Fulfilling Lives Area Lead Jobs

Do you have the commitment and resilience to make a real difference in the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities? If the answer is yes, we’d love to hear from you!

About the role:

We’re looking for passionate and dedicated Project Worker to join our Complex Needs Services in Camden. In this role, you will be part of a dynamic team providing tailored support to clients with multiple and complex needs, including mental health challenges, substance use, offending behaviour, and physical health issues. Using a Biopsychosocial model and working within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE), you will deliver high-quality, holistic support to help clients achieve stability and move forward in their lives.

Role responsibilities will include;

• Providing personalised support to clients with multiple disadvantage, including poly-substance misuse, mental health concerns, and histories of trauma.
• Conducting needs and risk assessments, and work collaboratively to develop and implement support plans.
• Promoting harm minimisation and recovery, enabling clients to set and work towards their own goals.
• Supporting clients to develop life skills, manage relationships, build social networks, and access external services and community resources.
• Facilitating group activities and structured interventions as part of our in-house recovery programme.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary setting, coordinating with other professionals to create integrated care plans.

About you:

• Experience of working with multiple disadvantage individuals, including those with substance use, mental health issues, or histories of offending and trauma.
• Proven ability to provide personalised assessments, support planning, and casework.
• Strong understanding of the challenges that disrupt clients' journeys towards independence, such as substance misuse, mental health issues, and domestic violence.
• Excellent crisis management skills and the ability to respond effectively to challenging situations.
• A strong understanding of the strengths and recovery model and experience of working within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE).
• Ability to motivate and engage clients through structured activities, group work, and positive interventions.
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

If you are passionate about supporting people with complex needs and want to work for a charity that’s leading the way in homelessness prevention, apply today!

Important info:

Closing date: Sunday 13th October at Midnight

Interview date: Week commencing 21st October 2024

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

SCIE Vision

We are committed to building a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.

At the SCIE, we are driven by our values:

· Progressive – always learning and developing.

· Inclusive – working together for equality, diversity, and fairness.

· Credible – evidence-based, robust, and reliable.

· Transparent – open and honest.

The role:

A great opportunity for you to join our small friendly team and make a real difference to people’s lives by:

· Supporting the Digital Products Manager in producing and managing all web content, resources and other digital assets.

· Ensuring the SCIE website and SCIE’s digital resources communicate, educate and engage impactfully with our target audiences and customers.

· Using your knowledge and experience of digital delivery as part of a marketing team to support the marketing and communications team in achieving business development objectives.

· To ensure the SCIE website’s messaging, content positioning, user journeys, information architecture and content currency are effective, working with content owners and subject specialists so that the website, its offers and content is timely, high-quality, consistent, and designed for digital dissemination.

· To support the creation, development and ongoing management of digital based products and services, in line with the brand, including webinars, podcasts, marketing emails, and surveys.

· To support the Digital Product Manager to work with colleagues across the organisation, commissioners, customers, the workforce, people with lived experience and carers to update and develop the SCIE’s website and ensure that resources are appropriate and useful. 

This role sits within the Marketing and Communications team, led by the Head of Marketing and Communications, and working alongside colleagues in the wider Business Development and Marketing directorate. 

What we are looking for:

· Excellent written communication skills, with a commitment to communicating clearly and in plain English.

· Excellent oral communication skills.

· Experience of Content Management Systems (WordPress, Drupal, etc) and publishing content for a website with multiple audiences and priorities.

· Knowledge of digital platforms and practices as part of a combined digital communications strategy, including social media, newsletters, campaigns, and web updates.

· Experience of writing for the web.

What we offer in return.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary and homeworking allowance. We provide an employer pension contribution above the statutory minimum, an award-winning employee assistance programme, and an attractive holiday package which rises with length of service.

If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.

Director of Fundraising

Both full and part time hours considered

Minimum of 32 hours per week over 4 days

Up to £65,000, dependant on experience (pro rata to 36.5 hours for part time)

Treloar’s is a charity which runs one of the UK’s largest specialist education centres for young disabled people to live and learn. Through our school and college, we offer students the opportunity to fully take part in life and achieve their aspirations.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic, and professional fundraiser to lead the team at Treloar’s. As the Director of Fundraising, you will develop and implement innovative fundraising strategies, oversee a dedicated and passionate team and support them in generating significant income through a variety of channels, including trusts and foundations, events, corporate partnerships, individual giving, and major donations.

