At Depaul UK we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Night Support Worker come and join our team in Rochdale. You will join us on a full time basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £18,060 per annum plus pension & other great benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialise in the provision of services that: prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work within.

We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Night Support Worker, you'll be joining a friendly, flexible and values-led organisation, and will receive:

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday, including bank holidays

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

- Cycle to work scheme

- Interest free Annual Season Ticket Loan

- Four Weeks Paternity Leave

The Night Support Worker role:

You’ll work as part of a dedicated team delivering essential services which include an assessment, support and move on service to vulnerable clients in supported accommodation.

You’ll also have a vital part to play in helping us achieve our mission of offering homeless and disadvantaged people the opportunity to fulfil their potential and move towards a positive and independent future.

You’ll involve clients in the decisions made about them and encourage participation in Depaul’s wider community programme of activities, and encourage all clients to participate in Education, Training, Employment and Volunteering opportunities as appropriate to the development of their skills, assets and aspirations

Please note: You will work waking night shifts which will include weekend working

What makes this role exciting?

- You'll receive in-house training to help you perform your role

- The role is flexible and you can take a creative approach to supporting young people

- It's a great opportunity to gain further experience in the charity sector

What will ideally support your success in the Night Support Worker role?

- An understanding of the needs of young people who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health and substance misuse

- Experience of creating support plans risk assessing, safeguarding, health and safety, service user involvement and collaborative working

- A knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessments and Support Planning

- Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures

- Working in a client-centred way ensuring service user involvement and collaborative working

- Commitment to working in a manner, which promotes equality, diversity and inclusion

Closing date – 6th September 2019

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Night Support Worker then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Information Line Team Leader

RASASC reserves the right only to recruit women.  This has legal verification under the Sexual Discrimination Act 1975 seven (ii) (e) amended in 1986 and 2008 and incorporated in the Equality Act 2010.

Please note this is Maternity Cover 

Our organisation offers counselling, support and information to people who have experienced sexual violence.  This post requires someone to have excellent telephone skills and the ability to convey advice and information in a sensitive and timely manner to service users and to professionals. The role of Information Line Team Leader requires you to have strong leadership skills, excellent administration and time management skills to ensure the smooth running of our central office.

Care Leavers Programme Coordinator  

Salary: NJC scales 24-26 (£22,401—£23,866)

Hours: part time  28 hours per week.

Location: GMYN, Greenfish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE

(with a working base at the Leaving Care Team in Trafford)

Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) is a youth charity that creates opportunities so that disadvantaged young people from across Greater Manchester (GM) can take steps towards a positive future.

We support young people to be safe, valued and ambitious by delivering high quality programmes and building the capacity of other youth organisations.

We are recruiting a new staff member to join our care experienced teams to support the delivery of  a  new  2-year volunteering life skills development and employability programme that will directly support Care Leavers aged 16-25 in Trafford.

The Programme Coordinator will directly support Care Leavers over two years via a mixture of weekly 1-1 and group sessions offering volunteering, social action, life skills training and employability workshops across Trafford.

The fundamental aim of this new programme is to improve the life chances of Care Leavers in Trafford. The youth led activities will ensure that any impact is long term. They will aim to help the individuals progress onto a positive and independent future.

The worker will be expected to work independently and as part of the wider GMYN team, with opportunities to learn and share good practice through GMYN’s other programmes.

Role Responsibilities:

· To create an effective relationship with care leavers identifying their needs and help them to overcome barriers to participation.

· To provide appropriate support with a flexible approach to encourage participation in project activities.

· To enable participants to clarify their learning and development needs and draw up individual action plans.

· To support young people to participate in learning activities including training and volunteering.

· Ensure all training on key areas such as job applications, accommodation support , health etc is delivered in a fun and engaging  way to ensure learning and understanding.

· To monitor and evaluate the project/programme outputs and outcomes using GMYN’s data collection tools and report these to management and the funder.

· To work with volunteer involving organisations to develop volunteering and development opportunities for young people.

· Deliver positive training activities enabling young people to develop key life skills and gain the knowledge they need to support a positive future.

· To be led by and focussed on the aspirations of the young person, in order to offer the most effective support.

· To ensure that in the project all participants are safeguarded and that safe practice is followed in all project activities.

· To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities that contribute to the organisations overall aims and objectives.

To apply, please send a CV and a covering letter

(no more than 2 sides of A4) that clearly shows:

• Your relevant skills and experience that matches the personal specification

• Your understanding of the needs of CEYP and your ability to deliver this programme

Please send your completed application via the charityjobs link.

Policy & Advocacy Officer (London and Manchester / Leeds / Liverpool)

We are looking for a committed and motivated individual to join us as Policy & Advocacy Officer, playing a key role in our policy and advocacy team and organisation, driving and shaping health policy debates and delivering programmes to advance the right to health in the UK. 

