Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to ‘link workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach, connecting people to diverse community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Link workers also support existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and help people to start new community groups, working collaboratively with all local diverse partners. 

Social prescribing link workers will work as a key part of the primary care network (PCN) multidisciplinary team. Social prescribing can help PCNs to strengthen community and personal resilience, reduce health inequalities (in relation to timely access and outcomes) and wellbeing inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local diverse communities. It particularly works for people with long term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

The lead social prescriber would provide line management and leadership to the PCN social prescribers, whilst acting as the liaison between the social prescribers and the PCNs, OHL and AUKLS. As well as their lead management role, they will also be working in a link worker capacity.

One Health Lewisham is a federation 38 GP practices, stretching from Blackheath to Bellingham, serving a population of 310,000 people. Lewisham’s population is relatively young, with one in four residents aged under 19 years. The population aged 60 years and over represents - 1 - one in eight people in the borough. This contrasts with England as a whole, where one in four-five people is over 60. Lewisham is the 31st most deprived Local Authority area in England. Relative to the rest of the country Lewisham’s deprivation is increasing. OHL works to develop pan Lewisham ways of working, reduce variation, improve quality and support GP Practices.

Working in collaboration with local primary care networks (PCNs) and Age UK Lewisham and Southwark (AUKLS), we will be providing social prescribers to primary care in Lewisham. This role will be a collaboration between One Health Lewisham and Age UK Lewisham and Southwark, in the provision of social prescribers for patients of Primary Care Networks.

We currently have part time (16,22.5 or 30 hours per week) opportunities available in Surrey in our Independent Living Team. The team provides one-to-one/group support to older Deaf adults and those who have a learning disability and/or mental health condition. We provide training and monthly one-to-one supervision sessions. We also hold regular team meetings when you can get together with your colleagues to share experiences and ideas. This role requires you to be a car driver with access to a vehice you can use for work. 

We welcome applications from Deaf and hearing people (Sign language skills are essential  Makaton/BSL Level 1 or 2/Native user). 

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, two references and medical questionnaire. All have to be satisfactory to RAD. 

Closing date: Monday 2nd December 2019 . Interview date: Thursday 12th December 2019 (Interviews will be held in London) 

Background to the job: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is one of the commonest causes of death and disability in working age adults. Survivors of brain injury can live with a range of difficulties affecting their physical and cognitive functioning. Living with a brain injury can result in social isolation, mental health problems, difficulties with family relationships and unemployment.

Headway SELNWK is a medium size charity, over thirty years old, that supports people affected by ABI. We provide support services across SE London and North West Kent in the community and at our day service. Most of our members’ support is funded by social services or the NHS. Whilst we want to maximise this funding where possible, we also want to develop models of support that are not dependent upon statutory funding.

Headway has well established links with local hospitals notably with the Major Trauma Centre at Kings’ College Hospital.  We foster active links with a range of community providers including neurological rehabilitation and social work teams and other Third Sector organisations.

Headway SELNWK is entering a phase of new development and is looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist to improve the quality of our services and the inclusion of our members and their families.

Main Purpose

• Provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment to survivors of acquired brain injury (ABI) who have been referred to the Headway SELNWK services.
• To provide this assessment and treatment to members of the Headway day service at the day centre and in a variety of domestic and public settings.
• To focus primarily on activity and participation issues.
• To line manage, train and supervise the support team

Main OT Duties

1. To undertake comprehensive occupational therapy assessment of individuals with complex neurological presentations as an autonomous practitioner, including the assessment of neurological impairment (including cognition, perception, upper limb impairment and fatigue) as well as activity limitations and  participation restrictions (as defined in the ICF)
2. To negotiate goal-directed intervention with individuals and / or carers to establish a realistic person-centred treatment programme, and promote an individual’s choice
3. To formulate and deliver a person-centred individual treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment and reasoning skills

Interviews scheduled week commencing 9th December 2019.

Medico Legal Report (MLR ) writing Doctor Manager (Maternity Cover)

Contract: 12 months maternity cover
Hours: 14 hours per week
Location: Finsbury Park, London
Salary:  £19,736 per annum (FTC £49,340 per annum pro rata) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance)

We are looking for an MLR Doctor (Manager) to provide clinical assessments of torture and produce medico-legal reports on clients, documenting evidence of torture and ill-treatment, which are used as evidence in survivors’ asylum claim and other legal processes. You will have the opportunity to mentor volunteer doctors and to participate in the MLR intake panel. 

This role will be responsible in providing supervision, support and line management of volunteer doctors whilst acting as a mentor to new doctors as and when required. This includes being responsible for monitoring and addressing well-being of direct reports and contributing to practices that promote employee well-being organisationally.
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There will be opportunities to develop and diversify when core experience is gained, including reviewing MLR reports.

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

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

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.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. 

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. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

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

Closing date: 26 November 2019

Expected date of interviews: TBC

As an organisation working with a vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please

RedbridgeCVS is seeking to recruit a Social Prescribing Project Coordinator to join our current Social Prescribing team. The role will involve delivering a Social Prescribing Service to Redbridge residents registered with a GP and affected by either of these conditions: 1) type 2 diabetes; 2) low-level mental health issues or 3)social isolation. The role will involve supporting these individuals on a one-to-one basis in accessing relevant local services to improve their health and wellbeing, through our team of Social Prescribing Advisors and Health and Wellbeing Buddies. 
 

We are looking to recruit a Wellbeing Consultant to join the GenesisCare team at their centre in London (Cromwell). The Wellbeing Consultant will work in partnership with GenesisCare to deliver a whole person approach to health and wellbeing. Patients will be attending the medical centre for radiotherapy treatment for cancer.

Job Title: Wellbeing Consultant
Ref: WBC351
Contract: Part time, permanent
Hours: 22.5 hours (three days)
Salary: £28,000 - £33,000 per annum, pro rata
Location: GenesisCare Cromwell, 164-178 Cromwell Rd, Kensington, London, SW5 0TU
Benefits: 25 days holiday (pro-rata) plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata) and additional days over the Christmas and New Year period. 

We are recruiting for a Wellbeing Consultant with previous experience as either a registered nurse, health care professional or other health related professional (e.g. Psychotherapist / Counsellor / Complementary therapist), to provide a range of Penny Brohn Living Well services within the GenesisCare Centre in London. This will include;

Holistic needs assessments, managing complementary therapists, providing information and support services to patients who are undergoing radiotherapy, supporting patients and relatives through relaxation and mindfulness sessions and facilitating Group Support Sessions.

The Wellbeing Consultant will be responsible for ensuring that patients and their relatives have a positive experience as they move through Penny Brohn UK treatment support services at the GenesisCare centre in London (Cromwell).

We are looking for an experienced professional who is able to work in a flexible, intelligent and creative way.

Penny Brohn UK have been working in partnership with GenesisCare UK, a private healthcare company, since 2013. We deliver a Wellbeing service which includes complementary treatment support for patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy at nine of their centres across the UK. This wellbeing service is underpinned by the Bristol Whole Life Approach which provides a powerful combination of physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual support that is designed to help anyone affected by cancer, at any stage of the disease.

Timetable for appointment

Closing date:Monday 25th November 2019 at 9am
First interview: Monday 2nd December 2019 at the GenesisCare centre Cromwell
Second interview:Thursday 12th December 2019 at the Penny Brohn UK National Centre

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position please click the 'Apply Now' button to be directed to our website where you can download the information pack and application form. 

Penny Brohn UK is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

No agencies please.

CARAS offers advocacy and casework with the aim that people who attend our groups can access support to address issues in a timely, supportive, informative and friendly manner.  Our focus is on connecting people to knowledge and services so they are able to resolve their issues as independently as possible.  We work with people to support them to understand their options, take steps to address issues and know where they can seek specialist advice.The main areas of work are social care, immigration, housing, benefits, employment and education. This role focuses on support for the young people who access CARAS’ services; they are predominantly UASC. We work with a highly diverse community, with most of our youth work consisting of contact with newly arrived asylum seekers. 

