Come and join our exciting social action programmes we deliver across Hackney and the City of London. If you are passionate about bringing people together to tackle common goals and deliver their dream ideas, then apply!

We are recruiting for our resident engagement and social action programmes that work with residents living across Hackney and the City of London. You will be based out in the community to engage, support and enable local residents and patients to deliver local services for themselves, to meet local needs. We support residents to come together, to share their skills and experience for the benefit of each other, to deliver local groups and activities such as a book group, film club, exercise classes or cooking group. Residents from diverse backgrounds and demographics attend these activities together and make new connections, building strong local communities, all working together to make their area a better place to live. People, many of whom are isolated across all ages, and who have difficult life circumstances, are brought together, providing each other with mutual support and encouragement to develop new skills and pursue life goals, and to feel better able to voice their concerns to services.

You will be joining a nationally recognised project, working with a whole range of community organisations and stakeholders including GP surgeries, local Councillors, mental health services, local authorities, to support residents to fulfil their personal goals, make connections with others, and design activities and services that meet local needs.

The roles are mainly based in one of our community hubs and so the post holders need to be self-motivating and confident to work alongside one other person and often alone, with some support from the team members based at other sites.

Do you work well in a team and believe in the social model of disability?  Can you build and sustain relationships with customers based on mutuality and peer support?  Do you enjoy managing a varied caseload of people and working in a person centred and empowering way?  Are you enthusiastic about tackling the barriers that disabled people face on a day-to-day basis ? Then this could be the role you’re looking for.

We are looking to find a passionate, motivated individual with excellent communication and people skills to join our Touchpoint Team. Launched in October 2018, Touchpoint supports people experiencing any form of disability in Barnet to access the services and resources they need so they can live the life they want to live.

As a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation, we aim to work with people as equal partners to support positive change.  You will have your own lived experience of disability (which could include a long term condition or mental health issues), and be able to use the knowledge this brings you to empower other people overcome the barriers they’re facing.

You may have experience in a related role, perhaps in the advice or advocacy sector, but you may come from a different sector, bringing a host of transferable skills.  In return, you will become part of a friendly and supportive team, working within a focused but flexible culture, where diversity is valued and you can bring your whole self to work.

The role is for 28 hours a week. Currently it involves a mixture of home working and office working from our modern, open plan office in Barnet and Southgate College, Colindale.  The successful candidate will enjoy working in a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation with an enthusiastic and friendly team of colleagues.

To apply, send your CV plus a detailed covering letter explaining how you would use your own lived experience of disability (which could include a long term condition or mental health issue) to provide meaningful peer support.

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.  Fixed term contract for six months, with the possibility of renewal subject to funding.  The successful candidates will need to undergo a DBS check. Interviews will be held on 9th June.

Inclusion Barnet is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) number 1158632.

Role Overview

Job Title: Floating Support Workers

Location: Various locations in London

Salary: £27,948 per annum

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services, and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. 

We are recruiting for motivated, driven floating support workers (FSW) who are passionate about supporting women and children who are affected by domestic violence. These roles are part of a partnership for the Ascent Pan London Floating Support Service (FSS), which will provide high-quality domestic abuse support, ‘by-and-for’ services and counselling. This partnership will deliver trauma-informed, wrap-around, client-led support for those in safe accommodation, across London.

Referrals to the FSS will come through a single-point-of-access Freephone telephone number, or secure email operated by Refuge duty-workers. This will operate from Refuge’s Head Office in London. The duty line will operate Monday to Friday 09.30 am to 05.30 pm.

Referrals can come through any agency, or self-referral, but initially pathways will be established with all borough housing teams by FSWs working within tri-borough clusters who will build relationships within their localities. The FSS will accept referrals for any survivor living in safe accommodation except refuge, at any level of risk, on a needs-led basis.

Refuge, along with Advance and Solace Women’s Aid, will provide the ‘general needs’ support provision in the partnership. The support will be divided into geographical clusters of maximum three boroughs (shown below), with a Refuge floating support worker allocated to each cluster.

