Senior Practitioner

Change Mental Health; Golspie; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Change Mental Health is seeking a Senior Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to deliver high-quality, hub-based support in a community setting in Golspie, with supervisory responsibilities over staff. The role involves guiding outreach teams, promoting reflective practice, and maintaining person-centered, non-clinical care.

You will facilitate group activities, provide 1:1 support, travel for outreach visits, and help develop personal plans to improve mental health outcomes while aligning

Qualifications

• Experience delivering direct support to individuals with mental health needs.
• Ability to deliver high-quality hub-based support.
• Experience with reflective practice and supervision of staff.
• Willingness to travel for external meetings, training, pop-up hubs and fundraising.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, hub-based non-clinical support that helps people build knowledge, confidence, skills and resilience.
• Provide guidance, support and supervision to hub-based and outreach practitioners to promote reflective practice and excellent service delivery.
• Facilitate group activities and provide structured 1:1 support as part of recovery-focused interventions.
• Support staff development and contribute to creating safe, inclusive community environments.
• Assist in developing and reviewing personal plans for service users, ensuring goals are meaningful and achievable.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Staff development

Group facilitation

Outreach support

Crisis support

Education

SSSC-recognised qualification

Job description

About the Project/Service

As a Senior Practitioner, you will have delegated supervisory responsibilities, including providing day‑to‑day guidance and support to staff, but you will not hold overall management accountability for the service. You will contribute across multiple projects by helping to create safe, inclusive and person‑centred environments where people feel believed, respected and heard, and where they can take part in meaningful activities that build confidence, resilience and sustainable self‑management of their mental health. Change Mental Health offers a community‑based Hub at The Gatehouse in Golspie, providing non‑clinical, person‑centred support in a welcoming environment where people can take part in group activities, peer support and recovery‑focused opportunities. The Hub supports people to build social connections, develop knowledge, skills, confidence and resilience, and improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Activities include:

• art
• mental health self‑management programmes and workshops
• walking groups
• gardening
• wellbeing sessions and confidence‑building opportunities

Change Mental Health also offers Outreach support, which is a Care Inspectorate Registered service. This service provides person‑centred, outreach support to adults affected by mental illness in their own homes, in line with the Health and Social Care Standards and relevant policies, procedures and regulatory requirements. We serve the surrounding community of Sutherland with non‑clinical emotional and practical support that helps people build the knowledge, skills, confidence and resilience to self‑manage their mental health and wellbeing, using practical tools, coping strategies and signposting to the most appropriate next step in their journey. Our Outreach teams are required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within the required timescales, maintain registration, and hold a relevant SSSC‑recognised qualification for the post.

Purpose of the Role

The postholder will deliver high‑quality, hub‑based support that is person‑centred, non‑clinical and community‑based, helping people to build the knowledge, confidence, skills and resilience to self‑manage their mental health or mental illness and live well in their communities. Alongside line managing hub‑based and outreach Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners, you will provide guidance, support and supervision that promotes reflective practice, excellent service delivery and positive staff development. As a Change Mental Health Senior Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you will be experienced in providing direct support to individuals experiencing poor mental health/ living with mental illness. You will work directly with individuals helping them achieve the best possible outcomes across their mental, physical, emotional and financial health. You will empower people to self‑manage their mental health, build self‑confidence, reconnect with others, and become more integrated within their local community. You will be a trusted and experienced point of contact for the team, offering support and guidance to colleagues and peers around working with people who find themselves in complex situations. The role includes facilitating group activities, offering structured 1:1 support, accompanying outreach Health and Wellbeing Practitioner staff on some of their outreach support visits, undertaking community engagement, and delivering recovery‑focused interventions. You will support people to develop and review personal plans ensuring goals are meaningful and achievable. Working closely with colleagues, partners and communities, you will contribute to creating an environment where people feel safe and accepted, connected to others, and hopeful for the future. You will adhere to and role model the values of Change Mental Health. You will support the local management team in their roles to meet national and funder criteria. You will offer ideas and feedback to your line manager to support service development. Occasional travel will be required for external meetings, training, pop‑up hubs and fundraising.

Reports To: Team Lead

Disclosure & Barring Check: This post will be subject to a PVG check for working with vulnerable adults.