Mental Health Engagement Worker, Dundee
30 hours per week
Salary - £22, - £25, (pro rata)
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference for individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery as part of our Mental Health and Substance Use Team.
You will be highly motivated with a passion for involving people in shaping issues that affect their lives. You will promote the active involvement of people who have lived experience of mental health challenges in the planning, development and evaluation of services that are important to them.
Ideally you’ll have experience of using a strength-based approach and be able to encourage and support individuals to use their experience to influence decision-making. You’ll be able to design, deliver and evaluate information sessions and workshops, working with individuals to empower them. Ideally, you’ll have a relevant qualification in an area such as Social Services or Community Learning and Development, or equivalent professional or volunteer experience.
If this sounds like you, please apply here.
Subject to a satisfactory PVG check and references.
Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
The deadline for submitting applications is Monday 17th June at 9am
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 25th June