Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers has secured 3 years’ funding for a skilled Volunteer Coordinator to recruit, induct, train and supervise volunteers. You will be centrally involved in the allocation of tasks and responsibilities and in the supervision and retention of volunteers.

The post holder will play a major role in ensuring that our organisation is staffed with the best and most reliable volunteers, and that they are correctly deployed for the fulfilment of our work supporting asylum seekers and refugees.

The post holder will possess the skills to motivate and inspire volunteers. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience is required.

Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification ( attached)  prior to applying for this position

The closing date for completed applications is noon on Monday 13th July 2020 with interviews being held on Monday 27th July 2020. 

Women for Refugee Women is seeking a Digital Inclusion Co-ordinator to work closely with our team to facilitate digital access and improve IT skills among our network of refugee and asylum-seeking women.

Women for Refugee Women is a charity that supports women seeking asylum in the UK and challenges the injustices they experience. We work at the grassroots by empowering refugee women to speak out and advocate for themselves, and through communications and campaigning work which engages the mainstream media and politicians.

The role will include assessing women’s basic needs and skills and providing the essential equipment and support to enable them to move forwards. It will involve supporting women to participate in learning, solidarity and advocacy opportunities at WRW, as well as enabling them to access other services and participate more effectively in their communities.

Women for Refugee Women particularly welcomes applications from individuals with experience of migration and/or a refugee background.

Women for Refugee Women is a small organisation where every team member is valued, and everyone is supported to carry out their role effectively. We encourage staff members to take up training opportunities to develop their skills, all staff members are able to access individual counselling support if desired, and we enable staff members to work flexibly according to individual preferences. We try to ensure that WRW provides a supportive environment where individuals can grow and develop their roles in line with our values and vision.

How to apply:

Please download and read the Digital Inclusion Co-ordinator application pack.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter stating how you meet the person specification and why you would like to join WRW.

Applications will be considered from 7 July on a rolling basis, so that applicants may be invited for interview from 8 July onwards. Interviews will take place remotely by Zoom. Due to our restricted capacity, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Beyond the Streets is a small charity with a big determination to see routes out for women in prostitution in the UK.  Your role is to implement the charity’s vision in East London.

You will be passionate about supporting women facing multiple disadvantages, as well as being able to coordinate a team. You will have great communication skills and be able to champion the cause.

Your role will include:

 - Coordinating the Door of Hope project including our contract with London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and all its elements;

 - Enabling ‘woman centred’ case management, including outreach, daytime support, drop-ins and floating support for women who are selling sex on the streets;

 - The coordination of volunteers, including safe recruitment and safeguarding.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract which may be extended subject to funding

Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, value and mutual respect for all. We promote a healthy work life balance and regularly reflect on our boundaries and our strategy for the year. We genuinely seek to work as a team and ensure that no one is ‘rescuing’ or working outside their allocated hours. 

Redbridge Equalities and Community Council is a well-established and hard-working equalities organisation with its roots in community relations and race equality work, based in Ilford, and working mainly in the London Borough of Redbridge.

We are looking for someone with relevant skills and experience to take forward our work on hate crime and community engagement and cohesion. On hate crime, they will be able to build on RECC’s pioneering community-based approach, working with our Community Witness and Support Team and supporting hate crime victims both individually and through mutual support groups. Much of the recent focus of our community engagement work has been through the Redbridge Equalities Forum, and they will have the opportunity to steer its development into a post-Covid world. And on community cohesion they will have a key part to play in the development of a proposed major new initiative in two of Redbridge’s most deprived and divided areas.

This is a challenging agenda, the more so for a part time worker, and their highest priority initially will be to work with the Trustees to find the funding needed to enable the post both to become fulltime and to continue beyond March.

The Volunteer Coordinator role is a new position at Katherine Low Settlement which has been formed as a key component of Big Local SW11's (BLSW11) three year strategy. 

Volunteering has been widely evidenced to provide a wide range of benefits improving confidence, health, sense of purpose, community belonging, expanding social networks, gaining skills and moving towards employment. This new project is about enabling, empowering and mobilising local residents to volunteer and get more involved with the local community here in Battersea.

There are 55+ local charities and community organisation’s working in Battersea. They depend on volunteers to help provide their services and govern their organisations. To meet the growing demand for these services and make the biggest difference we can with our resources, the Alliance aims to expand the number of people volunteering across Battersea with the support of a new post of Volunteer Co-ordinator. 

