DBI Administrator, Inverness
- Part time
- £17,772 pro-rata
- Home-working with a possibility of office-based work when Covid-19 restrictions ease
- Closing 7th March 2022
- Advertised from 18th February 2022
- Salary Banding: SiMS Level 2 Foundation (Starting salary is usually the 1st point of the scale). Hours: Part-time, 25 hours a week. Tenure: Fixed Term until December 2023, with possibility for extension.
Role
Are you interested in joining an award-winning Scottish charity whose aim is to provide support to people whose lives are affected by distress?
Support in Mind Scotland have an exciting opportunity in the Distress Brief Intervention service for someone with a passion for making an impact in a key area of community support. In this new and varied role, you will be responsible for administrative support to an innovative project. Working as part of the Distress Brief Intervention service which is led in partnership by Support in Mind Scotland, the role offers you an opportunity to contribute to a vital service.
Your role as Administrator will be key to the success of the project and will involve you in providing administrative support to the Distress Brief Intervention team providing the service. If you are passionate about enabling Support in Mind Scotland to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community and feel your profile matches this role’s criteria, then we want to hear from you!
Why join us?
This is a great opportunity to join a thriving charity and help shape its future. In return for your work, passion and dedication, we offer scope for development, a benefit package including 37 days’ holiday, enhanced sick pay, regular support & supervision and access to our Employee Assistance Programme. Support in Mind Scotland provides support throughout Scotland, and offers a range of services to people directly affected by a mental health issue and to those who care for them, whether family, friend or supporter.
We are committed to delivering services shaped by the lived experienced of people affected by mental health. We believe in a holistic approach to providing support and aim to empower our service user to make the best use of what help and support is available to them.
Find out more about Who We Are and What We Do on our Website at supportinmindscotland.org.uk and on Social Media.
General Duties
- Act in accordance with Data Protection legislation. Ensure all records, personal, staff and client data are managed in line with Data Management and Information Governance policies
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements such as provisions set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- As with all employees, workers and volunteers; to encourage people to join Support in Mind Scotland as a member, donor or activist
- To act in accordance with the charity’s Health & Safety and Safeguarding policies and to notify your line manager promptly if there are any concerns
- To participate in regular supervision and appraisal and undertake any relevant training as appropriate to the role
- To work in accordance with the charity’s national policies and local operating procedures and those of external regulators or professional bodies
- This job profile and list of duties is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirements. The line manager may stipulate other reasonable requirements and projects commensurate with the general profile and grade of the post.
Application notes
Closing date: Midday, 07 March 2022
Interview date: 17 March 2022 (Held via video call)
Please email your completed application pack to join@supportinmindscotland.org.uk by midday 07 March 2022 with Recruitment – Administrator DBI in your email subject line.
Interviews will be held via video-call software. If you are shortlisted to interview, we will provide you with guidance on how to access the interview.
We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. If you consider yourself to have a disability, please complete the relevant section within the application pack to inform us of any arrangements that we may make to the interview process.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier or later than stated, so please don’t delay your application to avoid any disappointment.
Support in Mind Scotland is the operating name of National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland) A company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland SC088179. Charity Number SC 013649
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DBI Administrator
- Part time
- £20,000 pro-rata
- Dumfries Office - Hybrid or Remote working. (Hybrid)
- Closing 30th May 2024
Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.
The Administrator role will provide administrative support to the Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) service team. The DBI service is a Scotland-wide pilot project, testing a ground-breaking approach to addressing the emotional and psychological pain experienced by people in distress.
Working in partnership with frontline services, including Police, Ambulance service, Primary Care and mental health teams, the project provides rapid referral to focussed, short-term support, with the option of onward referral to longer-term support if required.
The Administrator will provide administrative support across a breadth of key functions, from securely handling information, supporting people accessing our DBI Service to collating paperwork and responding to general enquiries.
The postholder will take responsibility for managing their own workload and ensure they follow guidance to help the team meet their outcomes in a timely and efficient way. The postholder will also be expected to make suggestions and provide ideas to help the team develop new and better systems and procedures.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed person, with a ‘can-do’ approach to problem solving with a strong background in administration, or operations, with appropriate skills and experience.
This post can be done remotely or at one of our offices in Dumfries and Galloway.
Successful applicants for this post will require a Basic Disclosure Scotland, and a PVG Membership (this will be arranged by Change Mental Health during Induction)
Full job description can be downloaded below.
Support Worker (21 hours)
- Part time
- £30,893.28 pro-rata
- Inverness office and surrounding areas (On site)
- Closing 6th May 2024
RASASH is looking for a Support Worker to join our team (21 hour post).
Are you passionate about gender equality and supporting survivors of sexual violence? Do you have the skills necessary to provide trauma-informed support and information?
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team and play a key role in supporting survivors of sexual violence in their journey towards healing.
You will provide in-person therapeutic support in Inverness and the surrounding areas as well as help deliver RASASH’s group-based activities.
Travel and subsistence expenses are reimbursed by RASASH in line with HMRC mileage rates.
Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.
In this varied and exciting role, you will support service users to achieve their identified goals by facilitating structured group and one-to-one activities that allow those taking part to improve existing employability skills as well as develop new ones. Working as part of the Employability Team the role offers you an opportunity to be innovative and creative in meeting the needs of those who use the Service.
The ideal candidate should be someone who can work as part of a team, be creative in their approach to working with people, have excellent communication skills and have a sense of humour. They should be educated to SVQ Level 2 or its equivalent, and be willing to complete an SVQ3 after probation.
Key Responsibilities:
- I work as part of a team building positive working relationships
- In partnership with service users, I implement outcome focussed development plans as designed/overseen by my line manager so enable service users to achieve their identified goals
- To achieve outcomes, I can employ a number of appropriate intervention strategies including positive communication skills
- Ongoing risk assessment is integral to my practice to ensure the wellbeing of service users
- I can demonstrate group work skills which bring people together in a safe environment
- I have an awareness of appropriate professional boundaries including confidentiality
- I contribute to service user goals and outcomes by working in partnership across a number of organisations sourcing appropriate community support and opportunities
Essential Criteria:
- I am educated to SVQ level 2 or have relevant experience working in health and social care
- I can plan and prioritise my workload
- My professional self -awareness means that I can seek support and advice from my line manager appropriately and participate in supervision and support meetings positively
- I am empathetic
- My personal and professional value base is consistent with the aims and objectives of Support in Mind Scotland
- My practice is firmly based within a model of recovery
- I demonstrate genuine regard for service users and their families
- I have good I.T. skills and can produce accurate case notes
- I am enthusiastic to develop my knowledge and skills
Benefits
Professional development including funded opportunities.
A generous 37 days’ holiday.
A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements
Paid Mental Wellbeing Days
Cycle to Work Scheme
Blue Light Discount Card
Marketing Officer
- Part time
- £25,000 pro-rata
- Central Falkirk & Home Working (Hybrid)
- Closing 12th May 2024
We're looking for a creative and skilled Marketing Officer to join our team and play a key role in the growth and development of the charity. You will do this by helping to raise awareness and support income generation. Working closely with the Community and Communication team members, you will be involved in all marketing activities within FDAMH.
The purpose of the role is to help us deliver communications and marketing activity to meet the organisation’s ambitions and goals.
To be successful in the post, you will have strong digital and creative design skills to guarantee high-quality campaigns across a number of platforms such as our website and social media channels.
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