• To support unaccompanied and former unaccompanied minor young men with settling into semi-independent living in the UK;
• To create a welcoming and safe space for residents throughout the supported accommodation service;
• To provide an efficient service that adheres to best practice, working closely with partners including Local Authority children’s services, colleges, healthcare providers and the job centre.

TPP are proud to be working with a charity who provide advice, support and psychosocial services to children, young people and adults. They challenge discrimination and campaign for Equality: a world that truly values and respects people who look different.

This is initially a two year fixed term contract. 37 hours a week

They are seeking an innovative and experienced CYP service lead and qualified well-being practitioner to take the professional lead on developing this competency-based service and to deliver 1-1 and other well-being interventions to support the needs of young people.

The main purpose of the role is:
*To be the professional lead on establishing a nationwide Well-being Service for Children and young people (CYP) with visible difference and their families across the UK.
*To develop, evaluate and deliver the well-being service model for CYP in line with current best practice, evidence, standardised assessments and outcome measures.
*To deliver 1-1 counselling and other well-being interventions to CYP and their families who present with mild to moderate emotional distress / mental health difficulties via a range of mechanisms: telephone, face-to-face, video call and online.

They are looking for:
*A current, recognised health / social care / psychology, psychotherapy or counselling qualification (with appropriate professional registration), with at least two years' post-qualification experience in health or social care
*Experience of reviewing, establishing and evaluating a well-being service model to support the primary mental health needs of children and young people, and their families.
*Experience of providing high quality mental health interventions for children, young people and their families in an education, health or social care setting, conducting 1:1 counselling and group psychosocial support, via a variety of channels eg: F2F, phone, video call, webchat and other digital products
*Experience of autonomous management of a client case load, keeping accurate client records, recording clinical outcomes and reporting against KPI's
*Knowledge and experience of using short-term approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and related techniques.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity please get it touch ASAP. If you would like to apply we require a full CV and covering letter to demonstrate how you meet the person specification and job requirements.

YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP
 
Wellbeing Play Therapist
Brighton & Hove
Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover)
18 Hours per week
£30,335 per annum (pro-rata)
£14,757 per annum (actual)

The Children & Young People’s Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is an innovative service, delivery primary care mental health interventions to children and young people aged 4-25. The service is a collaboration between YMCA DownsLink Group, Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, Here and Mind in Brighton & Hove.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Play Therapist to deliver both assessment and treatment sessions to children and young people aged 4-25.

Applicants must be qualified Play Therapists (MA/MSc level), experienced in working with children and young people, be more than 2 years post qualified, and BAPT / PTUK registered.

For more details of the Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service, please visit the website.

The position comes with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays), a company sick pay scheme, a life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary, a health and wellbeing cash plan, and a cycle to work scheme. Please download a job pack for more information about other benefits offered.

Please note that the hours are 18 hours per week until 31/08/2020 and will reduce to 11.5 hours per week from 01/09/2020.

If you are an applicant interested in this post and would like an informal discussion having read the job pack, please have a look at our vacancy on our website. We will not respond to agencies. 

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns.

Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 

Closing date for applications: Monday 20th April 2020 at 9am

Interview date: Thursday 23rd April 2020

Please note that we do not accept CVs.
To apply, please download an Application Pack and an Application Form from YMCA DownsLink Group.

Equinox Care provides support, care and recovery services to people who have a range of complex needs such as substance misuse and mental health issues.

We operate across the South East of England, providing a range of different services that concentrate on assisting our service users to re-engage with the communities around them and to find effective strategies for dealing with the challenges facing them in their lives. These services include detoxification services, supported housing, outreach and street engagement.

We are currently seeking a Personal Health and Wellbeing Practioner to work within our Brent Equinox Services to provide a responsive and enabling service for people with complex needs in line with agreed Personal Care plans, by offerring practical based support for people with substance misuse issues and mental health.

