£19,847 – £23,350 p/a (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Fixed-term contract until March 31st, 2022

Coventry

Are you a compassionate, target-driven and highly motivated individual with a proven record of engaging positively with young people or other vulnerable groups? Looking for a highly rewarding new challenge?

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Youth Violence Community Caseworker to join our team and provide a high-level service to young people under 25 years old who are impacted by gangs, youth violence, county lines and exploitation as either victims or perpetrators.

About St Giles Trust

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

St Giles is now a kickstart employer, so we are part of the scheme which provides job opportunities for 16-24 year olds who are currently on Universal Credit and are at risk of long-term unemployment.

About this exciting opportunity

Our successful candidate will engage and support children and young people once they have been identified as being involved in a violence-related incident, being at risk of exploitation or gang affiliated. You will build positive relationships with both them and their families and work directly with them to promote positive change, build resilience, reduce risks and prevent them from experiencing significant harm, while also producing risk management plans based on each person’s assessments.

You will also provide a vital practical service, including social and housing support, engagement with education, training and employment options, and debt advice, plus offer practical advice to professionals who come into contact with children and young adults who are involved, suspected or at risk of being exploited through gangs. Assisting with providing monitoring information and the evaluation of the project and maintaining accurate records of all sessions, interventions and data collection are also key duties.

What we are looking for:

• Experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and the ability to assess clients’ needs
• Experience in negotiating with partner agencies to establish links to further the aims of a project
• A sound understanding of the client group and the challenges and motivations of young people
• Experience of working to targets and recording information to enable effective performance monitoring
• Excellent communication abilities, both verbal and written, and strong IT skills
• The ability to use and develop monitoring systems to record all aspects of the project
• A flexible, professional and collaborative approach to your work

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, childcare vouchers, season ticket loan and much more.

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

Closing date: 11pm, 23rd March 2021. Interview date: April 2nd, 2021

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The Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is one of the leading disability organisations operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.

Our mission is ‘to build a sustainable business to empower disabled people to take control of their own lives and to actively seek out opportunities to achieve their full potential as individuals in mainstream society’. This is at the heart of everything we do.

Birmingham City Council has been allocated an Emergency Food Assistance and Essential Supplies Grant to support people of all ages who are struggling to afford food and other essentials due to COVID-19 with the intention of establishing two pillars of essential support for the vulnerable citizens: Children & Families and Vulnerable Adults.

As well as being a point of contact for the Emergency Food Assistant Programme in Yardley, the main responsibilities will include connecting and being aware of other existing pathways support for vulnerable citizens; providing effective advice and acting as a contact point for Social Workers, BCC contact centre and specialist agencies,

The post holder will hold an NQF level 3 or equivalent qualification in advice and guidance and/or a relevant level 3 teacher/training qualification, have a proven track record of supporting community development work and working in collaboration with other organisations and assets, have excellent verbal and written communication skills and good working knowledge of MS Office and data management.

For details on how to apply and to download an application form, please visit our website.

Closing date: Monday, 15 March 2021.

The Disability Resource Centre is committed to equality and diversity.

Do you have the experience & passion to directly support vulnerable children found using the transport network in Birmingham/West Midlands?

For 24 years, Railway Children has been fighting for vulnerable children living alone and at risk on the streets, where they suffer abuse and exploitation. They run away or are forced to leave homes where they suffer poverty, violence, abuse, and neglect. They find themselves living on the streets because they’ve nowhere else to go and nobody to turn to. Every day we fight to change their story.

Railway Children is now the largest charity in the UK supporting vulnerable children using transport networks. We have a new role that will work in our project based in and around Birmingham New Street station. Working in partnership with the British Transport Police you will be offering support and advice to young people who are deemed to be vulnerable or at risk using the train network.

1 Project Worker - £27,000 pa (Full-time 37.5 or Part-time hrs 18.5)

1 x role based near Birmingham New Street with some working from home requirement along with travel across the West Midlands and some UK travel.

As part of a dynamic team delivering the Safeguarding on Transport (ST) project, in partnership with British Transport Police (BTP), you will provide direct support to young people who have been identified by BTP officers and Industry partners who are at risk and vulnerable on the transport network. You will work directly with young people and their families to reduce risks. The role will require working closely with British Transport Police, stations staff and employees as well as local services in the area. This role will require flexible working and involve working some unsocial hours including evenings/weekends.