Doctors of the World UK is part of the global Médecins du Monde network, which delivers over 400 projects in 80 countries through 3,000 volunteers. Our vision is of a world where barriers to health have been overcome, where health is acknowledged as a fundamental right. Through innovative medical programmes and evidence-based advocacy, we empower excluded people and communities to claim their right to health while fighting for universal access to healthcare

As Policy & Advocacy Officer you will work to maximise DOTW’s influence and impact on health policy debates whilst influencing practice in health services to ensure accessible and equitable healthcare for everyone living in the UK. As part of the policy and advocacy team, you will support our evidence-based advocacy work and deliver projects to:

• maximise the impact Doctors of the World UK’s experience here in the UK and abroad
• empower healthcare professionals and patients
• advance the right to health

A central part of the role will be delivering our Safe Surgeries initiative, which supports GP practices to address the barriers that prevent people from accessing primary care. This involves leading proactive engagement with Clinical Commissioning Groups, local public health teams, GP practices and healthcare professionals, third sector partners and MPs, as well as delivering training and developing resources.

Those with lived experience of migration, the asylum system or exclusion from health services are encouraged to apply. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within DOTW.

If you have relevant experience for the role but are not sure about applying please contact us to discuss the role further.  

Part time/job share considered.

Please read the full JD (attached) to find out more about this role.

Fixed Term Contract - 12 months, 37.5 hours per week

1 role in London, 1 role in North (flexible: Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds)

To apply: Please send us an updated copy of your CV along with a cover letter (2 sides of a4 maximum) explaining how you meet the key duties of the role.

Please note: to apply for a position with Doctors of the World UK, you must be eligible to live and work in the United Kingdom (in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996). You will need to provide two referees. We will not contact any of your referees until we are at a stage to offer you the position.

Closing Date: Sunday 22 September (@ 11:59 pm)

Head of Membership
Salary: up to £40,780 per annum
Hours: 37 per week
Based: Flexible with travel across UK including the Liverpool Head Office
Duration: Permanent
Benefits: Contributory Pension (4%), Life Insurance, 28 Days’ Annual Leave Plus Bank Holidays

Shared Lives Plus is the UK network for family-based and small-scale ways of supporting adults. Our members are Shared Lives carers and workers, and those involved in Homeshare programmes.

This is a new and exciting role, and as the Head of Membership, you will: 
1.            Lead and manage our support and engagement for Shared Lives Plus members, including Shared Lives carers and scheme managers, and future members including friends and family and people who use Shared Lives, contributing to Senior Management Team on member-related issues and future strategy.
2.            Lead the team providing support, information and advice to all of our Shared Lives members.
3.            Identify issues of concern to Shared Lives Plus members and develop strategies to address those issues, leading local and national influencing work.
4.            Manage a team including support officers, a policy officer, Shared Lives carer champions and Shared Lives ambassadors who have lived experience of Shared Lives.
5.            Support the team to keep up-to-date with relevant legislation, regulation or system changes which impact on the Shared Lives and Homeshare sectors across the UK and respond to policy issues accordingly.
6.            Help develop and provide strategic advice and support work in liaison with the strategic advice and support Manager.

Shared Lives Plus is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships.

The deadline for completed applications is 5:00 pm on Friday 4th October 2019.
Shortlisting will start w/c 7th October 2019 and interviews will be held on the 21st October 2019 in London.

Other organisations may call this role Membership Manager, Head of Supporter Engagement, Head of Engagement, Senior Engagement Manager or Senior Membership Manager.

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

If you have impressive management skills, ideally gained within a regulatory or public sector background, this unique challenge offers plenty of variety and the opportunity to help a diverse range of organisations with their information rights practices.

Your role

The role of the Data Protection Complaints and Reviews Department is to ensure that organisations comply with their obligations under the Data Protection Act.

Responsible for managing and supervising a team of Case Officers and Lead Case Officers, your experience will enable you to lead your team in maintaining their individual caseloads and working within advertised service standards. Able to work autonomously and co-ordinate a number of activities at a time, your good people skills and focus on quality will ensure everything runs smoothly and to deadline. Your eye for detail and excellent written communication skills will ensure the production of reports and correspondence for a wide audience.

You will lead a team responsible for handling concerns raised about how information has been handled by organisations in the public and private sector. You’ll work with organisations to identify areas where they can improve their compliance with the legislation we oversee and will be responsible for some stakeholder engagement.

