Are you looking for a role where you can use your mental health expertise to make a direct, positive impact on a young person's future?
Randstad Student Support is seeking dedicated, qualified Mental Health Mentors to work with students across Scotland. In this vital role, you will provide one-to-one support to students experiencing mental health difficulties, helping them manage their wellbeing so they can successfully navigate their academic journey.
About the RoleAs a Specialist Mental Health Mentor, you will provide highly customized, non-clinical support. You aren't there to act as a therapist or to teach course content; instead, you will help students recognize how their mental health impacts their studies and guide them in developing practical coping strategies.
Key Responsibilities:Provide tailored, 1-to-1 mentoring sessions to students dealing with various mental health conditions (e.g., severe anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD).
Help students identify early signs of stress or mental health decline and implement proactive coping mechanisms.
Guide students in emotional regulation, mindfulness, and building resilience within an academic setting.
Assist with executive functioning skills affected by mental health, such as concentration, time management, and overcoming academic paralysis/procrastination.
Empower students to build independence, self-advocacy, and a healthy work-life-study balance.
Maintain accurate, confidential records of sessions via Randstad's online portal, ensuring safeguarding protocols are followed.
Because this is a specialised role funded through Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA), candidates must hold specific qualifications and professional memberships that qualify them to provide mental health support.
Essential Criteria:Qualifications: A degree or professional qualification in a mental health-related field (e.g., Counselling, Psychotherapy, Psychology, Mental Health Nursing, or Social Work).
Professional Membership: Mandatory current registration with a recognised professional body (such as BACP, COSCA, UKCP, NMC, HCPC, or UMHAN).
Experience: Proven experience supporting individuals with moderate-to-severe mental health difficulties, ideally within an educational or young adult setting.
Skills: Exceptional active listening skills, deep empathy, strong professional boundaries, and a calm, stabilising presence.
Highly Competitive Pay: £28.00 per hour, plus accrued holiday pay.
Flexibility: Choose a schedule that works for you, matching standard college semesters.
Fulfillment: Play a pivotal role in preventing student burnout and helping individuals stay in education.
Support: Gain access to a dedicated Randstad consultant and simple digital tools to easily manage your diary.
If you have the professional credentials and the passion to support students' mental health in Scotland, we would love to hear from you.
