Family Engagement Worker

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

Pact is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. We provide practical and emotional support to prisoner’s children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettled back into the community. Our work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and our work focusses on human relationships, family and community. We are committed to achieving high standards of quality in all that we do.

Position: Family Engagement Worker
Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £23,000 per annum

Closing date for applications: 16th June 2021
Interview date: TBC

About the role:

As Family Engagement Worker at HMP Wormwood Scrubs you will work as one of the Pact Family team, providing family casework support to prisoners, as well as support to the families of prisoners through advice and guidance, facilitating prison visits and delivering family induction sessions.
About You:

To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging multi-agency environment, ideally involving prisoners and/or their families. You will have the ability to advocate for families dealing with imprisonment, promoting their human rights and ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels. You will have the ability to develop referral pathways for families, prisoners and other professionals to access the service.

You may have experience of the following: Casework, Key Working, providing advice, guidance and emotional support to male service users. Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds including those who have previous convictions (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment). You will act as a role model for volunteers and an ambassador for PACT, conducting yourself professionally at all time, with high standards of personal integrity and accountability. You needs to be solutions-focused, adaptable, flexible, emotionally resilient and capable of managing multiple tasks in high stress environments.

What we Offer:

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.

How to Apply:

If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role, please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.

Other information:

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.

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

Midaye is looking to employ an experienced and highly organised Programme Co-ordinator to support our Management Team in project planning, information and data management, and communications for multiple, community-based projects. The successful candidate will help us work effectively and efficiently to design and deliver much-needed services to our clients, respond rapidly to community needs, and measure and report our impact to funders and others. 

The new Programme Co-ordinator will be a central part of our close-knit, vibrant and committed staff team. We work with members of the BME communities in West London for whom English is an additional language. Our clients are usually first- and second-generation refugees, ex-refugees and migrants. We help them become healthier, better educated and more informed about services. Our activities empower, advocate for and support the most disadvantaged and isolated members of these communities. 

If you would like to join us in providing our crucial community services, you must demonstrate that you are highly organised and efficient, able to prioritise and manage your workload and can support a diverse staff team in providing services to our clients. You will need to have a good understanding of community organisations, excellent interpersonal skills and high levels of emotional and cultural competency. Project management experience, report writing skills, data management and processing and confidence with IT systems and database management are also necessary. 

In return, you will gain the satisfaction of knowing that your work is making a difference to disadvantaged and deprived communities in London. Your role will be a crucial one within Midaye, and the work you do keeping us organised and on track will be appreciated by staff, volunteers, trustees and clients alike. You will have the opportunity to grow in your role, and to gain experience in all areas of running a busy charity. You will be part of a friendly staff team who work towards Midaye’s goals with commitment and good humour. 

Please read the job description carefully before applying.

Job Title: Schools Engagement Coordinator  

Reports to:  Head of School Programmes 

Location: Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3AB. Open to flexibility on location provided able to attend offices in London on a regular basis. 

Purpose: A fantastic opportunity to take on the role of Schools Engagement Coordinator - for Education and Employers across the internationally recognised Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures programmes. The Charity aims to ensure that all young people have the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential.

This key post is part of the Schools Engagement Team with responsibility for working closely with primary school and secondary school teachers and leaders to support them with running activities involving volunteers from the world of work. This will include supporting delivery of funded projects aimed at these audiences and general administrative support.

Remuneration: £21k - £24k per annum (pro-rata depending upon experience) 

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday pro rata, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days. Additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments. 

Appointment Terms:  12 months fixed term 

The role:  

The successful candidate will be responsible for working closely with school staff in promoting and empowering schools to utilise Primary Futures and Inspiring the Futures alongside delivering virtual activities for schools. These programmes are an online system connecting schools to an enormous range of fascinating volunteers from the world of work for virtual or face to face activities to raise aspirations, provide insight into jobs, tackle stereotypes and demonstrate how learning at school in the present links to opportunities in the future.

This is a dynamic role for someone looking to gain a breadth of experience in the charity sector and keen to learn about the education sector and career-related learning, social mobility and volunteer engagement. Primary Futures (for primary schools) and Inspiring the Future (for secondary schools, colleges and SEND) are at an exciting stage of development.  Throughout the pandemic we have established an engaging and interactive virtual offer that has broadened the opportunities for schools to connect with volunteers beyond their local geography and we expect to maintain this alongside a return to face-to-face activities. 