Key Objectives of the Role

• Develop and expand volunteering engagement across Battersea to assist in the pursuit of the BLSW11 Alliance’s vision, mission, values and objectives. 
• Develop and implement yearly volunteering delivery plans with the Alliance; review, monitor and report on progress.
• Ensure a consistent and high standard of volunteering engagement and support across Battersea.  
• Ensure effective knowledge collection and feedback systems are in place to monitor the quality and effectiveness of volunteer engagement in Battersea.  

Note: The Alliance has been formed by the Big Local SW11 (which is an independent, resident-led group that has been awarded £1m over 10 years to invest in projects that improve opportunities for local people and strengthen our community) to help deliver its own strategy of building a stronger, more self-reliant Battersea. 

Research, Policy and Communications Team
The aim of the Research, Policy and Communications Team is to influence the housing and homelessness sector to ensure stays in unsupported temporary accommodation (UTA) are as short, safe and healthy as possible.

Since 2013 Justlife has carried out research and produced reports ranging from a review of the effects on the health and wellbeing of people placed in UTA, recommendations of solutions to the challenges faced by local authorities, landlords and support services, and mapping the provision of UTA across England.

The research, policy and communications work build on local frontline services in Brighton and Manchester that support adults experiencing housing vulnerability, many of whom face complex and multiple disadvantage. It uses learning from the services and from the wider research that it carries out to influence policy and systems change for residents of UTA on a local and national level, as well as within the Justlife services.

The role will build on our communications strategy and drive improvement in our ability to tell our story through promoting the work of Justlife, with the aim of building brand awareness and increasing fundraising, as well as highlighting the issues and solutions we develop locally and nationally. The role will include some travel between Justlife’s two projects based in Brighton & Manchester.

About us
We are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants to LGBTQ+ rights. Our mission is to support people to run effective campaigns that challenge injustice. We do this by running campaign training programmes that help people develop the skills, confidence and community to change things that matter to them. In our trainings, we prioritise people from communities directly impacted by injustice. In response to the urgent needs created by Covid-19 we are taking our training online and need an experienced IT Coordinator to join our internal team of trainers.

About the job
We are seeking an Online Training Logistics Coordinator who will help us set up and deliver our exciting new distance learning programme for campaigners. The successful applicant will join our existing trainer team, providing logistical support to enable the delivery of accessible campaigning training to people most directly impacted by injustice in this country and globally. Participants might be low-income, working-class people, people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people and migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.

Our graduates testify before Parliament, organise national demonstrations, change laws and wage important, successful campaigns. They are from diverse and marginalised communities and our evaluation shows that they are developing confidence in their ability to affect change and are making meaningful ‘wins’ towards achieving their aims on a broad range of issues such as; violence in a community, access to public space, fairness in the asylum system, and women’s inclusion and safety in leisure centres.

We know there is a huge demand for our work, so are working hard to grow our organisation in a sustainable way. You’ll be a key part of doing that – by helping our colleagues deliver efficient, powerful programmes.

Job Purpose

Customise, maintain and troubleshoot the online learning platform
Support participants to access our online spaces
Administrative support for the training programme

Job responsibilities

Customise, maintain and troubleshoot the online learning platform
Arrange and prepare distance learning spaces so that training can be delivered with efficiently
Assist in the delivery of sessions by providing logistic support throughout

Support participants to access our online spaces
Ensure staff and participants have accessible information about our technology and systems to effectively participate in distance learning activities, potentially having had little experience with technology in the past
Facilitate test sessions for participants to familiarise themselves with our online learning space building their competence and confidence to participate.

Administrative support for the training programme
Support the collection and dissemination of evaluation data
Work within agreed budget
Provide information for grant applications and reports

General
Develop and maintain objectives and work plans for the roles responsibilities
Work in a sustainable manner with consideration of the natural environment.
External customer service: answer the general Campaign Bootcamp phone via Circleloop and relevant emails via our shared 'hello' inbox
Any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager or Leadership Team
At all times adhere to relevant legislation including GDPR
At all times take personal responsibility for exhibiting behaviours in line with the person specification and the values of Campaign Bootcamp.

At the King’s Arms Project, we believe that there is no such thing as a hopeless case.  We refuse to give up on anybody and believe that everyone can have a bright future.  We have been supporting people out of poverty for over 30 years and have seen many overcome incredible adversity and go on to achieve incredible personal success.  If you’re passionate about supporting refugees and vulnerable migrants, we want to hear from you! 

Support Team Leader – Refugee & Migrant Services – Full time (40 hours per week).

