About the Together Trust

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

Job advert

We now have an opportunity for a Community Support Worker to join one of our teams.You would be working at a small and well established supported tenancy in Salford, close to the Trafford Centre. The service supports two young men, with complex non-verbal autism, to live as independently as possible; both at home and in the community. The service is committed to improving quality of life outcomes for tenants, with a particular focus on developing confidence, functional skills teaching, and increasing levels of engagement. We are looking to recruit a flexible and committed individual who is warm, personable and understanding.

Experience of using picture supports is advantageous but not essential as robust coaching will be available. Drivers are also highly preferred due to the individual needs of the tenants.

As our community support worker, you will…

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.

It is expected that you will support the individual to access appointments, formal reviews and planning of the care and support provided. You will work within a person centred framework within the service so that the individual/s supported can develop control of their lives and resources in a meaningful and empowering way. For example, empowering and teaching individual to use budgeting systems, assisting in detailed self-care plans and building independence skills in the least restrictive way.

As a Support Worker you will be expected to work on shift, administer medication, ensure good routines are in place and are undertaken to maintain the individual’s well-being. This role will extend to undertaking frequent checks linked to health and safety and daily/weekly recording systems, and implementing simple data systems to ensure that the whole service is performing in line with agreed plans, best practice and the Trusts standards.

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’re looking for people who have a genuine interest and drive in working for the people we support.

As the team provide 24/7 support, you will need to be flexible and willing to work shifts on a rota basis over a day 7 period, due to the nature of this role you will be required to take part in sleep over shifts, these are paid in addition to the 37.5 hours at a rate of £62.64 and are not included in the 37.5 hours advertised.

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

About the Together Trust

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

Job advert

Are you looking for your next career step?

We’re looking for Community Support Worker in Northenden.

We have a part time vacancy 16- 32 hours) based in South Manchester supporting a gentleman with cerebral palsy who is a wheelchair user with limited mobility to live in his own house. Due to his needs you will be required to provide full support with all daily tasks and including personal care, washing and dressing, preparing food, moving and handling and supporting the individual out into the Community using public transport or his own mobility vehicle. The individual can communicate verbally and is able to make choices and is capable of letting staff know his needs. The role will involve dispensing and administering medication, completing all relevant paperwork and supporting the individual to keeping their house clean and tidy. The role involves lone working and although you will have support from the Team Leader or On Call Manager, you will be required to use your own indicative at times and take responsibility for your own health & safety as well as that of the individual.

As a Community Support Worker…

You will provide practical and emotional support to the individual in our care, giving him the confidence he needs to be as independent as possible. You will offer assistance and guidance in all aspects of daily living, encourage and accompany them in activities and interests and ensure they are safeguarded at all times. You will take direction from your team leader, participate in team meetings and will help to ensure the best opportunities to access the local community, further education and any other interests.

About You

Experience is preferable but is not essential as full training and induction is given – what’s more important is the desire for a challenging and rewarding role and a genuine interest in developing your skills through the training that we offer. As the team offer 24/7 support, you will need to be flexible and willing to work shifts, in this service shifts are primarily 24 hour starting at 10am with staff undertaken a sleep and finishing at 10am the following day. These shifts are over a 7 day week and include bank holidays. You must be committed to providing exceptional support and care to those who access our services.

You must have good communication skills, interpersonal abilities and time management skills. Whilst a level 2 or 3 QCF health and social care is not essential, we do ask that you are willing to complete this qualification if necessary, within the allotted timeframe

Driver desirable but not essential

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. 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) rising to 27 after 5 years and 30 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

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

Overview – Justlife Greater Manchester
Justlife works with the hidden homeless community, living in B&B’s and Guesthouses, considered ‘unsupported temporary accommodation’ (UTA). Our vision is to make people’s experience of housing vulnerability as short, safe and healthy as possible.

