Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker - Fife SLS

Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker

Location: Fife area (hybrid working)

Salary: £21,536 - £22,296 per annum (£11.04 - £11.43 p/h equivalent)

Full time – 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 Fife SLS service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!

At Penumbra, we strive to create a culture and environment where people feel valued and inspired to reach their own personal goals. Our fundamental priority is to provide support which is safe and promotes recovery, social inclusion and citizenship for people with mental health challenges.

Penumbra’s Short term housing support service offers personalised and flexible support to people who are living in their own home. We work across the West Fife area and offer recovery focused practical and emotional support that is based on the individual needs and goals of each person. We provide enabling support to people in their home, who require it to achieve independence. A recent care inspection report stated, “There was a strong sense of organisational identity with staff feeling valued, heard and proud to work for Penumbra”.

Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers provide short term housing support to people in their own homes, where you will assist with tasks of budgeting, maximising income, dealing with correspondence, healthy eating, and cooking, attending appointments and property maintenance, we support people to develop skills, connect with other sources of support and gain control of their own lives.

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.

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.