Headway East London is currently looking for Community Support Workers to join our team, working one to one and collaboratively with survivors in their own homes and the local community.

All of the roles and skills at Headway East London contribute to our success. If you are interested in the role and you think you don’t have all the desirable experience but are passionate and care for our community and have skills you think will be beneficial to Headway East London we would still love to receive an application from you.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 3rd February at 5pm. Interviews will commence the week beginning 15th February 2021.

Responsible for:

Providing advice, guidance and support vulnerable young people aged 18-24 years. This role may include working with those in crisis, and / or those at risk of immediate homelessness.

Job purpose:

To manage an effective and successful sub-contract and delivery of a floating support contract across Hertfordshire.  Floating support assists vulnerable young people to set up and or / sustain their tenancies thus helping to prevent repeat homelessness. You will provide housing advice and support, including information on the relevant benefits and will assist them to identify other support needs, including mental health issues, offending behaviour, issues around family breakdown, neighbourhood disputes, behavioural problems, anti-social behaviour and parenting support. You will help co-ordinate a solution focused action plan that involves other agencies as needed and encourages the young person to take responsibility for all areas of their lives and promote healthy, successful outcomes that are holistic, yet realistic.

Benefits of working for hyh:

• 25 days per annum pro rata increasing by one day a year after 5 years’ service to a maximum of 28 days (in addition to Bank & Public holidays)
• An additional day annual leave to have your birthday off
• Contribution of 5% of basic salary to The People’s Pension on behalf of the staff member
• Group Life Insurance benefit of 4 times salary
• Complete Employee Assisted Programme offering legal advice, financial counselling and up to eight face to face sessions of counselling support for issues affecting mental health
• Monthly draws to win either “lunch on your manager” or a “leave work early” token
• A comprehensive Induction to hyh and your role
• One to one supervision with your line manager every 4-6 weeks
• Ongoing training relevant to your role

How to apply for this role:

If you are interested in applying for this role, please forward your CV along with a covering letter or statement to us.  The covering letter or statement must outline how you feel you meet the person specification criteria on the job description, and it must be a one page document of between 250 to 500 words.  If you have any questions regarding the role or wish to discuss it with us, please contact a member of the team as we will be happy to help.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 1st February 2021

Are you looking for the chance to do something different and find a counter-cultural way to live and work? The Iona Community is recruiting for an Activity Worker at its Camas Outdoor Centre, off the beaten track on Mull.   

Camas is housed in a group of traditional fishermen’s cottages only metres from the shore, with an organic garden and foraging opportunities. Camas has offered generations of young people from all faiths and none the opportunity to experience a unique blend of outdoor pursuits and opportunities for personal growth and reflection.   

We are now looking for an experienced Activity Worker to join the small resident team and lead outdoor activities including kayaking and climbing, and to work empathetically with young people so that their time at Camas is an opportunity for personal reflection and improved wellbeing even after they have left the island.   

Ideally, you will have a qualification in outdoor activity(ies) and previous experience leading groups of young people. You will understand the responsibilities of being a role model and be a good team player, willing to contribute to the common life at the centre to create opportunities for laughter and friendship.  

Application notes: 

Applications must be made using our application form.  CVs will not be accepted.  

A full job description and application form can be found in the vacancies section of the Iona Community website. 

If you wish to apply for more than one post, you must complete a separate application form for each post. 

Each job has a different application form tailored to the person spec for that post. Please make sure you complete the correct form.  CVs will not be accepted.

Are you passionate about increasing movement for all?  This is a brilliant opportunity to come and join the innovative team at Surrey Coalition of Disabled People to work with our members to enable more disabled adults to move more.

The overarching purpose of this role is to ensure that people who are disabled or living with a long term health condition have the information they need to participate in the physical activity that best suits their needs. 

The role has three key components: providing navigator assistance to disabled adults on an individual and group basis, establishing a physical activity resource library which includes blogs, vlogs, podcasts and ‘insiders guides’, and to create a train the trainer module around virtual physical activity opportunities and how to access them.

Active Surrey have awarded Surrey Coalition Tackling Inequalities grant funding made available from Sport England.  This funding will be used to help to reduce the inequalities that the disabled community are facing in accessing physical activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Introduction

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is an East London charity providing practical help, support and training to people who have been homeless and suffering from addiction. It runs a homeless drop-in, a Recovery Hub (which includes an abstinence-based residential recovery hostel, an Addictions Counselling Programme, and a Training & Development Programme), supported houses and two social enterprises supporting people in recovery from addictions to put their lives back together. Our integrative approach is based on the ‘Recovery Capital’ methodology and is a whole-person approach, which considers physical, cultural, social, human, and spiritual factors and assets.