We are looking for someone with a strong track record in senior-level charitable fundraising. You should bring advanced knowledge of a wide variety of fundraising channels, compliance expertise, and exceptional leadership skills. Experience in the education or disability sectors and relevant qualifications in fundraising are advantageous.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of young people with disabilities. We also provide a flexible work environment with options for home and office working (minimum 3 days a week in the office), as well as part-time opportunities.

Informal chats about the role are welcome – get in touch with Sophie Milroy, Recruitment Specialist Lead.

We offer:

• 27 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays
• An opportunity to work on site with industry experts
• Excellent paid training and development opportunities
• Life insurance, Group Personal Pension & Occupational Health schemes
• Health Cash Plan & Perkbox discount scheme
• Free wellbeing activities (e.g. gym/yoga)
• Free parking & many other benefits

How to apply?

To apply, please complete our Online Treloar Application Form, alternatively please call our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

Closing date: Tuesday 8th October 2024

Treloar Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a DBS Check along with other relevant employment checks.

Treloar Trust, responsible for Treloar School and Treloar College, is an equal opportunities employer and operates a no smoking policy. Registered charity number 1092857.

About Us

Headway East London is a charity supporting people living with brain injury. Working across 13 London boroughs we offer specialist support and services for survivors and their families. We offer therapies, advocacy, family support and community support work alongside our day service: a community venue where people can make the most of their abilities and interests.

We also promote awareness and understanding of brain injury by providing information to the public, and offering training to university students, professionals and businesses.

Our vision is to build a community where people with brain injury are valued, respected and able to fulfil their potential.

About the role

The Director of Operations leads all our member-facing services and operations to ensure that these services run effectively. The post holder is responsible for overseeing business planning and managing income streams, ensuring financial sustainability. They will maintain all relationships with local authorities, Integrated Care Boards, and private funders, ensuring the quality of services and adherence to best practices, regulations, and legislation.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Please see job pack for more details)

• Provide strategic leadership to the service leads for all our member-facing services, and the administration and premises team to ensure the efficient delivery, quality, and consistency of services, guided by the principles of co-production.
• Oversee the development of plans and strategies for each team and instil a sense of collaboration, common goals, and working together across the departments to ensure the sustainability of our services.
•  Oversee all budgets within the departments.
• Build good relationships with stakeholders in the boroughs we serve to develop opportunities for growth and development of our services.
• Lead on commissioning/tender/framework contracting arrangements with the local authorities we serve.
• Lead on safeguarding and health and safety to ensure we are compliant in all areas.
• Work with staff to ensure our members’ voices are at the centre of everything we do.
• Work with the managers and the Finance team to ensure unit costs are correct and work to ensure full costs of the service are recovered from customers.
• Support the teams and work with the Director of Development and Fundraising to explore new opportunities to develop our business to generate income.

Key Relationships - Internal and External

• Members
• Staff and volunteers 
•  Board of Trustees
• Commissioners
•  External Partners

Other

• Apply the Headway East London values and behaviours to every aspect of the role at all times.
• Protect and enhance the interests and reputation of Headway East London internally and externally.
•  Commit to the organisational principles of: coproduction equity, diversity and inclusion sustainability

Headway East London is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work. We welcome applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected status as required by law. We promote and protect human rights; they are the foundation of what we do. We want to be an inclusive place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and contribute their unique strengths and perspectives. We are focused on equality and believe that all the fascinating characteristics that make us different, make us more able to deliver our life-changing work with passion and creativity.

As the Peer to Peer Groupwork Facilitator you will set up, lead and deliver a year-long peer to peer group programme for bereaved families who have experienced the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young child.

The groupwork is based on a programme led by Harvard University and Boston’s Children’s hospital and has structured sessions drawing upon psychological model of CBT, although the sessions are not therapeutic. Each session has a theme and incorporates education, guidance and support.

