Are you interested in helping people who have, or are recovering from, mental health problems, integrate back into work? Would you like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with? Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as an Employment Advisor.

Right now, one of our partners, Richmond Fellowship, is looking for an Employment Advisor to join our Surrey Employment service. We help individuals with mental health problems to find paid employment. We also support people to retain their employment when they are struggling at work due to their mental health. We also advise and support employers about mental health in the workplace. But, it’s only possible with the help of people like you.

Your challenge? To do everything you can to help the individuals we work with to source appropriate work experience placements, paid or voluntary roles with local organisations/employers. Day to day, you’ll offer support, careers advice and guidance, helping people to set their own recovery and employment  focused goals and  provide training in personal and skills development such as CV preparation, interview techniques etc. You’ll also be responsible for establishing and maintaining positive links with partner organisations, local employers and other relevant agencies and have the initiative to develop and promote the service. Additionally, you will have responsibility for maintaining efficient admin systems to ensure referrals, assessments and reviews are completed in a timely manner.

As well as a good understanding of mental health problems and the issues and barriers this can create for our clients, you’ll need excellent motivational, presentation and listening skills and a willingness to travel in the East Surrey GGC and Surrey Downs CCG areas and to work outside of office hours as required.

This position will cover Surrey area. 

Base office: Chertsey or Leatherhead.

This is a full-time post at 37.5 hours per week 

The salary for this post is £21,764.00 per annum with salary progression to £22,791.00 per annum, subject to the postholder meeting the eligibility and performance criteria.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?  Apply now via our website.

Closing date: 15th April 2020 at 11:59pm

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. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

The Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisor is responsible for working closely with participants of the Frontline programme to identify any support they may need in response to their particular learning needs.

As the EDI Advisor you will explore what reasonable adjustments are needed (such as bespoke software, additional accessibility measures or targeted training) and then work proactively alongside our university/local authority partners and our training team, to make sure any changes are implemented quickly and with minimal disruption.

At Frontline we are committed to having a diverse mix of voices and perspectives represented in all our work and in this role, you would play a vital part in making this a reality. We are an ambitious organisation and are constantly looking to improve, your extensive knowledge of equality legislation and commitment to diversity and inclusion will support us to develop our knowledge, embed these principles at the heart of our programme and improve our participants experience.

The EDI Advisor will either join our Suitability team who work within our Programme Management team - the engine room of the Frontline programme delivery or our People team.

This position is located in HMP Belmarsh Prison.

This is not a Recruitment role. You will be an experienced IAG Qualified Employment Coach. If you do not have this qualification, you will not be considered for the role.

The ideal candidate will be able to really support each service user, educating them on the world of work, encouraging personal development and self-esteem, putting them at ease and understanding their challenges.

Offering an excellent benefits package, a friendly and supportive team, and opportunities for professional and personal development, we are looking for a friendly and experienced individual to join our team as an Employment Coach to work in Belmarsh prison, London.

The Forward Trust is a social enterprise and UK leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment services to offenders. We deliver treatment, recovery and wellbeing support in prisons and in the community, which includes advice, counselling, group work and intensive treatment.

Role responsibilities for the Employment Coach:

* Coach and prepare learners, clients and job seekers for the world of work and a range of jobs and apprenticeship roles
* Provide high quality CV, job search, interview support to learners/job seekers (ex-offenders, at risk offending, NEET, unemployed)
* Accurately identify the needs of the learners/job seekers, understanding their challenges, career ambitions, strengths & development areas, future job roles and/or training opportunities
* Identify a service users barrier to employment and have the adeptness to break those barriers
* Promote and develop mind-set, emotional intelligence qualities, self-confidence and esteem so that the learners/job seekers succeed in the world of work
* Coach the learners on a one to one and group basis
* Undertake job search with the learners/job seekers using relevant web-based software and packages
* Prepare learners/job seekers to a high standard for interview with employers
* Work with serving Prisoners in the Prison and those recently released
* Deliver workshops, ensuring the content is applicable to the service user
* Work with an range of demographics with differing experiences in the work place

