These are innovative new roles to develop ‘social prescribing’ in the local NHS. Based in the East Central Primary Care Network (PCN) you will work in different GP practices in that Network to deliver their specific priorities.  You will join a team of six Link Workers working in Haringey PCNs and be part of a wider community based Borough team which offers information, signposting and short term support across the eight localities in Haringey.

Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical ‘link workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

For details of how to apply please download the Applicant Pack and Monitoring Form.

Head of Legal Advice and Welfare Services

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, Maternity Cover (up to 12 months)

Hours: 28 hours per week

Location: London, Finsbury Park

Salary:£41,385.60 pro rata per annum (inclusive of London Weighting, FTE £51,732.00) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance

The Head of Legal advice and Welfare Service is responsible for leading Freedom from Torture’s Legal Advice and Welfare Service (LAWS) through which advice is provided to treatment clients and their clinicians on asylum and immigration legal matters and welfare entitlements as a core element of Freedom from Torture’s holistic model of rehabilitation. The role involves managing, coordinating and developing the Legal Advice and Welfare Service which consists of a multi-sited, multidisciplinary national team. You will be responsible for ensuring that accessible, high quality, safe and ethical legal and welfare advice and casework is delivered by the service to treatment clients and their clinicians.

Holding and maintaining a current practising certificate from either the Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council, the Law Society of Scotland or the Faculty of Advocates, the ideal candidate for this role will also have the following experience and skills: 

• Expert in UK and European asylum, immigration and human rights law and procedure

• Knowledge of UK case law, policy and procedures relating to use of expert medical evidence in asylum claims

• Recent provision of legal advice in asylum and immigration matters including to torture survivors

• Advising or providing representation in Judicial Review proceedings

• Ability to convey information clearly (orally and in writing) to audiences lacking legal expertise

• Sensitivity in working with people who have experienced trauma

• Strong relationship builder able to priories and manage a demanding work load 

• A good knowledge of Home Office policies relating to survivors of torture will be highly desirable.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided. 

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date:  14/06/2020

Expected date of interviews: TBC

As an organisation working with a potentially vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please

Do you have the personal commitment, drive and person-centred values to be able to make a real difference to the lives of people with autism?

We are seeking a highly skilled, proactive and resilient Service Manager for our specialist service in Ulverston. This service has been developed to meet the needs of people with complex care needs including those with a learning disability, autism and those who display behaviours which can challenge.

Your role will be to lead the service as the Registered Manager, deploying your staff team effectively and creatively to deliver the highest standards of care and support, enabling service users to enjoy wellbeing, quality of life and community connections. You will promote and re-inforce a culture of responsive, professional, person-centred practice and Active Support across the service. Relationships will be built based on respect and unconditional positive regard. You will be responsible for leading practice development and delivery across the service.

Key Tasks and Duties-

• Working as part of the Duty Manager Rota, which covers seven days a week which includes ensuring the robust leadership of the service.
• Providing direct support to service users for part of your working week.
• Working alongside staff members as they deliver support to monitor and observe their interactions and practice with service users, offering guidance, support and opportunities to learn how to dynamically respond to risk appropriately.
• You will be required to provide a practical response to service users behaviour that challenges, for example if you are present when there is an incident, you will be expected to respond to ensure that staff feel fully supported with such challenges.
• You will be responsible for reviewing all Behavioural Incident Reports, providing feedback on the approaches used using our Airtable Reporting Mechanism.       You will carry out debrief and reflect with staff following all incidents and will use your time to coach and mentor staff and junior managers to ensure they understand the importance of following behavioural guidelines.
• You will hold regular core staff meetings, providing staff with opportunities to reflect upon support difficulties and positive outcomes. You will provide staff with opportunities to build and develop emotional resilience in their work.
• You will work with the Complex Care Lead and other members of the team to present your findings following incident analysis and from staff consultations to ensure a round approach is delivered.
• You will ensure actions recorded on Clinical Action Logs are completed and will bring any concerns to your Service Director.
• You will provide accurate and robust updates to the multi disciplinary teams involved with our service users, ensuring they have access to appropriate analytical information to enable them to have confidence in our approaches.
• You will attend all MDT meetings for service users and will prepare appropriate and regular updates for all such meetings.
• You will be responsible for assessing new referrals for the service and will be able to create robust formulations of need, including appropriate transitions and initial support information.
• You will attend all contract review meetings and you will ensure your contribution is well prepared in advance.
• Developing the skills, knowledge base and professional practice of the senior team.
• You will be responsible for auditing all aspects of your service and developing action plans and systems to ensure continual service improvement.