You will be an experienced project worker with a relevant social care/youth work qualification. You will need to have in-depth knowledge of the issues surrounding vulnerable young people and children, those who go missing, an understanding of Child Protection and Safeguarding processes, exploitation, and county lines. Along with the tact and diplomacy to handle sensitive and confidential issues. 

This role is funded for a 12-month period by British Transport Police County Lines Tasks Force from additional Home Office funding.

For this role you will need to combine your experience with values that match ours. Bravery, innovation, honesty, and integrity will be at the heart of everything you do.

At Railway Children, we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of all those who come into contact with us in our work. We follow a range of procedures to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and vulnerable people are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including criminal records check.

Fixed term contract until 31st December 2021 (maternity cover)
Flexible location with occasional travel to Manchester, Birmingham or Sheffield

Closing date: 14 March 2021 at 11:30pm

Are you a customer-focused individual with recent experience of providing specialist level debt advice? Then join Shelter as a Specialist Debt Adviser supporting client-facing debt advisers with their complex casework, contributing to resources and helping us to influence the debt advice sector.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the Team
Our Specialist Debt Advice service works with front-line debt advisers based across England & Wales, providing support with their complex case work. The service currently operates between 9-5 Monday to Friday, with advisers offering live support to clients on a rota basis throughout the week. We are expanding the availability of our service and now need to recruit additional Specialist Debt Advisers, some on a permanent basis and some on fixed term contracts which may become permanent depending on the outcome of the contract re-tender due early 2021.

About the Role
As a Specialist Debt Adviser, you'll be responsible for handling phone and email enquiries to the service, using diagnostic questioning to fully establish the caller's enquiry and providing detailed and timely responses. We'll also rely on you to identify and act upon any emergency enquiries and prioritise your workload accordingly. Helping our Team to produce written and on-line content and provide service users with the latest developments in debt regulation, policy and good practice will be important too.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you
You're someone who champions user-focused advice and who can take complex language and processes and make them easy to understand for professional advisers and other audiences. You'll need excellent all-round understanding of debt advice, with experience of contributing to, and producing, written and on-line resources, including guidance documents, webinars and attendance at networking events, providing services users with the latest debt regulation, policy and good practice. What's more, you have good typing skills and proficiency using Microsoft office applications and case management and reporting systems.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Support Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to join the service in Sandwell. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and well organised individual to join the team in leading and delivering a Stroke Recovery Service across the region.

Position: Stroke Association Support Coordinator

Location: Home based, Sandwell with extensive travel across the area

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £23,100 per annum

Contract: Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 30 June 2021.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 12 March 2021

Interview Date: 26 March 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

Reporting to the Stroke Association Support Manager, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will work with the local Health and Social Care services to receive referrals and support stroke survivors and their carers. You’ll provide personalised information, advice and support with regular reviews throughout.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working with the local Health and Social services to receive referrals to support stroke survivors and their careers
• Providing personalised information, advice and support
• Completing Needs Assessments with stroke survivors and supporting them to develop a stroke recovery plan
• Providing regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals

About You

As Support Coordinator you will:

• Have a background in a caring and/or charity profession supporting people with disabilities.
• Be able to demonstrate previous experience of working collaboratively with other organisations to achieve joint ambitions.
• Have experience being solely responsible for the delivery of a project or service.
• Have the ability to use basic Microsoft system.

This role is home based, but extensive travel is required across the local area and occasionally further afield.

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

You will be asked to submit your CV and a Covering Letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice.

35 hours per week
Based in Birmingham
Job Ref: 963

We are currently recruiting for Lead Workers for our Housing Support Teams.

Our Housing Support Lead Worker Service provides housing-related support for Vulnerable Families in temporary accommodation, Single Adults and Couples & Survivors of Domestic Abuse. We support people to prevent the loss of their accommodation if it is at risk, or help them find/settle into suitable alternative accommodation. We also work with key strategic partners to help address other social related issues, such as benefit/welfare reform processes, helping to maximise people’s incomes, signposting to relevant primary and secondary health care services and more.

