SUPPORT PLANNER, HOMELESS FAMILIES, NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, FRWK06 £19,334 - £21,415, 37 HPW, MONDAY- FRIDAY, ALTERNATE WEEKLY SHIFT PATTERN 8 AM – 4 PM AND 10 AM – 6 PM

The service will work closely with the Local Authority to reduce the use of B&B accommodation for these often vulnerable families.  We are looking for experienced workers who respond well to a fast paced service and like a challenge. 

Referrals will come from Nottingham City Council’s Housing Aid service and families will be accommodated for approximately 10 weeks.  Support will focus on addressing immediate and short term support needs and resettlement to more permanent accommodation. Housing management and a focus on move-on will form the majority of the tasks. The safety and wellbeing of families with children is paramount. There will be a high turnover and the accommodation will need to be made ready in a short time span.

We are looking for reliable, experienced and enthusiastic candidates with an understanding of safeguarding and a desire to work with vulnerable families and children. Experience of working in an accommodation setting or similar environment is not necessary but preferable and we welcome applicants with a background in working with children and/or young people.

 The main functions of this role are;

1. Positively promote the work of Framework and the new service
2. Create a support plan with the family members
3. Provide a housing management function, collect both eligible and ineligible rent, manage occupancy agreements, void and locality management
4. Ensure that the accommodation provided is both safe and healthy
5. Develop good professional relationships and networks of support relevant to the client group
6. Liaise with the local authority about move on options
7. Review support plans and risk assessments
8. Understand and act on both child and adult safeguarding issues

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.

To protect the health & wellbeing of those receiving support from Framework, colleagues and the wider community, any job offer is conditional upon the prospective post-holder having been vaccinated against Covid-19, or agreeing to do so during the first six months in the post, except where such a requirement would be unreasonable in the circumstances.

97% 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.

Morgan Hunt are currently working with a leading Domestic Abuse charity who are looking to recruit a Refuge Worker in South Manchester. This is a temporary contract until the end of August to start immediately. Hours of work are 35 hours per week with one evening per week.

The role - Refuge Worker

• Case management of 7 single women, to ensure individual therapeutic, practical and emotional needs are met within a psychologically informed environment
• Risk assessing and implementing support plans around individual needs
• Signposting and liaising with external organisations to support individual needs
• Working towards positive outcomes for individuals and families including reduction in crisis situations related to domestic abuse or relationship issues, and improved mental and physical well being
• Increasing economic independence through debt reduction, improved budgeting and accessing employment
• Working on a referral line on a rota basis, assessing applicants for availability of bed space and checking eligibility criteria

The candidate

• Experience of supporting those experiencing domestic abuse or any other complex support needs (i.e mental health, homelessness, substance misuse) within a refuge or supported housing setting
• The ability to risk assess and offer tailored support plans around individual needs
• An understanding of services available to individuals and the ability to signpost accordingly
• Experience of maintaining records using a case management system

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1. An Enhanced DBS is an essential requirement for this role.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

18.5 hours per week  (21 hours Sep 21 – April 22)

(flexible hours over 3 or 4 days)

RISE are delighted to announce that we are recruiting to a number of posts for our new Communities Rising Project funded for three years by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. The aim of Communities Rising is to mobilise the voices, skills, actions and networks of women survivors and others in our communities in order to galvanise positive change around the issue of violence against women and girls (VAWG). The project plans to do this by creating physical and digital hubs and networks across Brighton & Hove and East Sussex where survivors, community members and mentors can gather to learn skills, open conversations, take part in debate and take individual and collective action.

Communities Rising is fundamentally a proposal by our communities, for our communities. RISE grew out of grass roots community action and we are delighted to be able to re-focus our attention on, and re-prioritise the needs of, our communities. The professionalisation and bureaucratisation of the sector has created a lack of opportunities for members of our communities who, for years, have been expressing their desire to be more involved in activism, campaigning, awareness raising and systems change. This project gives voice to and harnesses those desires and the huge reserves of energy that underpin them.

The Outreach Community Worker will aim to engage marginalised cohorts, namely older and disabled women, so they are better supported by their communities and RISE around the issue of VAWG.

This post will partner with trusted professionals from the communities of older and disabled women in order to work to better meet the needs of these cohorts. The role is evenly split between building capacity with partner organisations to open up the conversation and offer appropriate support out in the community and directly supporting women who disclose their experience of DVA. This role will use a strength-based, solution-focused, needs-led caseworker model.

Due to the multiple disadvantages of these two cohorts, this role also requires an aspect of institutional advocacy as the system needs to be effectively and robustly challenged to ensure these clients get their needs properly met.

