Wellbeing Practitioner
1. Working pattern: 37 hours per week term time only (40 weeks)
2. Salary: Up to £29,163 pro rata (dependent upon qualifications and experience)
3. Location: Andover campus
4. Closing date: 3rd September 2025
Are you interested in working with a forward thinking and growing student wellbeing team? If so, we are offering a great opportunity within our multi-disciplinary service, based in our modern wellbeing hub.
We are committed to providing outstanding support for our students to help them overcome the challenges of modern life that prevent them from engaging fully with their learning. From providing mindfulness activities and specialist support groups to bespoke support delivered 1:1, wellbeing team tailors its responses to the ever-changing demands of our student community.
Under the direction of the Head of Wellbeing and working with wider colleagues from faculty and learning support services, you will provide a point of contact for staff and students alike for safeguarding and wellbeing matters. You will deliver support and information to students who are struggling in order remove barriers that are preventing them from getting the most out of their learning. Wellbeing practitioners deliver brief solution-focused interventions to students who present in crisis, as well as delivering 1:1 sessions, small group workshops and bespoke support to students.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they are student-centric and have a positive and “can-do” attitude towards teenagers and mature students alike. Are you able to react with compassion and empathy in a fast passed environment, whilst faced with a wide range of complex student needs? If so, this may be the team for you. Full training will be given on the job and through external providers. Please see the Job Description for further details about the role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Benefits include:
•Eligibility to join a defined contribution pension scheme
•Free on-site parking
•Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
•Occupational Maternity Pay Scheme
•Access to an employee assistance scheme
•On-site gym at the Sparsholt campus
•Facility to purchase Sparsholt produce including: plants, fruit & vegetables, fish, and game
•Access to discounted hair treatments at the Andover campus
•Ability to access a range of CPD events and support with undertaking professional qualifications
•Various food outlets and eateries offering good value food and drink at competitive prices
There is a nursery on the Sparsholt campus operated by a commercial provider