You will establish and deliver a new peer online support group, facilitating group formation, and enhancing service delivery and creating a safe and welcoming space for bereaved families.

Outside the group sessions you will be responsible for managing the administration and evaluation of the service, including and collection of questionnaires and feedback required for reporting purposes and supporting members with any signposting requirements processing referrals, carrying out eligibility screening, monitoring the waiting list and inputting and keeping all database member and service records up to date.

It is a key time to be joining the charity and helping us to continue to save babies’ lives and support bereaved families. The charity has been hugely successful, but the work is far from done. The impact of the sudden death of a baby is wide and never goes away, as we know from the families that we support. This drives all our work, across each department. We are a close and friendly staff team who all share passionately in the charity’s objectives, vision and values.

We are looking for an experienced project and people manager to oversee our exciting, community-embedded health and climate programme at Paddington Development Trust, a dynamic place-based charity that has been working with communities in North Westminster for over twenty years.

We are looking for someone with a passion for empowering individuals and communities around their health, wellbeing and climate action.

The successful candidate will also have a strategic outlook, excellent organisational skills and experience of managing multiple projects and people.

In line with our Investors in People Gold status, we are looking for someone who has the skills and understanding to empower and enable their staff to take ownership, innovate and feel fulfilled in their roles.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled project manager to apply their skills and experience to a senior role, including becoming part of PDT’s Senior Management Team.

PDT’s Health and Climate Programme consists of a staff team of 22 covering four Community and Maternity Champions projects in Queens Park, Harrow Road, Westbourne and Church Street, Westminster Maternity Champions, North Paddington Climate Champions and a team of Community Health and Wellbeing Workers in Church Street. The Head of Health and Climate will oversee the delivery of these projects through managing a high performing team of project managers and having oversight of budgeting, monitoring and strategic partnerships for all the projects.

As Project Worker Complex Needs, you will work creatively and collaboratively with adults who have experience of homelessness and/or Rough Sleeping. You will provide an effective high quality support service in an accommodation setting, working with clients facing Multiple Disadvantage, and living with complex needs.

About the role:

SHP’s aim is to improve outcomes for service users both within the service and by enhancing their ability to utilise external specialist, statutory and community services.

The support you provide will ensure that clients are able to:

• Access and sustain their accommodation within our services
• Access and feel safe in engaging with specialist support in relation to their needs (i.e., substance use, health, mental health, complex trauma, offending, street activity}
• Access primary health care, and improving their wellbeing and process of recovery.
• Access work, training, and other opportunities,
• Be supported by, and be active in, their community
• Develop and maintain positive personal relationships

You will be part of a dynamic team in a hostel setting, holding a caseload of clients with the opportunity to draw on specialist roles within the team, the organisation more broadly, and working in tandem with specialist external agencies. Your ability to forge meaningful relationships will provide the basis of the work to empower your clients, helping them to engage with a range of community resources and build a robust network of support.

About you:

• Ability to maintain motivation for a high level of contact with clients on a day-to-day basis.
• A non-judgemental approach to working with multi-disadvantaged / complex needs clients and to promote a strengths-based approach.
• Familiarity with IT applications and basic keyboard skills and the ability to maintain accurate records and manage own administrative tasks.
• Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to delivering service objectives across work specialisms.
• Strong time management skills, ability to work on own initiative, manage competing priorities and maintain high standards.
• Be expected to operate primarily in your supported accommodation service, as well as some off site work duties; to facilitate client appointments and conduct professional meetings.
• Willingness and ability to work on a rota system of early and late shifts, which may include some variable hours including some evenings and weekends.
• Understanding of professional boundaries and their importance when delivering trauma informed support.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment. 

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Important info:

Closing Date: Sunday 20th October at midnight

Interview Date: 28th & 29th October via Microsoft Teams

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. (Include if post requires a DBS.)

Community Catalysts CIC is a busy, buzzy social enterprise that tries hard to live up to its name. We’re working in partnership with Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council (BCP) and need an energetic and imaginative person to coordinate things for us.

You will lead the BCP Community Micro-enterprise Project. You will find and mentor local people and community organisations, helping them to create new ways for people who need care and support to live the life they want.

