Z2K is an anti-poverty, with a focus on a fairer social security system that works as a safety net. Our work combines campaigning and policy with casework and additional support services. We work collaboratively as a team of fifteen paid staff and a wide range of volunteers who work across all our projects and support services. The role is offered in partnership with South West London Law Centres with offices in Wandsworth, Merton and Lambeth.
The post is an opportunity to use your casework skills and experience to provide a holistic service to low-income Londoners and help us to achieve our ambitious goals. Not only do we work tirelessly to ensure positive outcomes for our clients, we work to empower our clients and support them to take an active role in solving their own problems as well as helping us to expose injustices in the system.
The Stepping Stones to Stability project is funded through the Big Lottery’s Help Through Crisis Fund and was launched in 2015 specifically to support projects that draw on the strengths and personal experiences of people facing hardship crisis so that they can overcome immediate difficulties and be ready for future opportunities and challenges.
Through the project we support clients facing problems with their benefits and income in the boroughs of Wandsworth, Westminster and Lambeth. It aims to combine welfare rights work with additional support services, working with clients holistically to address multiple issues that are impacting on their circumstances.
The main project team is a part time Welfare Benefits Caseworker and a full time Support Officer offering additional wrap around support to clients. The new Casework Assist role will be responsible for supporting the co-ordination and delivery of our holistic casework, including building up your own caseload under the supervision of the Head of Casework and Support Services . You will build up your knowledge of welfare rights, housing and Universal Credit to provide greater assistance to clients. This includes representation at tribunal level. You will be trained by our Head of Casework, of has extensive experience in housing and welfare benefits.
About You
You will have gained experience of welfare benefits and/or disability advice work through voluntary or paid employment. You will have a commitment to working with communities who are highly disadvantaged and a passion for helping people to overcome homelessness and poverty. You will have the ability to interview, advise, and work with service users empathetically, and have the willingness to try new tasks and support the wider team with policy work and online communication such as blogs and tweets. From time to time you will be asked to work outside of usual working hours.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced caseworker to join our dedicated Ask Us Wirral team of paid staff and volunteers.
If you have experience of carrying out casework for individuals including benefits, housing, employment and debts, apply now.
You will deliver advice over the phone and face to face in settings across Wirral including GP surgeries, community outreach locations and on occasion in individuals homes.
This exciting role, as part of Citizens Advice Wirral’s team, includes acting for the client where necessary and will include benefit appeal and tribunal work.
If you feel you are the right person for the role, and would enjoy working as part of a passionate, dedicated team please visit our website via the link below where you will find a link to the Job Description and Person Specification, the application form and application guidance notes.
Closing Date: 12 Noon Friday 20 December 2019
Interview Date: 9/10 January 2020
The right candidate will have experience of managing a caseload and good knowledge of provider services across Greater Manchester that can help carers lead a better life. The candidate must be able to speak English and at least one other language including Urdu, Punjabi and Guajarati. You must have a strong awareness of issues affecting BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) communities particularly in relation to the impact of caring.
The role will be to work as a team on a busy helpline as well as delivering statutory carer’s assessments through a conversation model and to bring an enthusiastic yet empathetic approach to supporting carers across Trafford. The role will also involve outreach support at Limelight in Old Trafford on a regular basis.
Trafford Carers Centre, is the Lead provider for Trafford Council and Trafford CCG to deliver first line support and information services to unpaid carers in Trafford.
Requirements for Caseworker role:
- Previous experience of casework
- Positive, welcoming attitude and good communication skills
- Ability to speak English and other languages such as Punjabi, Urdu and Guajarati
- Ability to identify carers and their support needs
- Ability to work effectively and positively as part of a team
- Ability to think on your feet
- Knowledge of key services across Greater Manchester
- Knowledge of issues affecting BAME communities in relation to caring
- Knowledge of Care Act 2014
- Sound organisational and IT skills
- Ability to keep concise and accurate records
- Flexibility to work hours as determined by the organisation
- Full driving licence and insurance to use your car for business purposes.
Responsibilities for Caseworker:
- Manage a caseload delivering statutory carers assessments, support, guidance and advice
- Deliver helpline support offering guidance and advice
- Maintaining a high level of record keeping
- To work with multi-agencies to raise awareness of carer issues and widen identification network.
Benefits for Caseworker:
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata)
- Full induction programme
- Access to training
Deadline for applications: 12pm on 24th of December 2019
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Single Homeless Prevention Service (SHPS)
Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life?
SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.
