Individual Giving and Lottery Manager

Home Based / West Sussex

37.5 hours per week

£30,000 - £35,000 p.a. depending on depth and variety of experience in a similar role

St Barnabas Hospices offers specialist palliative care through two hospices: St Barnabas House adult hospice in Worthing and Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice near Arundel in Sussex.

Are you a brilliant and passionate fundraiser looking for your next role?

We are looking for an Individual Giving and Lottery Manager to join our Individual Giving and Digital team. This brand-new position will be leading our supporter acquisition direct marketing activity, including our large lottery programme. Campaigns cover door drops, telemarketing, canvassing, radio and digital. We need you to be an exceptional fundraiser who is driven by data and insight to help us transform our existing activity.

You will be responsible for maximising income through supporter acquisition and working closely with the Individual Giving Manager (Retention). You will thrive in an environment that will provide you autonomy and space to shape your role and activities.

Applicants will need extensive experience and a proven track record of managing fundraising campaigns and a multi-channel programme. You will have experience of working at a senior level in a charity of a similar size and the ability to engage others in driving plans forward with energy and credibility.

Why not come and use your talents to join a great team and raise money for a fantastic cause.

Closing date:  15 March 2021 Interview Date: w/c 22 March 2021

Benefits included:

• Enrolment onto our company pension scheme or the option to continue in the NHS pension scheme
• up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Free parking
• On-site education support
• Option to join Healthcare Cash Plan 
• Corporate Rate Gym Membership

An enhanced DBS will be sought, if you are successful in this role. The safe recruitment of staff at St Barnabas Hospices is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults in our care. As an employer we expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment to safeguarding.

If you have the passion and drive to succeed, please visit our website for an application form. 

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities, and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

The information you provide on your application form is the only information we will use to decide whether to short-list you for interview.

Role is 20 hours per week and salary is pro rata

We are an independent charity providing a range of support services for young carers aged 8-18 years and their families living in Andover and the surrounding villages.

The post holder will manage the services of the charity; ensuring they are fit for purpose and to project the value and quality of the services to stakeholders and the public.

The post holder will direct and develop the team dedicated to delivering qualitative and quantitative outcomes for young carers and their families, with responsibility for ensuring an effective and efficient working environment for staff and service users.  You will focus on strategic development and on consolidation and systematic growth of theh service; the latter will include co-operation with the Board of Trustees.
 

Carers Support Centre (CSC) - Bristol and South Gloucestershire provides a wide range of information, advice and support services for unpaid adult and young carers. Our Young Carers Service provides help and support to children and young people aged 8-18, their families, and professionals working with young carers.

Young carers are children and young people who look after someone in their family who has a disability, a long-term illness, or is affected by mental ill health or substance misuse.

Young carers may look after parents, care for a brother or sister, or another family member; taking on adult level responsibilities which can have an impact on their own health, wellbeing, education and can cause social isolation.

We currently have a vacancy in our dynamic, creative and supportive Young Carers team, working to ensure that young carers are identified, have access to appropriate support and fulfil their potential. We are looking to recruit a passionate, committed professional who understands young carers unique needs.

The successful candidate will improve the health, well-being and safeguard the interests of Young Carers (YCs) adversely affected by their caring roles for family members in the Bristol area by:

• providing individual tailored 1:1 support, and advocacy
• taking a ‘whole family approach to delivering high-quality, effective and well-managed casework;
• responding to referrals and carrying out statutory assessments,

If you would like to know more about this role, please call  for further information. For an application pack, please visit our website where you will find an application pack.

Closing date: 26th February 2021 @ 12:00

Interview date: 11th March 2021

Registered Charity Number: 1063226

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and our workplace is free of barriers and fully accessible for people with disabilities. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults; from recruitment of staff through to supporting our team working with families and carers in crisis

Care & Learning Support Workers (Adults/Children)

During these difficult times, our fabulous care staff are proudly continuing to keep our residents safe.

Do you want to become part of a compassionate and inspirational organisation like ours?

Care & Support Workers (Adults/Children)

£17,622 - £21,582 per annum (£9.04- £11.07 per hour) plus weekend enhancements and overtime opportunities.