To do this job you must:

• Understand the world of care - but maybe feel it could do with a bit of a shake up!
• Be a real people person - able to work well with all sorts of folks with confidence.
• Instinctively make connections - and join up dots that are sometimes less than obvious.
• Be able to spot what people are good at and nurture it.

Have a look at our website and the job description and person specification for more information about us and the job. You will be employed by Community Catalysts and based in the BCP area, the project will have a focus on developing a wider choice of care and support services for people with learning and physical disabilities and older people living in the area.

Follow the link to download an application pack which includes the job description and person specification

Closing date for applications is on 7th October 2024 at 5.00pm and interviews will take place on 15th October 2024 in Bournemouth.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community.

We are looking for an experienced strategically minded, dynamic and proactive project management professional to join us here at the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) as our Initiatives Manager. 

Do you want to be part of a dedicated Workforce Development team, supporting doctors who deliver imaging and cancer care services? If you have a desire to work in a people profession which strives to have a positive impact on the lives of doctors and ultimately patients,; this may be the opportunity for you.

In this pivotal role as Initiatives Manager you will be responsible for the successful development and delivery of initiatives to support us in fulfilling our overarching goal of growing the UK workforce in our specialties of Clinical Radiology and Clinical Oncology, ensuring that quality and impact are at the heart of our plans. 

With a focus on the strategic development side of the team you will cultivate information into initiatives such as the development of curricula or standards but also ongoing initiatives which will serve to increase routes into the workforce for both existing and emerging groups of doctors and allied health professionals. Leading and motivating a high-performing and dedicated team to do so.

What you’ll do: 

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project officers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. 
• Build and maintain the team’s programme of activities, ensuring resources are appropriately planned to deliver individual projects as needed.
• Work with the Head of Workforce Development and Training and Workforce Project Officers to plan and agree deliverable programmes of work over the college year.
• Oversee the successful planning, execution, and delivery of workforce development initiatives, ensuring alignment with RCR objectives.
• Undertake market research to evaluate the viability of proposed new workforce initiatives, targeting those with the greatest impact and reach.
• Establish and oversee necessary quality assurance mechanisms for workforce and training programmes.
   

What you’ll need: 

• Experience of Programme/Project Management.
• Previous experience of line managing and developing a high-performing team.
• An analytical thinker, able to evaluate key issues and exercise sound judgment in drawing conclusions.
• Able to build and sustain great working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders globally.
• Able to prioritise own work and work of team to deliver agreed outcomes.
• A great communicator, both orally and in writing.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive and forward-thinking team and organisation. At the forefront of the health agenda, our members diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, stroke and more, whilst leading on innovations including AI, skills mix and community diagnostic hubs. If you are interested in finding out more about the Initiatives Manager role and the RCR please have a read of the candidate pack.

Why join us?

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
• Hybrid working (40% working week can be done remotely)
• Modern working environment
• Equipment provided to work from home
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Are you an expert in fundraising compliance who’s looking for your next career move?  

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity are hiring for a Fundraising Compliance Manager to join our team. We rely on public generosity to continue our vital work, and face-to-face fundraising is a crucial part of this. We are seeking a diligent and experienced Fundraising Compliance Manager to ensure our face-to-face fundraising activities remain ethical, legal, and aligned with industry best practices. We are committed to ensuring we have the highest compliance standards for our fundraisers and have created this additional role in our team.  

Key Responsibilities

• Managing fundraising compliance across telephone and face to face fundraising activities.  
• Supporting on wider compliance measure across the Charity. 
• Conducting regular audits and risk assessments of fundraising teams and agencies, providing guidance and training to ensure compliance with policies and procedures. 
• Developing and delivering of audit trails of third-party agency activity, including site bookings and fundraiser recruitment. 
• Tracking and reporting on complaints and collaborating with the Senior Supporter Relations Care Manager.  
• Producing regular reports to share with the Fundraising Leadership Team and Trustees outlining Compliance actions and areas for improvement. This role is focused on compliance, but you will also get involved in training activities.  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Significant experience working within fundraising compliance. 
• Substantial knowledge of the Fundraising Code of Practice. 
• Understanding of gambling commission legislation in relation to charity lotteries. 
• Experience writing compliance reports. 
• Understanding of GDPR regulations. 
• Experience delivering training. 
• Exceptional relationship building skills. 
• Strong communication skills. 