Based in Higher Openshaw, East Manchester, Justlife currently works across Manchester and Tameside providing re-housing advice, benefits advice and one-to-one key work support to empower vulnerable adults housed in UTA to move towards more secure housing, independent living and improved health and wellbeing. This includes supporting UTA managers and landlords.

Justlife have recently completed research mapping out the number of UTAs across Greater Manchester. Now that we know WHERE individuals are, in the coming year we intend to roll out a new ‘mobile’ model of operating - taking our work OUT to reach residents across GREATER MANCHESTER, enabling more residents and landlords to access the support they need.

Job Summary: The role of Specialist Support Worker involves playing an active part in the Specialist Support Team by taking part in regular outreach visits to UTA’s across Greater Manchester and supporting a caseload of clients that are experiencing varying stages of housing vulnerability. The role requires the use of specialist knowledge and relationship skills to support clients with varying degrees of mental health, addiction and trauma related issues to engage with health services and to access suitable housing solutions. The Specialist Support Worker is also expected to develop good working relationships with UTA Landlords and Managers recognising the important role that they play in ensuring that their tenant’s experience of UTA is as positive as possible.

This will include advocacy in registering them for medical services and accompanying them to appointments; assisting them in addressing all aspects of physical and mental health and addiction needs, as well as advocating for them to get access to suitable housing and social security benefits. The role is dependent on excellent communication and joint working with colleagues and a variety of partners and professionals.

The role requires a high degree of motivation in addition to creativity and flexibility to support people with multiple and complex needs. With a passion to work collaboratively with others for the good of our clients, and with experience of working in a related field in a voluntary or paid capacity.

A high degree of emotional intelligence is required to support clients, many of whom have complex emotional needs, with backgrounds of trauma, neglect, abuse, crime and low self-worth. In a role of this nature you will experience a range of emotions from joy to grief and as such it requires a high degree of resilience and self -awareness to cope with the emotional demands of the role. The role sits within a highly supportive team with all staff in receipt of regular line management, external clinical supervision and professional training; with reflective practice actively encouraged in weekly team meetings.

 
You’ve got a good understanding of mental health issues and really enjoy supporting others to achieve independence and lead their own recovery. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Recovery Worker.

Right now, our 24 hour Supported Housing service in Tameside is looking for someone like you to support the people who use our services to maintain their tenancy and independence in the community. Not only are we committed to putting them at the heart of everything we do, we recognise they should be involved in decisions that affect their future too. That’s why we need you to inspire and support them to lead their own recovery. So, whether it’s helping to come up with a personal support plan that will see them achieve their goals and aspirations, developing domestic and finance management skills or accessing work, leisure or educational opportunities, your empathy, enthusiasm and compassion will have every chance to shine. Entering accurate case notes onto our IT system will be important too. And, when it comes to regularly liaising with GP surgeries, the local council, charities etc. or promoting the service within the community, again, we'll count on you.

The chances are, you already work in the mental health field. What is for certain is that you’re caring, consistent, flexible and creative, work well under pressure, know how to connect with people at all levels and, like us, are keen to break down the stigma of mental health. Oh and you’re happy working independently or, as a valued member of our team, being part of a weekly rota system and available for on call duties.

Please note that the post-holder will be required to work a minimum of one sleep-in shift per week.

The salary for this post is £17,004.00 with potential earnings of up to £17,230.00 per annum.

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. 

Closing Date for applications is 26th October 2020. (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received).

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

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.

Emerging Futures’ greatest resource is its people, so we also offer our employees generous annual leave, pension, and other benefits.

Emerging Futures has secured a 3-5-year contract to deliver substance misuse and housing support services across Cheshire East. Our Housing Related Support is informed by both harm reduction and ‘Housing First’ principles and is driven operationally via a culture of values based, passionate leadership.