We are excited to deliver a brand new service working at the forefront of tackling homelessness in London. Embedded into Islington Housing Options team, this new service will support single adults with low to medium needs to help prevent or relieve their homelessness and then sustain their tenancies.
Based in Islington councils offices on Upper Street, as a Caseworker you will be responsible for assessing applicants needs and then producing and delivering highly effective support plans, to achieve the applicants housing goals. To be part of our new service we are looking for experienced and highly motivated individuals, who can hit the ground running and work to ensure that we really have an impact on our clients lives.
To be successful you will also have:
- An understanding of working in floating support services; with a demonstrable knowledge of Housing and other related Legislation.
- Experience of delivering high quality, structured and time limited interventions that prevented or relieved homelessness.
- Experience of completing in depth assessments and producing planned co-produced support plans focused on setting and achieving goals.
- Ability to work in close partnership with external agencies and effectively liaise with a range of service providers or agencies in order to establish or improve services for clients.
- Ability to be self motivating, work under pressure, and manage time effectively, prioritising different areas of work according to need.
Interviews to be held on: rolling basis
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited. In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects has been commended for their work.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in consortium with NGO partners and in close coordination with local authorities (LAs), is working to support vulnerable and marginalised EU citizens and their families to access the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).
IOM is looking to recruit an OISC (The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner) -registered (Level One, Two or Three) caseworker, to be based either in Scotland, or in London, with travel. The caseworker will support outreach to LAs and other local stakeholders depending on regional needs and provide immigration advice and direct assistance to vulnerable EU citizens to make their applications.
For more details about the role and how to apply, please click on the belwo link:
https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/vacancies
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Fixed-term until 31st March 2021 (with a possibility of extending)
HMP Wealstun
Ref: RCY-194
Are you compassionate and proactive with a natural approach with people? Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people? If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a highly motivated Resettlement Caseworker to join our dynamic team and provide a full resettlement service to prisoners within a custodial setting.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this exciting opportunity
To provide a comprehensive resettlement planning service, you will manage and maintain systems effectively and review resettlement plans at agreed stages of a prisoner’s sentence, providing information and assistance based on individual needs. You will also take the lead on the delivery of resettlement plan interventions and provide casework support, supervision and coaching to the Peer Advisors.
Negotiating and working closely with departments and external organisations is a key element of the role, as is delivering resettlement courses on a rolling basis and supporting Peer Advisors to deliver resettlement courses.
What we are looking for:
- Excellent listening skills, with the capacity to develop a constructive relationship with ex-offenders
- An understanding of issues facing individuals with multiple and complex needs, in prison and on release
- An awareness of accessing substance misuse services
- First-class time-management and work prioritisation skills, and the ability to work on your own initiative
- Professional, flexible and able to work in a prison environment
- Strong IT skills, especially MS Office, plus the ability to work with case databases on a daily basis
- Sympathy with the aims and ethos of St Giles as an organisation
In return, you can expect a competitive salary and generous leave allowance, staff pension scheme, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more besides.
Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration will be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual.
For further information, or to apply, please visit our website.
Closing date: 11pm, 19th December 2019
Purpose of the Job:
- To provide professional and effective OISC regulated casework as well as advice, guidance and support to a broad range of RMC’s service users.
- To assist/support the team and the management to meet the needs of the beneficiaries and achieve targets.
- To support and supervise colleagues on a lower level of OISC regulation and designated volunteers.
- To deliver presentations and represent RMC at meetings/events when required by management.
- To take responsibility of projects related to the job
Principal Tasks
Working within the team
- To ensure the requirements of OISC are respected and met during the delivery of immigration related advice and casework.
- To assist the senior colleagues and managers in order to drive efficiency, quality, systems improvement and target achievement.
- To supervise and/or manage colleagues on a lower level of OISC regulation and designated volunteers.
Casework and advice
- To offer advice, advocacy and support to service users with various aspects related to their welfare as requested by the management of RMC and funders’ requirements.
- To deliver the appropriate level of casework either independently or under supervision depending on the level of OISC registration.
- To maintain confidentiality in all dealings with service users and ensure their needs are met in a satisfactory and sensitive manner.
- To provide appropriate support and mentoring to any volunteers that are under your supervision.
- To be responsible for the day to day delivery of specific projects if requested by the Operations Manager–this is flexible and could change depending on the nature of funding.
- To represent RMC at external meetings and events when required by senior colleagues.
- To maintain effective working relationships with partners and stakeholders.