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support to older people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism and people with physical disabilities and mental health needs. The support we offer is tailored to the individual and promotes their independence and community engagement. We are an Investor in People accredited employer of a diverse team of over 5,000 well supported staff across England. Our services in London and the South East employ over 600 staff supporting around 1,000 people with care and support needs.

Closing Date: 09 June 2020

Integral is a global alliance of Christian relief and development agencies. The Secretariat is seeking an experienced administrator to provide a stable organisational infrastructure for its work. The successful candidiate will be responsible for managment and administration of Integral's finances, governance and legal compliance, HR, and IT.

JOB TITLE: Support Co-ordinator

LOCATION: Home-based with remote access to the Integral server; preferably based in the UK

WORKING HOURS: 60% position, working 21 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks)

CONTRACT TYPE: Temporary for one year with the possibility of being extended

RESPONSIBLE TO: Integral CEO

1. PROFILE OF INTEGRAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR ROLE

Integral is a global alliance of independent Christian relief and development agencies, working together to present a more effective response to poverty worldwide.  Integral’s goal is to see holistic transformation for more poor people, through providing collaborative opportunities for its’ Members in disaster response and beyond.

It is essential that the position holder must support the aims and objectives of the Alliance. Applicants must be committed to Integral's Christian beliefs, and fully participate in and contribute to the Christian spiritual life of the Secretariat and the Alliance. The Occupational Requirement appended to the bottom of this document explains that in more detail.

2. PURPOSE OF THE SECRETARIAT

Our small Secretariat team works hard on behalf of our Members to fulfil our Mission and Vision. We work virtually across three nations to champion, encourage and facilitate collaborative working across our membership.

Secretariat Mission Statement

• The Integral Secretariat models working virtually and collaboratively.
• We seek to be responsive to God’s leading and our Members’ needs.
• We aim for professional excellence in our work and working practices.
• We work to create flexible structures to support our Members to work effectively together.

The Secretariat facilitates the delivery of the Integral Strategic Plan, specifically to run effective disaster responses and to enable effective collaboration. We serve our Member agencies in the following areas:

• Run Joint Disaster Responses
• Group Support
• Member Care
• Spiritual Support
• External Engagement

3. MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To provide a stable organisational infrastructure for the work of the Secretariat and to assist other Secretariat staff in fulfilling their roles.
• Responsibility for managing and administration in the following areas:
  1. Financial
  2. Governance and legal compliance
  3. HR and legal compliance
  4. General and IT
• Take a full part in the functioning of the Integral Secretariat.

4. PARTICIPATION IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF INTEGRAL

As part of the Secretariat, discern God’s leading in your work and for Integral generally. Join the Integral Secretariat weekly prayer times via Skype conference call. Participate in days set aside for prayer and discernment. Take turns to lead devotional time at the weekly team meeting.

5. POSITION IN ORGANISATION

This job is positioned within the Secretariat and is responsible to the CEO, but working closely with other members of the Secretariat. The successful candidate will preferably be based in the UK.

6. SCOPE OF JOB: DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide a stable organisational infrastructure for the work of the Secretariat and to assist other Secretariat staff in fulfilling their roles.

Responsibility for managing and administration in the following areas:

A. Financial management and administration

Lead in the development and implementation of finance systems to run the Secretariat efficiently and support collaboration amongst Integral Members.