Skills you’ll need

You’ll need excellent organisational skills and will have a proven record of strong leadership skills. You’ll have the ability to identify potential opportunities to engage and educate individual organisations or entire sectors, analysing trends and themes as they emerge. So, you must be persuasive, professional and a talented manager with experience of leading a team to deliver expected outcomes. You must be able to deal with all aspects of management including performance management, attendance management and will have the confidence to make decisions regarding your staff. You should be comfortable delivering presentations, chairing meetings and have the confidence and ability to represent the ICO at conferences/workshops. What’s more, you’ll need the credibility to develop good working relationships, often at a senior level, with organisations that range from national bodies to small businesses.

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 22 September 2019

Please note if you are appointed to work with the ICO you will be required to complete security clearance processes. These include identity and qualification checks and a Basic Disclosure level check of unspent criminal convictions.

UpRising are recruiting for a full-time Senior Programme Manager to work on our Greater Manchester programmes.

About UpRising:

Our mission is to open up the pathways to leadership for talented young adults from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds and to equip them with the knowledge, networks, skills and confidence to fulfil their leadership potential, find new opportunities and transform the world around them through social action.

The Role:

We are looking for an inspiring and motivated individual looking to make a tangible difference in the lives of young people from diverse and underrepresented communities. This role will manage and support the delivery of our Manchester programmes as well as build our networks locally.

The successful applicant will need to undergo a DBS check, and will need to be able to travel to, or be based in, Manchester. For the full details of this position (including job descriptions, competencies and how to apply), download our job pack.

Important application details:

Application deadline: 8:59AM Monday 14th October 2019

Interview date: Thursday 17th October 2019

To Apply: 

1. Please send your Cover Letter and CV through our online portal.

2. For diversity monitoring, we also request that you fill in our Equal Ops Form,

Please note that we may contact suitable applicants before this date so you are encouraged to apply early.

We are recruiting for a person centred, passionate and motivated Project Manager to lead our new supported living service in Salford.

You will be responsible for leading the delivery of care and support to adults with learning disabilities and some health care needs to enable then lead fulfilling, happy and rewarding lives within a high quality community based setting.

You will work closely with families and other professionals and will have the ability to supervise and mentor a staff team.  You will help to deliver consistent, person centred services which meet the needs and preferences of individuals.

You will have previous experience, knowledge and a good understanding of working with people with learning disabilities and complex needs.  You must be skilled in assessment and support planning, using a variety of methods such as, communication pathways & positive behaviour support strategies.  You will manage and deploy staff effectively to meet the needs of service users, you will have excellent communication skills both verbal and written and also be IT literate.  You must have a hands on approach and be able to role model and mentor staff.  A relevant social care qualification is essential (RNLD, Social Worker, Level 5 Diploma). 

Specific duties and responsibilities will include:

• Supervision, coaching, performance management and support of staff

• Ensuring all tenants have a designated Key Worker and staff team appropriate in number to meet their assessed need

• Ensuring there are clear goals and expected outcomes for each tenant with a defined pathway towards greater independence

• Co-ordinating a programme of regular person-centred outcome focussed reviews which put each person’s views and unique journey at the heart of planning and decision making

• An ability to instill and maintain a culture of continuous improvement for the service, through dialogue with tenants, their families, advocates and staff

• Working closely with families, local multi-disciplinary teams and community based agencies to provide holistic, wrap around support

• Maintaining high standards of environmental safety/quality and ensuring a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere

• Facilitate service user engagement, involvement and peer support

• Ensure that there are robust methods of quality monitoring

• Oversee health plans as appropriate to each tenant so as to monitor and respond to physical and emotional well-being

• Provide key performance indicators, identifying and planning actions required.

You will provide excellent customer care and proactively communicate with stakeholders in respect of risk management and the care and welfare of the people we support.  You will have a strong ethical duty of care and a commitment to safeguarding vulnerable individuals.

You should relish a challenge and be able to actively think outside the box, when it comes to the management of this service.

Qualities Required

Applicants will be able to demonstrate warmth, compassion and unconditional positive regard for the people we support and will be able to develop trusting relationships based on empathy and respect.  You will have the skills and personal qualities to be able to engage people in meaningful planning and therapeutic activities.  You will be expected to work collaboratively and professionally with the people we support, their families and professionals/multi agencies.

You will be hard working, resilient and reflective with the ability to accept supervision and be accountable for your own practice.  Good written and verbal communication skills are essential along with the practical skills required to plan and organise care and support delivery.  You will be required to be flexible to the needs of the service.

You will ideally have at least 2 years practitioner experience with some experience of supervising/managing staff and resources and hold or be working towards a relevant health or social care qualification (Degree or NVQ Level 4/5).  You must be well organised, professional and credible with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team.  You will be able to demonstrate leadership ability and management competencies.  Good written and verbal communication skills are essential as is the ability to organise your own time effectively and manage professional relationships.  A commitment to your own continuous professional development is essential.  In return we will support you to access training and to keep abreast of current thinking and evidence-based practice I the field of learning disability.

