* On site: Edinburgh. A mix of working in NHS offices and community venues in South West Edinburgh
* Closing 16th March 2025
* Advertised from 28th February 2025
* 36hrs per week, or Part Time 24hrs per week. Funded to 30th November 2025 with potential of extension.
* Pension: 5% employers contribution. 32 days holiday, increasing to 37 in year two. This includes some public holidays and two week closure over Christmas and New Year.
Role
About Thrive
Thrive Edinburgh is about thinking big and thinking differently. We have made it our goal to promote mental health and protect our citizens’ resilience, self-esteem, family strength and joy, and reduce the toll of mental ill-health on individuals, our communities and our city.
The Thrive Welcome Teams are comprised of organisations that provide social, practical, learning and clinical support.
The South West partnership is between Space, SAMH and the Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership. Our organisations share a commitment to the Thrive vision and values of trust, respect, collaboration, person-centeredness, innovation, and compassion. Together we deliver a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency response so that citizens receive the right help for their mental health, at the right time. The team includes Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Support Practitioners and Peer Workers.
Peer work is a recognised practice in mental health recovery across the world.
The main role of a Thrive Peer Worker is to use their own lived experience of mental health recovery journey to promote good mental health practices with citizens within our communities.
This is achieved by providing short term, one-to-one, emotional and practical mental health support. Through confidential conversations a safe space is provided for people to discuss issues at their own pace, using person-centred tools to help others identify their strengths, and work towards achievable and meaningful recovery goals. These meetings can take place in a variety of locations including NHS venues and community based settings.
Peer Work supports people to establish meaningful and fulfilling links in the community so that people can more easily access the right help when needed including social, therapeutic and medical interventions.
Key tasks in the job:
1. Hold initial conversations to assess needs and risk, ensuring people access the services that will best support them.
2. Guide people to create individual support plans that draw on their own strengths.
3. Provide short term support through 1:1 meetings, typically between 2-6 sessions, drawing on your own mental health journey.
4. Be well connected in the community to understand the different services on offer and the criteria for referring.
5. Accompany individuals to appointments to connect them into services.
6. Attend cross team meetings to discuss cases and share learning.
7. Attend open access ‘drop-in’ sessions that are held within community venues, providing people with instant access to advice and sign posting.
The full job description listing all key tasks is attached.
About Space
Space is a community anchor organisation supporting people and their families in South West Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.
WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES
Space delivers 22 projects, with 60+ staff and over 200 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.
For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – spacescot.org
Application notes
If you would like to have a conversation about the role or project before applying please contact careers@spacescot.org
To apply, please return your completed application form to careers@spacescot.org by 9am Monday 17th March 2025. Please state on your application form if you are interested in the 36hr or 24hr per week position.
If you require any assistance in order to complete an application or would like to know about alternative formats available please contact careers@spacescot.org or call 0131 455 7731.
Space @ Broomhouse Hub is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
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