Requirements for the Employment Coach:

* You will be a IAG Qualified Employment Coach or in a similar guidance support role
* Previous experience of providing high quality coaching support
* Knowledge and understanding of offender services, substance misuse/recovery service
* Ability to gain people's confidence and put them at ease, building their self-esteem
* A positive, enthusiastic approach to problem solving with a friendly "can do" attitude
* Experience of liaising with employers to arrange interviews and getting feedback on candidates
* Able to identify skills and qualities in a learner to match appropriately with vacancies
* Persuasive, persistent and patient
* Good communication and interpersonal skills
* Works well under pressure

Earn while you Learn and get Legal Experience and Legal Qualifications

Stockton & District Advice & Information Service

require a

Trainee Welfare Adviser (Debt)

This post will include completion of the CILEX Level 3 Diploma in Law and Practice or Level 6 Diploma in Legal Practice and the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux General Welfare Adviser Certificate Training Programme.

The postholder will be trained and supported to provide legal advice to members of the public on a wide variety of Social Welfare matters, including Welfare Benefits, Debt, Housing, Employment and Health and Social Care.  There will then be additional training on Debt with the potential to qualify as a Debt Caseworker at SDAIS.

The post is for 37 hours per week.

The salary is National Minimum Wage.

Course fees for the CILEX Course will be met by SDAIS.

CILEX Associate Membership Registration and Exemption fees will be met by SDAIS.

Essential Criteria

For the Level 3 Diploma – 5 GCSE’s

For the Level 6 Diploma – Law Degree or Graduate Diploma in Law

Closing date for applications – Friday 27th March 2020 at 12 noon

The post will commence in April 2020.

​Working Well is a mental health and employment charity in London.  All of our projects share the aim of improving the lives of people with mental health, learning disabilities and/or complex issues through training and employment.  

We are recruiting for our established Individual Placement and Support (IPS) team in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and for a new service in Enfield. We are a Centre of Excellence and adhere closely to the principles of the IPS model in supporting people in to employment. 

We are recruiting for:

• Enfield: one FTE and one 0.5FTE Employment Specialist
• Tower Hamlets: two FTE and one 0.5FTE Employment Specialist

Please specify if you are applying for full or part time and your preferred location. 

You will work with clients (managing a caseload) who have mental health support needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. You will deliver the IPS approach (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

You will work as part of a community mental health team, maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment.

Working Well Employment Specialists work with clients to identify their employment needs and then actively support them to achieve their employment goals, often engaging employers directly to secure jobs.  We focus on people’s strengths and potential, working with clients who want to find work regardless of their experience level and background.  We do not use the phrase "job ready" as the only criteria is whether someone wants to get a job. 

Experience of employment support is not essential, more important than that experience is that you share our commitment to supporting people to find the right job for them.  The successful candidate must be comfortable in approaching employers, persuading them to use our service, working with them to recruit our clients to fill vacancies and sustain employment. 

You will work closely with clinical teams, providing a coordinated approach that always remains client led.  You will also be in working to targets whilst maintaining a high-quality service.

Please click apply to send your CV and CV cover letter (please add the cover form to the end of your CV when uploading). Candidates need to clearly outline how they meet the person specification points in their cover letter.

The deadline for applications is 22nd April at 9am.  An initial short-list will be compiled and selected candidates will be contacted for a screening interview. Formal interviews will be held the following week.

We may bring the closing date forward if we receive enough quality applications before that date so please apply early.

Staff benefits include an employer contribution to a personal or workplace pension equivalent to 6% of gross salary.  30 days annual leave plus paid public holidays. 

Working Well Trust is an equal opportunities and confident about disabilities employer (two ticks). 

