Overall purpose of the role
To provide specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to the client group. The CBT Practitioner will work to a fixed-term model with clients. CBT services will include comprehensive assessment and treatment planning, individual and group therapy, and advice sessions. The CBT Practitioner will also provide consultation and advice-giving on the psychological care of clients to other staff, as required.

About you
You will be a highly skilled counsellor/practitioner with experience of working with vulnerable clients. You will have a Diploma in Counselling/Psychotherapy and registered with the BACP, or equivalent.  Preferably, you will be an accredited member of the BABCP, or comparable organisation.  As important as your qualifications are your abilities to blend therapeutic work with a pragmatic approach and work flexibly with individuals.

The postholder will understand the complexities of trauma, mental health, drug and/or alcohol dependency, and barriers to support experienced by homeless people.

What we offer
In return for your experience and commitment, our offer includes a salary of £40,000 per annum rising to £45,000; 22 days annual leave increasing to 25 days, plus bank holidays; clinical supervision; and up to 8% employer’s pension.

Interested and want to know more?
Read through our Recruitment Pack, which gives you the detail and tells you about us and how we work. If you’re still interested, have the skills, experience and attitude we’re looking for, then we want to hear from you.

Closing date Monday, 28th September
Interviews week beginning 5th October

School costs can put pressure on low-income families and put children at risk of missing out on opportunities and feeling different, excluded and unhappy. The Cost of the School Day project involves children and young people, parents/carers and school staff in identifying financial barriers and taking action to remove them.

CPAG has been funded by The National Lottery Community Fund to roll out our Cost of the School Day project in Wales and England, and to expand the work to a new local authority area in Scotland. In Wales, we are working with partner local authorities Neath Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taff. We are recruiting a Cost of the School Day Practitioner to join our team and work alongside our existing Wales Practitioner.

CPAG believes that every child from a low income household must be able to make the most of the school day. Expanding on our work in Scotland, the Cost of the School Day project has now been established in Wales and much of the groundwork has taken place over the past six months. The project has been set up to ensure that disadvantaged children have greater access to educational opportunity, by identifying and supporting changes to policies and practices both within individual schools and across local authority areas to reduce cost pressures on low income families.

Given that many more families with school-age children will now be experiencing poverty and financial shock due to Covid-19, there is an even greater need to raise awareness of poverty across the Welsh education system and support schools to develop poverty sensitive policies and practices.

Putting children in the lead, CPAG are working with official project partners, Children North East, to poverty proof schools across the UK. Drawing on the outcomes from these individual schools the project will build an evidence base for shaping school level action and local authority-wide system change resulting in a UK-wide cultural shift towards fairer education systems for children living in poverty in Wales, Scotland and England.

Please note that speaking Welsh is an essential requirement for this role. You are welcome to submit your application in either Welsh or English, and your application will not be treated less favourably whichever language you choose. As some of the panel will not be Welsh speakers, we will arrange for your application and any written assessments to be translated into English on your behalf. If you wish to be interviewed through the medium of Welsh we will arrange for simultaneous translation.

See our website for further details.

Gall costau ysgol roi pwysau ar deuluoedd incwm isel a rhoi plant mewn perygl o golli cyfleoedd a theimlo’n wahanol, wedi eu heithrio ac yn anhapus. Mae prosiect Cost y Diwrnod Ysgol yn cynnwys plant a phobl ifanc, rhieni/gofalwyr a staff ysgolion o ran nodi rhwystrau ariannol a chymryd camau i’w dileu.

Mae CPAG UK wedi’i ariannu gan Gronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol i gyflwyno’r prosiect Cost y Diwrnod Ysgol yng Nghymru a Lloegr, ac i estyn y gwaith i ardal awdurdod lleol newydd yn yr Alban. Yng Nghymru, byddwn yn dechrau ar ein gwaith yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot a Rhondda Cynon Taf. Rydym yn chwilio am Ymarferwr Cost y Dwirnod Ysgol i ymuno â’n tîm a gweithio ochr yn ochr ag Ymarferwr presennol Cymru.

