Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner - Edinburgh SLS

Location: Edinburgh SLS (East)

Pay: £13.45 plus £1.62 holiday pay = £15.07 p/h

Relief – hours as required

If you’re looking for a rewarding career and to work within an inspirational team that really does make a difference, this is your opportunity to join our Edinburgh Supported living service.

As a Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners work in collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing.

Relief Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners provide support across all of our Edinburgh services, including both HMO and supported living settings. Flexibility is paramount in this role, and we are particularly keen to hear from applicants who can offer availability throughout the week, cover sleepover shifts when required, and step in at short notice to support the needs of the service.

While previous experience is not essential, it is highly advantageous. We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate confidence in supporting people with mental health and wellbeing needs, often within a lone-working environment. Knowledge of medication management would also be beneficial. Full induction, training, and ongoing support will be provided to all successful applicants to ensure they are equipped to meet our specific service requirements.

This role is ideally suited to someone who is adaptable, reliable, and comfortable working across different settings to provide high-quality support whenever it is needed.

We want you to grow and thrive! 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.