• Work with the CEO, Treasurer and Board Finance Committee to ensure excellent long term financial planning and management for Integral.
• Maintain and assist in the development of all financial policies and procedures both for the Board and the Secretariat.
• Receive and process the monthly expenses claims of all staff.
• Complete monthly accounts using QuickBooks accounting software. Complete quarterly financial reports for the CEO and Treasurer.
• Alert the CEO and Treasurer of any foreseen overspend and implement new budget lines required for the next financial year
• Liaise with external financial support e.g. Payroll providers, accountants and independent examiners to enable the smooth running of the financial systems.
• Complete invoices and payments and on-line banking in an accurate & timely manner.
• Keep an electronic filing system of invoices, income, expenditure, receipts and statements in good order.
• Help develop the annual budget by producing year-to-date figures at key points through the year, getting income figures from our Members, finding out cost of living rises, and supporting the CEO in setting the budget.
• Work with the CEO on the annual statutory accounts and report.
• Monitor Integral’s obligations with regards to VAT and take appropriate action when necessary.
• Complete an annual Gift Aid Return for donations.
• Oversee compliance with the requirements of the Fundraising Regulator; maintain our secure donor database and ensure it is cleansed regularly.
• Oversee the production and printing of all Integral stationery, business cards, leaflets and annual reports.

B. Governance administration and legal compliance

Ensure Integral meets its statutory governance requirements.

• Complete documentation and ensure compliance with deadlines for Companies House and the Charity Commission.
• Creating ‘joining packs’ for any new Members or Board members. Ensure they fill in the correct legal documentation to become Members of Integral.
• Send new Members any Integral governance documents they need. Ensure that signed documentation is received back from new Members or Board members and filed on the server and submitted to the relevant statutory bodies.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in requirements for charities and advise the CEO and ExCo when action is needed to meet new requirements.
• Work with the CEO to prepare Board meeting agenda, papers and presentations.
• Clerk for the ExCo and Board at Board meetings and ensure minutes are distributed in a timely way and that actions are followed up.

C. HR administration and legal compliance

Ensure high quality design, development, and delivery of financial, IT, HR and administrative policies, procedures and systems to support the work of the Secretariat and collaboration amongst Members.

• Assist the CEO in ensuring all Secretariat staff members are legally contracted.
• Ensure all staff hold current DBS certificates.
• Ensure contracts are signed and upheld.
• Keep staff files confidential and up to date.
• Ensure all staff adhere to the appraisals schedule.
• Create and disseminate annual leave cards and ensure they are regularly updated.
• Working with HR Consultants, keep appraised of any changes in employment law and ensure the Staff Handbook is updated accordingly.
• Participate in Secretariat recruitment process as required - from drafting Job Descriptions, selection, interviewing and briefing new staff.

D. General and IT administration

• Support host Members for Integral meetings in organising logistics for Integral meetings with the host agency or in-country support.
• In circumstances where there is no Member in the meeting country, be willing to organise logistics for the Integral meetings.
• Willingness to travel to help with on-site logistics during the meetings up to twice a year.
• Maintain a secure electronic filing system for Secretariat data and Member collaboration data on both the internal server and the Google Drive.
• Lead the Secretariat in using Google Apps for their own collaboration as a virtual office.
• Ensure joint space on the Google Drive is periodically cleansed and organised.
• Keep Google web systems and user administration up-to-date.

Integral Secretariat Team Member

Take full part in the functioning of the Integral Secretariat.

• Be an active Member of the Secretariat, joining weekly team meetings (via Skype) and prayer times and integrating with the functioning of the Secretariat.
• Handle aspects of the organisation of the Secretariat’s annual spiritual retreat, including appropriate venue sourcing, liaison with external retreat leaders, and all logistics for Secretariat staff.
• As the Secretariat models collaborative working, feedback, improve or proofread the work of colleagues as and when required.
• Manage projects / work packages as and when required. Ensure all stakeholders are consulted and their viewpoints represented in Secretariat-wide work.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential: 

• Significant practical experience in administrative management

Desirable:

• Professional qualification(s)

EXPERIENCE

Essential: 

• Essential: Minimum 3 years’ experience in financial administration and management for a business or charity.
• Essential: Experience using Google Drive and associated Apps

Desirable:

• Practical experience in working in a Christian Relief and Development organisation.
• Experience of working in a Christian environment and across time zones and cultures.
• Working experience of British HR practice and laws.

