London South Bank University Students’ Union is on a mission to totally transform the way a students’ union works in a modern university. We are now seeking an outstanding professional leader to join the organisation as Chief Executive to take forward its future development, operational delivery and management across a growing team of staff and volunteers.
About the role
LSBSU is the recognised representative body of 18,000 students at London South Bank University. Many of our students come from less privileged backgrounds and have had to overcome significant barriers in life simply to get to university.
South Bank students have high expectations and ambitions for themselves but lead complex lives where they are faced with the pressures of trying to balance their studies with work and juggling their lives at home. Many don’t identify primarily as students, but instead as carers, nurses, engineers, parents, designers, workers, entrepreneurs, apprentices, last chance learners, and Londoners.
In recent times, realising that much of our activity was not engaging significant parts of our student population, we have taken a long hard look at ourselves. We know that we can do so much more for our students.
Following a period of transition, we have set out an ambitious vision for 2025 that will take us on a journey of improvement and innovation. Our goal is to be a truly transformative students’ union that improves the lives of students on every course and beyond at London South Bank University. We have set a plan for year one, and goals for year five, but how we get there could take many routes and we will need you as CEO to steer that journey.
This is a brilliant opportunity to support an SU which is rebuilding itself from the ground up. We have invested heavily in our transformation, started to build a more inclusive and equitable workplace, and we have significant changes to governance in the pipeline for 2021.
As CEO, you will have the chance to bring people into the senior team and work collaboratively with our Officers, Board and University partner to establish the best way to achieve our goals for 2025.
Who we're looking for
Our ideal Chief Executive will be able to provide dynamic leadership, be motivated to change students’ lives and be passionate about building an organisation that is relevant and responsive to those it seeks to serve.
You need to have strong communication skills, emotional intelligence and an ability to build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. It is essential that you are committed to role modelling inclusive behaviours, building equity and removing the systemic barriers that exist to hold our students back.
We are actively looking to diversify our Trustee board and leadership team as this has not been as diverse as our student population in the past. We are especially interested to hear from candidates from BAME communities and/or candidates that have overcome other significant barriers in their lives.
If you are inspired by the job, we highly recommend you contact Peridot for an informal discussion and background on the role.
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Plymouth, Devon
About Us
Working across Devon and Cornwall, Havencare Homes and Support Limited is a forward-thinking charity that provides social care services for people with learning disabilities and autism.
Offering supported living and residential care services, we use a range of approaches to empower individuals, help them to be as independent as possible and nurture their potential with dignity and respect.
We’re now looking for a female Support Worker to join our team in Plymouth and support an individual in her own home.
The Benefits
- Salary of £8.80 rising to £9.30 after completion of successful probationary period
- Sleep in duties are paid at £54 based on a nine hour sleeping shift
- Contributory pension scheme
- Comprehensive employee assistance programme
- Excellent training
- Make a difference to an individual’s life
The Role
As a Support Worker, you will provide key assistance and support to a young lady with a severe learning disability and other health conditions living in her own home.
Working as part of a team, you will help the service user to remain busy and active and take part in her regular social activities and interactions.
You will act as a role model for outstanding care, promoting independence and encouraging and helping to maintain life skills. Naturally, you will support her health and well-being needs and requirements.
This is a 24 hour, 365 days per year service and you will need to be flexible to work as the service requires, including mornings, daytime, evenings and weekends.
About You
To be considered as a Support Worker, you will need:
- To be resilient with a positive outlook and an upbeat approach to supporting people
- Great planning, organising and motivating skills to support individuals with access to achieve an outcome focused support plan
- To be a great role model and able to connect through great communication and drive towards accessing the community
Due to the needs of this individual, we will only be considering female applicants for this role in line with section 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Experience of learning disabilities and complex needs would be beneficial to your application. Previous experience of supporting people with complex needs in supported living or domiciliary support would also be an advantage.
Other organisations may call this role Care Worker, Residential Care Worker, Social Care Worker, or Trainee Social Care Worker.
Webrecruit and Havencare Homes and Support Limited 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.
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Penzance, Cornwall
Are you a compassionate individual looking for a role where you can make a real difference? Want to help an incredible group of people achieve their day-to-day goals and live their lives as they choose? If so, read on.
About Us
Working across Devon and Cornwall, Havencare Homes and Support Limited is a forward-thinking charity that provides social care services for people with learning disabilities and autism.
Offering supported living and residential care services, we use a range of approaches to empower individuals, help them to be as independent as possible and nurture their potential with dignity and respect.
We’re currently looking for a number of Support Workers to join us and work nights on an 18, 27 or 36 hour contract. You’ll be part of an exciting new project in Penzance supporting individuals’ lifestyles and helping them move into their new homes.
The Benefits
- Salary of £9.30 - £10.30 per hour
- Contributory pension scheme
- Comprehensive employee assistance programme
- Excellent training
- Contribute to the development of our services
- Support a group of incredible individuals in achieving their goals
The Role
As a Support Worker, you will be tasked with supporting individuals to get the most out of our new project. Your aim will be to make a real difference to their lives by promoting independence and enhancing their quality of life.
Specifically, you will take responsibility for eight individuals living in their own flats. Working on various different levels that suit the personality of each resident, you will be their go-to person for our support hub.
You will encourage individuals to utilise assisted living technology, take advantage of support hub opportunities and achieve their goals.
About You
To join us as a Support Worker, you’ll need enthusiasm, creativity and innovative ideas that will support individuals and help them to get the most out of the project
Experience is preferred but not essential as a range of training is provided.
Ideally, you will have experience of supporting individuals with autism and/or learning disabilities and will be able to work in a way that is truly person centred however, this is by no means essential. The willingness and ability to promote Assistive Living Technology would also be an advantage.
Other organisations may call this role Trainee Support Worker, Junior Support Worker, Support Hub Co-ordinator, Residential Care Worker, Social Care Worker, or Trainee Social Care Worker.
The closing date for applications is the 13th July 2020.
This role is offered on a full or part time basis, working 18, 27 or 36 hour contracts.
Webrecruit and Havencare Homes and Support Limited 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.
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This is a role for an experienced support worker used to working with challenging and chaotic clients
Our Streetlink project specifically works with vulnerable women and with the help of a dedicated volunteer team, we provide a range of services including late night and early morning outreach, a twice-weekly Women’s Space, Sanctuary sex worker Drop In every Tuesday evening and an Open Access/Drop-in session. In addition a full adult learning timetable offers free classes and workshops. We assess need, create bespoke support plans, provide ongoing key work and empower people to improve their circumstances. Last year we supported over 1100 people across all our services.
If you are a team player and looking to create opportunities for women who feel their life is without choice, please send in your CV and a covering letter saying why the role ap[peals to you
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About Outward
For more than 40 years, Outward has been providing high-quality support and care services to vulnerable people in London and has grown from strength-to-strength. We believe in engaging, enabling and empowering the people we support to make positive choices, have genuine control over their lives, play an active role in the community, take advantage of opportunities to develop as individuals and live the lives they want.
About the Role
We are looking for support workers for our ASD Outreach team.
The ASD Outreach team provide support to individuals with Autism who either live on their own or with their families across a number of boroughs in North and East London.
We are looking for enthusiastic, creative and committed individuals to join the teams. If you feel you can bring a fresh approach, some new ideas and a commitment to supporting vulnerable people to have genuine control over their lives, play an active role in the community and develop as individuals then we want to hear from you.
As a Support Worker your duties will include:
- Provide support to individuals in line with agreed support plans
- Coordinating packages of care and support for individuals and supporting individuals with reviews of support and any needs for long term care or support.
- Demonstrate good IT skills, and be able to record information clearly and professionally
- Good verbal communication skills; be able to liaise professionally with a range of external stakeholders, care managers, health professionals, other services and providers of support, and family members of customers.
- Delivering a service that promotes and supports choice, empowers individuals, helps people take control of their own support and care, and increases their independence and self-determination.
- Putting the person we support at the heart of your work, promoting each individual’s needs for independence, well-being and dignity
- Flexible approach to working shift patterns, which will include evening and weekend hours, and bank holidays.
- To contribute in the compilation of essential documents
We are a forward thinking organisation, committed to providing the best support possible to vulnerable people therefore you will be provided with comprehensive training and will be supported every step of the way to develop your career with us.
Benefits
We value everything our staff do for the people we support, so we provide a great benefits package:
- Flexible working hours that will give you the work life balance that is right for you
- Up to 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
- Computing Scheme
- Credit Union Scheme
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- Death in Service Benefit
- Health Assured – Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care Vouchers
- Flu Jab Reimbursement
- Long Service Awards
- Pension Scheme
- Purchase Additional Annual Leave
- Refer-a-Friend Scheme
- Retirements
- Loans (including season tickets and parking permit loans)
Outward is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff to share this commitment. If the post you apply for involves working with or having access to adults at risk and/or their records, we will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Services for successful candidates. This will be fully subsidised by Outward.
The closing date for all applications is 9am on 6th July 2020
Interviews will be held on 15th & 16th July 2020
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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Senior ePortfolio Project Officer
Holborn, London
35 hours per week, full-time
18 month fixed-term contract
As Senior ePortfolio Project Officer, you will support the development, testing, piloting and implementation of the new ePortfolio to assist doctors in training and allied health professionals.
The Senior ePortfolio Project Officer is an exciting and critical new role for the College in which you will work closely with a variety of colleagues and external stakeholders, acting as the main point of contact for the ePortfolio project, due to go live in August 2021.
Reporting to the Head of Training, you will contribute to the design and delivery of the training and trainer programme and materials, including videos and podcasts, whilst also be responsible for publishing materials on the College’s website.
As a member of the Curriculum Sub-Committee, you will attend meetings and provide reports as required along with supporting the planning and implementation of ePortfolio project events, such as consultation and user workshops.
Degree educated, ideally with PRINCE2 Practitioner or other project management qualifications, you’ll have excellent project management experience and be adept at report writing and process mapping.
With the ability to think critically, summarise discussions, conduct analyses and prepare briefings, you should be a committed team player with a demonstrable background of collaborative working, whilst having excellent relationship management skills.
Experience of working in the health sector, for a Royal College or having a medical education background, along with a background in managing and developing ePortfolio systems would be desirable.
With the current COVID19 pandemic all staff are currently remote working.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine was established to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. The College is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations in Emergency Medicine for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as recommending trainees for CCT in Emergency Medicine. The College works to ensure high quality care by setting and monitoring standards of care, and providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.
For further information and to apply, please send your CV and covering letter ensuring you cover details outlined in the Person Specification via the application link.
Interviews: 22nd July 2020
We are looking for 3 energetic Immigration Advisers (OISC L1 essential, OISC L2 desirable) for exciting positions as part of a new pan-London immigration advice service for migrants at risk of destitution.
Led by the Project Coordinator/OISC supervisor, you will be responsible for the delivery of immigration advice and casework under the STAR project funded by London Councils. This is a pan-London housing and homelessness project working with Londoners which aims to help up to 5,000 people a year in partnership with Thames Reach, Stonewall Housing and St Mungo’s with Shelter the lead partner. This service is delivered through a mixture of channels including telephone, face-to-face and digital. Due to Covid-19 all our services are currently delivered remotely, with a view to a staged return adjusted to evolving circumstances and clients needs.
The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of the issues faced by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants at risk (including EU migrants). S/he will have a good understanding of the challenges faced by these groups, including destitution and inability to access services due to ‘no recourse to public funds’ status. S/he will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a range of stakeholders.
Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are met and that they are able to overcome the barriers they face. We have more than 35 years of experience working with migrant communities, and in 2019 we supported around 2,000 people through expert legal advice, housing and peer support. Our holistic approach supports people away from a point of crisis and destitution towards safety, economic independence, social engagement and greater emotional wellbeing.
At Praxis, we work to build community, challenge exclusion and discrimination, influence policy and improve services. We played a leading role in exposing the Windrush scandal and advocate and campaign for lasting changes to policy and practice to address the root causes of the issues faced by at-risk migrants
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you looking for an exciting and challenging opportunity that makes a difference?
We are recruiting a Part Time (26.5 hours per week) Community Team Manager to join our new Essex Alcohol Recovery Community service. You will support to deliver a service that works with individuals who require support with Alcohol issues. As the Community Team Manager you will cover the South and West of the County and will work very closely with your counterpart Team Manager (covering the other half of the County) and the Service manager. You will supervise staff in order to maintain a high standard for our service users, ensuring that any concerns relating to safeguarding and risk are appropriately managed as well as ensuring that adequate data is collected and reported on. You will represent the service across the County and will build excellent working relationships with our many partners.
Do you have?
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Experience of managing staff?
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An understanding of the complex issues presented by individuals within alcohol services.
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The ability to build relationships with other professionals (health providers, the police, youth services, mental health & substance misuse organisations) and to maintain the excellent reputation of Phoenix Futures.
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The ability to be innovative and flexible in order to meet the needs of the service.
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Extensive experience of the substance misuse sector or related field.
If so join us and we will support you to
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Contribute to the creative development of our treatment and recovery approach to meet the needs of our service users, our commissioners and stakeholders.
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Achieve your potential with the support of an organisation rated as one of the Best 100 Not for Profit Companies to Work For.
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Access a range of learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development.
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Help change the lives of individuals.
The Phoenix Futures Group has more than 45 years experience of developing and delivering pioneering substance misuse services. We believe in being the best and that is why we constantly strive to learn and innovate, to challenge ourselves, to adapt and to work together with others who can bring valuable expertise.
At Phoenix Futures, we’ve been helping individuals, families and communities recover from drug and alcohol problems for over 45 years. Read more
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ESTEEM, a Sussex based youth charity, has a great opportunity for a Wellbeing Project Manager to join our team. Leading on Wellbeing Workshops, overseeing counselling services and supporting young people on a one to one and group level.
Based at ESTEEM’s offices, in Shoreham, West Sussex, The Well-being project acts as a ‘plug-in’ to ESTEEM’s Youth COAST (Creating Opportunities, Activities, Support & Training) project, for 14-26 year olds. The Wellbeing Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing a free counselling service, with both qualified and in-training counsellors. Counsellors provide 1:1 sessions for an hour a week per person, to be reviewed after 12 sessions. This role will also include delivery of ½ hour sessions for support, advice and guidance as needed basis.
The Well-being Project aims to work with over 100 young people per year aged 14-26, across all of Sussex, who are facing barriers to achieving their life-goals. Using the five Ways to Wellbeing (Give, Take Notice, Learn, Connect, Be Active), young people will be able to access support, guidance and gain confidence in a safe space. The Wellbeing Project encourages young people to make new friends, help the organisation grow and get involved in their local community.
This project aims to provide (per year):
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150 hours of free 1:1 counselling for young people
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200 1/2 hour wellbeing sessions for advice and planning for young people who are in need of immediate support. This would be primarily run by the Wellbeing Manager.
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8 -12 Wellbeing Workshops per year including topics such as Resilience, Leadership, or Creative Thinking. Occasionally these may need to happen during the evening Drop-in (6-8pm).
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Oversee the recruitment and coordination of 2 fully qualified Counsellors and 3 Trainee Counsellors & facilitate access to clinical supervision, with a view to growing this team as capacity permits.
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Liaise with Counselling training providers.
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Maintaining records and updating staff.
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Liaise with ESTEEM’s Head of Safeguarding to ensure best practice is maintained throughout the project.
Principal tasks and responsibilities
Well-being High Level Support
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Liaising with CO, Project Manager, Project Worker & Counsellors to manage & schedule 1:1 support sessions with young adults
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Working closely with young adults to prompt and identify any issues & help them to make a resolution plan
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Spend quality time with young adults, listening & offering support while maintaining clear boundaries
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Maintain up to date contact logs and data files to ensure information is correctly shared and acted upon according to data protection and confidentiality guidelines
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Promote and keep yourself up to date with other organisation’s events and projects that may benefit young people
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Updating the staff team with any issues or developments with young people
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Write quarterly reports for the senior team and trustees on project progress
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Be part of the Designated Safeguarding team with 2-3 evenings on-call (until 9pm) each month.
Counselling Coordination
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Working with ESTEEM Counsellors to offer them support & guidance, ensuring clinical supervision is maintained for all counsellors
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Liaise with ESTEEM Staff Team to maintain in-house clinical supervision for front-line staff
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Liaise with counsellors in matching young adults with suitable counsellors, taking into account skill level, interests & approaches
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Liaising with external Counselling Training Providers, offering placements at ESTEEM & providing relevant documentation & procedures
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Managing the space for confidential sessions, alongside the other staff team members
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Promote the wellbeing services that ESTEEM offers within the team & on external networks
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Work with the Youth COAST Project Manager to oversee and monitor the project’s budget
Well-being Workshops
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To run between 8-12 workshops of between 2hrs to 1 day in length
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Cover a range of topics that are requested or identified by young adults as being needed or wanted
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Maintain records of attendees and ensure relevant documentation is completed
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Liaise with the Project Worker to coordinate & plan the Drop-in activities involving your workshops
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Work to budgets
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Liaise with the YMT (Youth Management Team) to tailor sessions & workshops & maintain ESTEEM’s Youth-led approach at all times
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Signpost participants to ESTEEM opportunities and promote relevant events and projects
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