YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH WORKER x 2 – MALE*

NORTH MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Full-Time, 40 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract to August 2021

Salary £26,388 p.a. (inc London Allowance)

Youth violence is a problem that significantly affects young people, their families and entire communities. At Oasis, we believe that violence can be prevented by taking a holistic public health approach. Oasis Community Hub Hadley encompasses a range of integrated and diverse community projects which together have a common aim to bring transformation to the whole person and the whole community. Through this holistic approach we have been instrumental in shaping the way young people are supported after experiencing trauma, violence or aggression.

Oasis Youth Support at North Middlesex Hospital is just one of our projects and provides an early intervention and trauma informed approach to tackle the drivers of violent behaviour. We are seeking two dedicated Youth Development Outreach Workers (Male*) to accompany young people who attend North Middlesex Hospital A&E department due to a violent or aggressive incident, on their journey to make positive choices with the aim of breaking the cycle of violence.

The primary purpose of the role is to participate in a youth outreach service, working with young people who come into the A&E department either as a victim or perpetrator of a violent crime.

You will be part of a large team based at the hospital and supported by the Youth Support Project Coordinator, as well as the wider Community Hub Team based in Ponders End, Enfield.

The key responsibilities within the role are:

• Support young people and develop a bespoke mentoring programme that meets their needs.
• Develop and evaluate a model of care that enables young people to benefit from community based interventions.
• Ensure new referrals are received and passed on in a timely manner.
• Assisting the team by facilitating high quality information gathering/sharing to track the support given and the success of the project.

You could be successful in this role if you: 

• Are passionate about making a difference to young people’s lives
• Are a people person with fantastic communication skills
• Have the ability to build positive relationships with young people as well as professionals
• Possess or training towards a relevant professional qualification (e.g. JNC, QTS, QSW), or can demonstrate relevant experience.
• Have experience of working in a youth/community setting affected by youth crime.
• Experience of mentoring / supporting young people
• Are self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative and organise your own time

This role is a challenging but very rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable young members of society who are living in challenging circumstances. 

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.

*Due to the work context of this role there is an Occupational Requirement to be male (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, Para 1).

Closing date for completed applications is 9am Monday 20th July 2020.

Interviews will be held week commencing 6th August at Enfield, North London.

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1026487

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. We deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through our national specialist centre and The Children’s Trust School, based in Tadworth.  We also offer support more widely through our community services for children and young people across the UK and via our online Brain Injury Hub. Established for over 30 years, we have a team comprising 560 staff and over 1,100 volunteers who together are dedicated to providing children with brain injury and neuro-disability to have the opportunity to live the best life possible.

We recognise that our people and how we develop them is critical to us continuing to grow and progress our charitable and commercial aims, while retaining our outstanding ratings with our regulators. We have therefore created the new role of Head of Organisational Development which will play a key part in leading, scoping and delivering a progressive Organisational Development Agenda. This will ensure we realise the full potential of all of our staff and ultimately enable us to continue to provide support for even more children and young people with brain injury and neuro-disability.

We are looking for a collaborative, proactive and can-do organisational development professional; someone who will work effectively across all key stakeholders within our organisation, working alongside and with others to define, develop and embed our new OD strategy. We expect this will encompass amongst other areas:  developing our leadership development programme, our diversity and inclusion approach, a review of our culture and values and supporting the development of our clinical and education teams.

Operating as a key member of the People Team, you will bring a high degree of ambition, resilience, and pragmatism, be comfortable in problem solving and finding solutions, offering constructive challenge and with a proven track record of shaping and delivering impactful OD strategies.

If you would like to discuss the role please contact The Children's Trust directly, and the People Operations Team will be more than happy to assist you.

Closing date - Monday 3rd August 2020.

Relief Hub Support Worker

Location: Southwark Wellbeing Hub

Together is an amazing place to work. And it’s not just because we’re one of the UK’s oldest and most respected mental health charities. It’s because we put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do – supporting and enabling them to take control of their lives and make a positive contribution to the community.

Hub Support Workers play a key role within a new and innovative mental wellbeing service based in Southwark. The service provides a wide range of information, advice and support with the aim of aiding people’s recovery and staying well.

The role of Hub Support Worker involves autonomous, mobile working in the community alongside engagement with a fast-paced team. Workers will be required to coordinate and maintain their own workload, reporting on their activity as required.

