Location: Coram’s Fields, Kings Cross/Bloomsbury

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week

For 85 years, Coram’s Fields has provided pioneering services for young people from birth through to early adulthood, today these services continue to provide invaluable support to the local community. Our Youth Programme supports young people aged 9 to 19, providing a safe space with a wide range of engaging activities, whilst also ensuring critical development opportunities for all young people, both in a practical context and in terms of their wider personal and social development.

Over the last ten years, we’ve established ourselves as one of the leading providers of children and young people’s activities in Camden, engaging over 350+ young people per year through our Youth Centre. We pride ourselves on working with those in most need of support and have excellent relationships with local schools and statutory services.

For the past three years we have been the lead charity partner on a partnership project with Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and London Borough of Camden, working with young men at risk of violent crime and showing signs of poor mental health. A fundamental part of this role will include working alongside Clinical Psychologists and Mental Health Workers to grow our targeted offer for young men and increase the reach and impact of this project, that sits alongside of our generic youth activities. 

Fundamental to your success in the role will be an unrivalled commitment to the lives of children and young people, supported by an in depth understanding of the multiple challenges that they face, and in particular, the challenges facing young men at risk of school exclusion and/or offending. Even more crucial, will be your ability to turn this commitment and understanding into high impact services that produce tangible outcomes for those young people that we support.

You’ll be an inspirational leader, bringing a creative flair to your work with young people, harnessing the skills of those around you to deliver a truly exceptional offer.

How to apply

If you are interested in contributing to the work of this pioneering charity, please read the job description and person specification thoroughly and complete the application form found here or on our website. Completed application forms should be returned to us by email or post by 9am on Monday 4th October.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within seven days of the closing date, if you have not heard from us within two weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. Interviews will take place w/c 18th October 2021.

Coram’s Fields is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity, are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly, their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service.

Due to an expansion in services, Kensington & Chelsea Mind is looking to appoint a further  2 new Peer Support Workers to join our established Peer Support Team.

Kensington and Chelsea Mind is the delivery partner for the NHS Community Living Well Peer Support Service. The service operates alongside other clinical and wellbeing services to offer: one-to-one peer support, peer support groups, social peer support, training and workshops for people with complex, common and stable long term mental health needs.

You will be working as part of an NHS integrated mental health service to deliver community-based peer support. You will be building and maintaining constructive working relationships with people who use our services, carers, colleagues and community networks. We are looking for:

Peer Support Worker - £26,511 (37.5 hours per week)

Peer Support Worker - £26,511 pro-rata (28 hours per week)

The successful candidates will have:

• Experience of recovering and living well with mental health issues
• One year’s knowledge, training or experience in peer support work
• Knowledge of recovery approaches in mental health
• Knowledge of the values and principles of peer support

• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• Ability to use experiential sharing of own lived experience
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office
• Proficiency and confidence in using Zoom, MS Teams to deliver support options
• The ability to monitor and respond to the need for self-care

About the Youth Endowment Fund 

We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice. 

In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. We have also seen large increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them. 

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by funding great initiatives, finding what works and working for change - scalingup and spreading the practices that make a difference. 

Key responsibilities 

Most fundamentally, your job is to work with the Director of Operations & Programmes to build and manage the systems and processes we need to enable the organisation to function effectively. To do this you’ll:

• Hire, develop and inspire brilliant people. You’ll ensure we provide high-quality training, provide a strong focus on staff wellbeing, help us to manage and develop our team excellently and address poor performance when required. 

• Help staff perform at their best by developing and maintaining excellent and clear policies and procedures. You’ll work closely with our parent organisation Impetus as you do this.

• Lead the organisation through our annual appraisal and review cycles so that we are all learning, developing and becoming better at making a difference for the children that we are here to serve. You’ll ensure that managers are comfortable and confident setting goals and reviewing performance, that we’re really good at identifying development opportunities and that we have a highly effective probationary process. 

• Ensure we always operate in line with UK employment law and excellent practice. This may mean you have existing expertise in HR compliance or it may mean that you have excellent judgement when it comes to people and know when to draw on (and how to manage) external HR expertise and legal advice.

• Help ensure that we are diverse and inclusive. You’ll help ensure we are welcoming to people from all backgrounds, brilliant at attracting, recruiting, hiring and on-boarding staff from all backgrounds and that we have a culture where every staff member feels they can bring their true self to work each day.

• Make sure staff have the tools they need to do a brilliant job. This means making sure we are a place where people are struck by how well the IT systems, policies and procedures, HR processes and office facilities work. You’ll enjoy looking for ways to make things work even better.