Please refer to the full role profile for more information.

How to apply

Please click on the apply button where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

Closing Date: 10th October 2024

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)  
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.  
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme  
• Life assurance 
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme. 

About The Charity 

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.

Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.   

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our site.

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

As Global Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officer, you will support PEAS country level MEL teams in fulfilling their learning objectives in relation to delivering our school improvement technical assistance programme to non-PEAS partner schools. The MEL Officer will be part of the Global Technical Team, and will contribute to the team’s primary objectives to boost the efficacy and impact of the organisation's initiatives across Uganda, Zambia, and Ghana.

We are looking for an individual with significant MEL experience, ideally in relation to education programmes in low resource settings of Uganda, Zambia, and/or Ghana. Experience in fulfilling institutional donor requirements is desirable, ideally to include USAID and/or FCDO. 

To be successful in this role you will have strong communication skills, demonstrating the ability to guide, motivate and support members of the wider global MEL team. You will be highly experienced in working with data, and have strong data analysis skills. You will be part of a hard-working, growing and highly effective team who support one another to achieve impact. Our team are united by our vision, values and desire to give the highest possible number of students the best possible education and life outcomes.

Please view our full candidate pack via the attachment below

Team Manager (Adult Social Care) - L'Arche Ipswich

ABOUT THE ROLE

Hours of work: 40 hours per week (including evenings and weekends)

Salary: £27,336 per annum

Place of work: L'Arche Ipswich Community Houses, Ipswich, IP1 3QU

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 25 September, 11:59pm

Are you an experienced social care leader looking for a rewarding role in a values-driven community? Join L'Arche Ipswich, an 'Outstanding' CQC-rated supported living service, as a Team Manager. Lead a dedicated team supporting adults with learning disabilities to live independent, fulfilling lives within our diverse, inclusive community. With a unique spiritual ethos and commitment to high-quality, person-centred care, L'Arche Ipswich offers an enriching career path where you can make a real difference.

As well as joining a friendly Community, where you will be well supervised and supported, and benefit from L’Arche’s mentorship programme, these are some other benefits you get by working for us:

• Joining shared meals since cooking and having a meal together is what we are all about
• Paid sick pay, up to a maximum of 7wks (depending on length of service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption/Surrogacy, and Paternity Pay (depending on length of service, details available on request)
• Interest free loans and salary advances available
• Free eye tests and a contribution towards the cost of glasses if you need them for work
• Free DBS / PVG checks
• Free SSSC registration
• Free Blue Light Card
• Professional membership fees paid if they are directly relevant to your role
• Free Employee Assistance Programme available to everyone
• Up to 5 days paid compassionate leave
• Up to 6 days paid (pro rata) for time off for emergency dependents leave
• Carer and Childminder costs available in some circumstances to facilitate attendance at residential meetings
• Paid mileage costs at HMRC rate
• Working from Home Allowance for those in office-based roles but for whom no office is provided
• Specialist bereavement counselling for employees and their family members
• Free Life Assurance up to 4 times gross annual salary
• Access to the Bike to Work scheme

Main purpose of the role:

Are you a qualified and experienced social care Team Manager looking for a new and exciting challenge?

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Team Manager for our supported living service in Ipswich, Suffolk. Someone who will go above and beyond to make life amazing for our service users and our enthusiastic and professional support workers. Our Charity supports 13 adults with learning disabilities/autism to lead fulfilling and independent lives whilst being active members of the community.

The Role

As our Team Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Creating and managing monthly rotas;
• Supporting and supervising assistants;
• Organising and leading weekly team meetings;
• Inducting new starters into their role and completing competency observations;
• Overseeing reporting such as medication records, health and safety, and quality assurance;
• Leading on the planning and facilitating community events;
• Working as part of the senior leadership team to maintain a high quality of care;

The Team Manager supports the Registered Care Manager in creating and promoting community and a sense of home, leading the service delivery in line with L’Arche values, traditions and standards, and the requirements of the Care Quality Commission [CQC].

