Recruiting for a Specialist Behavioural Support Worker to join our Service in Welwyn Garden City!

GBP 20,134 per annum, 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:

Specialist Behaviour Support Workers are responsible for supporting people with learning disabilities and behavioural needs to live full lives, develop skills and maintain their wellbeing. The Welwyn Supported Living Service will be a new home for one customer with learning disabilities and Autism, and we are looking to build a staff team with an excellent value base to support the customer to build their new life and develop their skills as an independent person.

Key Responsibilities:

- Supporting the customer to undertake a full timetable of preferred activities including art, visiting galleries, attending community groups, visiting local amenities, and introducing them to new activities to expand their horizons and networks
- Developing the customer's independent living skills and involving them in all aspects of maintaining and developing their home, including cooking, shopping, cleaning and decorating
- Enabling the customer to keep up with the important people in their life and to meet new people with shared interests
- Supporting the customer to communicate their wants and needs, and communicating with them in a person-centred way
- Supporting the customer to manage their anxieties and frustrations, using Positive Behaviour Support and Autism-specific approaches
- Collating a range of behavioural data and essential paperwork to be analysed within our local management structure
- Driving the customer to activities using the customer's vehicle, in rotation with the wider team
- Communicating with family members and a range of other key stakeholders including social work, psychology and commissioning teams
- Acting in accordance with the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care & Support plus those specific to the service including any statutory requirements
- Consistently reviewing the customer's life goals and their progress towards achieving them, in partnership with them and those important to them
- Supporting the customer with personal care
- Reporting any observations relating to customer welfare
- Maintaining records as required at the project
- Participating in team meetings/reviews, support planning, risk management and the general development of the service
- Undertaking any other duties as requested by management

As we have other support services locally, we may also require you to undertake support duties at other locations, subject to agreement at interview stage. As we have other support services locally, we may also require you to undertake support duties at other locations, subject to agreement at interview stage.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with customers with Autism/Challenging Behaviour/learning disabilities
- Driving licence and a willingness to drive as part of support duties;

Desirable:

- Experience of facilitating creative activities for vulnerable adults

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date. We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with the Inclusive Employers Standard 2020. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

We have several positions with various hours available. Successful applicants will be called for interview before the closing date. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should the positions become filled. Send your application today to avoid dissapointment. 

Working within local communities across Oxfordshire you will be joining our successful Community Information Network Team as we work to further improve access to information, support, activities and opportunities for all those with a health, care or support need. You will be working with individuals, families and groups both in the community and in their own homes. In addition you will be working closely with local GP surgeries to provide the new social prescribing element into the support they offer to their patients. You will also have the opportunity to join our hospital discharge support team working across various settings including the John Radcliffe, Horton Hospital and community hospitals. We work with local communities to further build upon and support what is being offered as well as working with individuals and their families to connect them with the support and opportunities that exist. We are passionate about supporting and empowering people so that they can maintain their independence, health, wellbeing and ‘live life to the full’.

Job Title: Primary Care Wellbeing Worker: Wokingham
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £21,748 - £24,981 (11-18 NJC Salary Scale)
Contract: Fixed Term – 18 months
Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Pension: Auto enrolment in place
Probationary Period: 6 months
Accountable to: Primary Care Wellbeing Project Manager
Base: Wokingham

About Oxfordshire Mind

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We’re here to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support; in total over 20,000 people in Oxfordshire access our services each year. With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their lives, people need Mind more than ever.

We employ over 180 staff and operate in 28 locations around the county.

Purpose of the Job

The Wokingham Primary Care Project is a new service to be delivered in Wokingham Borough, across 4 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) from Spring 2021. Under the supervision of a team manager, a team of Wellbeing Workers will deliver a time limited person-centred service. The offer to service users will include non-medical interventions such as social prescribing, development of self-management tools and techniques and active support to engage people with relevant activities and community support.