As Lead Worker, you will be expected to:

• Be motivated, committed and confident at liaising with other professionals.
• Be able to work autonomously, and as part of a team.
• Possess some understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services.
• Have the ability to empower individuals to make positive changes and a willingness to develop these valuable skills.
• Effectively manage your own caseloads and time.
• Provide individual, tailored support, in accordance with the agreed support plan.
• Assess and manage risk.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Understand the importance of maintaining professional boundaries.
• Ensure safeguarding protocols are followed.

You will be part of a team reporting to a Team Leader and Service Manager. We will provide a supportive work environment and appropriate IT equipment, including a smart phone and laptop. You will have the freedom to manage your caseload as you see fit, supporting your service users to achieve the best outcomes for them. Working collaboratively with your colleagues and other agencies, you will receive regular supervision from your Team Leader who will be there to support and encourage you.

To download an application pack, visit our website via the apply link.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept CVs.

Closing date: Rolling Recruitment

Interviews: TBC  

We are an inclusive employer, committed to promoting equality and diversity in all areas of our work

Registered Charity

No. 1061582.

Our charity is on an incredible journey and this is a hugely exciting time to join our team.

2020 saw the UK come together in an outpouring of love and support for the NHS. As the NHS’ national charity and membership organisation for the NHS’ official charities throughout the UK, NHS Charities Together is the central charity receiving additional funding and support for our National Health Service where and when it needs it most. Thanks to phenomenal public support, our national Covid-19 Appeal has raised more than £150 million to help NHS staff, volunteers and patients through the immediate and long-term effects of coronavirus. 

The recruitment of this post is part of an ambitious plan to develop and execute a proactive and sustainable Fundraising strategy.

We are a small but growing staff team and as Supporter Care Officer you will play a key role as we work hard to make a difference to the lives of NHS patients, staff and volunteers.

You will be responsible for responding to enquiries from potential supporters by providing information on the latest fundraising activities and ensure when thanking donors, the impact of their donation is highlighted.

If you have a can-do, positive attitude with a passion for building relationships that can inspire an enquirer to become a supporter for NHS Charities Together then we would love to hear from you.

BBO Progress Coach
37 hours per week
Salary £21,743. per annum  
Location: Bedworth (with travel around Coventry and Warwickshire)

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has proven work experience with a range of unemployed young people and adults in a targeted environment.

This role involves working in a target driven environment so it is essential you can manage your time and prioritise your workload effectively in order to meet given targets.

As part of this role you will:

• Seek out employment opportunities at new and existing sites of employment;
• Identify and deal with complex customer barriers to employment;
• Identify training and ‘route ways’ to employment;
• Support and manage a caseload of customers;
• Engage customers in activities and help them progress into sustainable employment;
• Establish and maintain relationships with individuals referred, undertaking interviews, compiling CV’s, support with applications forms etc;
• Deliver relevant accredited and non-accredited training as required;
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with partner organisations, employers and funding bodies;
• Maintain accurate and up to date records;
• Report regularly to your line manager on your performance.

You must have proven experience of developing productive relationships with partners and external agencies and are able to provide high quality employability focused assessment.

This role will require regular travel across the region so you must have a full driving licence and access to your own vehicle.

Closing date: 26th February 2021

An Enhanced DBS check will be carried out for this post.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application. 

At Groundwork West Midlands we pride ourselves in being a family friendly organisation and offer a competitive salary, flexible working hours, a health cash plan scheme, a generous workplace pension and free refreshments. We are committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce.

This post is funded through the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund Charity No. 1128858.

No agencies please. 

We are recruiting a full time (35 hrs per week) Key Worker to lead on a new and exciting project working with people who’ve experienced homelessness and have been involved with the criminal justice system. The projects aim is to develop best practice, improve the local response and involve people with lived experience to create a service user led forum. The post holder will work with a small caseload of service users providing support to help them identify their strengths, goals, and aspirations.

Join our dynamic team and you will be at the heart of delivering first class support to rare disease patients as part of an innovative third-sector Charity/NHS partnership.  Working from home and within NHS specialised multi-disciplinary clinics held in London and Birmingham, the successful candidate will assist our Patient Liaison Officer within our patient support team to provide information, support and advocacy services to those living with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.  This exciting role offers excellent learning and development opportunities for anyone looking to work within health and social care.