The Support Team Leader oversees our team of support workers as they serve refugees and migrants by delivering a number of services, including: 

• Providing vulnerable migrants with high quality information and advice,
• Providing holistic integration support to refugee families resettled by the UNHCR,
• Providing supported accommodation for refused asylum seekers.

Due to COVID-19, our services are currently mostly being delivered remotely by video calling, with a phased return when this is deemed to be safe and necessary.

The ideal candidate will have an understanding of the issues facing refugees & vulnerable migrants, have experience of managing a team in a casework environment, have excellent cross-cultural and interpersonal skills and be someone who champions best practice.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate and apply your Christian faith to all that we do. Please refer to our ‘Statement of Belief’ for the basis of our Christian faith.

The closing date for applications is 12pm Friday 10th July.

We will interview for these positions during the week commencing Monday 13th July.

Housing and Support Manager
Birmingham, West Midlands

Are you an experienced housing support professional with a great management or leadership style? Could you thrive as part of a social enterprise supporting refugees and newly arrived immigrants? If so, read on.

About Us

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

We are now looking for a Housing and Support Manager to join our team at our brand-new offices in Birmingham.

The Benefits

- Salary of £30,000 - £35,000 per annum (dependent upon qualifications and/or experience)
- Mobile phone and laptop
- 20 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays

This is an exciting opportunity for someone at junior manager or technical senior level to step into a fully-fledged management position and create positive change.

Joining us at an exciting period of growth, you’ll have the chance to utilise your expertise to shape current and future operations, ensuring our services inform and empower tenants.

The focus of this role will be the relationships you create rather than the volume in your portfolio. So, if you’re ready to take on a new challenge where you’ll focus on quality, not quantity, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Housing and Support Manager, you will lead and support the delivery of all tenant housing and support operations in Birmingham and Wolverhampton.

Leading the West Midlands Housing and Support team, you will build new customer relationships, increase our network and ensure our existing connections stay strong.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, your role will involve:

- Directly managing 10 - 15 team members
- Ensuring operations meet legal requirements
- Increasing tenant empowerment and maximising rental income
- Generating new business
- Effectively using networks and forums to build a recognisable profile and brand
- Managing and developing relationships with new and existing landlords
- Enhancing your team’s capabilities, capacity and efficiency through process development
- Managing property and housing maintenance, management and caretaking services
- Achieving targets for all tenant housing and support operations

About You

To join us as a Housing and Support Manager, you will need:

- To have experience as a Housing Manager or Team Leader within a housing support environment
- Experience of either leading or being part of a project
- The ability to demonstrate a solid track record within housing
- Strong leadership and motivational skills

Other organisations may call this role Property and Support Manager, Housing Support Manager, Housing Project Manager, Housing Manager, Tenancy Manager, Tenancy Support Manager, Property Manager, or Lettings Manager.

This is a full-time role, working 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday.

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

So, if you’re looking to take your next step as a Housing and Support Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Are you a member of a Christian Church with pastoral skills and an ability to relate well to people of all ages and backgrounds? Are you able to offer a thoughtful and mature Christian presence in a variety of contexts?

We are seeking a Pastoral Worker to work in the Enfield Methodist Circuit from 1 September 2020.  You will work collaboratively with the presbyter in pastoral charge and others to provide pastoral care for a group of churches.  You will help the circuit to shape and reimagine patterns of pastoral care across those churches, enabling the churches to develop and build on partnerships, particularly with the local MHA Live at Home Scheme.

You will support the presbyter in enabling the church community to care and pray for one another.  To offer care that is complementary to Pastoral Visitors and house groups through meeting with those with specific pastoral need. By agreement with the presbyter, and following appropriate training, to visit members of the church, their families, and any linked with the church who have a particular pastoral need.

You will be part of a 15 person diverse Circuit Leadership Team and have opportunities for study and training.  Benefits include a contributory pension scheme and 28 days paid holiday per year in addition to bank holidays.

We have an exciting opportunity for a creative, strategic and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about refugees being welcomed by their local church, to join the growing Welcome Churches team. This role would be suitable for a self-motivated leader with knowledge and experience of implementing effective communications strategies in organisations.

Context of the role

Refugees and asylum seekers in the UK are a very transient people group. Often through no choice of their own, they can be required to move to a new part of the UK at very short notice. This can be very unsettling for individuals who find themselves in an unfamiliar environment with no support around them. By being connected to a local church, they are able to make local friends more quickly and find a place to belong. This is often in the church community itself and many refugees and asylum seekers enjoy strong friendships with Christians in UK churches, with many coming to faith in Jesus too.

