Salary - £36,944 - £42,244
Location - Glasgow
Hours - 35 hours per week
Closing Date - 29th January 2025 at 23:55
Reference - 419
Employment Type - Permanent
Overview
Are you a qualified counsellor with practical experience? Are you looking for a varied new role which offers excellent opportunities to further develop your counselling skills and make a real impact upon people’s lives? If so, we’d really like to hear from you.
Our Wellbeing Specialist role is an integral part of Social Security Scotland’s People Advice and Support Team and the wider organisation. It offers an exceptional opportunity for you to leverage your passion, skills and experience in supporting our commitment to enhancing employee health and wellbeing, cultivating an environment where individuals thrive.
As a Wellbeing Specialist, you will deliver confidential, non-judgmental support to staff and managers on various topics that inform our wellbeing initiatives. Your responsibilities will encompass providing wellbeing advice, resources, counselling, and connecting individuals with additional support services. You will collaborate closely with key project stakeholders, including Health and Safety, People Advice colleagues and Mental Health First Aiders, to ensure a cohesive approach to employee wellbeing throughout Social Security Scotland.
Main Duties
• Conduct counselling sessions with staff members facing diverse support needs, employing the most suitable counselling techniques to assist individuals in addressing their concerns effectively.
• Utilising insights from organisational wellbeing trends, design, develop content for, and facilitate workshops for staff on a range of topics, such as stress and burnout management, menopause awareness, and general wellbeing strategies.
• Lead and oversee the Strategic Wellbeing Group, responsible for defining and advancing Social Security Scotland’s wellbeing agenda and priorities. Additionally, manage and provide ongoing support and guidance to our team of mental health first aiders.
• Deliver comprehensive statistics and insights on all facets of wellbeing to the Senior People Advice Manager, encompassing session (counselling and workshop) attendance and participant feedback.
• Maintain meticulous records of all wellbeing materials to ensure compliance and facilitate auditing processes.
• Take initiative in your personal and professional development by participating in workshops, engaging in self-directed learning, and attending monthly support and supervision sessions.
• Collaborate with People Advice colleagues to offer valuable wellbeing insights and discuss strategies for addressing specific cases, from a well-informed wellbeing perspective.
• Deliver ad hoc projects focused on wellbeing initiatives to improve the health and wellness of our people, collaborating with various departments to prioritise staff wellbeing across the organisation.
Further Information
Social Security Scotland are a Disability Confident Employer. We will consider and implement any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and during the course of your employment, should you be successful in securing a post. If you feel you may require assistance with any part of our recruitment process, please contact us at Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot.