Family worker jobs near Isleworth, Greater London

Family Support Worker (fixed term)
Location: Grafton Primary School, Islington, N7 6AR
Hours: 3 days per week term time only - 21 hours per week
Salary: £12,344 - £13,741 per annum 
Closing date: 22 August 2022
First stage interview date: 1 September 2022 
Second stage interview date with school: To be confirmed

This is a fixed term contract until March 2023. 

Our mission at School-Home Support is simple. We get children and young people back in school ready to learn, whatever it takes. The work we do is truly life changing, you should join us on this mission. 

We are looking for a Support Practitioner to join our team and to make a difference in children's lives every single day. As the Support Practitioner, you will work in close partnership with school staff to deliver a programme of casework to promote and improve educational outcomes for the children and their families we support. You will also focus your support to help improve attendance, punctuality and engagement in learning. 

You will have excellent relationship building , creative and communication skills with a proven ability to communicate with a wide group of people. 

You’ll have previous experience of: 

• working and engaging with parents, carers or guardians, children or individuals through individual and/or group-based support

• working in an educational environment 

• working effectively with social and emotional factors affecting a child’s capacity to learn

• working with families from diverse communities

To view the job description please scroll down to the application resources section at the end of the advert. 

To apply for the role please tap the apply now button. 

We are committed to maximising staff wellbeing and creating an inclusive, safe environment where everyone feels comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. 

As an employer we offer:

• Generous annual leave entitlement – 28 days and bank holidays

• Perkbox membership 

• Employee assistance programme

• Life assurance 

• Pension scheme

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.  Please contact us if you need any special arrangements or adjustments to help you take part in this recruitment process.

School-Home Support​ ​takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances. All roles at SHS are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Have you got the ‘get up and go’ to work with and support diverse people from all generations,  with a particular focus on children and young people?

Can you create, innovate and inspire and get the best out of others?

Are you a talented communicator?

Can you think on your feet and adapt what you’re doing when required?

Can you work evenings and school holidays?

Have you got 2 years+ experience of youth and community work?

Do you have the confidence to engage with new & existing people to our service?

Can you really listen and get the best out of others?

If you can say “yes” to all of these, then we want to speak to you!

About Us

At SkyWay, we help people to drive the change they need for a better future, to give young people friendly and professional support, to help them to create a better future for themselves and the community they’re part of. And now we also work with members of the wider community, because we know how interlinked young people’s lives are with the people and places where they live, learn and socialise.

Our focus includes;

• creating safe spaces; giving access to youth clubs and spaces for sports activities, to allow young people to feel safe and protected from violence and gang culture

• providing varied, engaging, fun and challenging sessions to support positive mental health and wellbeing, reduce isolation and develop new skills & experiences

• offering life coaching, providing positive role models, parenting support and one to ones to support those struggling in the education system

• creating peer leadership programmes to develop new employability skills,  empowering greater ambition and developing positive peer relationships. 

• employment support, skills development, connecting communities and supporting people to gain skills to find employment and training. 

• Providing food; both through our community food programmes and at our youth sessions and through the development of healthy eating and other food programmes

• Building trust through all our activities; sessions, coaching, mentoring, one to ones 

Your role

We’re seeking an experienced, energetic and creative senior youth & community worker to join our team,  you will be based at our Hoxton community hub, and working with the team you will be responsible for the creating, planning and running a high quality and effective youth provision for and with our young people and their families. 

Purpose of the job:

To ensure young people and their communities have the opportunities, skills and confidence to build a better future for themselves.

The key duties of the post are:

• To provide a high quality, effective service offering inspiring, fun, engaging & creative opportunities at in collaboration with and for young people and their communities

• To create inclusive opportunities and encourage people to get involved in these opportunities, that enhance physical and mental wellbeing, develop resilience and form a positive sense of identity and self belief for those that take part

• To deliver, measure and report on the impact of effective youth and community activities that you have planned or delivered

• Lead the youth work team and oversee the day to day delivery of the youth work offer at our Hoxton Community Hub during term time and school holidays 

• Develop partnerships with other voluntary sector organisations, schools and statutory service providers

As an experienced Youth and Community Worker,  you will be expected to;

•  Be based in our Hoxton Community Hub, but have the ability work flexibly  in parks, on sports pitches, through detached, online and wherever necessary to meet the needs of our young people and their communities (There is some flexibility for hybrid working when you are not working face to face with young people)

• Work evenings, during the day with communities and during school holidays and occasional weekends.

