Mental Health

Location: East Lothian

Salary: £24,618 - £25,944 pro rata (£ £13.30 p/h equivalent)

Full Time – Fixed term until 31 March 2026

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 our Distress Brief Intervention Service in East Lothian. 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.

As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner Peer, 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.

Your unique knowledge and understanding gained from managing your own mental health challenges will all be called upon; we recognize and value how transferable and insightful learning from previous life experiences can be. With passion, and compassion, you will bring creativity and positivity to finding ways to reach out and empower people.

We want you to thrive 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.

As a mental health charity, we really value team wellbeing. 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 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.

For more information, including full job description and application/interview guidance, please download our recruitment pack.

We cannot consider CV's – all applications should go through the application process on our website. Only applications completed through our website will be considered. If you are unable to complete an online application, please contact us at and we can arrange for a paper copy to be sent out to you.

Please note that unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship. We can only accept applications from applicants who currently have the legal right to work in the UK, or applicants who have already have an application in progress to obtain the legal right to work in the UK.

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Penumbra is committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, neurodiverse candidates, and candidates with mental health conditions throughout the recruitment process. We will make any reasonable adjustments required to ensure a fair and inclusive process for all. If you think you require reasonable adjustments, please don't hesitate to contact us