Health in Mind offers a range of counselling services. We are seeking a compassionate and qualified Counsellor who is fluent in British Sign Language (BSL) to join our team in a self-employed capacity. You will provide face-to-face and online one-to-one counselling individuals facing a range of emotional and psychological challenges in our Lothian Deaf Counselling service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver confidential counselling sessions tailored to client needs
• Maintain accurate and timely client records
• Work collaboratively and have good communication with the Counselling Team Leader and Administrator
• Uphold ethical and professional standards in line with BACP guidelines

Requirements:

• Recognised counselling qualification (Diploma or Masters Level)
• Registration with COSCA, NCPS, BACP, UKCP, HCPC or other relevant professional body
• Experience working with diverse client groups, including people who have experiences of trauma
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

We have an exciting opportunity for a Peer Support Worker to join our Midlothian Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Team. This post is fixed term and is funded by Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership.

The successful applicant will use their own lived experience to engage with people facing mental health difficulties and deliver time-managed, outcome focused one-to-one support. You will work in a person-centered, trauma informed and strength-based way, supporting people with a range of issues important to their mental health and well-being.

One-to-one support will be delivered in various community venues across Midlothian, occasionally also by phone or on video platforms such as Zoom, to ensure accessibility and flexibility.

You will have excellent communication, IT, administration, and organisational skills, and you will develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, key partners, and relevant professionals.

You will be office based, travel is required across Midlothian and flexibility in working hours will also be expected to meet the needs of people we support.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our South Services Teams, providing leadership to our Midlothian Recovery (Substance Use) and Scottish Borders Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Teams.

We have an exciting leadership opportunity to join our South Services team as the Service Manager for the Scottish Borders Community Mental Health Team and the Midlothian Recovery (Substance Use) Team. Within this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the day-to-day delivery of our community mental health and wellbeing services.

You should have experience in; leading and managing services, staff leadership and development, supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing, substance use, working as part of a team, meeting funding targets, data analysis and reporting.

If you have experience in these areas and are passionate about supporting people to fulfil their potential, we’d love to hear from you!

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate person to join our Borders team as a Support and Development Worker. You will work alongside the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Service Manager and the Borders Team to develop and deliver individual one-to-one support mental health support sessions to people across the Scottish Borders.

You will also hold a caseload of people that you will support on a 1:1 basis to identify their strengths, work towards their goals and realize their potential. Support may include, confidence building, identifying self-management techniques, access and signposting to other support, goal setting and planning. We are seeking an experienced Support and Development Worker, confident in delivering support to people who have challenges around trauma, recovery and mental health.

Regular administrative tasks are required for this role, such as completing case notes, risk assessments and outcome measures. This will include maintaining records in accordance with data protection and use of Microsoft and other IT programs.

You will maintain positive and effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, key partners, and relevant professionals. Attendance at the Scottish Borders Mental Health Information Stations are also a part of this role, supporting people in the community to access advice and support around their mental health and wellbeing.

If you have experience of supporting people to improve their mental health and wellbeing, or personal experience of managing your own mental health, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a community outreach post and travel is required across the Scottish Borders as part of the role. A good understanding of the locality and community is desirable, applicants with a driving licence and access to a car are preferred.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Midlothian Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Team. This post is funded by Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership.

We are recruiting for the post of Development Worker – Engagement Pathways to lead and develop our pathways into services for people. This includes enquiries, initial conversations including risk assessment, baseline outcome measures, reviews and endings and line management responsibilities.

This is an opportunity requiring excellent communication and organisational skills, where the successful candidate will be required to support the journey of people through our services within the Scottish Borders and have an impact on staff development and supervision.

You will be key to maintaining quality within this area of service delivery and in representing our services within the Scottish Borders. You should have experience of working together with people experiencing mental health problems to support them to achieve their aims related to mental health and wellbeing. You should be confident in attending events, holding stalls and offering drop in support and signposting to people at the Mental Health Information Stations across the Scottish Borders. You should also have experience of developing systems and processes and sharing your learning experiences across teams.

If you have experience in these areas and are passionate about enabling people to fulfil their potential, we’d love to hear from you!