Wellbeing Workers will forge relationships with existing Voluntary and Community Services (VCS) and local health services and mental health resources.

This project will offer support to people who are:

• Experiencing mild or moderate mental health problems and would benefit from some support as to how to manage their own wellbeing.
• Receiving treatment from the GP for mental health issues and would benefit from support to consider accessing local services and opportunities
• Caring for someone with a mental health issue and would benefit from support for themselves or for the person they care for.

The key responsibilities of the Primary Care Wellbeing Worker are to:

• Ensure that people referred by practice staff or via self-referral receive an excellent person-centred service via an initial assessment and follow-up sessions as required.
• Work with individuals to identify their own hopes and goals, and support them to develop a personalised action plan to increase resilience and wellbeing.
• Keep up to date with appropriate information about relevant support and services within Wokingham borough and West Berkshire- and other local, regional and national services - to ensure service users can be offered appropriate information and signposting.
• Review and assess progress of individuals, supporting them to complete their personalised action plans.
• Carry out follow up contact with individuals to evaluate outcomes using designated measures such as the Short Warwickshire-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) and patient satisfaction questions.
• Collect and accurately record service user data onto an online database.
• Provide advice and guidance to GP practice staff about community and voluntary sector services.
• Forge and maintain excellent relationships with Primary Care staff to help ensure the service is well understood, and that staff are aware of ongoing work with service users.
• Ensure that the service is inclusive, ethically and culturally relevant and able to meet the wellbeing/mental needs of a diverse range of residents in the Wokingham Borough, g. younger adults, women with children, black and minority ethnic communities, veterans and groups who may have difficulty in accessing services.

About you

• Experience of working within mental health, wellbeing or similar services and as part of a team
• Experience of working with individuals enabling them to identify and pursue their own goals to support personal wellbeing and recovery.
• Experience of working in an often-demanding environment and supporting people with complex needs
• Experience of data collection and entry to enable the measuring of outcomes and service impact
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues, mental health services and the needs of people living with mental health problems
• Ability to establish positive inter-agency relationships
• A full understanding of child and adult safeguarding issues and procedures
• Effective team work skills with the ability to take initiative and work on an individual basis
• Strong commitment to the involvement of people who use services, social inclusion, recovery and partnership working

Closing Date: Sunday 21st March 2021 (Midnight)
Interview Date: Monday 29th March 2021
Interview location: Held virtually via Microsoft Teams

To apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website where you can find further information about the role and apply online. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Oxfordshire Mind is fully committed to the principles and practices of equal opportunity and diversity.

We are a Mindful Employer.

No agencies please.

ESTEEM is a Sussex-based charity which involves young adults aged 14-26 in opportunities to develop confidence, build life-skills and improve well-being. We do this by offering access to 1:1 vocational mentoring, tailored volunteer roles, well-being support services and group activities in a safe and supportive environment​. 

We have an opportunity for a Wellbeing Project Manager to join our team. ESTEEM has experienced significant growth over the past two years and this role has evolved from the need to centralise wellbeing support. 

Based at ESTEEM’s offices, in Shoreham, West Sussex, The Well-being project acts as a ‘plug-in’ to ESTEEM’s Youth COAST (Creating Opportunities, Activities, Support & Training) project, for 14-26 year olds. The Wellbeing Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing a free counselling service, with both qualified and in-training counsellors. Counsellors provide 1:1 sessions for an hour a week per person, to be reviewed after 12 sessions.

This role will also include delivery of ½ hour sessions for support, advice and guidance as needed basis.

The Well-being Project aims to work with over 100 young people per year aged 14-26, across all of Sussex, who are facing barriers to achieving their life-goals. Using the five Ways to Wellbeing (Give, Take Notice, Learn, Connect, Be Active), young people will be able to access support, guidance and gain confidence in a safe space. The Wellbeing Project encourages young people to make new friends, help the organisation grow and get involved in their local community. 

