Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker (Female Only) - Forth Valley SLS

Location:  Forth Valley SLS

Salary: £23,650 per annum (£12.13 p/h equivalent)

Full Time – Permanent

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 Forth Valley Supported Living Service you can start your day knowing what you do really does make a difference!

Penumbra’s Supported Living services offer personalised and flexible support to people who are living in their own home. Our staff work across the Forth Valley area and offer recovery focused practical and emotional support that is based on the individual needs and goals of each person.

The service is registered with the Care Inspectorate and includes Housing Support and Support Services. The Team work in partnership with the local Health and Social Care Partnership to provide support that meets the needs of the people who use the service.

This job is restricted to female applicants only. This is an occupational requirement as permitted in accordance with Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

We provide support to people with various levels of need in their own homes, and the service open 365 days of the year. The service provides tenancy management support alongside emotional, social and practical support to enable people to live in their own homes. We also support people to make links and feel part of their community.

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.

For more information, including full job description and application/interview guidance, please download our recruitment pack.

We cannot consider CV’s – all applications should go through the application process on our website. Only applications completed through our website will be considered. If you are unable to complete an online application, please contact us at recruitment@penumbra.org.uk and we can arrange for a paper copy to be sent out to you.

Please note that unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship. We can only accept applications from applicants who currently have the legal right to work in the UK, or applicants who have already have an application in progress to obtain the legal right to work in the UK.

Updates and responses to applications will come from our recruitment system. These emails may go into your spam inbox so please check frequently for any updates on your application. To avoid this happening please add “Penumbra Careers” – recruitment@penumbra.org.uk to your contact list. You can also check the status of your application by logging into the careers portal. If you have not had any update on your application, please contact us at recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.

Penumbra is committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, neurodiverse candidates, and candidates with mental health conditions throughout the recruitment process. We will make any reasonable adjustments required to ensure a fair and inclusive process for all. If you think you require reasonable adjustments, please don’t hesitate to contact us at recruitment@penumbra.org.uk.