This is a permanent, part-time position commencing at 20hrs per week.

The successful candidate will live within commuting distance of London and Birmingham

Are you interested in working with people experiencing common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression?

St Germain’s Emotional Wellbeing Support Service is offering an exciting opportunity for an emotional wellbeing practitioner to work as part of a pioneering, community-based mental health team. The service was established in May 2020, initially as part of the church’s response to Covid-19. It has grown considerably as relationships with city-wide referral agents have developed and is now seeking to expand the capacity of its offer of an open-access, fast-response emotional wellbeing service.

The postholder will:

• Provide low-intensity, solution-focused psychological interventions (currently up-to four session per service user) to individuals experiencing common mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, stress and adjustment to life events, both face-to-face and over the telephone
• Support the service to effectively deliver brief, evidence-based interventions, including guided self-help (teaching core CBT skills, mindfulness etc), psychoeducational work – predominately individual but possibly group – cognitive restructuring, graded exposure and behavioural activation
• Liaise with GP-based social prescribers and other local referral agents, providing mental health advice and screening referrals for appropriateness based on a stepped-care approach
• Support the ongoing development of the service.
   

This role is based at St Germain’s site, where the service currently operates out of the church hall facilities. It includes face-to-face work that is regularly Covid risk-assessed with extensive risk mitigation measures taken. The role involves offering up-to 16 appointments per week, up to 50 minutes each. This will be predominately low-intensity guided self-help type support sessions but will sometimes include initial assessments.

Skills/Responsibilities

To apply for this post, you will have:

• A qualification in a relevant subject (minimum Level 5): e.g. Psychology, Counselling, Health and Social Care, Mental Health Nursing, Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions
• One year’s experience of working with people who have experienced mental health problems
• Ability to form non-judgemental, positive therapeutic relationships with service users, whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries
• Understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care

Contract: permanent subject to funding – currently until 31 December 2021

How to apply: please submit your CV and a personal statement outlining how you meet the person specification for role through this website. Please note: applications without a person statement will not be considered.

Closing date: This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

The TACT West Midlands service currently seeks an enthusiastic Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager who is committed to ensuring that the children we care for meet their full potential.

Deputy Area Manager

Permanent - Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week

Home Based – West Midlands

Salary: £45,000 pa + £750 Home Working Allowance pa + £1,500 Out of Hours Allowance pa

TACT, the UK’s largest fostering charity now has over 500 dedicated carers, who look after over 600 children and young people across the country. Our reputation and growth rests upon our strength in providing successful placements. As a charity, we do not have shareholders who receive profits and we invest all our surplus income into service, staff, carers, and children’s development.

The West Midlands service currently seeks an enthusiastic Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager who is committed to ensuring that the children we care for meet their full potential.The successful candidate will bring experience of working with children and young people in a statutory setting, have a management qualification and have strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

As a Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager your core duties will include:

• Assisting the Area Manager in ensuring that the service provides the highest standards of care and support to its foster families
• Supervision of qualified Social Work staff and sessional workers
• Chairing meetings and support groups
• Collation and analysis of management information
• Coordination of rotas and duties
• Contribute to development of area operational, financial and performance plans
• Deputising and leading on behalf of the Area Manager as required
• Undertaking audits, monitor performance and ensure compliance

The Homebased Fostering Deputy Area Manager must be Social Work England registered and have a DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualification.  An enhanced DBS check is required for this post and will be undertaken by TACT on your behalf.

TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children. The postholder will need to travel around the West Midlands and surrounding areas post Covid in order to support foster carers, children and young people.

TACT offer an excellent benefits package including:

• 31 days paid holiday
• Flexible working arrangements
• Group income protection scheme
• Death in service cover
• Stakeholder pension scheme (salary sacrifice)
• And fantastic learning and development opportunities

The sucessful candidate will be required to participate in the out of hours duty rota, attracting an additional allowance of £1,500 per annum (once on the rota). 

Please see the Deputy Area Manager job description and applicant information booklet for full details.

• Closing: Midnight on Monday, 15th March 2021
• Interviews: Monday, 29th March 2021 (via Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believe that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work.  As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.  We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people.  All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

TACT reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Do you have experience working within a domestic abuse setting? Do you have experience delivering psycho-social interventions with vulnerable people who have complex mental health needs?

