Role Overview

Job Title: Domestic Abuse Health Advocate Educator (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover) 

Location: Warwickshire

Salary: £25,104 per annum 

Contract type: Fixed Term until 30 June 2022

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week (Duty rota between 08.30am – 20.30pm)

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development.

Responsibilities

We are recruiting for a Domestic Abuse Health Advocate Educator to join our team in Warwickshire. In this post you will be responsible for providing training and ongoing support to GP practices and other health professionals to enable primary and secondary care staff to be able to effectively talk to their patients about domestic violence and abuse (DVA).This also includes providing early identification and offer appropriate care pathways for female and male victims of domestic violence and abuse aged 16 years and over.

The role involves working with the hospital safeguarding leads and co-location in either the George Elliot Hospital or Warwick Hospital;

You will also be working in conjunction with Service management to identify other opportunities for co-location.You will have to work within a defined locality, either Stratford-upon-Avon District; North Warwickshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth, or Warwick District and Rugby borough; building links with health professionals and support agencies.

Essential Skills or Experience

The successful candidate will have experience of developing, delivering and evaluating training and proven experience of providing emotional and practical support to survivors of domestic violence. You will understand the legal system in how it relates to survivors of domestic violence and have strong communication skills to deliver presentations and reports to stakeholders effectively. An ability to work independently and prioritise a busy workload is essential.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Benefits

Refuge offers: a competitive salary with annual progression within points of the salary grade; 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days; clinical supervision for all front line staff a pension scheme that includes a 6% employer contribution; as well as a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Other information

Closing Date: 9:00 am Wednesday 1st December 2021

Interview Date: W/C 6th December 2021 

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation?

Do you work in health and social care and are you looking for a new challenge?

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.

We would be interested to hear from applicants who hold the IMCA & Children’s Advocacy qualification. Or those who have experience of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Children’s Act. Equally we are happy to support the right candidate to achieve the Independent Advocacy Practice Qualification in these advocacy specialisms.

About us

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for almost 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for Advocates to join our team covering the Waltham Forest area. Your role will be home based for the administrative tasks, and you will travel to locations such as hospitals and care homes across Waltham Forest to meet with clients and professionals. Full time Advocates will work 35 hours a week, between Monday and Saturday 9-5pm. The posts are permanent contracts with a salary between £23,000- £30,000 per annum Pro rata. Part time hours will be approx. 17.5 per week, days and times to be agreed to meet service requirements.

You will deliver high-quality Advocacy and empowerment, and you’ll be willing to obtain the Independent Advocacy Qualification if you don’t already hold it.

About you

You will have some experience of working, supporting, or caring for Adults or young people who have multiple support needs is desirable, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing education and support.

You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance. This could be in a paid or voluntary capacity.

You must be fully COVID vaccinated, unless medically exempt.

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met in order to create positive outcomes for the people you support.

You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment and support.

You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support. You’ll be creative in your approach to empowerment by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them. You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard. 

What will you receive?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities and will make a real difference every day. We support Advocates to gain the Independent Advocacy Practice Qualification with disciplines suitable for the role they work. We also offer regular support with professional development.

You will also receive:  

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5% employer pension & 3% employee contribution
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Separate Life Assurance Cover
• Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays etc
• Discounted Gym Membership; Employee Assistance programme.
• Supportive working environment fostering a good work/life balance.
• Support with continuous professional development.
• Supportive working environment with remote access to colleagues, managers and staff intranet.

Equality and Diversity
VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential. We are a disability Confident employer.

Important Dates:

Closing date for applications: Midday Friday 3rd December

Online written assessment using Word and email: Monday 13th December

Interviews via Teams: Tuesday 14th December

How to apply

To apply for this role please access our website and sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on this page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form.

Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification.

Hint: you can use work or voluntary experiences and examples to tell us why you should be our next Advocate.

Job Benefits:

Health Care (Cash plan)

Optional day off to volunteer

Option to buy and sell additional holiday

Life Assurance

Bike2Work Scheme

Home Based: Beeston, Nottingham

Job reference: 142

Contract type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £20,000.00 - £22,438.00 per annum+ Benefits (dependent on experience)

Giving people a voice – and making sure it’s heard – is something POhWER does every day. We’re all about promoting equality, challenging unfairness and giving disadvantaged and vulnerable people access to high quality information, advice and advocacy services. POhWER is a registered charity that provides a range of services across England.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Relevant Person’s Paid Representative Advocate to join the Nottingham team. The post will be home based working acrossBeeston, Nottingham.