We are extremely proud of our services and are looking to recruit passionate and enthusiastic Housing Project Workers who are able to engage and offer support to people who present with a range of complex needs, including poor health & wellbeing, low self-esteem, low levels of literacy, substance misuse issues, non-existent family relationships and who have difficulty forming and sustaining new relationships.

If you thrive on working in a challenging but rewarding environment and have a real desire to make a difference to people’s lives, this role could be for you!

This requires the ability to work on a rolling rota basis covering days, evenings and weekend across our Housing Related Support provision in Crewe or Macclesfield, Cheshire East.

Our Passion Statement

At Emerging Futures, we believe that everyone has the potential to change, grow and learn and to achieve the best they can in everything they do. We know it takes courage and commitment to change, which is why we have a passion statement, rather than a mission statement. To us, being passionate means:

• celebrating success and achievement
• creative and daring enough to innovate
• determined to persist when things get tough
• brave enough to say when something isn’t good enough
• humble enough to accept and learn from criticism
• willing to take responsibility for making things better

Above all, being passionate means having the desire to nurture, facilitate and empower others to reach out with hope to achieve their full potential.

This job is for you if…

• You are someone who is committed to our passion statement and shares in our belief in the potential of all individuals, and that empowering individuals to support each other leads to positive change; not only for themselves, but also for their communities
• You are passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of those experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping and can support complex individuals from first point of contact to resettling in their own home.
• You are fun, approachable, energetic, confident, warm, empathetic, ambitious, flexible, resilient, discreet, organised, and professional.
• You are passionate about promoting recovery, tackling homelessness, and working in collaboratively with partner agencies.

What you will be doing

• Supporting tenants to maintain their tenancy by providing hands on, practical help and advice across our network of shared, supported housing.
• Working with the Local Authority and other agencies to create move-on options and improve the health and wellbeing of tenants through direct 1-1 work.
• Supporting the development of recovery and employment initiatives for tenants across Cheshire East, working with local third sector and grass roots organisations, associations, and individuals.
• Supporting residents in financial planning and providing debt counselling and support where appropriate.
• Ensuring residents understand their tenancy agreement and their rights and obligations.
• Managing accommodation for individuals, enabling residents to access pathways to meet their more immediate needs before moving on to full independence, their own tenancies and meaningful activity.

Some of the skills, knowledge and experience you will have

• A keen and comprehensive awareness of homelessness issues, interventions and understanding specific ways to support tenants with ingrained and entrenched negative behaviours.
• Excellent all-round communication skills and the ability to manage relationships.
• An ability to undertake accurate and comprehensive assessments of need, identifying levels of risk, recovery potential and establishing immediate and longer-term recovery goals.
• An ability to work effectively with groups using a structured planned approach.
• Experience of working in or with adult social care services within the charitable, third or public sector.
• A flexible attitude towards your work and a knowledge of local services and geography in Cheshire East.
• Flexibility and access to transport as you may be required to visit other sites across Cheshire East.
• We welcome applications from people with lived experience; however, all employees are required to have an enhanced DBS.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for either of these new and exciting roles within Emerging Futures, please send your Application Form or CV along with a covering letter detailing why you are suitable for the role to Victoria Duncan on the email provided.

At Depaul UK have an exciting opportunity for an Outreach Youth Homelessness Worker to join our team on a full time permanent basis. In return you’ll earn a competitive salary of £19,608 pa + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. 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 Outreach Youth Homelessness Worker, we can offer you:

- Competitive salary
- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays pro rata
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance

The Outreach Youth Homelessness Worker role:

Working under the direction, guidance and support of a senior worker you will be responsible for a caseload of clients as well as share responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of all clients, volunteers and staff in the service.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’
- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model
- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success in the Outreach Youth Homelessness Worker role?

- Excellent experience in outreach support with rough sleepers and vulnerable young people
- Good experience of Safeguarding and operating safeguarding requirements and procedures
- Experience of using Risk Assessments and Support Planning tools
- Experience of managing a large case load and record keeping
- Experience of lone working

Closing date: Thursday 29 October 2020 at 12:00 pm

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Outreach Youth Homelessness 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.

