Location: Edinburgh SLS
Salary: £24,618 – £25,944 per annum (£12.62- £13.30 p/h equivalent)
Full Time – Permanent
Overview
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!
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 other help resources in the community.
Responsibilities
- Providing practical and emotional support to people in their own homes.
- Helping people develop skills to maintain tenancies, connect with others, and access community activities and resources.
- Supporting duties across areas including emotional wellbeing, personal safety, tenancy management, budgeting and managing finances, and accompanying individuals to appointments and social activities.
- Assisting supported people to access information and advice by engaging with other care professionals and local amenities/groups.
Culture and Benefits
As a mental health charity, we value the wellbeing of our staff. You will join a friendly team with a supportive environment to help you thrive in your role, including all the training you need to feel confident and equipped.
We offer a tonne of employee benefits and support your career path with formal and informal learning experiences, helping you progress and apply your continual development in practice.
Application and Process
For more information, including 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 are unable to complete an online application, please contact us at recruitment@penumbra.org.uk 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” – 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 on your application, please contact us at recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.
Equality and Adjustments
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 at recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.
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