Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker - Papermill Gardens
NHS Scotland
Edinburgh
£22,308 per year
Permanent
Part-time
15 days ago
Description:Location: AberdeenSalary: £22,308 per annum (Pay award pending)Full Time - PermanentIf 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 Papermill Gardens service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!Our Papermill Gardens service delivers a high-quality Care at Home and Housing Support service for adults with severe and enduring mental health challenges. Supporting 11 individual tenancies and community- based outreach support, the service operates on a 24/7 basis.With the aim of equipping people with the skills needed to live independently and meaningfully within the local community, a strengths-based coaching approach to recovery is used to build confidence, maintain motivation, and promote resilience. Alongside this we also provide practical support with food preparation, medication, budgeting, and other daily living skills.Promoting participation and inclusion is a core value of the service, through working alongside people to deliver innovative, creative, and personalised interventions and opportunities.You will be experienced and passionate about working in a person-centred way with adults who experience mental health issues or adults who are expressing their needs through distressed behaviour and substance misuse. With a strong interest in people and a commitment to helping others, you will strive to make a positive impact on people's lives and tailor support to enable people to fulfil their best potential.As the service operates on a 24-hour basis, a mixture of shifts will be required on a rota basis, including sleepovers.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 ourWe 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 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.Updates and responses to applications will come from our recruitment system. These emails may go into your spam inbox so please check frequently for any updates on your application. To avoid this happening please add “Penumbra Careers” - to your contact list. You can also check the status of your application by logging into the careers portal. If you have not had any update on your application, please contact us at .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 .
