Closing date: 9.00 am Tuesday 18th August 2026
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week. Flexible working options available: part time applications will be considered on a job-share basis or stand alone with sufficient hours for the role to be covered. If applying on a part-time or job-share basis please state the hours you require to work. (Standard working day 10.00 am to 6.00 pm)
Location: Norwich (travel will be required when necessary to attend meetings and provide cover in our other Norfolk localities with one regular day per week covering Great Yarmouth).
Salary: Starting salary £30,561 per annum (pro rata) with incremental progression based on performance to £32,862 per annum (pro rata). This role does not meet the requirements for skilled worker visa sponsorship under the UK immigration rules.
Closing date: 9.00 am Tuesday 18th August 2026
Interview date: Tuesday 25h August 2026
We are excited to be in the position of recruiting a Mental Health Adviser for our Norwich Hub, delivering impartial and confidential mental health advice sessions for young people accessing our ‘open access’ advice drop-in’s every week alongside face-to-face and telephone/remote appointments.
Our NHS-approved service provision offers young people living in the Norwich and Norfolk area the following: a triage of presenting needs, advice on managing mild-moderate mental health symptoms, safety planning when required - and referral to our counselling offer and/or referrals to other sources of support (both internal and external).
We are looking for an individual who can effectively deliver mental health advice while maintaining excellent communication with the Duty Senior and wider advice service to maintain our countywide service standards.
The role will require attendance of monthly service team meetings (two of these each year will be face-to-face based in other parts of the county), attendance of online Mental Health Adviser meetings and casework meetings, regular attendance of monthly clinical supervision and active participation in other professional development opportunities such as monthly line managements and all-service training.
This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Further details:
If you have any questions about the role please contact Georgie Murdoch, Advice Service Manager at [email protected].
How to apply:
To be considered for this role please complete and submit the below job application form along with the recruitment monitoring form (optional) to [email protected].
The successful candidate will receive a range of benefits including:
• competitive salary
• 30 days holiday increasing to 35 after 5 years’ service (plus bank holidays)
• generous pension contributions
• company sick pay
• Counselling and support through an Employee Assistance Programme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• excellent on-going training and development opportunities
• support from an established and reputable team
• corporate events and activities
• wellbeing focus
• regular line management
• flexible working
• free tea and coffee
• a range of discounts through Blue Light Card
• access to cycle to work scheme