Our project is designed to complement specialist provision by signposting to the most suitable support, clarifying and unpicking issues, writing clear referral letters and wherever possible giving guidance as to how people can resolve issues themselves. We are OISC level 1 accredited.

We are seeking to recruit a youth case worker as maternity cover (8 months).  We want an experienced worker with specialist knowledge of working with unaccompanied minors.

The successful candidate will be joining a small but hard-hitting team. In recent months, our caseworkers have supported young people to find and access education places, challenge local authority decisions on their care and find solicitors to apply for family reunion for younger siblings who are alone in 3rd countries. We are exceptionally proud of this work and want to find a candidate who will carry on this strong tradition of working with young people to achieve the best possible outcomes for them.

Salary: £28500 pro rata 

Extra benefits: CARAS is a member of an auto-enrol pension scheme. Contributions are currently 8% (3% employer, 5% employee).

Key information:  

Role: Caseworker  

Maternity cover: 8 months

Location: predominantly office based 

Hours: part-time (2.5 days per week). The days are fixed at Wednesday, Thursday and every other Saturday.

Salary and entitlements:  as above 

Responsible to: Managing Director 

Main purpose of the role:  

 One of our key drivers is to work with people to help them build the skills and knowledge they need to become independent. All of our casework therefore builds in opportunities for beneficiaries to make informed decisions, set their own goals, and ultimately thrive on their own. 

The youth caseworker will be working in a small team alongside a caseworker for adults, the youth team and volunteers, ensuring that beneficiaries have their casework needs met in a timely and professional manner.

Main activities:  

•   Manage a case load, sharing duties and delegating to volunteers where appropriate 

• Support the recruitment, training and development of a specialist volunteer team 

• Maintain excellent case notes

• Work well with interpreters 

• Triage requests for casework support and offer holistic assessment to new

beneficiaries 

• Make thorough referrals to specialist services and support beneficiaries to access

them  

• Provide direct casework support to beneficiaries  

• Deliver workshops to young people on the child looked after/care leaver system 

• Research and remain up-to-date with specialist advocacy/advice services available

to beneficiaries  

• Follow-up each outward referral with the beneficiary and agency  

• Where appropriate, liaise with foster carers, key workers, social workers and others in the professional network 

• Ensure that all safeguarding concerns are reported to the safeguarding lead  

• Participate in operational, strategic and trustee meetings as required  

• Monitoring and evaluation of the project  

• Grant reporting  

• Share outcomes, trends and learning with the wider CARAS team and policy networks

as appropriate to influence wider strategic change 

   Person specification  

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has a commitment to supporting empowerment through casework.  The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including cultural sensitivity and the ability to quickly build positive relationships. 

Essential 

• A high level of written and spoken English 

• Experience of one-to-one advice and advocacy work with UASC 

• A good understanding of the social care system for children looked after and care leavers 

• A good understanding of the asylum system for UASC 

• Experience of recruiting, training and supervising volunteers  

• Experience of working in, or in partnership with, the third sector

• Ability to problem-solve and research information  

• Experience of delivering workshops to young people 

• Ability to word process, familiarity with common data management systems (Lamplight) 

Desirable 

• Social work registration 

• Experience of managing and developing projects 

• Experience of developing and delivering training  

• Knowledge of Tigrinya, Arabic, Somali, Pashtu, Farsi, Urdu 

To apply, you will need to complete an application form. We do not accept CVs. 

Interviews will take place the week beginning 9th December 2019, with an intended start date of 13th January 2020. 

Aside from the dozens of young people we see every day out our centre, New Horizon’s Youth Outreach Project also works with vulnerable young people on the streets and in prison. The Youth Outreach Project aims to help young people within and leaving young offenders’ institutes to move onto fulfilling lives through access to education, housing, healthcare and employment advice and services.  We break the patterns of re-offending by innovative intensive work that creates new opportunities and positive change for gang affiliated and high risk young people. Our work is Pan London, in prisons, in the community and with Youth Offending teams from various Boroughs.