Main responsibilities will include:

• The development of Personal Care Plans, Recovery stars and Risk Assessments 
• Monitor any changes in behaviour and use appropriate interventions and support
• Planning and participating in meaningful activities with Service Users to promote their health and wellbeing, positive engagement levels and helping them to live happier, healthier lives. 
• Deliver group work, psychological and mental health/ substance misuse interventions
• Provide person centred practical and emotional support, and practical therapeutic interventions for service users. 
• implement the service’s policies and procedures in order to deliver the overall operational programme. Perform and/or assist services users to perform basic personal care tasks as outlined in the service users personal care plan and recovery star, ensuring that they are supported to self direct the care and support offered
• Practitioners will encourage service users to make choices about their care and support and ensure that these are communicated to care coordinators, care managers and others involved in the care of the service users.

​What we are looking for in the successful candidate:

• Experience of providing responsive personal care and support to individuals with complex needs
• Experience of monitoring/supporting service users taking medication
• Experience of progressive service user provision both in substance misuse and mental health. 
• Experience of promoting diversity, dignity and equality.
• Experience of providing responsive personal care and support to individuals with complex needs 
• Experience of monitoring/supporting service users taking medication
• Experience of progressive service user provision both in substance misuse and mental health. 
• Experience of promoting diversity, dignity and equality

Why work for us:

• Excellent core and on-going training aligned with personal development plan 
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Discount gym membership
• Routine eye tests, glasses and contact lenses 
• Dental treatment via NHS or Private 
• Physiotherapy, Indian Head Massage and a range of other therapies 
• 25 days holiday increasing to 26 days after 2 years and increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days annual leave
• Life Assurance

We are seeking passionate, caring, understanding applicants that can work in a challenging but rewarding environment. If you feel you have the right skills and necessary experience, please download and complete our Application Form and send it to the Recruitment Team. Alternatively you can visit our website for further information.

We are offering PWPs an exciting opportunity to join a growing team based in a highly regarded local mental health charity. We welcome applications from qualified PWPs for full-time and part-time roles.

The PWP team at Mind in Brighton and Hove is part of the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service, a partnership of four organisations with a track record of providing high-quality services in the City. Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is a complete Primary Care Mental Health service, which means you will benefit from:

• Wraparound support for your patients from experienced Mind colleagues providing employment advice and support, advice and information, and advocacy
• A joined-up Children and Young People's pathway combining NHS and third sector expertise
• Working with experienced Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners to aid risk management and support of patients who may be less able to benefit from IAPT intervention

The Wellbeing Service is committed to developing the Step 2 provision to offer earlier intervention and quicker treatment to Brighton and Hove residents experiencing depression and anxiety. This will mean ongoing opportunities to explore special interests and help to shape the service, working with professionals from a variety of clinical backgrounds.

Alongside your core work of delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-based, guided self-help over the telephone and face-to-face, you will have the chance to be involved in a variety of ongoing projects. We run an extensive psycho-educational group programme. We also offer SilverCloud to provide flexible, online treatment. We work closely with the University of Brighton offering student-specific courses. We are also pleased to be taking part in the exciting LightMIND research project with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre.

Full job details and application forms can be found on our website.

Closing date: Rolling recruitment
Proposed interview dates: To be arranged as applications are received

Confirmation of appointment is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Mind in Brighton and Hove is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to recruiting the best possible people to each position in our organisation and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Mind encourages applications from everyone, irrespective of age, disability (including experience of living with mental health issues), gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.

Main duties and responsibilities

Talk for Health delivers a proactive Community Psychology service funded by the NHS and other funders in Islington and Camden.  We train lay people in our own group peer counselling method, and enable them to set up ongoing groups for psychological wellbeing.

We are looking for a person to fulfil a high intensity position at the centre of our service delivery.  This is a very demanding role and requires someone with both high-level Operational and Psychological knowhow and skills. 

As in any very small Social Enterprise, this person will be at the same time well qualified, skilled and humble. 

The work will span from humble administrative tasks (flyering, photocopying, data entry) to complex problem solving, to training and supporting people in severe psychological distress. 

While Masters Level Psychology knowledge alongside a good grasp of SPSS statistical packages as well as other statistical analisis tools, and hands-on experience of supporting people in crisis is essential, the largest part of your workload will be administrative.  No day is the same in this role. Constant prioritising and a lot of crisis management are constant, whilst ensuring the quality and timely delivery of all our trainings, groups and events.