The majority of a Hub Support Worker’s time will be spent delivering bespoke one-to-one or group support to individuals experiencing or recovering from mental health problems. We are currently looking for an inspiring individual to support individuals on a one-to-one or group basis in a goal focused approach where it will allow individuals to achieve their goals.

This role will require occasional evening and weekend working.

We have a firm commitment to encouraging fairness and diversity in our work force and we welcome applications from disabled people and those from BME backgrounds.

Hours:  Mon to Fri, some early morning or early evening shifts may be required
Peckham, Southwark
Fixed term contract for 9 Months

Closing Date: Midnight 21/07/2020
Interviews: W/C – 27/07/2020

Do you want to end homelessness and make a positive difference to people’s lives? Are you highly motivated and looking for a challenge? Do you want to use your excellent people skills to support people to move away from homelessness?

At Thames Reach we are driven and committed helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people. Clients we support present with a variety of support needs including substance misuse, poor mental health, poor physical health and immigration issues.

We work with local authorities and other stakeholders to:

-Quickly identify the most appropriate route off the streets for entrenched rough sleepers with complex needs and devise and share a plan for achieving this.
-Reduce the total number of people rough sleeping by directly case working a number of individuals with complex needs and case histories, supporting them to leave the streets and move into long term accommodation.
We are looking for Lead workers and a Support worker to work in our SIB team supporting rough sleepers to move away from the streets and access sustainable accommodation and support. You’ll be assertive and persistent, able to give difficult messages and still get positive outcomes for our clients.

The Lead Worker Role would suit:

-People interested in working with people with rough sleeping histories or at risk of homelessness gaining and sustaining their tenancies.
-People with experience of face to face or customer service work.
-An understanding of how to support people to gain and sustain tenancies and engage positively with their local community.
-People with experience of supporting and motivating people to engage with health services, employment, training and education.
-People who are able to establish and maintain positive and effective working relationship with other agencies such as referral agencies, health services, benefit services and registered social landlords.
-Someone who has experience of supporting and inspiring colleagues to achieve goals.
-Someone who has a good understanding of how to work as team, and share their knowledge and good practice with their colleagues, students and volunteers
-Those with strong administration experience who would like to work to support a key front line homelessness service.
-People with experience of supervising volunteers and delegating.
-People who have great time management skills ,are well organized effective and able to work in a high performance environment

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

-The ability to provide a flexible and responsive service to meet the needs of rough sleepers across London.
-Good communication and creative problem solving skills enabling you to create options for people where these may be hard to find.
-Good interpersonal skills and commitment to work with rough sleepers.
-The flexibility to work occasionally late and early shifts if required.
-The enthusiasm and ability to manage a case load of complex clients.
-The ability to follow instructions, manage and mitigate risk.
-The ability to use IT systems to communicate and record your work.
-The ability to carry out assessments and oversee a multi-agency problem solving approach with people who may have a history of challenging services.
-The confidence and knowledge to supervise volunteers and interns.
-An ability to work both autonomously and within the team; ensure health and safety requirements are followed and manage risk to ensure the safety of all parties involved.

Thames Reach is 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.

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

-6.5% employer & 1.5% employee pension contribution.

-Development opportunities.

-29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

-Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test

-Season ticket/cycle loan

-Flexible Working

-EAP services

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

This is an exciting new developmental role, whose principle purpose is to recruit, engage and co-ordinate a group of local young people with the aim of enabling and empowering them to ensure their voices are heard and bring about change. This may include increasing their levels of confidence, improving their communication skills and improving their ability to self-advocate.  We envisage that the young people engaged will develop new projects and services in response to their needs and that of the local community.

Big Local SW11 along with 5 charities that make up the BLSW11 Alliance are working together for the young people of Battersea.  This role will include working across the 5 charities along with other voluntary organisations in Battersea.

Whilst ‘Battersea Youth Voice’ will be open to all young people, the Coordinator’s main role will be to target those young people that have been marginalised, deemed of as ‘hard to reach’ and who rarely have their voices heard.

Full time 37.5 per week (Including weekend)

Hillingdon

Fixed term contract for 9 Months

Closing Date: Midnight 21/07/2020

Interviews: W/C – 27/07/2020

We are recruiting a Lead Worker to join our Hillingdon outreach team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a new service working in Hillingdon and Heathrow airport. Working in this team will give you an opportunity to make a real difference to rough sleeping. This role will enable you to use you existing knowledge and experience to move into a role where you will have more influence and responsibility within a team, to work towards quick outcomes, to support rough sleepers away from rough sleeping. This team will work alongside other agencies to support people to access suitable crisis and longer term accommodation and reduce the number of people sleeping in Hillingdon and airport.