• Havering, Bexley, Bromley 
• Richmond, Wandsworth, Kingston 

The floating support workers will work closely with the central duty team (3 duty workers). Each service in the partnership has dedicated management to provide support and oversight for staff, and lead on safeguarding and project management. Refuge’s floating support service manager will manage the floating support workers and duty teams, taking overall responsibility for monitoring, reporting, and meeting outcomes across the floating support service.

These are new and exciting roles in Refuge, with opportunities for everyone in the new service to work across the partnership (and therefore the sector) providing high quality support to victims of domestic violence. 

The floating support worker will carry a smaller caseload of survivors and their children to enable them to provide a more holistic and intensive support package. They will work closely with victims of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality support to survivors of domestic abuse and their children.

The job involves informing survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety. There is an expectation that the FSWs will work in partnership with both statutory and voluntary sector partners to ensure that the whole range of survivors’ needs are met.

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Other information

Closing Date: Tuesday 07 June 2022 at 09.00 am

Interview Date: Tuesday 14 June 2022

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. However, these posts are restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability? 

WE ARE LOOKING FOR 

Job Title:  CORE IDVA /Duty

Number of positions: 2

Salary:     £26,000 – £28,000 pro rata, per annum  

Location:  Hammersmith base

Hours:      Full time, 35 hours per week

Contract:  Permanent

Benefits: 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a day off for international women’s Day, Workplace

pension scheme; Access to our Employee Assistance Programme; Various forms of wellbeing support

and access to our Wellness platform; Perk Box, Organisation wide Away Days; enhanced Maternity

benefits (full pay) up to 12 weeks

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.  

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community. 

Please note that any offer of employment will be made subject to references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Job Summary:

Advance delivers nationally accredited, quality marked services in Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea. We work within a coordinated partnership response to violence against women and girls in these three boroughs as part of the Angelou Partnership, within the partnership Advance provides independent domestic violence advocacy and support for women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. In 2017 Advance began a domestic abuse advocacy service in Brent and in 2019 we initiated a domestic abuse advocacy service in Ealing 

The IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process.  The IDVA will work within a team to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment to women from age 13, focusing on working with those aged 18 and over who access the domestic abuse service. They will advise women on criminal justice and civil remedies and related matters, support women to attend court where necessary, and coordinate the provision of multi-agency support. The post holder will hold a caseload of survivors and may also be required to work as part of Advance’s duty team on a rota basis which will involve completing intake assessments and providing crisis intervention support.  

The post holder will have an excellent understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children, and of best practice within the domestic abuse sector. As an experienced domestic violence advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs, the post holder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis.  Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure effective access to the service for women and girls and encourage their engagement with services, through multi agency working and service flexibility.

Hold a caseload and work on a rota basis within the team to conduct comprehensive assessments of needs and risk for women experiencing domestic violence referred to our services, carry out short and longer term risk management, safety planning and support; and identify and refer to services appropriate to their needs, including attendance at specialist/dedicated courts and MARAC as required.

Develop and deliver support plans that include delivery of high-quality face-to-face or telephone crisis intervention, information, advocacy and support, in respect to criminal and civil remedies, housing, health, welfare rights, children’s legislation and other appropriate interventions.

Advise women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies, making referrals and co-ordinating the provision of multi-agency support where necessary, and proactively advocate ensuring barriers to accessing support and protection are minimised.

Proactively assess the needs and safety of any children that women using the service may have, ensure that any risks/needs identified are addressed directly with the woman, and take appropriate action to safeguard them.

Proactively assess the needs and safety of women at risk, giving due regard to Adult at Risk policies and procedures.

Participate in multi-agency conferences in respect of children and adults at risk as required, providing reports and undertaking actions as necessary.

If a client is involved in the criminal justice system as a witness, provide them with information, advocacy and support as cases progress through the criminal justice system, supporting them to apply for special measures and to give impact statements, to maximise their safety to help them give best evidence and accompanying women to court where necessary

Work with the Director, Angelou Manager and Data Insights Analyst to ensure all monitoring and evaluation for the project is accurate and fully maintained, keeping managers informed of any issues and successes.

Ensure that agreed case recording and monitoring systems are kept up to date and secure, and write internal and external reports where required, including for safeguarding conferences, team meetings, managers and others as required.

Participate in multi-agency working and focus groups when requested to do so and follow through on agreed appropriate actions that arise from these.

