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Check my CVRFEA are looking for a highly motivated self-starter with knowledge of the Armed Forces and Ex-Services charity network and the ability to understand the challenges more vulnerable veterans must overcome, particularly those who have entered the Criminal Justice System. This person will be home based (ideally Derby) travelling extensively around the Derbyshire region to provide face to face support to veterans within their home locations and partner organisations premises.
Project Nova is a support programme for Veterans primarily identified in Police Custody but also with referrals from core police and partner organisations from within the community, it is focussed on early intervention, support and diversion at point of contact with the Police or partner organisation in order to prevent re-offending and a potential prison sentence. Project Nova is jointly delivered by RFEA and WWTW and working in partnership with the NHS Liaison and Diversion Teams, Police custody suites, Police response officers, HMPPS and partners within the community.
The successful applicant for this role will be highly motivated, have a track record of delivering high quality results, with a strong beneficiary focus and be capable of working remotely to targets and deadlines. Strong communication, IT and organisational skills are essential along with mentoring and coaching skills. Experience & knowledge of the criminal justice system, local government agencies and the ability to develop a network of contacts are also required. Will have a strong commitment to working with each veteran equitably and without prejudice, including those who are arrested for violent or sexual offences. Must have a clean driving licence.
NVQ Level 4 in Advice and Guidance or training will be provided for the right applicant along with a good understanding of the employment market and vocational training are highly desirable.
Specific Responsibilities
Engagement
- Support the National Nova Manager to create and maintain strong working relationships with referring organisations in the Derbyshire Area, including the Police and NHS Liaison and Diversion.
- Receive details of referrals from the Nova Client Advisors, or directly. If referrals are received directly share information with the Nova Client Advisors.
- Engage with veterans face-to-face for the initial visit and as necessary throughout their engagement with Project Nova, following the Case Management Guidance, RFEA Policies and the Project Nova Procedures.
- Register each Nova Veteran’s details on the CRM and obtain consent to share their data with organisations in the support network and any further information required by the Project Nova registration.
- Undertake a comprehensive needs assessment with each Nova Veteran.
Case Management
- Provide emotional support to veterans through regular contact whilst they are engaged with Project Nova.
- Establish a care coordination plan with each Nova Veteran.
- Work with families, statutory services and support networks to ensure effective participation in the Criminal Justice System.
- Keep clear records for each case on the CRM.
- Record the veterans journey on Outcome Star
- Ensure confidentiality.
- Develop Veteran employability and suitable opportunities for employment.
This role is 'Home Based' around the Derbyshire area and is offered initially on a one year fixed term contract, 35 hours per week with a starting salary of £26,000 rising to £27,500 after six months plus additional employee benefits.
To apply please submit a covering letter and applicable CV. The closing date is 16th May 2021. Interviews will take place in late May for a start date in June 2021.
Applicants will be required to undertake an Enhance DBS Disclosure and Police Vetting.
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Victim Support is looking for a Complex Caseworker (known internally as Complex Independent Victim Advocates) to work in the West London Integrated Victims & Witnesses Service (LVWS) based in our Earls Court office.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
The main purpose of the role is to provide high quality holistic support to all victims and witnesses of crime referred to Victim Support whether by the Police another agency or self-referred. You will lead on support for your allocated caseload of clients coordinating with others internally and externally as required. There will be a particular focus on those that are the most vulnerable, including repeat victims and victims of high harm crime.
To be successful in this role you will be expected to provide practical and emotional support in a way that is approachable, flexible and caring, showing empathy at all times. As well as being tenacious in support of your clients and being able to solve problems and surmount the challenges posed by the criminal justice system.
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans, and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.
If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.
VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.
Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
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About Us
akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ Youth Homelessness charity. We provide safe homes, mentoring, and support to ensure that no young person needs to choose between a safe home and being who they are. Currently 24% of young people facing homelessness in the UK identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender, and 77% cite abuse and rejection by their families after coming out as the primary reason for seeking help. The charity was founded in 1989 and operates service centres in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and works online through a digital service providing support and opportunities for e-mentoring across the UK. In 2012, akt opened the UK’s first emergency safe house for young LGBT people in the UK. akt works with over 2,000 vulnerable young people a year providing both face to face and online assistance.
