The post-holder will work with patients to plan the support they need to be discharged home; to support voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to respond to the needs of people returning home from hospital; and to raise awareness of the wide range of assets available in the VCSE sector that enable people to self–care or provide short-term support.

The Home First Support Worker will use a person-centred approach to support individuals preparing for discharge or recently discharged from Salford Royal Hospital who have been identified as needing additional support within their home and community. The post-holder will work with individuals and families as part of a Home First Community Hub multi-disciplinary team, as well as within the Salford CVS team.

The Home First Support Worker will build strong working relationships across the Home First multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and raise awareness of the wide range of activities and services available in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) within the Home First Hub as well as the wider Salford Royal Hospital staff team. The post-holder will work pro-actively in partnership with a range of statutory and VCSE colleagues in the Home First MDT to ensure that the needs of individual patients are addressed wherever possible.

The Home First Support Worker will also work with the wider CVS team to map current community provision of activities or services (Age UK Salford, Helping Hands, and the Carers Service, for example) offering support for people to return home and become re-engaged within their community. They will also support a range of VCSE groups / organisations to develop services and activities that meet the needs of individuals.

The Home First Support Worker will be aligned to Salford’s flagship Wellbeing Matters programme, a partnership between Salford CVS and Salford Third Sector Consortium, and draw on existing knowledge from within the Community Connector and Development staff teams from the programme, working closely with that wider team at all times.

If you would like an informal chat about the role prior to applying, please contact Bruce Poole

We are looking for a strategic & creative thinker as our new Head of Projects to help lead & deliver our work supporting communities building connection across the UK.

The Cares Family’s mission is to help people find connection in a disconnected age. Our objectives are to reduce loneliness and isolation; improve people’s connection, belonging, purpose and power in a rapidly changing world; and bring people together to reduce social, generational, digital, cultural and attitudinal divides.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As Head of Projects, you will work closely with our Director of Projects and wider team to help lead and deliver our work supporting communities building connection across the UK. This is an exciting time to join our friendly, high performing and ambitious team. The Projects Directorate is the newest part of The Cares Family: over the last 18 months we have launched The Multiplier to support exceptional community leaders across the UK; set up new initiatives to surface the voices of people in our communities in new ways; and launched the first parts of a campaigns strategy.  Your work at The Cares Family will include leading the strategic development and delivery of The Multiplier in 2022 and beyond, and the design, development and delivery of a new project enabling and supporting intergenerational connection across the UK.You will also contribute to the growth of the Projects Directorate as a whole, working collaboratively with the Head of Communications, Head of Campaigns and Projects Coordinators. 

ABOUT YOU
All of that requires a specific set of skills which you might have learned designing and leading projects, programmes and teams at another charity, business or public sector organisation. To achieve your goals, you will need to be:

• Passionate about our mission, philosophy, values and programmes;
• A strategic thinker, at ease managing detail whilst understanding and responding to the big picture;
• Creative with the confidence to start with a blank piece of paper and design ambitious projects from the ground up; 
• Experienced at project delivery: highly organised, a confident multi-tasker used to taking initiative and comfortable working in a team and independently; 
• A people-person who builds relationships easily and is skilled at relationship management, both internal and external;
• Comfortable defining what impact looks like and putting in place robust monitoring and evaluation plans and embedding learning on an ongoing basis; 
• An authentic, high-quality communicator, with exceptional written, spoken and listening skills;
• An experienced line manager, able to nurture and grow a small team to realise their potential;
• A confident facilitator, experienced at running workshops and able to encourage conversation and participation from a diverse group of people (online and in person);
• Comfortable and experienced working with communities and/or community organisations.
• Comfortable with complexity and used to navigating organisational structures effectively and efficiently; 
• Competent with MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

HOW TO APPLY
For more information on the role and how to apply please visit The Cares Family website. 

Application is by C.V and a cover letter of no more than 750 words clearly demonstrating how your experience makes you the right person for the role. Successful applicants will be invited to attend an interview in the week beginning the 20th June 2022 with potential second interviews held on the 29th June 2022.  