You will be responsible for:

• Overseeing the caseload of support workers in the team; working closely with them to identify the quickest and most appropriate route off the street for their clients, and devising a plan to achieve this, while holding a caseload of your own.

• Conducting regular outreach shifts in the airport, including night time and early morning shifts.

• Focusing on improving the local response to rough sleeping by coordinating joint working and collaboration between agencies.

• Representing the team at multi-agency meetings such as Task & Targeting meetings.

• Identifying gaps in local provision and researching new pathways off of the streets for a variety of rough sleepers, including those with no recourse to public funds

• Accurately recording all work done.

At Thames Reach we are driven and committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

With the help of our experienced senior staff and management, you will be supported and trained to use your strong communication and creative problem-solving skills, to enable you to create and deliver options for people where these may be hard to find. You will receive regular supervision from experienced staff who will both guide your work and encourage and facilitate your personal development. 

To be successful you’ll need to have:

• Experience in working with rough sleepers or vulnerable adults and supporting them to access services.

• Excellent organisation and time management skills in order to remain strongly outcome focused, with the ability to coordinate a high number of cases and complete tasks promptly and efficiently.

• Commitment to working in a challenging environment with the ability to be highly flexible throughout the working day.

• Good communication skills and confidence in public speaking when representing Thames Reach to external organisations and forming strong working relationships with partners; being able to challenge them when required.

• Strong IT skills with the ability use Outlook, online recording systems, Excel, and Word, using a tablet and a smart phone.

The role will involve office and street-based work in Hillingdon and Heathrow. While a large proportion of your time will be spent working day time shifts, Monday-Friday, the role includes some early morning and late night outreach shifts.

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

• 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension

• Development opportunities

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

• Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test

• Season ticket/cycle loan

• Flexible Working

• EAP services

Thames Reach is 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 more information and to apply please visit our website.

37.5 per week (Mon – Fri 9-5)
Hackney
Fixed term contract for 12 Months

Closing Date:  Midnight 21/07/2020
Interview Date: TBC

We are looking for a Support Worker to join our Green House service in Hackney.

At Thames Reach we are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Green House service a jointly delivered project with Hackney council. The team works across various locations in Hackney however the main 2 offices would be the Green House GP Surgery and the Hackney Service Centre.

The GH is the single point of entry for single homeless people within the borough of Hackney. It is a busy, fast paced environment in which you will be assessing clients’ needs under the Homeless Reduction Act legislation whilst trying to relieve them from their homelessness/risk of homelessness.

In this role you will manage a caseload of clients focusing on assessments and sourcing accommodation within supported living, hostels and the privately rented sector. The client group will vary in the support they require and may present with various issues which may include substance misuse and mental health etc.

You will be motivated, committed and confident at liaising with vulnerable clients in addition to other professionals. There will be an expectation to work autonomously and as part of a team. You will have good time management skills, be outcome-focused and be able to accurately record work to enable us to demonstrate our outcomes.

You’ll be:

– organised and efficient in your work

– excellent at communicating and problem solving

– confident in your ability to support clients

– competent at using a computer and a range of software packages

– committed to developing your knowledge and skills

– responsive and flexible to the needs of the team and the clients

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

– 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension

– Development opportunities

– 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

– Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test

– Season ticket/cycle loan

– Flexible Working

– EAP services

Thames Reach is 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 more information and to apply please visit our website.

Full time 37.5 per week (24/7)

Hackney

Fixed Term Contract for 11 Months

Closing Date: Midnight 21/07/2020

Interviews: W/C – 27/07/2020

We are recruiting for 2 lead workers to join our Hackney Street Outreach Team. Hackney SORT forms part of a significant part of the boroughs complement of services working with rough sleepers. Hackney SORT works to rapidly reduce the number of people rough sleeping in the borough, by providing short sharp interventions to support them to access accommodation, and ensure that the appropriate support is in place to sustain this.

This role will enable you to use your existing knowledge and experience to move into a role where you will have more influence and responsibility within a team, to work towards quick outcomes, to support rough sleepers off the streets. Working in this team will give you an opportunity to make a real difference to rough sleeping.

You will be responsible for:

– Managing a caseload of rough sleepers, identifying the quickest and most appropriate route off the street, and devising a plan to achieve this, while holding a caseload of your own.

– Conducting regular outreach shifts, sometimes with volunteers.

– Focusing on improving the local response to rough sleeping by coordinating joint working and collaboration between agencies.

