If you are looking for a rewarding career and to work within an epic team that will help you grow and thrive, then you have come to the right place. Working within our Milestone ARBD service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!

At Penumbra, we strive to create a culture and environment where people feel valued and inspired to reach their own personal goals. Our fundamental priority is to provide support which is safe and promotes recovery, social inclusion, and citizenship for people with mental health challenges.

We recognise that the people we support have skills and experience that can bring about positive changes for themselves. Through an ethos of inclusion, equality and fairness, our staff are committed to promoting good mental health and wellbeing for people using our services.

Penumbra Mental Health offers a number of support services in the Edinburgh area including the Milestone ARBD Service. Penumbra Milestone is an alcohol-free 10 bedded step-down service providing short-term care for vulnerable men and women aged 18+ with a probable diagnosis of alcohol related brain damage (ARBD). Milestone is a partnership of Penumbra, NHS Lothian and Lothian City of Edinburgh Health & Social Care. This joined-up approach is a strong example of health and social care resources being used efficiently and improves the care provided to people by drawing on the valuable range of skills in the Third Sector, NHS and Council Services.

The Service was designed to be a major part of a new way to address the needs of people with a likely diagnosis of ARBD. It is the first and only step-down residential service in the UK for people effected by ARBD. It has been evidenced to make tremendous positive changes in the lives of people referred to the Service. The service has won The Scottish Health Award for Innovation in 2015, the UK Mental Health and Wellbeing Award for Most Innovative Intervention in 2020 and was shortlisted in The Scottish Health Awards category for Integration in 2021.

As well as improving individual’s lives, the Service has been successful in creating an innovative approach to relieve the pressures such individuals were placing on acute medical services due to delayed discharges. The Service is innovative in its purpose and design. It has been successful in creating a Recovery focussed environment which is evidenced as achieving its goal of providing highly specialist assessment and treatment of ARBD and simultaneously reducing delayed discharges. It must be remembered that our residents’ complexities are wide-ranging and there are numerous inherent high risks that require specialist management. Such risks include managing co-concurrent physical and mental illness e.g. Diabetes, Peripheral Neuropathy, Alcohol Liver Disease, Anxiety, Depression, Suicidality, PTSD, COPD, Asthma, Heart Disease etc. A major factor in how these risks are effectively managed is connected to the range of expertise found within the Service. The staff team consists of highly specialist individuals from health and social care. There is a full medical review prior to discharge from hospital, a wide multi-disciplinary team to address the full range of possible requirements, knowledge and ability to access services to assist. The service has information sharing protocols in place to allow the sharing of information according to GDPR. The culture and values of the service being non-hierarchal allows the partners to keep the resident at the centre and all support each other ensuring best practice. The service is regulated by the Care Inspectorate, and all staff are registered with appropriate regulatory bodies such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Scottish Social Services Council.

As the Operations Manager you will ensure that Penumbra’s core values and methodology are fully embedded within service delivery, promoting a personalised and recovery focused approach to enable people with the skills needed to live independently and meaningfully within the local community. Using existing experience and knowledge of the social care environment, the postholder will seek to continually improve and develop services by promoting innovative ways of working and finding creative solutions to operational challenges. You will also play a lead role in working with our established formal partnerships and with other voluntary and statutory agencies to ensure our services deliver the best outcomes for our residents.

We want you to grow and thrive! We will support you on your own career path; developing new skills, accessing formal and informal learning experiences and providing opportunities to put your continual progress into practice.

If you want to inspire and be inspired every day. If you share our passion for exceptional support through creativity and collaboration. If you want to build your working life around meaningful connections with a pioneering charity who will value your contribution to our unique approach, then we want to hear from you.

As a mental health charity, we really value the wellbeing of our staff. That’s why we want you to know that you’ll be joining a friendly team, who will give you a supportive environment to help you thrive in your role, including all the training you need to feel confident and equipped.

We can offer you a tonne of employee benefits, and we can promise you’ll be inspired by some pretty amazing humans every single day. We will support you on your own career path; developing new skills, accessing formal and informal learning experiences and providing opportunities to put your continual progress into practice.

Change Mental Health (CMH) 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 Fife Housing Association Alliance (FHAA) is a long-standing partnership between four housing associations based in Fife: Kingdom Housing Association, Fife Housing Group, Ore Valley and Glen Housing Associations. Working collaboratively, the Alliance enables the four organisations to share expertise, strengthen strategic planning, and deliver improved services for tenants and communities across Fife.

About the Service

As a Resilience Outreach Worker, you will play a key role in delivering support within a new, innovative partnership with FHAA.

The Fife Resilience Service is designed to support individuals affected by mental illness to build emotional, psychological, and social resilience. Through tailored one-to-one support and group interventions, the service helps people to identify personal goals, develop coping strategies, and access community resources that promote recovery and wellbeing. The service is rooted in trauma-informed, person-centred practice and aligns with the National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes.

This role also marks the first collaboration of its kind between CMH and FHAA, supporting FHAA tenants with targeted mental health and wellbeing support. You will help individuals manage tenancy related challenges, strengthen emotional resilience, and sustain independent living.

You will be part of a forward-thinking, collaborative team committed to innovation in mental health support. Working autonomously, you’ll have the opportunity to shape and develop the service, using sound judgment to manage your caseload and knowing when to escalate or refer to your manager. You’ll also contribute to identifying service gaps and co-creating solutions that respond to the evolving needs of the community.