Job Summary
- Deliver online chat as part of akt’s core offer
- Work alongside the Senior Digital Caseworker to develop and enhance akt’s digital offer and ensure it meets all current and potential needs of young people
- Assess the needs of, and undertake casework with young LGBTQ+ people who are homeless, vulnerably housed, or in a hostile environment and fall outside of our 4 city regions
- Maintain up to date records of young people accessing live chat and national casework
- Offer support to volunteers around digital engagement including live chat
- Contribute to and maintain digital resources and signposting routes to enable young people to engage with appropriate services
- Contribute to the development of the online resource hub so that it continues to meet the needs of young people accessing online support.
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King's College London Student's Union is looking for a Advice Caseworker to work within the Advice and Support Team to assist on a range of tasks including; delivering specialist advice through a range of channels, managing a caseload and keeping accurate case records, representing individual students at formal and informal University meetings.
KCLSU is a fun, social and flexible work environment which offers opportunities for development as well as great staff benefits.
Application Process
If this is you, please apply via our website.
Applications close: 17th May at 9am
Interview date: Week Commencing 24th May
Assessment type: Interview and in tray test
At KCLSU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we endeavour to ensure equal treatment of all candidates. We welcome a diverse range of applicants and are open to discussing flexibility with the right candidate. Reasonable adjustments will be made for candidates with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment and selection process, and to ensure that a successful candidate with a disability can undertake the post.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this role you must:
• Be eligible to work in the UK, and provide proof of this (i.e. a passport/visa) when asked by KCLSU
• Not be a trustee of King’s College London Students’ Union
ABOUT INQUEST
Founded in 1981, INQUEST is the only charity in England and Wales providing expertise on contentious deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, other advice and support agencies, media, parliamentarians and the general public. Our range of cases includes custody and detention, multi-agency failings or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question, such as with Hillsborough and Grenfell. You can find more information on our website, particularly in our Impact Report, and on our Campaigns, and Media Releases webpages.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Casework Team provide specialist casework advice and support to bereaved families and individuals following a contentious death in statutory settings or through multi agency failings requiring an inquest and investigation. You will be working alongside a Casework Team of three Senior Caseworkers including the Grenfell Project Coordinator, three Caseworkers, and two Casework Assistants, overseen by the Head of Casework. You will have regular contact with the Family Participation Officer and policy team.
The purpose of the role is to provide specialist legal advice to a bereaved family facing an investigation and inquest process into a state related contentious death; secure legal representation for families through the INQUEST Lawyers Group; liaise with external organisations, including lawyers, coroners and public bodies such as the PPO and the IOPC, work alongside the Communications Officer on media engagement; and identify key cases as part of INQUEST’s strategic work.
The successful candidate will have experience of casework and advice provision, preferably in inquest law and related investigations. They will be expected to identify themes and trends arising from cases and contribute to the organisations strategic work. In addition, they will be required to organise stakeholders meetings and occasionally represent INQUEST at external meetings
They will possess outstanding communication and organisation skills, will enjoy working in a very fast paced environment, and will adhere to INQUEST values and commitment to social justice, equality and diversity as well as our commitment to tackling racism and discrimination.
INQUEST is an equal opportunities employer. We actively promote diversity and strongly encourage applications from within BAME communities, other under-represented groups, and from those who have overcome significant adversity in their lives.
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Citizens Advice Southampton & Maggie’s Centre wish to recruit two Caseworkers (Specialist Welfare Benefits & General Advice).
Hours: One role 2 days (15 hours per week), the other role 3 days (22.5 hours per week)
Contract: Fixed term - one year from commencement
Citizens Advice Southampton is a local charity providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to over 7,000 people in Southampton every year on any problems they might face. We work as part of a network of around 300 local Citizens Advice members across England and Wales.
Maggie’s provides free support to people with cancer and their families and friends at our centres across the UK and abroad. “Maggie’s want to be there for everyone with cancer and their families and friends, by providing a warm welcoming place close to home and the hospital and free, expert support that will help them find their way through cancer."
Maggie’s is a charity entirely funded by the kindness of our donors and gifts in wills
The Role:
Citizens Advice Southampton are set to deliver a new service working in partnership with Maggie’s – a charity providing free cancer support and information from its centre at University Hospital Southampton. Working on site as part of the Maggie’s Centre team, our specialist Citizens Advice caseworkers will provide in-person advice and in-depth support to Maggie’s service users.