This project aims to provide (per year): 

● 400 hours of free 1:1 counselling for young people 

● 200 1/2 hour wellbeing sessions for advice and planning for young people who are in need of immediate support. This would be primarily run by the Wellbeing Manager. 

● 8 -12 Wellbeing Workshops per year including topics such as Resilience, Leadership, or Creative Thinking. Occasionally these may need to happen during the evening Drop-in (6-8pm). ● Oversee the recruitment and coordination of 5 fully qualified Counsellors and 2 Trainee Counsellors & facilitate access to clinical supervision, with a view to growing this team as capacity permits. ● Liaise with Counselling training providers. 

● Maintaining records and updating staff. 

● Liaise with ESTEEM’s Head of Safeguarding to ensure best practice is maintained throughout the project. 

Principal tasks and responsibilities 

Well-being High Level Support 

1. Liaising with CO, Project Manager, Project Worker & Counsellors to manage & schedule 1:1 support sessions with young adults 

2. Working closely with young adults to prompt and identify any issues & help them to make a resolution plan 

3. Spend quality time with young adults, listening & offering support while maintaining clear boundaries 4. Maintain up to date contact logs and data files to ensure information is correctly shared and acted upon according to data protection and confidentiality guidelines 

5. Promote and keep yourself up to date with other organisation’s events and projects that may benefit young people 

6. Updating the staff team with any issues or developments with young people 

7. Write quarterly reports for the senior team and trustees on project progress 

8. Acting as a Designated Safeguarding Officer with 2-3 evenings on-call (until 9pm) each month. 

9. Line Managing Youth Emotional Support Worker.

Counselling Coordination 

1. Working with ESTEEM Counsellors to offer them support & guidance, ensuring clinical supervision is maintained for all counsellors 

2. Liaise with ESTEEM Staff Team to maintain in-house clinical supervision for front-line staff 3. Liaise with counsellors in matching young adults with suitable counsellors, taking into account skill level, interests & approaches 

4. Liaising with external Counselling Training Providers, offering placements at ESTEEM & providing relevant documentation & procedures 

5. Managing the space for confidential sessions, alongside the other staff team members 6. Promote the wellbeing services that ESTEEM offers within the team & on external networks 7. Work with the Youth COAST Project Manager to oversee and monitor the project’s budget 

Well-being Workshops 

1. To run between 8-12 workshops of between 2hrs to 1 day in length 

2. Cover a range of topics that are requested or identified by young adults as being needed or wanted 3. Maintain records of attendees and ensure relevant documentation is completed 

4. Liaise with the Project Worker to coordinate & plan the Drop-in activities involving your workshops 5. Work to budgets

6. Liaise with the YMT (Youth Management Team) to tailor sessions & workshops & maintain ESTEEM’s Youth-led approach at all times 

7. Signpost participants to ESTEEM opportunities and promote relevant events and projects

Person Specification 

ESTEEM are seeking an individual who has experience of the voluntary youth or community sector, with direct practice experience of working with children & young people in a therapeutic and/or wellbeing capacity. Ideally you would have experience in counselling co-ordination, facilitating wellbeing workshops with a youth-led approach, in a range of subjects. 

ESTEEM strives for excellence in our practices to safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults as well as promoting overall safety, safeguarding and welfare of all our members. To support our work we need someone with specialist experience in managing a team, liaising Safeguarding and Therapeutic professionals and taking a holistic approach to wellbeing. 

Based at ESTEEM’s offices, in Shoreham, West Sussex, you will work alongside ESTEEM’s CO and other project workers and management staff, as well as staff of other projects which provide opportunities for 14-26 year olds. 

ESTEEM works with over 160 young people per year across all of Sussex who are facing barriers to achieving their life-goals.You must be able to demonstrate strong abilities for collaborative working, data analysis skills, project delivery, problem solving and planning, demonstrating initiative and the ability to lead through uncertainty. 