As an experienced youth & community worker,  you will be expected to;

• Work evenings, during the day with communities and during school holidays and occasional weekends.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required for the successful candidate.

We are passionate about equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply

SkyWay Charity number 1093239

Your role will be to work to work with GP’s to improve on the identification of patients with a Serious Mental Illness and carers to increase the take up of Health Checks and flu jabs within the practice.  We are looking for individuals with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work and liaise with Practice Managers, Social Prescribers and GP’s.  You will be expected to make community links and undertake outreach activities to raise awareness on the benefits of Health Check and flu jabs for the targeted patients in the community.

You should possess exceptional record keeping, writing reports and case study skills, alongside good interpersonal and listening skills.

Salary is pro rata.

As Family Engagement Worker, 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.

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 need 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 benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

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.

About Us:

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Pact’s vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.

Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

Location: HMP High Down - Sutton, Surrey
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Hours: Part Time, 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (Regular weekend & evening work)
Salary: £15,000 actual per annum ( £13,200 basic + £1,800 MS)
Benefits: Cycle to Work Scheme. Life Assurance. Season Ticket Loan. EAP Scheme.

Closing Date: 30th August 2022

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, Not for Profit, NFP, etc

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Family Support Worker

This role will deliver relationship support for young men in HMPYOI Isis as part of the innovative Route2Change pilot project , adopting a “relationships first” approach. This comprehensive service will deliver an end to end integrated rehabilitation and resettlement support programme to the young men from first night in custody to up to six months following release from prison.

The primary focus will be on supporting the young men to understand and develop healthy relationships with their family and others, including with those who have no positive family connections. Working closely with the prison and other agencies, the service will be fully integrated into sentence and release planning. The service will be delivered both in custody and in the community with the prisoner and where appropriate their family including through intensive personal support and befriending, visit services, groupwork, and targeted children’s services. Prisoners with either little or no family links will be offered support to either re-establish contact (where appropriate) or other forms of social support.

This post will work alongside colleagues, prisoner Pact Champions and volunteer befrienders to deliver prisoner assessment, the development of Plans, prisoner and family support and befriending, and casework in prison and in the community. The post holder will be required to cover for colleagues and on occasions may be required to deputise for the Senior Practitioner.

Please know that this role is internally known as Routes2Change (R2C) practitioner.

*We encourage applications from all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from black, Asian, and other ethnic minority candidates*

What we offer:

Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

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) and BAME background.

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.

About Us:

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Pact’s vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.

Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

Location: HMP Isis - London
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Part Time, 18.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday (weekend & evening work may be required occasionally)
Salary: £13,500 actual per annum (£12,000 Basic + £1,500 Market Supplement)

Closing date: 18th August 2022

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Case Management, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Support Work, Criminal Justice System, Social Work, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, etc.

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About Soundabout: 

Soundabout is a charity that uses music to empower and unlock the potential of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The charity leads the provision of training and delivery of music-centred approaches to working with people with severe, or profound and multiple learning difficulties. We work across the UK in a variety of settings such as special schools, early years’ environments and care services.

At Soundabout, we believe that everybody deserves to have a voice. Rather than focusing on what people can’t do, we want to emphasize what they can do. We believe that people with severe and profound learning difficulties including autism should have a life full of expression, passion, and enjoyment. To enable this to happen we aim to educate, support, and empower through both empowering training and supporting those in our community. That’s why we use music to enable people with learning difficulties to express themselves, connect with others, and feel the warmth of music. 

We have a small core office team and a growing body of freelance practitioners who are the creative, delivery force of our work. 

Diversity and equal opportunities 

Soundabout is an equal opportunity and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining diverse candidates, as it’s important that our team reflect the communities we serve at every level within the charity. We especially welcome applications from people from under-represented groups and are committed to making adjustments that would support you in applying for or carrying out the role. We are currently under-represented by disabled and neurodivergent people, people from under-represented minorities, and from the LGBTQ community. 

The Role 

The role of the Family Support Co-ordinator is to build the knowledge, skills and confidence of families with profoundly disabled children to interact musically with their child to benefit their development, personal and social interactions and build family resilience, enhancing wellbeing and reducing isolation for parents/carers. A key part of the role will be to measure the longitudinal progress and development of children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities supported by Soundabout, to help the charity develop and improve our practice to ensure the best outcomes. 

The role is also the first point of contact for families when enquiring about Soundabout, sharing ideas for opportunities to engage with our services and offering additional support to our families as and when needed, trouble-shooting any access or other issues or concerns.