We are seeking to appoint two experienced part-time welfare Caseworkers working across the week to provide an holistic welfare benefits, employment, housing, debt and general advice service for people affected by cancer, within the aims, policies and principles of the Citizens Advice service covering quick and in-depth enquiries.
Caseworkers will manage their own workload and need to be experienced in benefit advice work, have excellent communication skills, self-motivation and IT capability.
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 4th May at 9am, although applications will close as soon as suitable candidates have been found
Interviews expected to be held the following week.
Please note all successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check.
Victim Support is looking for a Homicide Service Children and Young People Senior Caseworker to join our National Homicide Service. This post is fixed term until 31/05/2022
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
The successful candidate will be joining our National Homicide Service. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high-quality, front-line service to bereaved young people following murder or manslaughter.
You will be expected to manage a complex-caseload, support, coach and manage a small team of caseworkers and work collaboratively and jointly within the Homicide Service and other relevant organisations that can help to progress identified needs, and ensure that young people are central and integral to all processes that concern them.
Applicants should have experience of working with vulnerable young people. They should also be able to work under their own initiative and be able to prioritise work and deal with conflicting demand/needs and interests, whilst keeping victims at the focus of all work undertaken.
You will need to have excellent communication skills, an ability to build and sustain solid working relationships with various partners and most importantly build rapport with young victims and witnesses.
The ability to advocate and support young victims and witnesses through their recovery is a must, as well as managing the multi-faceted challenges you will experience on a day to day basis
Being a CYP Homicide Caseworker is a demanding role, but hugely rewarding. You will be joining a passionate and committed team who support each other to ensure that young victims and witnesses receive an outstanding, and consistently premium service.
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans, and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.
If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.
VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.
Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
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Migrants Organise's Community Programme provides practical support, advocacy and training for refugees and migrants. We support about 500 individuals and their families per year. Our holistic approach includes advice services, group-work and mentoring with a particular focus on supporting vulnerable refugees and migrants.
We provide casework support including advice on housing, welfare benefits, community care, education, asylum support, immigration and employment. Migrants Organise is OISC registered and we work with an immigration barrister who provides weekly immigration advice sessions to our members.
We are looking for someone with experience of working with refugees or other vulnerable groups, and a strong commitment to equality, human rights and justice. A sound understanding of mental health problems – be that through personal experience, or previous job role – is highly desirable.
Migrants Organise is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly encourage people with the personal experience of migration and/or a refugee background to apply for this post. If you would like to discuss further or would like to talk through the role before applying, please contact us directly (details in the job application).
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For many unpaid carers COVID has increased the pressure of a caring role through a number of different factors, with a large impact felt on both physical and mental health.
Trafford Carers Centre has been a vital service for carers, supporting them throughout the breakdown to access carers assessments, emotional support and peer support activities to help reduce the impact of caring and prevent carer breakdown. As a result of increasing numbers accessing the service we are now seeking to recruit an experienced caseworker to join the team and offer support to carers both through assessments, signposting and connecting with peers.
The postholder will have vast experience in delivering casework support and knowledge of services across Trafford as well as knowledge of carer issues would be an advantage.
Job purpose
To be responsible for ensuring that carers’ needs are assessed, to provide carers with advice, information, advocacy and emotional support via, helpline support, 1:1 visits, outreach support and support at meetings with other professionals, to work on the carers helpline and to cover emergency out of hours on-call support to carers on a rota basis.
The role requires that the post holder be flexible with work locations with a view to linking linking in with GP’s practices, social care teams or organisations, other voluntary organisations and community venues.
Conditions of Work
- Contract: Temporary, Fixed term 12 months
- Hours of work: 35 hours per week. Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9.00am – 4:30pm, (some flexibility with working hours will be considered) with some occasional evening and weekend work, which will be compensated by time off in lieu.
- Salary: £21,500 per annum
- Period of notice: 3 months
- Probation period: 6 months
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We are seeking a passionate and committed person to join Merton Centre for Independent Living as a Disability Hate Crime Caseworker. Merton CIL is a values-based, user-led charity which supports Deaf and Disabled People in the London Borough of Merton to live independently, challenge discrimination and achieve change locally.