ESTEEM office hours are 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday, though we take a flexible approach to work and working patterns; we also ask the same of our staff, alongside the ability to work effectively and respond appropriately in challenging circumstances. 

Appointment to this role is subject to satisfactory vetting and barring checks.

Experience 

Essential 

Desirable

1. 

At least 6 years experience working with young people in a wellbeing capacity

✓

2. 

Experience of developing & running youth-led training & workshops

✓

3. 

At least 2 years experience at management level 

✓

4. 

Experience of working within a budget 

✓

5. 

Experience of working with volunteers 

✓

6

Experience of working to safeguarding legislation and its implementation

✓

7

Trained to Designated Safeguarding Lead Level 

✓

8 

Proven experience & knowledge of facilitating self-help sessions, mentoring young people & offering appropriate guidance & support

✓

9

Experience of working within personal and professional boundaries.

✓

1 

0

Qualification in therapeutic services for young people 

✓

Skills and Abilities

6. 

Have the energy and enthusiasm to inspire young people to be involved and stay involved in the project

✓

7. 

The ability to be supportive and empathetic and work in a trauma informed way

✓

8. 

Strong interpersonal and communication skills - particularly in relation to working with socially excluded young people

✓

9. 

The ability to distinguish between conflicting demands, scheduling and planning work in order to meet priorities and deadlines

✓

10 

The ability to be assertive when necessary and support with ‘challenging behaviour’

✓

11 Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team 

✓

Personal Attributes

12 

Helpful, cooperative and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others, including a commitment to the organisation being youth-led.

✓

13 

Demonstrate and promote ESTEEM’s core values 

✓

14 

Reliability, honesty, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality

✓

15 

Approachability and flexibility in responding to emergencies and unforeseen events, and able to use own initiative in these circumstances.

✓

17 

Dynamic, energetic, imaginative and able to work responsively in a vibrant and fast-changing environment

✓

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Your Space Community Wellbeing Development Worker
NJC Scale Points 12 – 17, starting at £22,183 pa/ pro rata
28.5 hours per week
Bank staff hours are also available
This role is fixed term to March 2022, with the possibility of being extended.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a service delivered by Touchstone, Womens Health Matters, Holbeck Together and Leeds Beckett University to deliver a Wellbeing Space and Support Space across LS8, 9, 10 and 11. Your Space provides a community health development service in South and East Leeds. The service is funded by Public Health at Leeds City Council.

We are looking for a proactive, outgoing individual who is confident in using coproduction and asset-based community development approaches to improve individual and community protective factors and reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing. You will design and deliver activities with targeted communities and the wider workforce to reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing. You will have experience of motivating others to have positive conversations about mental health, delivering both group and individual work, in the form of training sessions and wellbeing activity and be able to work with vulnerable or marginalised communities and volunteers successfully. The post requires a mix of standard hours and out of hours including some weekends.

Closing date: 29th March 2021
Interviews will be held on: 21st & 23rd April 2021.

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Get Berkshire Active works with organisations across Berkshire to increase participation in sport and physical activity. Our overriding aim is to use physical activity to contribute to social, economic, health and community agendas across Berkshire, through the personal development of individuals. We provide our partners with support to achieve these shared aims alongside the delivery of a number of projects to encourage people to be active.

We are seeking an individual with a passion for making a difference to play an integral role in the coordination and delivery of our Employability and Crime Prevention programmes. There is a focus on young people but our programmes also support adults of all ages. The post holder will be required to organise, coordinate and (on some occasions) deliver appropriate interventions, in consultation with partners and participants. We use activities and sport to help develop soft skills in those who are unemployed and self control, empathy and positivity in those at risk of offending. The objective is to encourage participants to become confident and motivated to undertake further training / education or to find employment and therefore reduce their likelihood of becoming involved in crime.

