• £27,744 per year
• Full time
• Permanent contract
• Based in London Borough of Lewisham (New Cross) with remote working from home as required

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind is a highly regarded, innovative local Charity working alongside people with mental health problems and dementia to improve their quality of life. With an annual turnover of more than £4m, over 120 staff and 250 volunteers, we are one of the largest charities in the Mind network.

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind are working in partnership with South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) to deliver a Primary Care Mental Health Service for Lewisham.

The integrated team provide support to people with long-term mental health problems within a primary care setting, helping people develop their independence, self-management skills and achieve their recovery goals.

We are looking for Mental Health Advisers to work alongside SLaM colleagues to deliver this service.

As part of an effective Information Advice and Guidance team you will have the caseload management experience and skills to deliver focused, person-centred, individual support and IAG (Information and Guidance) on a wide range of social issues including housing, employment, and socialising, liaising appropriately with specialists and professionals.

We recognise the importance of having a diverse and inclusive work force, and would therefore particularly welcome applications from the following, currently under-represented, groups:

• People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds
• People aged 16-25
• Disabled people
• People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities

BLG Mind is committed to meeting the reasonable adjustments of disabled people.

BLG Mind always welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health problems.

Staff benefits include a matched contribution pension scheme, 25 days' holiday (pro-rata, rising with service), quality supervision and training opportunities. See our website for more reasons to work for Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service check

Due to current Government guidance regarding Covid-19, this role may temporarily be home-based, or worked remotely. The expectation is that when it is safe to return to our offices, the role will be office-based. Interviews are likely to be held online via Zoom.

Closing date: 9:00am on Tuesday 25th August 2020

Interviews: Tuesday 1st September 2020 (note: this date is fixed)

Registered Charity: 1082972

Careers Advisor
Birmingham, West Midlands or Home Based (with travel throughout Birmingham/the Black Country area)

About Us

ACH (Ashley Community Housing) is a social enterprise that provides a range of integration and support services for refugees. During the past ten years, we’ve grown from a small-scale housing organisation to a leading provider of integration, employment and housing services for refugees and newly arrived communities in the UK.

Through our training subsidiary, Himilo Training, we are successfully expanding our services to deliver training, development and employment opportunities to the broader communities in which we operate.

We’re currently looking for two Careers Advisors to join us on a full-time or part-time basis.

The Benefits

- Salary of £19,064 - £24,000 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Mobile phone and laptop
- Free parking
- Paid company sick leave
- Company pension after probation period
- 20 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays (pro rata if part time)
- Claimable expenses for any work-related travel

If you have experience of delivering careers advice (or are looking to develop your career in this area), this is a brilliant opportunity to join an innovative organisation that helps people to realise their full potential.

Working as part of a passionate team, you will have the chance to make a positive impact on individuals throughout the Black Country area and enable them to achieve their professional and educational aspirations.

The Role

As a Careers Advisor, you will provide careers advice to adults at venues throughout the Black Country area, including Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Supporting the delivery of our National Careers Service, you will advise individuals face-to-face, via telephone, email and other digital means to help them achieve their work or learning goals.

Additionally, you will:

- Support individuals to develop their career management skills
- Develop relationships with a network of referral partners, such as community and faith organisations
- Represent and promote our organisation and services
- Attend training to maintain your knowledge

About You

To join us as a Careers Advisor, you’ll need:

- Experience of delivering careers advice to employed and unemployed adults, individually or in groups (or working in a similar environment)
- At a minimum, a Level 4 Diploma in Careers Information and Advice or NVQ 4 in Advice & Guidance or equivalent (or the willingness to gain this)
- Strong IT skills, including the use of social media
- The ability to deliver careers advice in a range of settings and through a range of delivery modes

We are also eager to hear from individuals who want to build their careers advice experience and are seeking a trainee role.

Other organisations may call this role Employment Advisor, Careers Adviser, Guidance Counsellor, Employment Services Co-ordinator, Career Guidance Advisor, or Careers Counsellor.

This role is available on a full-time basis (37.5 hours per week) or part-time basis (18.5 hours per week). For the part-time position, we are flexible as to when these hours are worked.

