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Support and Development Worker - Carer Support

  • Full time
  • £26,355
  • Hybrid: Edinburgh, with travel and community work across the city required.
  • Closing 28th October 2024


  • Advertised from 15th October 2024
  • Fixed pt. 27. Contract: Open ended. 36.25 hours per week.

Role

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of The Carewell Partnership. Health in Mind is a member of the Carewell Partnership together with VOCAL, Milan, LGBT Health and Wellbeing and the Eric Liddell Centre, offering support to carers across Edinburgh.

The Carer Support and Development Worker role is to develop and deliver a range of carer support groups to support the mental health and wellbeing of carers, including a safe listening space for carers and to support carers to access peer support. This work will be done in collaboration with carers as active and equal partners in the development of courses and groups.

You will be offering support to people in a one-to-one setting, offering short-term support to unpaid Carers. You will also be offering group support, including peer spaces, listening spaces and delivering self-management courses to support carers mental health and wellbeing. You will have skills in offering support, as well as managing tasks relating to advertising and promoting the service, managing enquiries and waiting lists, risk assessments and reporting.

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

Application notes

Closing Date: 28 October 2024 (9am)

Meet the Team: TBA

Interview Date: 11 November 2024

An application pack is available on our website health-in-mind.org.uk/about-us/careers.

If you have difficulties accessing the pack please contact Annmarie Mitchell, People Assistant on 0131 225 8508 or email annmarie.mitchell@health-in-mind.org.uk

For further information please contact Anna Chmiel on anna.chmiel@health-in-mind.org.uk or 0131 225 8508.

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