The post holder must be willing to lead on our Safeguarding agenda (either through pre-existing experience or by attending appropriate training).

The Candidate:

You will be a warm, flexible, and energetic team player with significant experience of working with families of profoundly disabled children and a commitment to reducing isolation for families and building support networks and connections. You may have an understanding of how music and sound can be used as a developmental tool and to build family cohesion and resilience. You are motivated by the opportunity to improve the lives of people with severe and profound learning disabilities and their families.

Key responsibilities:  

• To be the primary point of support for all families with children who have profound and severe learning difficulties and are part of Soundabout’s community; whether attending music-making sessions, participating in 1:1 support sessions with our music practitioners or as part of Soundabout’s Inclusive Choir and associated groups. 

• To induct new families into the organisation, exploring with them the opportunities available and best suited to each child and family’s needs. Introduce families to our evaluative processes to be undertaken by Soundabout practitioners and track progress, providing bi-annual updates to families via progress reports. Signpost families to other opportunities and forms of support as appropriate.

• To maintain regular contact with the families through ‘light touch’ support via telephone, email and zoom, as and when appropriate, and undertake annual re-assessments. 

• Designated Safeguarding Lead for Soundabout 

• Leading Soundabout’s participation agenda, so the voice of participants and their families are heard and taken into account across our organisation. 

Specific duties:  

• To update and distribute a welcome pack for all current and new families, highlighting the charity’s safeguarding and privacy policies, the charity’s broader services and signposting to other opportunities and supportive organisations.

• To measure the longitudinal progress and development of children and young people with severe learning difficulty (SLD) and profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) supported by Soundabout and use the evaluation information to develop and improve Soundabout’s services. 

• Maintain contact as required and agreed with each family through telephone/email/zoom/social media.

• Assess the needs, strengths and challenges of the child and family. 

• Identify and agree with the child and family, the support and services they would like to access. 

• Highlight the support available for siblings of disabled children and encourage their involvement in Soundabout’s community.

• Provide ongoing support and resources developed by Soundabout and relevant organisations.

• Developing a strong participant-led voice for Soundabout. 

• Collecting information and maintaining database for our families. 

• Planning and organising appropriate family-focused events and finding appropriate partnerships. 

• Play a central role in the Soundabout team and represent the voice of people with a learning disability and their family members within and outside of the organisation 

We are seeking to recruit a part-time Family Support Coordinator to support families impacted by adverse childhood experiences. They will be responsible to the Scheme Director, able to support families in their own homes as well as develop excellent relationships with other support organisations. 

They will have extensive knowledge and experience of supporting parents and be focussed on developing positive, secure attachments and improving the emotional wellbeing of both parents and children. They will have relevant training and experience of supporting families, the ability to build trusting relationships with families.

Sensitivity and excellent communication skills are essential. They should understand and be committed to the role of the voluntary sector, be able to work in a small team, and demonstrate the ability to work flexibly. 

Use of a car (expenses paid) is necessary. An enhanced disclosure check will be required.

This is initially a two year post with the possibility of extension dependent on funding.

The post holder will be working as part of a new Barnardo's ‘Stronger Together' team, working in partnership with Brent Family Wellbeing Centres to provide out-reach support to local families.

Stronger Together team consists of early years workers and family support assistants and provides early help and  support to  children aged 0-18 years and their families. 

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Family Support Assistant (FSA), to provide family mentoring work as part of this new team, together with the wider Brent Family Well-Being Centre teams. The over-arching aim is to engage with young children and their families on a one-to-one or group basis, using a variety of interventions both in the home, community and/or at the centres, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.  The FSA will assist the work of Brent family support workers, providing a mentoring role to families to make good progress that will affect great outcomes for some of the most vulnerable children and families living in difficult and sometimes, complex situations.

Initial specific duties:

• To offer a range of services via home visits, groups or signposting to support families identified by the Family Wellbeing Hub.
• Provide preventative and early intervention services to families with children 0-18yrs that are experiencing challenging situations/ circumstances
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of Barnardo's Stronger Families theme, strategically aligned to the Brent Family Well-Being Centres.

Please see the attached person and profile specification for the essential criteria relating to this post and the additional information sheet for more specific details and qualification requirements.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements.

37 hours per week, including occasional weekend and evening working.

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

The post holder will be working as part of a new Barnardo's ‘Stronger Together' team, working in partnership with Brent Family Wellbeing Centres to provide out-reach support to local families.

Stronger Together team consists of early years workers and family support assistants and provides early help and  support to  children aged 0-18 years and their families. 