Webrecruit, ACH (Ashley Community Housing) and Himilo Training are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Careers Advisor, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

• £27,187 per year
• Full time
• Fixed term contract for 9.5 months with possibility of extension
• Based in Orpington

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind is a highly regarded, innovative local Charity working alongside people with mental health problems and dementia to improve their quality of life. With an annual turnover of more than £4m, over 150 staff and 250 volunteers, we are one of the largest charities in the Mind network.

Bromley Well helps people living in Bromley borough to improve and maintain their health and wellbeing. We are seeking a Mental Health Triage Advisor to support the processing of mental health referrals received through the Bromley Well Single Point of Access (SPA), and other external partners including the Primary Care Network, Bromley Healthcare and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for people with experience of completing triage assessments for adults experiencing a range of mental health and social care problems. Applicants should have experience of managing a diverse caseload within a busy work environment, and possess effective skills in communication (verbal and written), with skills in planning, organising and prioritisation. An ability to work independently, to be proactive and show initiative is essential for this role.

The role will involve:

• Management of a client database and diverse caseload
• Coordination and facilitation of telephone and face-to-face appointments with clients to assess their needs
• Triaging of clients to appropriate support services to manage their mental health, either within Bromley Well, or through other local services by completing referrals, or providing information and signposting support
• Following risk assessment procedures (training will be provided)
• Engagement and communication with partner triage teams within Bromley Well, and other partners within primary and secondary care services to improve referral pathways into and out of the service
• Collaborative working with Bromley Well SPA Service, including attendance to regular team meetings and working one day per week at the Bromley Healthcare Hub
• Opportunities to support training and engagement with other teams and services about referrals into the Mental Health Pathway

We recognise the importance of having a diverse and inclusive work force, and would therefore particularly welcome applications from the following, currently under-represented, groups:

• People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds
• People aged 16-25
• Disabled people
• People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities

BLG Mind is committed to meeting the reasonable adjustments of disabled people.

BLG Mind always welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health problems.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check

Due to current Government guidance regarding Covid-19, this role may temporarily be home-based, or worked remotely. The expectation is that when it is safe to return to our offices, the role will be office-based. Interviews are likely to be held online via Zoom.

Closing date: 9:00am on Wednesday 26th August 2020

Likely interview date: Friday 4th September 2020

As a member of the Partnerships Team, you will be working with fun, lively people who celebrate achievements and support each other through adversity. Alongside a demanding workload, we enjoy fun team days and lunches out together.

We’re looking for a relational person to nurture a group of major donors, meeting their needs as supporters to increase financial support for our work. It’s a fast-paced role with a high workload, demanding excellent attention to detail and exceptional analytical skills. Telling the stories of the communities we support is vital to this role, so you’ll have an external mentor who will hone your superb writing skills to fundraising perfection and guide you through training.

The Leprosy Mission England and Wales (TLMEW) is a leading international Christian development organisation with over 140 years’ experience and is part of the TLM worldwide family. TLMEW serves the poorest of the poor in 10 countries across Africa and Asia, raising funds to provide life-changing healthcare, education, training, housing, clean water and job opportunities for people who have only ever known suffering and rejection. TLMEW has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, our beneficiaries, staff and communities we come into contact with. Recruitment to roles within TLMEW includes, in particular, criminal record checks and the collection of relevant references. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences. Safeguarding is our top priority in everything we do.

TLMEW is an explicitly Christian charity, and part of your role will be to represent the Mission’s purpose and ethos to external audiences and undertake biblical research to locate appropriate scripture for use in TLMEW written material. There is an occupational requirement for the Partnership Advisor to be a committed Christian.

Every member of the Partnerships Team is a committed Christian and we seek to follow and honour God’s call on our lives. We’re part of something amazing, changing people’s lives and there is nothing more rewarding than that!

If this sounds like you, please find more details and apply on our website where you'll be asked to complete an application form and diversity form, upload your CV and a covering letter outlining how your previous experience, knowledge and skills equip you to meet the requirements of this post.

Closing date: Friday 11 September 2020 (9am)

Telephone Interview: Thursday 17 September 2020 (between 12 - 2pm)

Second Interview: Tuesday 22 September 2020

The Leprosy Mission, England and Wales is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from appropriately qualified people from all sections of the community. Qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Registered Charity number: 1050327.