• Use our resources wisely. You’ll manage the operations team budget, lead the operations team annual goal setting process and make sure we stay to plan. You’ll also rigorously manage the processes and policies we use when we select external partners and service providers, and review and negotiate contracts when necessary. 

• Make sure we effectively manage our risks as an organisation. You’ll make sure we seek legal advice when prudent and develop the tools, habits and processes that help ensure we get this stuff right.

• Line manage a member of staff who leads on IT and Administration. You’ll support them, ensure they have clarity on what their goals are, develop them and help them to do a job they are proud of. 

About you 

You’re this sort of person: 

• You win people over and make everyone feel comfortable. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You build good relationships with people no matter what level they work at. People naturally come to you when they have an issue or are looking for sound advice. 

• You’re interested and experienced in people operations: You have experience managing HR responsibilities in previous organisations, ideally in a fast-paced, mission-driven organisation. You’re equally at home thinking about the processes and policies we need to manage our people as you are coaching a line manager on how to bring the best out of their employee. 

• You’re extremely trustworthy and exercise good judgement: You’ve experience dealing with sensitive and confidential information and always maintain the confidence of those around you. At the same time, you know when to pull others in for support and who those individuals should be. 

• You’re brilliant at improving and organising things: You like finding ways to make things operate better for everyone. You enjoy bringing order to what is going on. You are good at immediately getting your head around how a process or new system works and improving it. 

• You understand the impact of strong systems and processes: You enjoy thinking about how to ensure maximum efficiency and impact. You want to make the jobs of those around you simpler so that they can achieve more.

• You’ve significant experience of getting things done: You’ve a track record of making things happen. In previous jobs, you’ve held responsibility for ensuring projects are delivered on time.

• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in a charity that is making a difference. You like the idea of doing a job that makes young people safer. 

• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values. 

We’re open to applications from individuals who may only be able to work 3-4 days per week. 

While it’s not a criteria, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence. 

It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background. 
 

To apply 

Please apply by by 23.59 on 17/10/2021 

You’ll be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we’ll consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage. 

• First round interviews will take place in the week commencing 25/10/2021 

• Second round interviews will take place in the week commencing 01/11/2021 or week commencing 08/11/2021 

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area. 

Senior Community Support Worker

Hours

37.5 hours per week (52 weeks)

Salary

£21,346.00 (Grade 2 point 1)

Location

Stockport

Aim of post

The Senior Community Support Worker role is integral to ensuring that all services are effective at the point of delivery. Operating within the current legislative framework and adhering to the Trust’s Policies and Procedures.

You will help ensure the individuals who use the service receive high quality, person centrered support that meets their physical, health, emotional and social needs. Assisting in the development and maintenance of their support plans as required and developing positive and engaging interactions with individuals that use our service, their families and all other stakeholders involved.

You will provide line management to a small staff support team, developing their capability through demonstrating the right values and behaviours, mentoring staff and supporting their ongoing development.

About you

The Trust have a vacancy at their specialist day service.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, proactive person to work with our complex and sometimes challenging young adults.

Our ideal candidate will have experience and knowledge of working with young adults with autism and complex needs. You will have NVQ Level 3 and experience of working in community based projects. Ability to work individually on shift using your own initiative and as part of a team, maintaining & encouraging, open and honest communication.

(Full Job Description attached)

If you think you might have the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please get in touch.

Are you looking for your next step up in Communications? Are you capable of leading an integrated communications strategy? Are you multi-skilled in all things comms, from website management, to copy-writing, to design, to film, to press?

This is an exciting, all-rounder position that will have you working on multiple aspects of all things communications related. If you have a wide-spread of skills, thrive on variety, and are an enthusiastic, proactive, capable ‘doer’, we would love to hear from you.

We are a leading London homelessness charity looking for an excellent communications expert. Someone who is experienced and capable of working autonomously to help us achieve our chief goal of building our brand awareness and income to best support our service users.

This role will entail managing our website, overseeing our social media, creating monthly newsletters, internal and external documents, writing stories of the people we support, and developing and capitalising on any press and PR opportunities. Strong design and copy writing skills are therefore a must, as well as a shrewd marketing mind and sound knowledge of website management and ways of which we can optimise our engagement and reach.

Within this role, you will be managing one other person who will mainly be responsible for producing and managing content for social media under your guidance and support.

We are a small fundraising and communications team, that has lots of energy and enthusiasm and a positive, can-do attitude. We are looking for someone who is a genuine team player, who is passionate about our goals, and is eager to hit the ground running.

