The Community Mental Health and Wellbeing team is looking for an outstanding candidate to join our team.

re:discover Borders is a recovery focussed befriending service, helping people to take the first steps towards meeting new people, rediscovering old hobbies and developing new interests and connections.

The successful candidate will recruit, train and manage volunteers; support service users; and manage and support volunteer/ service user matches.

The successful candidate will have experience of recruiting and managing volunteers; recording, monitoring and evaluation of outcomes, an understanding of mental health provision in the Scottish Borders including voluntary and statutory services, alongside other essential experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.

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The Richmond Fellowship Scotland is a leading voluntary organisation, supporting people with a broad range of needs to live in their own homes, as part of their community. We are an organisation driven by strong values and a firm commitment to choice, dignity and social inclusion. Although we support over 2800 people throughout Scotland, we are committed to delivering services that recognise people as individuals and treat them with dignity and respect; just like we would all want ourselves.

We are currently looking to increase our staff resource in the Scottish Borders and are looking for people who can help our supported individuals to achieve their own positive outcomes. We are therefore looking to recruit new Sessional Staff to join the team to provide flexible support.

If you`re fit and healthy with a wide range of personal interests and activities, and are willing to share your community contacts with those you support, this could be the opportunity for you.

You will be part of a committed team, supporting individuals with a variety of complex needs, some of whom also have physical and/or learning disabilities. All of the people supported need support with some aspects of their life such as paying bills and general household tasks, but it can also involve support with personal care and hygiene. There are a number of people with complex needs in the service, some with limited verbal communication. Some of the individuals can get anxious and display challenging behaviour such as verbal outbursts, becoming upset or disengaging from support.

You will join an experienced team full of enthusiastic staff that will mentor you, provide support and guidance and you will also receive excellent training.

There are 4 Sessional posts available as this service is all about being flexible. There is a wide range of shifts available (e.g. earliest start is 8am and the latest finish is usually 10pm however this can sometimes be later for night-time activities) and the sleepover shift is a 13.5 hour shift finishing at 8.45am the next morning (8.30am - 10pm S/O then 8am-8.45am). We also have a waking nightshift which starts at 10.15pm and finishes at 8.15am. The shifts will vary from week to week and can work around university and college hours and placements.

No care experience is necessary for these positions, but we are also seeking people who have previously worked in this type of service and who are looking to develop their career with an organisation committed to achieving outcomes for the people we support and for our staff. People with skills in supporting those with autism and learning disabilities will find this a great service to be part of.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a change in your life and in that of the people we support. The work can be challenging, but as well as a competitive salary, enhanced pension contributions, annual leave and discounts at over 850 online and high street retailers, we can offer you a rewarding and satisfying role in your local community.

Health in Mind is looking for an outstanding Social Prescribing Development Worker to join our Community Mental Health and Wellbeing team working in Midlothian and the Scottish Borders.

This is an exciting post, part of a new partnership funded by The Big Lottery, working across Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Social Prescribing Development Worker will work one day per week in Midlothian with our established Access Point team and three days per week developing a new Social Prescribing Service in the Scottish Borders.

You will have experience supporting vulnerable people; you will be able to understand their diverse and complex needs and use a social prescribing approach to meet these needs; you will be experienced in monitoring and evaluation and setting, achieving and reporting on plans.

Alongside this, you will be dynamic, resilient, creative, a good networker and communicator, able to manage risk and balance the demands of operational developmental and partnership issues.

Start your day knowing you will make a difference!

The Richmond Fellowship Scotland is a leading voluntary organisation, supporting people with a broad range of needs to live in their own homes, as part of their community. We are an organisation driven by strong values and a firm commitment to choice, dignity and social inclusion. Although we support over 2800 people throughout Scotland, we are committed to delivering services that recognise people as individuals and treat them with dignity and respect; just like we would all want ourselves.

We are currently looking to increase our staff resource in the Galashiels area and are looking for people who can help our supported individuals to achieve their own positive outcomes. We are therefore looking to recruit new staff members to join the team.

If you`re fit and healthy with a wide range of personal interests and activities, and are willing to share your community contacts with those you support, this could be the opportunity for you.

You will be part of a committed team, supporting an individual with complex needs, epilepsy, autism, and a learning disability. The person needs support with some aspects of their life such as paying bills and general household tasks, but may also need support with personal care and hygiene. The person has limited verbal communication and can find it difficult to understand information given to him at times. This gentleman can get anxious and display challenging behaviour such as verbal or physical outbursts, becoming upset or disengaging from support.

You will join an experienced team full of enthusiastic staff that will mentor you, provide support and guidance and you will also receive excellent training including a VQ in social care.

There are 3 Support Practitioner posts available (hours range from 16 to 39 hours per week). if you are looking for part-time work and can be flexible this could be the service for you.

The shifts are usually long days- 8.30am to 9.30pm, or 8.30pm to 10pm with a sleepover, finishing the following morning at 8.45am. The person can anxious at handover times, so we have eliminated this by introducing this long day system. The shifts will vary from week to week and will include lone working.

You will be supporting this gentleman on long walks, playing football, golf, pool and snooker and with cooking and baking.

We are looking for people who are assertive, with strong boundaries, who are able to follow a structured plan of support, while still making activities fun and enjoyable. It is essential that you have a driving licence and experience for this type of role is essential, particularly experience working with people with autism.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a change in your life and in that of the people we support. The work can be challenging, but as well as a competitive salary, enhanced pension contributions, annual leave and discounts at over 850 online and high street retailers, we can offer you a rewarding and satisfying role in your local community.