Citizens Advice Dacorum are looking to recruit a proactive, organised and self-motivated Adviser to join our friendly team.

The role is based at multiple locations: principally at our Hemel Hempstead offices in The Forum; but also at outreach in the Job Centre + in Hemel Hempstead; at our Berkhamsted office in the Civic Centre; and currently from home.

You will support clients via a multi-channel service – face to face, telephone and webchat, with their Universal Credit Claim up to the point the first correct payment is received.

You will need to be proficient in the use of IT and have excellent communication skills. You will need a knowledge of Welfare Benefits, especially Universal Credit, and ideally have experience in providing advice or information to the public and in assisting people to use IT and online applications. DBS check required.

Purpose and Scope of the Role

The Refugee & Migrant Centre are one of the biggest charities in the field. We are renowned for our work in assisting refugees and migrants through crisis and disadvantage; we remove barriers to integration and help our clients to become equal citizens. We are now recruiting Advisor roles to be based across our 3 branches in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall.. This is an exciting time to be joining the team, as we grow to meet our aspirations.

Job Description – Advisor

Reporting to: Casework team managers

Salary:  £17,169- 19,939 (dependent on experience)

Hours: 35 (full time)

Contract: 1 year with the possibility of extension Probation period: 4 months

Location:  RMC’s offices in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall – working across branches may be a requirement.

Purpose of the Job:

• To provide professional and effective advice and guidance to a broad range of service users of RMC.
• To assist/support the team and the management to meet the needs of the beneficiaries and achieve targets.

Principal Tasks

Working within the team

• To ensure the professional and organisational requirements are respected and met during the delivery of advice.
• To assist the senior colleagues and Operations Manager in order to drive efficiency, quality, systems improvement and target achievement.

 Casework and advice

• To offer advice, advocacy and support to service users with various aspects related to their welfare as requested by the management of RMC and funders’ requirements.
• To maintain confidentiality in all dealings with service users and ensure their needs are met in a satisfactory and sensitive manner.
• To provide appropriate support and mentoring to any volunteers under supervision.
• To represent RMC at external meetings and events when required by the senior colleagues. 
• To maintain effective working relationships with partners and stakeholders.

RedbridgeCVS is a well-established and highly regarded umbrella body for voluntary and community organisations in the London Borough of Redbridge. We are a small, friendly team based in central Ilford just 20 minutes by train from Liverpool Street station.

We are seeking 1 enthusiastic and motivated professional to join us as a Social Prescribing Advisor. The role will focus on supporting residents referred by GP practices in Redbridge who might face low-level mental ill‐health, social isolation or complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

As Social Prescribing Advisor, you will provide clients with one to one motivational support using behaviour change techniques as well as practical support to access community services to help improve their health and wellbeing.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 10th August 2020.

Please go to our website to download the job pack and return the completed application form via email.

We expect to interview the shortlisted candidates on 18th August 2020.

The East European Resource Centre (EERC) is seeking two Welfare Advisers to join our fantastic team – one Romanian-speaking and one Polish-speaking. 

The roles will be part time and for a fixed term – four days per week until 31 January 2021.

This Welfare Advisers will provide crucial support to users in understanding their rights and accessing their entitlements. The main duties will be:

• Outreach and information to Eastern Europeans in the UK
• Advice and casework around welfare benefits and housing applications
• Peer review of colleagues’ casework

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in assessing and supporting users to apply for welfare benefits. Though not essential, experience working with vulnerable users would be useful. 

Please note: this post-holder will liaise with users who are unlikely to speak good or any English, might struggle with literacy, and have experienced disadvantage and trauma. Therefore, we request a fluent or very good Romanian- or Polish-speaker for this role.

Deadline: 9am on Tuesday 25 August

How to apply: Please complete an application form and email to EERC as per instructions in job pack. Please note CVs will not be accepted. 

If you are a personable, confident and client focused Resourcing/Recruitment professional or have relevant, transferable recruitment experience, this is an exciting opportunity to genuinely make a difference, helping St Mungo’s to meet our growing talent needs and supporting work that really changes and rebuilds lives.

In this busy and varied role, you will work with managers across London and the South East, providing an efficient and effective recruitment service for permanent, casual, temporary or self-employed workers.