In employment we actively seek to recruit people with a good combination of talent, skills, and potential, promoting equality for all, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates.  We select all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and commitment to the values and purposes of the organisation. (Sources - Equal Opportunities Policy 2.2 (i) and (v)).  SCT is a growing organisation with opportunities for people with good motivational skills and high levels of initiative.

About the role

The Housing First Support Worker provides person-centered and housing-related support, information, and advice to residents of SCT’s Housing First for Recovery service. The Housing First Support Worker acts as the key worker for a small group of Housing First residents. The anticipated ratio is one staff member to six residents, although this may vary through the life of the project.

Residents of Housing First will be single people who are rough sleeping, homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness; they may present as challenging and are likely to have multiple and complex needs which make finding, securing, and maintaining accommodation extremely difficult.

Staff will work to engage with residents and potential residents who have a history of disengaging from services, using a variety of techniques and approaches to build and develop a supportive working relationship. Staff will help residents meet their personalised goals, make informed decisions, and achieve a greater level of stability and independence.

All activity will be underpinned by the following Housing First Principles:

1. People have the right to a home
2. Flexible support is provided for as long as it is needed
3. Housing and support are separate
4. People have choice and control over all aspects of their lives
5. The service is based upon people’s strengths, goals, and aspirations
6. An active engagement approach is used
7. A harm reduction approach is used.

Staff may work alongside peer mentors who, as former users of services, may be able to provide additional advice and support to Housing First residents.

Staff are expected to be available to support Housing First for Recovery residents during usual working hours (Monday to Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm) although may be required to work outside of the conventional working week on occasion.  

Role and Responsibilities

• Work with Housing First residents to help them articulate their goals and aspirations offering personal, therapeutic, and emotional support. The work will be informed by core Housing First principles.
• Undertake comprehensive needs and risk assessments with each allocated resident.
• Adopt a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) and Trauma Informed Care (TIC) approach to supporting Housing First for Recovery residents, including use of learning from PIE and TIC training and Reflective Practice.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Housing First residents to enable person-centered support, promoting personal choice and wellbeing. This will be done through regular contact, including visits to residents’ homes and appropriate community settings.
• Be adaptive and flexible, resilient to challenges and rejections, to support the stability and progression of Housing First residents to achieve personalised outcomes.
• Liaise with accommodation providers and actively encourage Housing First residents to move into appropriate Housing First accommodation of their choice.
• Identify barriers to acquiring and maintaining accommodation and provide support, including practical help with furniture, benefits advice, budgeting, neighbour relations and liaising with landlords.
• Support tenants to register with a GP, dentist, and optician and in addressing any immediate and longer-term physical and mental health concerns.
• Support tenants in the best use of personalised budgets to purchase items identified as needed (e.g., furniture, appliances, clothes, etc.).
• Offer advice, guidance, and support on ways in which substance misuse and other harmful activities can be practiced more safely. This includes anticipating and supporting the reduction of harmful challenges while maximising opportunities.
• Support residents in attending AA/NA and taking first steps to address their substance misuse issues.
• Be empowered and persistent in advocating for residents to access all services, including reconciliation work with agencies, if required.
• Develop, maintain and coordinate effective working relationships with external agencies, promoting effective communication for and about residents ensuring the Housing First project is widely known and promoted.
• With tenants’ agreement, liaise with other agencies to facilitate access to support, including recovery from addiction, offending and criminal justice, health and mental health, domestic abuse, welfare and housing benefits, debit, child and adult protection, employment, training, and volunteering.
• Identify cases requiring further help (specialist advice, alternative support) referring and supporting engagement as appropriate.
• Support residents to accessing the suite of additional SCT services run by our Drop-In team such as art, gardening, IT, pre-abstinence, and women’s groups.
• Support residents to access community resources to develop positive peer networks and meaningful leisure opportunities, including social, recreational, sport, faith, learning and arts.
• Regularly review people’s support plans to update, record and monitor progress.
• Promote and encourage peer involvement with the service.
• Maintain accurate monitoring and evaluation records using InForm, including detailed information on people worked with.
• Actively participate in achieving targets as set by the Housing First/Drop-in Manager.
• Contribute to regular reports on the service and its evaluation as required.
• Strengthen links and relationships with other SCT projects.
• Occasional lone working with high-risk people.
• Actively engage with supervision with line manager, including review of training needs.
• To be responsible and accountable for the delivery of high-quality support.
• Undertake any other duties consistent with the role.

