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Scheme Manager – (permanent) Harrow
Salary: £26,000
37.5 hours per week
Harrow Churches Housing Association is a social housing provider with stock within the M25, predominantly in Harrow. We are now looking to recruit a scheme manager for our sheltered scheme in Harrow.
If you have experience of the day-to-day management of schemes, and the skills to enable older people to stay independent, join us as a scheme manager. You will be committed to delivering a high-quality service and ideally have experience of working with older people.
What you will be doing:
- Managing all the health & safety compliance within the scheme, including building security and fire checks and inspections of communal areas, so tenants are secure and safe.
- Supporting tenants to maintain their tenancies, dealing with low level anti-social behaviour, rent payments, reporting repairs and helping new tenants settle in
- Supporting social activities and community events
- Working with external agencies to ensure tenants remain independent and have the support they need.
You will be a good communicator and able to form relationships with tenants and other professionals. You will also have excellent time management skills and able to work on your own, finding solutions to problems.
Housing Assistant (12 month contract)
Salary £17,143 for 24 hours per week
Harrow Churches Housing Association is a dynamic and growing social housing provider. We are now looking to recruit a part time Housing Assistant for 12 months to deliver a housing management service to our general needs stock in Milton Keynes, Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Harlington.
The post holder will be required to drive and attend our small estate in Harlington, to carry out H&S checks and meet with tenants, as required. This will be your office base for 2 days each week.
You will be:
· Supporting the Specialist Portfolio Manager in the day-to-day management of approximately 190 homes.
· Responding to 1st line housing management queries
· Liaising with LAs and colleagues to fill voids
· Managing low level rent arrears
· Report repairs and keep tenants informed of progress and appointments
· Carrying out weekly Health and Safety checks
· Tenancy visits / inspections
· Highly organised, with excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and the ability to prioritise tasks appropriately.
· have a positive outlook and be able to adjust to variations in workload, ensure targets are completed, be self-motivated and be comfortable working both in a team and on your own
As a Housing Assistant you will report to the Specialist Portfolio Manager and be part of a small team delivering a housing service to the tenants living in general needs housing. You will be committed to delivering a high quality service and, preferably, have experience of working in social housing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Service Delivery Assistant to join the Hate Crime team in Cardiff, working 25 hours a week.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 30 days plus Bank Holidays
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances & maternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
This role is based in our Cardiff St Mellons Office.
As a Service Delivery Assistant you will provide a high quality administrative function in a fast paced team. You will need excellent customer service skills, experience of social media management, of administrative duties and managing a varied workload.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We looking forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales.
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The East European Resource Centre (EERC) provides advice, independent advocacy, and support to Eastern European nationals in London. Our advice covers immigration, benefits, and housing matters. Independent Advocacy supports survivors of hate crime, domestic abuse and labour exploitation.
EERC is seeking a Polish-speaking Welfare Adviser to join our team. This role is full time for a fixed term of one year.
This role will provide important support to our clients. The main duties will be:
- Outreach and information to Eastern Europeans in the UK.
- Advice and casework around welfare benefits and housing applications.
The ideal candidate would have some experience in assessing and supporting users to apply for welfare benefits. Please state your experience in this and other advice areas.
EERC is open to appointing a Welfare Assistant, Welfare Adviser, or Senior Welfare Adviser depending on the level of experience and skills. The job description given is for a Welfare Adviser. A Welfare Assistant would have less responsibility and a Senior Adviser would have more responsibility including complex casework and supervision.
This job can be done entirely from our office or in a hybrid between office and work from home. EERC is well set up to facilitate safely seeing clients in the office as well as working remotely.
Please note: this post-holder will liaise with users who are unlikely to speak good or any English, might struggle with literacy, and have experienced disadvantage and trauma. Therefore, we request a fluent or very good Polish-speaker for this role.
How to apply - send completed application form via email by the deadline.
Deadline –10am on 15 August 2022
East European Resource Centre is a charity (reg. no. 1114607) that has been providing information, advice and support to people from Centr... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hybrid - home working with travel across Greater Manchester
Closing date: 29th August 2022 at 11:30pm
Do you have experience of multiple disadvantage such as homelessness, mental health, contact with the criminal justice system, domestic violence, or substance misuse and an understanding of how these experiences have affected you?