You will be supporting a wide range of vulnerable adults often with profound and multiple needs, so you will have experience of this type of work, along with a good working knowledge of public and voluntary organisations.

Ideally, you will have strong experience working with vulnerable adults who are affected by significant health and social care issues who find it difficult to speak up for themselves; and experience providing persuasive verbal and written representations.

You will be a confident positive team player, able to work in partnership with clients and professionals, gaining an understanding of their issues by listening, exploring options and taking action as directed by them. Our ideal candidate will have worked in advocacy, information and advice or similar role before, ideally in a health, social care or voluntary setting and will have experience of working with vulnerable adults.

You will need to have a flexible attitude and must be comfortable handling highly sensitive information whilst able to work well independently and confidently on behalf of others. Strong communication skills and time management skills will be required and you will need to be computer literate.

Because of the nature and location of the role, applicants must live within the area; have a full driver’s licence and access to their own transport. Travel expenses will only be paid once within the Nottinghamshire area.

We apologise in advance, that if you do not hear back from us within two weeks of the closing date then please presume that you have been unsuccessful.

As a minimum you should have:

• Experience of working with vulnerable adults
• Experience of working with people with a range of impairments or disturbances of the mind or brain such as, but not limited to:
• Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
• Learning disability
• Mental health
• Acquired brain injury
• Serious physical illness
• Substance misuse
• Ability to form positive boundaried working relationships with a wide range of clients with a range of communication and other needs
• Ability to work with people who have complex needs, including challenging behaviour
• Ability to manage a complex caseload
• Excellent communications skills, able to communicate sensitively and empathetically
• Good personal planning and organisational skills
• Good IT skills
• An effective team player
• Flexible positive approach Willingness to travel as required by the role or POhWER.
• Willingness to undertake relevant training and a commitment to managing your own continued professional develop through a variety of means

Ideally you will also have:

• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and other relevant legislation such as The Mental Health Act 2007, The Care Act 2014 and The Human Rights Act 1998
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults procedures
• Experience of working within the voluntary and or health and social care sectors
• Experience of working within an advocacy organisation
• Knowledge of Health & Social Care services
• Experience of 24hr care homes residential and nursing
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and DoLS amendments 2009
• Knowledge of the Human Rights Act (i.e. Articles 5 & 8)
• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant case law
• Qualifications: 301-304 NAQ Core Units

Special Requirements:

• Advocates will need to travel independently of public transport (exceptions apply in London)
• The person filling the RPPR role will also need some or all of the following skills, experience and knowledge as indicated by the post details:
• Your work must be within reasonable daily travelling distance of your home.
• Willingness to work in hospital or residential environments which may include secure hospital wards
• Knowledge and experience of working with people who have their liberty restricted
• Knowledge of Risk management in hospital / residential environments
• Experience of / ability to work with people with profound needs or challenging / disturbed behaviour

How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline 9am, Monday 6th December 2021. In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria if you hold a current driving licence and have access to your own vehicle and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter to [email protected] .net quoting reference 142.

Interviews are due to held in person.

Previous unsuccessful candidates do not need to apply.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 6th December 2021

Interviews: To be confirmed

For an informal discussion please contact Emma Morgan, Community Manager.

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Reference ID: 142

Job Benefits:

Health Care (Cash plan)

Optional day off to volunteer

Option to buy and sell additional holiday

Life Assurance

Bike2Work Scheme

Home Based: Beeston, Nottingham

Job reference: 148

Contract type: Permanent

Working hour: 33.3 hours, 4.5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £18,000.00 - £20,194.20 per annum, pro rata (full time equivalent salary £20,000.00 - £22,438.00 per annum+ Benefits (dependent on experience)

Giving people a voice – and making sure it’s heard – is something POhWER does every day. We’re all about promoting equality, challenging unfairness and giving disadvantaged and vulnerable people access to high quality information, advice and advocacy services. POhWER is a registered charity that provides a range of services across England.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Relevant Person’s Paid Representative to join the Nottingham team. The post will be home based working across Beeston, Nottingham.

