coordinate responses to complex incidents and crisis situations in accordance with legislation, policy, and best practice.


For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact Shania Hudson, Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager at Hudsons@edgehill.ac.uk.

About You

As a Wellbeing Practitioner, you will have:

Strong time management skills Excellent communication skills The ability to work effectively as part of a team Experience of working in Mental Health

It is important to note that the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Child & Adult disclosure for you from the Disclosure and Barring Service and that this will form part of the conditions of offer of employment.


At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & Benefits

A minimum of 38 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days) Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more. Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment. Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%

About Us

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we've been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.


Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you've ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff. Because for us education isn't about how much you take in. It's about what you take out into the world.


Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885,Edge Hill University is "A great success story... an institution that improves and impresses year after year" - Times Higher Education.