Midlothian Young Peoples Advice Service (MYPAS) promotes the health and wellbeing of young people across East Lothian and Midlothian and currently focuses on working in the areas of mental health and substance use. MYPAS is a community-based organisation with charitable status and based in Dalkeith.
The postholder will be responsible for providing counselling with children and young people aged 10-18 who reside in Midlothian. The postholder will assist in establishing, developing, delivering, evaluating and reporting on, the School Counselling service.
Qualified to Diploma level in a Counselling therapeutic discipline, a member of a recognised professional body (either BACP or COSCA) and have experience of working with children and young people, you will also be committed to delivering a service according to best practice and within community settings.
The postholder will work within a multi-disciplinary environment and work effectively with other agencies, especially schools, in partnership settings.
MYPAS will deliver a School Counselling service across Midlothian. MYPAS is providing this service on a contract basis for Midlothian Council.
This post may require evening and occasional weekend work.
You must be able to travel across Midlothian.
Responsible to: Service Manager
We have an exciting opportunity for a part time travel nurse specialist to join our travel clinic team.
If you are looking for an opportunity to use your skills in a small team environment, where you can give more time to each client and contribute to the preventative health care of those travelling overseas for work or leisure, this may be for you.
About HealthLink360
We are a Scottish charity and Scotland’s leading provider of medical, psychological and travel health support to mission and aid agency workers, medical relief teams and volunteers who undertake overseas work in challenging and often hostile environments; as well as those who work within the UK. Embracing our ethos of 'whole person
care’ HealthLink360 provides a unique service offering a comprehensive range of medical, psychological and travel health services. Our clients consist of mission and humanitarian agencies and their personnel, GAP year organisations, those in church leadership, families, young people as well as members of the general public.
We employ an experienced team (a mix of contracted and sessional) of doctors, travel nurses, clinical psychologists, counsellors and operational staff and are regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
Our travel clinic based at Carberry near Edinburgh (where this role is based) is open 3 days per week (08.30am – 4.30pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday). Complementing our medical and psychological services, our travel nurse specialists provide individual tailored travel health consultations, travel health advice and vaccinations to clients
travelling for both work and leisure.
You can read more about us on our website at healthlink360.org
About the role
We are looking for a registered nurse to join our growing team. Authorised to practise in the UK, with travel, occupational health or practice nursing qualifications and experience, we offer a friendly working environment, a competitive level of pay and an interesting and varied role. We are situated in the beautiful grounds of Carberry Tower just outside Musselburgh, Edinburgh so own transport is necessary. Personal experience, knowledge or understanding of working overseas in a cross-cultural context is desirable. A job description and person specification are available via our website at: healthlink360.org/vacancies
Greenock Medical Aid Society are a non profit charity and a National Award-Winning Care Home team.
We are the RCN winners in the Older Peoples category 2021- for our Meaningful visits work.
We are quite a small charity but our work is getting national notice and we pride ourselves as an organisation that puts the needs of our residents first and foremost.
We also take great pride in our staff and fully value the contribution they bring to their roles. Our staff are our greatest asset.
If you are someone who is compassionate and caring then we would love to hear from you. If you want to become part of a professional team providing a full service to our Residents, giving support to their relatives and to our Care Team then please come and join us.
Benefits:
• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay
Experience:
• Nursing: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
• NMC (required)
Full Job Description available on request.