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Family Support Assistant (FSA), to provide family mentoring work as part of this new team, together with the wider Brent Family Well-Being Centre teams. The over-arching aim is to engage with young children and their families on a one-to-one or group basis, using a variety of interventions both in the home, community and/or at the centres, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.  The FSA will assist the work of Brent family support workers, providing a mentoring role to families to make good progress that will affect great outcomes for some of the most vulnerable children and families living in difficult and sometimes, complex situations.

Initial specific duties:

• To offer a range of services via home visits, groups or signposting to support families identified by the Family Wellbeing Hub.
• Provide preventative and early intervention services to families with children 0-18yrs that are experiencing challenging situations/ circumstances
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of Barnardo's Stronger Families theme, strategically aligned to the Brent Family Well-Being Centres.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Barnardo's offers a hybrid working model covered under our `Work from Anywhere' Framework, therefore vacancies advertised with this as an opportunity are open for applicants to either work from home or any location within the UK, including Barnardo's Hub/Office that is a reasonable distance from your home address. 

Flexibility

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

You will lead and deliver a service that ensures prisoners, their children, carers and other relatives have access to appropriate advice, guidance, learning opportunities, care, and support to better enable them to maintain or enhance positive relationships. You will oversee the delivery of family services in HMP Belmarsh with support from Family Support Workers, play staff, volunteers, and student placements. The service delivers play and children’s services; social enterprise refreshment/catering service; complex family casework and support for family group work interventions.

Please see the Job description attached to learn more about the role.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will be knowledgeable of the criminal justice system and have an awareness of the impact of custody on prisoners and on their children and families. Furthermore, you will have the ability to act as a role model to volunteers and an ambassador for Pact, always conducting yourself professionally, with high standards of personal integrity and accountability. You will also have experience of managing and coaching a team and experience of playing a lead role in delivering front-line services.

What we offer:

Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme, and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and intervention worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic 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.

* Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

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 an enhanced 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.

About us

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Pact’s vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.

Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

Location: HMP Belmarsh
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Part time, 26.25 hours per week, Monday to Sunday (with regular evening and weekend work required
Salary: £19,600 pro rota (£ 17,500 Basic +£2,100 MS)
Benefits: Cycle to Work Scheme / Life Assurance / Season Ticket Loan / EAP Scheme

Closing date: 25-08-2022
Interview date: TBC

You may also have experience in the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, Not for Profit, NFP, etc

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Our client is a pioneering national charity providing caring and life-changing services to men and women in prison, people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families. They are now recruiting for a Family Engagement Manager to oversee their family services in HMP Belmarsh.

As Family Engagement Manager you will lead and deliver a service that ensures prisoners, their children, carers and other relatives have access to appropriate advice, guidance, learning opportunities, care, and support to better enable them to maintain or enhance positive relationships. You will oversee the delivery of family services in HMP Belmarsh with support from Family Support Workers, play staff, volunteers, and student placements (the service delivers play and children's services; social enterprise refreshment/catering service; complex family casework and support for family group work interventions). You will assist in developing referral pathways for families and other professionals to access the service, as well as pathways into other relevant services and appropriate signposting processes, and will manage the Visitor's Centre, providing support for the visitors before and after visiting.

To apply for this role, you will be knowledgeable of the criminal justice system and have an awareness of the impact of custody on prisoners and on their children and families. You will also have experience of managing and coaching a team and experience of playing a lead role in delivering frontline services. You will have demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable families, and will be confident working in partnership with a variety of agencies.

Please apply with a word-formatted version of your CV initially. More information will be provided to suitable candidates.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

Job Title: Outreach Worker
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Enfield

Assignment: 2 months (possible extension)
Rota: Monday to Friday, mixture of shifts (no weekends)

We are looking for someone with experience supporting homeless people to join our client's Enfield based outreach team. This fantastic opportunity will see you joining a superb service which supports the rough sleeper community in Enfield. This is a very important position. You will not only be advising the street population on what options are available to them but also advising them on how to stay safe on the street and listen to any concerns they may have. Crucially you will be adding to the CHAIN database for this client group. This is a vital contribution to the work that this fantastic charity is doing in London

If you crave influence and responsibility within a team, this is a role where your voice is not only heard but contributes towards quick, satisfying outcomes, providing rough sleepers with hope and a route away from the streets. Not only this but as an outreach worker you will work alongside other amazing like-minded individuals and agencies with the sole aim of reducing the number of people sleeping rough in Enfield and London.