Drive Project is service providing intensive intervention with high-harm and serial domestic abuse perpetrators to challenge behaviour, to disrupt and prevent abuse. Right now we are looking for someone new to join us in a new role – this is a chance to make a real difference.

The Specialist Case Manager (domestic abuse with mental health specialism) is an integral role providing one-to-one mental health interventions to support the service user to embark on their recovery journey, and to then safely introduce domestic abuse intervention alongside ongoing mental health support to meet the dual need. You will also offer advice to other Case Managers from your area of specialism in mental health.

You must have experience delivering mental health interventions, not just triaging. Experience working within a Mental Health Team or other frontline mental health service is desired.

You will receive 12 days High Harm Domestic Abuse training and an opportunity to complete an OCN qualification, fully funded by Drive Project, if in post before the training dates (April and May).

This is an exciting and innovative role that will provide an enhanced level of case intervention to overcome barriers to engagement so that we can meet dual needs and improve victim and child safety and welfare through working in an integrative approach with perpetrators. The Specialist Case Manager role is a new role, created in response to identified need. As such, this opportunity will offer the successful candidate a chance to be involved in developing this post and assessing how it supports the delivery of the Drive Project model.

If you have delivered mental health support and domestic abuse support and want to join a growing and developing project to improve the lives of vulnerable persons apply now by submitting your CV and Supporting Statement – you may not be considered without attaching both of these documents. Previous applicants need not apply.

This is a full time post for 37.5 hours per week.

This is a fixed term post until 31st December 2021, with potential for a permanent position to follow.

The salary for this post is £26,639 per annum, pro rata.

This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

So, get inspired today and visit our website and take the first steps towards a more fulfilling career.

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.

Physiotherapist

Our client has a new and exciting opportunity for a confident and enthusiastic Registered Physiotherapist who wishes to enhance their knowledge and skills by supporting patients living with life limiting conditions. They aim to maximise quality of life and a focus on working towards patient centred goals to enable their patients to achieve what matters most to them.

This post requires the candidate to work predominately with patients on their Inpatient Unit, however there will be opportunity to be involved in their Day Hospice service and in the community as services develop.

Physiotherapist Responsibilities:

• To provide an evidence based physiotherapy service that aims to maximise quality of life for patients under the care of the Hospice, contributing to the effective provision of rehabilitation and therapy support.
• To work independently with support from other therapy team members, undertaking holistic assessment and treatment as an autonomous practitioner within the Hospice Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• To assist in the development and evaluation of therapy services provided by the Hospice, based on patient centred need.
• To be a resource and support to other Hospice staff and wider community professionals with regards to specialist palliative physiotherapy.

Physiotherapist Requirements:

• BSc Physiotherapy and current HCPC registration.
• Willingness to undertake Post registration education in palliative/end of life care or equivalent.
• Experience of working with and treatment of a broad range of conditions.
• Competence in respiratory assessment and treatment.
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working.
• Experience of managing own caseload and delegation to other team members.
• Ability to be flexible and responsible.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to complete a holistic range of assessments including use of outcome measures.
• Experience of/willingness to carry out exemplary joint therapeutic working.
• Demonstrable ability to participate in standard setting and audit.
• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidenced based clinical trends and practices.
• Ability to communicate across diverse groups and communities and evidence equality of opportunity in approach.
• Demonstrate an understanding of risk management processes and procedures and how these relate to clinical practice.
• Demonstrate ability to teach staff, patients and relatives across all areas of the organisation.
• Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft office and have good IT skills.
• Responsible car owner, with at least 2 years driving experience.

About our client:

Every day, they care for 400 people living with life-limiting illness across Birmingham and Sandwell. All of their services are free of charge to everyone who uses them, including individuals, their families, loved ones and carers. They offer a range of services in a number of locations – including at the Hospice, in people’s homes or in the local community – making end of life care more accessible for all. Most of their care is provided in people’s homes or in the local community – including at their three Satellite Clinics in Bartley Green, Druids Heath and Cape Hill . This care is delivered by their community and Hospice at Home teams, who work in conjunction with GPs, consultants and other healthcare professionals to offer specialist medical advice and emotional support.

Location: Birmingham

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £23,042 to £29,961 per annum

Ref: 96863