This role will be split between delivering activity for providing facilitated support to a case load of schools across parts of the country (60%) and supporting the general self-service programme for schools nationally in an administrative capacity (40%).There is opportunity to interface directly with children and young people through facilitating virtual interactive activities with volunteers.

There is scope outside of the main responsibilities to develop areas of interest that meet project needs, such as video editing, social media input and developing educational resources.

We are looking for an agile worker, capable of absorbing key information quickly, as well as handle a voluminous workload to meet the multiplicity of projects and the high demand from schools keen to engage. Education and Employers is a small charity working at a rapid pace to bring about change and the ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills, able to work collaboratively with a small and passionate team to achieve big results.

60% facilitated support to a case load of schools, including for the successful delivery of various funded projects in geographic target areas of the country such as Dorset, Blackpool and Derby by:  

• Managing relationships with a case load of primary schools in different areas of the country to host planning calls, deliver sessions, gather evaluation data and ensure a legacy of independent use of Primary Futures beyond the project. 

• Setting up virtual and face-to-face activities including school liaison, securing volunteers, test calls, setting up on the Primary Futures system and hosting on tech platforms (Zoom, MS Teams, Google Classrooms, etc)

• Facilitating virtual activities to primary school children to link with volunteers, hosting sessions online to ensure an interactive and engaging experience for children and volunteers, following a Q&A or job guessing-game format. 

• Supporting and co-hosting sessions to teachers including CPDs, staff meetings and info webinars to promote Primary Futures, deepen engagement and demonstrate independent usage

• In collaboration with rest of team, identifying need for and developing new resources and guidance to support greater school engagement. 

• In collaboration with rest of team, develop and implement new processes and system improvements, to support increased school engagement.  

40% enquiries management and administrative support across the programme team to support teachers to independently use Primary Futures and Inspiring the Future by:  

  

• Managing the enquiries inbox and switchboard phone number, responding to enquiries from schools and volunteers about the charity’s work and programmes and how to sign up 

• Providing targeted support to schools such as phone calls to secondary schools and colleges independently utilising the programmes using a RAG (red, amber green) system to convert them to successful activities

• Providing administrative support across the volunteer and school engagement teams, including record-keeping, data entry, meeting minute-taking, scheduling, event coordination, etc 

• Monitoring new registrations from schools and sending welcome emails, keeping this up-to-date with the latest opportunities and messaging for schools

• Use Salesforce CRM to support with data management, assisting with maintaining up to date records and supporting data cleansing as needed  

• Other ad-hoc administrative tasks as needed
   

Person specification 

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise 

Essential  

• Experience in successful relationship management – ability to engage confidently and sensitively with schools/colleges and at a range of levels of seniority up to and including headteacher level 

• Outstanding customer service and telephone manner, including handling large volumes of email enquiries and dealing with difficult situations politely and assertively

• Strong organisational and administrative skills including close attention to detail and effective time management

• Persuasive and confident communicator who is influential, and effective in presenting a concept both face to face and on the phone. 

• Good level of education, demonstrating capability in producing written content to a high standard.

• Comfort and confidence in working with data to inform actions

• Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload; being able to prioritise work and working under pressure.

• Good working knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools 

Desirable 

• A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential through harnessing skilled volunteers to engage in education 

• Experience of marketing to schools

• Experience of delivering directly to children or young people in a volunteer or work capacity

• Experience of client relationships management (CRM) databases in particular Salesforce 

• Experience of working to deliver targets

• Experience of working in a small team 

• Experience of working with volunteers  

• Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and data protection. 

Personal Attributes  

• Comfort and confidence in working with a variety of audiences 

• Having an entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to their work.

• A “doer”- ability to anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions 

• Creative and solutions orientated, perceiving processes as the means rather than the end and as an aid to effective delivery 

• Influencer - demonstrates personal ‘presence’ and gains the confidence of others through temperament, capability and calibre

• Demonstrates sensitivity and possesses the ability to manage effectively the organisational tensions that sometimes develop between all stakeholders involved in the organisation and delivery of the event.

• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos 

• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends

• Able to travel in the UK if required

Application process 

The Education and Employers charity values having a diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We offer a range of inclusive employment and family friendly policies as well as flexible working arrangements in order to support staff from different backgrounds.  

The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 28th June, 2021.Interviews will take place online in the week beginning 5th July.

Please send a covering letter setting out your interest in and suitability for the role and a CV.

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter and applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa.  

  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.  

  

The Charity is fully committed to safeguarding those in our care. We plan our recruitment processes to ensure effective timelines for any required vetting processes such as enhanced DBS, qualification, reference and identity checks. The Charity also ensures that each staff member is appropriately trained for their duties with a comprehensive induction process on commencement.  

About the Education and Employers charity 

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here. 

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work. 

Nearly 65,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring. 

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America. 

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 1.8 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place. 

The charity runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement. 

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment. 

This is an exciting new role within our Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health services team, This varied and fast paced role will see the successful candidate oversee the administrative work of the team, along with developing and promoting our counselling and therapeutic services. Working closely with the Service Manger the ideal candidate will hold a high level of professionalism and be highly organised and have experience in leading a service. 

Job purpose: To co-ordinate, lead, develop and expand our counselling and therapeutic services and to ensure the smooth running of these services

Main Responsibilities 

Service Management & Development

 To coordinate and manage a safe, professional and accessible online and face to face counselling and therapeutic service alongside the EWMH Services Manager

 To manage a team of administration staff including holding regular one-to-ones, undertaking annual appraisals and running regular administration team meetings

 To lead on work (working closely with the EWMH Services Manager) to develop and review appropriate policies and procedures, including referral, cancellation, assessment, safeguarding and administrative procedures.

 To work with the EWMH Services Manager to develop and implement a business plan for the service

 To manage administration linked to the recruitment and induction of both volunteer and sessional counsellors including shortlisting, interviewing, taking references and completing DBS checks

 To work with EWMH Services Manager to liaise with local training providers regarding trainee counselling placements.

 To ensure adequate professional supervision and attendance by counsellors, managing the process with the EWMH Services Manager

 To develop and expand existing service provision to meet the requirements of the various contracted services, principally the EWMH services contract with Surrey Wellbeing Partnership.

 To promote and publicise the counselling and therapeutic services among relevant agencies, referrers, service users and potential service users.

 To produce leaflets, posters and promotional material as necessary

 To liaise and network with relevant statutory and voluntary sector partners and regulatory bodies. 

Service Delivery/Administration

 To manage referrals ensuring each referral is added to the client record system (currently Evide) and that contact is made with the parent/carer and/or child to establish interest

 To maintain and manage the counselling and therapy waiting lists, arrange assessments and allocate sessions 

 To maintain and manage the client record system

 To ensure counselling rooms and venues are booked as and when needed and to liaise with external venue providers

 To organise clinical supervision and monitor attendance at and engagement with supervision by counsellors and other therapists

 To report to and liaise with line management regarding the delivery of the service

 To ensure that client complaints are investigated and dealt with appropriately

 To work with the EWMH Services Manager to identify and manage safeguarding and other risks and to liaise with the Designated Safeguarding Lead in line with YMCA East Surrey protocols

Service Monitoring & Evaluation

 To set up and maintain appropriate record keeping systems in line with data protection requirements

 To ensure service outcomes and outputs are effectively monitored and evaluated and prepare service statistics monthly in conjunction with EWMH Services Manager

 Production of monthly and annual reports on activity and impact and outcomes

 Production of an annual report for the service and input to the wider YMCA East Surrey Annual Report

 Production of client case studies for internal and external communication purposes

Hours of work: 28 hours per week (to be worked over 4 days between Monday and Friday 9am to 5pm)

Location: Based from YMCA Hillbrook House, Redhill

Salary / pay rate: £19,200 - £21,600 per annum for 28 hours per week, depending on experience

Annual leave: Four weeks (pro-rata) plus bank holidays. Holidays increase after two years service to a maximum of five pro-rata after six years service. The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March each year.

Benefits: The post holder will be entitled to free use of the YMCA East Surrey fitness centre in Redhill and half price YMCA childcare for dependents. There is free parking available at YMCA East Surrey sites. YMCA East Surrey also operates a Bike to Work Scheme.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone committed to working with community members and people with lived experience to support their initiatives and ideas related to death dying and loss.

Based in the Community Action Team at St Christopher’s Hospice, the Community Practice Development Lead will be a key part of our work on societal change, developing community-based projects which explore new modes of care for others and ourselves at the end of life, and build confidence for a range of community members in end of life processes and planning.

To succeed in this role, you will:

• Ensure that the way we do things is participatory, shares leadership and looks for opportunities across all our work to enable community members and citizens in End of Life issues.
• Have a passion for working with people to support their initiatives and ideas and build strong relationships with them.
• Support people with lived experience to address their own ambitions for helping themselves and each other.
• Be committed to societal change and of working together to take new approaches to seemingly entrenched challenges.
• Comfortable and reflexive about changing power and leadership in healthcare and keen to learn and help others understand the potential of these approaches.
• Able to explore and work with people at the end of life and death, dying and loss, and appreciate intersectional experiences of life, death and loss. 

About us

We are a world-leading hospice aspiring to a world in which all dying people and those close to them have access to care and support, whenever and wherever they need it. St Christopher’s Hospice was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders and formed part of the modern hospice movement. Proudly celebrating over 50 years and with a turnover of over £20 million, we provide invaluable care and support to over 7,500 people across the five London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We seek to work in partnership with communities to find ways to respond to societal need and create change, and to develop a mutual response to a population which is living with growing challenges.

Please note that this post is being offered on a 3-year Fixed Term Contract, and there will be an opportunity for flexibility regarding work hours.

St Christopher’s is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, faith and religion, disability and age, although we are underrepresented across the organisation with BAME and LGBT employees, and thus we encourage applications from these groups.

Benefits of joining St Christopher’s

• You will gain a stimulating and rewarding role with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community
• Access to excellent training and development opportunities
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A number of health and wellbeing schemes
• A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan
• An onsite staff canteen
• Access to plenty of free local street parking

Closing Date:  4th July 2021 at Midnight

Interview Date: TBC  

In the event we receive a high amount of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.

Overview

Regenerate is looking to recruit a highly motivated and skilled person to mentor young people in schools and in the community.

Regenerate is a youth charity established to work with young people who live on housing estates in Roehampton and Putney and surrounding areas. 

Regenerate inspires and supports young people by building strong, lasting relationships and creating life changing opportunities; helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives and impact the world for good.

Its vision is to create opportunities for young people to thrive.

Regenerate actively encourages applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. 

We are looking for someone to start in July 2021

Richmond Carers Centre, a network partner of Carers Trust, is a registered charity providing information, support, advice and a voice for carers living and caring in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 

Helping Carers to Live Well is our organisational aim.  We are looking for someone with the skills and ability to offer a coordinated approach in supporting unpaid and family adult carers in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Carers provide vital support and can come from all walks of life and be of any age.

As an Adult Carers Support Worker you’ll be part of the Adult Carer Support Team at Richmond Carers Centre. Here, you’ll provide carers with advice, information and emotional support either face-to-face, via email and through our dedicated telephone support line. Much of your work will involve actively listening to carers and formulating packages of support. You will also be involved in organising breaks for carers, outreach activities and leisure events, as well as group work to help enhance carers’ health and wellbeing. You’ll also be expected to work with our volunteers and to use appropriate monitoring and evaluation reports to show our funders what we’ve achieved. 

With your proven experience of working with carers or other vulnerable groups on an individual and/or group basis, you’ll recognise the importance of being client focused and have a commitment to enhance the lives of carers.  You will be able to demonstrate a broad knowledge of carers’ needs, a wide range of skills in relation to service delivery to support carers, and have a sound understanding of social care provision in both statutory and voluntary sector environments. 

You will be self-motivated and positive in your approach to working with both carers and staff, and have a willingness to embrace our organisational values. Strong administrative, time management, IT and organisational skills are essential.  Your ability and willingness to occasionally work outside normal working hours is required.

In return, we offer regular supervision, training and professional development for this rewarding position, along with generous annual leave, employer’s contribution to your pension scheme and above all, a supportive and friendly working environment.  

Richmond Carers Centre is currently working remotely and a plan is being devised for a transition to office based provision.

Please use the application form only. CVs will not be accepted

Closing date – 9am Monday 14th June 2021

Provisional interview dates – Tuesday 22nd June and Thursday 24th June 2021. Interviews will be held on Zoom unless otherwise advised.

