Salary: £ 24,368 + 15% enhancement for shift work (£28,023.20)  Status: substantive post  Hours: Approx. 42 hours per week on a rolling rota (working 12.5 hr shifts from approx. 7:00pm until 07:30am) Holidays: 20 Days plus Bank Holidays (or a day in lieu for bank holidays worked)  Life Insurance Gym Membership Based at: Sites across Wigan and Leigh 
 
Responsible to: Emergency Access Intensive Housing Team Manager
 
Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees
 
Closing Date : 12 Noon 25th October 
 
Interview : w/c 28th October 
 
SUMMARY
 
The Brick is a small charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering tailored support, hope, and opportunity to those looking to improve their quality of life. We now are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and inspirational Activity and Training Co-ordinator to join our team, a believer in the right to equal life chances with a passion to improve lives through collaboration and innovation.
 
JOB PURPOSE 
 
You will support the delivery and growth of the emergency accommodation facilities in Wigan and Leigh and build trusting relationships with those using the provision and key partners. You will effectively and efficiently provide a safe and secure place to stay. An important element in keeping people safe is ensuring that the environment and its cleanliness is maintained. You will identify needs and will liaise with key partners and services who will provide the appropriate support using a person centred approach. You will recruit, train and support volunteers to assist in the Night Shelter delivery model.
The overnight accommodation is part of a community hub model that will offer wrap around care and support to those homeless and most vulnerable in Wigan.  Individuals who stay at the overnight accommodation will be offered an intensive support package by key partners, highlighting agreed actions for sustainable move on.  As an overnight accommodation worker, your knowledge and understanding of those we look to house is critical in forming these holistic actions plans with support agencies. The intelligence you collect on shift will be an integral part of individual action plans used by agencies offering support.

Operationally, you will manage a consistent flow of referrals to the overnight accommodation and manage the complex needs of those using the provision to ensure that throughout their stay they receive a warm welcome and equally a place where they feel safe.  You will create an inclusive environment that promotes independence and build healthy professional relationships between the staff team and encourage and adopt practices to ensure social inclusion for all. Working in an asset based way, you will recognise the strengths, skills and assets of people experiencing homelessness and work hard to build upon these assets, connecting them with their communities. You will work in close partnership with key services based at the hub to ensure every individual is receiving support through key agencies unique to them.
You will be required to share information with relevant partners to allow for continued ongoing engagement. You will play a key role in sharing frontline experience and knowledge with others to contribute to the wider homelessness strategy in Wigan.

Use of a car and full UK driving licence is preferred, as this role includes covering sites located across the borough.

Support Worker

You will join our client as a Support Worker working as a team in a residential home to support 4/5 young people in care.

Support Worker Responsibilities:

You will follow individual care plans for the young people with the aim to help them move onto independent living in the future. You will support their therapy, plan social and leisure activities, give medication and complete associated paperwork. You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary team including Nurses, Psychologists and Psychiatrists to ensure our client achieves the best possible outcomes for young people.

The role is challenging but also extremely rewarding and you will have the real opportunity to make a difference to young peoples lives.

Support Worker Requirements:

You do not require any previous experience for this role however our client does require you to be compassionate, calm, resilient and to understand the issues and challenges young people face. You should be IT literate as there is a requirement to update online care records.

You must also thrive in a team environment and be flexible with the ability to work a 7 day rota, completing early and late shift patterns alongside 1 sleep ins (usually 1 per week) for which an additional payment is made. Having a driving licence is not essential but it is beneficial to help transport  young people to appointments and activities. The use of a house pool car is provided for this.

About Our Client:

Our client provides residential services for young people aged 16-25 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. The young people they care for often require a high level of support and dynamic approach to risk management in order to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation.

Our client has full time and part time opportunities available.

Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Our client reserves the right to bring forward their closing date, without notice in the event of high volumes of interest.

Location: Bury, Manchester, BL0 0DG

Hours: Full and Part time opportunities available (Full time hours 37.5 per week), Permanent

Salary: £17,550 to £19,012.50 per annum (£9.00 to £9.75 per hour) dependent on experience.

Benefits: 22-27 holidays per year (plus bank holidays), Free training and professional development programme, Paid induction, training and enhanced DBS check, Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Free onsite parking, Life Assurance.

Closing Date: Friday 8th November 2019

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Healthcare Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Community Support Worker, Disability, Disabilities, Care Staff, Charity, Charities, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, etc.

Ref: 89671

Would you like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with? Then join us as a Resettlement Worker.

Recovery Focus is a new group of expert charities with the shared aim to inspire individual recovery nationwide. Between us we have a track record of more than 200 years of developing and running personalised services that work with people with mental health, substance misuse and other complex needs to achieve their ambitions. Each partner organisation has its own rich history of success, but together we believe we can lead the way in evidence-based recovery pathways, tailored to meet local and individual needs.

Right now, one of our partners, Richmond Fellowship, is looking for Recovery Workers to join the team at our Macclesfield service in Cheshire. Richmond Fellowship provides supported housing and community based services to people affected by homelessness and complex needs in Macclesfield who require low levels of support. We focus on making recovery reality for everyone who uses our services and work with residents as equal partners to co-produce an individual package of support.

Day-to-day, you’ll manage a caseload of residents and give them all the support they need to enable them to participate in community life. You’ll also work with individuals to develop an appropriate personal support plan that addresses their specific needs. Helping them to develop domestic, financial and emotional management and personal life skills to achieve greater independence and self-esteem will be important too. And, when it comes to liaising with statutory and voluntary agencies to give people access to a full range of services, again, we’ll rely on your expertise.