The Cares Family is an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory organisation. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, people with disabilities and people from lower income and diverse educational backgrounds who may be under-represented in our organisation.

All appointments at The Cares Family are subject to references, DBS check, and proof of right to work in the UK.

An exciting opportunity to be part of a new and growing team working for a supportive local charity. Bristol After Stroke provides support to people who have had a stroke in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We are a small, friendly and caring organisation.

We are looking for 2 or 3 people to provide key worker support to people in South Gloucestershire - this will involve telephone and face to face support, ensuring people can navigate the heath and social care systems, supporting them to access services and in their recovery. You will also be helping to run and facilitate groups for people with Aphasia.

We have 1.5 FTE positions available and are open to discussion around hours. It is a home based role, but you will be required to travel across your patch to visit people in their homes so access to a car is essential

We are looking for caring, enthusuastic people to bring their knowledge and skills to our growing organisation. Please look at the job description for more detail. 

The role of the Outreach & Development Worker will be to ensure carers from a wide variety of backgrounds across all of Salford are aware of their rights and receive the support and services they need at the right time, and in appropriate places. The job holder will provide outreach support to carers including hospital and community venues and will report to the Outreach & Development Coordinator in enhancing the offer across Salford.

The role will focus on the outreach provision, being based at different venues across the City; hospitals, community venues, mental health settings and others accessed by people with caring responsibilities. The role will include the continued development of the service, assisting with the creation of resources and training. The role will develop an involvement offer; ensuring carers are at the forefront of service change and service offer.

This role is 0.5FTE and based at home and cross the community. 

Caritas Salford operates the Cornerstone Day Centre, a community centre for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, from its Denmark Road site in Hulme, Manchester.  It is largest Day Centre for people experiencing homelessness in Manchester and has been operating for over 30 years.  Cornerstone welcomes people from all backgrounds and operates a policy of non-discrimination.

The day centre has stayed open throughout the pandemic providing a much needed emergency service to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.  We have undertaken extensive building work and re-designed the service model under our new Head of Homelessness and have welcomed a new Manager to take the service forward.  We are now recruiting new Project Workers to help support the re-modelled service and so it is an exciting time to join the new team at Cornerstone.

We are looking for Project Workers who will support the service to:

• Ensure that people in Manchester have the support they need to prevent them from becoming homeless, that people who do become homeless are helped to secure safe accommodation with the support they need to make a new home and that no one has to sleep rough.
• In parallel with delivering direct housing outcomes the centre aims to enable people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to improve their wellbeing through providing services which meet immediate basic needs, promote mental health and wellbeing, enable people to access health and other support services and to take up education, training, volunteering opportunities and employment, as a means of sustaining positive housing outcomes.

Delivering together

The Project Workers will work, on a co-production basis using strength-based approaches, with people who visit Cornerstone to design, deliver and evaluate the service to ensure that it is meeting their needs and will enable them have a voice in advocating for policy change where this is needed.

They will also work with other organisations in the statutory, voluntary and faith based sectors to deliver work in partnership to maximise the impact on the community.

Who we are looking for:

The Project Workers will be enthusiastic, energetic, organised, IT literate and have great communication skills.  They will have experience of working or volunteering in a community setting with volunteers and be passionate about making a difference to the lives of people who are homeless or who have challenges with their mental health or drugs or alcohol problems.  They will have a great customer service ethos.  They may come from a community development background or have an ability to involve the people who come to Cornerstone in activities and in volunteering.  They will have a strong ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are offering great benefits including:

• The job satisfaction of making a real difference to the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Manchester.
• The opportunity to help shape the new service and work with the new manager to develop the new service model.
• Good pension and holiday allowances and employee assistance.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To actively promote and support the aims and objectives of the Caritas’ Homelessness Service.
2. To assist in all aspects of running of the Day Centre including ensuring a safe and high quality environment for people who visit, volunteers and staff.
3. Deputising for the Centre Manager when they are not on site.
4. Deliver excellent customer service and welcome people warmly in a manner which acknowledges their dignity and self-worth, including staffing the welcome desk.
5. Promote an environment where people can socialise and improve their wellbeing
6. Work with a co-production and strengths-based approach and enable people who use the service to volunteer to help run the service.
7. To deliver agreed outcomes and achieve targets that would be set by the Centre Manager.
8. To recruit, train, support, organise and mentor volunteers who use the service.
9. To recruit, train, support, organise and mentor volunteers from the general community, including training them to do support work and overseeing the quality of this work.
10. To provide on-site supervision for social work and other students, completing all the necessary meetings, observations and administration required by the education provider.
11. To deliver education, training and positive recreational activities aimed at enabling people to connect, be active, learn and/or have fun.
12. Support the delivering of basic needs services such as food, showers and clothing to meet immediate needs, including undertaking and overseeing practical tasks of cooking, cleaning and sorting donations.
13. Enable people to access and maintain safe accommodation through partnership working with other agencies.
14. Enable people to access the services that they need to ensure a good quality of life and prevent them from becoming homeless.
15. To conduct dynamic risk assessments and to identify and action safeguarding concerns when needed.
16. To develop and maintain excellent working relationships with other services, including supporting other services that work on site.
17. To record all outcomes and interventions on the Inform data base.
18. To undertake admin tasks as needed to help the smooth running of the service.
19. To support the promotion of the service in the community, to develop and maintain excellent relationships with donors, schools and parishes and to support fundraising events when needed, including attending the annual sleep out.
20. To attend meetings and training courses as required.
21. To work within the mission, values and ethos of Caritas Diocese of Salford.
22. To work within a culture of respect and promote equality, inclusion and diversity into the project and your working practices.
23. To promote and support Caritas Diocese of Salford as the umbrella charity.
24. To work in a way which promotes equality, inclusion and diversity.
25. To carry out any other duty, commensurate with the level of the post.

.  If you are interested in applying for the position, please visit our website where you can find the application form and job description, the link is below. We can only accept application forms by way of application, not CVs. 

The organisation

Morgan Hunt are working with a reputable Housing Association based in the North West who hold both general need stock and specialist supported housing services for a range of vulnerable client groups. Our client is looking to recruit an Outreach Worker on a long - term temporary basis, with the view of a permanent post being off to the right candidate.

The post

As an Outreach Worker, you will work 35 hours per week 9am - 5pm with 1 weekend in 5. The service covers the whole of Salford and requires access to a vehicle for work.

The service

The service covers the Salford area and focuses on using an asset - based approach to enable vulnerable clients to live independently in accommodation suitable to their needs and maintain their tenancy. Clients are supported to build on existing skills that will support access to work, training, education, or community-based activities as well as promoting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle and engaging in meaningful activities.

The role

• Use techniques such as coaching and strengths-based approaches to enable clients to develop emotional resilience, overcome barriers and take control of their lives.

• Take a lead on liaising with external agencies, raising any safeguarding issues in an appropriate and timely manner.

• Complete the Positive Behaviour plan, Support plan, Essential profile, and Risk assessment for all customers.

• Respond to crisis or emerging need practically and emotionally, maintain records to design and inform future long - term support planning.

• Use appropriate theories to develop and inform practice for those with substance misuse issues and complex needs.

• Support the project manager to ensure that all aspects of client's support needs, risks and management plans are carried out and all goals are being achieved.

• Support and deliver independent and group programmes to develop and maintain independence, including peer support and community drop-in.

• Ensure all client files, support logs and any other client focused administration is correctly recorded and kept up to date as per the scheme support procedures.

• React promptly to changing support needs of clients, reviewing plans and assessments, in conjunction with other team members update or refer to relevant support agencies, i.e. adult social care, mental health services and benefit agencies.

