Mental Health Support Worker

Overview

Govan Community Project provides a range of holistic services for people seeking asylum, refugees and vulnerable migrants in the Greater Govan area of Glasgow. We are recruiting a Mental Health Support Worker to provide mental health and wellbeing support to New Scots. This role involves using co‑production skills to co‑design a trauma‑informed, person‑centred wellbeing programme.

• Deliver tailored 1:1 meetings to help New Scots develop knowledge and strategies that empower them to understand and self‑manage their mental health and wellbeing.
• Identify safeguarding concerns and act on them appropriately.
• Provide 1:1 support with interpreters, using a range of resources.
• Manage a varied workload, working independently and as part of a team.

• Experience working with people presenting with common mental health challenges, preferably in a community‑based setting.
• Understanding of how the UK hostile refugee/asylum system impacts the mental health of New Scots.
• Confidence in identifying safeguarding concerns and acting on them.
• Confidence delivering 1:1 support with interpreters.
• Ability to manage a varied workload and work independently and within a team.

• Flexible working options.
• Tailored wellbeing support.

Govan Community Project is committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. Applications from individuals with a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, including those with lived experience of the UK Asylum/Immigration system, are especially welcome. We are a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network, which aims to increase representation of people with lived experience in the charitable sector.