– Representing the team at multi-agency meetings such as Task & Targeting meetings.

– Identifying gaps in local provision and researching new pathways off of the streets for a variety of rough sleepers, including those with no recourse to public funds.

– Accurately recording all work done.

At Thames Reach we are driven and committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

With the help of our experienced senior staff and management, you will be supported and trained to use your strong communication and creative problem-solving skills, to enable you to create and deliver options for people where these may be hard to find. You will receive regular supervision from experienced staff who will both guide your work and encourage and facilitate your personal development. 

To be successful you’ll need to have:

- Experience in working with rough sleepers or vulnerable adults and supporting them to access services.

- Excellent organisation and time management skills in order to remain strongly outcome focused, with the ability to coordinate a high number of cases and complete tasks promptly and efficiently.

- Commitment to working in a challenging environment with the ability to be highly flexible throughout the working day.

- Good communication skills and confidence in public speaking when representing Thames Reach to external organisations and forming strong working relationships with partners; being able to challenge them when required.

- Strong IT skills with the ability use Outlook, online recording systems, Excel, and Word, using a tablet and a smart phone.

The role will involve office and street-based work in Hackney. While a large proportion of your time will be spent working day time shifts, Monday-Friday, the role includes some early morning and late night outreach shifts.

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

– 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension

– Development opportunities

– 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

– Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test

– Season ticket/cycle loan

– Flexible Working

– EAP services

Thames Reach is 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 more information and to apply please visit our website. 

Support Worker
Salary: £20,814 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours
Job Type: Permanent
Service: Mental Health
Location: Lambeth
Positions available: 2
Shift Pattern: 9-5, Monday to Friday with occasional weekend work
Application Deadline: 26 July 2020

This is an exciting opportunity to join Certitude as a Support Worker as we continue to grow as a social care provider in London.

Benefits

- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- 25 days’ annual leave, pension scheme and access to 24-hour Employee Assistance counselling
- Paid Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers
- Travel season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme (eligible after 1 year of service)
- Perkbox benefits

About the role

The Role of the Support Worker is to provide specialist expertise and support to facilitate teams in achieving person-centred outcomes for the people we support, some of whom have profound and complex needs, to maximise the individual’s independence and enable them to be active in their communities.

Duties:

- Build great relationships with the people we support and the people important in their lives (families, other staff, and external professionals). Know their skills, interests, qualities, strengths, challenges, ways of communicating and aspirations and ensure the individualised service they receive plays to their strengths, helps them tackle their challenges and achieve their goals.
- Support people to spend their time and money in ways that give them pleasure and meaning with people they want to have time with, in ways that enable them to contribute and feel valued, be a part of communities that matter to them and help them grow and develop.
- Ensure people are supported in everyday tasks in a respectful way that meets their individual needs and preferences and enables them to do as much as possible themselves and gives them as much choice, control and involvement as possible – whether it is assistance to eat, wash, dress, enhance their mobility, make meals, provide medication, communicate their needs, work out their money, get in touch with friends, take part in classes, or link with the community.
- Ensure all the plans and records relating to people are accurate and up to date, using respectful language which allows people to see what progress is being made against goals; track areas of concern (e.g. health) and take action as agreed.
- Balance creating opportunities for people to try new things and make choices for themselves with the need to ensure people are safe and risks are well managed.
- Reflect on your own practice, seek feedback on your own performance and participate fully in One to One and Annual Review meetings with the Manager. Ensure all mandatory training is completed in a timely way and demonstrate openness to developing new skills and knowledge and trying new ways of working and being a positive representative of Certitude at all times.

About you

To be a Support Worker at Certitude, the following is essential:

- Experience of working or supporting people within the mental health field and of enabling people with mental health to take positive risks in their lives
- Experience of mentoring/supervising/coaching others
- Experience of building great relationships which promotes inclusion for people with mental health related issues
- Understanding the challenges that are likely to be faced by many people with mental health related issues, including recovery and safeguarding issues
- Ability to make and maintain great relationships with others and help others make contacts and friendships
- Someone with interests and skills that they are willing to share and get others involved as well as being able to work on his/her own initiative and also be a great team player

About the organisation

At Certitude, we are proud of our history of supporting people with complex mental health needs and learning disabilities. We support more than 1,500 people across London through a diverse range of support services and believe in providing the right level of support, to enable individuals to flourish, contribute and live a good life.  

