Staff
Valued Staff
As well as our valued volunteers, we employ 8 wonderful staff, 7 of whom have part-time contracts.
The majority of whom are support workers, providing direct one to one support to service users who attend our crisis drop-in centre, the Hive.
Our Support workers
Support workers also have a huge role to play in supporting volunteers in terms of our text line support options and in wider roles within the organisation including:
- Providing suicide intervention and prevention training to others
- Supporting our wider awareness raising and fundraising initiatives
- Working closely with Youth Highland and others to further the development of services for young people
- Providing direct advocacy for service users when they need it with other services
- Using skills-based approaches with individuals where beneficial, including Decider and DBT skills.
Passionate roles
As shown in our film ‘About us’ in the Who we are section staff are passionate about their roles in Mikeysline and the difference they can make to people’s lives through the support they provide. The quote below from one of our staff team reinforces this.
Every life is precious and matters
"It's wonderful to be part of a project that has, at its heart, a passionate belief that every life is precious and matters.
The team of volunteers and staff are committed to listening to anyone who asks us for help. We're always keen to learn more about how best to help in reducing suicide here in the Highlands of Scotland and beyond.”