Cred CPAG fod angen i bob plentyn o aelwyd incwm isel allu manteisio i’r eithaf ar y diwrnod ysgol. Gan ehangu ein gwaith yn yr Alban, mae prosiect Cost y Diwrnod Ysgol wedi’i sefydlu yng Nghymru erbyn hyn ac mae llawer o’r gwaith paratoi wedi’i wneud yn ystod y chwe mis diwethaf. Sefydlwyd y prosiect i sicrhau bod gan blant sydd dan anfantais fwy o fynediad i gyfle addysgol, drwy nodi a chefnogi newidiadau i bolisïau ac arferion o fewn ysgolion unigol ac ar draws ardaloedd awdurdod lelol i leihau’r pwysau cost ar deuluoedd incwm isel.

Gan y bydd llawer mwy o deuluoedd â phlant oedran ysgol yn dioddef tlodi a sioc ariannol bellach o ganlyniad i Covid-19, mae hyd yn oed mwy o angen i godi ymwybyddiaeth o dlodi ledled system addysg Cymru a chefnogi ysgolion i ddatblygu polisïau ac arferion sy’n sensitif i dlodi.

Gan roi plant ar y blaen, mae CPAG yn gweithio gyda pharnetiaid prosiect swyddogol, Children North East, i ddiogelu yn erbyn tlodi yn ysgolion ledled y DU. Ar sail canlyniadau’r ysgolion unigol hyn, bydd y prosiect yn adeiladu ar sylfaen dystiolaeth i lywio gweithredu ar elfel ysgolion a newid systemau ar draws awdurdodau lleol i arwain at newid diwylliannol ledled y DU tuag at systemau addysg tecach ar gyfer plant sy’n byw mewn tlodi yng Nghymru, yr Alban a Lloegr.

Sylwch fod siarad Cymraeg yn un o ofynion hanfodol y swydd hon. Gellir cyflwyno ceisiadau yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg, ac ni fydd eich cais yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol ni waeth pa iaith a ddewiswch. Gan y bydd rhai o aelodau’r panel yn ddi-Gymraeg, byddwn yn trefnu i’ch cais ac unrhyw asesiadau ysgrifenedig gael eu cyfieithu i Saesneg ar eich rhan. Os hoffech gael cyfweliad trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, byddwn yn trefnu cyfieithu ar y pryd.

Gweler y pecynnau swydd ar ein gwefan i gael rhagor o fanylion.

You will be working with survivors of domestic abuse, providing support and advocacy to address their immediate risk and safety needs whilst helping them take that first step on a pathway without fear and abuse. You will be delivering an educational intervention programme on a one to one basis with survivors of domestic abuse to aid their understanding of the dynamics of abuse and the impact on individuals and children.

We are seeking an empathetic individual who is dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic abuse achieve positive outcomes.

Changing Pathways is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose.  ‘We call these our 3Ps’.

We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change ‘the system’, to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

We work with Young People & Families in trouble, providing early intervention, targeted and specialist support services to those in crisis, leaving care, missing from home or with substance misuse or mental health problems. 

Catch22 Surrey Young People’s Substance Misuse Service (SYPSMS) is a county-wide specialist treatment service, offering; one-to-one support to young people and their families, a 24 hour help line, counselling and pharmacological support, as part of a tailored recovery approach for young people aged 11 to 25-years-old successfully delivering positive outcome for the young people we work with.

We are looking for Substance Misuse Practitioner to provide appropriate specialist or targeted substance misuse support, and interventions to a pre-defined caseload of young people who are referred by means of effective assessment, care planning and risk management.
 

Main responsibilities will be:

• Developing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting on care plans, YPORS, risk assessments and outcomes throughout the young person’s treatment journey providing appropriate care and support of individuals accessing the service.
• Providing family interventions and supporting parents and carers of service users and those wishing to access our services.
• Promoting and supporting service user involvement through facilitation of service user groups and activities and supporting volunteers participation within the service.
• Working in partnership with other agencies and promoting effective dialogue, referral and care pathways between agencies, families and schools.
• Working in partnership with criminal justice services to support young people, addressing their substance misuse problems and reducing the risk of re-offending
• Providing harm minimisation and drugs education activities; supporting individuals and groups in schools and other services.
   