About you:

• Well-organised, IT literate and adept at allocating and delegating work appropriately.
• Accomplished in effectively leading and managing team performance, such as providing clear objectives, reviewing outcomes, putting in place development plans, and taking appropriate action to deal with poor performance.
• Proven ability to guide, support and teach the essential skills of supporting people with learning disabilities/autism.
• A clear understanding of care planning processes.
• 1 or more years’ experience as a Team Manager working with adults with learning disabilities.
• NVQ Level 3 in health and social care.
• Experience in, or be willing to learn, digital care planning programmes.
• Up to date knowledge of CQC regulations with the ability to apply them in a care setting.
• Natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling.
• Supportive of the identity, mission and values of L'Arche and enthusiastic about working within a community organisation rated Outstanding by the CQC.

About us

L'Arche Ipswich is an Excellent CQC rated supported living service that provides individualised and proactive support to enable individuals to become as independent as possible within the community. The service comprises of two beautiful houses set in spacious grounds designed to meet a variety of individual needs and preferences.

L'Arche Ipswich is more than just a service provider; we are a diverse, inclusive community of 30+ people with and without learning disabilities who live, work and celebrate together. Our aim is to provide a place of belonging to help people with learning disabilities live independent yet connected lives.

We pride ourselves on being diverse and inclusive, with our service users being at the heart of all that we do in a safe, caring, dynamic and fun way.

Alongside our regulated person-centred support, we also have a strong spiritual ethos within the organisation, maintaining close meaningful working relationships with our service users, their families, and those living outside of the immediate community L'Arche Ipswich community. Attendance to festivals, weekend breaks, community gatherings and birthday celebrations are a consistent tradition for all of us that brings everyone together on a regular basis.

You may have experience in the following roles: Supported Living Manager, Learning Disability Team Leader, Autism Support Manager, Care Team Manager, Residential Home Manager, Registered Manager, Support Manager, Service Manager, Deputy Care Manager, Learning Disability Service Manager, Community Support Manager, Social Care Team Leader,  etc.

A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack. 

The closing date is midnight on Sunday 25 September 2024. 

Interviews will take place in person in the week beginning Monday 30 September 2024. The interview process will include a visit to the community to meet a panel of people with learning disabilities and an in-person interview.

To apply, please read the full job description and person specification and answer the questions on our online application form. 

Please also read our privacy notice for job applicants.

REF-216393

Title: Male Residential Support Worker (this is a live-in role)

Responsible to: Senior Support Worker

Responsible for: Young people living in the accommodation (4 young people aged 16 – 18 years old seeking asylum in the UK).

Location: This is a live-in, residential role based in a supported accommodation home in Loughborough. Some work will be based in our office buildings.

Hours: 25 hours per week on duty – this is a mixture of day, evening and weekend shifts. Two days a week will be off duty.

Leave: Two nights a month can be taken as nights away from the home. This in addition to annual leave allowance. Annual leave - 33 days (converted into hours) pro-rata for number of hours worked

Salary Band: £24,150 - £27,760 per annum pro rata. Equivalent to £16,100 to £18,506 for 25 hours a week.

Benefits in kind: Rent-free accommodation, including Wi-fi, gas, electric and council tax bills.

