Mental Health

20 hours ago

Edinburgh EH JW, United Kingdom Penumbra Full time

Location: Downfield Place SLS

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

Part time – Permanent

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 Downfield Supported Living Service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference

Downfield HMO (House of multiple occupancy) is a 24hr service which means the role will include a sleepover shift. The service supports four people and also provides outreach support within the local community.

Mental Health & Wellbeing teams aim to reduce social isolation and improve physical and mental wellbeing. They will provide social, emotional, and practical support and help people engage with other services and local community activities. As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker you will provide supported people with recovery focussed support and help them work towards individual goals and outcomes.

This role involves working 5 days out of 7 with a sleepover shift (22:30pm-07:30am) as part of a rolling rota each week. Sleepover shifts are paid at an additional rate of £123.05 per sleepover including holiday pay. There will also be weekend working which is shared within the team as part of the rolling rota.

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.

Updates and responses to applications will come from our recruitment system. These emails may go into your spam inbox so please check frequently for any updates on your application. To avoid this happening please add "Penumbra Careers" – to your contact list. You can also check the status of your application by logging into the careers portal. If you have not had any update on your application, please contact us at

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

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