Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
2 weeks ago
**Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner**
**Location**:Midlothian
**Salary**:£22,426 - £23,635 per annum
Our client is a pioneering charity providing dedicated services for people with mild to serious and enduring mental ill health. The charity support people on their journey to better mental health, by working with each person to find their own way forward.
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. Here you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference
The charity are looking for a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to join their amazing MHARS team.
**The Role**
You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, alongside Midlothian's Community Mental Health Team, providing a distress/crisis line, a single point of access to MHARS for residents of Midlothian. You will respond to calls in a manner guided bythe service principles, being inclusive, sensitive and respectful.
From the moment you answer the telephone, you will listen and ensure that you understand the issues that has led to distress/crisis for that person, providing an immediate response and with the support of the Intensive Home Treatment Team, establishing whichis the best support for that person. Understanding each person's unique situation, resulting in fast tailored support and finding ways to successfully resolve their distress/crisis situation and assist in planning for the future.
Once the initial period of distress/crisis has been addressed, you will support connections to additional, statutory or community support and/or deliver a Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) response to those in distress. This will involve community basedproblem solving support, wellness and distress management planning, supporting connections and signposting for a period of up to 14 days. You will be flexible and responsive, offering the medium support that the supported person feels most comfortable with.You will assist people using this service, to establish and maintain a meaningful and fulfilling life in their community.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners play a central role in the planning and provision of quality, recovery focused support to people who use this service.
**Benefits**
The charity can offer you a tonne of employee benefits, and can promise you’ll be inspired by some pretty amazing humans every single day. They will support you on your own career path; developing new skills, accessing formal and informal learning experiencesand providing opportunities to put your continual progress into practice.
Some of the benefits include:
- Flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Discount Scheme with Vivup
- Death in Service benefits
- Full training and professional development
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