Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Aberdeen, United Kingdom Penumbra Full time

**Location: Aberdeen - Hybrid Working**

**Salary: £23,436 - £24,699 per annum (£12.02 - £12.67 p/h equivalent)**

**Permanent - Full Time**

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join the delivery of the DBI approach, which has widely been recognised as innovative and pioneering across Scotland.

DBI is a two-tiered response; a Level 1 response from frontline partnership agencies and Level 2 supportive interventions delivered by Penumbra. A Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will respond to a referral made on behalf of a person experiencing distress within 24 hours, with the provision of time limited support. The Practitioner will then deliver community-based problem-solving support, wellness and distress management planning, supported connections and signposting for a period of up to 14 days.

The role will include delivery of support through a blended approach. Support will be delivered through Penumbra locations, community and health care settings across Aberdeen, remote VC and telephone.

Part of operational rota to include early mornings, evenings, weekends and public holidays. Robust IT literacy skills advantageous.

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.

For more information and full job description, please download our recruitment pack.

**Get in touch**

For more on our who we are visit: penumbra.org.uk

For more opportunities across our teams visit: penumbra.org.uk/careers


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