On appointment, you will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and supply us with references.

More information about the role and how to apply is available on the RISE website. 

Interviews will take place 23 August – 10 September 2021

* This post is only open to female applicants as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

RISE is a Disability Confident employer and actively works on being inclusive. We are keen to diversify our staff team to better reflect our community by encouraging black and minorities and disabled women to apply for this role. We guarantee an interview to all women meeting this description that meet the competencies required.

Benefits that we can offer in return:

• 3% employer contribution pension.
• Very generous holiday entitlement of 27 days’ annual leave rising to 29 after 5 years plus bank holidays.
• Employee assisted programme.
• Focus on well-being and balancing flexible working alongside RISE’s priorities.
• Committed to training and learning opportunities for continuous development.
• Trauma Focussed wellbeing support.

West London Zone is an early intervention charity.  We help children and young people build the relationships and skills they need to get on track Socially, Emotionally and Academically, believing that by targeting these key areas of development we can empower children to fulfil their potential.  We call this “creating SEA change”.

Are you a proactive self-starter with a passion and drive to change the lives of children and young people? If so, the Link Worker role at West London Zone could be the role for you!

Link Workers are based in schools and work with families, teachers, other professionals and partner organisations to deliver the WLZ programme to young people over two years.

We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, such as family support work, education, early years, social work, youth and community work, mentoring, or counselling.

There are six key components to the Link Worker role:

1. Build positive relationships with children, young people and families, developing a detailed understanding of each child on the WLZ programme
2. Plan, manage and quality assure the programme of support delivered by WLZ’s partner organisations, ensuring that it complements what is on offer in the school, runs smoothly and supports children’s progress
3. Plan and deliver tailored support programmes for individuals and small groups, responding to changing needs over the course of the programme
4. Regularly engage with parents and carers and pro-actively connect families to opportunities in their community by listening to them and linking them to organisations, events and activities
5. Support the children, young people and families to engage consistently with the programme of support so that they make progress towards positive outcomes
6. Working with local services to ensure families get the additional support they need should they need it

More details about the benefits, values and roles at West London Zone are available in the job pack and the “Join the Team” page on our website.

• To apply, please complete our online application form by clicking the apply button by 11:30pm on Sunday 8th August 2021.
• We expect to hold first round interviews on Friday 13th August and we hope to notify shortlisted candidates by Monday 9th August.
• Interviews will be held in person, in line with the latest government guidance.

If you have any questions please contact our friendly HR team.

Our Youth Hubs play a key part in helping young people’s personal and social development. Based in Westminster, The Amberley and Churchill Gardens, provide a space for young people aged 8-19 to take part in activities such as music production, sport and games, as well as development programmes such as healthy relationships, inclusion and diversity training. Bridging the gap between formal and non-formal education, we help young people learn about themselves, and others around them to create positive outcomes for their futures.

Closing date and Interviews: There is no application deadline.  We will review applications and interview suitable candidates as they are identified.

Community Integration Worker

A 30 hour post has arisen for Community Integration Worker in the SE Essex (Southend) CCG area

Based within the EPUT Care Coordination Service and working under the direction of Age UK Essex Head of Service - Information, Advice and Advocacy,  you will work with clients identified by the care coordination team acting as a ‘named person’ for adults, their families and their carers in South East Essex and Southend.

Knowledge of Caldicott Principles and GDPR are essential

This is a fixed term contract until 31st March 2022 with the potential to be extended.

Hours: 30 hours per week (Monday to Thursday)

Morgan Hunt are currently recruiting for Project Workers to work within Supported Housing services at various locations across Greater Manchester. Both full and part time hours are available on an ongoing, temporary basis. These roles are to start as soon as possible.

The role - Project Worker

As a Project Worker you will be responsible for supporting people who have been homeless, to empower them and help promote independent living.

Other duties of a Project Worker will include;

• Completing initial risk assessments to establish the needs of service users

• Creating support plans to encourage service users to develop themselves and their independence within the service or by moving on

• Liaising with other staff members and external organisations where required to best support service users needs

• Carrying out regular key working sessions with service users to meet their individual needs whilst keeping comprehensive records of all contacts made

• Providing advice around benefit entitlement and move on options where appropriate

• Ensuring the upkeep and security of the building at all times

• Issuing warnings when required to promote the health, safety and welfare of others within the service

• Keeping appropriate case notes, support plans, financial and administrative records

The candidate;

• Experience within a similar role within Supported Housing

• Experience of working with vulnerable client groups and understanding the challenges faced by service users

• The ability to assess need, plan and deliver effective support

• Confidence in assessing risk and challenging behaviours against company policy to ensure the health, safety and welfare of others

• Strong communication skills including record keeping and report writing

Due to the nature of the role of a Project Worker, a current Enhanced DBS is required. You must be flexible in your approach to work on a rota basis, potentially across multiple schemes to cover for staff shortages.