Do you have the commitment, drive and person-centred values to be able to make a real difference to the lives of older people with care and support needs? We have an exciting new role for a dynamic and proactive individual who enjoys the challenge of operational management and re-shaping services.

We are seeking an experienced and highly professional Registered Service Manager with a strong work ethic who can share our vision of providing person-centred, strengths-based services which promote wellbeing, independence and community connections. You will lead the operational management of a compact but busy, locality-based extra care service in the Droylsden area of Tameside (situated 5 miles from Manchester City Centre) which currently delivers between 800 – 1,000 hours of care per week. You will also be responsible for the management of a 24 hour extra care service which provides care to around 20 tenants.

As the Registered Service Manager you will ensure that our services are of the highest quality, meeting and exceeding all CQC standards and contract requirements. You will demonstrate this through comprehensive quality assurance, customer satisfaction and contract monitoring processes. You will ensure that the care and support delivered is truly personalised and provided in accordance with agreed care plans, enabling the achievement of planned outcomes.  You will promote and re-inforce an accountable culture of compassionate care, and person-centred practice with relationships based on warmth, respect and unconditional positive regard. Your rewarding role will include responsibility for:

• Recruitment and selection of staff matched to needs of service users
• Management and support of a team of senior staff
• Rostering and deploying staff to meet the needs of service users
• Using an electronic rota planning and monitoring system
• Ensuring continuous, reliable and consistent service delivery at all times
• Performance management
• Auditing and Quality Assurance
• Compliance with CQC & commissioner expectations and standards
• Contract management and achievement of planned outcomes
• Excellent customer care to all stakeholders

You must have significant prior experience of managing or co-ordinating care and support services for older people. You must demonstrate excellent assessment, support planning and report writing skills.  Good IT skills are required for this role and previous experience of using an electronic rostering and monitoring system (ECM) is highly desirable.

You will have a good knowledge of CQC requirements and care standards and experience of auditing services against agreed quality and outcome expectations.

You will also have an understanding of the principles of person-centred care and the Mental Capacity Act and the application of these principles to domiciliary care and extra care service provision. You will have a good knowledge of health needs and conditions as the ability to promote holistic health and wellbeing is essential. A relevant professional qualification (such as NVQ 4/5, RMA or social work/nursing qualification) is highly desirable. An interest in training and supervising students and trainees on placement would be desirable.

You will be able to demonstrate skills in managing and motivating your team effectively in order achieve the highest standards of person-centred practice. You will be able to lead from the front and delegate effectively as well as working collaboratively with colleagues and providing direct care and support, including personal care, as required.

You will be warm and emotionally intelligent with the ability to build positive, trusting relationships with service users, their families, staff and partner agencies. You will support our commitment to creating an open, reflective and accountable culture which is underpinned by ethical practice, dignity and rights. You will be a confident and professional practitioner and manager, able to communicate clearly and persuasively and to contribute effectively to multi-disciplinary decision making, planning and review processes.

As this position involves travel across the locality you will be expected to be a car driver (lease car may be available). You will be expected to work flexibly according to the needs of the service and this will include some out of hours and weekend working, reflecting the 24 hour nature of our service provision.

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support to older people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism and people with physical disabilities and mental health needs. The support we offer is tailored to the individual and promotes their independence and community engagement. We are an Investor in People accredited employer of a diverse team of over 5,000 well supported staff across England.

You will be joining a progressive charitable organisation, strongly committed to investing in your professional development through both practice-based training and academic study. You will also be part of our highly committed and mutually supportive team of senior operational managers in the North West region and a network of Registered Managers across the country who strive to meet and exceed CQC standards. By joining this team you will be able to access peer support and expertise.

We believe that everyone deserves to be supported in their mental health needs and that we have a part to play in that.

Our work is guided by our values of:

Openness

Belonging

Strength

Collaboration

We work with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust in order to deliver some community services from community mental health teams. To help us with this we are looking to appoint an

Administrator

Manchester Mind has been delivering services since 1989 and have developed a range of highly respected services for young people and adults living in the City. We are working with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust in the delivery of an assertive outreach pathway within Community Mental Health Teams and Manchester Mind staff are employed within these teams to support that delivery. The teams depend on excellent administrative back up and Manchester Mind employ some of the staff within these roles.

Salary: £20,541 pro rata (£10,270 actual)

Hours: 17.5 hours per week

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Working collaboratively with staff and people using the service
• Administrative experience

Application documents can be downloaded from this listing or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website.

Applications must be received by 12noon, Monday 23rd September 2019.

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.