Child Play Worker (Mobile Play Worker) x 3, zero hours, £9.99 per hour, Bexley, Kent (Greater London), fixed term to end of April 2021

This is an exciting opportunity for Child Play Worker (Mobile Play Workers) to be part of a multi-disciplinary Family Support team, contributing to a safe and stimulating childcare and support experience for parents and carers within Family Lives policies and procedures. The Mobile Workers will undertake centre based activity to assist with play work as required and as directed by the Mobile lead. You will signpost families, where -relevant, to access the correct services to meet their needs and to narrow the gap in outcomes for the most vulnerable children. You will also work closely with the home visiting service volunteers and parenting lead in delivering a joined up package of early support for families.

The successful candidates will be responsible for the general care and observation of the children in childcare activities, taking action as necessary to ensure health and safety, cleaning and maintaining equipment. You will be responsible for supporting the function of the children’s centre activity programmes and play work to improve take up and outcomes for parents.

Please note that due to Covid-19 tasks on this role may be carried out remotely from the employee's home via MS Teams while it is not safe to deliver face to face services or work in one of our local offices.

You will have proven experience of working in a team and working directly with children and families in a social care or educational environment, as well as experience of working with multi-racial groups.  Managing equality, diversity, commitment to the values, aims and objectives of Family Lives, and commitment to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children are essential.

As a condition of appointment to this post, you are required to hold a qualification related to Social Care or Child Care NVQ2 and be willing to work towards Level 3 within 6 months of your start date.

These roles are zero hours posts, meaning no there are no guaranteed hours and will depend on contracts won by Family Lives.

Please ensure you address every criteria on the person specification on your supporting statement, preferably in order.

Please visit our website via the apply button to obtain the job description, full person specification, application form and guidance. Please note that we only accept application forms. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: Monday, 2nd November 2020 (by 9am)

Interview date: Week commencing the 9th November 2020

Job Title: Support and Development Worker (South West inc Devon and Cornwall)

Department: England Support Service Team

Reports to: England Support Service Manager

Salary: £25,930 (dependent on experience)

Hours: Full time (35 hours over 5 days – usually Monday to Friday)

Location: Home based (commutable across South West including Devon and Cornwall)

Fixed term for 12 months with the possibility of extending the post if sufficient funding becomes available.

Purpose of Job
To deliver a high quality service to and facilitate opportunities for individuals with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their families/carers through Shine membership. To empower and enable members affected by the conditions to lead healthy and happy lives through greater independence, better condition management and by creating links to the Shine community across England.

Core role

• To provide information to individuals, families and carers affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus including hard to reach communities living within the area.
• To provide advice, support and guidance to enable people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to access the correct benefits to become financially stable, the right services to improve their health and well-being, and to better co-ordinate their care and independence through a variety of methods. This will include attending specialist clinics in the area to engage with them.
• To refer individual members and/or their families/carers to the most appropriate source of expertise and support in Shine’s Health team and other designated leads within the organisation, or signpost to external agencies as appropriate.
• To develop age-specific groups and peer support networks which will provide opportunities for people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to connect and interact, enabling social opportunities and to share experiences, support and learn from each other.
• To work with and develop opportunities for Shine volunteers.
• To contribute to the delivery of regional and national programme of events to Shine’s membership, based on identified need and interests, geographical location and age. (Due to Covid 19 restrictions, for the foreseeable future, these are taking the form of online social groups, zooms and facebook live information & advice sessions)
• To provide information to professionals working with those individuals and families affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus.
• To raise greater awareness of Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus amongst professionals, external organisations and the general public through presentations, training and attendance at professional events.
• To actively promote membership of Shine to people with the relevant conditions.
• To keep clear and accurate records for monitoring and evaluation using our Charity Log System.
• To work with service, fundraising, marketing, trust and grants colleagues and Shine’s membership to identify and seize potential fundraising opportunities for long-term sustainability of the work.
• To prepare and keep up to date a directory of relevant contacts across the area and to share relevant information with colleagues.
• To undertake administrative duties as required of the role.
• Any other duties in line with the job role.

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel across the designated areas
• Flexible working hours, this may include some weekends
• Ability to work from home
• The ability to be motivated and work on your own initiative with lone working from home, whilst also travelling across the area and Region to be part of the wider dispersed team.
• Full Enhanced DBS checks will be completed

Experience and qualifications – essential

• At least two years’ recent experience of delivering support and advice services
• Experience of working with people of all ages with disabilities
• At least two years’ experience of advising on one or more of the following
  • Health and wellbeing; independence; benefits; education and learning; employment; developing friendships and social skills; reducing isolation
• Experience of developing and delivering opportunities to enable and empower people with disabilities to achieve their goals towards independence.