Then join Shelter as GROW (Getting Real Opportunities of Work) Traineeship – Equality and Inclusion, where you will work collaboratively to shape the approach to lived experience involvement and inclusion and, with the support of the whole Changing Futures team, you will play a key role in connecting with communities and smaller grassroots lived experience-led groups facing poverty, discrimination, and inequalities.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent. We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the team
You will be part of the Changing Futures core team, which is based with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). GMCA is made up of the 10 Greater Manchester councils and Mayor, who work with other local services, businesses, communities and other partners to improve the city-region. As part of GMCA, you will also sit within the Public Service Reform Directorate which focuses on affecting change for and with people and communities of Greater Manchester. You will have the opportunity to get involved in other areas of work that interest you as part of this wider work.
About the role
You will utilise your lived experience and insight to help shape change across Greater Manchester for, and with, people experiencing multiple disadvantage and structural inequalities. We will also expect you to connect with local communities and smaller grassroots lived experience led groups who are facing multiple disadvantages and structural inequalities to help amplify their voice. Whilst also shadowing and collaborating with colleagues and influencing where we go next and how we make change happen. We will count on you to work closely with the Changing Futures Involvement & Co-production Manager to shape approaches, champion lived experience involvement and to supporting Shelter, GMCA and the Changing Futures Innovation Areas to understand and respond to the barriers that people experiencing multiple disadvantages are facing.
About you
Empathetic, proactive and organised, you will have a connection with communities and smaller grassroots groups or have lived experience of structural inequalities and want to tackle discrimination and disadvantage that causes injustice and inequality in society. You will also be interested in how we hear from diverse communities, and support them to feel represented, heard and to lead change and want to see change happen across Greater Manchester. An open and honest communicator and a non-judgmental listener, you will be have the ability to work as part of a team and have the desire to develop and learn new skills and the willingness to ask for help and support when needed.
How to apply
To apply, please submit a personal statement that addresses how you meet the following 'About You' Points. These points can also be found in the Job Description and should consist of no more than 350 words per response.
• You will have experience of multiple disadvantage e.g. homelessness, experience of the criminal justice system, mental ill-health or substance misuse) and an understanding of how these experiences have affected you.
• You will want to see change happen across Greater Manchester, and recognise that this means people working together across differences, local areas, lived experiences and organisations
• You are flexible to meet the needs of others.
In addition, please address how you meet the behaviour below. This should be no more than 350 words.
We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset
• by not tolerating and actively tackling racism and any other forms of hate and discrimination
• by creating safe spaces for people to be their authentic self, challenge each other and learn
• by being compassionate towards the people we work with and prioritising each other’s wellbeing
For further details on how to apply or if you have any questions regarding submitting an application, please do not hesitate to contact TJ and Rachel. The details can be found on our website.
We will be holding support sessions at multiple locations in Manchester city centre, Rochdale, Oldham and Wigan and one Online to give people practical support and advice on how to create a CV and/or a supporting statement to apply for the role, or to pick up a paper application. These sessions will also give you the chance to find out more about the role. If you would like to come along or get more details you can email TJ and Rachel.
The sessions will take place on the following dates:
Week beginning 22nd August: Back On Track – contact us to find out more
26th August – 11am -via Zoom. The details can be found on our website.
When applying, we appreciate it may feel unusual to be talking about your lived experience to a prospective employer. Please be assured that we ask for this only to assess your suitability for a role that’s designed to help people to use their experiences to develop a career.
Changing Futures
Through Changing Futures in GM, we are working in partnership with a range of VCSE and community partners, and local innovation sites (Rochdale, Oldham, Wigan and Manchester) to ensure lived experience is at the heart of design, delivery and systems change.
We will be funding five GROW Trainee roles, which are supported employment opportunities for people who have lived experience of multiple disadvantage. You can find out more about Shelter’s GROW Traineeship Programme by watching this promotional video on our website.
