DBI Coordinator, Caithness

Post: Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) Support Coordinator
Location: Remote working. Occasional travel within Caithness and to Inverness may be required.
Salary: £24,500 per annum, pro rata
Hours: 28 hours per week,working pattern TBD, including some weekends.
Contract: Fixed term (12 months)
Closes:5th July 2024

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We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated individual to join our Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) team. DBI Coordinator provide support, advice and personal support planning for people referred from front-line services, carrying out short-term work with people in distress to review the reasons for their distress, develop immediate coping strategies and link them into a range of appropriate community services and facilities.

The purpose of this role is to work with people in distress who are referred by front line services (including Police Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service, NHS24 and Primary Care) to the Level 2 Distress Brief Intervention team. The work includes reviewing the reasons for distress, working with individuals to develop their Distress Brief Intervention Management Plan and using supported referrals to link individuals to a range of appropriate community services and facilities.

Training in Level 2 Distress Brief Intervention, specific to the post, will be provided.

As a DBI Coordinator, you'll be required to be educated to SVQ 3 level or have experience working in mental health. The post holders will be required to join the PVG Scheme or update their membership record for regulated work with protected adults (the employer will cover the costs).

This post is part-time, working 28 hours per week, office hours of 9am – 5pm with some weekends working on a rota basis.

If you are interested in this opportunity but are unsure that you have all of the qualifications and experience necessary, please do not hesitate to get in touch for an informal discussion with Kimberley, the Distress Brief Intervention Project Manager on or email

Change Mental Health is the lead partner in Highland, Dumfries and Galloway and Argyll & Bute for the Scottish Government's Distress Brief Intervention project (DBI) . The DBI is a Scotland-wide project, testing a ground-breaking approach to addressing the emotional and psychological pain experienced by people in distress.

Working in partnership with frontline services, including Police, Ambulance service, Primary Care and mental health teams, the project provides rapid referral to focussed, short-term support, with the option of onward referral to longer-term support if required. As a DBI Coordinator, you will join this major, high profile Scottish Government project in a key role.

For further information about DBI and our involvement in the project, head to the website by visiting .

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the charity and are a "Happy to Talk Flexible" employer: The post is for 28 hours per week, working days will be discussed and agreed with the Locality Manager and can be adjusted for the suitable candidate.

If you are passionate about enabling Change Mental Health to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community and feel your profile matches this role's criteria, then we want to hear from you

• Professional development including funded opportunities.
• A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life's challenges.
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements