Prisoners Abroad is a unique welfare and human rights charity providing advice and emotional support to people affected by overseas imprisonment. We help people during their incarceration, when they return to the UK and need resettlement services, and we also support their family and friends throughout the trauma.

In this role, you will provide crucial advice to embassies, consulates and country caseworkers at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on human rights issues affecting British nationals abroad, including claims of torture and cases where a British national could be or has been sentenced to death.

An outstanding communicator with an in-depth, comprehensive practical knowledge of human rights law (particularly relating to fair trials and prisoner rights), you must also hold a legal degree and preferably a formal qualification in human rights.

This post is based at the FCDO with one day every fortnight at Prisoners Abroad, although it is expected to be home-based during the current situation due to Covid-19

Interviews are scheduled for w/c Monday 5th October 2020 via Zoom.

An opportunity has arisen within Worcestershire County Council, in conjunction with Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust to recruit an Employment Support Worker to work with Community Assessment & Recovery Service (CARS). The service is county based and the post holder will be based at either New Brook, Princess of Wales Community Hospital in Bromsgrove or Studdert Kennedy House in Worcester.  This is to join an existing, well established Employment Services Team which covers the county of Worcestershire and holds accreditation from the Centre of Mental Health as a Centre of Excellence for Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

You will be required to:

• Proactively manage a caseload of people who have experienced mental health problems who are unemployed and economically inactive.
• Provide employment support for our client group who are furthest away from the job market to move them closer to their employment goals, in the hope that these achievements aid individuals’ recovery and social inclusion goals.
• Work within a multidisciplinary environment with service users with complex needs, supporting them to move into employment and sustain this to aid recovery, in conjunction with key stakeholders.
• Supporting clients once gained employment, and/or aiding those who are employed and experiencing difficulties within the work place retain employment
• Liaise closely with DWP providers. 
• Work proactively at employer engagement including educational, voluntary work and pre-vocational training opportunities and supporting employers on reasonable adjustments and retention of employees where necessary.

You will have experience both in the field of employment support and with clients experiencing mental ill health

You be capable of working independently and have the ability to take initiative, including making direct approaches to employers.

Personal experience of recovery from mental ill health is seen as an additional advantage in applying for this post although not essential.

Closing date: 11/10/2020

Provision interview dates of the 26th / 27th October 2020

Working Well is a mental health and employment charity in London.  All of our projects share the aim of improving the lives of people with mental health, learning disabilities and/or complex issues through training and employment.  

We are recruiting for our established Individual Placement and Support (IPS) team in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. We are a Centre of Excellence and adhere closely to the principles of the IPS model in supporting people in to employment. 

We are recruiting for:

• Tower Hamlets: one FTE Employment Specialist

You will work with clients (managing a caseload) who have mental health support needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. You will deliver the IPS approach (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

You will work as part of a community mental health team, maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment.

Working Well Employment Specialists work with clients to identify their employment needs and then actively support them to achieve their employment goals, often engaging employers directly to secure jobs.  We focus on people’s strengths and potential, working with clients who want to find work regardless of their experience level and background.  We do not use the phrase "job ready" as the only criteria is whether someone wants to get a job. 

Experience of employment support is not essential, more important than that experience is that you share our commitment to supporting people to find the right job for them.  The successful candidate must be comfortable in approaching employers, persuading them to use our service, working with them to recruit our clients to fill vacancies and sustain employment. 

You will work closely with clinical teams, providing a coordinated approach that always remains client led.  You will also be in working to targets whilst maintaining a high-quality service.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, part of the working week will be carried out from home initially using telephone and videoconference software to complete appointments. 

Please click apply to send your CV and CV cover letter (please add the cover form to the end of your CV when uploading). Candidates need to clearly outline how they meet the person specification points in their cover letter.

Staff benefits include an employer contribution to a personal or workplace pension equivalent to 6% of gross salary.  30 days annual leave plus paid public holidays. 

Working Well Trust is an equal opportunities and confident about disabilities employer (two ticks). 

Application deadline: 29th September 2020 9am

Telephone screening: Week commencing 5th October 2020

Interviews: Week commencing 12th October 2020

Job title Peer Support Worker (Vocation and Young Adults Service) 
Contract Permanent 
Hours Up to 37.5 hours per week 
Salary £19,860 to £24,280 
Service setting Jami resources, local communities, and virtual support 
Responsible to Vocational Initiatives Manager/ Y.ROC Lead 
 
Organisation 
Jami is a mental health charity committed to providing practical and emotional support to the Jewish community, delivering services that educate, support and facilitate recovery. 
Jami help people with mental illness build resilience, achieve their goals and have control over their life through Community Hubs and outreach; education and training; and bespoke recovery support plans. 
Jami currently: • Supports around 1,300 service users at any one time living with mental ill health • Delivers approximately 27,000 separate provisions of service annually • Operates programmes from four Community Hubs and two Enterprise Hubs across London • Reaches thousands more people each year through education, seminars, work in schools and other organisations, and through our social enterprises. 
 
Job purpose 
Peer Support is one of the best forms of therapy for helping people recover from mental health issues and its impact on their lives. People who have experienced mental health issues can offer insight and understanding and can draw on their own experiences to help and inspire.  The role involves developing empowering relationships, sharing experiences ina way that inspires hope, and support. The Peer Support Worker role can offer an effective complement to the co-delivery of support as a member of the developing Young Adults Service. 

Please see attached information pack for more details.

To apply for the role, please send your CV and covering letter. Closing date for applications Sunday 11th of October 2020

Are you a friendly, efficient English and French speaker looking for an exciting opportunity to join a charity making a real difference?

As a Caseworker at Prisoners Abroad, you are integral to the work of the Prisoner and Family Support Team.

Delivering a friendly and professional service, you will be the first point of contact for Britons arrested overseas and their families, who are often in distress. You will provide advice and information on foreign criminal justice systems, liaise with lawyers, prison authorities and consular officials, and monitor people’s well-being in order to provide appropriate practical and emotional support. You will also liaise with our resettlement team to assist prisoners with preparing for release.

With experience of advice work with prisoners / prisoners’ families or experience in a similar advice or information-giving capacity, you will have excellent recording and administrative skills to manage your caseload, the ability to communicate articulately and sensitively and be able to work well in a team. We are looking specifically for a French speaker to join the team at this time.

This post is offered as a fixed-term contract for one year in the first instance but, subject to funding, we hope to make it permanent. 

Interviews are scheduled for Monday 5th October via Zoom and second interviews on Friday 9th October 2020.