• Support to develop functional living skills including maintaining a safe and comfortable living environment, support to budget and attending all relevant appointments. This includes signposting to statutory and other agencies where additional needs are identified.

The candidate

• Experience of supporting vulnerable clients within a Floating Support / Outreach / Resettlement service.

• Experience of responding to changing needs of customers to ensure tenancies are sustained within the community.

• Experience of working with external agencies and signposting to relevant services.

• The ability to work independently and manage an allocated caseload.

• Experience of using a strength / asset-based approach to support customers to live independently in the community.

An an Outreach Worker, access to a car is essential along with an Enhanced DBS dated in the last 12 months or registered on the update service.

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.

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 Women’s Supported Housing service in Manchester 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.

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. Working pattern is over 7 seven days a week 9-5pm, you will also be required to work some weekends and evening shifts.

We are looking for female applicants only for this role as it is an all women’s service. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post.

The salary for this role is £19,125 per annum. 

There are two permanent full time positions available, requiring the post-holder to work 37.5 hours per week.

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. 

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.

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.

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.

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.

The salary for this post is £18,525 per annum.

This is a fixed term role that ends on 30 March 2023.

This is a full time role requiring the post holder to work 37.5 hours per week.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems.

 If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview, please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?

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.

Housing Worker:

You will be part of the team of Housing Workers who are responsible for income collection across our refuges and dispersed properties and for ensuring financial resilience and promoting economic independence amongst service users. You will be one of the organisation’s champions on Welfare Benefits and personal debt advisers, providing support to both service users and staff. You will develop effective partnerships with relevant local authorities and other agencies to facilitate the best service for residents. You will advocate for residents and support them regarding their housing status and benefit applications whilst also managing their tenancy compliance.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act of 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 hours per week

Salary: £19,178.73 per annum

Duration: Permanent (subject to funding)

To Apply: Application packs can be downloaded from our website or a copy obtained by emailing or info email. Application Forms should be returned to our info email you can also contact us by telephone.

Deadline for application: 13th June 2022

Interviews will take place on 20th June 2022

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnerships with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at out Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with c27% of our staff identify as BAME, 23% as LGBT+. We span the generations with c29% of staff being aged 18-24 and c10% aged 55-64 and c11% identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be:

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

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.

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.

The salary for this post is £18,525 per annum.

Please note that the post-holder will be required to work a minimum of one sleep-in shift per week, at a rate of £70.47 per shift.

This is a permanent full time role requiring the post holder to work 37.5 hours per week.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?

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.

We are recruiting for a Children & Young People’s Youth/Play Worker to provide age appropriate positive activities for children and young people across Greater Manchester. This project is funded by Children in Need (CIN) and enables us to deliver group work to children and young people to engage with their peers, to get out of a difficult home situation and support them to build a positive peer support network.

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a dynamic, leading relationships charity based in Greater Manchester. 
 

The role

In this role you will develop and organise the delivery of peer support and positive activities for children and young people who may have witnessed/experienced domestic abuse. 

About you

You wil be confident in delivering group work, assessing and managing group dynamics with children and young people. You  will be creative and imaginative in your approach and have experience in gaining young people’s trust. You’ll have an understanding of the impact of domestic abuse and be passionate about supporting children and young people. You will also have comprehensive safeguarding and child protection knowledge. Above all you’ll bring a positive, solution focused attitude.

About us

Funding secured will enable TLC: Talk, Listen Change to grow our work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, their partners, and families. Over the coming twelve months, we are expanding existing programmes and developing several new ones, reaching considerably more people than we ever have before, and pioneering new approaches in this crucial area of work. This is a pivotal time for TLC: Talk Listen Change and we are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, engaged and highly motivated people to join our rapidly expanding team.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest pool, reflecting the diverse range of people we support.