Victim Support - National Homicide Service is looking for a full time caseworker to work 37.5 per week - Monday to Friday

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

The successful candidate will be joining our North team covering Manchester and the surrounding area's and will be responsible for providing a high-quality, front-line service to bereaved people following Murder, Manslaughter or Infanticide.

You will be expected to act as the named contact and manage a complex case-load while maintaining multi-agency links with Police Family Liaison Officers (FLOs) and other relevant organisations that can help to progress identified needs; you will ensure that bereaved people are central and integral to all processes that concern them.

You will be required to develop effective links with operational colleagues in the region including the Witness Service.

You will need to have excellent communication skills (telephone, email and face to face meetings), an ability to build and sustain solid working relationships with various partners and most importantly build rapport with victims.

You will be expected to visit victims in their own homes.

This is a home based, lone working role with a considerable amount of travel around the region, therefore being comfortable working the majority of your working hours alone is a must.

The ability to advocate and support victims through their recovery is a must, as well as managing the multi-faceted challenges you will experience on a day to day basis.

Applicants must have experience of working with vulnerable people. They should also be able to work under their own initiative and be able to prioritise work and conflicting demand/needs and interests, whilst keeping victims at the focus of all work undertaken. You will be able to organise your diary to meet the needs of victims, whilst being able to respond to other tasks as they present. You will be IT proficient (word, Outlook, Case Management systems), record keeping is an important aspect of the Case Worker role.

Being a Homicide Caseworker is a demanding role, but hugely rewarding. You will be joining a passionate and committed team who support and mentor each other to ensure that Victims received an outstanding, and consistently premium service.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are outlined in the person specification under essential and tested area. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

An exciting addition to our team.  Empowering people to take control of their health and wellbeing.  Working with the local GP networks and taking a holistic approach you will support people to connect back into their community through practical and emotional support.

You will be an innovator, who is self motivated, and who has knowledge and experience in the social care or health fields.

There are three posts available - 1 full time (35hrs per week) and 2 part time (21 hours per week).  The part time posts have an option to increase hours should the demand require it.  The full time post is initially for 12 months and the part time posts intially 6 months. If successful there is potential for the posts continuation beyond initial term.

Telephone Adviser - Dementia

We are the UK's leading dementia charity. Every day, we work tirelessly to find new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for dementia. We provide expert information, training, and support services to all those who need our help. And we are creating a more dementia-friendly society so people with the condition can live without fear and prejudice.

Telephone Adviser Responsibilities:

Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Connect service provides high quality tailored information and support to anyone affected by dementia in the way they need it, when they need it:

• A specialist telephone based information and navigation service
• Community based services offering an increased level of support for more complex cases
• Self-management - our online community (Talking Point) and online service directory are always available 24/7
• Keeping in Touch Calls - a way of keeping in contact with service users as their journey with dementia progresses

This role is an Adviser working in our telephone based service. You will be the first point of contact via phone, letter, email or social media, for people affected by dementia. You will assess their needs and identifying desired outcomes, providing excellent support in the moment as well as referrals and signposting to ongoing support where needed.

As a Dementia Adviser (Telephone) you will provide a highly responsive, individualised information and signposting service to people with a diagnosis of dementia as the first priority for the service and provide an extended information and signposting service to immediate carers, families and friends of the people who are referred to the service.

You will have knowledge of working alongside volunteers and have an understanding of the valuable contribution volunteers bring to services whilst championing their inclusion in all that we deliver.

Telephone Adviser Requirements:

We are looking for empathetic, motivated and professional individuals. You will join a team of people who are passionate to improve the life opportunities of people living with dementia and those close to them; and who are committed to learning from and supporting each other.

