Day And Night Support Workers Jobs
A little bit about who we are:
Emmaus Greenwich is a unique charity that offers a home, work and individual support to people who have experienced homelessness and social exclusion. We don’t just give people a bed for the night; we offer a home, meaningful work and a sense of belonging.
At the heart of Emmaus Greenwich is our companions. Companion is the name given to those who live in an Emmaus community and contributes to the social enterprise, where they support themselves and one another. Living in a stable environment with the opportunity of work and individually tailored support helps our companions to regain lost self-esteem and the confidence needed to get back on their feet.
The majority of our charity's income is generated in our social enterprise which includes our four charity shops based Online, in Plumstead, Lewisham and Poplar. We also run regular outreach projects, offering support to some of the most vulnerable people in the capital. Companions can work in every area of our social enterprise, directly contributing to our charity whilst gaining skills and valuable work experience.
Some of the things that we are looking for in our Community Manager:
- The ability to focus on impact and deliver results.
- Experience of planning, developing, and managing support services for clients with support needs
- Knowledge and understanding of Strength-based practice and Trauma informed care.
- Experience of managing the performance, learning and development of staff.
- Knowledge and understanding of homelessness issues
- Demonstrable commitment to inclusive working, ensuring equality and valuing diversity.
- A belief in the potential of each individual and an understanding of the importance of the Community in helping an individual achieve their potential
Some of the things you would be responsible for as a Community Manager:
- Responsible for the admission welcome including assess new referrals, interviewing potential Companions, welfare and care of Companions, their integration into the Emmaus Community and the wider community at large, developing a sense of extended family.
- Lead and implement a culture which provides confidentiality, promotes professional boundaries, protects data, and safeguards Companions, Volunteers and staff.
- To manage support relating to Companion’s needs regarding their daily living requirements, physical and mental health, safety and personal development.
- To assist and encourage Companions to move into independent accommodation where appropriate
- Ensure that effective Safeguarding systems are in place and maintained, acting as the organisation’s Designated Safeguarding Person, with delegated responsibility for policy development, implementation, and reporting.
- Working in partnership with the Retail Manager, facilitate, encourage, and support companion engagement and training within the social enterprises to ensure they are viable businesses.
- Assist the Multi-Site Property and Facilities Manager in the upkeep and maintenance of the Community, to ensure that it provides a pleasant and comfortable home for the Companions, whilst adhering to health and safety requirements
You may also have experience in areas such as Social Worker, Outreach Coordinator, Case Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Program Manager, Advocacy Officer, Operations Manager
Location: London
Contract Type Permanent, Full time
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000
Hours: 40
Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and discount in Emmaus Greenwich shops
Closing date; 05-05-2024
REF-213 370
Location: Across London
Closing date: 6 May 2024
Interview dates: 21-23 May 2024
Whether your empathy towards homeless people has its roots in personal experience or your compassionate nature and determination to help, when you join Thames Reach on our 12-month Traineeship programme, you’ll be making a difference and taking the first steps towards a great career.
About us…
Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track and help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities.
Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more than 10,000 people.
Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career.
About this role…
Every role at Thames Reach is about ensuring that the users of our services find and sustain a decent home, develop supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. On our structured Traineeship scheme, you’ll gain first-hand experience and on-the-job training in what we do. You’ll be expected to work full time on a rota basis. Our placements involve a range of working patterns such as shifts, including evenings and weekends, night work in our fast-paced Rapid Response Outreach team and Monday to Friday 9-5 roles.
The key features are:
• A thorough induction, followed by two six-month placements at our projects, one of which will be hostel-based.
• With supervision and training from experienced staff to help our clients to get off and stay off the street with access to appropriate services.
• Learning about and assisting with necessary administration and record-keeping.
The kind of thing we’re looking for:
• Compassion, determination and a desire to play your part in ending street homelessness.
• Good basic admin and IT skills.
• Good team working skills
• The resilience and commitment to work in a challenging, ever-changing environment.
• An understanding of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – applicants who have experienced homelessness are particularly encouraged to apply.
What you can expect…
• A generous pension contribution - we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%.
• A range of other benefits including generous holiday allowance – 24 days per year, wellbeing support, cycle to work and season ticket loans.
• High quality on-the-job training with the opportunity to develop the skills needed for a career in our front-line services.
• Potential job prospects – although this is not guaranteed, many of our trainees have gained permanent employment at Thames Reach or in related organisations following completion of the programme.
• Application Support Sessions – we encourage applicants to attend one of these before applying.
Please note that we cannot guarantee location of placements for successful intakes.
Thames Reach welcomes applications from people with transferable skills and fresh perspectives.
We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
For full information and to apply visit our website via the apply button.
Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
You’ve got an in-depth understanding of mental health issues and substantial experience of working in a Housing and Social Care setting. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Team Manager.
Holder House is set in the leafy neighbourhood of Abingdon and provides care and support to 14 people from 18+ living with, and recovering from, enduring mental health issues. The Team Manager reports to and will be supported by the Registered Manager.