If you are immediately and feel that you meet the criteria for this role, then please apply now!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

We are looking for a team of dynamic and experienced Youth Workers who will be responsible for engaging and supporting a caseload of children on one of Chance UK’s three mentoring programmes and delivering our group based services across London.

Please note that Chance UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and therefore our recruitment process for this post will include an enhanced DBS check.

Chance UK has been delivering early-intervention services across London since 1995. Our longest running programme is our mentoring service where Mentors pick the child up from home and run a 1:1 session in the community, once a week for 2 hours. They use the solution-focused approach to work on building the child’s self-esteem and confidence, set goals and explore new places.

In addition, we are growing a range of community based groups running after school as well as some workshops delivered in schools which will support children with developing social and emotional skills and resilience through activities or skills development.

The balance between 1:1 work and group delivery will change according to services commissioned so the post holder will need to be flexible accordingly.

Role Competencies
1. To contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of outcomes- focused delivery within groups and 1:1. Understanding of the context and challenges facing vulnerable children and families.
2. Ability to deliver a high quality support to families, ensuring it is received entirely based on the families’ needs, contributing to systems and procedures that are in place within the organization.
3. Actively participates in the development of an outcomes focused mentoring service and group work by planning, and evaluating a service within own caseload with a willingness to adapt to changes and challenges that may arise in the delivery of the Programmes.
4. Ability to work within the team to develop reflective practice, enabling high quality service and flexible service delivery to families.

Duties and responsibilities
• Complete Chance UK’s mentor induction and training (currently being delivered on Zoom)
• Set up and run arts-based activities, community/environmental projects, residential activities, outdoor education and sporting activities
• Assessment and set up of all cases and groups supported by management, including initial meetings with parent/carer and referrers
• Completing individual case summaries for newly enrolled children, assessing the needs of young people to correctly plan and deliver programmes in group settings ensuring they have a safe place to develop their identity and place in society
• Support young people in different settings, including outreach work and group work, mentor, coach and support individuals, encouraging greater social inclusion
• Conducting Risk Assessments for all cases

• Mentoring a caseload of children for an up to nine-month duration. Every effort will be made to allocate Youth Workers to children who live in a close area so that sessions can be completed as efficiently as possible
• Set targets for progression and regularly monitor and review the quality of the local youth work provision amending group work activities
• Meeting each child on a weekly basis, online or picking up/dropping off at home, building rapport, and planning appropriate activities according to their individual interests, abilities and goals
• Taking full responsibility for the child’s safety and welfare when out in the community, on session or in groups
• Reporting and recording of all case related information on CUK database
• Raising and reporting safeguarding concerns internally and externally
• Liaising with professionals that work with the children and families you are supporting including social care or school
• Attending and contributing to all internal meetings including programme and organisational meetings
• Liaising directly with each parent/carer to ensure sessions happen every week
• Completing session reports for each session within 24 hours of it taking place
• Understanding and abiding by all of Chance UK’s policies and procedures
• Following Chance UK’s safeguarding procedures and acting on any concerns within an appropriate timeframe
• Attending a graduation ceremony at the end of the mentoring period, and abiding with Chance UK’s no-contact policy with families after this date
• Working pro-actively to achieve the best outcomes for each child, and flagging up issues that arise
• Attending a monthly 1:1 supervision with line managers at Chance UK’s office
• Delivering groups and universal workshops with children across CUK services
• Contributing to the organisations bank of stories and case studies that help share the impact of the work we do

About us:

The Pankhurst Trust brings together Manchester Women’s Aid and the Pankhurst Centre. We work together to ensure the story of the women who won the vote continues to inspire us all to challenge gender inequality, and to ensure that those suffering from domestic violence and abuse get the confidential help they need.

62 Nelson Street was the home of the Emmeline Pankhurst and her family and was the place where the first meeting of the Women’s Social and Political Union – the movement which became known as the Suffragettes – took place. Saved from demolition by a grass roots campaign in the 1970s and 1980s, the Pankhurst Centre is now the only heritage site in the U.K. dedicated to telling the story of the Pankhurst family and the story of women’s fight for the right to vote.

Manchester Women’s Aid has over 40 years’ experience in providing vital services to survivors of domestic violence and abuse in Manchester, including refuge accommodation, outreach and education services, and specialist services for marginalised groups.

