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Ref no:
400434
Published:
23/10/2024
Closes:
09/11/2024
Location:
5 Leamington Terrace, EH10 4JW
Rate:
£13.45 - £0 per hour
Contract Type:
Supply/Casual/Relief
Position Type:
Supply/Casual/Relief

Location: Edinburgh SLS (Central)

Pay: £12 plus £1.45 holiday pay = £13.45 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 Worker, you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers work in collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers assist people with various mental health conditions to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.

More specifically, being part of our Supported Living Service team, you will be working in a one to one environment enabling individuals to live independently in their own homes by providing support in the following areas. Emotional and well-being support and advice, Help and guidance on personal safety and tenancy management, budgeting and managing finances. You will also help our Supported people access further information and services which may include engaging with other care professionals, accessing local amenities/groups, and providing other opportunities as required.

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.