Knowledge and experience:

To succeed in this role, you’ll need understanding of Every Child Matters and other appropriate youth policies as well as knowledge of Substance misuse and associated risks and harms.

Experience;

• Experience of working with young people who are experiencing substance misuse issues
• Experience of working with young people and providing harm reduction interventions
• Previous experience of working with challenging and hard to engage young people
• Broad knowledge working with young people in group and one-to-one settings.
• Skilled at delivering one to one interventions and group work to young people

About us

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Crisis Skylight Newcastle are a dynamic innovative team that go the extra mile to support people out of their homelessness for good. Our experienced and diverse team work closely to provide a wraparound service that is personally tailored to individual needs. Our innovative education, employment, housing and well-being services address individual needs and help homeless people transform their lives.

We are currently looking for a Progression Coach to offer high quality information, advice and guidance to support Crisis Skylight Members out of homelessness. This is a permanent role, working 35 hrs a week, primarily in our office in the centre of Newcastle, although there may be some outreach work required.

About the role

As a Progression Coach, you will provide high quality coaching, information, advice, guidance and appropriate support in relation to housing to members by providing a safe, welcoming, supportive and non-judgmental environment for members to progress.The role will involve managing your own caseload and working with external partners.

About you

As the ideal candidate you will be experienced in engaging and working with vulnerable and hard to reach people. You will need to advocate effectively and maintain appropriate professional boundaries. You will have demonstrable experience of working within a coaching model of service delivery. You will be creative, working around constraints and challenges in an innovative way, utilising your exceptional decision-making skills.

Benefits

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career. 

How To Apply 

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please Click on the 'Apply For Job' button below.

Closing date: Sunday 11 October 2020

Interviews will be held on the 21st and 22nd October 2020. 

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website. 

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Opportunity:

You have an opportunity to join Creative Support’s multidisciplinary Complex Care Team. Would you like to be part of a team that is flexible, dynamic and innovative? To feel valued in your role and to contribute to real outcomes based on genuine values of enhancing quality of life and commitment to our pledge to the Restraint Reduction Network?

You will hold a key role in our services in the South and our Essex Transforming Care Service, assisting the Service Manager in the operational leadership of a high quality support service for complex individuals with forensic histories, with Learning Disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Mental Health Needs.

You will engage services in the delivery of person centered support based on holistic assessments, creating favourable environments and plans that are proactive and enhance quality of life, teach skills and address stressors in people’s lives. Practice leadership and the ability to nurture wellbeing in teams to promote a culture of reflective practice is an essential component of our vision. Our aim is to deliver effective and compassionate support to each person but particularly those individuals with complex learning histories and forensic needs.

The PBS Practitioner role is to provide clinical and complex needs advice, guidance, support planning and training to services where there are challenges to quality of life and service delivery. The role is accountable to the Complex Care Team and involves responsibility for a number of individuals identified through our corporate risk register. Collectively we will demonstrate our commitment to achieving the key performance indicators in our pledge to the Restraint Reduction Network.

Choice:

Creative Support is a non-profit provider of person centred care and support to people with a range of needs including people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and autism spectrum conditions. You must be able to engage with the people we support, their families and multi-disciplinary teams, analyse data and produce high quality written assessments and reports that translate into practice. 

As a Complex Care Team we have developed a positive reputation for the support that we provide. You must be a professional and skilled communicator with the ability to work in a range of contexts to create individualised plans based on functional assessments to identify and achieve outcomes to enhance quality of life. This is an engaged role and requires a commitment to embed practice through mentoring teams, practice leadership and training.

A recognised qualification in PBS is a requirement of the role but we are interested in receiving an application from individuals with relevant experience and the personal qualities we are looking for.