Experience and Qualifications – desirable

• Hold a qualification in a health, nursing, social care or disability related field
• Experience of working in the third sector in a paid or unpaid capacity

Knowledge, skills and abilities – essential

• Understanding of spina bifida and hydrocephalus and of the issues and challenges faced by people living with these conditions
• Ability to work with people individually and to facilitate and run group activities and events
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
• IT literate with a good knowledge of computer systems and programmes (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and use of databases
• A non-judgemental approach to working with people

Knowledge, skills and abilities – desirable

• Understanding of the role peer support plays in enhancing services and support to members
• An awareness and understanding of how to use social media and its effectiveness in reducing social isolation

Closing date: 16/11/2020 at 9am

Interview date: 23/11/2020

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early

Support Worker – Family Carers

Find your place with us and help change lives.

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.

This exciting and varied role in our Family Carer Support Service (FCSS) provides expert information and support to family carers who have a relative with a learning disability, autism or both. In addition to caring for their relative, family carers have to navigate multiple and complicated systems to ensure that their relative gets the support that they need. Having access to specialist, reliable information can therefore be a lifeline.

If you are resourceful, solution-focused and passionate about supporting family carers and people with learning disabilities, autism or both to have a good quality life, then we want to hear from you.

As a key part of our small team, you will:

• Keep family carers up-to-date with statutory developments
• Research and respond to specific enquiries from family carers
• Provide ongoing and one-to-one support to family carers
• Facilitate good partnership working with Hft family carers and Hft staff
• Help to grow our social media presence
• Contribute to the creation of new resources
• Deliver workshops/webinars on topics related to the needs and rights of family carers

Salary: £23,878

Hours: Fixed-term – 12 Months, Part time 28 hours per week

Location: White Friars, Bristol

The role requires an individual with drive, enthusiasm and commitment. You will have knowledge of the challenges faced by family carers of a relative with a learning disability, autism or both. You will be committed to ensuring that they are able to access the services and support available to them.

You will have excellent communication skills, knowledge and experience of engaging with diverse communities.

The role supports family carers who live throughout the United Kingdom, so on occasion you may be required to travel and stay away overnight.

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance.

Closing date: Sunday 1st November 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Coordinator, Support Team Leader, Family Support Worker, Community Support Worker, Support Work, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced, creative, and knowledgeable family support professional to join our pivotal Family Link Team.

As Family Link Worker, you will act as a link between families and the wider service provided by Noah’s Ark, assessing their needs and introducing them to appropriate services. You will continue to support the family, as needed during their child’s time with Noah’s Ark and in some cases post-death.

THE PERSON

You will have experience of working with children and families with complex needs in a key worker or family support role. Experience of needs assessment and care planning would be beneficial.

You will enjoy working independently but also capable of effective team working, ideally with experience of inter-professional working across health, education and social care. You will be familiar the needs of children with disabilities and complex needs, and have an understanding of the challenges facing families. You will have strong interpersonal skills, an enthusiastic work attitude and a flexible approach to the changing work environment.

Experience of bereavement work would be ideal, but is not essential, as training will be provided.

If you are ready for a new challenge and would relish the chance to become part of a successful forward-thinking organisation, then we would love to hear from you!

Please ensure you attach your CV and Cover Letter when applying. These should explain your motivation for applying and why you think you are suitable for the role. Please include examples of how your experience matches the essential criteria.

Family Engagement Manager

Have you got what it takes to support prisoners and their families?

Pact is a highly respected independent charity, which together with its subsidiary, Pact Futures, works across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services, providing practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families, to prisoners, and to ex-prisoners.

Position: Family Engagement Manager
Location: HMP Coldingley, Bisley, Surrey
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5
Salary: £23,500 per annum,

Closing date for applications: 25th October, 2020
Interview date: W/C 9th November 2020

About the Role:

You’ll lead and deliver the family services at HMP Coldingley in line with the establishment’s requirements, involving visit centre services; play provision; a social enterprise refreshment/catering service; complex family casework and support for family groupwork interventions.

