The mental health strand of student wellbeing offers support to students who are experiencing a deterioration in their mental health. This team supports students who may have more complex needs (there may be lots of different things happening for the student, or they have more than one health need) or the student might be at risk of harming themselves or others.
Our Mental Health Practitioners are qualified mental health workers with significant experience in both statutory services (NHS and social care) and Higher Education, they are able to use their expertise to work with you to understand your needs and make sure that you get the support that you need from other services (within and outside the university). The Mental Health Practitioners can work flexibly to support you, which means that appointments are often ‘one off’ appointments which can be requested as needed, rather than booked as a block, the Mental Health Team may also check in with you informally on occasion as we understand that sometimes it is hard to ask for help or support. They might also help you with transition into and out of University, whether this be at the beginning or end of the course or around a break in study. Student wellbeing mental health practitioners are likely to talk to you about any thoughts or behaviours which might put you or your studies at risk and work with you to manage these, our aim is to support you through your difficult times so that you can do the things which you want and need to do.
PLEASE NOTE: If you feel you are at immediate risk of harming yourself or someone else, the quickest way to get the right help is to call 999. You can also find other Urgent Help information on our webpage.
To access this support you need to register with Student Wellbeing