You will have an understanding of the needs of people with dementia and their carers and direct experience of working in a telephone and e-mail based service. You will have excellent spoken and written English, be skilled in active listening and questioning skills, and have strong keyboard skills. A health and social care qualification, such as NVQ level 3 or equivalent would be an advantage.

Our service operates seven days a week and you will have the flexibility to support our service users across our working hours, which are currently Monday – Wednesday 9am-8pm, Thursday – Sunday 9am – 5pm. We will only be able to consider candidates who can commit to regular evening and weekend working as part of a rota.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: Dementia Adviser (Telephone)
Location: Warrington
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Flexible, 28 hours per week, variable up to 35 hours per week during periods of high demand.
Salary: £15,971.20 - £16,616 up to £19,964 - £20,770 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing Date: 29 October 2020
Interview Date: W/C 9 November

You may have experience of the following: Dementia Adviser, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Mental Health, Dementia, Customer Service, Telephone Advisor, etc.

About the Role

You will work directly with children and young people providing advocacy and other children’s rights support which will empower and support them to navigate the care system. This direct work will include issues based advocacy support for children in need, looked after children and care leavers, as well as children subject to the Child Protection process.

You will be a capable ambassador for Coram Voice with the ability to engage effectively with professionals, foster carers, commissioners, other stakeholders and most importantly children and young people.

Coram Voice particularly welcomes applications from care leavers or individuals with experience of being ‘looked after’ by the state. We are also actively encouraging applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and young people we help.

If you have the necessary experience and skills and a commitment to promoting the rights of young people, we would like to hear from you.

To apply, please click on the 'apply now' button to be redirected to our website.

For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Closing Date: 9am, 30th October 2020

Interview Date: 10th November 2020

All posts are subjected to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and successful candidates will not be able to work unsupervised with children or young people until the completion of this process. Coram Voice - working towards quality through equality and the development of a diverse workforce.

We ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this position. We have chosen to recruit directly as this helps us to minimise our recruitment costs, ensuring that valuable funds aren't diverted from the children and young people we help.

Registered Charity Number 1046207

,Job description

Job Title: Health and Wellbeing Caseworker

Organisation: Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Peace Foundation

Location:Based in Warrington (with potential for remote working subject to negotiation) – frequent travel expected throughout GB and Northern Ireland

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (including evening / weekend work).

The post is subject to a ‘probationary period’ of 3 months during which performance will be reviewed prior to confirmation in post. Core hours/days of duty will be agreed between the post holder and SAN Service manager. Day-to-day work hours will be dependent on the requirements of the project.

Salary:£26,654

Reports to:Service Manager, Survivors Assistance Network, Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Peace Foundation

Start/End date of Project: Underway – 31 December 2021 (with potential for extension of project)

All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.

At the Foundation, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion/politics and sexual orientation. We are facing diverse problems, so are looking for diverse people to tackle them.

Deadline for application: 23/10/20

Date of Interview: To be confirmed

Background

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen with The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation, an internationally renowned conflict resolution and peace building charity based in the North West of England. The Foundation, created by the parents of 12 year old Tim Parry who, along with 3 year old Johnathan Ball, was killed in the 1993 IRA attack on Warrington has a long history of working with people affected by terrorism in the UK and abroad ranging from incidents connected to the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ up to the most recent terrorist attacks.

This post has been developed as part of the Peace IV Programme which provides investment for cross-border health and wellbeing services by increasing the quality of care in the sector for victims and survivors and their families and, and collecting information on victims’ and survivors’ needs/

Purpose of Role

The Health and Wellbeing Caseworker will work directly with individual victims and survivors and their families in a pro-active and innovative way to facilitate engagement with services and activities within the statutory, community and voluntary sector in keeping with their needs.

Job Description

The key elements that constitute the role of Health and Wellbeing Caseworker are as follows:

Coordination of Delivery of Health and Wellbeing Services

• Proactively and innovatively engage with vulnerable and marginalised individuals.