The Pankhurst Trust (Incorporating Manchester Women’s Aid) is a diverse organisation with c31% of our staff coming from BAME and c12% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with c11% of staff being aged 18-24 and c25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the role:

All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable

Emerge Worker Dispersed Properties – 1 role available

The purpose of this role is the delivery of service user experience in refuge, ensuring that individuals’ therapeutic, practical and emotional needs are met within a psychologically informed environment.

You will work towards positive outcomes for individuals and families including reduction in crisis situations related to domestic abuse or relationship issues, improved mental and physical wellbeing, reducing demand on statutory services, increasing economic independence through debt reduction, improved budgeting and accessing employment.

Amongst other duties, you will work on the organisation’s referral line on a rota basis, assessing applicants for availability of bed space and checking eligibility criteria. You will work with families towards positive outcomes including reduction of crisis situations related to domestic abuse.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week on a rota covering the hours of 09.00 – 20.00

Salary: £21 077.00 per annum

Duration: permanent (subject to funding)

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays

Residential Social Care Worker

Cheadle & Gatley

£18,520.00

We are currently recruiting residential support workers within our children's services, the jobs will be based in Cheadle and Gatley.

About us…

At Together Trust we believe everybody deserves an equal chance in life. There are no exceptions. We provide a wide range of support services including fostering, residential, community and family support. We also provide specialist educational support through our schools and colleges.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and successful applicants will be required to undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS check.

We have a specialist residential children’s home which caters for children and young people with Autism and associated learning disabilities. We are now looking to recruit a number of residential staff to work at our services based in Gatley and Cheadle.

As our Residential Support Worker…

You will support children aged from 5 to 18 years of age with learning disabilities, being a positive and supportive role model.

You will encourage young people to develop confidence, self-esteem and essential life skills. As part of our team, you will work hard to empower our young people, help them break through barriers and experience a range of varied opportunities and activities.

As a Residential Support Worker, you will plan activities for the young people to be involved in, our aim is to give the young people we support the opportunity to experience new and fun adventures and experience a lasting sense of achievement and happiness. We are sensitive to individual needs and pride ourselves of working with all our young people in a unique way.

Residential Support Workers will be actively involved working closely with families and other professionals around the children we support including education staff, healthcare professionals and attending healthcare appointments. You will communicate effectively with parents and carers, be responsible for administration of medication, daily reporting and personal care within morning and evening routines. A number of the young people we support may need assistance with all aspects of personal care, such as bathing and toileting, getting dressed, others require encouragement and support to be able to become more independent.

Importantly, you will provide a fun and nurturing environment at all times and be able to manage challenging situations and behaviour with the support of your internal team and the teams within the wider trust.

About You...

You are caring, passionate, positive, professional and supportive – looking to make a real difference in children and young people’s lives. Experience is preferable but is not essential. What’s more important is the desire for a challenging and rewarding role and a genuine interest in developing your skills through the training we offer. We also ask that you are willing to complete QCF level 3 in caring for young people within a residential setting if you do not already hold this or an equivalent qualification.

As the team provide 24/7 support, you will need to be flexible and willing to work shifts on a rota basis over a day 7 period, due to the nature of this role you will be required to take part in sleep over shifts, these are paid in addition to the 37.5 hours at a rate of £62.64 and are not included in the 37.5 hours advertised.

Candidates with a full, clean driving license are encouraged to apply. You must be over 21 years of age to apply for this role due to the age range of the young people in the service. (These roles are exempt from the Employment Equality (Age) Regulation 2006)

Fixed Term Contract until March 2024

Norwich – with frequent home visits and outreach

Closing date: 8th August 2021 at 11.30 pm.

Interview date: 12th August 2021

Are you a client-focused individual with recent experience of providing specialist level housing and/or debt and/or welfare benefit advice? Then join Shelter as an Advice, Support & Guidance Worker and you could soon be delivering a vital advice and guidance led outreach service to local GP surgery patients referred by clinical staff for intervention.

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the Team

Shelter Norfolk is a busy advice centre delivering housing advice services from our base in Norwich and outreach locations across the county. The Living Well project is a consortium with a group of other agencies that supports the provision, coordination and development of Social Prescribing. Its aim is to help individuals and families to access support within their local community via community, voluntary and public-sector organisations. But, we need your help.