Location

We value the importance of flexible working. Our services are a hybrid of online and in person delivery and therefore this role will include travelling to locations primarily in Stockport and Wigan to deliver face to face sessions, although there may also be a requirement to deliver sessions across Greater Manchester. This role can be home based or in our office, Trafford House, Chester Road Manchester, M32 0RS. If home based there will be a requirement to travel to the office for training and meetings. We also value the importance of human connection so offer the flexibility to book working space in Trafford House. As in person external meetings and events return there will also be a requirement to travel across Greater Manchester and sometimes wider. 

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact us. 

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Please note: we will be shortlisting applications on an on-going basis so we encourage applicants not to wait until the closing date to submit an application where possible.

We need someone to help consolidate our achievements and contribute to the long-term sustainability and success of the charity.  Our new Fundraising Manager will bring a wealth of fundraising experience gained through working with corporate, trusts, or major donors and be a key part of our strategy for growth going forward.

We are looking for someone to work at least 21 hours a week. The full-time role is 35 hours / week.  The post is fully home-based and provides a career opportunity with a dedicated small, but growing, team. In addition to a generous 36 days annual leave (pro rata) , we offer a commitment to continuous professional growth and development through the provision of an annual training budget that is offered to all staff. 

About The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation

The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation was set up in March 2020 by a group of NHS staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We exist to support the welfare and wellbeing of those fighting to keep us healthy and safe during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. 

The charity currently consists of six staff and is a 100% remote and flexible working organisation. In 18 months we have raised £1.3m in funds and over £3m including gifts-in-kind.

 We currently offer the following services to healthcare workers: 

·Bereaved healthcare worker family support and scholarships

·Professional counselling

·Retail discount collation and aggregation 

·Hospital staff room refurbishments 

·Childcare grants 

and are in the process of expanding the services we can offer healthcare workers.

The role of the adult link worker will be to develop appropriate support, ensuring that carers from a wide variety of backgrounds are aware of their rights and are receiving the support and services that they require at the right time and in a suitable location. The role will also provide information, advice, and support to individuals and groups of carers as well as professionals and other organisations.

The service supports carers of all ages across Salford through a model of identifying carers, triage to find the support they need and offering them the appropriate provision. Part of this may be an offer information packs, access to groups, or a time-limited, 12-week package of support which will sometimes include a carers assessment. The aim of such support is to enable carers to develop resilience and to also be linked into local community assets, thereby reducing their reliance on other services.

This role is based both at home and in the community. 

Please note: This role is based in the North of England and the Midlands and will involve travel across these regions.

As our Regional Programmes Manager, you’ll inspire and lead our team of remote-based Senior Project Workers and Project Workers to effectively deliver high-quality support services for kinship families across the North of England and some parts of the Midlands. You’ll do this by working in close collaboration with local authority teams across the North and the Midlands who have commissioned our services. You’ll also develop effective partnerships with other local authorities to secure commissions and generate income for services.

Your team will deliver the following programmes:

• Kinship Ready – online workshops to prepare new and prospective special guardians for their role, as well as wraparound one-to-one support
• Kinship Reach – remote one-to-one support and virtual support groups
• Kinship Connected – in-person one-to-one support and support groups in the community

This role is home-based with travel across the North and Midlands, as well as other parts of England and Wales from time to time.

About Kinship

Kinship is the leading charity in England and Wales for kinship carers – relatives and friends who raise children when their parents aren’t able to. We offer kinship carers expert advice as well as financial, legal, practical and emotional support and understanding from the moment they need it, for as long as they need it. We’re always there to help with the complicated and stressful decisions that so many kinship families have to make, as well as to celebrate the good times.

Working alongside kinship carers and the children they raise, with their voices and views at the fore, we build communities of support and give everything we have to fight for each family and their rights, as well as to raise awareness of kinship care and secure better support for all those playing this critical role.

In return, we offer 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time) and pension.

For further details about the role, please refer to the attached job specification.

To apply, please click the Apply button to send us your CV and cover letter, along with a completed Equal Opportunities form.

Closing date: 12.00 pm on Monday 30 May 2022.
Interview date: Week commencing 13 June 2022.