For application documents, please click the relevant website links

Privacy Notice

In compliance with General Data Protect Regulations, Richmond Carers Centre will only collect personal data and applicant information relevant to carry out a safe recruiting process. This means we will ask for data such as applicant’s name and contact details, education and employment history, and contact details for referees. The application pack will include an equalities monitoring form, which will be separate to the application form for statistical purposes only. Applicant’s information will not be shared with a 3rd party unless required to do so by law. We will retain applicant’s information for the duration of the recruitment period after which unsuccessful applications will be deleted.

Richmond Carers Centre is committed to Equality of Opportunity

Registered Charity No: 1092459. Company No: 4412793

Overview

Regenerate is looking to recruit a highly motivated youth worker to work with young people at Regenerate’s Get Active youth service and Get Focused mentoring programme.

Regenerate is a youth charity established to work with young people who live on housing estates in Roehampton and Putney and surrounding areas. 

Regenerate inspires and supports young people by building strong, lasting relationships and creating life changing opportunities; helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives and impact the world for good.

Its vision is to create opportunities for young people to thrive.

Regenerate actively encourages applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. 

We are looking for someone to start in July 2021.

TreeHouse School is looking for a passionate, motivated and committed individual to lead our school. 

Do you excel in practice leadership?Do you inspire, lead and innovate? Do you put children and young people at the heart of all your thinking? Are you an innovator?  

If the answer to all the questions is yes, this position is for you.

We want to talk to experienced Deputies that are looking for their next career opportunity or perhaps an existing Head of School looking for a new challenge.

We are an Ofsted “Outstanding”, award-winning School for young people aged 3-19 with a primary diagnosis of autism, all of whom have additional learning difficulties. Our Ambitious Approach ensures that, through our curriculum offer and delivery, we focus on delivering quality of life outcomes for our children and young people.

We are seeking an outstanding and innovative Head to continue our success who: 

• Is a competent and confident people leader 
• Has a clear vision for the school
• Is ambitious for our children and young people
• Views parents and carers as co-producers
• Fosters open and honest two-way communication
• Celebrates success
• Encourages and empowers teamwork 
• Is an autism expert
• Has a deep rooted understanding of curriculum 

What we offer: 

• Excellent CPD including a wide-range of in house and external training courses
• Executive Coaching
• As a growing organisation there is opportunity to progress your career
• Competitive six figure salary package
• Re-location package
• Annual staff recognition awards
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000
• Season ticket loans
• On-site parking
• A wide range of wellness programmes including virtual yoga & Zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes and learning programmes 
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life
• On-site physiotherapy

Role Closes: 16th June 2021, 12 noon.  

Shortlisting: 18th June 2021 

Stakeholder day: 22nd June 2021 (on-site at TreeHouse School) 

Second Stage Interview: 24th June 2021  

To find out more about this position please find attached the recruitment pack entailing the role details. For an informal discussion regarding this exciting senior leadership role, please read the pack for contact details. 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. 

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

Are you an experienced youth work leader, with a passion for authentic participation and a deep commitment to securing social justice? Could you work alongside young people to shape, develop and mobilise our youth offer?

We're committed to building long standing relationships of trust with and between young people; creating spaces that foster inclusion, equity and belonging; opening up opportunities to exercise individual and collective agency. We back youth-led social action, championing participatory approaches; including youth organising, peer-to-peer provision and participatory action research. Our approach is focussed on young people's strengths and assets, rooted in our sense of place, and aimed at systemic change. 

We are offering the chance to lead and deliver change at the Winch. With a strong, creative and talented team to work with, a new strategy to influence and a new-build youth and community facility in the pipeline, this could be a career changing move for the right person. 

Please note: Black and Racially Minoritised people, particularly those identifying as women, are historically under-represented in senior management positions in youth work. We actively encourage you to consider applying, if you are qualified by experience. We have designed this role to be supported by a transitional structure and will offer personalised coaching/external supervision or mentoring support, to give you the time to orientate to the role.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH WORKER (Male*)

Full time 40 hours/week (1 FTE),

Fixed Term Contract to March 2022 (with a view to extend)

Salary £26,620 p.a. (inc London Allowance)

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

Oasis Youth Support provides an early intervention and trauma informed approach to tackle the drivers of violent behaviour. We are seeking a dedicated Youth Development Outreach Worker to accompany young people who attend Wood Green Custody Suite or North Middlesex Hospital A&E department due to a violent or aggressive incident, on their journey to make positive choices with the aim of breaking the cycle of violence.