• For more details about this position and how to apply, please see the New Horizon recruitment pack on this page
• Please note that we will not consider CV-only applications

My Care My Way

My Care My Way (MCMW) is a new, innovative way of working with people over the age of 65 with complex needs and conditions. The person is at the centre of holistic care planning across organisations such as health, social care and the voluntary sector. This way of working is a more coordinated, consistent way of providing care for people over 65 with long term conditions in West London and requires people with commitment and passion to work with older people. My Care My Way has been created following intensive work with professionals, patients and the voluntary sector to create a model of care rooted in evidence and designed to meet local needs.

Patients are at the heart of the model, and are working in partnership with professionals, supported by a dedicated integrated care team. All involved, including the person and their carer, will design care plans together to keep the person well for as long as possible and to achieve outcomes that they identify.

My Care My Way will deliver more consistent care for patients at their GP practice, within two multi-functional Integrated Care Hubs in the locality, or within their homes.

Role Summary

The Health and Social Care Assistant (HSCA) role offers a new and exciting opportunity to become part of the My Care My Way workforce; bringing together health and social care expertise to deliver real change for how care is delivered in West London.

The vision for this role is aspirational, in that it aims to bring together over time duties that are carried out by Health Care Assistants, Social Care Trusted Assessors, Navigators, and other disciplines. The post holder will also be equipped to provide low level mental health support. There is an emphasis on promoting independence and supporting patients to adopt self-care approaches, by linking them in with voluntary sector services based on their long term conditions, interests and preferences.

**Please note, this role may involve working some Out of Hours shifts, covering evenings and weekends**

Interviews will be taking place at: Age UK Kensington and Chelsea, 1 Thorpe Close, London, W10 5XL . 

Please be advised that this advert may close early if we receive a large number of appropriate applications.

Senior Social Worker – Strengthening Families Team

Full time, permanent (Part time hours will be considered)

Based in London or Brighton

Starting salary in the range £32,994 - £40,326 per annum plus London weighting of £3,299 per annum if based in London

We are one of the UK’s leading voluntary adoption agencies, rated Outstanding by Ofsted, and have been at the forefront of adoption services for over 60 years, working with local authorities across the country.

We are proud to say that a PACT adoptive family is a PACT family for life and therefore families have access to our adoption support service whenever they need it. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, qualified adoption social worker to join this important service, as a key member in our Strengthening Families Team.  Ideally, we are looking for someone with some form of therapeutic experience (particularly with trauma and attachment), however we are willing to support the right person to undertake the necessary training.  We would look to support you to undertake some initial Theraplay and/or DDP training in order to build upon your existing knowledge base and to equip you further for this exciting role.

If your passion is to work in a family and child-centered way to help families stay together and address communication and behavioral challenges, then we would love to hear from you.

Interested?  Further details are available on our website.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Closing date: Sunday, 1st December 2019

Interview date:  Monday, 16th December 2019

Interviews will be held in our London Office (Pimlico).

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults therefore please note our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks and overseas checks (where applicable). Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK.

No agencies please.

At EIF, Research Officers and Evaluation Officers play a significant role in supporting the improvement of outcomes for children, young people and families.We have two new roles to help us continue our work on reviewing evidence on what works and developing resources to support the translation of this information for policy-makers, commissioners and practitioners.

Research Officer

Working with colleagues across the organisation and external partners in research activity around early intervention and child development, the Research Officer will play a key role in supporting EIF's projects.They will also support our work to change policy and practice by thinking through the implications of the evidence and helping to translate it for different audiences. 

Evaluation Officer

As part of the Youth Endowment Fund, our evaluation team designs and implements the processes to make a detailed assessment of the evidence of each application to the fund’s multiple annual funding rounds and to assess, appoint, monitor and quality assure complex and rigorous impact evaluations from experts in the field.  Evaluation Officers have responsibility for supporting funding decisions and commissioning the independent evaluation of all the projects funded by YEF.  This is a fixed term role of 12 months.