Disability Hate Crime is on the increase so this is a crucial role to support victims across Merton. These are often complex and sensitive cases so some experience in providing dedicated advocacy support to high-risk individuals is preferred as well as supporting outreach programmes. The purpose of the role is to lead a programme of preventative and supportive work around Disability Hate Crime (DHC), ensuring that Deaf and Disabled people in Merton report DHC and are supported to address issues resulting from this crime.
Merton CIL is committed to equality, diversity and reflecting the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from Deaf or Disabled people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. People who live with a long-term health condition who may not consider themselves as Disabled are also particularly welcomed.
This post is for 35 hours per week until 31/03/2022, with the possibility of extension, dependent on funding. Job sharing will be considered. Starting salary is between £25,500 and £27,800 dependant upon experience.
Closing date for applications EXTENDED: 11.00pm Thursday 29th April 2021.
Interviews will take place during the week commencing Monday 3 May 2021 via Zoom.
Candidate invited to interview will be informed by 5pm on Friday 30th April 2021.
Start date: 17th May 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Please apply by emailing a completed application and monitoring form.
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Independent Road Victim Advocate (IRVA) – North Yorkshire
Every week, about 200 people are killed or catastrophically injured in road crashes, and more die from respiratory illnesses due to traffic pollution. Brake is the leading charity urgently working to stop the carnage; and helping bereaved families and injured victims through our acclaimed National Road Victim Service.
Brake’s National Road Victim Service is a free, confidential, specialist service for anybody who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or are supporting a road crash victim.
Working as part of our National Road Victim Service we are looking for an experienced support professional to establish local face-to-face delivery in North Yorkshire, enabling us to case manage provision of immediate and early intervention care to victims of road death and serious and life changing injury in the North Yorkshire police force area. This role is funded by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner in North Yorkshire.
As the IRVA, you will be supporting people in a one-to-one setting within North Yorkshire, who have suffered traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury by a road crash. You will be required to do so in a highly sensitive and empathetic manner, providing emotional support alongside complex information and advocacy requiring high level diplomacy skills. You will use a clinically and trauma informed casework methodology approach to support provision, using risk and needs assessments, with support plans working in partnership with North Yorkshire Police and other local specialist support services.
This is a new role at the charity within our friendly and expert team. The successful applicant will be required to work 21.75 hours per week on set days within normal office hours. The role is for an initial 12- month contract and may be extended subject to funding. The successful candidate will need to be based in North Yorkshire and will need their own transport to travel across the county. The role will be subject to the latest covid-19 restrictions with support provided over the phone or through virtual meetings when face-to-face support is not possible. The successful candidate will be required to go through a police vetting process due to the sensitive nature of the service delivered.
Principal duties will include:
- Be informed and help service users discuss, in a safe environment, the emotional and physical symptoms that they are suffering; or are common to suffer and that they may suffer later.
- Develop a user-centred support plan, to help the service user cope on a day to day, night to night, basis, with their emotional and physical symptoms.
- Enable service users to cope with immediate practical challenges that may otherwise feel “too much to bear”, through a multi-agency approach to risk and needs planning.
- Have their immediate wellbeing needs met and any safeguarding issues addressed.
- Develop and agree, with consent, a safe exit strategy via a continued pathway of further support that the service user accesses, if appropriate.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with North Yorkshire Police and other local specialist support services.
You will have:
- Experience of using a case management approach to supporting people in traumatic situations.
- An understanding of the importance of working within standardised protocols and procedures and experience of risk management and safeguarding procedures in a one-to-one support setting.
- An understanding of the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury and a willingness to learn more in this area.
- An understanding of the Criminal Justice system and Coroners Court.
- Experience of liaising with other professionals within an advocacy setting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, alongside effective communication skills, both verbally and in written form.
- The ability to deal sensitively and accurately with complex and emotionally charged situations.
- The ability to demonstrate empathy and control of own emotions and well-being, whilst supporting people/families who are suffering the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury.
- Excellent computer literacy with the ability to record conversations with accuracy.
- Flexibility to work within the needs of the service requirements.
- Demonstratable experience of delivering support in a people centred service.