Working from our head office in London, you will:

• Build effective working relationships with local managers, candidates and recruitment partners
• Advise on recruitment policy, processes and best practice recruitment
• Deliver regular training sessions related to recruitment and selection
• Develop recruitment marketing materials, advertising and social media campaigns

You will line manage up to 2 Recruitment Administrators ensuring that the pre-employment checking and on-boarding for new starters is progressed quickly, and that any delays or issues are quickly resolved in partnership with the hiring manager.

You will be based from our offices in London, with regular travel  travel to other locations across England as required.

You may have worked directly in an HR or Resourcing team before, but we also welcome applications from those with relevant transferable experience; for example, recruitment experience in relation to volunteers, temporary staff or perhaps from recruiting staff to a team you have managed.

If you are able to build effective relationships quickly, understand great customer service and can work with colleagues to solve problems and are assertive enough to be in a standalone role we would be delighted to hear from you.

Closing date: 10am on Monday 24th August

Virtual Assessments and Interviews: 3rd and 4th of September

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

St Mungo’s employees are encouraged to consider opportunities to develop new skills or progress including; secondments, internal transfers, application to new roles in the organisation or just to get involved in various projects happening within the organisation.

As a result last year 35% of our vacancies were filled by promotions. In 2019 we achieved We Invest in People Gold level accreditation and are one of just 3% of housing associations to achieve this standard; 82% of staff who took part in the IIP survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.

• A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

At St Mungo’s is a Disability Confident Employer, we are in the top 100 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2020 and we are. Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.

We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves. Our Networks include: BAME, Carer’s and Parent’s, Lived Experience, LGBTQIA+, Disability Awareness, South West, Irish and Women’s Action.

• Flexible Working and Other Benefits

We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.

St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 we supported nearly 30,000 people who were either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

Do you want to help the recovery of one of the UK's most seriously declining bird species? Do you have excellent communication skills and experience of working with landowners to deliver conservation benefits?

Conservation Adviser - Turtle Dove
Reference number: A0390820
Location: Suffolk
Salary starting at £26,212 to £29,320 per annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: 18 months

We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic conservation adviser to provide advice to landowners about habitat management for turtle doves in Suffolk which is one of the most important areas in the UK for turtle doves.

We have a full time, 18 month fixed-term role available starting in October 2020. The main duties will be to provide advice about habitat management for turtle doves to landowners by:

• Organising and carrying out survey and advisory visits to landowners
• Producing advisory reports
• Leading events and training for landowners
• Liaising with colleagues within RSPB and partner organisations
• Fostering close links with the farming community

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of providing landowner advice and a good understanding of farming practices and systems. The role will also require good communication skills and an ability to build good relationships with landowners and partners. Experience of carrying out bird surveys along with excellent knowledge of natural history are also desirable.

If this sounds like the job for you then we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: 31 August 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the role profile and application details.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You will be asked to declare unspent convictions and cautions at offer of employment stage.

No agencies please.

About Scope

We’re the disability equality charity. We won't stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. At home. At school. At work. In our communities.

We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need it most. We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.

About the role

The candidate will manage a case-load of customers, supporting and empowering them, ensuring that all programme KPI’s are met. Be a designated safeguarding lead for the service and report any safeguarding issues both internally and externally as required.

Main responsibilities include conducting a thorough initial assessment of all customers joining the programme to understand fully their support needs, developing a SMART goal based action plans that clearly show how the customers support needs will be addressed, measuring, recording and tracking “distance travelled” for each customer in caseload and ensure that an evidence based approach is adopted to recording the customer journey. You’ll work collaboratively within the team to provide support where needed in to ensure KPI’s are achieved and be the designated safeguarding lead and report any safeguarding issues both internally and externally as required.

About you

You should ideally have lived experience of disability. To succeed in the role you will need excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, empathy for your customers, drive and enthusiasm for your role, passion for improving the lives of disabled people and their families.

You will need to respond to change in a positive way and be able to deal with conflicting priorities.

You should have experience of a customer facing role, supporting customers remotely, online and by telephone, providing mentoring or a similar support type, safeguarding of both adults and children. With your experience of safeguarding you should be able to identify, triage and action safeguarding concerns that arise from the service, bring an excellent working knowledge of how to record these concerns, show a true commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of customers and colleagues. You will need a to be confident with digital technology, including Microsoft Office products. You should show a positive approach to the adoption of innovative products and tools.

