About ThriveThrive Edinburgh is a community-based organization focused on mental‑health support. The Thrive Welcome Teams provide social, practical, learning, and clinical support through a multidisciplinary partnership of mental‑health professionals and peer workers.
The Role
Peer work is a recognised practice in mental‑health recovery. The main role of a Thrive Peer Worker is to use their lived experience of mental‑health recovery to promote good mental‑health practices with community members. The Peer Worker provides short‑term, one‑to‑one emotional and practical support, facilitation of conversations, and use of person‑centred tools to help others identify strengths and work toward achievable recovery goals.
Key tasks in the job
* Hold initial conversations to assess needs and risk, ensuring people access the services that will best support them.
* Guide people to create individual support plans that draw on their own strengths.
* Provide short‑term support through 1:1 meetings, typically between 2‑6 sessions, drawing on your own mental‑health journey.
* Be well‑connected in the community to understand the different services on offer and the criteria for referring.
* Accompany individuals to appointments to connect them into services.
* Attend cross‑team meetings to discuss cases and share learning.
* Attend open‑access “drop‑in” sessions that are held within community venues, providing people with instant access to advice and sign‑posting.
What you’ll bring
* Understanding of Peer Work and how it can be utilized in therapeutic settings.
* Experience of managing your own mental‑health challenges, with a positive outcome, and ability to share your recovery story to support others in their journey.
* Knowledge of a variety of key issues relating to mental‑health concerns.
* Excellent interpersonal skills to naturally form and manage appropriate relationships with a range of people of all ages and walks of life.
* Ability to set appropriate boundaries with people you are supporting while maintaining an open and trusting environment.
* Competence in the use of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).
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