We understand that this is a very unique post, combining elements of physical activity knowledge with employment and crime prevention experience. Therefore we are looking for individuals with experience in one of these areas, but who have the capability, interest and drive to challenge themselves to develop the skills and knowledge in the other areas. If you have transferable skills and are a fast learner we will support you to grow and develop in the role with a wide range of CPD and personal development opportunities. This role may be appropriate for someone with:

• Recruitment / Work Coaching Experience (with an interest in sport / physical activity)
• Youth / Offender Mentoring (with an interest in sport / physical activity)
• Sports Coach / Physical Training Instructor (with knowledge / interest in employment / crime prevention)
• Health / Social Care / Housing Support Advisors
• Personal Development Coaches

Programmes delivered by GBA involve significant numbers of partners working together and the post-holder will be required to manage delivery partnerships between referral agencies and specialist coaches to achieve results.  The post-holder will also need to be comfortable promoting the programme and engaging with participants to take part in the course. 

The post-holder will also support other projects or areas of work focused on using physical activity as a vehicle to improve physical, mental and social health. Ideally candidates will have experience in a coaching, mentoring or employability training role.

*The role will require travel around the county to deliver courses. The role is based at Bisham Abbey however we support working from home where appropriate.

Note: applicants will need to complete an Equal Opportunities and Criminal Record declaration form upon application.  Both are available via the below link.

See full vacancy and application details on our website

Are you innovative and passionate about helping people manage trauma and overcome barriers that cause homlessness?  Do you have the skills to improve wellbeing and develop coping strategies with people through the provision of appropriate one to one sessions, group work and counselling tailored to your clients’ needs and circumstances? If this sounds like you, then Huggard wants to hear from you.

Lead Child Support Worker
Welwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire 

If you have a background in supporting children or young people who’ve experienced domestic violence, this is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking charity that is changing lives. 

About Us

Welwyn Hatfield Women's Refuge and Support Services (WHWR) is a vital resource for women and families in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, offering a safe haven away from domestic violence and abuse. 

We provide accommodation to women and children for up to four months at a time to enable a break from their situation or to allow them to start building a new life away from an abusive or violent relationship or home environment. 

More than a third of the residents in our refuge are children, the majority of whom are of pre-school age. Our brilliant Child Support Workers help the children to rebuild their lives by supporting them to process their thoughts and feelings. They also support mothers to communicate effectively with their children and re-establish their bond following abuse. 

We’re looking for a Lead Child Support Worker to lead our team of Child Support Workers, working 30 hours per week. This is a 12 month contract that has the potential to become a permanent position. 

The Benefits 

- Salary of £28,672 per annum 
- Benefits package 
- Welcoming and supportive work environment 
- Make a positive difference to women’s lives on a daily basis 

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a hard-working team who are making a real difference by supporting children and young people who have experienced some incredibly challenging situations.

You will have the chance to make our refuge feel more like a home to our young residents while giving them the freedom and support to voice their feelings in a healthy way.

So, if you are eager to bring about positive change and have the expertise to support these children during such a challenging point in their lives, we want to hear from you. 

The Role 

As the Lead Child Support Worker, you will deliver a child-focused preventative and recovery support service for children who have experienced domestic abuse. 

We believe that children and young people should be allowed to learn, play and act their age, so a key focus of your role will ensure that their play needs are met. This will include co-ordinating and running play sessions, celebrations, trips and outings. 