Wellbeing:

Working for Creative Support you will have scope to contribute to the development of our services. This is a role where your creativity and ideas are valued. We believe that supporting your wellbeing is key to ensuring your effective support for others.  We are an Investor in People accredited employer of a diverse team of over 5,000 well supported staff across England. You will be joining a progressive charitable organisation, strongly committed to investing in your professional development. You will be part of our highly committed and mutually supportive Complex Care Team and will be able to access supervision, peer support and expertise. As an employee you will be entitled to our comprehensive Employee Benefits. 

The Role

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well being of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, conscientious and enthusiastic full time Senior Practitioner for our Central Community Recovery Drug & Alcohol Service in Bristol. You will provide essential support to the Hub Manager and have significant line management responsibilities. You will support the team to meet service delivery targets, be confident in communicating data, manage caseloads and competently manage safeguarding concerns alongside the Hub Manager ensuring the team deliver a safe, caring and effective service.

Experience of line managing people is essential, as is a deep understanding of substance misuse and alcohol. It is a challenging role requiring leadership skills whilst also undertaking some client work. You will be required to work in group settings and on a one to one basis, with staff and clients. It is essential that you have motivational skills in order to inspire team members and encourage service users.

You will be expected to support staff with assessments, risk assessments, support plans and reviews and coordinating the client’s care with other agencies, as required.

As DHI employees, we are representatives of DHI’s vision. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others in fulfilling their potential we look forward to hearing from you.

If you are interested in the role contact details are available on the DHI website for an informal chat about the role.

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form, using the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification and send to HR before midday on Monday 28th September 2020. More information available on the DHI website.

Could you be a Link Worker supporting people from within the NHS? 

Hertsmere, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire's NHS has commissioned "Link Workers" throughout the county to work closely with GP surgeries supporting patients to find non-clinical solutions to improve their wellbeing. Link Workers will work intensively with a small number of individuals, enabling them to access support within their local community.

You will be responsible for linking patients to services across the Health, Statutory and Voluntary sectors.  You will work alongside patients to help them achieve their goals, undertaking assessments and building relationships to agree personalised plans to help the patient make the necessary changes to live the life they choose. You will work closely with GPs, other health and social care professionals, and also with local voluntary organsiations. 

You may have worked in a similar role previously - but equally this role will be suited to someone with good local knowledge, appropriate experience and a passion for personalised care. Are you a people person? Can you earn trust and help people identify goals and access the support they need to achieve those goals? Are you fully committed to person-centred services and to helping inviduals find solutions to their needs? Can you work as part of a GP surgery team, maintaining the highest professional standards, sharing systems, communicating clearly and contributing to case management? If you are proactive, enthusiastic and person-centred, then we would love to hear from you. 

We have already appointed more than a dozen Link Workers in Hertfordshire and to expand our team we are now looking for Link Workers in Hertsmere and South West Herts. HCNS's wider activities are also supported by HCC and by local CCGs. The roles are offered as permanent contracts (subject to future funding). The roles are full-time but we will accept part-time applications and will try to find job-share partners. 

The roles will be based at one or more local GP surgeries covering Watford & Three Rivers, Dacorum, Hertsmere, St Albans & Harpenden and we will pay travel expenses within the geographical area covered. Applicants must be licenced drivers with access to a vehicle. An enhanced DBS check will be required. 

The role

We are recruiting Link Workers to work with people who are frail or vulnerable or unwell, people who are in danger of losing their independence. Link Workers will receive referrals from GP surgeries. They must take time to understand people’s needs, and they work with professionals, volunteers, families, carers and individuals to develop appropraite solutions.

You will work to understand your local community, link people together, and help develop more effective services. When solutions are needed, you will find them.

The job

You will be employed by one of the voluntary organisations involved in the delivery of Link Worker services: Age UK Hertfordshire, British Red Cross, Carers in Herts, Dacortium, Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers, POhWER, Watford & Three Rivers Trust and Watford Community Housing. Other partners may join.

You will be assigned to work with one or more GP surgeries and play a key role within their team. You will also be part of a locality team comprising other social prescribers led by a Senior Navigator.

