Overview
Location: Edinburgh SLS
Full 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 Edinburgh Supported Living service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!
Responsibilities
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners in our Supported Living Service teams offer practical and emotional support to people in their own homes. We provide a range of support including helping people to develop skills to maintain their tenancies, connect with others, and offer opportunities to access activities and other help resources in the community.
- Support duties will be across a variety of areas and include emotional and wellbeing support, helping and advising on personal safety and tenancy management, assisting with budgeting and managing finances, and accompanying supported people to appointments and social activities.
- The practitioner will also help supported people access further information and advice by engaging with other care professionals and local amenities or groups.
Benefits and Culture
As a mental health charity, we value the wellbeing of our staff. You will join a friendly team in a supportive environment with all the training you need to feel confident and equipped.
We offer a range of employee benefits and opportunities to develop your skills and progress on your career path, including formal and informal learning experiences and applying continual progress in practice.
Application process and requirements
For more information, including the full job description and application/interview guidance, please download our recruitment pack.
We cannot consider CVs – all applications should go through the application process on our website. Only applications completed through our website will be considered. If you cannot complete an online application, contact recruitment@penumbra.org.uk and we can arrange for a paper copy to be sent out to you.
Please note that 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 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 updates. To avoid this, please add “Penumbra Careers” – recruitment@penumbra.org.uk 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, please contact recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.
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 contact recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.
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