• Keep up to date with relevant statutory, private and voluntary sector services available to victims and survivors and their families and work to ensure pathways are seamless, responsive and mitigate against duplication of services.

• Identify any barriers to victims and survivors accessing the care and support they need and work with individual and relevant agencies to remove mitigate any adverse effect any such barriers may pose.

• The first point of contact for stakeholder enquiries, liaising with other agencies in a professional manner, ensuring that complex and sensitive information is communicated with empathy and reassurance and within the boundaries of Data protection legislation.

• Advocate on behalf of and, if necessary, accompany individuals to services / appointments / activities where low confidence, low motivation and diminished trust may have left them isolated and marginalised.

• Facilitate the process for victims and survivors to access personalised support through the PEACE IV Resilience Programme e.g. one to one literacy tutoring or a physical activity of choice.

• Introduce victims and survivors and their families to shared spaces and services.

Business Improvement and Quality Management

• Ensure adequate and appropriate record keeping and that relevant databases are updated on a regular basis.

• Record, monitor and evaluate client progress according to measurable gaols described in their individual support plan.
• Ensure that all support plans, records and associated processes are maintained to the standard required for auditing and monitoring and evaluation by VSS.

• Manage the security / processing of sensitive and confidential client information in keeping with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

• Report any risks, issues or concerns to the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation.

• Actively encourage participation of victims and survivors and their families in reviewing and modernising current services and in-service deployment.

• Promote a culture of continuous service improvement through the appropriate sharing of constructive feedback and work with relevant statutory, private and voluntary sector organisations to implement improvements.

Personal Development, Performance and Professionalism

• Ensure the ongoing confidence of the public by maintaining high standards of -personal accountability and ethical practice.

• Facilitate liaison with professional and senior management within stakeholder organisations.

• Carry out any other duties which may arise in connection with this position as directed by the Trustees.

In developing and delivering the role of Health and Wellbeing caseworker, the post-holder will be expected to uphold the guiding principles of the Foundation contained within the Foundation’s Peace Charter. The post holder will observe and support all Foundation policies, guidelines and initiatives.

The foregoing is a broad range of duties and is not intended to be a complete description of all tasks. It is important to note that the responsibilities may change to meet the evolving needs of both the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation and the Victims and Survivors Service.

Person Specification

Job Title : Health and Wellbeing Caseworker

Criteria: Essential (E)Desirable (D)Shortlisting (S)Interview (I)

Qualifications

By the closing date of the applications, candidates must possess one of the following qualifications:

• Possess a university degree, professional qualification or equivalent qualification in a relevant area (E) (S)

OR 

• Possess 5 GCSE grades A-C including English language AND have 2 years voluntary / paid experience equivalent to 16 hours per week in a community / voluntary / statutory environment working with individuals with mental health and / or physical health issues. (E) (S)

OR

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent AND have 1 year’s voluntary / paid experience 16 hours per week in a community / voluntary / statutory environment working with individuals with mental health and / or physical health issues. (E) (S)

Knowledge

• Knowledge of issues relevant to the role including: Delivery of Health and Wellbeing services; the needs of vulnerable and marginalised individuals; relevant statutory, private and voluntary services etc. (this list is not exhaustive). (E) (S&I)
• Knowledge of conflict situations, issues and tensions that occur in and between communities Northern Ireland and elsewhere in the UK. (E) (S&I)
• Knowledge of international conflict situations and their impact and influence in the UK. (D) (I)

Skills

• Excellent planning and organisation skills. (E) (S&I)
• Excellent ICT skills especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and MS Publisher. (E) (S)
• Presentation skills. (E) (I)
• Experienced at networking and establishing new relationships. (E) (S&I)
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team. (E) (I)