You will need to operate independently and as part of several different teams, each providing support and supervision. You will use case management databases and communications systems, understand safeguarding and privacy rules, and provide high quality information, input and feedback. 

Please apply using the application form attached stating how you meet the requirements for this post. If you are currently based outside Hertfordshire, please explain how you will relocate or commute if appointed. Shortlisted candidates will receive full details before interview.

Could you be a Link Worker supporting people from within the NHS? 

We are looking to recruit a full-time Link Worker based in:

Lee Valley Health Primary Care Network, covering the following surgeries:

• Abbey Road Surgery
• Cromwell and Wormley Medical Centre
• High Street Surgery
• Stanhope Surgery
• Stockwell Lodge Medical Centre

Hertfordshire's NHS has commissioned "Link Workers" throughout the county to work closely with GP surgeries supporting patients to find non-clinical solutions to improve their wellbeing. Link Workers will work intensively with a small number of individuals, enabling them to access support within their local community.

You will be responsible for linking patients to services across the Health, Statutory and Voluntary sectors. You will work alongside patients to help them achieve their goals, undertaking assessments and building relationships to agree personalised plans to help the patient make the necessary changes to live the life they choose. You will work closely with GPs, other health and social care professionals, and also with local voluntary organsiations. 

You may have worked in a similar role previously - but equally this role will be suited to someone with good local knowledge, appropriate experience and a passion for personalised care. Are you a people person? Can you earn trust and help people identify goals and access the support they need to achieve those goals? Are you fully committed to person-centred services and to helping inviduals find solutions to their needs? Can you work as part of a GP surgery team, maintaining the highest professional standards, sharing systems, communicating clearly and contributing to case management? If you are proactive, enthusiastic and person-centred, then we would love to hear from you. 

We have already appointed more than a dozen Link Workers in Hertfordshire and to expand our team we are now looking for Link Workers in Hertsmere and South West Herts. HCNS's wider activities are also supported by HCC and by local CCGs. The roles are offered as permanent contracts (subject to future funding). The roles are full-time but we will accept part-time applications and will try to find job-share partners. 

The roles will be based at one or more local GP surgeries in the areas listed above. Applicants must be licenced drivers with access to a vehicle. An enhanced DBS check will be required. 

The role

We are recruiting Link Workers to work with people who are frail or vulnerable or unwell, people who are in danger of losing their independence. Link Workers will receive referrals from GP surgeries. They must take time to understand people’s needs, and they work with professionals, volunteers, families, carers and individuals to develop appropraite solutions.

You will work to understand your local community, link people together, and help develop more effective services. When solutions are needed, you will find them.

The job

You will be employed by one of the voluntary organisations involved in the delivery of Link Worker services: Age UK Hertfordshire, British Red Cross, Carers in Herts, Dacortium, POhWER, Watford & Three Rivers Trust and Watford Community Housing. Other partners may join.

You will be assigned to work with one or more GP surgeries and play a key role within their team. You will also be part of a locality team comprising other social prescribers led by a Senior Navigator.

You will need to operate independently and as part of several different teams, each providing support and supervision. You will use case management databases and communications systems, understand safeguarding and privacy rules, and provide high quality information, input and feedback. 

Please apply using the application form attached stating how you meet the requirements for this post. If you are currently based outside Hertfordshire, please explain how you will relocate or commute if appointed. Shortlisted candidates will receive full details before interview.

We invite applications for an exciting opportunity to join a new and developing service at our office in central Birmingham and working from home until our current Covid-19 policy changes.

The senior therapist will be a member of Respond’s Midlands team delivering trauma informed therapeutic services across the region. You will support Midlands Transforming Care Partnerships to enable people with learning disabilities, autism or both subject to long-stay hospitalisation under the Mental Health Act to return to their local community.

Line managing  therapists, you will undertake a range of clinical work including case management and provide clinical supervision, reflective practice groups, consultation and training for a wide range of clinicians, professionals and care staff externally. 