You’ll also develop and maintain positive relationships between prisoners and their loved ones, with the aim of reducing the likelihood of prisoners reoffending through supporting and maintaining family contact. The service will provide support to ensure that children, families and prisoners are treated with respect and dignity. The service will also help ensure families are able to gain greater access to support and early help within their local community and services and families work together to decrease the chance of intergenerational crime.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will ideally be knowledgeable of the criminal justice system and have an aware of the impact of custody on prisoners and on their children and families. You will lead and deliver a service that ensures prisoners, their children, carers and other relatives have access to appropriate advice, guidance, learning opportunities, care and support to better enable them to maintain or enhance positive relationships

In addition, you will possess excellent organisational skills, excellent communication skills and work in a challenging environment whilst remaining calm. Furthermore, you will act as a role model for volunteers and an ambassador for Pact, conducting yourself professionally at all times, with high standards of personal integrity and accountability.

Furthermore, you will have the skills to advocate for families dealing with imprisonment, promoting their human rights and ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels.

What Pact Offers:

Pact offers a range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling, generous holiday entitlement, cycle to work scheme, free eye care vouchers and pension. You will undergo a thorough induction and training programme and be supported by a friendly, enthusiastic and committed team.

You may have experience of the following: Casework Manager, Key Working, Case Management, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Support Work, Criminal Justice System, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not For Profit, Social Work, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, etc.

Ref: 94724

 

Senior Family Support Coordinator, Full-time, £30,433 per annum (including London weighting), Ealing- Fixed term to end of December 2021

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Family Support Coordinator with strong project management and family support skills to support the development and monitoring of a ‘whole family approach’ project in Ealing.  The project will provide support to families who have at least one child aged 5-10 years old. Families from low socio-economic groups will be supported to cope with the challenges of family life with the ultimate aim of becoming more physically active together.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the recruitment, training, management and ongoing supervision of volunteer befrienders who visit families and offer emotional support. Recruitment of families is a key part of this role, linked to developing relationships with key agencies that support families and identify relevant families to benefit from the project. Data collection is also a key part of this role.

Experience of effective project management including experience of meeting targets and deadlines are essential. The ability to listen with empathy as well as having a high standard of written and verbal communication, report writing and presentation skills are essential.  Commitment to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, as well as commitment to equal opportunities principles and practice are also required.

The post involves working in the community in Ealing with some work from home so a suitable home working environment is essential. Regular travel around the Ealing area will be required.

Please note that due to Covid-19 tasks on this role may be carried out remotely from the employee's home via MS Teams while it is not safe to deliver face to face services or work in one of our local offices.

Please visit our website via the apply button to obtain the job description, full person specification, application form and guidance. Please note that we only accept application forms. CVs will not be accepted

Closing date:  Sunday, 27th September 2020

Interview date: TBC (via MS team)

Coordinator (family and volunteer support)

Hours: Flexible up to 32 per week over 3/4/5 days

Salary: Starting at NJC Rate 20 (£25,991) – 22 (£27,041) p.a. + £898 Inner fringe allowance (pro-rata depending on experience)

Home-Start is a leading family support charity, committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under the age of 5. Parent volunteers offer regular support to families in their own homes, helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown. We are seeking an experienced, flexible, self-motivated person who will work with the Home-Start team, training and supervising a team of home-visiting volunteers and hold a caseload of vulnerable families needing support. The role is based in our Watford offices with travel to families and volunteers in Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Parenting experience 
• An understanding of the needs of disadvantaged children and families
• Experience of working directly, face to face, with vulnerable families
• Good knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Experience of delivering training together with a knowledge of IT
• The ability to work on their own initiative in a challenging environment
• A relevant qualification

Additional requirements include knowledge of the voluntary sector, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a valid driving licence. As we support families across Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere - the use of own car is essential (expenses will be paid)

Appointment is subject to satisfactory references and DBS (formerly CRB)

Home-Start Watford and Three Rivers is committed to equality of opportunity and diversity.

Registered charity no.1108847.

Your experience of working in the mental health field has given you a good understanding of community working and lone working plus a proven ability to break down stigma and the barriers associated with working with the client group. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Community Connector.
 
NHS England recently announced a new transformation fund to be allocated to pilot sites within 12 Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships/Integrated Care Systems across the country to test new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care. The Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership in Redhill is one of these successful pilot sites, and Richmond Fellowship are proud to be part of that partnership.
 