SKILLS/ ABILITIES

Essential: 

• Highly organised.
• Process thinker, able to deliver practical and clear tools / guidelines.
• Systems thinker, problem solver.
• Excellent eye for detail and quick to grasp new concepts and ideas.
• Ability to meet deadlines and cope under pressure.
• Flexible to meet the changing needs of the Alliance and Secretariat team.
• Facilitation skills, diplomacy and influencing skills, building collaboration and consensus.
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English.
• Good understanding of organisational systems, policies and procedures.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to self-manage and work virtually.
• Computer skills: Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, web, Google Apps.

Desirable:

• Layout and design skills.
• Knowledge of QuickBooks accounting software.
• Project management qualification.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential: 

• Committed Christian.
• Commitment to the mission of Integral Alliance.
• Commitment to unity and collaborative working.
• Willingness to travel.

Application process

• If you have any questions about the role please contact us thorugh the 'Contact Us' page on our website.
• If you are interested in applying we invite you to fill in our online application form by our deadline of Friday 26th June 2020.
   

Integral’s Occupational Requirement

Integral has a distinctively Christian ethos and purpose, having grown out of Tearfund in the UK which was founded by the UK Evangelical Alliance. Integral’s fundamental purpose is to serve Jesus Christ by uniting our Members in order to better combat poverty. All our Members share Christian beliefs and aim to bring good news to the poor in this world. They do this through demonstrating and proclaiming the Christian gospel for the whole person through Christian relief and development. A core conviction is that our work will not prosper unless we pray about it and we treat our work as part of our worship to God. 

In order to achieve our mission and to maintain our ethos, it is vital that every Secretariat staff member is committed to Integral’s vision, mission and values and is actively working in accordance with our evangelical beliefs.  As an organisation we aspire to combining professional excellence infused with passion for and commitment to Christ.  We therefore seek to work in line with biblical principles and teaching and to seek God’s guidance in prayer in everything that we do.  Through our practice of employing only committed Christians we have nurtured a working environment where Secretariat staff are committed to and united in achieving our mission.

Essential aspects of work for all Secretariat staff include participation in and leadership of spiritual sessions of worship, prayer, Bible study and reflection, both as a Secretariat and in Integral meetings. We believe this is fundamental to the achievement of our mission.

We therefore regard it as a genuine occupational requirement that this position is held by a committed Christian. The position holder must support the aims and objectives of the Alliance and be committed to the Christian ethos and vision of Integral. We believe that the conditions in part 3, Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 have been met and that there is a prima facie case that the successful candidate will be a practicing Christian.

We have a great opportunity for the role of Senior Recovery Worker within the Complex Needs Service.

Job title: Senior Recovery Worker
Salary grade: £22,250 - £23,165 per annum including Outer London Weighting (OLW) dependent on skills and experience
Responsible to: HMN Services Manager (Complex Needs & Crisis)
No. of hours: 37.5 hours per week
Main Base/s: Welwyn Garden City

1. Expectation to work across Hertfordshire to exercise the duties of the role.

2. Due to social distancing and lockdown restrictions as a consequence of the Covid-19 Pandemic this post will require working from home until Government guidance enables us to return to office and community based provision.

Background to the Post

Working in partnership with Turning Point and Herts Young Homeless to deliver the Complex Needs Service. To work as a key member of the team in delivering this service.  To support the line manager to meet the statutory requirements of the service specification and prepare for all internal and external service audits/ inspections.