Job purpose

Our employability programmes are designed to get young people aged 16-24 into jobs and apprenticeships.  The Employability Tutor will be responsible for the delivery of City Gateway’s Employability curriculum to ensure that they preparing young people for the world of work. This includes the planning and delivery of high quality teaching, learning and assessment to groups and individuals. The Tutor must enjoy teaching, be committed to ensuring that young adults achieve their qualification and have a passion to see the learners succeed. The post holder will work effectively with other tutors, coaches, managers and employers to plan effective interventions to ensure learners achieve and positively progress into a work placement, job or apprenticeship.

Duties and responsibilities

• Prepare industry-focused quality schemes of work, lesson plans and materials to ensure that learners on vocational and traineeship provision progress into job-related outcome
• Use initial & diagnostic assessments and Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) to effectively plan the learner’s individual learning journey
• Plan and deliver engaging classes and workshops that inspire learners to achieve
• Prepare learners effectively for assessments and exams
• Undertake the role of Course Tutor: monitoring attendance, punctuality, achievement and other pastoral and monitoring duties
• Work with the Head of Curriculum, teachers and employers to develop and revise the curriculum for the relevant subject areas ensuring that it is relevant, motivating and  meets the needs of learners, and  employers which meets employer’s needs
• Ensure your curriculum design is flexible to allow employers to come and deliver training on areas such as: commercial awareness, team working, presentation skills, setting up a LinkedIn account
• Liaise with the Examination Officer and other key staff to set up Functional Skills English examinations, ensuring that any special adjustments are in place
• Maintain accurate and complete tutor records, the tracking, and monitoring of learner progress and development to ensure high accreditation pass rates and good retention
• Manage learner behavior in the training room, and when on City Gateway premises and on other business – e.g. trips.
• Attend course team meetings as required
• Work closely with the Head of Curriculum and Quality Manager to ensure that teaching and learning is judged Good or Outstanding by Ofsted
• Undertake a minimum of 30 hours Continuous Professional Development (CPD) per year
• Organising, planning and escorting learners to attend industry events such as careers fairs, recruitment days, and employer insights
• Liaise with the Business Development team to secure employer volunteers to ensure learners get advice on their CV,  role-play interview techniques and how to make a job application

Other

• To perform any other duties consistent with this post that may be reasonably assigned to you
• To comply at all times with City Gateway’s Safeguarding policy playing an active role in keeping City Gateway learners safe and secure in their learning environment
• To be committed, adhere to and promote City Gateway’s Equality and Diversity Policy at all times
• Abide by City Gateway’s Health and Safety policies
• To understand and abide by GDPR and City Gateway’s policies with regard to the process and management of learners’ personal data.

Working conditions

External employer visits may be required from time to time

Direct reports

No direct reports

Person Specification

Education/Qualification.

Essential: General post 16 education qualification (e.g. PTLLS, DTLLS, DET)

Desirable: PGCE or Cert Ed or QTLS; CAVA/IQA/A1; IAG Level 3

Proven Experience

Essential Experience of: 

• Teaching employability and work related learning to young people.
• Delivering programmes that meet employer’s needs and help young people job ready
• Embedding the development of English, Maths, British Values into the curriculum.
• Achieving “good” or above in lesson observations
• Developing qualities like confidence, resilience and independence in young people.

Desirable Experience :

• Experience working in marginalized communities where access to good quality jobs can be challenging
• Track record of getting young people into work through work placements, jobs or apprenticeships

Skills & Abilities.

Essential: Ability to:

• Produce excellent motivating teaching and learning which inspires young people.
• Build the knowledge and cultural capital that young people need in order to support future learning and/or employment
• Produce required supporting documentation to a good standard (Schemes of Work, Lesson plans etc)
• Ability to plan to meet accredited and non-accredited outcomes
• Ability to act as a course tutor and ensure that the learner’s journey is effectively tracked
• Ability to work with the rest of the Education team and Progression Coaches to raise standards of attendance, achievement and progression.
• Ability and confidence managing challenging behaviour

Skilled in:

• Using email and Microsoft Office.