Key Outcomes

1. As a result of being housed and supported, residents lead less chaotic lives.
2. As a result of improved self-confidence and resilience, residents are empowered to make their own choices in all aspects of their lives.
3. Residents have improved physical health.
4. Residents have improved mental health.
5. Residents have increased networks of support

Closing date Sunday 21st February

Interviews to take place W.c. 1st March

Support Worker

Aim of the role:  To support and empower our customers to increase their life skills

Salary:                     £23,690 per annum

Location:                 Upper Norwood, Young people service

Contract:                 Fixed Term until 31 May 2021

Hours:                  37.5 per week.  Working on shift which is 5 days a week over a 7 day rota, including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

Benefits:   

As part of your employment package with us, we offer:

a competitive salary, comprehensive training and development programme, 

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing each year to 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays after 5 years  

option to buy or sell annual leave up to one week’s annual leave

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

occupational sick pay

contributory group pension scheme

free life assurance

cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans

About the Role

This service is an 80-bed service for single homeless people aged 18-30.

You will support the people we work with, our customers, to reach their potential and improve their quality of life through aspirational goal setting.  You will engage with and empower them to:

Identify their strengths as part of our asset-based approach and identify their needs, opportunities, rights and responsibilities

Plan what they want to achieve and take appropriate action

Take part in activities and opportunities that generate aspiration and confidence

You will act as the link between the people we work with and a range of local authority, community and voluntary sector providers.

About You

As well as having experience of working with vulnerable people, you must have a clear understanding of why people become homeless, and the needs and challenges they face.

You will be required to take on a caseload of customers, with responsibility for key working, co-ordinating support packages and proactively ensuring all required tasks and activities are completed.

You will be part of a dedicated and supportive team, and so will need to demonstrate a positive and inclusive approach. You must be able to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, and be competent in the use of Microsoft Office Word and Excel applications.

About Evolve Housing + Support

Evolve is a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 2,000 people each year.

We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help break the cycle of homelessness and help them move forward with their lives.

We offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. We work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. We campaign to end street homelessness. We build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life.

Our mission is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness reach their potential, and move on to live happy, fulfilled lives.

Your application

Evolve Housing + Support is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves.

Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this job.

Covid Statement

Our priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our colleagues and the homeless people we house and support.

We are fully complying with the Government’s Laws and guidance on social distancing and infection control, to keep our colleagues and homeless residents safe throughout the pandemic. All of our policies and procedures have been updated to ensure covid-safe working practices are followed. We have installed screens between desks in offices within our supported accommodation, and changed layouts and use of meeting rooms in our services to ensure maximum social distancing. All colleagues have access to PPE and hand sanitiser in the workplace. Our Head Office is currently closed, with all central teams working from home, and we will continue to review this situation on an ongoing basis.

Since 2005, Age UK has offered a free telephone friendship service which supports older people who may not have someone to talk to regularly.

We match hundreds of older people with trained and supported volunteers who, together, enjoy a weekly phone chat about anything from the weather to what's been going on in their lives.

Since Covid, demand for our service has more than tripled and we are looking to appoint some 6 month contract positions to help us manage this increased demand. This role will involve working across the service, helping the team on the tasks that need the most support. This might be calling up older people to join our service, or checking volunteer applications. You will be trained to carry out specific tasks and will need to be able to work flexibly across the service with the team. We are looking for someone with great administration and telephone skills, along with a passion for supporting older people and volunteers.

These roles are a 35-hour working week, working 5 days out of 7 with start and end times between 8 am and 6pm. It will include weekend and bank holiday shifts, which will be arranged on a rota basis. They will be based either in Blackpool or Ashburton (Devon.)

Due to Covid-19 interviews for these roles will be conducted via video.

About you

* Confident dealing with people from different levels and situations
* Ability to build and maintain effective relationships on the telephone
* Ability to prioritise competing deadlines and workloads
* Excellent oral communication skills
* Excellent telephone manner and excellent customer service skills
* Proven ability to work flexibly as part of a team
* Understanding of the issues facing older people
* Awareness of mental health issues
* Commitment to promoting equality and valuing diversity
* Good IT skills including Microsoft Office and databases

What we offer in return

In return we can offer an excellent salary of £18,050 and great benefits including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, excellent pension, life assurance, healthcare cashback plan, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

3 X Senior Family Safeguarding Recovery and Wellbeing Workers

Hours per week: 37

Contract: Fixed-term (until September 2022)

Salary: £24,487 - £26,759

Location: Somerset (traveling will be essential)

Hours: Monday-Friday (with the expectation that some evening & weekend work will be required).

