“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling the heart of
another”
Alfred Adler
| Compassion | Integrity | Respect | Realising Potential | Inclusion |
Health in Mind is one of Scotland’s best-known and trusted Mental Health Charities. Established in 1982 we have
evolved in response to need which means we actively promote positive mental health in local communities across
Scotland. Our vision is straight forward, we build hope and live life through our values because people are at
the heart of what we do.
We have a great opportunity for a number of experienced practitioners to join our team. You will bring compassion,
integrity, positivity and reflection, delivering effective and high-quality support to those individuals who
access support from Future Pathways.
Future Pathways offers support to people who were abused or neglected a child when they were in the Scottish care
system. The service was established alongside the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry and has expanded considerably
since its start in 2016. Future Pathways’ aim is to help people live well. To change paths, enjoy life, succeed
and grow.
Reaching our shortlist is straightforward providing you can say ‘yes’ to our list of ‘must haves’. You can start your
journey now by simply directly asking for an information pack and application but before you start your travels,
please kindly make sure the following ‘fits’ into your career and personal attributions rucksack because life is
a journey.
- We’d like a degree in Health and Social Care, Social Work or equivalent but, if you hold a recognised, relevant
professional qualification at a minimum SVQ Level 4 with relevant workplace experience this works
too.
- Up to date child and vulnerable adult protection knowledge together and ideally completion of
suicide prevention training such as ASIST.
- You are an exceptional compassionate individual with
experience of working with those in society who’ve faced personal challenges, childhood disturbance, abuse,
separation, institutional care and trauma
- Curiosity, empathy and a focus on learning, empowerment,
collaboration and self-awareness.
- Experience of personal outcomes focused approaches, working in
partnership with people to set goals, agree plan and support people to achieve their potential.
- Able to
hold hope and walk alongside someone on their journey, you are good at nurturing self-confidence and supporting
people to make positive changes in their lives
- Worked in accordance with the statutory framework and
requirement including GDPR, BACP, the SSSC and the Care Inspectorate.
With a great range of benefits including 30 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays and 2 wellbeing days we work
fulltime 36.25 hours per week. The salary scale for this post is Point 39 to 43 (£37,716 - £41,729)
Committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we embrace and encourage people from all walks of life, including
welcoming applications from Neurodiverse individuals. It is important to us that you feel comfortable and
confident and, as such, we are willing to adjust or adapt our application, interview and selection process to
suit your needs, including working patterns and hybrid working wherever and whenever we can. Simply contact us
and we’ll come back to you.