Experience

• Demonstrate experience of effectively engaging with and building positive relationships with clients in situations where they have been vulnerable. (E) (S&I)
• Demonstrate experience of liaising with a broad range of service providers. (E) (S&I)
• Demonstrate experience of providing progress reports and management information in clear and agreed formats, in line with reporting schedule. (E) (S&I)
• Demonstrate experience of successfully prioritising and managing your own workload while also communicating effectively with colleagues and management. (E) (S&I)
• Significant experience of working with people on a one-to-one and/or group basis. (E) (S&I)
• Experience of working with groups with participants from diverse communities. (E) (S&I)
• Demonstrate experience of using or contributing to outcomes focused monitoring and evaluation processes. (D) (S&I)
• Demonstrate experience of at least 1 year working with or in the interests of victims and survivors of the Conflict / Troubles. (D) (S&I)

Circumstances

• Full driving licence with use of a car. (E) (S)

• Willingness to travel throughout UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales). (E) (S)

Other Requirements

• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (formerly Criminal Records Bureau). (E) (S)
• Multi-skilled with the ability to respond to changing needs in different situations, cultures and environments. (E) (I)

• Ability to use own initiative and work unsupervised. (E) (I)
• Commitment to confidentiality of participant information. (E) (I)
• Ability to administer and moderate online forums/ social media including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc. (E) (I)

SafeZones Emotional Health and Wellbeing Lead Practitioner

Role based in Greater Manchester

The post-holder will work within an innovative mental health community based setting, (Safe Zones).

37 hours a week working flexibly over 7 days 8am - 8pm including weekends.

Permanent position but with a provisional end date for funding of 31/3/2021 (Secondment will be considered)

37 hours per week

£28,584 per annum pro rata

Do you want to support children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?

Can you demonstrate being able to work effectively with people from different organisations, in order to make positive change?

If so - please read on!

Your role will be to:

-The post-holder will work within the management team of an innovative mental health community based team, (Safe Zones). To support children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties.

-The role will include line management and supervision of staff and direct case work including 'meet and greet' duties into the safe zones, providing patient care and crisis intervention. Delivering 1-1 emotional well-being sessions, supporting young people to access self-help and support systems in the community, accessing services to contribute to individualised care-plans and packages

- The post holder must be available to work shift patterns, this will include evening and weekend hours.

In order to be considered for this post you will have to demonstrate that you already have:

Skills

-Ability to evaluate your current practice and reflect on training.

-Demonstrate leadership and management skills and a willingness to work towards personal development in this area.

-Computer literate and is able to navigate a data management system.

-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

-Able to develop good therapeutic relationships.

-Competent in undertaking risk assessments.

Work-based Knowledge

-In depth knowledge of mental health presentation in children and young people and the need for evidence based intervention.

-Demonstrates a knowledge of how environmental factors impact mental health.

-Ability to demonstrate a knowledge of barriers preventing children and young people accessing mental health services

For an application pack please visit the web site

http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/work-us

or telephone

The Childrens Society Recruitment team on 020 7841 4400

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview.

The closing date for applications is 26th October 2020

Interviews will be week commencing 9th November 2020

Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton are an independent, impartial and not-for-profit charity. As an organisation, we provide free, confidential, independent and impartial advice and information. 

Our services are focused on supporting communities who are most vulnerable and those who are locked out of the welfare system, or on the verge of being excluded. 

We can help with housing and welfare benefit issues or deal with queries about immigration and/ or community care issues. We can advise on legal matters, answer questions about money advice too. We also have lots of experience on family and personal matters too. 

We have a strong, client focused team of paid staff and volunteers.

Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton is one of only a few local Citizens Advice offices across the county able to provide immigration & asylum advice to everyone. We have been providing an immigration advice service for over 20 years and have fully accredited advisors.

All of our immigration work is regulated by the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner. 

Click here to view the role description & person specification

To apply – simply submit your CV.

There is no closing date set for this vacancy – we will appoint as soon as able to successfully interview. 

If, following review of your CV, you are shortlisted for interview, we will ask you to complete and submit a full application.