Relief Mental Health

6 months ago


Dundee, United Kingdom Penumbra Full time

**Location: Tayside (Hybrid Working)**

**Pay: £12.02 plus £1.45 holiday pay = £13.47 p/h (Pay award pending)**

**Relief - hours as required**

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 DBI Tayside service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference

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 Mental Health.

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. We support individuals over 16 years old across Tayside. 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.

A typical day for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner varies 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. The Practitioner will communicate with external agencies, e.g. Police Scotland, NHS, etc. Various training opportunities are provided across topics such as Emotional Intelligence, Motivational Interviewing, GDPR and lots more Other duties will include managing their own caseload, accurate recording, various meetings and external providers within the geographical location that can be best used for signposting/referring.

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.


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