Caseworker – Mental Health Services
The Sanctuary/Bristol
£21,589 - £25,295 pa
Permanent
Full time (37.5 hours per week)
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
The Sanctuary is part of the Bristol Mental Health Service, and provides a safe, welcoming and comfortable place for people aged 16 and over who are experiencing acute emotional distress, which may be associated with their mental health and for those seeking to prevent the onset of a crisis. The Sanctuary also provides services to people with a relationship to someone in crisis.
In the role of Caseworker, you will be supporting individuals to recognize and develop their own strategies for crisis prevention and management, and to help them to utilize their own experience through sharing of problems and looking at alternatives and solutions to support their own recovery; and the recovery of others accessing the service. The Sanctuary is predominant an evening/night service and our shift pattern is Friday to Monday with s between 3 pm until 1 am.
We are looking for someone with knowledge and understanding of mental health issues, who has enthusiasm and passion for supporting people in, or at risk of crisis and who is committed to client involvement both in their own lives and in the ongoing development of the service. We welcome and encourage applications from those with lived experience of mental health issues and/or accessing services to apply.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development. For this role staff can claim an additional 20% pay premium for unsocial hours worked as part of a day shift after 8pm or before 8am Monday to Friday as well as for all hours during day shifts worked on Saturday and Sunday.
If you believe that you have what we are looking for, and have an interest in working for a charity which makes a real difference to the lives of people who are homeless, we encourage you to apply.
Please ensure that you read the comprehensive job description and person specification for the role. When applying please address the person specification, clearly setting out how you meet the requirements for the role.
To view job descriptions on our vacancies page, please click on the document available tab above the relevant job advert.
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s Careers page.
Closing Date: 10.00am, 11 December 2019
Interview and Assessments: 18 December 2019
It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check, will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
Our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
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Caseworker Opportunities– Tenancy Sustainment Team
Various roles available across London*
£25,202 - £28,908 pa
Permanent/Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Do you have a genuine interest in supporting people to rebuild their lives? We have some exciting opportunities to join our Tenancy Sustainment team
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
We are currently looking for 4 Caseworkers to join the Tenancy Sustainment team (TST) and the new Private Rented Sector team (PRS). Both teams work with people across London who have experienced homelessness and sleeping rough; and who have now moved into Rough Sleepers Initiative (RSI) accommodation, or Private Rented Sector accommodation. The teams provide floating support to enable clients in RSI and PRS accommodation to transition into; and maintain tenancies to avoid a return to homelessness.
In the Caseworker role you will manage a case load of clients, working closely with them to agree on-going client centred support planning objectives. Working in clients own homes and in the community you will provide advice and core support to help clients sustain their housing and build a home, access health care for physical and/or mental health conditions, work and training opportunities and offer encouragement to access support services and be active within their community.
We are looking for people with experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change. You will also need some understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerable people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services. If you have the ability to work independently and manage your own time, (working alone at times), good communication skills and the ability to provide consistently high levels of support to our clients; we encourage you to apply.
Above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to rebuild their lives.
*All vacancies are based in London (Holloway, Hackney or Shepherds Bush), with travel across London. Shifts are 9 am – 5 pm, Mon – Fri.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development.
Please ensure that you read the comprehensive job description and person specification for the role. When applying please address the person specification, clearly setting out how you meet the requirements for the role.
To view job descriptions on our vacancies page, please click on the document available tab above the relevant job advert.
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s Careers page.
Closing date: 10.00 am, 9 December 2019
Interview and assessments on: 18 and 19 December 2019
At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check, will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
Our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
As a homelessness ch... Read more
Title: Domestic Abuse Caseworker
Salary Grade: £21,500 - £24,000 per annum including Outer London Weighting (OLW) dependent on skills and experience
Responsible to: Services Manager (Complex Needs & Crisis)
No. of Hours: 37.5 hours per week (5 days)
Main Base/s: Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire Mind Network’s Watford Wellbeing Centre.
Please note that there may be some travel outside of the Three Rivers area in relation to clients resident in Three Rivers.
Hertfordshire Mind Network has formed a partnership with Three Rivers District council and a number of other key stakeholders to provide a Domestic Abuse Casework Service. The aim of the Hertfordshire Mind Network Domestic Abuse Casework Service is to provide advice, information and support to survivors of intimate partner or familial violence living in the community about the range, effectiveness and suitability of options to improve their safety and that of their children. All advice will be based on a thorough understanding and assessment of risk and its management.