Desirable: 

• An interest in how learning can be supported and made more interesting  by technology
• Knowledge  of the local training and job market
• Experience of Ofsted inspections
• Tailouring programmes to specific employer’s needs to increase job outcomes for learners

Personal Qualities

Essential:

• Able to actively support, promote and encourage City Gateway’s Christian ethos, mission and values
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement in the Education team and across City Gateway
• Willingness to develop new projects and ideas to enhance the learners’ experience
• Act as an excellent role model for young people

Desirable:

• Personal commitment to social justice through breaking down barriers to community participation.

Safer Recruitment

City Gateway is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Safe recruitment of staff is central to this commitment. Employment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and past employment checks

Equality and Diversity

City Gateway is committed to equality and valuing diversity. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced practitioner to join our valued team, to provide quality information, advice and practical/emotional support to families/young people including disability related benefits, education and reforms, health and social care.

The ideal candidate will be committed to helping families at the most challenging of times, supporting families with warmth and empathy, whilst maintaining a calm and professional approach.  They should have previous family support experience in either a health, education, social care or third sector setting, together with a good understanding of the statutory entitlements for health related benefits and educational support.

This position requires travel around the Chelmsford area with some travel to other parts of the county. Own transport is essential.  Head office is based in Chelmsford.

Main Purpose of the Job:
To use well developed experience, expertise, together with knowledge of reforms and legislation (e.g. Welfare, Special Educational Needs and Disability reforms and Children and Families Act 2014), to help any Essex family who has a child/young person with any disability or special need, requiring quality advice, information, practical and emotional support across a wide range of issues to achieve positive outcomes that will benefit the whole family.

The post-holder will be responsible for own case work (targets) and will need to work collaboratively with other key professionals (across health, education, social care and housing) to enhance multi-agency, integrated working practices and demonstrating families’ confidence and ability to effectively take part in person-centred assessment and planning processes.

Specific Job responsibilities:
To provide consistent and current information, sound advice, practical and emotional support to families (parent carers) with children/young people (CYP) with SEND and young people (YP) directly (as appropriate) across a wide range of issues including:

-  Disability related benefits for the CYP & family support e.g. Disability Living Allowance (CYP) including preparing for and attending appeals and tribunals; Personal Independence Payment (YP 16+); Family Fund, Carers Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and other financial support including tax credits and debt advice. Housing and social care issues. 

-  All SEND educational issues including information, advice and support with Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment and EHC plan, including preparing for and attending appeals and tribunals, One Planning, SEN support, together with information on options for Personal Budgets and the ‘Local Offer’. 

This support could be provided via: 
- 1:1 face to face, telephone helpline, outreach through home visits to families assessed as needing additional support, accompanying to multi-agency/planning meetings and group advice surgeries.

- Contributions to local events/briefings, group information sessions, parent/carer drop-ins, information stand at Activities Club.

- On-line services via e-mail, e-bulletins, social media (e.g. Face book/Face Time/Skype), report and letter writing and signposting to other websites/sources of information. 

To empower and support parent carers and young people, quickly building a supportive and trusted relationship with the family, helping to identify the strengths and needs of individual family members ensuring they understand and are confident about options for their child/young person’s educational attainment, social learning, development, achievement levels, contributing to aspirational as well as realistic short/medium/long-term outcomes crossing different aspects of their life, including building their resilience.

To identify and engage with relevant agencies (statutory, voluntary organisations and other groups) as appropriate to assist families in accessing appropriate services and to support cross-referrals/signposting. 

To facilitate mutual support amongst families and individuals attending drop-ins and other facilities, and to enable them to make best use of the services available. 

To organise, attend and facilitate specific group activities and events (e.g. drop-ins, workshops/talks for parents/carers and professionals, activity club, outings) including undertaking risk assessments, health and safety, record keeping systems, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation at all times. 

To work collaboratively with other key professionals (health, education, social care and housing) to enhance multi-agency and integrated working practices, contributing to plans to achieve better and co-ordinated outcomes for families.