We currently have exciting Care & Support Worker vacancies in our Adult Home and Children’s Home supporting our residents to live their lives as independently as possible in our well-equipped on site bungalows. Our teams assist with leisure activities such as horse-riding and swimming, alongside general domestic duties and personal care.

You don’t need experience in care to join us – but you do need to be dedicated, caring and passionate about people. Our on-site training team will support you to achieve fully funded recognised qualifications in Care, Adult Care or Residential Childcare Child Care (RQF 2 & RQF 3). If you’re an excellent communicator with the desire, resilience, patience and motivation to support others we can offer you an incredibly rewarding role.

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of Hertfordshire parkland between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs from the age of 5 through to 80 in our Children’s Home, School, College, Residential Homes with nursing and Day Centre. Over 150 adults and children call St Elizabeth’s their home making us an inspirational place to do great work.

We offer a mixture of early and late shifts (7.15am – 2.45pm and 2.15pm – 9.45pm), night positions, and weekend work across our full- time, part-time, casual roles and an excellent range of staff benefits, including:

• Currently a 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for full time permanent employees
• Fully paid for DBS
• Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
• Fabulous staff development – fully funded for you by the Centre
• Free on-site parking
• Subsidised restaurant
• High Street retail/leisure discounts
• Generous holidays
• Discounted gym membership
• Free Life assurance

To apply and to find out more information about St Elizabeth’s, please visit our website Offers are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check paid for by the centre. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer

Swindon Carers Centre are seeking a passionate, effective and committed individual who will be part of our Parent Carer team. 

Parent Carer Support Practitioner - working 24 hours per week

The successful candidate  will be a member of the support team offering practical and emotional support to Parent Carers, who are responsible for caring for their child/ren with physical and/or learning disabilities, or special educational needs. 

Key Responsibilities

The role requires the postholder to support Parent Carers to reduce the potential risk of crisis and provide appropriate signposting.  The postholder will also be required to:-

-  To provide information, advice, and support to parent carers and their families offering practical advice, one to one support as appropriate to the carer’s situation and signposting to appropriate services as needed.

-  To receive referrals and requests for service and complete Carer’s Assessments.

-  To identify current needs of the dependent and other family members that impact on the parent carer’s caring responsibilities and refer to appropriate services.

-  To manage a caseload to ensure that individual Parent Carers are supported appropriately. This may involve undertaking home visits as a lone worker when required.

-  To keep up-to-date records of contact with carers and comply with Swindon Carers Centre monitoring and information systems including database input of relevant information on carers.

-  To raise awareness among Parent Carers, Young Carers and their families of their rights and entitlement to services and benefits.

-  To enable parent carers to access support and opportunities for breaks as appropriate to needs, level of caring and wishes of the individual carer within allocated budget.

We prioritise staff wellbeing and many of our team work flexibly in different ways, including part-time and from home. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. 

Swindon Carers Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required for this post.

Carers Federation Ltd is a national charity and Company Limited by Guarantee established in 1992 to empower Carers, the people for whom they care and the wider community. The charity is managed by a Board of Trustees elected by our membership.

Our Action for Young Carers service helps young people aged 5-18. As part of a small team of Support Workers you will work closely with Young Carers and their families in Nottingham City. The attributes of AYC Support Worker would be.

• Deal with emotional, practical, and physical pressures
• Working with families providing assistance and one to one support
• Offer appropriate interventions and identify needs of individual and or family with internal and external support organisation statutory.
• Confident, conscientious, enthusiastic
• Previous experience in working with children
• You will be expected to deliver group activities during school holidays and at least one evening a week during term time.

You will work within Nottingham City Safeguarding Board policies and procedures alongside those of Carers Federation.

It is essential that you are a driver and car user as the role entails travel throughout Nottingham City and you will need to transport Young Carers to and from various activities.

Due to the current situation with Coronavirus you will be required to temporarily

work from home

This post is subject to medical, reference and enhanced DBS checks.

“Striving to promote equality and diversity throughout our service”

Closing date: Friday 12th March 2021. 

Carers Federation operates a smoke free site policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises.