Additionally, you will:

- Manage the Child Support Workers, students and volunteers who work with the children 
- Oversee the day-to-day running of the children’s space
- Work directly with children to voice their anger, dissent, grief and loss
- Liaise with other agencies to raise awareness of the needs and concerns of children who have experienced domestic violence 
- Raise any safeguarding concerns with the Operations Manager
- Help to identify fundraising opportunities for the children’s space 
- Participate in the 24/7 on call rota for the refuge 

About You

To join us as a Lead Child Support Worker, you will need: 

- Experience of working with children and/or young people who have experienced domestic violence or family trauma 
- An understanding of the issues facing women and children who have been victims of domestic violence (physical, emotional and sexual abuse)
- An understanding of child growth and development 
- Knowledge of basic first aid procedures and the ability to recognise symptoms of illnesses common among children 
- The ability to produce clear, accurate written work, such as letters, reports and records
- At a minimum, a Level 3 childcare qualification or equivalent

Please note: only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

Other organisations may call this role Lead Children’s Support Worker, Lead Young Person’s Support Worker, Domestic Abuse Support Worker, Children’s Support Worker, Young People’s Support Worker, or Senior Support Worker. 

We will be reviewing applications as they are received and will close this vacancy once we receive a sufficient response. As such, we advise candidates to submit their application as soon as possible to ensure they are considered. 

Age UK Bromley & Greenwich are looking to appoint an experienced Health and Wellbeing Manager. The successful candidate will work in partnership with other statutory and voluntary sector organisations to develop, coordinate and promote a holistic programme of community based health and wellbeing services, with, and for older people in Bromley & Greenwich.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will be responsible for our successful Long Term Health Conditions team as well as our hospital discharge services.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an up to date knowledge of the health priorities of older people and be able to develop effective solutions to improve the health and wellbeing of our clients. With demonstrable leadership and management skills you will have an aptitude for providing and marketing healthy living activities for our clients.

If you are passionate about improving the health of older people in both Bromley & Greenwich we would love to hear from you.

For full details please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: Friday 26th March 2021 (midnight)

Interviews: Thursday 1st April 2021

Please note we do not accept CV submissions.  No agencies, thank you.

Age UK Bromley & Greenwich is the trading name for Age Concern Bromley, registered Charity No. 1060861

Are you looking for the opportunity to move into a specialist substance misuse nurse role?

The Service

WDP Greenwich, is a community Integrated Substance Misuse and Wellbeing Service in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial and is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV & health interventions, OST, and community detox, as well as robust family and carers and service user involvement provision.

The Role

This is a vital role within our Greenwich service which will be critical to providing safe and effective care to the residents of Greenwich.

To do this we are looking for a passionate and professional person to fill this post, key requirements include:

• Have a caseload of service users and proactively engage those not currently engaging with the service.
• Agree care plans for service users presenting with drug and alcohol use.
• Work with service users to achieve their care plan objectives; this will include supporting and delivering interventions.
• Support colleagues by providing training and advice regarding the management of drug and alcohol users and their needs.
• Work in partnership with clinical and psychosocial colleagues and external partners.
• Hold clinics to assess the needs of service users

Conditions

• Permanent role
• 37.5 hours per week
• Salary band of £32,650 to £42,710 per annum (including all allowances)

Location

Greenwich Recovery service is situated on Woolwich Road, in the middle of Royal Borough of Greenwich. A 15 minute bus ride from The O2. Close to Charlton and Woolwich Dockyard stations.

Why Should You Apply? 

• Competitive salary
• To be responsible for BBV and dual diagnosis care in the Greenwich service
• To be allocated an area of lead responsibility and be provided with professional development opportunities.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 14th March 2020 at 00:00 midnight

Interviews are likely to take place via Zoom, to support social distancing.

WDP and Our Values

WDP is an innovative behaviour change charity.  We facilitate long-lasting transformation in people’s lives to improve health, wellbeing and social integration.  We work across the fields of substance misuse, young person’s support, employability, sexual health and inpatient services.

All staff are required to work to WDP’s four values:

• Entrepreneurial
• In partnership
• Strong belief in service users
• Community focused

All posts are subject of Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Job Title: Support and Development Worker  

Area: East & West Sussex, Kent, Essex, Guernsey, Isle of Wight and 16 London Boroughs 

Department: England Support Service Team 

Reports to: England Support Service Manager 

Salary: £25,930 pro rata (dependent on experience) 

Hours: 28 hours per week over 5 days preferred but can be flexible 

Location: Home based (with travel across London and the South East when required) 

Purpose of Job 
To deliver a high quality service to and facilitate opportunities for individuals with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their families/carers through Shine membership. To empower and enable members affected by the conditions to lead healthy and happy lives through greater independence, better condition management and by creating links to the Shine community across England. 