To carry out the necessary administration and diligently keep appropriate user records, presenting issues (case management system), and statistics up to date, providing data/case studies in a timely manner for monitoring reports. 

To keep up to date with new policies, reforms and commitment to continuous personal and organisational development.

To undertake relevant training in Safeguarding, SEND reform and EHC planning. 

To assist with the training and support of volunteers engaged in a variety of tasks and to ensure that confidentiality is observed at all times by volunteers who assist with activities. 

To raise the profile of the organisation through building trusting relationships with families and professionals and networking.  

To work flexibly as required by the nature of the post which will entail working in the school holidays and attendance at some evening and weekend activities. 

To carry out other duties that may be allocated from time to time and to contribute to the smooth running of the office and ‘team working’. 

To take part in social, cultural and fundraising activities of the organization.
 
Underpinning job responsibilities
• At all times to promote safeguarding of CYP and vulnerable adults
• To contribute to good practice and development of projects/services including evaluations as required, feeding up strategic issues or trends as these are identified
• To be an effective member of the team, attending regular team meetings and supervisions
• To maintain confidentiality of information at all times
• To adhere to policies and procedures of Families InFocus (Essex)

Applications must be received no later than 3pm on Tuesday 31 March 2020, applications received after this will not be considered.

Interviews will take place on 6 April 2020 and 7 April 2020.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR (HIGH INTENSITY SERVICE USER CASE WORKER), OPPORTUNITY NOTTINGHAM, FRWK08 £20,531 – 22,212), 12-MONTH CONTRACT WITH POSSIBLITY TO EXTEND FOR A FURTHER 12 MONTHS, 37 HPW

A unique opportunity has arisen to be part of an exciting pilot to support High Intensity Service users in Nottingham City. This service will be delivered in partnership between Framework and Nottingham CityCare Partnership.

Due to the nature of this service, experience is required in working with people with complex needs as well as working within a fast-paced environment. You will work with a rolling cohort of patients who attend A&E or have been admitted to hospital more than might be expected, working collaboratively to reduce the number of inappropriate emergency attendances within Nottingham City.

We are looking for individual(s) whose ability to connect with citizens and will enable change in behaviours of those with even the most complex health and social needs. Skills required will be empathy, compassion, negotiation, patience and a real appetite for helping those that many others may have either forgotten about or have turned away.

You will also be involved with the continued development of this service alongside the Service Lead. This is an excellent opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives by putting in place interventions that reintegrate people into the local community without the need to make demands on services that may not be the most appropriate to meet their needs .

You will be working closely with the local Clinical Commissioning Group, A&E department, ambulance service, police, local authorities and local community health teams.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

As part of the wider Oasis family of hubs, Oasis Hub Oldham works to provide integrated, high quality services that benefit the whole person and the whole community.  The Thriving Hollinwood project is an on-going local partnership and is currently looking for a focussed Employability Project Leader to be responsible for improving employability, education and aspirational outcomes for targeted 16+ adults.

As well as engaging with 16+ people who are currently unemployed, you would be:

• designing a targeted project and supporting personal pathways to move individuals closer to the work environment
• working directly with target groups to improve engagement, manage and deliver a case load using a “community-led” approach.
• working with a network of local agencies, community partners and steering groups
• developing relationships with other schools, providers of NEET provision and employability programs.

This position offers you the chance to gain crucial project management experience, develop your ability to create corporate partnerships and have a positive and long-lasting impact in this community. 

Applicants will need to be committed to the project and have the following:

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or demonstrate relevant experience.
• Experience working in an educational, youth, community or adult education setting.
• Experience of 1 to 1 mentoring/counselling
• Proven knowledge of skills, training and employability projects

Oasis offers:

• competitive salary, plus pension and life assurance
• 25 days holiday per year (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible working practices and family friendly policies.
• A supportive working environment with a focus on staff development and wellbeing.

For further information or an application pack please download the documents on this page or go to the Oasis UK website.  Please note that CVs alone will not be accepted. 