We offer a competitive benefits package, flexible working and place a strong emphasis on career development. Your time will be split working from home, our services in South London and from our offices on Kingston Road, close to South Wimbledon tube station, and a short walk from Wimbledon town centre and station.

About us. 

We are a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 1,300 people each year. Our aim is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to become independent and resilient.  We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help them break the cycle of homelessness. If this role excites you, apply to join us in our mission.

Evolve Housing + Support is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity and inclusion are key objectives for us and we reflect this in our recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.  In line with our Opportunity Promise our shortlisting process will ensure we have a diverse group of candidates from underrepresented ethnic groups invited to interview.

Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the job description and person specification.

In return we offer our colleagues:

• a competitive salary, comprehensive training and development programme, 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing each year to 30 days annual leave - plus bank holidays

• Option to buy or sell annual leave up to one week’s annual leave

• a healthcare cash plan providing cash back towards healthcare bills and other wellbeing benefits

• occupational sick pay

• contributory group pension scheme

• free life assurance

• cycle to work scheme, tech scheme and season ticket loans.

Age UK East London aims to be an organisation that enables older people to:

• Retain maximum possible choice over the direction of their lives;
• Maintain and improve health
• Prevent social isolation
• Live in physical environments suited to their changing needs
• Have as many opportunities as possible for involvement in fulfilling community and leisure activities

Our Values:

Older people and their carers are our partners in everything we do.  We aim to keep our work:

• Personal
• Safe
• Expert
• Progressive
• Respectful

Age UK East London is an equal opportunities employer

Job purpose

• To co-ordinate the Hospital to Home service within Whipps Cross Hospital covering shifts full day Friday and Saturday and half day Sunday and Monday.
• To carry out customer assessment of needs as required both on the ward and in the customers own home
• To provide practical and emotional support post discharge

Key tasks

• To liaise with Whipps Cross Hospital health and social care professionals to facilitate smooth supported discharge.
• To complete risk assessment prior to commencement of service within the time frame agreed within the service key performance indicators.
• To provide practical and emotional support e.g. shopping, housework and/or befriending as agreed within the care package for a period of up to 6 weeks

​Co-Ordination, Operational Management & Service Development

• Support the Senior Project Co-Ordinator to maintain service delivery covering Senior Project Co-Ordinator’s role during period’s sickness and annual leave.
• Input into supervision reviews of Whipps Cross Key Workers and Project Officers performance.
• Ensure patients are referred/signposted to other appropriate support services.

Administration

• To maintain organisational database (Charity Log) in respect of the Whipps Cross Hospital to Home service users.
• To ensure that the Whipps Cross Hospital to Home mobile phone line is answered promptly.
• To ensure that service leaflets are available across the hospital.

Backup delivers multiple housing and support services across Bolton for young people aged 16-25 who are homeless and have low - very high support needs. We require various support workers to work on a 365 day rota with day, late and sleep in shifts. The rotas roll on for over a year so you know what you have for months in advance. Christmas and New Year rota is planned between each team. 

We need colleagues who are passionate about helping young people, organised, resilient, reliable, hard working and positive. We offer great training, support and supervision  and hold Investors in People GOLD acreditation. You will deliver 1:1 support to young people around life skills and all manner of issues, you will also need to be responsible for the building too. Full training given. 

It is a rewarding role for the right people. See the available posts below. 

1 x Support Worker (Loft House) 

SALARY £22,742 - £25,972 per annum.  Annual increments over 4 years, subject to successful appraisals.

32 waking hours per week plus 92 sleeps per year – flexible including some weekends and evenings

Permanent.

Continuous rolling rota not including Christmas and New Year period, those shifts are allocated separately.

2 x Support Workers (Lucas Project) 

 SALARY £20,959 - £24,189 per annum. Annual increments over 4 years, subject to successful appraisals.

32 waking hours per week plus 48 sleeps per year – flexible including some weekends and evenings

Permanent.

Continuous rolling rota not including Christmas and New Year period, those shifts are allocated separately.

2 x Support Worker both 12 months Fixed Term (Project Front Door) 

SALARY £21,121

32 waking hours per week plus 52 sleeps per year – flexible including some weekends and evenings

Fixed Term

 Continuous rolling rota not including Christmas and New Year period, those shifts are allocated separately.