As an Outreach Worker you will:

• Supporting rough sleepers to access appropriate social care services and accommodation options
• Be a first response to referrals, carrying out needs and risk assessments with new rough sleepers
• Update assessments on rough sleepers already known to the team
• Regularly update the CHAIN database
• Find the best cause of action for each client's scenario
• Work alongside other agencies including, local authorities, health services, housing providers, the police and drug & alcohol services

To be successful you will need to:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers
• Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients
• Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate and interpret data
• Be confident in representing our client at external meetings and with outside agencies
• You must have an enhanced, adult and child DBS check to apply for this post, if you need one, get in touch

If you are interested, please apply ASAP, this position is always a popular opportunity!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Psychotherapist/Art Psychotherapist, Off Centre

Based in Hackney, London
29.6 hours per week (part-time)

Grade 3 (upper) point 24-28: £34,395 - £37,715 FTE, inclusive of Inner London Weighting (£27,516 - £30,172 per annum)

Temporary Contract: 12 Months maternity cover (subject to change)

Are you passionate about working with young people and their mental health and wellbeing? Do you feel that you can bring skills, knowledge and creativity to support our service grow? Are you interested in a position that you can help shape and create? If so we would love to hear from you.

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

Introduction to the role and service / project

Our Off Centre 16-25yr old Transitions Service provides early access help for young people with moderate to severe mental health problems who would not be suitable for adult services. It facilitates the transition to adult services where appropriate, improves the mental well-being of young people by providing timely or early interventions including individual, time limited and outcome focussed counselling/art psychotherapy and psychotherapy, accessible drop in provision, therapeutic group work and keywork support. Following an holistic assessment, the service will provide a range of therapeutic interventions with a step in, step up and step down approach dependent on the complexity of the individual young adult’s issues.

Your impact

As an Art Psychotherapist you will be responsible for undertaking assessments, delivering 1-1, time limited, outcome focussed sessions with young people for up to 24 weeks (depending on their assessment evaluation) and evaluating therapeutic interventions for young people. You will also undertake associated case management and administrative work.  You will be required to offer evening sessions until 8pm at least one evening a week (on Monday) as part of your working hours and there is also the potential to facilitate a psychoeducational group work.

Your skills

We are looking for an Arts Psychotherapist or Psychotherapist with relevant experience and post qualification practice. you will have significant experience in working with young people / young adults with complex mental health and psychosocial issues and providing outcome focussed interventions that support resilience and / or recovery. You will be a warm, empathic individual with an ability to relate to young people and work as part of a team. In addition, experience of delivering group work would be an advantage.

This is a maternity cover contract which will be end when the substantive post holder returns to work in order to enable us to give them work. This is currently expected to be in 12 months but this is subject to change. There may be other opportunities that arise during that period.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

What will we offer you?

We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. All roles in Family Action are open to a discussion about possible flexible working options, subject to business needs, and all new starters will have the right to make a flexible working request from day one of employment. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you. 

For an application pack and further information please see attached supporting documents / visit the Family Action current vacancies page.

Please email completed applications to the designated email inbox (details on advert document)

Closing date:  Monday 29th August 2022 at 10:00 am
Interview date: TBC

Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

ID: 497

Our client is a pioneering national charity providing caring and life-changing services to men and women in prison, people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families. They are now recruiting for a Family Services Programme Manager, to oversee their innovative, grant-funded family support service across HMP ISIS and HMP Belmarsh, as well as in the community.

As Programme Manager you will play a key role in developing and managing an innovative wrap-around family support service in custody and in the community that treats children, families and prisoners with dignity and respect and puts them at the heart of the service. As Programme Manager you will ensure the service takes a “Family First”/relational approach to service delivery on rehabilitation by maintaining or re-establishing positive relationships between prisoners and their loved ones, thereby providing a future blueprint for resettlement prisons. You will oversee a team of specialist frontline workers, ensuring the service delivers against contractual requirements, and will have oversight of all monitoring and reporting for the service. You will build relationships with departments across the prison, with probation and key agencies that support prisoners and their families.

To apply for this role, you will have experience of managing a team of frontline workers, and will have previous experience of managing a service and delivering against contractual requirements, ideally in the criminal justice sector. You will have excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a demanding workload and use initiative. You will have excellent experience in multi-agency work, building partnerships ideally with prisons but also other agencies, promoting positive relationships between different agencies, and developing new approaches to service delivery.

Please apply with a word-formatted version of your CV initially. More information will be provided to suitable candidates.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.