As well as ensuring the quality of service and support provided to people who use our services, you will line manage front line staff and organise any building maintenance requirements. Whether you’re carrying out an induction, undertaking an investigation, putting team development plans in place or providing support to our business development team, one thing’s for sure – you won't be short of challenge and variety. We’re currently working towards being awarded ‘Outstanding’ at our next CQC inspection and you will play an integral part in helping us to achieve this.
Substantial experience gained managing a caseload of individuals with complex needs is a given, as well as being outcome driven and able to lead by example using your firm but inclusive management style. You’re open and encouraging too and have lots of tact and diplomacy. What's more, you're great at managing conflicting priorities on time, have a flexible attitude to working hours and are willing to participate in on call arrangements. And, if you have experience of carrying out investigations, writing reports/recommendations or managing budgets, even better, although it's not essential as we offer an extensive induction and training programme for managers.
The service operates two sleep-ins per night (paid at £70.47 per 9-hour sleep-in) and an on-call rota (paid at £18.00) to cover a sleep-in/day shift in the event of absence – applicants should be flexible and available to cover sleep-ins and fill in on the on-call rota where needed.
This is a permanent full time role requiring the post holder to work 37.5 hours per week.
To apply, please click the apply button, to visit our website and send a CV and covering letter explaining why you feel you are right for the role.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. From 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship will be merging with the mental health charity Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind will then be renamed to reflect the new, bigger and better organisation.
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Crisis Service Delivery Manager
Ref: 590
Salary: £30,225.08 per annum (plus £1,119.96 per annum for Safeguarding rota)
Hours: 37.0 hours per week, Flexible with needs of service
Contract: Permanent
Working base: HQ, Flitwick
Area covered: Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire
Job Purpose
This exciting role will work with the Crisis Service Development Manager to oversee the operations of the crisis services and ensure compliance with contract requirements. The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the everyday operations of the Crisis Cafes and line managing our Team Leaders in each location across Bedford, Luton, Central Beds and MK. The Crisis Cafes are an ever-evolving service, and this role will include implementing, delivering and managing new business and identifying and executing any service improvements across the locations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Operational Crisis Services Manager to oversee the operations of Mind BLMK Crisis services and ensure outcomes which support the contract requirements, specifically within the Crisis Café provision.
- Maintain an effective workforce for the crisis service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (recruitment, line management, workload planning, support and development of managers responsible for the services and projects).
- Hold responsibility for maintaining an effective workforce which ensures 7 night a week delivery.
- Hold responsibility for health and safety and Safeguarding for the Crisis services in line with Mind BLMK’s H&S policies, procedures and guidance.
- Hold responsibility for the collection, updating, monitoring and reporting of service data in line with Mind BLMK’s contract and systems requirements and procedures.
- Deal with complaints from service users or other agencies as requested by the Operational Crisis Services Manager.
- To be a member of a Senior Manager On call rota (safeguarding and sickness reporting).
- Be responsible for the monitoring of the crisis service budget with support of the Operational Crisis Services Manager,
- Contribute to business development, funding bids, tenders and budget setting for the development of the Crisis service.
- Ensure crisis specific training is delivered to all crisis staff and monitor training needs amongst Crisis teams.
- To support with High Intensity User meetings and ensure all Crisis service users are able to access person-centred crisis support.
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Optional Health Plan
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: 5pm on Thursday 11 April 2024
Interview date: TBC
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.
This position will be based from our Cardiff Office (agile working agreement in place).
Main Purpose: To support the efficiency of the National and Regional Offices through the provision of an efficient and effective translation and administration service including marketing and communications.The successful candidate will need two years of translation experience and an eye for detail with creative skills to support our marketing and social media.
- To translate all of the organisation’s letters, documents, newsletters, social media copy and publications into Welsh, or into English as appropriate
- To assist in the content/ maintenance of the company and project websites, social media and marketing.
- To accurately input and create reports of impact data including work completed by Childcare Business Development Officers and Training Officers, using computer programmes including MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Access as well as online portfolios and portals
- To contribute to the overall efficiency of the office, providing administrative skills for the office.
- To assist in the organisation of meetings and events, and taking and distributing accurate minutes of meetings as required.
Core Skills & Experience
Essential ·
- Ability to speak and write in both English and Welsh
- Translation experience or relevant qualification with the ability to translate from English to Welsh and vice versa
- Administration and marketing experience
- Excellent computer literacy skills – in using Microsoft applications such as MS Word, Access, Excel and Outlook, MS SharePoint and Teams and Zoom. Experience in using a Customer Relationship Manager (CRM), and updating websites and social media sites would be an advantage
- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task
- To promote and maintain a professional image in line with organisational policy, with a professional telephone manner, excellent written and verbal communication skills and a flexible attitude that can adapt to the varying requirements of a dynamic and busy office. Discretion and confidentiality in handling personal details is also essential.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Willingness to undertake a variety of different tasks.
Desirable
- Good problem solving skills
- Good keyboard speed
- Experience with design and marketing using various programmes such as
- Canva Capcut/Kapwing and buffer.
- Good knowledge of promotion on social media platforms
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Flexible schedule
- Sick pay
- Wellness programmes
- Work from home
Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, identity checks and DBS checks (if eligible) at the appropriate level.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.