Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer) - DBI Tayside (Angus)

Location: Angus (hybrid working)

Salary: £22,426 - £23,635

A Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer) is…

Compassionate

Respectful

Hopeful

Reliable

Willing to Learn

Open to new ideas

A good team player

A good communicator

Creative

Robust IT Skills

Solution – Focused

If you are all of the above, keep reading!

DBI provides an ‘ask once get help fast approach’ and has two levels, a Level 1 response from frontline partnership agencies and Level 2 supportive interventions delivered by Penumbra.

A Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer) will respond to a referral made on behalf of a person experiencing distress within 24 hours, with the provision of time limited support. The Practitioner will then deliver problem-solving support, wellness and distress management planning, supported connections and signposting for a period of up to 14 days which can be community based or remote.

Tasks will include taking a referral from start to finish appropriate in a caring and compassionate manner to the supported person’s individual needs. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will have the ability to be flexible to these needs, ensuring they deliver person-centred support alongside the supported person. The Practitioner will then deliver community-based problem-solving support, wellness and distress management planning, supported connections and signposting for a period of up to 14 days.

Various training opportunities are provided across topics such as Emotional Intelligence, Motivational Interviewing, GDPR and lots more! Other duties will include managing own caseload, accurate recording, various meetings and external providers within the geographical location that can be best used for signposting/referring.

Please refer to the attached Recruitment Pack for full job description and person specification.

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme, offering free counselling for you and your family
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Death in Service benefits
• Full training and professional development

And so much more!

Get in touch

If you’d like an informal chat about this role and working for Penumbra Mental Health, please contact: Ellen Werkhoven on 07784226996 or ellen.werkhoven@penumbra.org.uk

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