You will be supporting a wide range of vulnerable adults often with profound and multiple needs, so you will have experience of this type of work, along with a good working knowledge of public and voluntary organisations.

Ideally, you will have strong experience working with vulnerable adults who are affected by significant health and social care issues who find it difficult to speak up for themselves; and experience providing persuasive verbal and written representations.

You will be a confident positive team player, able to work in partnership with clients and professionals, gaining an understanding of their issues by listening, exploring options and taking action as directed by them. Our ideal candidate will have worked in advocacy, information and advice or similar role before, ideally in a health, social care or voluntary setting and will have experience of working with vulnerable adults.

You will need to have a flexible attitude and must be comfortable handling highly sensitive information whilst able to work well independently and confidently on behalf of others. Strong communication skills and time management skills will be required and you will need to be computer literate.

Because of the nature and location of the role, applicants must live within the area; have a full driver’s licence and access to their own transport. Travel expenses will only be paid within the Buckinghamshire area.

We apologise in advance, that if you do not hear back from us within two weeks of the closing date then please presume that you have been unsuccessful.

As a minimum you should have:

• Experience of working with vulnerable adults
• Experience of working with people with a range of impairments or disturbances of the mind or brain such as, but not limited to:
• Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
• Learning disability
• Mental health
• Acquired brain injury
• Serious physical illness
• Substance misuse
• Ability to form positive boundaried working relationships with a wide range of clients with a range of communication and other needs
• Ability to work with people who have complex needs, including challenging behaviour
• Ability to manage a complex caseload
• Excellent communications skills, able to communicate sensitively and empathetically
• Good personal planning and organisational skills
• Good IT skills
• An effective team player
• Flexible positive approach Willingness to travel as required by the role or POhWER.
• Willingness to undertake relevant training and a commitment to managing your own continued professional develop through a variety of means

Ideally you will also have:

• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and other relevant legislation such as The Mental Health Act 2007, The Care Act 2014 and The Human Rights Act 1998
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults procedures
• Experience of working within the voluntary and or health and social care sectors
• Experience of working within an advocacy organisation
• Knowledge of Health & Social Care services
• Experience of 24hr care homes residential and nursing
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and DoLS amendments 2009
• Knowledge of the Human Rights Act (i.e. Articles 5 & 8)
• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant case law
• Qualifications: 301-304 NAQ Core Units

Special Requirements:

• Advocates will need to travel independently of public transport (exceptions apply in London)
• The person filling the RPPR role will also need some or all of the following skills, experience and knowledge as indicated by the post details:
• Your work must be within reasonable daily travelling distance of your home.
• Willingness to work in hospital or residential environments which may include secure hospital wards
• Knowledge and experience of working with people who have their liberty restricted
• Knowledge of Risk management in hospital / residential environments
• Experience of / ability to work with people with profound needs or challenging / disturbed behaviour

How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline 9am, Monday 6th Decemberr 2021. In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria if you hold a current driving licence and have access to your own vehicle and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter to [email protected] .net quoting reference 148.

Interviews are due to held in person.

Previous unsuccessful candidates do not need to apply.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 6th December 2021

Interviews: Date to be confirmed

For an informal discussion please contact Emma Morgan, Community Manager.

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Royal Berkshire Hospital and Minster Street (Reading) Offices and/or home working

Citizens Advice Reading works in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support to provide welfare benefits advice to people affected by cancer across Berkshire.  Our caseworkers are primarily based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading and from home.

Our team consists of a number of caseworkers each of which, in addition to a client caseload, has both general and specific responsibilities to support the activities and development of the service.

We now have a vacancy for somebody to join the team as a paid caseworker. Main responsibilities of the role would be:

• running your own caseload
• supporting the  volunteer members of the team
• contributing to maintaining and developing a quality service

To be successful you will be a fully trained Adviser at Citizens Advice or equivalent and have a good knowledge of welfare benefits, especially sickness and disability benefits (this can however be developed as part of the role).  You will also be organised and able to run a caseload.  Experience of supporting volunteers would be an advantage but not essential.

You would definitely need to be comfortable working in a hospital environment with cancer patients whilst being empathetic and sensitive to their needs. As an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills you will have good analytical skills and be able to use IT systems to support all areas of your work.

