If you’re looking for a rewarding career and to work within inspirational teams that really does make a difference, this is your opportunity to join our Midlothian Services. You will work across two services - Mental Health & Resilience Service and Park Cottage Service in Midlothian.

Mental Health & Resilience Service (MHARS)

You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, alongside Midlothian's Community Mental Health Team, providing a distress/crisis line, a single point of access to MHARS for residents of Midlothian. You will respond to calls in a manner guided by the service principles, being inclusive, sensitive and respectful.

From the moment you answer the telephone, you will listen and ensure that you understand the issues that has led to the person’s crisis or distress and provide an immediate response along with the support of the Community Mental Health Team establishing which is the best and most appropriate support for that person. By understanding each person's unique situation, enables a fast, tailored support and assists them to identify ways to successfully resolve their crisis and or distress and assists each individual to plan for their future.

Once the initial period of crisis has been addressed, you will support connections to additional statutory or community support and/or deliver a Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) response to those in distress. This will involve community-based problem-solving support, wellness and distress management planning, supporting connections and signposting for a period of up to 14 days. You will be flexible and responsive, offering the mode of support that the supported person feels most comfortable with. You will assist people using this service, to establish and maintain a meaningful and fulfilling life in their community.

Midlothian Park Cottage

Park Cottage is a community based mental health rehabilitation service for eight people with complex mental health needs. We offer 24 hour tailored person centred support, supported living and community rehabilitation. Support can be practical and emotional to help individuals lead an ordinary and fulfilling life in the community. The time, length and areas of activity covered are different for everyone, but structured support can include help with budgeting, life skills, confidence building and social inclusion for approximately 12-18 months. You will work alongside the Community Mental Health Team as part of the Wayfinder Model, to work collaboratively to support each individual and their needs. You will be flexible and responsive, offering the mode of support that the supported person feels most comfortable with. You will assist people using this service, to establish and maintain a meaningful and fulfilling life in their community

As an Assistant Service Manager, you will manage, support and supervise two diverse staff teams, alongside the Service Manager to ensure the needs of individuals are met and the service provided is run effectively. You will support individuals by delivering frontline work, to support you in understanding and promoting the service delivery requirements and the quality of service provided.

With the aim of equipping people with the skills needed to live independently and meaningfully within their local community, a strengths-based coaching approach to recovery is used to build confidence, maintain motivation and promote resilience.

Promoting participation and inclusion is a core value of the service, through working alongside people to deliver innovative, creative and personalised interventions and opportunities.

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.

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discount Scheme with Vivup
• Death in Service benefits
• Full training and professional development

And so much more!

Background

Tiny Changes was set up in memory of artist and Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison. Through his music and art Scott made tiny changes that had a big impact. His honesty and openness about his own mental health inspired people from all walks of life. Tiny Changes is Scott’s legacy. We are Scotland’s very first national children and young people’s mental health charity; funding projects and ideas that help young minds feel better.

Since the charity was founded, it has built a loyal community of supporters and fundraisers across Scotland and internationally. Recently hitting £1 million raised from our community, but with corporate and strategic partnerships largely underdeveloped, it's a crucial time to continue building great relationships with our existing community and encourage new partners, fundraisers and supporters to be part of a movement for change.

The Project

Tiny Changes is seeking a part time consultant with immediate start working 1-2 days per week for up to 6 months. As a growing charity with a high profile, we’re looking for the right person to develop this potential and form high impact corporate partnerships, all directed towards helping young minds feel better.

The partnerships consultant will prospect for new business and deliver proactive account management of Tiny Changes partnerships. This will involve developing current partners and building a pipeline of prospective partnerships with an agreed target to enable delivery of income targets. This role is consultancy based, meaning you’ll be self-employed and work autonomously with self-motivation and discipline.