Turning Point and Herts Young Homeless work as a partnership to provide community support to people recovering from mental health issues and additional complex needs, including substance misuse and learning disabilities.  The service will offer a range of support to promote personal recovery and independence including:

• 1:1 outreach support from dedicated Keyworker/co-worker providing solution-focused support with practical issues including such as finances/housing/employment.
• Crisis Planning – promoting self-management through individuals building an understanding of their own triggers/coping strategies.
• Active Referrals/Signposting – working with individuals to identify resources/services to meet their needs and providing appropriate support to access these effectively.
• Group-work – delivering courses that support self-management recovery, including: Mindfulness/Assertiveness/Keeping Well/Stress Management/Problem Solving/Crisis Management.
• Peer Support – Strength-based approach concentrating on the inherent strengths of an individual to aid recovery and empowerment.
• Extended dual diagnosis support
• Whole family approach

Purpose of Post

The purpose of the Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service Recovery Worker role is to:

• Improve mental wellbeing
• Reduce the use of police, ASB, tenancy enforcement, housing needs and environmental health services
• Improve health and wellbeing
• Improve access to early help
• Improve tenancy sustainment
• Provide support to access more appropriate services
• Provide support to build life skills, confidence, resilience, self-esteem and build social networks
• Provide support to reduce episodes of crisis
• Provide an assertive outreach approach for those who may have complex or multiple needs
• To maintain and enhance service delivery standards and effectiveness

Closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 11th June 2020 by 5pm.

Interviews shall take place on Friday 19th June 2020 using Microsoft Teams.

To Apply

To apply, please click apply to be redirected to our website to download the job description and find further details on how to submit your application.

Lead this new service in the London Borough of Sutton, helping to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people with complex lives and unmet need.

Social Prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical ‘Link Workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Link Workers support existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and provide feedback to groups and strategic partners to enable development, working collaboratively with all local partners.

Social Prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience and reduce health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Age UK Sutton is the commissioned provider for Social Prescribing Sutton, for an all-age service working as part of a specialist multidisciplinary team including GPs and nurses supporting those with complex needs.  The Head of Social Prescribing Sutton will be managing a team of six Link Workers who focus on providing support for patients’ non-medical needs.  These needs are often complex, and many patients referred to the service are frequent visitors to primary care, in particular their GP. The service is for adults over the age of 18 whose needs meet referral criteria.  The Head of Service and the Link Workers will be employed by Age UK Sutton as the contract holder but expected to develop strong relationships with a wide range of local providers whose services could benefit patients referred for support, who may be of any age.

As Head of Service, you will line manage the Link Workers, and assume leadership of the service, working closely with partners in Health and Care and the Voluntary Sector to promote and develop the service, producing regular monitoring and insight reports, and working with the Director of Services and Social Prescribing Sutton Steering Group to review and develop the strategic direction of the service.  This is a new role with significant opportunities for personal development as the service evolves.

To apply, please submit a CV and supporting statement detailing how you meet the attributes described in the person specification.

For an informal discussion about the role before applying, please contact Age UK Sutton's Director of Services, Hilary Dodd 

Please note that CVs not accompanied by a supporting statement will not be considered

FitzRoy are recruiting for an experienced Service Manager to manage our Day, Residential and Supported Living Schemes in Trafford that provide care, support & enablement for adults with learning and physical disabilities. This exciting opportunity is offered as a full time permanent contract (37.5hours per week), starting in July 2020.

The role:

With the assistance of three Deputy Managers & support from your Regional Manager, you will manage a staff team to ensure a sustainable, quality service is provided in each service, which truly transform people’s lives. You will develop strong relationships with the people we support & their families, demonstrating strong organisational skills & sharing FitzRoy values:

• We see the person - ensure person centred approaches deliver outcomes the people we support want. Develop activities & plans that transform lives according to individual needs, wishes & aspirations
• We are brave - lead, empower & develop staff teams with effective recruitment, training & support. Be accountable for the quality, compliance & financial requirements of the service
• We are creative - develop & deliver innovative & engaging activities & plans to support independence & access opportunities. Create & review annual business plans, taking action to meet agreed performance levels

What we look for:

• Experience of managing Learning Disability Support Services 
• Minimum Level 3 / NVQ in Health & Social Care 
• Passion for leading positive change
• Resilient, resourceful & solutions focused attitude
• Commitment to transforming lives & promoting the rights of people with disabilities
• Drivers Licence & vehicle essential (mileage paid)

What we offer:

• c£32,000.00 FTE
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and rising with service
• Award winning induction, training and leadership development programme
• Pension and life assurance
• Love my Perks online discount membership, 24-hour employee assistance line and Bike to Work scheme
• Enhanced family leave
• DBS application paid for by FitzRoy

This is an amazing opportunity for an established manager to join a supportive & person-centred organisation. If you are an existing manager within social care;  Registered care, Supported Living,  Residential or Day services, looking for a new positive & rewarding role, then join FitzRoy.

Interested? To apply for this role please complete our short application form. 

Early application is encouraged as we regularly review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early. No agencies please

Fixed-term contract until 31 March 2023

Part-time, 21 hours per week

Live Well with Hearing Loss is a three year project funded by the Welsh Government under the Sustainable Social Services Grant. The project has three strands in which recruiting, training and supporting volunteers is an essential element.

Through the Volunteer Led Befriending Service we will offer support to people with deafness and hearing loss who are dealing with feelings of isolation, loneliness and empower them to improve their wellbeing and access services within their local community. This will be delivered in two ways:

• ‘Time for Me’ – at home volunteer led befriending service. 1 hour a week for 10 sessions to be a companion to those with hearing loss, tinnitus or D/deafness who are looking for someone to meet with.
• ‘Out & About’ – volunteer led befriending service to support those with hearing loss, tinnitus or deafness to become more independent and active. Volunteers support for 1 hour a week for 10 sessions to support independence when accessing social groups.

Communication is a basic human need. Yet most of us know someone who struggles to communicate through hearing loss. It can cause substantial harm to friendships, family relationships, confidence, employability, mental health and life chances.

Action on Hearing Loss (formerly the RNID) is the UK’s largest charity for the 11 million people in the UK who confront deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss every day. Established in 1911, we help people to take control of their lives and live the life they choose, removing the barriers standing in their way. We give people support and care, develop technology and treatments, and campaign for equality. 

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

Interview Date: 29th June 2020

This post is also subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

Casework Coordinator – Devon & Cornwall Prison Resettlement Service
Hours: Part time - 20 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2021
Location: Devon & Cornwall
Salary: £23,000.00 pro rata 
Closing Date: Friday 19 June '20 (12 noon).

Please note that due to the peripatetic nature of this role the successful applicant will be required to hold a full driving licence and have access to transport for work use.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to provide invaluable support to individuals moving away from a pattern of offending and into settled accommodation in Devon & Cornwall. The new member of staff will be joining a friendly and high performing team who have made a real difference to individuals seeking to make sustained changes to their pattern of offending. Individuals with a history of homelessness are at significant risk at the point they are released from prison this role will allow the applicant to support the individual into appropriate accommodation and work with them to build happy and healthy patterns of behaviour.  

The purpose of this role is to assess individuals referred by criminal justice partners to establish their suitability to be accommodated in Julian House supported accommodation. The successful applicant will work with these clients to help them establish a home and develop a plan that allows them to meet their diverse support needs. The successful applicant will work closely with criminal justice partners to jointly support the client group and to expand and develop the project.

Benefits: 
 
Julian House employees enjoy a wealth of benefits including:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Charity Shops and Bike Workshops

To Apply: Please apply by submitting an application form outlining why you believe you are suitable for the role, via our jobs page on the Julian House website.

Closing date: 19 June 20 (12 noon).

Interviews are scheduled for Friday 26 June and will take place over Teams video call. 

Do you have the personal commitment, maturity, drive and person-centred values to be able to make a real difference to the lives of people with complex needs?

The Registered Manager will lead the operational management of a service designed to meet the unique needs of 15 individual adults who have learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, mental health diagnosis and complex health needs which may also include presenting behaviours which may challenge.