Contract: Permanent

Start Date: Immediately

Overall Purpose

To provide advice, assistance and support to young people in the home, as a key member of the Support Team, delivering Baca’s service in line with our Vision and Values. The role includes a consistent adult presence in the home. To attend to their practical and emotional needs whilst supporting the development of living skills. To teach them how to manage and look after a home in order to keep it safe and hygienic. To build trusting relationships within the home to enable young people to feel safe and cared for. To act as an excellent role model and to work closely with them and their Support Worker to enable them to make good progress towards independence.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Welcome newly arrived young people into the accommodation, helping them feel safe and able to rest; with compassion without discrimination of age, race, colour or behavioural issues.
• Actively support young people to make progress and develop in the following outcomes; physical wellbeing and emotional wellbeing; personal safety; education and learning; employment and training that is safe and suitable; social engagement (being part of the community and activities outside of the home)
• Be an excellent and positive role model, offering advice, guidance and assistance and consistently modelling behaviours in line with Baca’s values.
• Using Baca’s progress plan, train all young people in living skills and looking after a home such as washing, personal safety, cleaning, cooking and food safety, food shopping and budgeting.
• Providing emotional support at times of difficulty, anxiety or stress.
• Encourage young people settle into and support them to maintain a healthy routine which will include regularly attending education and social activities.
• Act as a co-keyworker for the young people to ensure that their support plans and progress are up to date and that all their needs are being met.
• Enable young people to live with positive values and good boundaries by challenging any unhelpful or unsafe behaviours and encouraging safe and positive behaviours.
• In accordance with the guidelines on Safeguarding and Health and Safety policies, to accept responsibility for working within these guidelines and report any concerns.
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the Rebuild Team to ensure all young people are safeguarded and supported to rebuild their lives.
• Take responsibility for keeping the home clean, by consistently role modelling to and training young people.
• Maintain very good communication with relevant members of the Rebuild Team and relevant social workers
• Ensure regular appropriate reporting requirements are consistently met, meeting regulations set out by Ofsted.
• Complete and update all admin work as part of the role such as month end reports and support plans on time and in a consistent manner.
• Playing an active role in developing knowledge and understanding in areas relevant to the role and especially in the areas of asylum and refugee law, trafficking, supporting separated children and the cultures of different nations relevant to Baca.

To work as part of the team

• Be a role model, leading by example in practicing the Values of Baca.
• Actively participate in the delivery of the aims and objectives of the organisation working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them.
• Demonstrate curiosity and willingness to learn by be willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers.
• Play an active and supportive role within the organisation.
• Actively participate in team meetings, making a positive contribution to enable young people outcomes to be achieved.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to work undertaken and ensure all confidential material is stored according to Baca’s Confidentiality statement and Data Protection Policy.
• Treat all staff and young people fairly and without prejudice, in line with Baca’s Equality and Diversity Policy.
• Consistently outwork the correct procedures for dealing with any safeguarding incidences or concerns, in line with Baca’s Child, Vulnerable Adult Protection & Safeguarding Policy and whistleblowing.
• Adhere to all Baca’s policies and procedures.

Personal Specification

Baca is looking for a Support Worker who is passionate about seeing unaccompanied young refugees achieving their potential and rebuilding their lives for a better future. The successful applicant will have a personal style that is in line with Baca’s vision and values. They will live in the new arrival house and make it their home. They will be a good self-starter and have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire our young people to be the best they can be. The successful applicant will be motivated and passionate about the work that Baca does and the young people in our care. They will be very approachable, enjoy working as part of a wider team but also able to manage their own time and workload. Someone who is supportive, approachable, responsible, reliable, personable and willing to set boundaries in line with Baca’s values.

This is a frontline role that will need the successful applicant to be working closely with young people in their houses and will need access to transport young people to different appointments, meetings and activities.

An enhanced DBS check will be required. Shortlisting and interviews will take place as and when applications are received.

Please note: We cannot offer sponsorship for this role as Baca is not on the Home Office list.

We have a number of Youth Development Lead positions we are recruiting for across the East Midlands.

We will be hosting an assessment centres on the 3rd and 4th of October at our Nottingham centre.  Please note you must be available to attend on those day. You can find out more about each role we have advertised and its specialism along with the relevant job description by viewing the adverts on our Careers site. All roles we are considering for the Assessment Centre will have (East Midlans) in brackets by them.

Why do we need Youth Development Leads? 

Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with every three in four moving into a positive outcome for either work, education or training. Youth Development Leads play a crucial role in supporting young people, no matter the young person's background or current circumstances, to fulfil their full potential. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Youth Development Leads! 

Perks for working at The Trust! 

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year 
• Flexible working! Unless the location of the role is remote, the Youth Development Lead role requires a combination of office days and working from home. 
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc. 
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role 
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas. 
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks – PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network). 
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave. 
• Interest-free season ticket loans 
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme 
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary) 

Equal Opportunities 

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives. 

We are looking for people who can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.  

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBTQIA+ Network).