Work effectively as a member of the Advance Domestic Abuse team and in close collaboration with partner services, Minerva keyworkers and external agencies.

Use appropriate institutional advocacy to maximise positive outcomes and use the appropriate reporting mechanisms to highlight persistent or recurring issues that arise.

General duties: 

At all times protect the safety and security of Advance service users, staff, volunteers and buildings, and the confidentiality of records and other information in line with data protection requirements.

Be responsible for personal learning and development, keeping up to date on research, relevant legislation, policy and practice, and other literature relevant to the project.

Participate in supervision, training and meetings as required and work as a member of the team to ensure effective delivery of service and individual work plans.

Ensure the effective implementation of Advance’s Safeguarding policy, Health & Safety policy, Equality & Diversity policy and other policies and procedures, and uphold the core values of Advance.

Uphold the rights of women, children and young people, advocating vigorously for them whist offering protective strategies, and appropriate safe services. 

Work across teams and undertake such other duties, appropriate to the grade and character of the work, as may reasonably be expected.

This job description is a guide and not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities the post holder may have over time.  It sets out the duties of the post at the time when it was drawn up and will be reviewed periodically. Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.

Closing date: Sunday June 5th 2022

Job Title: Outreach Worker
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Central London

Assignment: 3 months (possible extension)

Pay: £14-£16 per hour

Rota: Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00

We are looking for an experienced Outreach Worker to join our central London based client's outreach team. This fantastic opportunity will see you joining a superb service which supports the rough sleeper community in central London. This is a very important position. You will not only be advising the street population on what options are available to them but also advising them on how to stay safe on the street and listen to any concerns they may have. Crucially you will be adding to the CHAIN database for this client group. This is a vital contribution to the work that this fantastic charity is doing in central London

If you crave influence and responsibility within a team, this is a role where your voice is not only heard but contributes towards quick, satisfying outcomes, providing rough sleepers with hope and a route away from the streets. Not only this but as an outreach worker you will work alongside other amazing like-minded individuals and agencies with the sole aim of reducing the number of people sleeping rough in Central London.

As an Outreach Worker you will:

• Supporting rough sleepers to access appropriate social care services and accommodation options
• Be a first response to referrals, carrying out needs and risk assessments with new rough sleepers
• Update assessments on rough sleepers already known to the team
• Regularly update the CHAIN database
• Find the best cause of action for each client's scenario
• Work alongside other agencies including, local authorities, health services, housing providers, the police and drug & alcohol services

To be successful you will need to:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers
• Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients
• Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate and interpret data
• Be confident in representing our client at external meetings and with outside agencies
• You must have an enhanced, adult and child DBS check to apply for this post, if you need one, get in touch

If you are interested, please apply ASAP, this position is always a popular opportunity!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

We are looking for a team of dynamic and experienced Youth Workers who will be responsible for engaging and supporting a caseload of children on one of Chance UK’s three mentoring programmes and delivering our group based services across London.

Please note that Chance UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and therefore our recruitment process for this post will include an enhanced DBS check.

Chance UK has been delivering early-intervention services across London since 1995. Our longest running programme is our mentoring service where Mentors pick the child up from home and run a 1:1 session in the community, once a week for 2 hours. They use the solution-focused approach to work on building the child’s self-esteem and confidence, set goals and explore new places.

In addition, we are growing a range of community based groups running after school as well as some workshops delivered in schools which will support children with developing social and emotional skills and resilience through activities or skills development.

The balance between 1:1 work and group delivery will change according to services commissioned so the post holder will need to be flexible accordingly.

We are actively seeking to broaden the diversity of the team and welcome applications from male candidates, candidates with disabilities and also those with lived experience of the issues we work on, including: exclusion from school, being a parent of a child who has been excluded or who has additional social, emotional or behavioural needs.

Role Competencies
1. To contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of outcomes- focused delivery within groups and 1:1. Understanding of the context and challenges facing vulnerable children and families.
2. Ability to deliver a high quality support to families, ensuring it is received entirely based on the families’ needs, contributing to systems and procedures that are in place within the organization.
3. Actively participates in the development of an outcomes focused mentoring service and group work by planning, and evaluating a service within own caseload with a willingness to adapt to changes and challenges that may arise in the delivery of the Programmes.
4. Ability to work within the team to develop reflective practice, enabling high quality service and flexible service delivery to families.