Location: Home-based in North Yorkshire
Hours: 21.75 per week
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £23,000 FTE
Deadline for applications: 14 April 2021
Interview date: Monday 19 April
To apply:
Send your CV accompanied by a 500-word covering letter outlining the experience and expertise you can bring to this role.
Due to the high volume of applications that Brake receives per position we are unable to provide feedback on individual applications or answer questions from applicants. If applicants have not been contacted by Friday 16 April, then they should assume their application has not been successful.
Due to the nature of Brake’s work, we cannot consider applications from traffic offenders.
Brake is an equal opportunity employer. Applications not in the specified format or submitted past the closing date will not be considered.
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About Reprieve
Reprieve is a UK charity founded in 1999. Reprieve uses strategic interventions to end the use of the death penalty globally, and to end extreme human rights abuses carried out in the name of “counterterrorism” or “national security”.
Reprieve works with the most disenfranchised people in society, as it is in their cases that human rights are most swiftly jettisoned and the rule of law is cast aside. Thus, Reprieve promotes and protects the rights of those facing the death penalty and those who are the victims of extreme human rights abuses carried out in the name of “counterterrorism” or “national security”, with a focus on arbitrary detention, torture, and extrajudicial executions.
About the Role:
The Syria and Iraq Detention Project Caseworker is responsible for undertaking a range of casework activities in support of Reprieve’s work on detention cases in North East Syria (NES) and Iraq.
There are currently thousands of people indefinitely detained in camps in North East Syria (NES), in conditions the UN has described as “deplorable and inhumane”. Others have been transferred to Iraq or Assad-controlled Syria, where they have faced torture and the death penalty without anything resembling due process.
Reprieve’s Syria and Iraq Project aim to ensure that individuals detained in Syria and Iraq are treated in line with international law, and not subjected to the death penalty, extrajudicial execution, arbitrary detention, torture or rendition. We also aim to challenge and change flawed ‘war on terror’ narratives and legal and political frameworks – including in the UK, Europe and the US – that engender state-sanctioned discrimination and abuse and undermine the rule of law and human rights.
About you
You will be responsible for undertaking the casework underpinning Reprieve’s dynamic strategic approach in which each of Reprieve’s methodologies—casework, investigation, litigation, political and public engagement, outreach and support for affected communities—connect with one another in pursuit of saving clients’ lives and addressing structural rights violations. You are an experienced caseworker with the skills necessary to address a complex portfolio of cases.
You are a person with a high level of cultural competency, with direct lived or working experience with communities impacted by the so-called ‘war on terror’ and/or the Syrian conflict. You are able to recognise nuance and show good judgement in working with clients and stakeholders. You are familiar with the political and legal context of detention issues in NES and Iraq, as well as with gender and trafficking issues.
You are a positive person with a can-do attitude, 1-2 years of case management experience and advocacy experience, a great ability to multitask and excellent organisational skills, a sensitivity to the risks faced by those whom we work with and assist, and a willingness to muck in on all tasks big and small, humility and a passion for Reprieve’s work.
You possess excellent research skills, and the ability to succinctly and clearly convey findings to inform the wider team’s ability to advance strategic goals. You can draft advocacy and briefing materials for a wide range of audiences, tailoring your writing style accordingly.
You will be an integral member of the Secret Prisons Team and larger Casework Team and will report to the Head of Syria and Iraq Detention Project.
Length and Salary
The role is a full-time, fixed term 12-month role with the possibility of extension (funding dependent) based in Reprieve’s London office during core office hours. The annual salary is £37,128 per annum less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. Reprieve is proud that the highest-paid member of staff is paid no more than double the lowest-paid member of staff. Our pay is transparent and non-negotiable. We are a flexible employer and offer a range of nonfinancial benefits to employees. We welcome applications from a range of backgrounds. You can learn more about Reprieve’s salary structure and ethos on our website.
How to apply
Please visit our website for the full job description and details on how to apply. All applications should be made via our website.
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Responsible to: Partnerships & Inclusion Manager (and other delegated staff)
Citizens Advice South Warwickshire is looking to recruit a housing caseworker to cover the Warwick district area of south Warwickshire and work in conjunction with our Stratford District housing caseworker. The aim of the role is to prevent clients from facing homelessness and evictions, by providing advocacy, advice and support to clients within Warwick District.
