City Hearts are currently recruiting for an Outreach Caseworker to work within the Anti-Trafficking Team of the organisation, working with both male and female clients. 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.
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 7th February.
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Peripatetic Support Worker
We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting 2,900 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.
As a support worker at Hft you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. In this caring and creative role, everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, creating flexible services that meet people’s needs and always looking for the best way of doing things.
Hft Flintshire provides support to 270 adults a week across 7 day service and work place settings. These include two café’s, horticultural site, metal working factory, a shop and learning hub. We are looking for dynamic, person centred support workers to support the delivery of our services ensuring the people we support have the best day possible and have opportunity to reach their potential.
Salary: £9.00 per hour
Hours: Full Time, Permanent 37 Hours
Location: Queensferry, Flintshire
What we Offer
Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 23 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
You don’t need experience of support work or any special qualifications for this job - you’ll get plenty of training along the way. Having the right values and wanting to make a difference to enable people to live a more fulfilling and independent life is what matters most. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. You also need to have basic level IT skills to be able to use a computer to record information about people you will be supporting.
Closing date: Saturday 22nd February 2020
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Support Work, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.
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Location: Warrington Combined Court
Department: Witness Service - National
Hours per week: 29 hours
Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015. The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.
Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.
Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.
Interview date: 11/02/2020
The Hub of Hope is the UK’s most comprehensive mental health support database and number one signposting tool, helping thousands of people access support across the UK.
The HUB OF HOPE CO-ORDINATOR will work closely with the CEO to oversee the maintenance and development of the Hub of Hope, as well as identifying opportunities for ongoing enhancements and improvements. This work will build upon the success Chasing the Stigma has already had in collaborating with partners throughout the UK to ensure the Hub of Hope is working at the highest possible standard as it becomes the nation’s go to mental health signposting tool.
The successful candidate would be expected to recruit and work with data input volunteers as well as maintaining relationships with new and existing partners to explore development opportunities.
This is a new post with the opportunity to make a real difference in an award-winning, growing national charity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Support Worker
As a Support Worker you will work as a team in our residential home to support 4/5 young people in our clients care. You will follow individual care plans for the young people with the aim to help them move onto independent living in the future. You will support with their therapy, plan social and leisure activities, give medication and complete associated paperwork. You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary team including Nurses, Psychologists and Psychiatrists to ensure we achieve the best possible outcomes for our young people.
The role is challenging but also extremely rewarding and you will have the real opportunity to make a difference to therr young peoples lives.
Support Worker Requirements:
You do not require any previous experience for this role however we do require you to be compassionate , calm, resilient and to understand the issues and challenges their young people face. You should be IT literate as there is a requirement to update online care records. You must also thrive in a team environment and be flexible with the ability to work a 7 day rota, completing early and late shift patterns alongside 1 sleep ins (usually 1 per week) for which an additional payment is made. Having a driving licence is not essential but it is beneficial to help transport our clients young people to appointments and activities. The use of a house pool car is provided for this.
Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community. As an employer we are also committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all their staff.
They reserve the right to bring forward their closing date, without notice in the event of high volumes of interest.
About Our Client:
Our client provides residential services for young people and young adults aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. Their aim is to support the young people using an innovative therapeutic approach and least restrictive practice to enable them to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life. Their “no restraint” policy allows for more respectful and thoughtful relationships with young people and avoids traumatisation and consequent escalations in risk.
Location: Warrington
Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week, Full and Part time opportunities available
Salary: £18,603-£20,344.82 per annum (£9.54-£10.43 per hour) dependent on experience
Benefits: 28 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days with increased years service, Paid 2 week full induction before you start, Opportunity to complete your Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker qualification, Excellent career progression, Paid enhanced DBS check, Enhanced Company Pension Scheme, 24 hr Employee Assistance Programme and counselling, Free onsite parking, Life Assurance, Online discounts, Refer a friend scheme where we pay £500 for every friend you refer, Annual paid Summer and Christmas parties, Length of service awards.
If you have a passion and commitment to work with young people and make a difference to their lives please apply now for a link to our online application pack.
Closing Date: 21st February, 2020
You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Healthcare Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Community Support Worker, Disability, Disabilities, Care Staff, Charity, Charities, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, etc.
Ref: 91546