Engagement Pathways – Development Worker (closing Tuesday 26 May)

Salary: Point 30 – £30,282 (pro rata)

Hours: 21.75 (0.6 FTE)

Location: · Galashiels (with some hybrid working possible and travel required)

Contract: Permanent

We are recruiting for the post of Development Worker – Engagement Pathways to lead and develop our pathways into services for people. This includes enquiries, initial conversations including risk assessment, baseline outcome measures, reviews and endings and line management responsibilities.

This is an opportunity requiring excellent communication and organisational skills, where the successful candidate will be required to support the journey of people through our services within the Scottish Borders and have an impact on staff development and supervision.

You will be key to maintaining quality within this area of service delivery and in representing our services within the Scottish Borders. You should have experience of working together with people experiencing mental health problems to support them to achieve their aims related to mental health and wellbeing. You should be confident in attending events, holding stalls and offering drop in support and signposting to people at the Mental Health Information Stations across the Scottish Borders. You should also have experience of developing systems and processes and sharing your learning experiences across teams.

If you have experience in these areas and are passionate about enabling people to fulfil their potential, we’d love to hear from you!

Application Notes

• Closing date: Tuesday 26 May (9 am)
• Interview date: Tuesday 9 June 2026
• Completed application forms should be submitted to: recruitment@health-in-mind.org.uk. Please note we do not accept CVs.
• If you have difficulties accessing the pack please contact the Recruitment Team on 0131 225 8508 or email recruitment@health-in-mind.org.uk.
• For further information on the role, please contact Tammy Kirk, Head of Services, by email at tammy.kirk@health-in-mind.org.uk. Please note that applications must be submitted to recruitment@health-in-mind.org.uk only