The consultant will:

• share our vision and values and represent Tiny Changes in a way that is in line with our values and standards
• creative, energetic and passionate about enabling our work
• be an active listener, equalities driven and self reflective
• be comfortable securing income in new and existing markets and have demonstrable experience of developing and delivering proposals that bring about an initial ask of over £10,000 and lead to lasting partnerships
• have a proven track record of excellent business development techniques and results, alongside experience of building successful partnerships and relationships at all levels
• use their skills and experience to develop Tiny Changes corporate partnerships and raise the charity’s profile

Key Responsibilities

The role will be to establish new business for Tiny Changes, responsibilities include

• secure at least four partnerships, managing the preparation and submission of significant major corporate partnership bids
• secure corporate sponsorship and collaboration for Tiny Changes events and merchandise
• develop a strong portfolio of creative ideas, proposals, research and content for compelling multiyear partnerships to ensure no major bid opportunities are missed
• maintain knowledge and adherence to latest legislation, especially fundraising legislation relating to corporate fundraising and best practise guidelines, including Fundraising, Gambling, GDPR, Health and Safety and Tax Law and in accordance with any relevant Tiny Changes policies
• engage, brief and prepare senior staff where necessary and ensure a coordinated approach to winning and delivering partnerships of significant scale and impact for Tiny Changes
• provide reports on progress of objectives, budgets and targets

We are looking for a dynamic and creative Senior Project Worker, to lead our Resource Centre in Easter-Ross.

This role involves provision of recovery-focussed and person-centred support to people attending the Centre, through individual and group-based work, as well as leading the Centre team and managing the service.

Ideally, the successful candidate will have some or all of the following: an SVQ Level 3 qualification in Social Services and Health Care (or an equivalent qualification), experience of leading a service and of providing support to people whose Mental Health issues seriously affect their lives. The post holder will be required to pass a PVG check.

This is one of a number of centres around Scotland where Change Mental Health welcomes people with a wide variety of mental health conditions and offers compassionate, creative, focussed support that can assist recovery. Our aim in these centres is to provide a warm, welcoming environment where people can find the confidence and trust that they need in order to engage with support.

As Senior Project Worker you will be the lead for a small team of Project Workers and Volunteers, providing line management, supervision and advice for the staff, as well as engaging directly in support work with people who use the centre. You will also have scope to use your creativity in developing the Centre, through cooperation with service users, the Centre staff and colleagues in stakeholder organisations. This role will be an opportunity to bring new energy and ideas to a service that already has a well-deserved reputation for providing an excellent service.

Why work with us?

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With 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.

Our person-centred approach puts the people we work with at the heart of what we do ensuring they have greater opportunity, can build confidence and social skills, and become more integrated into their communities. By building connections and support around individual needs, our team of nearly 200 staff and 800 members value the lived experience which informs the services we deliver. We look beyond illness by taking a holistic approach that ensures no one has to face mental ill health alone.

Benefits

· Professional development including funded opportunities.

· A generous 37 days’ holiday.

· A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.

· A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.

· 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.

· Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements

· Paid Mental Wellbeing Days

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Blue Light discount card

Are you a creative and motivated individual with the passion and drive to support people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to live well in their community?

If so, you can be part of a National Team of Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers (PDS Link Workers) providing high-quality, person-centred support to people living with dementia and their families for a minimum of a year following diagnosis in line the Scottish Government’s minimum guarantee.

The aim of the PDS National Service is to enable people to live well with dementia and is centred around Alzheimer Scotland's 5 pillar model so that people move on to a period of supported self- management.

The model includes understanding the illness and coming to terms with the diagnosis, peer support, connecting and maintaining links with their community along with planning for future care and decision making to develop an outcome focused plan to support their future hopes, desires and aspirations.

Supporting our Highland locality, the post will be based within the CMHT at Badenoch and Strathspey Community Hospital. Alzheimer Scotland’s PDS Link Workers are required to be effective team workers and have the skills to build and maintain relationships with colleagues both within Alzheimer Scotland, the NHS and other stakeholders.

Skills in using digital platforms are essential as we use a blended approach to support people that involve some virtual meetings and on-line groups.

Applicants must hold a recognised relevant professional qualification, have a good understanding of dementia and how it affects people and their families along with excellent communication skills, a warm flexible approach, combined with skills in empathy and relationship building.

In addition, you should have skills and knowledge at the Enhanced Level of the Promoting Excellence Framework or be able to evidence you are working towards its completion.

This post requires a full driving license and access to a car.