Substance Misuse; Drug Worker

Your new company

You will be joining an established organisation which places the service user at the heart of everything they do. This organisation is focused on supporting vulnerable people in the community. This organisation primarily supports service users are whose lives have been held back by a range of social deprivation

Your new role

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey;
• Managing large caseloads in excess of 75
• Must have experience working within a prescribing service with clients addicted to Opiate Substances.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral;
• Must have worked and have experience with prescribing practices and clients addicted to opiate substances;
• Managing large caseload of clients who are addicted to opiate substances;
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community;
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement;
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services;
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination

What you'll need to succeed

• Must have experience working within substance misuse services
• Must have Hays Enhanced DBS or registered on the Update Portal
• Available within a weeks notice

What you'll get in return

• Full time Hours 37.5 per week
• 3 Month contract
• Weekly Pay

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SAFE! Support for Young People Affected by Crime has come together with Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes Sexual Assault and Abuse Service to start the SASH MK service, a specialist holistic support service for children and families affected by sexual harm in Milton Keynes.  We are looking to recruit an experienced practitioner to work in a supportive role with parents and carers after their child’s experience of sexual harm.

SASH MK Parent Support Worker
Location: Milton Keynes
Hours: 22.5 days per week fixed term until September 2022

Salary: £24,313 - £26,317 (NJC SO6) pro rata

We are looking for people who are skilled and experienced in providing impactful support to adults and children.  You should have extensive experience of working with families in a supportive role.  You will need to be an excellent communicator with the ability to work independently and within a team. You will have experience of multi-agency working and a commitment to high-standards of professionalism. Working closely with CYP practitioners, you will coordinate appropriate support for parents, conducting assessments and designing individual intervention plans based on their needs.

Applicants will have a good understanding of confidentiality and safe working practices and maintenance of records in accordance with the Data Protection (GDPR) Act.  In addition, you must be able to demonstrate your active commitment to promoting equal opportunities and diversity.

The welfare of children is paramount to all that we do in SAFE! and we would expect all successful candidates to demonstrate that they are equally committed to these values. We follow safer recruitment processes to ensure that we adhere to these standards.  Appointments will be subject to references and checks made by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) satisfactory to SAFE!

You will be based in the SASH office in central Milton Keynes.  The role will require some travel around Milton Keynes, and occasional unsociable working hours, and occasional visits to our Head Office in Oxford.

Why work for us?

SAFE! offers competitive rewards and benefits including a 5% pension contribution, flexible working and 28 days annual leave (pro rata). We place great importance on staff wellbeing – we offer regular clinical and management supervision, we encourage and enable staff to prioritise healthy work-life balance through flexible working.  We are committed to professional development through regular training and we encourage all staff to take a lead role in an area particular of interest. We are a creative and responsive organisation and we seek the input of staff and service users to ensure that we can meet their changing needs.

This role is funded through a grant from Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group for an initial fixed term until the end of August 2022.  Extension to the initial contract may be considered subject to funding.

BANK WORKERS REQUIRED - Zero hours, as required. Shifts consist of 12 hour waking nights and day shifts

Closing date: We accept applications all year round for bank workers

We have multiple Bank Staff - Support Worker vacancies at our new high need residential service for young people, Redds
Place. The shifts are located within accommodation based services that offer temporary housing to young people and support around a range of issues. 

The post holders are required to work 12 hours shifts which consist of days and waking nights. Job descriptions are attached. 

You must be able to engage and develop a rapport with young people, make them feel at ease and offer 1:1 support to them with a small caseload as well as support any young people that need you whilst you are on shift. Backup take a trauma informed care approach to the work with young people to give them the best chances of moving on successfully. The role also includes some housing management, managing premises, ensuring young people can live within the conditions of occupancy and support them to do so. 

The issues you will be assisting young people with include:-

-Mental health problems
-Substance Misuse
-Debts~
-Finding work and education opportunities
-Relationships
-Positive lifestyles

amongst other issues resulting from homelessness.

You need patience, persistence and resilience; this work isn't for the faint hearted and you have to care.We believe passionately young people deserve a good quality service, they are not homeless through choice or fault and need our help to survive trauma, develop some resilience of their own and live independently. The work involves a lot of direct work with young people but also needs efficient admin - case notes, housing benefit and other welfare benefit claims, letters and reports. 

We need you to have commitment, empathy, honesty,
respect, resilience in order to support and empower the young people in our
services.

Join our award winning charity and make a difference. 

To apply, please hand deliver or post your application to:

BACKUP North West
Bridgeman House,
77 Bridgeman St
Bolton
BL3 6BY

**We cannot accept digital applications or CVs**

Do you work well in a team and believe in the social model of disability?  Can you build and sustain relationships with customers based on mutuality and peer support?  Do you enjoy managing a varied caseload of people and working in a person centred and empowering way?  “Are you enthusiastic about tackling the barriers that disabled people face on a day-to-day basis ? Then this could be the role you’re looking for.