We are looking for people who are passionate and committed to early intervention for children and families, are flexible, good at working in a team and comfortable working in a rapidly evolving environment.  Strong research skills and strong technical expertise in evaluation methodologies are also required.

Whether you wish to pursue a career in the health or social care professions or have a genuine enthusiasm to support those on their road to independence from an ABI, we would like to hear from you.

Headway SELNWK is a charity dedicated to the support, advocacy and awareness of the ongoing needs of individuals who have experienced acquired brain injuries (ABI) in the South East London and North West Kent area. We have an exciting part-time opportunity to join our expanding Social Rehabilitation and Community team across the Bexley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Bromley, Southwark, KCC and Lewisham service areas.  We are looking for motivated and dynamic individuals who will support our clients to achieve their full potential and satisfaction in participating in society.

You will be working in a key-worker role with support from the Occupational Therapist and Director of Strategy and Business Developement to deliver individually tailored one to one and group activities to our members. This role is part-time 30 hours per week.

Previous experience of rehabilitation is not crucial as ongoing support, training and supervision will be provided to ensure the applicant acquires the requisite skills, although a willingness to develop is essential. As you progress you will have the opportunity to provide support to the volunteers, students and other supporters of Headway SELNWK.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Social Rehabilitation Services, working within the South East London and North West Kent region.

We will offer you;

5 weeks paid annual leave, extensive training in the Bridges self management, mandatory training, continuous in-service training in Brain injury, QCF level 3, supervision support, mentoring and peer support sessions with our clinical lead.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Social Rehabilitation Team to develop the Headway SELNWK Social Rehabilitation Service

• To key-work for a defined caseload of adults with complex ABI using evidence based practice, rehabilitation processes and client-centred principles

• To carry out assessments, reviews, evaluations and identify goals with clients (in conjunction with the Occupational Therapist)

• To plan, run and evaluate group activities

• Participate in the identification and resolution of daily operational issues arising within the Social Rehabilitation Service

As Psychometrician, you will undertake comprehensive research and analysis for the continued development and quality improvement of College examinations and assessments in Emergency Medicine. The Psychometrician is a vital role for the College as you will ensure the quality assurance process for examinations is delivered and maintained to the highest standards.

Working collaboratively with members of the Examinations Department, the Psychometrician will analyse and evaluate the College’s examinations and produce detailed narrative reports, whilst participating and contributing to the Examinations Sub-committee, providing guidance and support on assessment methodology. You will also contribute to College responses and submissions to the GMC relating to assessment and curricula.

Reporting to the Head of Examinations, you will undertake and collaborate on medical education research with a focus on summative examinations and be able to prepare and deliver complex information, including policy and regulation documentation for different stakeholder groups.

Your relationship management skills will ensure that you can liaise comfortably and network with external educationalists and colleagues in other medical royal colleges and in the field of medical education.

With a degree in psychology or related discipline where the application of statistics to practice is recognised, you should have relevant experience in the use of research methodology in order to analyse quantitative data, along with proven experience of conducting research.

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.

Women and Girls Network (WGN) is looking for an experienced, dynamic and innovative practitioner to join our highly successful Advice Service as a Caseworker.

We are looking for a highly skilled professional who is experienced in delivering survivor-led, strength-based and trauma-informed advice, advocacy and casework support services for survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG); and who will thrive working as part of a team in a multi-cultural feminist environment.

This is a fast-paced role, delivered through an intersectional, anti-oppressive feminist framework, offering a unique opportunity for a self-motivated and driven practitioner to be part of a service which aims to improve responses, access and support for survivors of VAWG in London. If you have the right skills and experience we would love to hear from you.

WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement, access to accredited training and development opportunities & an Employee Assistance Programme.

This role is based in Ealing and involves some travel across London.

This post is subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Check.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9 Part 1.