The caseworker will provide money advice and representation at court for clients at risk of repossession in order to prevent homelessness. Supporting clients to reduce the risk of falling into rent arrears by helping them to resolve their debt issues, doing income maximisation through benefit claims, applying for hardship grants and educating on financial capability, referring more complex debt cases onto specialist debt caseworkers.
We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate that they have:
- Minimum 12 months advice experience with Citizens Advice or a similar advice organisation.
- Experience in dealing with people housing and debt issues
- Demonstrate sensitivity, emotional resilience and a non-judgemental attitude.
- Excellent communication skills, confidence and patience
- Skills in advocacy, advice and support - depending on the needs of the client.
- Awareness of your own personal safety at all times and of those you are in close contact with
- Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team internally and with external organisations.
- Willingness to undertake further development or training as required by this project.
- Ability to work independently, with or without close supervision
- Use of own transport and visiting clients in their own homes.
Above all else, you should have compassion and drive to help change people’s lives for the better and provide excellent quality of advice. Due to Covid19 the role will not visit homes or outreach locations until safely advised by the Government and subject to our internal assessments, support will be provided by other methods. Our teams are currently working from home providing telephone, email advice and support.
Closing date: Monday 24th May 2021 9am.
Interviews will be held via video conference w/c: Monday 31st May 2021
Further details including how to apply and job pack available on our website via the Apply button.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Groundswell is seeking a worker with lived experience of homelessness, substance abuse or living with mental illness for a new Vaccine Caseworker role. This is an opportunity to develop and deliver an important new area of work supporting health and homelessness services with the rollout of vaccines and other preventative healthcare to people experiencing homelessness. You will be playing a crucial role in a growing dynamic charity that is committed to developing inclusive solutions to tackling homelessness.
The role will work across London, alongside healthcare professionals, hostels, day centres and outreach teams. The Vaccine Caseworker will assist teams on the ground to roll out Covid-19 vaccines, Flu vaccines and other preventative health measures, as well as supporting people who are homeless to access screening and other routine health checks, advocating for the people they work with to access appropriate healthcare and work towards managing their own health.
Focusing on preventative health measures like vaccination is an exciting new area of work for Groundswell, building on what we have learnt over the last year. This role will help to ensure that people experiencing homelessness can access vaccine, screening and health check. This is an exciting opportunity to feed into how homeless and health services can work together in a more integrated way to support clients. The successful candidate will shape the role by developing the work to meet the needs of clients and key stakeholders.
You will be managed and supported by Groundswell and will work closely with the teams from the other organisations carrying out vaccinations and screening. You will also be offered independent clinical supervision. Normally you will be based in our office in Brixton, but currently, the team are working remotely, and you will be given the support and equipment needed to make this possible. The post will support our work across London.
Application process
To make an application, please download the job pack and either submit your application via Charity Jobs or submit it to the email address in the pack, please provide your CV along with a cover letter which explains:
- how you meet each of the areas outlined in the person specification above and
- why you are interested in doing this job.
The deadline is Tuesday 4th May 2021 at 10:00.
Interviews
Candidates will be notified if they have been invited to interview by 7th May 2021 at the latest. We are a small charity with limited resources and are unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications before the interview stage, if you have not been notified by this date, then please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Interviews will then be held on the week commencing 10th May 2021.
Pre-employment checks
Two references will need to be taken up before a job offer can be made. Please include reference details in your application. One should be your current or most recent employer and the other someone who has known you in a professional capacity for at least two years. We will not contact any referees before the interview and only after you grant consent.
Groundswell is a registered charity, which exists to enable homeless people to take more control of their lives, have a greater influen... Read more
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CFAB is a national charity and the UK branch of the International Social Service network. CFAB’s social work team helps to resolve cases involving child protection, children in care, unaccompanied children, and vulnerable adults when the case crosses international borders. CFAB social workers and caseworkers offer advice and guidance to individuals and local authorities and help to link social work services between the UK and other countries.
The main purpose of this role is to assist with the day to day running of the CFAB Advice Line and manage a caseload of allocated inter-country cases originating from the UK or overseas.
Please send a full CV and Covering Letter
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