Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner - WELL Aberdeenshire (Banff & Buchan)

Thank you for wanting to join our team. At Penumbra Mental Health, we pride ourselves on being a great place to work where you can grow and thrive in a supportive team.

And we’re looking for kind people like you who want to make a difference in people’s lives. We can offer you a living wage, a tonne of employee benefits, and we can promise you’ll be inspired by some pretty amazing humans every single day. So, good luck with your application!

Job Title: Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Responsible To: Service Manager

Salary: £22,426 – 23,635 per annum (£11.50 - £12.53 per hour)

Working Hours: 22.5 hours per week. Working on a rota basis to support seven day a week delivery, with out of hours support until 22:00 at weekends

Location: Banff & Buchan area of North Aberdeenshire; to include Fraserburgh, Banff, Portsoy and Turriff. This will be a blend of homeworking and community-based settings.

Closing Date: Friday 1st July at 7pm

Interview Date: To be confirmed; via video conferencing

Special Conditions: Driving license and access to car desirable. Will involve lone working and local travel

About

We are Penumbra Mental Health, a pioneering charity providing dedicated services for people with mild to serious and enduing mental ill health.

At Penumbra Mental Health, we support people on their journey to better mental health, by working with each person to find their own way forward.

The power of people’s lived experience enables us to deliver pioneering services which transform lives. Find out more here: penumbra.org.uk

Our vision

Our vision is that people live with positive mental wellbeing and can easily access the best possible support when they need it.

Our mission

We will deliver exceptional mental health and wellbeing support and activities, guided by people’s own lived experience, their recovery journeys and their hopes and aspirations.

We live and breathe our values

• Courage
• Compassion
• Curiosity
• Collaboration

Job summary

If you are looking for a rewarding career and to work within an inspirational team that really does make a difference, this is your opportunity to join us as we launch an innovative new service across Aberdeenshire.

WELL Aberdeenshire (Well Empowered Linked Locally) will provide direct access to a community-based team of Practitioners and volunteers. The team will work with Partners to provide short-term support and will connect people to appropriate support agencies and community resources. The team will also develop peer networks so that people have access to support within their local areas from people with lived experience.

As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you truly will have the ability to influence what we do, developing and implementing your ideas to showcase what you can achieve, which will make a difference to the people we support.

Demonstrating a commitment to values-base practice and as part of a wider locality team, you will support the successful implementation and delivery of high-quality services that make a positive difference to people.

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.

We can offer you:

• Up to 38 days per annum including public holidays
• 5% employer pension contribution (salary sacrifice). Also offer auto-enrolment pension scheme.
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme, offering free counselling to staff and their families
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Death in Service benefits

Main duties and responsibilities

• Establish an effective relationship with people who use the service in accordance with Penumbra’s policies and procedures.
• Develop outcome-based personal recovery plans for each supported person that promote self –management and social inclusion.
• Co-ordinate delivery of recovery focused support.
• Provide practical support and supervision to Recovery Workers and/or Peer Workers as required.
• Develop effective relationships with other groups and agencies in your area and take opportunities to promote mental health awareness in the wider community.
• Be responsible for maintaining the relevant systems of documentation.
• Provide accurate information and reports as required.
• Provide formal input to Care Management reviews as required
• Be flexible and responsive to meet the changing needs of supported people and the organisation, within the agreed criteria.
• Work effectively with other members of the team, and liaise effectively with families, agencies, colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Participate in training activities and meetings as required.
• Uphold Penumbra’s Code of Practice.
• Register with the SSSC as appropriate (Supervisor) and maintain post-registration training and learning log to meet ongoing registration requirements.
• Other duties, deemed appropriate to this grade, as and when required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Working towards SVQ 3 or equivalent as defined by the SSSC, or commitment to achieve within specified time period.

Desirable

• SVQ3 or equivalent as defined by the SSSC

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role
• Demonstrate understanding of mental health and recovery
• Experience of working in the mental health and recovery field
• Experience of taking a lead role in the planning and delivery of support.
• Experience of a person-centred approach to recovery
• Core IT skills and ability to input data, basic word processing, manage emails.

Working with Others

Essential

• Builds good working relationships with team members and colleagues throughout the organisation.
• Is aware of and understands unspoken thoughts, concerns or feelings and is skilled at helping individuals to voice these safely.

Desirable

• Builds co-operative relationships, develops networks and promotes partnership working with other professionals

Learn and Apply

Essential

• Makes best use of own strengths and finds ways to overcome personal challenges.
• Demonstrates commitment to keeping knowledge, understanding and skills up to date

Communication

Essential

• Produces structured, accurate and concise written reports.
• Can explain complex information in a way which makes it understandable.

Managing Self

Essential

• Sustains effort to overcome obstacles and feelings of frustration, and is able to maintain a positive view.
• Engages in open and reflective debate and provide constructive comments about proposed changes.
• Take responsibility for managing own work life balance.

Professionalism

Essential

• Maintains sound ethical and professional standards at all times, reporting wrongdoing and encouraging others to do the same.
• Is proactive in identifying areas for improvement and implements creative developments.
• Manages time effectively to ensure tasks are completed and deadlines are met.
• Plans ahead for meetings and busy periods.
• Ensures the delivery of efficient, effective, high quality services.
• Acts as a role model by setting clear standards for service delivery.

Role Specific Competency – Supporting People

Essential

• Supports individuals in line with organisational values, policies and procedures.
• Understands recovery and works with a recovery focused approach.
• Consistently works with a person-centred approach.
• Supports supported peoples’ rights to control their lives and make informed choices about the services they receive.
• Promotes the independence of supported people while protecting them as far as possible from danger or harm.
• Protects the rights and promote the interests of supported people.

Get in touch

For enquiries about the position please contact: Suzanne Bain, Area Manager, on 07717 301598 or suzanne.bain@penumbra.org.uk

For more information about Penumbra: www.penumbra.org.uk

To see more vacancies: http://www.penumbra.org.uk/work-for-penumbra/