Closing date for applications is midday, Tuesday 14th April 2020.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 23rd April 2020 at Oldham.

1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Part-time (20 hours per week (0.5FTE), inclusive of breaks)

Salary:  £11,582 per annum (£23,164 FTE)

(We would like to make you aware that Oasis Hub Oldham also have a Lead Youth Worker role and a Hub Community Project Worker role vacant as well – tell your friends!)

Oasis Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

Location: London
Salary: Starting salary of £54,269 (2020 cost of living increase not included). Possible to increase by max. 2 increments a year up to £61,515 (top of grade)
Contract type: Permanent contract
Hours: 4-5 days per week
Benefits: 7.5% employer matched pension after probation, flexible working, 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays and Christmas break) and a generous staff development budget
Reporting to: Chair of the Board
Manages: Senior Finance Manager, Ops Officer, Senior Programme Management Officer
Application deadline: 23.59pm, 12th April
Interviews: For successful applicants, first interviews will be held weeks commencing 20th and 27th April

About the role:

This role works alongside the Executive Director for Strategy and Fundraising to lead NEON, deputising for one another where needed and supporting the development of the overall organisation.  You will manage and set-up the organisational systems, processes and culture that underpin all of our work. The role’s seniority shows how important this work is to NEON and the status with which we hold it. 

This will look like building and training staff to implement the human systems that help people work together: decision making, information sharing, resource allocation, giving kind and constructive feedback and handling conflict.  NEON’s culture and commitment to anti-oppression is at the very core of all of our work. This role will ensure the systems and strategies are in place to maintain and refresh our culture and implement anti-oppression across all of our work.  This role will also develop a system for building the staff management and leadership competencies required for high performance, role modelling NEON’s values and enacting our commitment to anti-oppression. 

You will manage the Operations Hub of 4 people, building on existing operational systems in finance, HR and programme management to integrate the latest practice and tools. You will support the Operations Hub to train and upskill staff members in our programmatic Hubs on the core operational skills they need to implement their programmes to a consistently high standard, e.g. in budgeting, monitoring and evaluation. Where appropriate you will draw on your own skills and experience to coach participants on NEON’s programmes on organisational development.

Operations for NEON aren’t just a service for other teams, they inform the very nature of the work we do and help define our approach to change. As a result, NEON’s values of generosity, solidarity and respect and our commitment to anti-oppression should be embedded in all of our operations. As a capacity building organisation, in time, you will also support our membership to apply some of our own best practice into their organisations, helping to scale the impact of our work.

About NEON
The New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) is a not-for-profit company with 12 staff members, growing to up to 15 staff by the end of this year. We also work with a range of contractors and Associates and incubate other organisations. We are a network of over 1,600 UK organisers from different trade unions, grassroots groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), faith-based campaigns, civil society groups and movements from across the country. 

We run powerful trainings and support campaigns to help progressives win social, economic and environmental justice. We offer movements a range of support, from helping people lead movements like Just Treatment (organising patients to fight for the NHS), through to working with our members on over 2,500 media bookings on the UK’s biggest TV and radio channels. We’re ambitious and the team is agile, fast paced and committed to actually changing things. 

To build the power of movements for social, environmental and economic justice we organise our work around three goals: 

• Connect we bring people together who aren’t usually in the same room, working across many different issues and from many different struggles, because together there is strength. In particular, we want to build the power of campaigners and organisers from groups most affected by injustice to help change the leadership of our movements

• Focus is about how we support our members’ work to transform our social and economic systems through prioritising key battles. Our aim is to help members work together to win bigger change on key battleground issues, such as health and climate justice

• Build means supporting the development of key institutions that underpin the wider progressive movement. The range and diversity of groups needed is wide - from campaign groups to policy and training institutes. We help our members develop excellent institutions and structures that support many others.

