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Location: Edinburgh Head Office
Contract Type: Full Time – Permanent
Closing Date: 21 September 2025
Overview:
To work proactively to provide consistent and effective administrative support to Penumbra colleagues as and when required.
Integral to this role is to be a first point of contact for callers and visitors to our Head Office, creating an excellent first impression.
Location: Flexible - Remote/Hybrid Working Possible
Contract Type: Full Time – Fixed Term
Closing Date: 05 September 2025
Overview:
The BSA role is integral to the effective delivery of administrative and operational processes across the area. This is a dynamic post that responds creatively and flexibly to priority areas of business focus and contributes to achieving the objectives of the organisation.
In this role, you will be working with colleagues at all levels across the organisation, drawing on your strong interpersonal skills. You will work closely with the Head of Services / Head of Programmes and other managers to support service delivery and development across a number of projects. You will also be expected to represent Penumbra to external stakeholders with professionalism and competency.
As BSA, you will create, manage and use data and information to drive decision making.
Location: National Programmes
Contract Type: Part Time – Fixed Term
Closing Date: 12 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer), you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. This role has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of mental health problems. Through sharing learning from their own experience, peer workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, Practitioners will promote self-management and opportunities for improved health and wellbeing. You will act as a recovery champion within the team and an ambassador of recovery with external agencies and partner organisations. There is also an expectation that the Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer) will be involved in the ongoing development of peer roles and will make a positive contribution to the reduction in stigma associated with mental health issues.
Location: Flexible - Remote/Hybrid Working Possible
Contract Type: Full Time – Fixed Term
Closing Date: 17 September 2025
Overview:
The post-holder will work within a team to deliver trauma-informed, emotional support to applicants to the financial redress scheme for survivors of historical childhood abuse in care in Scotland.
Location: MacKenzie Building
Contract Type: Full Time – Fixed Term
Closing Date: 10 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer), you truly will have the ability to make a difference to people’s lives every day. Through sharing your unique knowledge and understanding from your own lived experience of managing your own mental health challenges, you will inspire hope that recovery is possible.
Location: Hope Point
Contract Type: Full Time – Permanent
Closing Date: 04 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer), you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. This role has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of mental health problems. Through sharing learning from their own experience, peer workers will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, Practitioners will promote self-management and opportunities for improved health and wellbeing.
Location: MacKenzie Building
Contract Type: Full Time – Permanent
Closing Date: 10 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Peer), you truly will have the ability to make a difference to people’s lives every day. Through sharing your unique knowledge and understanding from your own lived experience of managing your own mental health challenges, you will inspire hope that recovery is possible.
Location: South
Contract Type: Full Time – Permanent
Closing Date: 12 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you will play a central role in the planning and provision of quality, recovery focused support to people who use the service. A Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner is someone who supports and enables people to achieve their goals and maximise their potential – therefore you will assist people who use the service to establish and maintain a meaningful and fulfilling life in the community.
Location: South
Contract Type: Full Time – Permanent
Closing Date: 15 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you will assist people who use the service to establish and maintain a meaningful and fulfilling life in the community. Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners play a central role in the planning and provision of quality, recovery focused support to people who use the service.
Location: Angus Services
Contract Type: Part Time – Fixed Term
Closing Date: 05 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker (Peer), you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers work in small collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers assist people who use the service to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.
Location: Borders Services
Contract Type: Full Time – Fixed Term, Part Time – Fixed Term
Closing Date: 05 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker, you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers work in small collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers assist people who use the service to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.
Location: North
Contract Type: Part Time – Permanent
Closing Date: 14 September 2025
Overview:
As a Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker, you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers work in small collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers assist people who use the service to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.
Location: Glasgow Services
Contract Type: Full Time – Permanent
Closing Date: 14 September 2025
Overview:
To provide operational management and direction to all staff within their area of responsibility and to demonstrate a wider leadership role across Penumbra services within your remit. To support the implementation of the delivery plan for services and programmes within your remit, supporting delivery of the overarching organisational strategy. To be responsible for the compliant and safe delivery of high-quality support services and build a culture that aligns to our values and a positive leadership approach. Integral to this is the development of person-centered and recovery-focused services with people which supports them to achieve their personal outcomes and live a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life.
Location: Western Isles Services
Contract Type: Relief
Closing Date: 05 September 2025
Overview:
As a Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker, you’ll make a difference to people’s lives every day. Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers work in small collaborative teams to provide people with recovery focused support to enhance their mental wellbeing. In line with Penumbra’s values, Relief Mental Health & Wellbeing Workers assist people who use the service to work towards their individual outcomes and identified goals, as detailed in their personal plan.
