Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer) - THRIVE Welcome Team

Penumbra; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team focused on transforming mental health services in Edinburgh. This part-time role offers a unique opportunity to leverage your lived experience of mental ill health to inspire hope and support others on their recovery journey. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team dedicated to improving the well-being of the community. Enjoy a supportive environment that prioritizes your growth, offering comprehensive training and development opportunities. Be part of a pioneering initiative that values trust, respect, and innovation, making a real difference in people's lives every day.

Benefits

Comprehensive Training

Supportive Work Environment

Employee Benefits

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health services and personal recovery journey.
• Ability to inspire hope in others through lived experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 peer practice lead support to individuals.
• Facilitate group work using Decider Skills.

Skills

Mental Health Awareness

Peer Support

Communication Skills

Group Facilitation

Education

Relevant Lived Experience

Job description

Location: Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, EH4 2HS

Salary: £24,374 - £25,687 per year pro rata

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Part Time

Hours: 30 hours per week

Location: Edinburgh

If you are looking for a rewarding career and to work within an epic team that will help you grow and thrive, then you have come to the right place. Working within our Thrive Edinburgh service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a ground-breaking approach to mental health services. Thrive Edinburgh brings together a collaboration of partner organisations to work together to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the people of the city. The aims of Thrive Edinburgh centres around enabling people to live well and fulfil their potential. The service is a partnership with other third sector organisations and the NHS. Our organisations share a commitment to the Thrive vision and values of trust; respect; collaboration; person-centeredness; innovation; and compassion. Together we will deliver a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency response to people, so people receive the right help at the right time.

This post is for someone who has their own lived experience of mental ill health, using services and their own recovery journey that they can use and share appropriately to inspire hope in others.

The service operates between Monday and Friday 9-5pm and is a multidisciplinary team made up of Support Workers, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists and you would provide 1:1 peer practice lead support.

You would also be trained in providing Decider Skills to facilitate group work.

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.

For more information, including full job description and application/interview guidance, please download our recruitment pack.

We cannot consider CV’s – all applications should go through the application process on our website. Only applications completed through our website will be considered. If you are unable to complete an online application, please contact us at [e-mail] and we can arrange for a paper copy to be sent out to you.

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.

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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] .

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