As a Gold Level Investor in People, we have high employee engagement and a strong commitment to people development from both our Board and Leadership Team. As a result, we can support people with mental health needs and learning disabilities to live the life they want to lead; happy, healthy, respected as equals and valued for their contribution within communities.

We aim to be the best social care employer in London and are proud of our reputation as a London employer - employing more than 1,000 staff and volunteers with a turnover of £34m.

Our values

- Working Together
- Continuously Improving
- Inspired by People
- Dependable

Do you want to be a Support Worker at Certitude? Select the apply button shown to complete an application form and someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch!  

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Keywords: Support Worker, 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.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Use your personal experience and knowledge of people in difficulties to reach out to people who need support and encouragement and tell them about our volunteer mentoring services

Bridging the Gap Islington is a small charity. We recruit, train and support volunteer mentors who work with people who are at risk of offending, homelessness  or have drug or alcohol problems.  Our volunteer mentors are supported by experienced supervisors.  You can find out more on our website.

You will be developing relationships with agencies who work with people at risk of offending, homelessness or addiction.  You will develop appropriate publicity materials (printed and online) for use in various settings. You will visit these services (by video or in person) to meet with staff and publicise our service through meetings with residents and service users. During coronavirus restrictions, all meetings will be by video.

You will meet with people who are interested in our service either in person or online.  You will explain our service to them and help them to fill in application forms.  You will also liaise with staff to gain additional information  so that we can offer people the most appropriate mentoring service.  You will also help with the administration of the service.

You will need to have experience of helping people who are at risk of offending, homelessness or addiction problems either as a volunteer or as a paid worker.  We are looking for someone who is able to talk and meet easily with people who are in difficulties, setting them at ease.  You will also need some knowledge of services for offenders, homeless people and people who are at risk.

Lived experience of criminal justice, homelessness or addiction may be an advantage if you can show that past problems have been overcome and you have some evidence of work or other regular activity.

You will be able to do much of this work at home but occasional visits to Islington or other places in North London will be needed, so you need to live or work within travelling distance of Islington

You will have a crucial role in the development of our service. Due to the limits of our budget, we can only offer 7 or 8 hours of work a week at the moment.  As we contact more service users, we will hope to expand our service and we will also hope to offer you more work and better conditions.

Please reply online.  We will send you more details about the work.  After you receive the job description you will need to send us your C.V. and a covering letter.  We will shortlist and interview after the closing date.

Support Worker (Life Enabler) 
Location: Hounslow
Application Deadline: 31 July 2020
Salary: £10.61 per hour (£20,810.04 per annum)

If you are interested in a career that makes a difference, we are recruiting Grade 3 Support Workers to support adults with learning disabilities, to enable them to live a good life, achieving their own goals. As a Support Worker, you will work as part of a team, supporting people in line with their person-centred support plans, supporting them with all aspects of their daily life, both at home and out and about in their community. 

Key to your success as a Support Worker will be your ability to build rapport with the people we support, being adaptable and able to develop good relationships with colleagues in each of the services. A strong positive attitude is essential for this position, along with a willingness to undertake various levels of personal care and manual handling and make a difference to the lives of those you support.

As this is a Grade 3 Support Worker role, we are looking for someone that will be able to mentor other members of staff and share your knowledge and experience relating to your specialty in order to improve the team as a whole. This means that you will be expected to coach and mentor new, inexperienced and relief staff and provide developmental feedback on their work. In addition to offering guidance and support, you’ll demonstrate great practice through role modelling.

To be a successful Support Worker, you will need to demonstrate:

- Experience of supporting people who have learning disabilities to become more active in their community
- Experience of key/link working with individuals and enabling people with a learning disability to take positive risks in the lives
- Experience of mentoring/supervising/coaching others
- Experience of building great relationships which promote inclusion for people with learning disabilities
- An understanding of the challenges that are likely to be faced by many people with disabilities
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- The ability to make and maintain great relationships with others and help others make contacts and friendships
- The ability to motivate others and build their confidence to try new things, meet new people and organise others to get things achieved

We will trust you to:

- Ensure people are supported in everyday tasks in a respectful way that meets their individual needs and preferences and enables them to do as much as possible themselves and gives them as much choice, control and involvement as possible – whether it is assistance to eat, wash, dress, enhance their mobility, make meals, provide medication, communicate their needs, work out their money, get in touch with friends, take part in classes, or link with the community.
- Balance creating opportunities for people to try new things and make choices for themselves with the need to ensure people are safe and risks are well managed.
- Ensure all the plans and records relating to people are accurate and up to date, using respectful language which allows people to see what progress is being made against goals; track areas of concern (e.g. health) and take action as agreed.
- Support people to have their own voice heard wherever possible and where needed speak up for them and their interests e.g. when out and about, with other professionals or within the team. Consistently look to find ways to ensure people have as much power and control over their lives as possible.
- Work in a consistent and positive way with local managers and other team members to ensure people get a great service from the whole team at any time. Ensure all organisation policies and specific agreed ways of working in the service are followed e.g. that specific support plans are being followed up, that medication processes are being adhered to, that money is managed effectively and that health and safety practices are carried out.
- Observe changes within the individual’s circumstances and respond accordingly, as well as undertaking personal care tasks in a sensitive manner to meet the needs of the people we support.

What’s in it for you:

- A competitive salary
- Pension salary sacrifice scheme
- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- An attractive package of 25 days’ annual leave, pension scheme, childcare vouchers and access to 24-hour Employee Assistance counselling
- We will pay for your Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers
- Travel season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme

Our values:

- Working Together
- Continuously Improving
- Inspired by People
- Dependable
 
All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history from time of leaving compulsory education and up to date employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities.

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, 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.

To apply for the role of Support Worker, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

The focus of this role is to provide housing management, support and resettlement advice, advocacy and liaison to residents with a history of substance misuse and offending behaviour. This involves developing effective relationships with residents and working with them to build on their strengths, enabling them to develop their networks and to access community resources. You will be undertaking one to one goal setting, life skills sessions and support planning. You will work with the service user to identify and reduce any areas of risk, and you will empower them to become involved in participation initiatives. You will work in collaboration with a range of stakeholders to coordinate support and resources;

You will need experience supporting and motivating people to achieve/maintain their independence, have an understanding of harm minimisation techniques and possess the ability to organise a daily routine, managing and prioritising your work load. You will empower service users to gain the skills and confidence to live independent lives, fostering social inclusion. This includes engaging with the individual around their substance misuse and ensuring their effective and sustained engagement in treatment, as well as supporting their access into education, training and employment.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

Ambition: Believing in our service users, our staff and our organisation, and striving to achieve service excellence.
Compassion: Acting with care and consideration at all times.
Innovation: Encouraging new ideas and responding intelligently and flexibly to needs and aspirations.
Integrity: Honest, open and accountable.
Inclusivity: Making our services accessible to all members of the community and treat everyone with respect and dignity.

33.25 hours per week – Mon – Sun (Shifts)
The Waterloo Project
Permanent

Closing Date:  Midnight 21/07/2020
Interview Date: W/C – 28/07/2020

We are looking for a Night Support Worker with some experience of working with homeless people to join the team at the Waterloo Project, one of our hostel’s in Lambeth.

At Thames Reach we are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is able to work during the night to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support.
The focus of your work will be to manage the health and safety of the building and wellbeing of the clients during the night. Alongside this you will support and encourage clients to become more independent, maximise income, reduce arrears and increase move on and throughput in the hostel.

You’ll be:
– motivated and organised
– excellent at communicating and problem solving
– confident in your ability to support clients
– competent at using a computer and a range of software packages
– committed to developing your knowledge and skills

You’ll be:
– motivated and organised
– excellent at communicating and problem solving
– confident in your ability to support clients
– competent at using a computer and a range of software packages
– committed to developing your knowledge and skills

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

– 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension

– Development opportunities

– 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

– Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test

– Season ticket/cycle loan

– Flexible Working

– EAP services

Thames Reach is 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 more information and to apply please visit our website.

33.25 hours per week – Shifts
Robertson Street Hostel, Lambeth
Permanent

Closing Date:  Midnight 21/07/2020
Interview Date: W/C – 28/07/2020

We are looking for a Night Support Worker with some experience of working with homeless people to join the team at the Robertson Street, one of our hostel’s in Lambeth.

At Thames Reach we are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is able to work during the night to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support.

The focus of your work will be to manage the health and safety of the building and wellbeing of the clients during the night. Alongside this you will support and encourage clients to become more independent, maximise income, reduce arrears and increase move on and throughput in the hostel.

You’ll be:
– motivated and organised
– excellent at communicating and problem solving
– confident in your ability to support clients
– competent at using a computer and a range of software packages
– committed to developing your knowledge and skills

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

– 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension

– Development opportunities

– 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

– Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test

– Season ticket/cycle loan

– Flexible Working

– EAP services

Thames Reach is 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 more information and to apply please visit our website.