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Recovery Practitioner (Peer) - Thrive Welcome Team

  • Full time
  • £20,250 – £21,341
  • Edinburgh
  • Closing 31st October 2021


  • Advertised from 20th October 2021
  • £10.38 - £10.94 per hour equivalent. 37.5 hours per week.

Role

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a ground-breaking approach to mental health services. Thrive Edinburgh brings together a collaboration of partner organisations to work together to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the people of the City. The aims of Thrive Edinburgh centres around enabling people to live well and fulfil their potential.

The Connect Partnership represents a unique collaboration between leading 3rd sector providers Penumbra, Health in Mind and Support in Mind Scotland. Our organisations share a commitment to the Thrive vision and values of trust; respect; collaboration; person-centeredness; innovation; and compassion. Together we will deliver a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency response to people, so people receive the right help at the right time.

In this role, you will be working in the ‘Welcome Team’ at Thrive Centres, as a part of the multi-agency approach to support people with their mental health and wellbeing. You will assist people who use the service to establish and maintain a meaningful and fulfilling life in the community. Recovery Practitioners play a central role in the planning and provision of quality, recovery focused therapeutic support to people who use the service.

Peer work roles have been developed specifically for people who have lived experience around mental health and well being. Through appropriate and intentional sharing of their own experience, peer workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, peer workers will promote self-management and opportunities for improved health and wellbeing.

There is an additional expectation that the Recovery Practitioner (Peer) will be involved in the ongoing development of peer roles and will make a positive contribution to the reduction in stigma associated with mental health issues.

You will be based in a locality and will be required to develop, build and maintain professional links in order to deliver outcome-focused support within that area.

Support is to be provided in an appropriate environment where supported people can expect to be treated with respect, be given the time and space to discuss issues at their own pace, to explore skill development and tools to support them to self-manage.

Application notes

Closing Date: Sunday 31st October 2021 at 7pm.

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website.