The Registered Manager will ensure that the service strives to achieve and maintain the highest levels of quality, meeting all CQC standards and contract requirements and that this can be demonstrated through comprehensive quality and contract monitoring processes. You will ensure that the service works in a cohesive and coordinated manner and that service users experience fully integrated care and support. You will ensure that the care and support delivered is truly personalised and provided in accordance with agreed care plans, enabling service users to enjoy wellbeing, quality of life and community connections.

You will promote and re-inforce a culture of responsive, person-centred practice and active support across the service, with relationships based on respect and unconditional positive regard. Your rewarding role will include responsibility for:

• Recruitment and selection of staff matched to the needs of service users
• Management and deployment of staff to meet the needs of service users
• Team building and maintaining a highly motivated workforce
• Ensuring continuous, reliable and consistent service delivery at all times
• Meeting assessed needs and maximising positive outcomes
• Performance management
• Compliance with CQC & commissioner expectations and standards
• Effective contract management
• Effective prevention and management of incidents
• Positive risk management
• Staff support, supervision, coaching and training
• Excellent customer care for all stakeholders and preferences within available resources
• Responding to referrals and undertaking initial assessments of need
• Ensuring all service users have a co-produced plan of support and a designated Key Worker
• Co-ordinating a programme of regular person-centred reviews which put each person’s views and preferences at the heart of planning and decision making
• Maintaining high standards of environmental safety/quality and ensuring a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere
• Facilitate service user engagement, involvement and peer support

You must have prior experience of supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism who have complex needs and who communicate through behaviour that challenges. You must have supervisory/management experience. You will have thorough knowledge and experience of PBS strategies and positive risk management approaches, founded on the principles of least restrictive practice. You must demonstrate excellent assessment, support planning and report writing skills. Some experience of managing successful transitions from and into services is essential.

You will be able to demonstrate skills in managing and motivating a large staff team to achieve the highest standards of person-centred practice. You will be able to lead from the front and delegate effectively as well as to work collaboratively in providing direct care and support as required. You will be warm and emotionally intelligent with the ability to build positive, trusting relationships with service users, their families, staff and partner agencies. You will be able to support our commitment to creating an open, reflective and accountable culture which is underpinned by ethical practice, dignity and rights. You will be a confident and professional practitioner and manager, able to communicate clearly and persuasively and to contribute effectively to multi-disciplinary decision making, planning and review processes.

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support to older people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism and people with physical disabilities and mental health needs. The support we offer is tailored to the individual and promotes their independence and community engagement. We are an Investor in People accredited employer of a diverse team of over 5000 well supported staff across the country.

You will be joining a progressive charitable organisation, strongly committed to investing in your professional development through both practice-based training and academic study. You will also be part of our highly committed and mutually supportive team of operational managers in the North West region and a network of Registered Managers across the country who strive to meet and exceed CQC standards. By joining this team you will be able to access peer support and expertise.

My Care My Way

My Care My Way (MCMW) is a new, innovative way of working with people over the age of 65 with complex needs and conditions. The person is at the centre of holistic care planning across organisations such as health, social care and the voluntary sector. This way of working is a more coordinated, consistent way of providing care for people over 65 with long term conditions in West London and requires people with commitment and passion to work with older people. My Care My Way has been created following intensive work with professionals, patients and the voluntary sector to create a model of care rooted in evidence and designed to meet local needs.

Patients are at the heart of the model, and are working in partnership with professionals, supported by a dedicated integrated care team. All involved, including the person and their carer, will design care plans together to keep the person well for as long as possible and to achieve outcomes that they identify.

My Care My Way will deliver more consistent care for patients at their GP practice, within two multi-functional Integrated Care Hubs in the locality, or within their homes.

Role Summary

The Health and Social Care Assistant (HSCA) role offers a new and exciting opportunity to become part of the My Care My Way workforce; bringing together health and social care expertise to deliver real change for how care is delivered in West London.