Over the last year we have established a national Welcome Network which enables newly-arrived refugees and asylum seekers to be referred to a local church who will welcome them to the community. The Welcome Network is a key component of our charitable activities, enabling refugees to be easily connected with their local church. The Communications Officer will be responsible for raising the national profile of the Welcome Network, and also the wider work of Welcome Churches. This will mean that more churches will participate and more referrals can be made to ensure that more refugees and asylum seekers can be welcomed by their local church into community.

Applicants are required to have an active Christian faith and be passionate about the UK Church welcoming refugees into the church community.

The Communications Officer is likely to be based in Derby, but remote working will also be considered. This is a fixed-term contract for one year with the possibility of becoming permanent depending on funding.

Would you like to be part of an innovative, friendly & dynamic team committed to making a difference? Yellow Door services are seeking a flexible, highly motivated practitioner who shares our values & passion for delivering the very best in Domestic & Sexual Abuse prevention & response.

Male Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) & STAR Outreach Worker

This role will increase our engagement with men and boys, through education and outreach sessions, training for professionals and will provide advocacy support and advice to men and boys aged 11 years + who have experienced sexual abuse/ violence. The successful applicant will have strong communication, interpersonal, team working and advocacy skills with knowledge of the impact of domestic and sexual abuse/ violence. The post aims to increase the number of male clients accessing our support through targeted outreach and awareness raising across all sections of our community. The role will raise the profile and promote Yellow Door and specifically the ISVA service across statutory and voluntary agencies to establish pathways for male clients. The new post will work alongside our current Male ISVA and within our STAR Project Team.

37.5 hours pw

£22,956 – £28,321

Fixed term contract for 12 months (possible extension,

subject to further funding)

Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 26 July 2020

Interviews will be held: Wednesday 29 July 2020

Yellow Door works across Southampton & Hampshire and is based near central Southampton with free staff parking and opportunities for professional development. Working hours negotiable but some early evening hours may be required. We are an equal opportunities employer and operate a TOIL system to support flexible working.

Please contact us if you would like an informal discussion.

Working in a small dedicated team, you will provide support to London services. The role will involve the provision of advice and support to a diverse range of young LGBTQ+ persons aged 16-25 who are homeless, vulnerably housed or in a hostile environment. Our main focus is in maintaining our ability to provide the highest service possible giving our young people the opportunities they need to realise their own life plans and to reach their own goals and objectives. Overall, we aim to get young LGBTQ+ people into accommodation and work or education so they can end their period of homelessness.

Job summary:

• To assess the needs of young LGBTQ+ people who are homeless, vulnerably housed, or in a hostile environment, and to carry out casework on their behalf.
• Identifying young people’s support needs and assisting them developing a detailed support plan for short-term intervention with each young person on your caseload.
• Finding accommodation for these young people and being creative in sourcing new accommodation routes and building relationships with accommodation providers in cooperation with the Services Manager.
• Providing weekly keywork sessions for residents of our LGBTQ+ supported accommodation scheme Purple door.
• Carrying out day-to-day housing management tasks, including carrying out health and safety checks
• Attending appointments with young LGBTQ+ people when needed including providing advocacy with statutory services i.e. Local Authorities.

This is an opportunity to be involved in the Kids in Need of Defense UK (KIND UK) programme at the Central England Law Centre (West Midlands). KIND UK is a partnership which provides free, specialist immigration advice and representation for children and young people, and their families. It is a collaboration between Kids in Need of Defense (a US charity), Central England Law Centre, Coram Children’s Legal Centre, MiCLU at Islington Law Centre, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit and Just Right Scotland. The UK agencies each employ Supervising solicitor(s)/lawyer(s) to provide training, guidance and support to commercial lawyers, who in turn provide the advice service on a pro bono basis.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic solicitor or senior casework supervisor with expertise in immigration and nationality law to supervise commercial lawyers in providing free legal advice and representation to children, young people and families with out-of-scope immigration and nationality cases.

Candidates must be accredited to Level 2 IAAS and should have recent experience of making immigration, asylum and nationality applications and some experience of litigation. You must also have commitment to upholding the human rights of asylum seekers, migrants, and refugees and a commitment to working with migrant children and young people within families so that their voices are heard and so that they can inform the development of this project.

The closing date is 12:00PM Wednesday 15 July 2020, with interviews to be held (via Zoom) week commencing 20th July 2020.