About the Role
Focusing on the social aspects of health and wellbeing, you’ll provide advice to clients on benefits, debt, housing and other aspects of their environment and circumstances that may have a detrimental effect on them. First, you’ll carry out an initial assessment to help them identify their health, social and well-being goals. You’ll then work closely with them to develop a personal plan of desired outcomes and actions, referring them to voluntary sector services, community groups, activity clubs and/or public sector services so that they can achieve their goals. Developing a strong knowledge of the local voluntary and community sector to ensure clients are referred appropriately will be important too. We’ll also rely on you to build links with everyone you deal with and act as an advocate for the project, feeding back what works well internally, in order to develop models of good practice.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

Used to working with vulnerable people and/or people with multiple and complex needs, you also have experience of operating within a safeguarding framework. What's more, you have a proven ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders, both statutory and non-statutory. A flexible approach that reflects the needs of the service is essential too, as is a flair for influencing others and getting them to change their views, intentions or actions. Someone who responds quickly and positively to change, you’re not afraid to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas when appropriate. You’re also proficient using case management systems, Microsoft Office applications, internet and email etc., while the ability to type is also preferred.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata for part-time), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Substance misuse recovery 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, poverty and addictions. Please note this is not for CGL

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 60
• 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
Weekly pay

What you need to do now

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18.5 hours (flexible across 3 days)

RISE are delighted to announce that we are recruiting to a number of posts for our new Communities Rising Project funded for three years by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. The aim of Communities Rising is to mobilise the voices, skills, actions and networks of women survivors and others in our communities in order to galvanise positive change around the issue of violence against women and girls (VAWG). The project plans to do this by creating physical and digital hubs and networks across Brighton & Hove and East Sussex where survivors, community members and mentors can gather to learn skills, open conversations, take part in debate and take individual and collective action.

Communities Rising is fundamentally a proposal by our communities, for our communities. RISE grew out of grass roots community action and we are delighted to be able to re-focus our attention on, and re-prioritise the needs of, our communities. The professionalisation and bureaucratisation of the sector has created a lack of opportunities for members of our communities who, for years, have been expressing their desire to be more involved in activism, campaigning, awareness raising and systems change. This project gives voice to and harnesses those desires and the huge reserves of energy that underpin them.

RISE is looking for an experienced and capable community development worker to oversee our Community Connector Programme which is part of the Communities Rising Project. Using the asset-based community development model; the programme enables survivors to identify, grow and galvanise their gifts, strengths and resources in order to make positive change for themselves and their communities.

The Community Builder will be able to initiate, grow and sustain community connections, bringing survivors to the centre of RISE, as well as working in a trauma-informed way with community members to realise their potential. The successful candidate will offer a comprehensive programme of training, workshops, mentoring and reflective practice, as well as online provision, to survivors in order to focus on ‘what is strong, not what is wrong’. The post holder will be skilled at creating community groups, offering coaching and mentoring and holding people in positive regard as they stretch, grow and learn in a safe and supportive community environment.

On appointment you will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and supply us with references.

More information about the role and how to apply is available on the RISE website.

Interviews will take place 23 August – 10 September 2021

* This post is only open to female applicants as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

RISE is a Disability Confident employer and actively works on being inclusive. We are keen to diversify our staff team to better reflect our community by encouraging black and minorities and disabled women to apply for this role. We guarantee an interview to all women meeting this description that meet the competencies required.

Benefits that we can offer in return:

• 3% employer contribution pension.
• Very generous holiday entitlement of 27 days’ annual leave rising to 29 after 5 years plus bank holidays.
• Employee assisted programme.
• Focus on well-being and balancing flexible working alongside RISE’s priorities.
• Committed to training and learning opportunities for continuous development.
• Trauma Focussed wellbeing support.

Age UK Islington specialises in Wellbeing services provision. Our services are available to all adults, and we have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Case Worker in our Enablement service.

Enablement focusses on supporting people to resolve practical issues and problems such as Home & Housing, Finances, Isolation, to name a few, whilst enabling people to build and develop skills and increase their confidence to better manage their own wellbeing in the longer term.

This role is well suited to an individual with extensive experience of directly working one-to-one with clients, families, and carers. Based within Islington, you will also be working closely with a range of professionals including Adult Social Care, Housing and Health practitioners, alongside other Age UK Islington services.  

You will have responsibility for receiving and triaging referrals and allocating cases to appropriate staff within the Enablement project and other Age UK Islington services. You will also manage a caseload, be responsible for forming effective partnerships with external agencies, assisting the manager in monitoring how the service is operating and contribute to the development of staff within your team.

Your role involves working with people who will be experiencing complex issues, so you will need good listening and communication skills. You will need excellent IT and organisational skills, be able to adapt to changing demands and priorities, be solution focussed, decisive whilst remaining service focussed.  For more information see the full job description and person specification.

To Apply

Please complete the attached application form stating how you meet the requirements for this position by addressing the Person Specification 

Closing date: Thursday 29th July 2021

Interview date: Thursday 5th August 2021

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check with Adult and Child Barring.

Age UK Islington recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.