Sessional Project Worker

6 days ago

Dumfries, United Kingdom Change Mental Health Full time

Applications must be received by Monday 10th June at 12 noon.

**Post: Sessional Project Worker**

Location: Dumfries and Annan Resource Centres

**Salary**: Per annum £23K pro rata (Holiday rate is to be paid at 12.07%)

Hours: Flexible from 7 hours per week but can be up to 35h based on requirement to cover leave

Contract: 3-6 months

Reporting to: Josey Vickers/Euan MacLean

Closing date: 10th June, Interviews between 17-21st June

Join us in Dumfries and Annan to support people coming to our Resource centres.

Facilitating activities to help improve health and wellbeing of people affected by mental illnesses, you will be a valued team member to offer support over the busy months of summer.

**Why join us?**

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

Our person-centred approach puts the people we work with at the heart of what we do ensuring they have greater opportunity, can build confidence and social skills, and become more integrated into their communities. By building connections and support around individual needs, our team of nearly 200 staff and 800 members value the lived experience which informs the services we deliver. We look beyond illness by taking a holistic approach that ensures no one has to face mental ill health alone.

**Purpose of Post**

The overall aim of the Sessional worker’s post is to encourage and enable service users to become involved in a range of activities that enhance their employability skills, their quality of life, and their personal potential.

**Main Tasks**

1 To help facilitate with activities and project resources.

2 To develop a supportive, honest relationship with individuals who use the Change Mental Health services.

3 To liaise with and promote access to all relevant community resources and agencies.

4 To ensure that the health and safety aspects of activity involvement (including risk assessment of external activities) are undertaken.

5 To be responsible for, and maintaining, appropriate project activity resources.

6 To be responsible for reporting any issues pertaining to concerns about an individual’s health and well being, health and safety issues or equal opportunities to the line manager.

**General**

1 To maintain attendance and other monitoring records for the project.

2 To attend regular supervision with the line manager.

3 To effectively support the active equal opportunities policy.

4 To comply with all necessary health and safety requirements.

5 To work out of hours as required providing a flexible service.

6 To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested by the line manager.

**Benefits**
- Professional development including funded opportunities.
- A generous 37 days’ holiday.
- A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
- A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
- 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
- Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements
- Paid Mental Wellbeing Days
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Blue Light discount card

To Apply

**Job Types**: Part-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

Expected hours: 7 - 35 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 10/06/2024

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