Job title: Health Policy Analyst
Location: Flexible, with travel to London expected (Currently home based due to COVID-19)
Role: Permanent, full time
Salary: Grade C, £36,150 plus £4k London weighting if applicable

• Are you fascinated by health policy and how the NHS works?
• Are you skilled at using data and other analysis to inform policy positions?
• Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment?

About the role

The NHS Confederation seeks a proactive, motivated health policy analyst to support NHS Confederation’s policy programme by managing and leading the delivery of key analytical work. From COVID-19 to waiting lists, you will contribute intelligence, statistical, and analytical support to our policy and advocacy programme, with a primary focus on NHS performance and capacity. This new role will contribute to NHS Confederation’s products and interventions to influence national policy on behalf of our members.

We can offer a level of flexibility regarding where you work. Later, you will be required to travel at times to our London offices, but we are comfortable with home working, so we can accommodate what suits you best.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have good knowledge of UK health policy, including key challenges for the NHS
• Have excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills and like working with data
• Enjoy working as part of a team but can also design and deliver your own projects
• Have strong written and oral communication skills, including for presentations
• Can be responsive and agile in a rapidly changing environment

About us

The NHS Confederation is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our staff networks and a staff forum.

The NHS Confederation is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly to respond to changing circumstances and we want to ensure we do as much as possible to help support a work life balance and take care of employee health and wellbeing.

You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave, pension scheme, flexible working, salary sacrifice schemes and travel season ticket loans. 

Application deadline: 7th March (midnight)
Interview date: 16th March 

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to lead and develop our successful and ambitious organisation. Newcastle Carers’ mission is to improve the quality of life for carers of all ages in Newcastle, and to tackle the inequalities that they face. 

We have supported unpaid carers for over 20 years, and as a local registered charity we are a trusted source of high-quality information, advice and support.  Based in Byker, we work across the city with young and adult carers regardless of the age or condition(s) of the person(s) they care for.  Newcastle Carers is a prominent and proactive organisation, working with numerous stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally.

We are seeking a highly-skilled, forward-thinking individual who is a proven leader with a successful track record in a senior management or CEO role, and who can lead our organisation in providing outstanding services to unpaid carers in Newcastle.  You will be responsible for maintaining our current high levels of performance and partnership working, whilst also identifying, seeking funding for, and developing further innovative services.  You will be a person with energy, determination, vision and superb interpersonal and team building skills.  You will be able to provide strong and inspirational leadership, engendering trust and confidence in those you work with both within and beyond the organisation.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are looking for a Social Prescribing Link Worker to join our team; working with adults in Sutton and supporting them to find lasting solutions to social issues and personal challenges.

Social Prescribing offers patients attending Primary Care (e.g. their GP) the space and time to look at non health-related issues, get personalised support to set goals, have opportunities to connect with local services, and help improve their quality of life. You will be linking patients with relevant activities, services, and support in the community, helping them access longer term assistance where needed, and enabling them to move forward.

This service is based at Age UK Sutton as we are the lead contract holder, but is for adults of all ages. 

You will have some experience in a relevant role, and understand the way health and social needs can interact.  Good communication, research, and record keeping skills are essential. You will have access to training, clinical supervision, and regular support meetings with your peers in the service including GPs and other Link Workers.

How to apply

Candidates should submit a CV, accompanied by a supporting statement detailing how they meet the person specification.Please note that CVs without a statement will not be considered.

Candidates are warmly invited to arrange an informal discussion with the recruiting manager before submitting their application. 

Full details on how to apply and how to arrange an informal discussion can be found in the job pack.

Quaker Social Action (QSA) has recently started responding to homelessness for the first time after a planned merger with homelessness charity, Quaker Homeless Action. Cook Up is a brand new response we are keen to pilot, which if successful we would like to run as a permanent QSA project. This is an exciting time to join the organisation and make your mark on how we respond to homelessness in the future.