Core role 

• To provide information to individuals, families and carers affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus including hard to reach communities living within the area. 

• To provide advice, support and guidance to enable people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to access the correct benefits to become financially stable, the right services to improve their health and well-being, and to better co-ordinate their care and independence through a variety of methods. This will include attending specialist clinics in the area to engage with them (when Covid 19 restrictions allow). 

• To refer individual members and/or their families/carers to the most appropriate source of expertise and support in Shine’s Health team and other designated leads within the organisation, or signpost to external agencies as appropriate. 

• To develop age-specific groups and peer support networks which will provide opportunities for people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to connect and interact, enabling social opportunities and to share experiences, support and learn from each other. 

• To work with and develop opportunities for Shine volunteers. 

• To contribute to the delivery of regional and national programme of events to Shine’s membership, based on identified need and interests, geographical location and age. (Due to Covid 19 restrictions, for the foreseeable future, these are taking the form of online social groups, Zooms and Facebook live information & advice sessions) 

• To provide information to professionals working with those individuals and families affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. 

• To raise greater awareness of Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus amongst professionals, external organisations and the general public through presentations, training and attendance at professional events (when Covid 19 restrictions allow). 

• To actively promote membership of Shine to people with the relevant conditions. 

• To keep clear and accurate records for monitoring and evaluation using our Charity Log System. 

• To work with service, fundraising, marketing, trust and grants colleagues and Shine’s membership to identify and seize potential fundraising opportunities for long-term sustainability of the work. 

• To prepare and keep up to date a directory of relevant contacts across the area and to share relevant information with colleagues. 

• To undertake administrative duties as required of the role. 

• Any other duties in line with the job role. 

Essential criteria 

• Ability to travel across the designated areas 

• Flexible working hours, this may include some weekends 

• Ability to work from home 

• The ability to be motivated and work on your own initiative with lone working from home, whilst also travelling across the area and Region to be part of the wider dispersed team. 

• Full Enhanced DBS checks will be completed 

Experience and qualifications – essential 

• At least two years’ recent experience of delivering support and advice services 

• Experience of working with people of all ages with disabilities 

• At least two years’ experience of advising on one or more of the following 

• Health and wellbeing; independence; benefits; education and learning; employment; developing friendships and social skills; reducing isolation 

• Experience of developing and delivering opportunities to enable and empower people with disabilities to achieve their goals towards independence. 

Experience and Qualifications – desirable 

• Hold a qualification in a health, nursing, social care or disability related field 

• Experience of working in the third sector in a paid or unpaid capacity 

Knowledge, skills and abilities – essential 

• Understanding of spina bifida and hydrocephalus and of the issues and challenges faced by people living with these conditions 

• Ability to work with people individually and to facilitate and run group activities and events 

• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written 

• IT literate with a good knowledge of computer systems and programmes (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and use of databases 

• A non-judgemental approach to working with people 

Knowledge, skills and abilities – desirable 

• Understanding of the role peer support plays in enhancing services and support to members 

• An awareness and understanding of how to use social media and its effectiveness in reducing social isolation 

To apply please submit your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role criteria. 

Shine is a Disability Confident employer and will offer guaranteed interviews if a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the job. 

Closing date: 19/03/2021 

Interview date: TBC

Job Title: Youth Worker (Employment and Skills)

Ref: LB/SF/71

Location: North Kensington, London

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Work pattern: Monday to Friday including both daytime and evening sessional work

Salary: £21,313.50 per annum

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Youth Worker, with both experience in and a passion for supporting young people to gain skills, experience and employment.