This service has extended opening hours, 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 12pm on a Saturday. You will need to be flexible to support the team within these hours.

We are looking for accredited Generalist and Debt Advisers to provide comprehensive advice and support to clients in Merton and Lambeth.  If you have at least one year’s post certificate training, are accredited to give debt advice (for Debt Adviser role), passionate about supporting individuals and families in need and interested in joining a dedicated, professional team we would love to hear from you.

The successful candidates will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work flexibly with clients.  You will be meticulous in your work, especially when supporting clients and maintaining case records for continuity of follow up advice and casework.  You will also be very well informed with regards to legislation, case law and policy changes relating to debt and benefits.

You must be prepared to work flexibly, currently due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, work will be home based until a time when our offices (Mitcham, Morden and Streatham Hill) and outreach venues re-open.Our offices have excellent public transport links and Mitcham also has a carpark. We offer a friendly and welcoming work environment and can provide flexible work opportunities dependent on service demands.

Package

As part of the Giving Team, you will work with a variety of people and a diverse range of parishes to:

• speak on Christian giving and encourage generosity in parishes and deaneries, both in worship and other gatherings.
• explore local challenges and opportunities and affirm and share good and innovative practice, including new methods of giving
• offer training, in person and on-line for new methods of giving e.g. the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS), online giving, contactless giving as well as encouraging good practice in key areas such as legacies.
• develop our data analysis to enable a more strategic focus
• responding to invitations from parishes and helping in the planning of, advising upon and direction of giving programmes
• producing an annual report which evaluates and monitors the effectiveness of encouraging giving campaigns and make recommendations on how future campaigns can improve
• inspire giving and strengthen discipleship by encouraging the recognition of the principles underpinning Christian giving and the Parish Support Fund
• being responsible for managing and promoting the use of the Diocesan contactless machines through the "Try before you buy scheme" and for following up and evaluating any national trials in which our parishes are participating
• signpost parish officers to legacy good practice and resources, accounting and budgeting support and funding sources for specific projects, including working closely with colleagues across other departments
• maintain external links with the Regional and National Stewardship Network and other organisations.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for an individual with a desire to serve our churches, with a passion for resourcing mission and ministry, that enables spiritual and numerical growth. It will be important to have an understanding of, and a commitment to the promotion of, the principles and practice of Christian generosity and giving and a willingness to develop further. You should be an active worshipping member of the Church of England or a church in communion with it

You will need to be a graduate, with a degree or equivalent level of education, and relevant experience in a Christian Stewardship and /or Fundraising role. A good level of numeracy, with proven experience in Excel, and the ability to use spreadsheets for data collection is important, matched with a good understanding of finances, budgeting and budget management. Excellent competency in Word and PowerPoint is also necessary.

You should be self-motivated, with the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team, with the ability to communicate in a clear and lively manner both in writing and verbally. You will have the opportunity to use your experience of co-ordinating, planning, designing training, to deliver sessions to a variety of audiences, large and small.

An understanding of the structure, breadth and dynamics of the Church of England is desirable

Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security, and conduct wider research and analysis.

The Advocacy Adviser to International Programmes will work with country teams and partners in designing and supporting the implementation of inclusive peace, security and justice advocacy strategies and activities. S/he will have a thematic focus on bringing about strategic change to advance Saferworld’s Strategic Plan.

The post-holder will be committed to inclusive ways of working, with a strong understanding of working in multi-cultural settings and accompanying people and processes, including partner organisations. They will support Saferworld’s international programmes teams to increase their influence and impact through strategic advocacy, including through accompaniment of advocacy posts around the organisation. They will lead on the development of advocacy strategies and tools that can be used to effectively influence change beyond their direct programmatic impact.

In order to connect programmatic issues and global policy and advocacy to ensure they are complementary and conducive to external change based on evidence from the ground; the post-holder will lead an organisational vision and process to ensure advocates across Saferworld work together to increase our collective impact and contribute to collective learning.

The post holder is expected to show considerable leadership within the organisation and will be asked to have a high level of analytical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving capacities. This includes developing advocacy strategies and tools to meet new needs; collecting and analysing a range of information from different sources; and developing new ideas and approaches to programme-led policy and advocacy.