We will be working in partnership with Shelter to develop a GM GROW Campus which will focus on support, development and influencing wider change around lived experience in the workforce and inclusive and fair recruitment practices.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Fixed-term contract until March 31st 2024
Location – Manchester, Rochdale, Wigan or Oldham
Closing date: 29th August 2022 at 11:30pm
Do you have an understanding of how homelessness and other related disadvantages can affect people’s lives and ability to access meaningful employment. Then join Shelter GROW (Getting Real Opportunities of Work) Traineeship – Changing Futures programme and you could soon be delivering face-to-face front-line services and vital support to people facing multiple disadvantages.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent. We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the team
Through Changing Futures in Greater Manchester, Shelter is working in partnership with a range of voluntary and community organisations and Local Authorities to ensure lived experience is at the heart of design, delivery and systems change. The GROW team will support you on your traineeship, providing wellbeing and personal and professional development support. You will also have day-to-day team specific job training and mentoring in your placement area. The option of shadowing opportunities with internal and external agencies will be available.
About the roles
There are four exciting opportunities on offer across each of the four innovation areas in Manchester, Wigan, Oldham and Rochdale. Each role will see you uses your own experiences and skills to work with people facing multiple disadvantages and to support them to navigate services, working in a person-centred way, empowering people to achieve their own goals and live more fulfilled lives.
You will be expected to work both directly and indirectly with other agencies, maintaining a professional and supportive approach at all times, while also getting actively involved in driving forward the ambitions of the Changing Futures GROW Programme to encourage service users to be involved with development and systems change to the services they access.
About you
We value lived experience and the insights of people who are ‘‘experts by experience”.
Compassionate, honest and non-judgmental, you will have lived experience of multiple disadvantage (e.g. homelessness, experience of the criminal justice system, mental ill-health or substance misuse) and an understanding of how these experiences have affected you. You will be able to work effectively as part of a team and have the self-awareness and willingness to ask for support when needed.
Enthusiasm to use IT (including phones) for emails, internet and other basic skills, as is a flexible, professional and proactive approach to your work.
How to apply
To apply, please submit a personal statement that addresses how you meet the following 'About You' Points. These points can also be found in the Job Description and should consist of no more than 350 words per response.
• You will have experience of multiple disadvantages e.g. homelessness, experience of the criminal justice system, mental ill-health or substance misuse) and an understanding of how these experiences have affected you.
• You will have the self-awareness and willingness to ask for help and support when needed.
• You are flexible to meet the needs of others.
In addition, please address how you meet the behaviour below. This should be no more than 350 words.
We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset
• by not tolerating and actively tackling racism and any other forms of hate and discrimination
• by creating safe spaces for people to be their authentic self, challenge each other and learn
• by being compassionate towards the people we work with and prioritising each other’s wellbeing
For further details on how to apply or if you have any questions regarding submitting an application, please do not hesitate to contact TJ and Rachel.
We will be holding support sessions at multiple locations in Manchester city centre, Rochdale, Oldham and Wigan and one Online to give people practical support and advice on how to create a CV and/or a supporting statement to apply for the role, or to pick up a paper application. These sessions will also give you the chance to find out more about the role. If you would like to come along or get more details visit our website.
The sessions will take place on the following dates:
23rd 24th 25th August: Various locations in Greater Manchester – contact us to find out more
26th August – 11am -: via Zoom
When applying, we appreciate it may feel unusual to be talking about your lived experience to a prospective employer. Please be assured that we ask for this only to assess your suitability for a role that’s designed to help people to use their experiences to develop a career.
Changing Futures
Through Changing Futures in GM, we are working in partnership with a range of VCSE and community partners, and local innovation sites (Rochdale, Oldham, Wigan and Manchester) to ensure lived experience is at the heart of design, delivery and systems change.
We will be funding five GROW Trainee roles, which are supported employment opportunities for people who have lived experience of multiple disadvantage. You can find out more about Shelter’s GROW Traineeship Programme by watching this promotional video.
We will be working in partnership with Shelter to develop a GM GROW Campus which will focus on support, development and influencing wider change around lived experience in the workforce and inclusive and fair recruitment practices.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them