Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker - Ellon Road

Location: Aberdeen

Salary: £23,650 per annum pro rata (£12.13 p/h equivalent)

Part time (18.5 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 Ellon Road service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!

The Ellon Road Service is a 6-bed residential resource for people who are recovering after a period of mental ill health. Our close-knit team use a recovery focused approach to support people on the next step of their recovery journey.

As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker you will have the opportunity to take a creative and collaborative approach to empowering people who use the service. You will build key relationships with supported people and work alongside them to plan support and work towards identified recovery focussed goals. You will have a role in supporting the shaping of the service to ensure we can assist in assessment and planning so that supported people are given the best chance of successful transition through their recovery. The organisation is committed to the learning and development of its workforce, and you will be supported to enhance your practice.

The role will work on a rota-basis to include evenings, weekends and sleepovers (sleepovers paid at an additional rate).

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 our recruitment pack.

We 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 recruitment@penumbra.org.uk 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” – recruitment@penumbra.org.uk 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 recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.

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 recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.