Cook Up; a kitchen space for those without a kitchen, aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people with experience of homelessness by providing a clean and safe space to cook and eat, where those attending will have choice and control over the meal they make for themselves. Our aspiration is that cooking in the kitchen is something people can look forward to. We are piloting this response to see if we can meet the intended outcomes and determine if there is sufficient demand for the service.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about supporting people facing difficulties to seek solutions to the problems affecting their lives. You’ll also have an interest in cooking, nutrition or wellbeing. The successful candidate will have an adaptable and flexible problem-solving attitude as there are opportunities to respond creatively to challenges or barriers preventing people using the service. This pilot is a chance to experiment, reflect and redesign the service depending on the needs that present themselves. This will be a learning experience to see if this approach has tangible benefits to those who use it, or whether a different approach would yield better results, so an open mind to possibilities is essential.

You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the service so will need to be organised and resilient. You will have the freedom to develop the service in collaboration with the cooks who use the service and will have support at QSA with marketing, budgeting, assessing and mitigating against risk, and measuring impact.

Every year Age UK support millions of older people, but with an ageing population we need to continue to grow in order to keep meeting the demands on our services.

We are expanding our National Information & Advice Line service to allow us to meet this demand and continue to provide excellent customer service. Our Contact Centre handles requests for written and verbal information on a wide range of enquiries from people in later life, their carers, family and professionals who work with them.

We are seeking Customer Service Advisers to join a friendly and professional team and are able to offer full or part time opportunities with the following working patterns:-

Full time roles -
35 hours per week, Flexible working pattern, 5 x 7 hour shifts between the hours of 8am and 7pm.

Part time roles -
24 hours per week. Flexible working pattern, 4 x 6 hour shifts between the hours of 8am and 7pm
28 hours per week. Flexible working pattern, 4 x 7 hour shifts between the hours of 8am and 7pm
30 hours per week. Flexible working pattern, 5 x 6 hour shifts between the hours of 8am and 7pm

We are operational every day of the year, which results in advisers working, on average, one weekend every 6 weeks together with working, on average, 3 to 4 Bank Holidays during each year.

Due to the current Covid restrictions all posts are currently homebased, however once the restrictions are lifted these posts could be flexible between home and office working or permanent home working. You will require access to broadband and confidential space to work at home in order to carry out this role.

About you

* Ability to provide an exemplary 'First Port of Call' customer service
* A passion and understanding for the issues faced by older people.
* Previous experience of using CRM systems to process customer data.
* Good understanding of Word / Excel / Outlook
* Accurate data entry skills
* Confident / professional / outgoing telephone manner.
* Flexible attitude to hours of work.
* Ability to work as part of a team.

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

These roles are normally based at our offices in Ashburton, but due to coronavirus all of our staff are currently working from home, and this is likely to continue while social distancing restrictions remain in place. Successful applicants will need to be comfortable working from home for the training period and likely beyond, depending on how the coronavirus situation develops.

Telephone interviews will take place on Thursday 18th March and Friday 19th March. Successful candidates will then be invited to participate in a written exercise and final interview on Friday, 26th March.

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.

Deputy Manager - Eating Disorders

Are you a Deputy Manager who understands the challenges young people face in day to day life? Do you have previous supervisory experience? Do you like the idea of working for a business who offer therapeutic and non-restraint support to young people?

Our client provide residential services for young people aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or may have experienced previous admissions and/or placement breakdowns. The young people they care for often require a high level of support and dynamic approach to risk management in order to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation. Their aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic, least restrictive approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life.

They are excited to announce the opening of our new Residential Service based in Lostock, Bolton, where we are looking for a kind, caring and empathetic Deputy Manager to join our professional 5-bed service, assisting in the management of staff within the service.

Your role will involve supporting the Registered Manager in ensuring the smooth running of the residential home, providing support to Young People with complex and challenging eating disorders, where you will work towards keeping them safe and progressing with their recovery, whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries and at times supporting severely underweight patients. You will play a key part in developing this new service and will have the opportunity to utilise and develop your skills to make this an outstanding service.

You will be required to work Monday - Friday working 37.5 hour working week. Flexibility will be required to support occasionally with evening, sleep ins and weekends shifts.