Duties and responsibilities
• Complete Chance UK’s mentor induction and training
• Set up and run arts-based activities, community/environmental projects, residential activities, outdoor education and sporting activities
• Assessment and set up of all cases and groups supported by management, including initial meetings with parent/carer and referrers
• Completing individual case summaries for newly enrolled children, assessing the needs of young people to correctly plan and deliver programmes in group settings ensuring they have a safe place to develop their identity and place in society
• Support young people in different settings, including outreach work and group work, mentor, coach and support individuals, encouraging greater social inclusion
• Conducting Risk Assessments for all cases

• Mentoring a caseload of children for an up to nine-month duration. Every effort will be made to allocate Youth Workers to children who live in a close area so that sessions can be completed as efficiently as possible
• Set targets for progression and regularly monitor and review the quality of the local youth work provision amending group work activities
• Meeting each child on a weekly basis, online or picking up/dropping off at home, building rapport, and planning appropriate activities according to their individual interests, abilities and goals
• Taking full responsibility for the child’s safety and welfare when out in the community, on session or in groups
• Reporting and recording of all case related information on CUK database
• Raising and reporting safeguarding concerns internally and externally
• Liaising with professionals that work with the children and families you are supporting including social care or school
• Attending and contributing to all internal meetings including programme and organisational meetings
• Liaising directly with each parent/carer to ensure sessions happen every week
• Completing session reports for each session within 24 hours of it taking place
• Understanding and abiding by all of Chance UK’s policies and procedures
• Following Chance UK’s safeguarding procedures and acting on any concerns within an appropriate timeframe
• Attending a graduation ceremony at the end of the mentoring period, and abiding with Chance UK’s no-contact policy with families after this date
• Working pro-actively to achieve the best outcomes for each child, and flagging up issues that arise
• Attending a monthly 1:1 supervision with line managers at Chance UK’s office
• Delivering groups and universal workshops with children across CUK services
• Contributing to the organisations bank of stories and case studies that help share the impact of the work we do

Phoenix Futures is looking to recruit a passionate and solution focussed Through the Gate worker as part of our Building Futures service at HMP Pentonville. You will be providing advice, support and guidance to those with substance misuse issues who are preparing to be released back into the community. You will also be providing these service users with support whilst in the community to ensure effective resettlement.

As a Through the Gate worker you will have knowledge of recovery, care planning and relapse prevention activities and will have the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external agencies.

As an individual, we are looking for someone who is self-motivated, can work on their own initiative, but more importantly, as part of a team. You will need good communication and organisational skills. Successful candidates will be dynamic and forward thinking with keen insight into preventative and early intervention methods. The ideal candidate will have experience working with vulnerable adults presenting with substance, alcohol and associated issues as well as an understanding of the community support available.

The Phoenix Futures Group has more than 50 years’ experience of developing and delivering pioneering substance misuse services. We believe in being the best and that is why we constantly strive to learn and innovate, to challenge ourselves, to adapt and to work together with others who can bring valuable expertise. Join us and we will support you to contribute to the creative development of our treatment and recovery approach to meet the needs of our service users, our commissioners and stakeholders. 

What we offer

• Training opportunities and career development
• Employee Benefits and Reward Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme 

HARROW CLUB

JOB DESCRIPTION 

Job Title: Youth Worker In Charge – Chelsea Youth Club 

Responsible to: Michael Defoe - CEO  

Responsible For: Youth Work

Line management of part-time youth workers/volunteers

Management of specific youth work projects

Job Type: Part-Time

Salary Scale: £16.00 an hour

Work Times: 

12 hours a week of face to face and 6 hours of admin work - total 18 hours

Face to Face sessions are on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays plus administration hours (flexible). Other times varied subject to projects and programmes needs, including holiday, weekend and residential work. So

Main Purpose of the Job

You will be required to support the Youth Programme Director in the development and day to day management of the youth work programmes run at Chelsea Youth Club.

