Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner – Asylum Seeker & Refugee Mental Health

Penumbra; Dundee; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Penumbra is recruiting a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to support people using the asylum seekers and refugee wellbeing service in Dundee on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2027. You will help deliver recovery-focused support within a community-anchored programme.

You'll promote self-management, enable goals, and work with external agencies to champion recovery. The role offers a supportive environment and inclusive practices, with accessible training.

Responsibilities

• Planning and provision of quality, recovery-focused support to people who use the service.
• Promoting self-management and opportunities for improved health and wellbeing.
• Acting as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery with external agencies and partner organisations.

Job description

Full time – Fixed term until 31st March 2027

If you’re looking for a rewarding career and to work within an inspirational team that really does make a difference, this is your opportunity to join our Asylum Seekers and Refugee Wellbeing Programme.

Penumbra are taking forward the new Asylum Seekers and Refugee Wellbeing Programme delivering a community-anchored wellbeing pathway in Dundee City and the surrounding area of Perth & Kinross. This two-tiered wellbeing programme provides an infrastructure and practice framework; delivery is led by and with asylum seekers and refugees.

Tier one is a direct support pathway utilising Penumbra’s HOPE approaches and tools and Penumbra’s I.ROC a recovery outcomes measure providing a framework to support wellbeing.

Tier two will explore and design, with communities, a peer-delivered wellbeing education programme. This two-tier service aims to improve access to targeted mental health support; improve information and referral pathways; reduce social isolation and improve wellbeing; strengthen social connections and peer support; provide early intervention and build community capacity; generate learning on effectiveness, sustainability and scalability.

As a mental health charity, we really value the wellbeing of our staff. That’s why we want you to know that you’ll be joining a friendly team, who will give you a supportive environment to help you thrive in your role, including all the training you need to feel confident and equipped.

We can offer you a tonne of employee benefits, and we can promise you’ll be inspired by some pretty amazing humans every single day. We will support you on your own career path; developing new skills, accessing formal and informal learning experiences and providing opportunities to put your continual progress into practice.

Please note that unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship. We can only accept applications from applicants who currently have the legal right to work in the UK, or applicants who have already have an application in progress to obtain the legal right to work in the UK.

Updates and responses to applications will come from our recruitment system. These emails may go into your spam inbox so please check frequently for any updates on your application.

Penumbra is committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, neurodiverse candidates, and candidates with mental health conditions throughout the recruitment process. We will make any reasonable adjustments required to ensure a fair and inclusive process for all. If you think you require reasonable adjustments, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [e-mail].

As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you will play a central role in the planning and provision of quality, recovery focused support to people who use the service. A Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner is someone who supports and enables people to achieve their goals and maximise their potential. Practitioners will promote self-management and opportunities for improved health and wellbeing. You will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery with external agencies and partner organisations.