Company Benefits:

- Competitive salary (£22,491 - £26,003, dependant on experience & qualifications)
- £100 bonus after completing 6-month probation
- 22 days holiday + 8 bank holidays (Rising to 27 days holiday plus bank holidays with service)
- Excellent Learning and Development opportunities (NVQ Level 3 in Adult Health & Social Care)
- Enhanced company pension
- Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- Paid Induction (Running over 3 days)
- Free on-site parking
- Paid Enhanced DBS check
- Access to our 24-hour Wellbeing Support Portal/ Employee Assistance Programme
- Online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
- The opportunity for internal promotions & progression
- Refer a Friend Scheme (Up to £500 per referral)
- Regular social events and recognition schemes (‘Employee of the year awards’, Summer & Christmas parties)

Your role as Deputy Manager

- To facilitate the young people in achieving and retaining as much independent control over their lives as appropriate working alongside the mental health recovery star.
- To develop therapeutic relationships with the young people experiencing eating disorders and work closely with their families and carers communicating effectively to provide ongoing engagement
- Follow the young person’s individual care plans, to administer medication to the young people as prescribed, accurately maintaining appropriate records. Responsible for ordering, checking in stock control of the young persons prescribed medication and maintaining systems to ensure effective stock management of all products.
- To complete observations of mealtime’s either on a 1:1 basis with young people or to observe and monitor the dietary intake at key times throughout the day when support staff are supporting directly.
- To co-operate with other team members to ensure the service meets any therapeutic needs of the young people, which are conducive to recovery.
- To be actively involved in the admission, assessment, implementation and discharge of young people and their care.
- Ensure the staff team adhere to high levels of hygiene and infection control systems are maintained
- To work with Registered Manager to ensure effective staff inductions and probationary reviews take place. To carry out supervisions, appraisals, assessments and team meetings when required, ensuring the home is a friendly, supportive and caring environment.
- Once trained to provide and carry out clinical duties necessary to meet the young people’s health needs on a daily basis, such as observations. Ensure that young people are receiving advice, care, and regular health checks to ensure their physical and mental wellbeing. Promote nutrition, relaxation, exercise, and healthy lifestyles.
- To work with People Services in relation to employee relations concerns and when conducting any fact finds, formal investigations ensuring reports are presented to a high standard.
- To support the Registered Manager in managing work leave requests, annual leave allowances and absence management ensuring review meetings are conducted when staff meet the prescribed triggers.
- To be an active and encouraging Manager, establish and maintain effective communication and good relationships with the young people, relatives, employees in the home and with other externally such as professionals in the caring environment, outside supplies, agencies.
- To support the Registered Manager with effective quality assurance accounts and delegate and act upon actions plans as required

Requirements of Deputy Manager

- Full UK Driving Licence & access to a vehicle for work purposes
- Experience of working within residential services
- Previous experience of working with service users who have eating disorders
- Minimum of 12 months supervisory management experience
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Willingness to work towards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management
- A good understanding of Nutrition
- Experience of working with Quality Care Commission (CQC) or Ofsted registered services
- Ability to lead and manage a staff team to achieve highest possible standards for the service, staff, and young people

If you are interested in joining an enthusiastic, motivated business who thrive in developing and rebuilding young people and young adults with complex difficulties then please submit your application by Monday 22nd March.

To support our commitment as a COVID-19 Secure employer, all of their interviews will be held over video platform.

Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.

They reserve the right to close the advert early, should they appoint a suitable candidate.

Ref: 97181

Full Time Permanency Service Team Leader (37.5 hours pw)

• Are you experienced in managing fostering and/or adoption services?
• Are you committed to providing the best quality foster carers and adopters for troubled children?
• Do you want to work in a multi-disciplinary team of skilled professionals to ensure good therapeutic Post Adoption and Fostering support, and to motivate and support other social workers to do so too?

If the answer’s ‘yes’ – get in touch!

Why? Family Futures is:

• An adoption and adoption support agency awarded an outstanding rating by OFSTED in 2018 for our third consecutive inspection.
• Has a reputation for innovation and offering a high-quality service - an integrated multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment and family finding service for adopted and fostered children who often are more challenging to place or to maintain in placement.
• Now developing a therapeutic fostering service to bring our skills and wrap-around support to children in care

As the Permanency Service Team Leader you will be responsible for continuing to develop and support our Adoption Service, be a central part of developing our exciting new Therapeutic Fostering Service and manage the staff within these services to help them maximise and develop their skills and practice.

