Location: Aberdeen
Salary: £24, – £25, per annum (£12.50 - £13.17 p/h equivalent)
Full Time (37.5 hours p/w) – Permanent
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 Penumbra service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!
Our brand-new Penumbra Service in Aberdeen will be a single point of access for people aged over 18 who are seeking mental health, wellbeing or distress support. From reaching out to our Welcome Team, people will be given the time and space to explore options that best fit their needs; there is no wrong door.
Working within a vibrant team, you will deliver a range of supportive interventions, including relational signposting, 1:1 coaching, specialized distress management planning, and Workshops on Wellbeing. Drawing on your local knowledge, strong communication skills and flexibility, you will actively seek opportunities to promote the service to all communities across the city.
Your unique knowledge and understanding gained from managing your own mental health challenges will be integral to the role. Through sharing learning from your own lived/living experience, you will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, you will promote self-management and opportunities for improved health and wellbeing. With passion, and compassion, you will bring creativity and positivity to finding ways to empower people.
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.