The role of Community Connector will be fundamental to the developing of these innovative new teams and mental health services based within networks of GP Practices (Primary Care Networks). Indeed, whoever takes on this particular challenge will be instrumental in supporting the ongoing development and mobilisation of integrated primary care mental health services in the future. Along the way, you’ll work jointly with a Mental Health Practitioner to conduct assessments. We’ll also rely on you to help patients identify their socially determined needs and goals, provide self-management tools and develop personal support plans. Delivering a range of motivational and structured psycho-social interventions, promoting independence through an enabling asset based approach and developing effective relationships with a range of agencies to facilitate a ‘joined up’ approach  - these are just some aspects of this vital role.
 
As well as proven relevant experience, you’ll need an appropriate diploma or degree i.e. in counselling, psychology, social work, probation, mental health, Health and Social Care (level 3), NVQ’s level 3+ and/or community experience of drug, alcohol, mental health work. You’ll also need the ability to work co-operatively and flexible as part of a multidisciplinary team from a service hub in one of three locations, and be willing to travel to and from a number of different locations on a daily basis. Comfortable working to the confidentiality, consent, information sharing and safeguarding policies of the integrated service, the ability to manage any challenging behaviour, anger and verbal aggression from patients is important too. And, it goes without saying that you have excellent communication skills and are proficient in the use of office IT.
 
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
 
A full driving licence, access to a vehicle and insurance for business use are also required for this role, which is also subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Please note past drug and/or alcohol or criminality history will not necessarily discount you from undertaking this role.
 
This a full-time post at 37.5  hours per week with occasional out-of-hours and or/weekend work.
 
The salary for this post is £24,688.00 per annum.
 
It is a mandatory requirement of the application process for this post that candidates submit a CV and Supporting Statement, thus only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification,  will be considered for an interview.
 
So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website. 
 
Closing Date:  30th November 2020 (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received)
 
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.

Job Title: Head of Business Development (Maternity Cover) – Living Wage Foundation
Hours: 4/5 days flexible
Salary: £49,522 (pro-rata) inc London Weighting
Contract: Maternity Cover, until December 2021
Based: London, currently working remotely

Living Wage Foundation
The Living Wage Foundation was launched in 2011 by Citizens UK to tackle in-work poverty and ensure that workers earn enough to live on and participate in family and community life. Citizens UK is the home of community organising with diverse civil society alliances set up to develop leaders to work on the issues that matter to them, such as the Living Wage. Other projects include PACT (Parents and the Community Together) and Sponsor Refugees to add depth to the impact of Citizens UK’s work.

The Living Wage is a movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The real Living Wage is an independently-calculated hourly rate based on the cost of living and announced each November during Living Wage Week, our annual celebration of a growing network of nearly 7,000 Living Wage Employers.

The Living Wage Foundation celebrates employers that voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation scheme that recognises a long-term commitment to fair pay and has secured pay rises for 250,000 low paid workers.

The Head of Business Development will drive new business development, generate and implement diversification opportunities to support the future direction of the Living Wage Foundation. You will be responsible for developing and managing new programmes of work exploring wider issues facing low paid workers in the UK and beyond and a new consultancy strand to support more employers to adopt the living wage and other standards of good practice. You will provide leadership and support for a passionate, driven team with a strong commitment to tackling in-work poverty, and be able to build strong relationships internally and externally to further the objectives of the Foundation.

• Develop and deliver strategies, working collaboratively across the organisation.
• Raise funds to realise our ambitions to diversify into new areas.
• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders, policy makers and employers to support them to tackle in-work poverty in new ways.
• Develop a team-wide strategy and line manage staff and freelancers, supporting them to deliver projects and create the tools and knowledge available to inform and advise employers on going further than the Living Wage.
• Communicate evidence for change to influence key stakeholders to become part of the Living Wage movement, promoting Living Hours and other schemes and initiatives, and to champion the Living Wage and Living Hours to their networks.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of our work to refine our strategy and deliver projects in an efficient way.

For more information on the application process please click on 'Apply' now. 

Citizens UK is committed to being an inclusive employer. We value a diverse workforce and encourage those with an interest in this role to apply, regardless of whether they meet all the required criteria. We invest in our employees and support them to develop the skills and knowledge required to deliver their role. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates to represent the communities we work in. 

Recruiting a Support Worker to join our Young Peoples service in Windor and Maidenhead!

£21,000 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more working.