Duties you will be fully accountable for include (but note we are a small team and there is often the need to help in other areas):

• Co-ordination of trainings, events, and ongoing groups
  At the heart of our service delivery are trainings and ongoing groups – at least 20 a month.  These require:
  • Promotion: the person holding this role is accountable for meeting stringent funder targets around filling all trainings, groups and events
  • Planning and co-ordination:  planning up to a year ahead; co-ordinating during;  following up after. This involves countless tasks  from scheduling, to booking and checking venues, to managing 30+ offsite trainers and volunteers, to dealing with and registering  participants, to ordering stock of training materials and refreshmentss, so that we always run as a “well oiled” machine

• Data management and analytics
  We are required to collect, manage and protect data for all our service users, for reporting reasons and to track our social impact. Processes are strictly followed to capture the data, record it accurately, manage and analyse it. All GDPR policies and compliance are also a responsibility of this role.
   
• NHS and other Funders’ contract management and reporting
  You will be expected to collect, enter and analyse data, write reports and present to monitoring panels at least quarterly.
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• Onboarding and training staff, volunteers and trainers
  You will ensure all staff and volunteers (30+ at the time of writing) are properly inducted  e.g. on our policies, processes and procedures, as well as undergoing Enhanced DBS checks and training in Safeguarding. You must accurately track this process for each and every staff member.  They are a growing community , bringing extra pressure to this role.

• Participant management
• ​The entire cycle of recruitment, registration and tracking of participants in all our events and sessions sits firmly under this role’s responsibilities. Our participants - including sometimes highly distressed individuals with diagnoses of severe mental illness e.g. Schizophrenia, often have questions, fears and worries. You need the psychological expertise to respond to them skilfully.

• Service delivery
• You will deliver trainings, interactive events and one to one support amongst our participants - including sometimes highly distressed individuals with diagnoses of severe mental illness e.g. Schizophrenia.  You need psychological expertise including a good grasp of the social model of mental health as well as excellent facilitations skills, self-awareness and – within our model – the willingness to share your own vulnerabilities.

• Marketing and comms
  The success of our programmes relies heavily on us achieving attendance targets and raising our profile amongst the public and funders. Designing and implementing our marketing and promotional strategy - both to health professionals/workers and the general public – is an essential part of this role.
   
• Copywriting
  To support or marketing and promotional activities, both online and offline. A good eye for detail and design is important.
   
• Digital media management
  Digital media is an integral part of our marketing mix. You will be in charge of all our channels: Mailchimp newsletters, Twitter, website and Facebook updates.

• Admin support
  No task is too small at Talk for Health. We expect everyone to get their hands ‘dirty’ and embrace small things as well as big things, ans work according to set protocols. This job includes all manner of administration tasks, such as: manning the company phone, stock taking of materials, ordering stationery, packing cases with training materials and refreshments.

You will be required to work with people at all levels both in and outside the company, and will need to be e.g.

• Trainers, Volunteers, Staff, participants, Local mental and other health professionals (GPs, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, organisations such as Mind)
• NHS and other Funders and sponsors
• Board members and our CEO

The team

It’s a small, entrepreneurial setting and the core team will be you, our Psychotherapist Founder, a second Director and a Service Delivery Manager at our home-based office in NW3. (All office work, trainings and events are being carried out remotely during the Coronavirus pandemic). This is a fast paced and highly demanding environment where you will often need to work on your own under pressure.

Qualifications and experience needed

• Master’s level psychological or mental health training – or the equivalent in experience
• Good grasp of psycho-social/Community Psychology mental health model: on-board with our core premise that lay people can be trained and supported to help each other as effectively as professionals
• 5+ years’ experience of fast-paced and effective operational and project management work, multi-tasking to tight deadlines, ideally in a commercial setting. We need high-level operational efficiency
• 2+ years’ experience managing high volume events or trainings
• Experience working with people in severe distress or crisis
• Experience facilitating groups with complex needs according to a clear protocol
• Masters’ level experience of quantitiave and qualitative data analysis, SPSS and other statistical analisis packages