We Need an energetic experienced manager with a background in permanency services who will lead a small team of social workers in the Permanency Service and carry a small caseload of assessing adopters and foster carers, and post approval support. You will also (for an additional salary element) take a turn at staffing the out of hours support line.

Ideally applicants will have experience of both fostering and adoption. However, given our experience in adoption, it is more essential that the Permanency Team Leader brings experience and knowledge of fostering and is willing to build their skills in adoption.

We Offer:

• High quality support, supervision and training
• The opportunity to work creatively, as a key part of our multi-disciplinary team, in a child-centred way, informed by current research, using a well-evidenced model of understanding the need of children with traumatic histories.
• Small caseloads, meaning you can work in depth with families and support the staff team to do so
• Competitive salary and a supportive working environment, which recognises the stress of this type of work and nurtures staff, enabling staff to grow their skills and gain satisfaction from supporting carers/adopters to become therapeutic parents and children to heal and thrive.

Family Futures is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and follow safer recruitment practices to protect children and adults at risk of harm, requiring the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure.

This is a permanent position. Salary: £46,000 - £51 000 per annum

In response to Covid 19 we have had to adapt our services, therefore the role is currently largely home-based with some days at our office in Islington.

Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 14th February 2021 with interviews scheduled to take place on Monday 22nd February 2021.

Bank Support Worker

Are you currently looking for a job that offers flexibility in between personal commitments or during educational study? Are you interested in gaining valuable workplace experience and making a real difference in young people’s lives? Maybe a role as a Bank Support Worker is the next step for you?

Our client provides residential services for young people aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or may have experienced previous admissions and/or placement breakdowns. The young people they care for often require a high level of support and dynamic approach to risk management in order to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation. Their aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic, least restrictive approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life.

They are currently looking for kind, caring and friendly people to join their professional team as a Bank Support Worker. Experience is not essential and full training will be provided but understanding the issues young people face in their daily life will really help to make a difference.

You will join their Bank Team on a “Zero Hours Contract” supporting their Residential Home in West Kirby working flexible shifts that fit around your personal life.

Company Benefits

- Competitive pay (£9.54 p/h)
- Enhanced company pension
- Paid Induction (Running over 3 days)
- Free on-site parking
- Paid Enhanced DBS check
- Access to our 24-hour Wellbeing Support Portal/ Employee Assistance Programme
- Online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
- The opportunity for internal promotions & progression
- Refer a Friend Scheme (Up to £500 per referral)
- Regular social events and recognition schemes (‘Employee of the year awards’, Summer & Christmas parties)

Your role as a Bank Support Worker

- To carry out direct and indirect care of young people with complex mental health needs
- To work in a team, giving the highest standard of care possible to the young people.
- To closely follow individual care plans and support young people with education, shopping, and social and leisure activities.
- To carry out multiple interventions involving the delivery of care to young people
- To promote independence amongst the young people
- To provide support, advice and information to the young people, parents and other carers
- To carry out further duties as per our attached document (Writing reports, general office admin, etc.)

Requirements of a Bank Support Worker

- Flexibility - Your role will involve working shifts including sleep ins/weekends/Bank Holidays
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
- Good written skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
- IT Literate (Able to write emails and use Microsoft Office)
- An understanding of the issues around confidentiality
- An understanding of safeguarding
- Professional working boundaries between staff and service users
- Ability to remain calm in emergencies, supporting others during difficult situations

Desirable Criteria

- Full UK Driving Licence
- NVQ Level 2 qualification or equivalent in Care
- Previous experience of working with young people who have mental health needs

If you are interested in joining an enthusiastic, motivated business who thrive in developing and rebuilding young people and young adults with complex difficulties then please submit your application by Wednesday 24th March.

Please note that they do not accept CV’s and the application must be completed in full.

Please note that interviews will be held over Microsoft Teams as a video interview.

Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.

They reserve the right to close the advert early, should they appoint a suitable candidate.

Ref: 97264