The primary purpose of the role is to participate in a youth outreach service, working with young people who come into the A&E department either as a victim or perpetrator of a violent crime or who have been arrested and held at Wood Green Custody Suite. You will be part of a large team based at the hospital and supported by the Youth Support Project Coordinator, as well as the wider Community Hub Team based in Ponders End, Enfield.

The key responsibilities within the role are:

• Support young people and develop a bespoke mentoring programme that meets their needs.
• Develop a model of care that enables young people to benefit from interventions.
• Ensure new referrals are received and passed on in a timely manner.
• Facilitating information gathering/sharing to track the support and success of the project.

You could be successful in this role if you: 

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

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

If you are interested in being part of this life-changing service and want to know more, please contact the Oasis UK Recruitment Team. We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.

Closing date for completed applications is 9am Tuesday 15th June 2021.

Interviews will be held week commencing 22nd – 24th June 2021 at Enfield, North London.

*This role has an occupational requirement for applicants to be male. This is due to the majority of one-to-one work being with male young people, many of whom are deemed as at-risk and vulnerable.

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

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

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1026487

To manage all areas of Merton Mencap’s services for adult with a learning disability and / or autism, including recruitment, daily management of projects, evaluating services, setting up new services and liaising with Stakeholders, CEO and Board of Trustees.

This is an exciting opportunity to join The Winch at a pivotal point in our mission. Following a year in which the  inequalities, racial and social injustices and economic disadvantages faced by young people have been made worse by the pandemic, we are seizing the opportunity to reset our work and recommit to backing young people wanting change.

You will be a key member of the Youth Team, supporting the development and delivery of our programme of work with young people. You will have a passion for social justice, and possess the desire and the skills to support young people’s aspirations for youth-led community action. You’ll have a critical understanding of the social, economic and political factors which impact on young people's lives and their unequal access to opportunity. Most importantly, you will feel a genuine affinity with our mission and the young people we work with and be committed to building a programme they can be proud to be part of.

In return, you'll be brilliantly supported by not just the youth team, but the whole of the Winch community. We'll invest in you, encourage your learning, personal growth and professional development, and you'll be provided with committed one to one support. You'll get to shape our future, alongside the young people you are working with, so that together we can create an organisation we all proud to be part of.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and self-motivated Tutor to join our 3 ship programme within our Lifestyle and Works team.

The 3 Ships are Mencap’s education based programmes for supporting people with a learning disability to move closer to the job market and gain employment. The 3 Ships are Supported Internships, Traineeships and Apprenticeships. This Tutor role will focus on Supported Internships.

As a Tutor you will focus on the delivery of the educational element of these programmes; designing and delivering creative lessons to a diverse group of learners which will include Employability and functional skills topics. 

The successful candidate will deliver elements of teaching, learning and assessment to learners including accredited functional skills in both English and Mathematics. This role would suit a highly motivated and qualified teacher or someone looking to pursue this career. 

The role is full time Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week and based in the Kingston and Richmond area. Some travel may be required.

At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!

Key skills and requirements (essential):

• Experience of supporting people
• Experience of delivering against targets
• Experience of working with a diverse group of learners
• A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)
• Recognised teaching qualification at level 5 (DTLLS, PGCE, CertEd) Or willingness to work towards
• Knowledge and experience of delivering and assessing functional skills English and Maths up to level 2
• Experience & knowledge of safe working practices
• Good classroom management skills and strategies
• Good time management and planning skills

All candidates offered an interview for this role will need to provide evidence of their GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at interview stage or prior to interview stage. 

(Please see the ‘role profile’ for a more extensive list of responsibilities, experiences and key skills required for this role and the full Job Description and Personal Specification)

Please note - The salary will be dependent on your level of qualification Level 3 PTLLS and Level 4 CTLLS £25,500 FTE.

Level 5 DTLLS, PGCE or Cert Ed £27,540 FTE. 

If you have the relevant skills and experiences we are looking for and this opportunity sounds like the perfect role for you, please apply with your up to date CV. 

This role will close on 13th June and interviews will commence shortly after the close date on Microsoft Teams.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.

Vacancy ID: 21481