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other problems.  Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

Open Mental Health is a Somerset alliance of local voluntary organisations and the NHS. We are working in partnership to ensure that residents of Somerset get the support they need, when they need it. Our shared ambition is to ensure that people living with mental health problems get the right support at the right time. Working together, we support people to live a full life, by enabling access to specialist mental health services, housing support, debt and employment advice, volunteering opportunities, community activities and physical exercise, to help support and improve their wellbeing and quality of life.

This exciting new role aims to bring together the Open Mental Health and Family Safeguarding models. Working with parents who have a mental health condition and whose behaviour means that their families are at risk of harm, it will provide holistic, strengths-based support, focusing on the needs of the parent and family. Using a psycho-social approach, this role will deliver individual and group interventions and support engagement with a range of social, therapeutic, creative, practical and community activities.

About You

We are looking for someone who embodies our values of hope and courage, and is committed to making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of service users. You will have experience of delivering individual and group interventions for people with complex needs, including mental health, domestic abuse, alcohol/drug dependency and long term conditions. You will thrive in a collaborative environment and have experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver holistic and trauma-informed support to clients.

For more information on the role and person specification, please see the Role Profile attached to this advert. To open the Role Profile please click on ‘1 Document available’ at the top of the screen.

What we can offer you;

• Flexi-time working
• Childcare Voucher Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 26 days holiday
• An extra days holiday for each year of service up to 5 years
• Holiday purchase scheme

Closing date:  7th February 2021 at midnight

Interview date: Rolling

 Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of using mental health services.

Since 2005, Age UK has offered a free telephone friendship service called Call in Time, which supports older people who may not have someone to talk to regularly.

We match hundreds of older people with trained and supported volunteers who, together, enjoy a weekly phone chat about anything from the weather to what's been going on in both their lives.

Due to an increasing demand for this service, we are now recruiting for an Activity Coordinator to join the team. The successful candidate will deliver an effective and efficient telephone befriending service, coordinating the onboarding of new members (older people) by supporting the delivery of referrals, assessments and good day calls.

This role will be based either in Blackpool (North West) or Ashburton (Devon)

This role is a 35-hour working week, 5 days out of 7 with start and end times between 8 am and 6pm. It will include weekend and bank holiday shifts, which will be arranged on a rota basis.
Due to Covid-19 interviews for these roles will be conducted via video.

About you

* You will be experienced coordinating activities and ensuring projects and work programmes are delivered on time.
* You will have the ability to prioritise competing deadlines and workloads.
* You will demonstrate excellent project management skills, including the ability to work flexible and autonomously.
* You should be confident dealing with people from different backgrounds and situations, with the ability to maintain effective relationships over the phone.
* You will have an understanding the issues affecting older people, and a commitment to promoting equality and valuing diversity.

What we offer in return

In return we can offer a competitive salary of £18,050 great benefits including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, pension, life assurance, healthcare cashback plan, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, car lease scheme, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK) is looking for an experienced family support manager who wants to play a key role in an ambitious and growing organisation that is supporting deaf children to get an equal start at school. AVUK is a small, award-winning national charity that is transforming the lives of deaf children across the UK.  Over the next few years, the charity plans to: double the number of pre-school children and families supported by its innovative early intervention programme; significantly increase the number of Auditory Verbal Therapists in the UK; further its profile and influence; and grow and diversify its voluntary income streams so that deaf children have the same opportunities in life as their hearing peers.

The post holder will join a highly-committed and passionate team of 24 staff, and will work closely with the Clinical and Operations teams to provide the best outcomes for families. The job will include a mix of home working and in-centre working in our Bicester and Bermondsey centres, with one centre being the base. 

The Family Support Manager will be one of the primary points of contact for families on the AVUK programme and will provide advocacy, practical support and information services to parents and other carers of children with hearing loss on the programme at AVUK.  They will offer emotional support for families and will be able to signpost effectively to other agencies for families in greater need, managing relationships with external providers of support services to families, such as Local Education Authorities, external counsellors and occupational therapists. They will be responsible for organising parent workshops, developing the Family Ambassador programme and making arrangements for annual/biannual consultation sessions for parents, attending these sessions where appropriate, providing practical support in preparation for these sessions and taking forward matters arising.  They will work closely with the Operations team to provide administrative support to the Clinical team in connection with therapy services.

For further information, please see the attached job pack. 

Recruiting a Support Worker to join our Mental Health Service in Kensington and Chelsea!