The vision for this role is aspirational, in that it aims to bring together over time duties that are carried out by Health Care Assistants, Social Care Trusted Assessors, Navigators, and other disciplines. The post holder will also be equipped to provide low level mental health support. There is an emphasis on promoting independence and supporting patients to adopt self-care approaches, by linking them in with voluntary sector services based on their long term conditions, interests and preferences.

**Please note, this role may involve working some Out of Hours shifts, covering evenings and weekends**

Interviews will take place via remote video conferencing (Zoom or Skype)

Please be advised that recruitment is on a rolling basis until all vacancies are filled.

Casework Coordinator – Devon & Cornwall Prison Resettlement Service
Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week 
Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2021
Location: Plymouth
Salary: £23,000.00 pro rata 
Closing Date: Friday 19 June '20 (12 noon).

Please note that due to the peripatetic nature of this role the successful applicant will be required to hold a full driving licence and have access to transport for work use.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to provide invaluable support to individuals moving away from a pattern of offending and into settled accommodation in Devon & Cornwall. The new member of staff will be joining a friendly and high performing team who have made a real difference to individuals seeking to make sustained changes to their pattern of offending. Individuals with a history of homelessness are at significant risk at the point they are released from prison this role will allow the applicant to support the individual into appropriate accommodation and work with them to build happy and healthy patterns of behaviour.  

The purpose of this role is to assess individuals referred by criminal justice partners to establish their suitability to be accommodated in Julian House supported accommodation. The successful applicant will work with these clients to help them establish a home and develop a plan that allows them to meet their diverse support needs. The successful applicant will work closely with criminal justice partners to jointly support the client group and tio expand and develop the project.

Benefits: 
 
Julian House employees enjoy a wealth of benefits including:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Charity Shops and Bike Workshops

To Apply: Please apply by submitting an application form outlining why you believe you are suitable for the role, via our jobs page on the Julian House website.

Closing date: 19 June 20 (12 noon).

Interviews are scheduled for Friday 26 June and will take place over Teams video call. 

Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life?

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

We have an exciting specialist role within the organisation, delivering the successful Housing First Model to some of the most vulnerable rough sleepers in the London Borough of Islington.

Housing First is an innovative approach, proven to successfully support people with repeat histories of homelessness and who experience multiple disadvantages, into independent and stable accommodation. Based around a set of core principles, which are designed to achieve optimum outcomes, Housing First is about doing things differently which requires flexibility and creativity from all agencies involved.

The Core Principals are: 

1. People have a right to a home

2. Flexible support is provided for as long as is needed

3. Housing and support are separated

4. Individuals have choice and control

5. An active engagement approach is used

6. People are supported to identify their strengths, goals and aspirations

7. A harm reduction approach is used

The role will require you to work alongside the Team Manager and the Regional Services Manager to ensure we successfully support a small case load of clients with complex needs.This tailored support is designed to test the effectiveness of the model for a cohort of clients for whom other solutions have not been effective.

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, proactive and adapt at developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Additionally, you will have a good understanding of the core principles of the Housing First Model and work actively to ensure those principles are at the heart of achieving positive outcomes for our clients.An overall high level of skills and experience, in order to provide an intensive outreach and wraparound service is also required. 

If you feel that you have the skills required for the role this is a great opportunity to develop your career within SHP. 

Closing date for applications: 29th June 2020 (at Midnight)

Interviews to be held: 10th July 2020

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited.  In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic and fun individual to join Cherry Trees amazing care team.

Cherry Trees provides day-time and over-night “home from home” respite to children with a range of disabilities in a stimulating environment.

You will work in a team with other carers looking after the children and young people who come to Cherry Trees, working a shift that might be morning / evening / weekend.

Shift patterns are typically an early shift of 7am-2.15pm, late shift of 1.45pm – 9pm and day shifts of 10am-6pm. Shift patterns are 3-weekly with the Christmas period off.

We remain open at this challenging time to support our children and thier families as much as we are able to and strictly adhere to our Covid 19 guidelines.

Full-training is given as is the opportunity to gain a Diploma Level 3 and build your career with us.

Location: East Clandon, Surrey
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £16,000-£20,000 per annum