You will lead and manage teams of part-time staff and organize the planning and delivery of youth work programmes and to deliver quality face to face youth work sessions with and alongside the staff team.

You will plan, manage, implement monitor and evaluate a termly project plan for each project and area of work you are responsible for which is in line with the outputs and outcomes in the funding agreements with Hammersmith and Fulham or other funders.

Job Accountabilities

Relationships with young people

· Develop positive and appropriate relationships with the young people who you are working with. 

· Develop materials and sessions which will maximize the opportunities to understand what the young peoples needs are and meet these through the project programme.

· To liaise with young people’s parents/carers if appropriate consulting with the young people throughout this process.

· To engage young people in the decision making process at the club and set up a Chelsea Club Youth Committee.

Staff Management

· To provide ongoing line management and support meetings to your youth work staff team.

· Undertake annual appraisal meetings and subsequent reviews of appraisal targets with all line managed staff.

· To undertake and lead regular team pre brief and debrief sessions ensuring the recording, monitoring and evaluation of the session within the prescribed systems.

Project and budget Management

· Develop your termly project plan and targets with your staff team and manage projects activities within the Harrow Club policies and procedures.

· Record, monitor and evaluate the learning outcomes and outputs for each area and session you are responsible for.

· To monitor and record expenditure within the procedures and policies of the club.

General

· To undertake training and attend team meetings and staff supervision.

• Develop effective relationships with other agencies that are working with the young people.

• Other duties commensurate with the post and the needs of the project

• Attend RBKC multi agency regular meetings on occasions to represent the Harrow Club.

Person Specification

Essential

· NVQ Level 3 In Youth Work or a Degree in Youth Work

· At least two years’ experience of working in a youth club or youth work setting

· Experience of working in a team

· Good communication skills oral and written

· Experience of planning, running, recording, monitoring and evaluating youth work programmes with young people

· Experience of leading a team of youth workers

· Experience of leading groups of young people on offsite activities

Desirable (Not essential training can be provided)

· First Aid At Work Certificate

· Minibus Drivers' licence (MIDAS)

· Governing body sports qualifications

· Sexual Health training

· Experience of managing staff

· Other skills or qualifications to enhance your programmes with young people

We are currently looking to grow our Community Support Worker team, which works one-to-one with survivors in their own homes and the local community. You'll help survivors to develop support plans to enable them to achieve their goals and live their life in the way they want to.

The closing date for this role is 9am Monday 30th May. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 6th June.

If you would like further information about the role and Headway East London, please contact Fiona Aravindakshan.

The Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Minds Partnership is looking to appoint 2 Peer Support Workers to deliver a new specialist peer support service for people with complex emotional needs.  This is an exciting opportunity for experienced applicants to join our established peer support team. 

As well as having a strong background in mental health, you will be experienced in working with people who have complex emotional needs, including people who have been given diagnoses in relation to personality disorder.

Employed by Kensington and Chelsea Mind, you will work with NHS Integrated Mental Health Services and community organisations across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster to build and maintain close working relationships with colleagues, service users and professionals to deliver community-based peer support; including 1:1 peer support, peer support groups, social peer support training and workshops.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of recovering and living well with your own mental health needs
• Knowledge of the values and principles of peer support
• One year’s knowledge, training or experience in mental health peer support work
• Experience of working with diverse communities
• Knowledge and experience of working with people with complex emotional needs and people given diagnoses in relation to personality disorder
• Knowledge of recovery approaches in mental health and trauma informed practice
• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• Ability to use experiential sharing of own lived experience
• The ability to monitor and respond to the need for self-care
• Proficiency and confidence in using Zoom and MS Teams to deliver support options
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office
• Good organisational skills

We welcome applications from all sections of our community.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in full compliance with the Equalities Act (2010).

To apply, please complete the attached job application form

Closing date for applications: 6pm Monday May 23rd 2022. CVs will not be accepted 

Interview date to be confirmed

Due to the anticipated volume of applicants, we are not able to respond to applications individually.  If you have not been invited for interview by May 27th 2022, your application has not been successful on this occasion, and we thank you for your interest.