This is primarily a community‑based role. You will work across a range of localities throughout Fife, delivering support within people’s homes, community spaces, and partner locations. The post will also require regular working from both the CMH office and FHAA offices, depending on service need. Travel across Fife is therefore an essential and routine part of this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide one-to-one support to individuals, managing a caseload and developing tailored support plans aligned with National Health and Wellbeing outcomes.
• Facilitate group sessions and workshops.
• Compile and review service user development plans, ensuring outcomes are being achieved.
• Deliver the majority of support within the community, including people’s homes, community venues, and other local settings. Work regularly from both the CMH office and FHAA offices, adapting to service requirements. Travel throughout Fife will be a routine part of the post.
• Work as part of the FHAA teams, offering targeted mental, emotional, and behavioural resilience support.
• Collaborate with the Team Lead and Head of Service to meet strategic goals and funder requirements.
• Identify community service gaps and collaborate with your manager to develop solutions, working independently with sound judgment and initiative.
• Build positive working relationships with local partners to better support service users and promote the work of CMH.

General Duties:

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records, ensuring confidentiality is upheld for all individuals using the service.
• Collate relevant information and prepare reports for line management as required.
• Ensure continuity of service delivery in line with CMH’s values and strategic outcomes.
• Oversee and support the fulfilment of Health and Safety responsibilities within practice settings, ensuring compliance with legal and organisational standards.

Essential Criteria:

• Educated to SVQ 3 level or have experience working in mental health
• Must have access to a vehicle and hold a valid driving licence, with the ability to travel independently throughout Fife as required for a predominantly community‑based role.
• Understand the need for a compassionate, non-judgemental approach to supporting people
• Ability to work well in a team setting whilst also working autonomously
• A sound theory base of social care interventions including risk assessments
• A value base consistent with the aims and objectives of CMH
• Ability to apply an analytical approach to problems in order to find solutions
• Competency in planning and reviewing development plans and the ability to take appropriate action if needed
• I.T skills are of a good standard
• A sound knowledge of Health and Social care policy in Scotland and ability to apply this to the role
• Keen to develop your knowledge and skills and attend training as required
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable Criteria:

• Experienced in delivering a Registered Service and meeting Care Inspectorate requirements

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.

All successful candidates will require a PVG Membership. Please be aware that it is classed as an offence if you apply for this role and are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or vulnerable adults.

Benefits:

• 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.
• A 32-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• Access to purchase a Blue Light Discount Card
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements.
• Generous 37 days’ holiday.
• Paid Mental Wellbeing days.
• Professional development including funded opportunities.

We are seeking a Family Support Worker (0.6 FTE) to join our team. This post will support the delivery of the Forth Valley Family Support Service. This includes delivering community-based services that specifically address the needs of families affected by alcohol and drugs.

The post-holder will be responsible for delivering a range of family support services which address the specific needs of families and support groups, including evidence-based interventions, with the assistance and support of the Senior/Family Support Development Officer – Forth Valley. This includes facilitating family support groups and working with individuals on a one-to-one basis; providing advocacy to support groups and individual family members, and actively promoting family recovery and family inclusive practice.

The post has a Forth Valley wide remit and will involve significant travel throughout the region and some to our offices in Glasgow. It is expected that the post holder will be required to work some evenings and occasional weekends. This post will be part of Scottish Families’ staff team and be supervised by the Senior/Family Support Development Officer – Forth Valley.

We are seeking applicants who are educated to HNC level, vocational qualification (level 3) or relevant professional qualification; have experience of direct client work, group work, direct work with families and understanding of the voluntary sector; with knowledge of issues affecting families affected by substance use. Candidates should be able to effectively and sensitively advocate for others, with strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.

Changes East Lothian is looking for new Board members!

Are you interested in taking on a new challenge and helping those experiencing mental health issues in East Lothian?

In response to expanding the capacity of the Board and succession planning, Changes East Lothian is seeking up to five new trustees.

We anticipate that you can provide evidence of transferable skills, or experience of operating as a trustee or non-executive director.

Applications of those with experience of the following areas will be prioritised:

• Leadership in a relevant position
• Involvement in mental health, social care or the third sector
• People, HR, employment law and organisational culture;
• Business, finance or operations at an executive level.
• IT, digital, marketing, digital and comms

About Changes East Lothian

Changes was established in 1996 as a community health project and since then we have evolved and grown to the medium sized charity we are today. As we celebrate turning 30 this year, we have the opportunity to launch our new 5-year strategic plan 2026-2031and with it, reinvigorate our Board with new membership.

It has been an exciting time of change and progression for us over the last few years and we are ready to develop our systems and processes with further development opportunities and creative thinking in facing the challenges of succeeding in the third sector. Our Changes East Lothian mission is to provide everyone in East Lothian the opportunity to access a choice of activities, therapy, information, training and support that help enable positive mental health and wellbeing through individual autonomy, learning, reflection, empowerment, and connection.

We are a community at Changes, and our values include compassion, responsiveness, and life-long learning for all. As you can imagine, it is challenging working in this arena but also extremely rewarding.

Who we are looking for:

We would like applicants to:

• Empathise with our vision, mission and values;
• Demonstrate a willingness and ability to devote the necessary time and effort;
• Exercise sound and independent judgement;
• Think and apply knowledge creatively and strategically;
• Get to know our team of staff and volunteers;
• Keep themselves and the charity mission-focused;
• Analyse and evaluate information and other evidence in the execution of their duties.