Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Crisis Navigator) - Edinburgh Crisis Centre
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £24,374 to £25,687 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Penumbra Mental Health |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £24,374 - £25,687 per annum (£12.50 - £13.17 p/h equivalent)
Full time (37.5 hrs p/w) - 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 Crisis Centre you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!
The Edinburgh Crisis Centre is a 24-hour service that provides short term community based emotional and practical support at times of crisis. It is a service for people who are aged 16 and over who are experiencing mental health difficulties and are an Edinburgh resident. This service is also available to carers of people experiencing a mental health crisis.
The Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Crisis Navigator) will provide callers to the Crisis Centre helpline and visitors to the centre who are experiencing a mental health crisis with short-term emotional and practical support. The role will also involve responding to referrals for support for people who are experiencing distress including where appropriate off site and in person. Where required the Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Crisis Navigator) will take a supervisory role in the day-to-day running of the helpline and the centre.
As a mental health charity, we really value the wellbeing of our staff. 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 thrive 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 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.
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.
Salary: £24,374 - £25,687 per annum (£12.50 - £13.17 p/h equivalent)
Full time (37.5 hrs p/w) - 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 Crisis Centre you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!
The Edinburgh Crisis Centre is a 24-hour service that provides short term community based emotional and practical support at times of crisis. It is a service for people who are aged 16 and over who are experiencing mental health difficulties and are an Edinburgh resident. This service is also available to carers of people experiencing a mental health crisis.
The Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Crisis Navigator) will provide callers to the Crisis Centre helpline and visitors to the centre who are experiencing a mental health crisis with short-term emotional and practical support. The role will also involve responding to referrals for support for people who are experiencing distress including where appropriate off site and in person. Where required the Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Crisis Navigator) will take a supervisory role in the day-to-day running of the helpline and the centre.
As a mental health charity, we really value the wellbeing of our staff. 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 thrive 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 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.
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.