The Rugby Portobello Trust, part of P3 Charity, is a dynamic, energising and happy place to work, based in North Kensington, which provides great facilities, experiences and opportunities for children and young people aged 6-25. This post will play a key role in supporting young people into roles in the creative arts sector.

Are you:

• An individual with great engagement and communication and skills?
• Passionate about working with children and young people and promoting their wellbeing, confidence and skills so they can fulfil their employment aspirations?
• Someone who is both an inspiring mentor for young people and enthusiastic team player?

If you answered YES to all of these, then you’re the person we’re looking for!

Our Charity

P3 is a modern, forward thinking organisation, delivering excellent services for people who face social exclusion. Our values are that we innovate in our work. We're different, creative and like to think of new solutions. We are helpful in everything that we do. We're always friendly and approachable. We are passionate about people.

We believe that what we do can make a real and lasting difference. We are determined to tackle problems that others won't. We always go the extra mile and work with dedication and commitment. We work together internally and externally to ensure the best outcomes for the people we support.

What We Offer

In return we offer the chance to join an expanding, dynamic organisation, with excellent opportunities for personal and professional development. We also offer a great benefits package on completion of the probation review:

• 27 days annual leave per year, plus Bank Holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Paycare Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent Training Opportunities
• Flexible Working Options Available

How to Apply

To apply for this vacancy, please visit our website P3 Charity, go to Work For Us and apply online.

Closing date: 12.00pm (noon) on 12th March 2021

Interview date: 16th March 2021

Please note, this post is subject to an enhanced check made by the Disclosure & Barring Services, paid for by P3.

P3 is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to combating all forms of discrimination.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our South Coast Hub as an Operations Executive (At The Prince's Trust, we call Youth Workers - Prince's Trust Executives) working in and around the Southampton area.  Working on our Explore personal development programme we are looking for an experienced Youth Work practitioner who can build effective relationships with hard to engage young people aged 16 - 25. 

Although the role is home based you will be expected to deliver face to face sessions once restrictions allow.  With flexibility needed to travel around the Solent area as well as to support residential work once this resumes.

• You will be experienced in delivering personal development sessions to groups of young people both face to face and virtually.  Will be skilled at building rapport quickly with those that require additional support to engage in positive activity. 

• Be experienced at providing one to one support which focuses on goal setting and moving young people towards employment as well as managing a caseload.

• You will be comfortable working in an outdoor, adventurous activities and residential environment with either NGB, Youth Work or Teaching qualifications.  You will also have experience in working in a multi-agency environment and building relationships with other organisations including undertaking outreach work. 

Alongside this you will also be confident with completing reports, risk assessments and other programme related paperwork.

This role is perfect for you if you are passionate about developing young people and giving them the tools to transform their lives.

For more than 26 years PostScript360 has been working with people to overcome prescription drugs dependence by helping them build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. Our charity has supported thousands of people with a history of dependence and withdrawal of benzodiazepines and other similar drugs through our therapy and support services.

As a Recovery and Wellbeing Practitioner you will work with adults on an individual face-to-face basis, telephone support service and host therapy groups with adults from all backgrounds and ages.

You will work as part of a team providing information, advice, assessments, group work and, recovery management of people who have a dependency or misuse of benzodiazepines and/or other similar drugs.

You will support individuals to enable them to self-manage their recovery, to make positive choices and healthy changes to their lifestyle through their journey of recovery of overcoming prescription drug dependence.

You will be liaising with voluntary, statutory agencies and health professionals on behalf of the clients. You must have a flexible approach, committed to the principles of confidentiality and keep up to date client records.

Do you have the skills, knowledge and experience of supporting individuals that have experienced drugs dependence? If yes, we would very much like to hear from you.

Closing date 6th March 2021 N.B. may close earlier due to number of applicants.

Interviews: week commencing on the 8th of March 2021, N.B. may interview sooner depending on the number of applicants.