We offer a 5% employer pension contribution and all employees receive a Lifeworks subscription.

We are keen to support flexible working for the right candidate. If you are interested in this role we would love to hear from you

Closing Date: 09:00 Friday 3 December 2021

Start Date: ASAP

Citizens Advice Reading recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds

Make a change!

This role is an exciting addition to our Social Prescribing team. We are looking for an innovative, motivated Health Coach to join Medway Peninsula Primary Care Network (PCN); helping to strengthen, develop and support local general practice, delivering high-quality care to local people.

You will deliver group and one-to-one sessions on healthy eating, physical activity, and health and wellbeing, in line with personalised care plans; engaging with patients to support them to take an active role in their health care, and providing advice and support for both patients and colleagues. In addition, the post-holder will also support the multi-disciplinary team in line with the strategic objectives of the PCN.

Applicants must have relevant personal or professional experience of working with vulnerable adults in the social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector; and ideally experience of working in a health environment, GP Surgery, Health Centre or Hospital. You must be able to demonstrate a robust knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and boundaries in all aspects of your work. Car driver essential.

Imago is leading the way in Social Prescribing across the South East. We have the infrastructure, relationships and potential for our teams to make a significant difference to GP practices, local populations and to individual lives across the area

Be part of it.

Do you want to work in a role where you can support people to rebuild their lives?

About the roles

The Bristol Men’s Mental Health Crisis House in Central Bristol, is a project that supports men with their mental health and other related support needs; in a setting that is staffed 24 hours. The focus of the service is to work collaboratively with clients, supporting them in a safe and supportive environment to develop recovery orientated goals and crisis management plans.

Our service is a psychologically informed environment in which clients and staff build trusting and respectful relationships which aim to empower clients. Working as a Caseworker you will provide specific mental health, housing and other related support to clients; helping them to develop strong networks within the immediate and wider community, and by developing the clients understanding of recovery you will work with them on their individual needs to reduce the likelihood or need for hospital admission.

In this role you will work on the weekly shift rota that includes evenings and weekends.

About you

This is great role to develop skills in, we are looking for dedicated people who will have a commitment to our recovery ethos; and genuine interest to empower individuals to make positive changes. You should also have:

• An understanding of the support needs and requirements of people with complex mental health and other associated needs.
• Great communication skills and the ability to establish an effective working relationship with clients and other staff.
• The ability to recognise and respond to difficult or challenging situations.
• The ability to carry out comprehensive and individualised assessment, reports and action planning.
• The understanding; and interest in promoting client involvement to achieve the best outcomes for client individual needs.

What we offer

Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

• We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
• We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.

A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

• Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
• We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.

Pay and Other Benefits

• For this role staff can claim an additional 20% pay premium for hours worked between 8pm and 8am Monday to Friday, and all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday. 
• St Mungo’s is proud to pay client facing staff above average for the sector. We run a cycle to work scheme and also offer season tickets loans to all staff.
• St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 1 December 2021

Interview and assessments on: 16-17 December 2021

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

Every Parent & Child is a registered charity working for the benefit of children, young people and families in the London Borough of Enfield and surrounding areas.

The successful candidate, employed as the Child Health Community Champions Lead, will work with our delivery partners The Bridge Renewal Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (NMUH), and other agencies to empower parents from the most deprived wards in Enfield and Haringey to increase their confidence, create networks of peer-to-peer support for parents and improve appropriate use of services across health and social care (reducing A&E visits). It will build on the pilot workshops delivered by NMUH to improve the confidence of parents through basic child health and family wellbeing workshops.

The Child Health Community Champions Lead will work across Enfield and Haringey to train and work with volunteers across the local community to become Child Health Champions. Our fantastic team of Champions will reach out to new parents and develop support groups with them. We will deliver free child health courses across Enfield and Haringey, facilitate parents to join peer support networks and develop a programme of ABC Parents sessions on family health and wellbeing while providing invaluable resources to improve community engagement.

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated and a caring individual who understands community engagement and has experience of successfully managing a community project and providing group leadership.

PLEASE NOTE:  We do not accept CV's.  Please download and complete the application forms.

Closing date: 5th December 2021, at 5pm