Skills and abilities

• Administrative effectiveness: able to get a heavy and varied workload done fast, with scrupulous attention to detail
• Psychological skill:  able to train and work with groups of people with very varied and complex needs, whilst owning and sharing your own vulnerabilities
• People and volunteer management: able to delegate, achieve clarity about who is doing what, and ensure the whole team is working to a high standard
• Data analytics: ability to both to produce accuracy in the detail and to analyse ‘high level’ i.e. deduce key points from large and complex volumes of data
• Excellent interpersonal skills: including the ability to remain calm in heated moments
• Self-motivation and drive for excellence
• Ability to be flexible and readjust plans, able to prioritise work within set deadlines.
• Excellent written communication: e.g. for social impact reports, marketing materials, newsletters, and social media.
• Excellent group facilitation skills including awareness of personal strengths and learning edges when leading groups; projection and transference; managing boundaries within a set training format, and dealing with challenging scenarios
• Demonstrated ability in strategizing, producing, and managing marketing and social media campaigns, writing marketing copy, and facilitating edits of ad material
• Excellent IT proficiency in e.g. Apricot (or another CRM), Trello, Monday (or other project management software), Microsoft 365 including Excel, Eventbrite, Wordpress, social media, Mailchimp, Text marketing systems
• Ability to deal with confidential issues in a professional and sensitive manner
• Resilience: capacity to face adversity, constructive criticism, extremely demanding circumstances and setbacks.
• Ingenious and innovative problem-solver within tight time and financial constraints
• Ability to consistently meet high expectations with a positive attitude
• Humility: willingness to carry out tasks needed, according to precise protocols,  in order to get the job done as required

Salary and practicalities

• £30,000 a year
• The position will begin with a 6-month probationary period.
• You need to have your own laptop computer
• You will be based remotely during the pandemic, and after that at our home-based office in NW3, visiting delivery sites in Islington and Camden as required:  we have a strong preference for a candidate in this local area
• You will be required to work occasional evenings and Saturdays

About Talk for Health

Talk for Health is a small mental health social enterprise in NW3.  Our aim is to demystify therapeutic talk and our approach has been shown to be as effective as therapy. Our service runs in Islington and Camden, funded by the NHS and grant-makers, and involves a busy schedule of free trainings, groups and events.

Deadline for application forms and CV’s is 2nd May 2020.

Next steps: you will need to apply by sending in your CV and cover letter. Based on CV assessment you will be sent an application form to proceed to the next stage of recruitment.

Advice & Information Helpline Worker (Mental Health) 

Birmingham 

Part time, 17 hours per week

£17,658 (pro rata £8,005)

Our client is a leading provider of mental health services in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

They are looking for an enthusiastic and caring person to work on their Advice and Information Helpline. The service runs from their Wellbeing Hub in Erdington and  supports calls from all of Birmingham. As a Helpline worker, you will be taking calls from residents of Birmingham who are experiencing mental health difficulties as well as carers, friends and family.

You will be engaging with callers, assisting them to get support from one of the services or signposting them to relevant external services. You will provide a friendly, non-judgmental listening ear.

All service users have aspirations and wishes, and it will be your role to ensure that you support people to achieve these. You will be working in a small team of staff and volunteers.

You will have experience in the mental health field, with experience of supporting people to be in control of their lives. You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to work with strong values and work within a recovery approach. If you feel that you meet the requirements of this position we would like to hear from you.

Benefits include an attractive defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme. 

People are key to the success of this organisation and they are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. They welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties.

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DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Are you a proactive multi-tasker who can take a lead on safeguarding issues, manage a team of recovery workers and oversee the delivery of a programme of services developed to support people towards changing their drug and alcohol use with consistent energy & enthusiasm…?

The team provides a variety of support to people including alcohol detox support, initiating opiate substitute prescribing, relapse prevention and motivational interventions. You will need to be resilient and experienced in managing clients with a range of substance use issues, be the ‘go to’ person located in the South Bristol Hub while integrating with community services and partnership working with Hawkspring.

The role involves actively contributing to and supporting the wider Bristol DHI services, Team Leaders and Service Manager to develop and enhance treatment services within ROADS.

If you are interested, please contact HR in first instance to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

Please use the Job Description and Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR before Midday 14th April

Every year, thousands of men, women and children are trafficked to the UK.

Bakhita House is a residence owned and based within the Diocese of Westminster and set up by CARITAS Westminster as part of the Catholic Church’s response to this issue, with the aim of offering befriending, guidance, support and resettlement of women who are the victims of Human Trafficking.