To build a culture and community that lasts, we organise around three values: 

• Solidarity we’re here to change the system and that requires working together across issues and sectors that aren’t normally in the same room. This means placing anti-oppression at the heart of our work and building the power of people most affected by injustice to change the leadership of our movements

• Generosity is about sharing our time, resources and learning with one another as we support each other’s work. It means being open and honest with one another, especially when we hit problems, and thinking creatively about how we positively build from there

• Respect is the bottom line for all relationships in NEON. It means being respectful of different backgrounds and life experiences and giving space for all voices to be heard. This often means listening more than we talk and being open to changing ourselves as a result of what we hear. 

Equinox Care provides support, care and recovery services to people who have a range of complex needs such as substance misuse and mental health issues.

We operate across the South East of England, providing a range of different services that concentrate on assisting our service users to re-engage with the communities around them and to find effective strategies for dealing with the challenges facing them in their lives. These services include detoxification services, supported housing, outreach and street engagement.

We are currently seeking a Personal Health and Wellbeing Practioner to work within our Brent Equinox Services to provide a responsive and enabling service for people with complex needs in line with agreed Personal Care plans, by offerring practical based support for people with substance misuse issues and mental health.

Main responsibilities will include:

• The development of Personal Care Plans, Recovery stars and Risk Assessments 
• Monitor any changes in behaviour and use appropriate interventions and support
• Planning and participating in meaningful activities with Service Users to promote their health and wellbeing, positive engagement levels and helping them to live happier, healthier lives. 
• Deliver group work, psychological and mental health/ substance misuse interventions
• Provide person centred practical and emotional support, and practical therapeutic interventions for service users. 
• implement the service’s policies and procedures in order to deliver the overall operational programme. Perform and/or assist services users to perform basic personal care tasks as outlined in the service users personal care plan and recovery star, ensuring that they are supported to self direct the care and support offered
• Practitioners will encourage service users to make choices about their care and support and ensure that these are communicated to care coordinators, care managers and others involved in the care of the service users.

​What we are looking for in the successful candidate:

• Experience of providing responsive personal care and support to individuals with complex needs
• Experience of monitoring/supporting service users taking medication
• Experience of progressive service user provision both in substance misuse and mental health. 
• Experience of promoting diversity, dignity and equality.
• Experience of providing responsive personal care and support to individuals with complex needs 
• Experience of monitoring/supporting service users taking medication
• Experience of progressive service user provision both in substance misuse and mental health. 
• Experience of promoting diversity, dignity and equality

Why work for us:

• Excellent core and on-going training aligned with personal development plan 
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Discount gym membership
• Routine eye tests, glasses and contact lenses 
• Dental treatment via NHS or Private 
• Physiotherapy, Indian Head Massage and a range of other therapies 
• 25 days holiday increasing to 26 days after 2 years and increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days annual leave
• Life Assurance

We are seeking passionate, caring, understanding applicants that can work in a challenging but rewarding environment. If you feel you have the right skills and necessary experience, please download and complete our Application Form and send it to the Recruitment Team. Alternatively you can visit our website for further information.

We believe in the potential of every individual.

We believe no one should live in poverty.

We believe in the power of effective information and advice.

The Manchester Volunteer Advice Partnership (MVAP) recruits and trains advice volunteers centrally and then supports them in ways that enable them to develop. This has been a collaboration of Manchester Mind, Cheetham Hill Advice Centre, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Manchester Refugee Support Network, Centrepoint, and, since December 2017, Manchester City Council. The project increases our respective capacities to meet the advice needs of our communities. We all share our talents and skills and the responsibility for this exciting project for which Manchester Mind serves as lead and accountable body.

We approach our work in a way that is shaped and guided by our core values of:

• Collaborative Communities
• Sharing
• Trust

We are seeking someone who cares about social justice and collaboration to work with us:

Advice Supervisor

Salary: £28,785   |   Hours: 35 per week

Funding for this post is in place until 30th March 2021.