Wellesley House is a supported housing service in Windsor, Berkshire which houses 17 homeless families with children for up to 2 years. Our accommodation is spacious, self contained, modern and include on site laundry facilities, a TV lounge, playroom and large private garden. Staff work closely with customers to help them to identify and address their support needs and provide them with practical and emotional support to maintain their tenancies, access opportunities such as training and employment and maximise their income by ensuring they are accessing financial help they are entitled to. We build on customers' life skills to enable them to lead independent, fulfilled lives. All referrals are received from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead housing team.

Job Overview:

Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

This role requires working on a rota basis of 8am-4pm or 10am-6pm and alternate weekends.

Key Responsibilities:

- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Empowering customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
- Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Day to day instruction/ supervision of Assistant Support Workers/domestic staff/ Personal Support Assistants where appropriate
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

For more information or to apply please visit our website.

Would you like be part of a skilled advocacy team, providing specialist advice and advocacy support to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers from across the UK? 

We are currently recruiting for a caseworker to join our friendly Brighton based team. We are looking for: 

• An experienced advice worker with an understanding of/experience in supporting members of marginalised communities with good telephone skills 

• An individual with significant experience of advice work within the voluntary sector and a good knowledge of mainstream agencies 

• An individual with experience of successful advocacy on behalf of clients who is comfortable challenging the decisions, proposals and views of statutory agencies and other service providers in a non-confrontational yet effective manner, both verbally and in writing 

• An individual with good IT skills including the ability to undertake fast and accurate recording of case notes 

In return we can offer you a friendly environment and generous benefits which include: 

• Flexible working 

• The opportunity to progress your career 

• 25 days paid leave per year plus public holidays 

• Discretionary Christmas/New Year closure period 

• Annual leave allowance increase by 1 day for each full year of employment up to 5 additional days 

• Childcare Voucher Scheme 

• Travel and subsistence allowance 

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• 5% contributory pension 

• Flexible working 

• Job share 

• Induction programme and annual appraisal

• A variety of in-house and external training courses

• A commitment to Continuous Personal Development 

This role will be based at our office in Brighton with some working from home during Covid-19. 

For full details on how to apply, please follow the link to our website. 

We encourage applications from all parts of the travelling communities and will offer an interview to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller applicants who meet the essential criteria for a role as outlined in the Job Description and Person Specification. 

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Systemic Family Practitioner
Brighton & Hove
Permanent
37 Hours per week
£30,335 per annum 

As a Systemic Family Practitioner, you will deliver individual assessments and systemic family work for young people aged 11-18, with their families or carers, who are experiencing mild-to-moderate mental health difficulties.

You will work with the leads, counsellors, therapists and staff from the CYP team to plan and deliver a range of interventions. This includes contributing to the full range of routine care tasks, facilitating group and individual activities, information gathering and analysis to inform a multi-disciplinary assessment, audit and specific evidence based psychosocial interventions within the scope of qualification. Puts service users’ needs at the heart of the job, keeping people safe, contributing to effective interventions, and responding compassionately to suffering.

The Children & Young People’s (CYP) Wellbeing & Therapeutic Services provide age-specific interventions dependent on the presenting issue. YMCA DownsLink Group (YMCADLG) deliver Primary Care Mental Health Services in Brighton and Hove for children, young people and adults with Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and Southdown. The service will provide a community-based range of evidence based therapeutic and clinical interventions to support people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

The position comes with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays), a company sick pay scheme, a life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary, a health and wellbeing cash plan, and a cycle to work scheme. Please download a job pack for more information about other benefits offered.

YMCADLG deliver counselling, Low Intensity Psychological Interventions, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Social prescribing and Family therapy. To combat COVID19 risk, YMCADLG have increased the ability to deliver face-to-face and group therapies through online secure and appropriate online platforms. As part of YMCADLG’s recovery plan face-to-face interventions are being risk-assessed in readiness for a return to a ‘new normal’ in the future.

The new CYP service offers a range of short-term interventions tailored to people's presenting needs and age. These include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), counselling, specialist counselling, online counselling, low intensity psychological interventions, group treatments, creative therapies, social prescribing and family therapy.

The ideal candidate will have a qualification in Post Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy - for example:

• Postgraduate Diploma Children & Young People's IAPT Therapy - Systemic Family Practice.
• MSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
• MSc Systemic Psychotherapy

If you are an applicant interested in this post and would like an informal discussion having read the job pack on the YMCA DLG Website, please contact Conrad Foote (Wellbeing & Therapeutic Services Manager) or Rebecca Wilson Green (Wellbeing Team Manager), contact details available by clicking the 'Apply' button below.