This unique opportunity may well be the next step in your career advancement with a commitment from Respond to support and develop your skills in all areas of the role, including your knowledge of trauma and its impact on people with learning disabilities, autism or both.

About us: Respond is a small national charity with offices in London and Birmingham providing specialised community support for children and adults with learning disabilities, autism or both who have experienced abuse or trauma. 

The heart of our work is psychotherapy and through the many years of our development we have become experts in understanding and working with trauma. This guides the range of services we provide.

To apply: Via CharityJob with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification criteria. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date: 25th October 2020

Interviews (by Zoom): 5th November 2020

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist / Training and Capacity Builder

Contract: Permanent, Part Time
Hours: 21 hours per week
Location: London, Finsbury Park
Salary: £41,361 pro rata per annum (Actual salary £24,816.60 pa) Grade 24

Closing Date for applications: 11 October 2020  

We are looking for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, Training and Capacity Builder to join our multidisciplinary team. The purpose of this role is to provide a psychology service to adults who are survivors of torture and organised violence through individual or group therapy, offering a range of interventions. In addition you will contribute to the development and delivery of internal and external training, and provide consultation to external professionals who work with survivors of torture and organised violence. The role also includes offering supervision to psychology trainees.

You will be qualified in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, desirably to Doctorate level, and be accredited and a member of a relevant professional body.  

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30 day annual leave entitlement, and 6% pension contribution.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Blind Veterans UK helps vision-impaired ex-Service men and women of every generation rebuild their lives after sight loss. Since 1915, we’ve provided rehabilitation, training, practical advice and emotional support to tens of thousands of blind veterans.

We are looking for an experienced nurse to perform and monitor comprehensive assessments of member’s needs. You will plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs. 

As Clinical Lead Nurse, you will develop and review risk assessments and contingency planning to support safety, while ensuring that the delivery of care to members meets the standards required by regulatory bodies, for example CQC, NMC.

You will also develop, lead and monitor the implementation of the Centre policies, procedures and clinical guidelines to ensure your compliance as well as other Care staff.  This includes leading, promoting and practicing the highest standards of prevention and control of infection at all times.

The Clinical Lead Nurse is also responsible for monitoring standards of clinical care and will lead and facilitate improvements through benchmarking, audit and research.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, friendly, forward thinking care management team.  You will be a decision maker, a team player and very much adaptable to an ever changing environment.

Blind Veterans UK believe that we need to invest in our staff to be the best that you can be, this includes personal and professional development.  As Clinical Lead Nurse you will be responsible for developing our people in order to create the right environment to deliver the highest standard of care. 

This includes leading, promoting and practicing the highest standards of care, clinical governance and regulations in accordance with CQC & NMC.

Previous care home CQC experience preferred but not essential.

This position will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Benefits include free life assurance, free parking, pension scheme, subsidised staff restaurant, use of onsite facilities (which include a gym and swimming pool), health care cash back scheme (after one year of continuous employment), an employee assistance programme and an excellent working environment.

Closing date:             Friday 9 October 2020 at 12.00 midday

Interview date:          To be confirmed

If you are interested in this role, please sent an up-to-date CV and statement to us detailing why you are interesting in taking on this role and what you feel your skills, qualities and experience can bring to the Care Team.

Because of the number of applications we receive we don't acknowledge each one - if you haven't heard from us within a week of the closing date, please assume that we won't be inviting you for an interview. You are, of course, welcome to try again if a suitable post comes up.

Do you work well in a team and believe in the social model of disability?  Can you build and sustain relationships with customers based on mutuality and peer support?  Do you enjoy managing a varied caseload of people and working in a person centred and empowering way?  Then this could be the role you’re looking for.

We are looking to employ a passionate, motivated individual with excellent communication and people skills to join our Touchpoint Team as one of two Touchpoint Peer Workers. Launched in October 2018, Touchpoint supports people experiencing any form of disability in Barnet to access the services and resources they need so they can live the life they want to live.

As a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation, we aim to work with people as equal partners to support positive change.  You will have your own lived experience of disability, a long term condition or mental health issues, and be able to use the knowledge this brings you to empower other people overcome the barriers they’re facing.