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Supporting volunteer development
• Collaboration
• Advice in areas of social welfare law (benefits, debt, housing)

This full-time role is based at the Town Hall, where you would be supporting volunteers in Manchester City Council’s Homelessness Contact Centre. As such you would be working both within the Town Hall and at the Zion Centre in Hulme.

If you are interested in this role, please download the application documents from alongside this listing. The deadline for application submissions is 9am, Tuesday 7th April 2020.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services or had experience of volunteering.

Part-Time, 17.5 hrs p/w

Fixed Term Contract until 30 December 2020

HMP Stoke Heath

Ref code: TAS-203

Are you a proactive, efficient and influential individual who is passionate about making a difference to disadvantaged people? If so, St Giles Trust has a career-enhancing opportunity for a Trainer Assessor to deliver training, support and assessment for Peer Advisors.

About St Giles

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this vital role

Our successful candidate will focus on identifying, engaging with and recruiting learners in custody with the relevant skills and motivation. You will work alongside the Peers in Custody to develop and deliver ETE interventions in line with KPI targets.

You will also work alongside some of the teams at St Giles to identify placements for Peer Advisers and support both the Peer Advisers and their supervisor caseworkers, in achieving successful placement.

To secure this exciting opportunity, you must have:

• A proven track record of sourcing and supporting participants to access employment, training, personal development opportunities and other specialist support (housing, substance misuse, mental health)
• Strong experience of successfully supporting disadvantaged people into sustainable employment
• The ability to apply a creative approach to planning programmes and activities that support the development of those already in work to improve their circumstances and employment situation
• A background of career coaching and a sound understanding of career adaptability
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational abilities, plus impressive attention to detail
• Sympathy with the aims and ethos of St Giles Trust as an organisation

Any appointment is subject to security clearance from the Prison Service.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervision, cycle scheme, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm, 29th March 2020.

Do you want to be part of a team proactively driving positive change in public policy and practice within childcare and early years provision? Do you have excellent creative skills and the ability to write compelling content across a range of media and as part of a wide range of organisational projects? Do you have the drive to promote our views and communicate key messages through policy, targeted campaigns, the media and our key stakeholders? Then this position could be for you.

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) are looking for a Campaign and Communications officer to join our small and collaboration team in the Bromley office.

With around 25,000 members who work in the early years sector, made up of childminders, nannies and nursery workers, we support them to deliver high quality care and early learning through online training, practical help, expert advice and peer support.

The full job description and person specificiation has been attached.

Key responsibilities for the role include –

• Ensuring PACEY is informed of policy, research and regulatory developments (including government and parliamentary activity in England) in the field of childcare and early years and able to react swiftly if necessary.
• Confidently writing concise, impactful briefs and summaries on specific policy and legislative documents and other sources of information, identifying how key issues might interact with and affect PACEY’s work.
• Ensuring all proactive and reactive media work including press releases and quotes accurately reflects PACEY’s policy positions and are delivered effectively to secure coverage, so increasing PACEY profile.
• Supporting the preparation of media comments and writing of press releases. 
• Monitoring and nurturing PACEY’s press relationships and contacts and activity relevant to the sector, ensuring PACEY is seen as a source of evidence and comment including toiled out of hours social media activity if needed.
• Creating compelling and innovative content, for example blogs and articles for PACEY’s print, online and social channels using networks. Writing articles, case studies, emails, blogs and other content to identify and take advantage of relevant external opportunities to promote best practice in the sector and raise awareness of PACEY’s positions through different communication channels.
• Along with the Policy Advisor and Communications team, this role will be able to devise and deliver creative public campaigns with SMART objectives, to achieve positive change for childcare and early years.
• Coordinating PACEY’s response with the Policy Advisor to government policy consultations relevant to childcare and the early years, fully drafting responses depending on complexity and delivering any partnership working that is required.
• Researching and analysing the implications of policy and regulatory developments relevant to PACEY and communicate these to members, early years practitioners and other stakeholders.

Please do make sure you read the full job description before applying.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability, experience and interest for the role by 25th March 2020. Interviews will be held on 7th April 2020.