Purpose of Post
The purpose of the Hertfordshire Mind Network Domestic Abuse Caseworker role is to:
- To provide support and advocacy services to clients experiencing domestic abuse
- To ensure direct contact is made with the client within a specified time of an incident being reported to the police and to carry out a risk assessment
- To ensure that the safety and wellbeing of the client is monitored and reviewed regularly
- To maintain and enhance service delivery standards and effectiveness.
- To support the Team and Services Manager with case management and volume of referrals to ensure a short waiting time and referrals are contacted promptly and assessed appropriately.
- To curate and obtain feedback regarding the effectiveness of the service.
The objectives of Hertfordshire Mind Network’s Domestic Abuse Casework Service are:
- To support the wellbeing of clients who are affected by domestic abuse
- To improve risk management and safety for clients
- To remain a source of independent support for all clients
- To contribute to a reduction in repeat victimisation
- To reduce the number of victims withdrawals of witness statements
- To increase the reporting of children at risk of harm
- To increase early reporting of incidents
- To increase successful court outcomes by proactively supporting clients
- To work with the wider team within Hertfordshire Mind Network and support clients in accessing additional support e.g. counselling, peer support, employment support and self-development courses
- To work with other professionals e.g. police, health, social care, housing, and signpost and liaise with such agencies as necessary
- To work with and signpost to other third sector partner agencies as necessary
- To work with and provide a service for people who may have multiple needs
- To act as a point of contact for those seeking advice and signposting, assisting them with appropriate services in their area.
- Work within the Community Partnerships Team to share information and work in partnership on cases.
- Follow up on cases to obtain detailed feedback and contribute to the development of the service.
- Provide a first point of contact for professionals and clients.
- To manage a caseload of low dependency clients making contact via phone assessing their need and providing necessary support.
- To agree and record safety plans made with clients as well as suggesting other alternate appropriate areas of support to ensure clients are receiving some sort of support or engagement with services.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 23rd December 2019 by 5pm.
Interviews shall take place on Thursday 2nd January 2020.
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to the Herts Mind Network website where you can complete your application for this position.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is an Equal Opportunity and Mindful Employer.
No agencies please.
Victim Support is looking for a Children and Young People Case Worker to work as part of our NEST team based in Accrington.
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 aim of the role is to deliver a high quality child victims service, within a multi-agency service delivery framework, that ensures a more timely, rounded and effective early help support for children and young people whose experience of crime places them at heightened risk of harm and other long-term adverse outcomes.
The purpose of the job is to take a key role in delivery of the following aspects of the programme in the designated area. This includes: the delivery of the young victims service in line with commissioner's requirements and within the appropriate service guidance and policy framework; Recruiting, managing and developing volunteers/peer mentors who will support young victims and witnesses of crime; Developing and enhancing local key stakeholder relationships and work in partnership with other agencies to manage risk and deliver co-ordinated support and; maintaining and enhancing service delivery standards and effectiveness.
To be successful in the role, you will have a proven track record of successfully delivering services for children and young people and successful youth engagement in a comparable role within a service-driven organisation of comparable size, scope and complexity. You will also have an understanding of the current issues for children and young people experiencing crime and the impact and effects of trauma.
You will be able to work on your own initiative, prioritising work and dealing with competing or conflicting demands/ needs and interests in an organised and methodical manner. You will also have the ability to develop creative solution focussed interventions with vulnerable children and young people, to negotiate, advocate and influence others and to build effective volunteer teams and sustain relationships.
Car use is essential to this 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.
The role is predominantly Mon-Fri 9-5 or 10-6 but there is an expectation that work may also need to be completed outside of those core hours.
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 (s). 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.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.
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City Hearts are currently recruiting for an Outreach Caseworker to work within the Anti-Trafficking Team of the organisation. This role will require the successful candidate to casework the Survivors of Modern Slavery in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and women with life-controlling issues in their rest and reflection period before moving on to support the Staff of City Hearts; to ensure all standards for City Hearts are upheld to a high standard.
City Hearts was founded in 2005 with a mandate to fully restore those with a history of vulnerability and exploitation. We began with a single home to help women with life controlling issues and shortly after welcomed our first survivor of Modern Slavery. Since then we have expanded dramatically across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support women with life-controlling issues.
The Role:
- Caseworking individual PVOHT (Potential Victims of Human Trafficking);
- Regular feedback and review meetings with Outreach Coordinator;
- Arranging and attending appointments for individual;
- Following up all the paperwork and details of VOHT in adherence to the terms of the contract; including on line reporting. Including, weekly reviews, daily logs and inductions.