For information about Kensington and Chelsea Mind Peer Support visit our website 

Kensington & Chelsea Mental
Health Association (Mind)
Limited by Guarantee

Reg. Charity No. 1002986
Registered in England
Number 2597728

Registered Office
Office 1, 7 Thorpe Close
London W10 5XL

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Role Purpose

NGP PCN has good inter-practice relationships and are looking to improve the health and outcomes for local people. 
Ealing GP Federation is looking for individuals on behalf of the PCN to help people lead more fulfilling lives
by focusing on what matters to them and work with other organisations to ensure support is in place for the
people in need.

Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to ‘link workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and takes a holistic approach to an individual’s health and wellbeing.

Social prescribing link workers will also work as a key part of the primary care network (PCN) multi-disciplinary team. Social prescribing can help PCNs to strengthen community and personal resilience and reduces health and wellbeing inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

The successful candidate will work to develop and engage a Network-wide patient participation group, aiming to deliver lifestyle promotion talks and activities such as walking groups, gardening clubs, etc, as identified by the Network members, with a view to enriching the lives of patients and improving their health and wellbeing. 

You will provide visiting support to young people, including formerly looked after children, in the borough of Hackney and surrounding areas. You will assist and collaborate with young people to create and carry out a support plan designed around their needs and aspirations, providing information and inspiration, practical support, innovation and encouragement. You will have an individual caseload but will work alongside a team of Support Workers, with similar and different client groups, working to the same principles and goals.

An exciting opportunity to be part of a new and growing team working for a supportive local charity. Bristol After Stroke provides support to people who have had a stroke in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We are a small, friendly and caring organisation.

We are looking for 2 or 3 people to provide key worker support to people in South Gloucestershire - this will involve telephone and face to face support, ensuring people can navigate the heath and social care systems, supporting them to access services and in their recovery. You will also be helping to run and facilitate groups for people with Aphasia.

We have 1.5 FTE positions available and are open to discussion around hours. It is a home based role, but you will be required to travel across your patch to visit people in their homes so access to a car is essential

We are looking for caring, enthusuastic people to bring their knowledge and skills to our growing organisation. Please look at the job description for more detail. 

KCW Senior Peer Support Worker for Complex Emotional Needs

£30,984 – £31, 895 depending on skills and experience

(37.5 hours per week)

The Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Minds Partnership is looking to appoint a Senior Peer Support Worker to deliver a new specialist peer support service for people with complex emotional needs. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced applicant to join our established peer support team. 

As well as having a strong background in mental health, you will be experienced in working with people who have complex emotional needs, including people who have been given a diagnosis in relation to personality disorders.

Employed by Kensington and Chelsea Mind, you will work with NHS Integrated Mental Health Services and community organisations across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster to build and maintain close working relationships with colleagues, individuals using services and professionals to provide a quality led, co-produced peer support service.

You will provide training, supervision and direction to our team of peer support workers to deliver community-based peer support; including 1:1 peer support, peer support groups, social peer support training and workshops, as well as having your own service activity to deliver.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of recovering and living well with your own mental health needs
• Knowledge of the values and principles of peer support
• One year’s knowledge, training or experience in mental health peer support work
• A minimum of one year’s supervisory experience of managing and developing peers in a peer support setting
• Experience of working with diverse communities
• Knowledge and experience of working with people with complex emotional needs and people given a diagnosis of personality disorders
• Knowledge of recovery approaches in mental health and trauma informed practice
• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• Ability to use experiential sharing of own lived experience
• The ability to monitor and respond to the need for self-care
• Proficiency and confidence in using Zoom and MS Teams to deliver support options
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office
• Good organisational skills

We welcome applications from all sections of our community.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in full compliance with the Equalities Act (2010).

To apply, please complete the attached job application form. CVs will not be accepted 

Closing date for applications: 6pm Monday May 23rd 2022

Interview date to be confirmed

Due to the anticipated volume of applicants, we are not able to respond to applications individually.  If you have not been invited for interview by May 27th  2022 your application has not been successful on this occasion, and we thank you for your interest.

For information about Kensington and Chelsea Mind Peer Support visit our website. 

Kensington & Chelsea Mental
Health Association (Mind)
Limited by Guarantee

Reg. Charity No. 1002986
Registered in England
Number 2597728

Registered Office
Office 1, 7 Thorpe Close
London W10 5XL