Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

1 week ago


Aberdeen, United Kingdom Penumbra Full time

**Location: Aberdeen - blended support approach including remote, telephone and community/health care settings across Aberdeen**

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

**Full Time - Fixed term until 12/01/2024**

**Special Condition: Working on a rota-basis to include early mornings, evenings, weekends and public holidays. Robust IT literacy skills advantageous.**

If you are looking for a rewarding career and to work within an inspirational team that really does make a difference, this is your opportunity to join the delivery of our Distress Brief Intervention Service in Aberdeen.

DBI is a two-tiered response; a Level 1 response from frontline partnership agencies and Level 2 supportive interventions delivered by Penumbra, and is an approach which has widely been recognized as innovative and pioneering across Scotland. 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.

As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner you truly will have the ability to influence what we do, developing and implementing your ideas to showcase what you can achieve, which will make a difference to the people we support. With passion, and compassion, you will bring creativity and positivity to finding ways to reach out and empower people.

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 full job description and for further information, please download our recruitment pack.

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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