- Shift flexibility to include some evenings and, weekends and sleeps on a rota basis at safehouse,
- Ensuring that volunteers who work with you on shift have the proper level of support and adhere to policies and procedures;
- Ensuring that all Key Performance Indicators are met;
- Ensuring progression of VOHT through system;
- Liaising with organisations and individuals regarding PVOHT and CH in a professional manner –
- Identifying support hours and ensuring accurate logging of all hours;
- Ensuring paperwork is being completed correctly and in a timely fashion;
- Ensuring Exit Strategies are being prepared in a timely fashion;
- Dealing with out of hour crisis in accordance with standby rota;
- Receiving out of hours referrals, carrying out inductions, weekly reviews, updating IT system.
- Ensuring adherence to all internal procedures regarding City Hearts, the Safe Houses and any legislation;
- Promoting CH in adherence to the terms of the contract – this may include attending events on behalf of CH as a whole.
- Please note that there is an occupational requirement due to the nature of this role for the post holder to be female.
Any other duties that are commensurate with the role;
The Candidate:
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to liaise with other agencies in a professional manner
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- High level of emotional resilience
- Good IT skills and the ability to accurately record keep
- Ability to be flexible to needs of the service and clients
- Ability to manage time around shift work to enable adequate self-care and rest
Benefits:
30 Days Holiday (based on 40 hour working week)
Sleep shift pay supplement
Perkbox - local / national discount scheme + app
Training / Career Progression
Various courses - personal and professional development
On-going support
Group supervision regularly - share best practice
Closing date for the role is midnight on 4th January 2020.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Islington Law Centre is looking to recruit an experienced housing outreach caseworker to join its housing team.
We are seeking a practitioner with experience in the full range of housing work: to include defending possession proceedings, allocations, homelessness and disrepair.
We are looking for someone to work 3 days per week providing an outreach service at three venues across Islington. The sessions are half day sessions and the caseworker will provide direct housing advice and follow up work. The caseworker will work with the housing team to refer into the Law Centre more complex cases. A good knowledge of housing law and the legal aid scheme will be required for this post.
The Law Centre holds LAA contracts in housing and welfare benefits, public law and immigration.
Islington Law Centre currently co-ordinates one of the LAA’s housing duty possession schemes running at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court.
Salary: £17,800 pa for 3 days pw.
For an application pack please visit our website.
For an informal discussion please contact Stuart Hearne.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Finished your LLB, GDL, LPC or BTPC and eager to develop your legal skills addressing social justice issues, and ready to join our dynamic legal team then maybe this is a job for you. We are specialist drugs charity grounded in protecting the rights our clients who experience substance (alcohol & drugs) dependancy gain accees to health, housing and economic rights. These areas significantly improves a person’s life chances and integration back into their community. Whilst legal services are available to the public via other sources, our client group will often be unable to access such services because of fear of stigma or discrimination.
We're looking for someone with preferably 1 years’ experience of providing social welfare legal advice either as a caseworker or paralegal, or at least one year’s recent experience of providing Generalist Advice to the public, this should include having undertaken casework in welfare rights, housing and debt.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus is pleased to be collaborating with a female-only charity, who provide emotional and practical support to women experiencing domestic violence and/or abuse. A large part of their work is crisis intervention, working with women who require urgent help and face imminent danger. They are now seeking an experienced and dynamic Programme Manager to lead the delivery of their specialist support programme across Brent.
As a Programme Manager for the organisation, you be responsible for managing the quality and delivery of VAWG projects and partnerships. Reporting to the Director, you will lead a specialist team of team managers and frontline workers, including IDVAs in Social Care, Housing and Criminal Justice settings, to ensure that the level of service provided to beneficiaries is of the highest standard, within funders' requirements and meets the charity's expectations and key performance indicators. Focussed on developing and maintaining relationships with relevant key stakeholders, you will represent the organisation at meetings and support the development of strategic plans, ensuring the sustainability, development and delivery of services is effective and efficient.
This is a pivotal role for our client and as such, significant knowledge of the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector, and the issues relating to it is essential. You must have significant managerial experience of developing and delivering a range of social care projects for those with high support needs, and of working operationally and strategically within an organisation to develop its vision, strategy and business plan. You must be a strong manager, confident in leading multiple-teams in dispersed locations, and a skilled networker with extensive experience of building effective partnerships across the sector.
Please initially apply with a Word formatted version of CV - further information will be provided to shortlisted candidates.
Since this is initially an interim opportunity, please only apply if you are available asap and have a fully enhanced DBS security clearance, issued within the last year of registered to the online update service.
This post is open to female applicant only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act
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