Support Coordinator
- Full time
- £37,716 – £41,729
- On site: Glasgow, Edinburgh
- Closing 21st January 2025
- Advertised from 11th December 2024
Role
“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 similar field 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 to £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.
This role does, however, require periodic but not continuous office presence.
Application notes
In the first instance if your rucksack is now full, an application pack is available on our website: health-in-mind.org.uk/current-vacancies
If you have difficulties accessing the pack please contact Annmarie Mitchell, People Assistant email annmarie.mitchell@health-in-mind.org.uk
Should you wish to speak to us for an informal discussion about the role, please speak to Flora Henderson: flora.henderson@health-in-mind.org.uk
Closing date for formal applications is 9 am, Tuesday 21st January 2025.
Interviews will be held on 10th, 12th and 13th February 2025.
Top job! Head of Quality Services
- Full time
- £46,483 – £53,362
- On site: Edinburgh or Glasgow based
- Closing 6th January 2025
Join us to make sure nobody faces dementia alone
Our charity
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity for dementia and brain health. Our aims are to prevent, care and cure dementia, and to make sure nobody faces dementia alone.
We are a member-led charity with more than 8,000 members. We are supported by over 500 volunteers, and employ around 400 full and part-time staff, mainly in our direct service provision across Scotland. We are fully committed to Fair Work First and the support and development of our people.
The role
We are at a highly exciting stage in the reshaping of our services as we build sustainable, resilient, therapeutic, and inclusive registered day care and commissioned community supports of the highest quality that can maximise our resources and potential growth opportunities.
Based in either Edinburgh or Glasgow, the Head of Quality will work in close collaboration with the Executive Lead for Operations to ensure that our registered and commissioned services deliver high quality, safe and compassionate care. The role will be responsible for assuring and improving the quality of our registered and commissioned services by determining and undertaking appropriate scrutiny, assurance and improvement activities aligned with the Care Inspectorate Core Assurances and Alzheimer Scotland’s Quality Guarantees and Continuous Quality Improvement Framework.
The role has the lead responsibility for continuous improvement in the quality of our services, the processes that underpin high quality, evidence based, person-centred therapeutic support and in ensuring better outcomes for the people we support.
Full details about the role are provided in the job description available through the link provided.
The person
You will have the right level of personal qualities, experience, knowledge and qualifications, demonstrate excellent leadership qualities and high levels of emotional intelligence, with experience of managing people, supporting staff development and promoting a positive culture. You will be an excellent communicator, highly organised with a collaborative approach to working with others to deliver shared objectives and drive continuous improvement in our practice. You will have a high-level knowledge and understanding of dementia and substantial experience in the management and delivery of services and hold a relevant practice qualification to meet the Scottish Social Services Council registered management requirements. Further details are provided in the person specification provided.
Transactional Finance Manager
- Full time
- £37,576 – £40,789
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 6th January 2025
We have an exciting opportunity to join Alzheimer Scotland as a Transactional Finance Manager. This is a new role due to growth in Alzheimer Scotland’s finance team and income.
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia, support vital dementia research and promote positive brain health.
This role will lead on our day to day financial transactions across all areas. The transactions are varied and high volume and the successful candidate will ensure these are co-ordinated, planned and developed alongside the finance team.
The role will have line management and supervisory responsibility for the support, development and management of a team of finance assistants.
We are seeking applications from individuals with at least 4 years’ experience of working in a transactional finance role within a complex organisation alongside management and supervisory experience and who possess the skills to take on the tasks outlined in the job description.
You will have had significant exposure to the full finance function and will be a strong communicator and able to balance competing priorities ensuring routine workload along side ad-hoc tasks, analysis and reporting is completed to a high standard within deadlines.
If you’re interested by what you’ve read, and have the necessary skills, experience and ability to make a success of this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Thrive Welcome Team
- Part time
- £29,249 pro-rata
- On site: based at Craigroyston Health Centre with regular community working across North-West Edinburgh
- Closing 15th January 2025
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a new member of staff to join our team and be part of a ground-breaking approach to mental health services!
Thrive Edinburgh brings together a collaboration of partner organisations who work together to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people across the city, with the aim of supporting people to live well and fulfil their potential.
We are looking for an experienced Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our North-West Edinburgh Thrive Welcome Team, someone with at least two years of experience in delivering mental health support. This role is part of a multidisciplinary team, including Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners, Peer Workers, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers. Together we deliver a multi-disciplinary approach, so people can access support when and how they need it.
You will support the delivery of regular Thrive Drop Ins in North-West Edinburgh. You will also deliver short-term individual support, improving people’s mental health and wellbeing, supporting self-management and community connections through the person-centred support you offer.
If you have experience of delivering mental health support and are interested in this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!
Quality, Impact and Evaluation Officer
- Part time
- £31,069 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Edinburgh, with limited travel within Lothian and Scottish Borders; hybrid working available following induction period
- Closing 12th December 2024
We have a new and exciting role within Health in Mind.
People tell us what we do is special and unique – it’s the Health in Mind way. We’re looking for someone who can work both within Health in Mind and across a number of different organisations within the Thrive Learning Partnership.
Within this role you’ll work with people at various levels across a number of organisations, including internally within Health in Mind. Alongside a strong knowledge of impact and evaluation methodologies, the ability to build strong, trusted relationships and interpersonal skills are also important in this role.
We look for a range of experience, skills and knowledge. You can find out more about us and the team in the role profile.
If you feel a connection with our approach and values, we'd love to hear from you even if you don't have all the required experience, skills and knowledge. We can help you develop those.
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