Salary£ 26,844.23 - 30,835.58 per annum, pro rata (depending on experience)
Edinburgh
Vacancy listed16/06/2025
Details
Mission Statement
Our long-term vision is to end youth homelessness. Our more immediate mission is to ensure that every young person in Scotland has access to expert youth specific services to assist them to avoid, resolve and move on from homelessness, making it rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Context
We are looking for a psychotherapist, allied health professional, and/or counsellor to join our team. The Health and Wellbeing Worker will be based within the Youth Development Team but will work with other teams in the organisation. The Health and Wellbeing Worker will use a person-centred approach with young people to build trust and enable them to improve outcomes with a focus on:
· Mental and emotional health, self-esteem, and confidence
· Relationships, boundaries, and safety
The Health and Wellbeing Worker will work with young people within a psychotherapeutic role in one-to-one support and group work. Where appropriate they will support young people to gain additional support from statutory services.
Reporting to
Health and Wellbeing Team Leader
Responsibilities
Project Delivery
· Provide support to young people on a needs led basis within a flexible framework and varied settings, including one to ones, issue-based group work and drop ins.
· Promote the development of resilience and mental health support in young people.
· Maintain effective record keeping systems and information for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation.
Project Development
· Promote and maintain a service user involvement ethos across services.
· Develop partnership working in a manner that promotes the work of Rock Trust and facilitates appropriate referrals
Quality & Compliance
· Maintain registrations and continuing education with registered body such as HCPC, BAAT, BCAP
· Work within legal frameworks such as: HCPC, BACP, National Care Standards for Housing Support Services, GIRFEC, Child Protection and POVA.
· In conjunction with other staff, provide a cost-efficient service and source additional funding where appropriate.
Leadership & Development:
· Line manage and provide formal and informal support to allocated staff, students and/or volunteers.
· As part of Health and Wellbeing Team, provide effective and professional leadership, supporting and promoting the activities of Rock Trust and contributing significantly to building a high performing organisation.
· To provide visible leadership and motivate staff to ensure that delegated responsibilities are achieved, and effective communication maintained.
· Nurture a culture of Respect, Safety, Positivity and Fairness, that allows our colleagues to thrive, take appropriate risks and learn from mistakes.
· Identify and make recommendations for improvement to contribute to the continuous operational improvement of the organisation.
· Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and best practice related to youth homelessness and community care.
Other
· To act in accordance with Rock Trust values.
· To undertake other duties in line with the role as required.
Rock Trust holds the gold award from Investors in People. We are committed to making Rock Trust a fantastic place to work. We provide a range of enhanced benefits for staff, including 25 days annual leave and 10 public holidays, a 6% employer contribution pension scheme, life assurance scheme, employee rewards and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave. A full list of our benefits is available on our website.
Notes
Fixed Term until 31st August 2026. 24.5 hours per week
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