You may have experience in a related role, perhaps in the advice or advocacy sector, but you may come from a different sector, bringing a host of transferable skills.

The role is 35 hours a week. Currently it involves a mixture of home working (due to COVID) and office working from our modern, open plan office in Barnet and Southgate College, Colindale.  The successful candidate will enjoy working in a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation with an enthusiastic and friendly team of colleagues.

To apply, send your CV plus a detailed covering letter explaining how you would use your own lived experience of disability or a long term condition or mental health issue to provide meaningful peer support.

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.  Fixed term contract to 31/07/21, with the possibility of renewal subject to funding.  The successful candidate will need to undergo a DBS check. 

Inclusion Barnet is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) number 1158632.

Job title

Occupational Therapist (Vocation and Young Adults Services)

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Up to 37.5 hours per week

Salary

£25,000 to £30,000, dependent on experience

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

• You will be working across Jami’s Vocational and Young Adults Services with the aim of delivering services to young adults and those requiring support to access vocational activity (volunteering, education/ training, paid employment).
• Establish a network of relationships with educational, vocational and leisure facilities.
• Provide outreach support to Young Adults in line with a “whole team approach” working with key individuals in mutually agreed settings.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of a high quality, needs led, innovative mental health service for Young Adults and those using our Vocational Service.
• Be involved in carrying out initial assessments, short-term interventions, enabling people to identify their needs and service evaluation.
• You will meet people in person and use video conferencing technology to support people through 1:1 and group work. Due to the hybrid of virtual and in person support, we will consider applicants who are able to work from London 5 days per month

Responsibilities

• Work as a member of the developing Young Adults and Vocational Services. Supporting members of the Jewish Community experiencing issues with their mental health, in collaboration with key individuals such as families, carers, teachers as appropriate.
• Manage a 1:1 caseload.
• Support (young) adults with their recovery journey enabling them to identify their goals and work towards them.
• Provide a service, which promotes recovery, identifies people’s needs and strengths, is user centered, holistic, and promotes safety and positive risk taking.
• Work in collaboration with other community partners (e.g. Resource, Work Avenue, JVN) to find suitable employment, education and volunteering opportunities
• Participate in the setting up and running of service user groups.
• To maintain up to date and accurate electronic records as required by existing procedures 
• Liaise with appropriate statutory and non-statutory organisations and signpost where appropriate.
• Provide specialist assessments and holistic interventions, using tools such as I.ROC/Y.ROC, to inform a meaningful support plan in line with the service user involvement strategy.
• Re-assess using I.ROC/ Y-ROC on a three-monthly basis to evaluate progress and re-evaluate the support offered.
• Work effectively using a whole team approach as required.
• Create and maintain local partnerships and relationships within the Jewish community and beyond, supporting the development of resilient communities and an environment that enables and supports mental health recovery, and identifies and implements preventative strategies.
• Maintain own personal development and keep up to date with current knowledge and health and social care agenda.
• Maintain awareness of current thinking and new developments in mental health care of (young) adults
• Work within Health and Safety guidelines, with reference to the Lone Worker Policy and individual risk assessments.
• Compliance with the Equality Act, and health and safety legislation.
• Provide a service which adheres to policies and procedures including following safeguarding and rise assessment practice.
• To utilise video conferencing in order to support clients.
• Attend regular supervision with a named supervisor, incorporating this into practice.
• Attend relevant meetings.
• Participate in the organisation’s appraisal process.
• Ensure that all activities are operated consistent with the values of Jami and the Jewish Community with which you serve.
• Carry out any other necessary duties or tasks as requested by your line manager or another designated senior manager.

Supervision

The post holder will be expected to: - 

• Attend regular supervision with named supervisor.

 • Incorporate feedback from supervision into practice.

 • Participate in a programme of continued personal development. 

• Attend relevant meetings 

see attached JD for more details To apply for the role, please send your CV and covering letter to . Closing date for applications Sunday 11th  of October 2020.