We are now looking to recruit a Support Worker to primarily ensure the safety and security of guests and oversee the night security of the project. This will include day and night shifts.

She will be responsible for the support case load overseeing all aspects of guests’ housing matters and participating in the design of a life skills programme and workshops.

All post-holders must be experienced in working with victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, and thus able to handle with sensitivity all guests displaying challenging behaviour as a result of experiencing trauma.

Excellent communication, organisation and team working skills together with a commitment to the ethos and teachings of the Catholic Church would also be crucial.

Due to the nature of this work, all post-holders will be required to have a flexible approach in terms of working hours and must therefore be willing to work additional hours as required

All posts are subject to a DBS Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barred List check.

Hours of work:

35 hours per week, usually on a 4 week rolling rota, for 5 days per week (including bank holidays and weekends but excluding nights)

Salary:

£ 26,984.79 per annum

Closing date:

Friday, 10 April 2020 at noon

Interview date:

6 & 7 May 2019

Job reference:

0160-427

Please note that Bakhita House is a female only shelter. The post is therefore only available to female applicants as permitted under the Equality Act 2010.

To be considered for the role, please complete an online job application on our RCDOW website. To view full job description, please visit our RCDOW vacancies webpage. 

CVs will NOT be considered, therefore, please do not send them. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Please note that you will need to be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this position. You must provide proof of Right to Work in the UK. 

Recruiting Enhanced Support Workers to join our Young People's Service in Hounslow!

£23,200 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Hounslow Young People is Supported Accommodation Service for young people and young parents aged 16-25. The service encompasses a mix of units across 6 sites supporting 57 vulnerable young people and 19 teen parents.

The aim of the service is to empower young people to move towards independent living, supporting their successful transition from childhood; laying the foundations for healthy, ambitious, and safe adult lives with minimal ongoing support. Support is delivered in partnership with a number of stakeholders and partners in the community such as mental health services; substance misuses agencies, housing teams, police and social services.

Job Overview:

You will be able to be creatively engage young people in order to minimise risks and increase their independence. Partnership working is the heart of supporting our young people, you will be required to build and maintain relationships to coordinate the young person's support.

This role requires working on a rota pattern encompassing mix of shifts between 7:45am to 10pm including weekends.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for key-working a caseload assigned by Management
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs, potential risks and agree levels of support and actions to professional standards
- Co-develop a positive behaviour support plan with the individual that identifies triggers and actions required to enable positive risk taking through reduced risks
- Support customers to claim and receive eligible benefits, deal with relevant agencies to develop life skills, budgeting, financial literacy, and managing finances effectively
- Encourage tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively
- Motivate individuals to prepare and cook healthy meals safely, going shopping and offering guidance on buying balanced nutritious food
- Enable customers to improve their skills to manage their day-to-day activities such a making telephone calls, dealing with correspondence, attending appointments and form filling
- Support customers to access other services including CMHT, substance misuse agencies and/or work in partnership with other agencies as part of the support planning process
- Develop and maintain links with key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Lead on an area of specialism e.g. ETE, Mental health and build partnerships and develop internal and external opportunities for service-users in this area
- Support customers to maintain activities including but not limited to education, employment, training, informal accreditation and volunteering opportunities
- Promote customers to develop social skills, positive and healthy relationships and keep safe in a variety of settings
- Engage customers to place their voice, aspirations, and interests at the heart of service delivery Promoting inclusion, equality, diversity, and community cohesion
- Positively support customers to understand their child's development in line with best practice guidance
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures and undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Successful candidates will have:

- An understanding of the difficulties Young People, Care Leavers and Young Parents face and the skills to empower them to achieve their ambitions
- An awareness and understanding of the social, emotional and wellbeing needs and mental health in relation to young people and different agencies involved in their care and support
- An understanding of the challenges young parents face and the skills to enable them to pursue their aspirations while parenting effectively
- An understanding of the difficulties NEET young people face and the skills to enable them to develop a sense of responsibility and independence in the community
- An understanding of the challenges young offenders face and the skills to facilitate positive behaviour change and reintegration in the community
- An understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures

Person Specification:

- A passion to support young people to reach their potential, succeed and thrive independently given the right support with a 'can do' attitude
- A strong customer focus and commitment to putting customers' interests and voices at the heart of all aspects of provision
- Strong self-awareness and commitment to acting as a positive role model
- A commitment to non-discriminatory practice and to promoting equality and diversity
- A commitment to acting as a corporate parent in all aspects of practice where applicable
- A commitment to effective joint working with partners to meet customers needs
- A strong sense of personal accountability and the ability to critically reflect on practice to improve future approaches
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills

For more information or to apply please visit our website.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Development Worker to join our friendly team, and work closely with our service users with learning disabilities to develop their independent skills and potential.