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work. OPTIONAL As this service BAME groups are currently under-represented in this project, we particularly encourage applications from these communities.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 

Closing date for applications: Monday 2 November 2020 at 9am

Interview date: 6 November 2020

When submitting your application please save your application form as ‘your full name APPLICATION’ and put the job title/location in the email subject line. Please submit your application as a Word document where or PDF (we cannot accept Pages) via email.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

To apply, please download an Job Pack and an Application Form from our website by clicking the 'Apply' button below

About us...

At the Together Trust we believe everybody deserves an equal chance in life. There are no exceptions. We provide a wide range of support services including fostering, residential, community and family support. We also provide specialist educational support through our schools and colleges.

At our Specialist Day Provision in the Stockport area, we are committed to supporting adults to live happy, safe and fulfilling lives. We provide person-centred, creative, fun and professional support services to adults, providing them with opportunities to develop their social lives, building new interests and confidence.

We support them to achieve their goals through actively implementing plans that support the development of communication skills, enable independence and build meaningful community integration and leisure opportunities.

As our community support worker, you will…

Working alongside our existing team, you will offer a diverse range of exciting and varied activities for people aged 18+. The work you deliver will be based on a person centred framework and will focus on developing community integration and independence skills in order to help reduce barriers. Facilitating socialisation and developing meaningful relationships is a key element to the role.

As a community support worker you will be actively involved in supporting individuals to live a full and active life. You will do this by ensuring that you and the team around the person do all you can to deliver the agreed plans. You will play an important role, alongside your line manager and senior managers, to ensure that the team functions effectively and is supported through the attendance of productive team meetings and 1-1 supervision sessions.

Community Support Workers play a key role in developing relationships between the person supported, other important individuals in their lives and the Trust. You will also be expected to work closely with any family and professionals involved in the individuals care and ensure that needs and interventions are explored and acted on within your remit.

This is a dual contract role. 26 hours based within a learning environment and 6.5 hours based in the community.

About you...

Experience is preferable but is not essential, we pride ourselves on staff development and offer an outstanding training package and induction into the organisation. We are looking for people who have a genuine interest and motivation in working for the people we support.

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

Family Action is a charity committed to building stronger families by delivering innovative and effective services and support that reaches out to many of the UK’s most vulnerable children, young people and their families. We seek to empower people and communities to address their issues and challenges through practical, financial and emotional help.

Stockton Family Outreach and Volunteering Service is part of the 0-19 service in partnership with Stockton Borough Council and Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust. We work with children, young people and their families, who are not currently open to Social Care services or Early Help; in the hope of preventing this involvement in the future. We work in partnership with these agencies to complete targeted and timely interventions with a child or young person and their family. Volunteers provide support by delivering accessible, hub-based sessions, community-based family support; or by working in the background to support professionals.

The successful applicant will support the Volunteer Coordinator in delivering an ambitious volunteer strategy across the Stockton 0-19 service, both within the Family Hubs and the wider community, by recruiting, training and supervising a caseload of volunteers. They will work closely with the Community Participation Worker to embed volunteering across the service and to provide volunteering support for Community Engagement and Service User Participation events. During school holidays, they will lead a team of volunteers in the delivery of our Families, Food and Fun programme which aims to limit the impact of holiday hunger and food poverty as well as supporting families to play and learn together.

Experience of recruiting and supporting volunteers is desirable but not essential. You will need to demonstrate experience of building and maintaining professional relationships with children, young people, community groups and other agencies; and working with communities in an empowering and supportive way. The post will involve working with volunteers, families and professionals across Stockton-On-Tees. You must have access to a vehicle for business purposes and be able to travel frequently, with the expectation you will work collaboratively with Family Action & key delivery partners across the North Region of the country.

Our Values: People focus, Mutual Respect, Excellence-in-all-we do and a Can-Do attitude.

If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude we can offer you:

• A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme
• Career development opportunities
• A full induction and ongoing quality training
• The opportunity to become part of Family Action initiatives
• Flexible working hours
• Managed workloads with regular supportive and reflective supervision
   

Please visit our current vacancies page to download an application form and the documents to apply. 

Closing date: 23rd September 2020 at 9am