We are looking to employ two passionate, motivated individuals with excellent communication and people skills to join our Touchpoint Team as part of a team of four Touchpoint Peer Workers. Launched in October 2018, Touchpoint supports people experiencing any form of disability in Barnet to access the services and resources they need so they can live the life they want to live.

As a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation, we aim to work with people as equal partners to support positive change.  You will have your own lived experience of disability (which could include a long term condition or mental health issues), and be able to use the knowledge this brings you to empower other people overcome the barriers they’re facing.

You may have experience in a related role, perhaps in the advice or advocacy sector, but you may come from a different sector, bringing a host of transferable skills.  In return, you will become part of a friendly and supportive team, working within a focused but flexible culture, where diversity is valued and you can bring your whole self to work.

The roles are for 28 hours a week. Currently it involves a mixture of home working (due to COVID) and office working from our modern, open plan office in Barnet and Southgate College, Colindale.  The successful candidate will enjoy working in a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation with an enthusiastic and friendly team of colleagues.

To apply, send your CV plus a detailed covering letter explaining how you would use your own lived experience of disability or a long term condition or mental health issue to provide meaningful peer support.

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.  Fixed term contract to 31/08/24, with the possibility of renewal subject to funding.  The successful candidates will need to undergo a DBS check.  Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be on the 22nd September.

Inclusion Barnet is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) number 1158632.

SUPPORT WORKER CARE, EDWIN HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, 37 HPW, FRWK03 £17,189 - £18,661

Edwin House is a 63 bedded specialist registered care and reablement facility which meet the needs of people with a range of complex support needs and health conditions resultant from historic or current problematic substance misuse.
Framework is looking to appoint suitably skilled and experienced staff for the role of Support Worker at Edwin House to provide high standards of care and support and work proactively with service users to enable them to gain some control over their substance use, improve their quality of life and build recovery capital.

This is exciting opportunity to be involved in the development and delivery of a truly innovative and unique service which will form a new pathway available within in the substance misuse treatment system locally and regionally.

Edwin House is CQC registered Care Home, and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have amended the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 so that, from 11 November 2021, all care home workers will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they have an exemption.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

The Tower Project is seeking to recruit a Supported Living Manager who is required for a small project supporting three young men with Learning Disabilities. The post holder will be responsible for providing support to our young adults based on their individual needs and aspirations. You will be required to assist the day to day organisation and effective running of the services in compliance with the wishes of the individuals the Tower Project supports to live independently

JOB SUMMARY

To provide, manage and co-ordinate support for people that is based on their individual needs, desires and aspirations. To be responsible for the day to day organisation and effective running of services in compliance with the wishes of the individuals the Tower Project supports to live independently, the contractual obligations to the purchasing agencies, and legislative, statutory and organisation requirements.

To provide support to people in a way that is respectful, promotes independence and enables the individuals you support to realise their own potential. Effective delegation of duties to deputy service manager, team leaders, registered nurses, senior support workers and support workers as applicable. To promote good practice at all times, act as an effective and positive role model.

To support individuals in accessing the community, in their own homes or in any setting their needs and choices may require. Service managers may work alone with the people they support or as part of a team. Service managers may provide support to individuals with a variety of different specialist needs and conditions which may include learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries, physical disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, nursing needs, mental health conditions, neurological impairments, psychiatric and clinical needs, complex behaviours and other needs.  Service managers may provide support in any location appropriate to meet the needs of the service.

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative, and diverse teams.

We are seeking Support Workers to join us and support adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. We recognise that the current pandemic means we have had to adapt to change and in many ways we are now doing things differently but what hasn’t changed is our passion for standards and doing all we can to look after the people we support both in these current challenging times and in the future.

To be successful in your application you must be able to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Salary: Up to £20,338
Hours: Permanent, Full time
Location: Hatherleigh, Devon

What we Offer

Apprenticeships - earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer (ranked 11th in 2020). Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out, but also an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) increasing to 25 days after a year of employment (pro rata for part time staff). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance. Free DBS Check. As a “key worker” you will
benefit from government incentive schemes.

You don’t need experience of support work or any special qualifications for this job - you’ll get plenty of training along the way. Having the right values, a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible is what matters most. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. You also need to have basic level IT skills to be able to use a computer as you will regularly need to record information about people you will be supporting.

A full UK/EU driving licence is also desirable.

*This post is covered by The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Occupational Requirements

Closing date: Monday 20th September 2021

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Senior Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Relief Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP, Flexible Working, etc.