This is a full time position, Monday-Friday 9-5, with occasional evening and weekend work. 

The post holder will deliver support for our service users across our 4 core services, including the delivery of educational sessions aimed at building confidence and skills, travel training and 1:1 community support for isolated individuals.

 The post holder will also be required to take a lead role in organizing and participating in various fundraising events and activities, to ensure the continuation of the high quality support that we provide to our service userss The ideal candidate will have significant experience of working with people with learning disabilities, or a similar vulnerable service user group, along with a strong commitment to taking a person-centred approach to the role.

We are looking for an effective team player that can work closely with our small team of staff and volunteers to affect real change in the lives of adults with learning disabilities.

We are growing, so there will be opportunities for development. The role of Development Worker is both diverse and challenging, and will provide the right candidate with excellent opportunities to significantly develop their skills and knowledge within the charity and social care sectors.

Our mission

PiP (Pursuing Independent Paths) 's mission is to support adults with learning disabilities to achieve their potential. We are a small grassroots charity based in West London, and run a number of key services to promote independence and choice for our service users. All of the work PiP does is aimed at fulfilling one or more of our 6 priority outcomes:

• PiP Students lead more independent lives
• PiP students improve their health, wellbeing and self-esteem
• PiP Students gain life skills
• PiP students build social skills
• PiP Students increase their social interactions within the community
• Happiness, comfort and improved quality of life for parents and carers

Applications closing date: 25.03.2020 at 23:59.

Interviews will take place on 31st March, 2nd and 3rd April.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Barnet Mencap is dynamic, expanding, and looking for team players to join our enthusiastic and diverse team. We support adults with moderate learning disabilities and/or autism to live independently in housing of their choice.

The role offers a challenge and satisfaction, which will suit people who:

• have experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and autism in a community setting
• have a good working knowledge of safeguarding issues facing people with learning disabilities and autism
• understand the issues faced by people with learning disabilities and autism living independently and have the skills to meet their practical, social and emotional needs
• have a ‘Person Centred Planning’ ethos
• have excellent communication skills

Barnet Mencap is committed to safeguarding, quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is launching a brand new Social Prescribing service centred around the Emergency Department of University Hospital Lewisham. We're going to support adults (18+) accessing the Emergency Department with their non-medical needs, thereby improving their health and wellbeing while at the same time reducing the pressure on hospital staff.

We are looking for a new Link Worker to help people find and use community support, services and activities. This will be through face-to-face appointments in the hospital, home visits, telephone calls and letters. As well as this, you'll be point of contact for the new project across the hospital. We need confident self-starters, able to work in busy enviornments while building good relationships with a variety of professionals.

This will be rewarding role giving you the opportunity to make a real difference. Not only will you directly help the people we support to improve their lives, indirectly you will be doing vital work to ease the pressure on University Hospital Lewisham and free up resources for everyone in the borough. This is a pilot project, so you will also provide valuable input and shape how the service itself is delivered. Further, there will be the opportunity to attend events, forums and meetings to broaden your understanding of Health and Social Care and build experience working in the voluntary sector. You will also be working closely with our other social prescribing projects in the borough, Community Connections and SAIL, strengthening our offer of support in Lewisham.

If you are a good listener, a positive thinker, strong at multi tasking and passionate about supporting people who need it, we want to hear from you.

Please note that this is a pilot project. This post is for six months with likelihood of extension.

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AUKLS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

For full details please download our Recruitment Pack which includes a Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please ensure you complete the attached Application Form as well as the Equal Opportunities and Criminal Declaration forms.

Closing date for applications – 9am Monday 30th March

*Interviews will take place on Wednesday 8th April*