Mental Health

3 months ago

Aberdeen, United Kingdom Penumbra Full time

**Job Summary**:
Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers work in small collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker assist people who use the service to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Assist people who use the service to work toward their identified goals, and move towards a brighter future as per the agreed personal plan.
- Use Penumbra’s Recovery tools (e.g. I.ROC, HOPE toolkit)
- Assist with personal care when required.
- Update and maintain relevant recording systems, including computer-based systems.
- Meet regularly with other team members to review progress, approach concerns and plans for moving forward
- Assist in project work as required.
- Work in cooperation with colleagues, and staff from other agencies.
- Work in accordance to Penumbra’s policies and procedures.
- Work effectively with other members of the team, and liaise effectively with families, agencies, colleagues and other stakeholders.
- Participate in training activities and meetings as required.
- Uphold Penumbra’s Code of Practice.
- Register with the SSSC as appropriate and maintain post-registration training and learning log to meet ongoing registration requirements.
- Other duties, deemed appropriate to this grade, as and when required.

**Person Specification**:
**Qualifications**

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**Essential**
- Good level of educational attainment
- SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent, as defined by the SSSC, or willingness and ability to achieve within a specified period

**Knowledge and Experience**

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**Essential**
- Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role

**Desirable**
- Experience working with a person-centred approach
- Experience of working in the mental health field

**Core Competency - Working with Others**

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**Essential**
- Builds good working relationships with team members.
- Works co-operatively with other professionals as required.

**Core Competency - Learn and Apply**

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**Essential**
- Is aware of own strengths and development needs.
- Demonstrates commitment to keeping knowledge, understanding and skills up to date.

**Core Competency - Communication**

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**Essential**
- Speaks and writes clearly and accurately and ensures the message is understood.
- Explains clearly and accurately issues, policies, procedures and other pertinent information.
- Conveys sensitive or contentious information tactfully.

**Core Competency - Managing Self**

**Essential**
- Is open to change and continually improving practice.
- Has the awareness of when to ask for help and has the confidence to do so, where appropriate.

**Core Competency - Professionalism**

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**Essential**
- Demonstrates a commitment to Penumbra’s values.
- Works to policies, procedures and relevant legislation.
- Maintains sound ethical and professional standards at all times.
- Has a clear understanding of confidentiality, disclosing information only to those who have the right and need to know.
- Projects a positive image of Penumbra at all times.

**Role Specific Competency - Supporting People**

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**Essential**
- Supports individuals in line with organisational values, policies and procedures.
- Understands recovery and works with a recovery focused approach.
- Consistently works with a person-centered approach.
- Supports supported peoples’ rights to control their lives and make informed choices about the services they receive.
- Protects the rights and promote the interests of supported people.

**Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker**:
**Location: Aberdeen**:
**Salary: £21,536 - £22,296 per annum (£11.04 - £11.43 p/h equivalent)**

**Permanent**

If you are looking for a fulfilling career surrounded by a supportive and exceptional team, this is the perfect place for you Here, you'll start each day with the knowledge that your work genuinely creates a meaningful difference.

We are looking for a mental health and wellbeing worker to join a dedicated team delivering high quality, person-centred support to five adults within their home (a small care home registered with the Care Inspectorate).

You will become part of a dynamic service demonstrating professionalism, safeguarding, reflective practice and continuous service improvement. By collaborating with individuals, their families and multi-agency professionals, you will strive to promote positive mental and physical wellbeing through preventative and early intervention approaches. Recovery often involves supporting individuals during periods of distress, so it is important to do so sensitively with individuals when developing coping strategies and accessing the right services at the right time. in doing so, you will support individuals to increase their life skills in line with their preferences and the Health and Social Care Standards

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