Mentor Advocacy – Places for People Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
Position: Mentor Advocacy – Places for People
Salary: £25,190 + excellent benefits
Hours: 35 hrs p/w (flexible working)
Status: Fixed Term until 31/03/2024
Location: Community-based and in-home support in and around Edinburgh, West Lothian, Midlothian, and East Lothian – driving licence is essential
Closing date: 26/02/2023 at Midnight
The Opportunity
Are you a passionate people person who can help others overcome barriers by providing intensive, personalised support that leads to sustained positive change?
We are looking for Mentors for our Places for People project, which supports households across Edinburgh City, West Lothian, Midlothian, and East Lothian.
Working with Housing Officers, you’ll offer in-home support and relational mentoring to new tenants to help them manage all aspects of their tenancy. This may include mental health, addiction, finances, training/education and behaviour change. You’ll do this by working with householders to identify short, medium, and long-term needs that will lead them to sustain their tenancy by providing a holistic approach that helps them achieve this.
Tenants will have their needs assessed by the mentor regularly through documented engagement, outcomes and KPI’s. Therefore, knowledge of IT and Microsoft packages is required. Having local knowledge of support services to link in within the area would also be desirable.
This highly rewarding role is suited to someone ambitious to transform lives who has excellent verbal and written communication skills. A people-centred approach is essential as you will build relationships with customers and communities. You must also be compassionate and resilient to support your customers through challenging
circumstances.
Who are we?
The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise which is proud to be making a difference to people’s lives. We’re proud because we help people to find jobs, provide advice to people struggling to heat their homes and support people to find their feet following time in prison. To do this, the Wise Group works in partnership with everyone from large businesses to national and local government and third sector organisations who provide essential specialist support to our customers. Together, we’re greater than the sum of our parts.
The Wise Group provides an inclusive and supportive working environment and an excellent benefits package, which includes the following:
- Remote First – we actively try to ensure a positive work life balance and we welcome applications from those requiring flexibility.
- 33 days’ annual leave (including Public Holidays) plus one additional day for every completed year of employment up to a maximum of an additional five days
- Your birthday off
- Generous Salary Exchange Pension Scheme
- Sick pay rising to 26 weeks full pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Health Care Plan
- Cycle Scheme
- Daily online sessions to encourage positive wellbeing
- 3 volunteering days
- Furniture allowance for new starts
- And more!
How to Apply
To apply, please upload your most recent CV and a covering letter on our website.
Your covering letter should highlight your experience in line with the requirements of the role and the reasons why you are the right person for the team.
Disability Confident – The Disability Confident scheme supports us to make the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to our workplace.
If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 0141 303 3131.
Family Friendly Working Scotland – We promote a flexible and family friendly working culture.
Armed Forces Covenant – We are an armed forces-friendly organisation. We seek to support the employment of veterans and current or previous members of the reserve forces.
Scottish Charity No: SC004089