£22,360 per annum, 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Holly Villa, Cedar House and Linden House are complex mental health services which have staff on site 24/7. The principles of trauma-informed support and psychologically informed environments will underpin the support delivered by the team. We are looking for team members who are proactive in supporting customers in their recovery through co-producing support plans that promote positive risk taking and optimise social inclusion.

To enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/ licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package. This role requires working on a shift pattern.

Key Responsibilities:

- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions
- Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
- Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- 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 essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector
- Experience working in mental health

Interviews will start taking place from 20th January 2021.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We are currently looking to add a Support Worker to our team in Leek, Staffordshire.

We are looking for a compassionate, positive and creative individual to join our supportive and dedicated team at our supported living service in Westwood, Leek. We would love to hear from people who have the genuine passion and drive to want to make a positive difference in people’s lives who have learning disabilities. The successful candidate will be supporting individuals at our beautiful and homely Supported Living Service and out in the community. No two days will be the same as the people that use our service have a wide range of interests and activities from shopping, afternoon tea, trips out visiting new places and coffee and cake days.

Support Worker Duties:

• You will be enabling someone to live a fulfilling and independent life at home and out in the community,

• Assisting with day-to-day living duties such as budgeting, shopping and supporting with medication and any personal care that may be required

• To work flexibly including evenings and weekends, according to the needs of the service

• To enable service users to become as independent as possible and to grow in confidence, competence and personal effectiveness in areas such as social skills/relationships, daily living skills and using community resources

• To be responsive to the individual needs of service users within the framework of their Person Centred Plans

We welcome people with a wide range of previous experience or no experience at all, as our superb training and induction process will give all successful applicants the best, appropriate level of support.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme,

• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate,

• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,

• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff,

• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hour’s teams.

Recruiting a Support Worker to join our Domestic Abuse service based in West Kent!

GBP 20,380 per annum, 40 hours per week, 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

West Kent Domestic Abuse services comprises three refuges and an IDVA service. We support women and children who are fleeing domestic abuse and empower them to move on safely. We support with housing, access to benefits, education, budgeting and healthcare. We run programmes such as Freedom and Recovery Toolkit to enable women to process the abuse they have suffered.
We also work in the community raising awareness and offering training around domestic abuse.
We have access to Emergency overnight accommodation and run a Sanctuary Scheme for families in the area who wish to remain in their homes.

Job Overview:

Support Workers enable women and children to move on successfully with their lives free from abuse.

Key Responsibilities:

- Coordinate the delivery of the Freedom Programme, Recovery Toolkit Programme and Phoenix Training in West Kent
- Manage the waiting list and referrals into the programmes
- Responsibility for interviews and acceptance onto the programmes
- Delivery of programmes where required
- Sourcing venues for programmes and arranging any items needed for delivery
- Responsibility for promotion of Look Ahead in West Kent and delivery of promotional materials
- Forging local partnerships and opportunities for sourcing external funding.
- Attendance at One Stop Shop as required.
- Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
- Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
- Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Project Manager
- Other Qualities: Look Ahead Support Workers embody and promote the organisations values of quality, creativity, innovation, continuous improvement, integrity, transparency, openness and trust.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

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, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
- Able to apply the right balance of care and support dependant on the needs of the customer
- 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
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
- Ability to adhere to Look Ahead's professional boundaries policy

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Desirable:

- IDVA Qualification
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or experience within charity/social care sector

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

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.

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We are currently looking to add a Support Worker to our passionate and dedicated team in Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent.

We are looking for compassionate, caring and hard-working individuals with the drive and determination to support 3 gentleman with learning disabilities to reach their potential at our supported living service in Stoke-on-Trent. Our service users enjoy a range of activities including walking, visiting estates and many more. Some of the individuals also have jobs and attend college independently. The ideal applicant will be comfortable providing excellent personal care to our service users which may include administering medication, help with finances, and assistance with cooking along with other domestic tasks.

Support Worker Duties:

• To respect and promote the rights and entitlements of people with learning disabilities, and to enable them to participate as fully as possible in their communities

• To provide personal care to service users and assistance with a range of domestic tasks

• Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of the service which may include evenings and weekends

• To enable service users to become as independent as possible and to grow in confidence, competence and personal effectiveness in areas such as: social skills/relationships, daily living skills and using community resources and facilities

• Medication administration

  This service has great transport links with multiple bus routes. It is in close proximity to some of our other services in the area. Experience is not essential for this role, as full training will be provided through our Creative Support Training Academy.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme,

• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate,

• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,

• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff,

• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hour’s teams.