Service Manager – Midlothian Recovery Services (No Fixed Closing Date)

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Service Manager – Midlothian Recovery Services (No Fixed Closing Date)

Hours:21.75

Contract: Permanent

Health in Mind has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated leader to join our South Services Team as Service Manager for our Midlothian Recovery Services, supporting people with their mental health and drug and/or alcohol recovery journey. Within this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the day-to-day delivery of the Recovery Services, including:

• Recovery Peer Support Service (one-to-one support for people seeking support in recovery, including support for women and those who have experienced a near fatal overdose)
• Peer Support Groups (including SMART groups) and Peer Training

You should have experience in; providing leadership and management within services, staff development and supervision, supporting people drug and alcohol recovery and mental health, working as part of a team, working with external stakeholders, meeting service KPI’s, data analysis and preparing data for reporting. Supporting our Peer Support Workers and volunteers, who have their own lived experience of recovery is vital in this role. If you have experience in these areas and are passionate about supporting people to fulfil their potential, we’d love to hear from you!

There is no fixed closing date for this role. Applications will be considered as they are received, and the vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate is appointed.

Application Notes

• Closing date: No Fixed Closing Date – Applications Accepted Until Position Filled
• 30 days annual leave, 10 public holidays and 2 wellbeing days.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Carer Positive Engaged Employer.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Union recognised through UNITE

I’m genuinely impressed at the values and culture that lie at the heart of Health in Mind. The team are incredibly warm, approachable, and understanding – colleagues who have lived experience bring invaluable insight and can add another dimension to individual support.

Our values are at the core of everything we do

Compassion

We work with compassion, ensuring people feel valued and empowered to live the life they want to live.

Integrity

We demonstrate integrity in our work, doing the right thing and working ethically at all times, even when this takes great courage.

Respect

We show respect for everyone we work with, work for, and support through our services.

We’re passionate about realising potential of our colleagues, our volunteers, and the people who use our services.

Inclusive

Our approach is inclusive; we break down the barriers that prevent people from accessing mental health and wellbeing resources. We include people using services, volunteers, and colleagues in our leadership and decision making in the organisation.

Our staff tell us that Health in Mind is a great place to work. We hold gold Investors in People accreditation, are a Living Wage and Carer Positive Engaged employer, and offer e nhanced sick pay and an employer pension .

We’ll also support you to meet costs associated with your application ( SSSC Registration and PVG Scheme Record Update costs ).