A great listener, with a flexible approach and a flair for planning and prioritising a busy workload, you love motivating and engaging people in a range of developmental and rehabilitative activities. What’s more, you have a good understanding of mental health issues and how they affect people. Experience of identifying and co-ordinating a range of services to meet an individual’s needs and to enable them to engage with community activities is also essential.

We have one part time post available at 22.5 hours per week.

This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

In return, you can expect some great benefits, including 25 days' holiday, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers, plus exceptional professional development and training opportunities.

Job Vacancy: Advice Worker
Salary: £23,866
The post is for 37.5 hours per week.

Mind in Salford is offering an excellent opportunity for an Advice Worker to work in our Welfare Rights and Debt Advice Team and provide a comprehensive welfare benefits and debt counselling/household budgeting service to clients with mental health issues, both at our offices and at outreach locations across Salford.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of delivering advice in welfare benefits
• Ability to manage a caseload, maintaining high quality standards at all times.
• Ability to develop supportive relationships that lead to people feeling accepted and understood.
• Strong communication skills
• Understanding of working with people with complex needs and mental health issues.

Closing Date and time for applications: Monday 21st October 2019 at 12pm

PLEASE PRESS THE 'APPLY NOW' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY.

An enhanced DBS check and comprehensive references will be required.

We welcome applications from disabled people and encourage those with experience of mental or emotional distress to apply.

Mind in Salford is committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and in the services it provides.

No agencies please. 

Creative Support is a national not-for-profit organisation, providing housing and support to individuals with a wide range of needs.  We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Client Finance Officer to our Housing and Welfare Rights Team based in Stockport.

The Housing and Welfare Rights Team provide a warm, friendly and responsive service to all clients supported by Creative Support, offering support and guidance to clients, staff and partner agencies on matters relating to tenancies, housing law, welfare benefits advice and budgeting.

Client Finance Officers are warm, empathetic people with a passion for helping vulnerable adults improve and maintain their quality of life, through the effective maximisation of benefits and budgeting skills.  You will be warm, positive and accountable with the ability to build positive, trusting relationships with clients, staff, families and partner agencies.

You will have an interest in financial inclusion and specifically the DWP benefit systems.  You will have some knowledge of the benefits system, and of the current welfare reform and its potential impact on vulnerable adults.  You will need to be self-motivated with a keen interest in rules and regulations and how we can use this knowledge for the benefit of our clients.

You will be responsible for a caseload of appointeeships, managing the benefit claims and budgeting for a number of vulnerable adults who do not have capacity to do this for themselves.  You should be motivated, organised and able to meet deadlines.  You will be friendly, approachable and confident, and you will be able to communicate clearly with clients, staff and other partner agencies.  You should not be averse to dealing with sometimes challenging and / or emotional cases, and you will demonstrate professionalism and empathy as necessary.

Creative Support is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to delivering high quality care through a diverse, well trained and supported local work force.

Closing Date: 10th November 2019

Assistant Operations Manager – Supported Living

You will join our client as an Assistant Operations Manager to assist the Operational Network Manager to manage a diverse service to a number of people we support in the Rochdale area.

Assistant Operations Manager Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for managing and supporting staff and monitoring the standard of the support being provided. You must be fully flexible and be able to undertake on call duties.

Assistant Operations Manager Requirements:

To apply for the role, you must be currently working in a substantive Team Leader post or higher. You must have effective people management skills, experience of leading and supporting positive change and working with people with complex needs.

About Our Client:

Our client is a leading, high quality social care provider for people with complex needs in the North West of England. With a background of over 18 years’ experience, they are a well-respected and highly regarded provider of specialist services tailored to the needs of individuals with complex needs.

They pride ourselves on working in partnership with individuals, their families, commissioners and local communities to develop personalised services which are tailored to fit the individuals they support. They also want to promote the independence of the people they support by providing opportunities to work with and in local communities.

Location: Rochdale, OL11

Job type: Part Time, Permanent, 30 hours per week, must be fully flexible and be able to work across all areas if required

Salary: £28,000 to £31,500 (FTE) depending on experience

Closing date: 5pm on Thursday 31st October 2019.
Interviews will be held Tuesday 12th November 2019

You may have experience of the following: Assistant Operational Manager, Deputy Operations Manager, Assistant Service Manager, Service Coordinator, Deputy Care Manager, Home Manager Supported Living Manager, Assistant Project Manager, Programme Manager, Operations Team Leader, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

Ref: 89810

Chaplain (Team Leader) 

Permanent role

Salary £28,000 

37.5 hours per week. 

24 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

The Brick charity is supported by local churches across Wigan and Leigh to address poverty and in particular to work with people transitioning from homelessness.  We work 24/7 on over 10 sites with 50 staff and more than 150 volunteers.

We want to appoint a team builder who can develop chaplaincy throughout the charity.  You will be a person with emotional maturity, resilience and wisdom who can develop a listening culture that enables people to reflect, grow and change.

The charity is developing rapidly, and we need a chaplain that can provide an underpinning engagement with faith and spirituality that builds the capacity of the organisation to deliver effective work.

Please download the information pack 

Deadline for applications – 31/10/19

Hours: 36.25 per week
Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays

Employer Assistance Programme with 24/7 telephone support service

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with 1 years full time recent Citizens Advice experience or other AQS Advice Agency in providing self-supervising advice across the range of our enquiry areas. If you have experience in delivering generalist advice in welfare benefits, housing, employment and assessing debt enquiries we would love to hear from you. The successful applicant will provide telephone advice from 9-5 to clients calling Greater Manchester Advice Line.

In summary you will be helping to deliver a professional, impartial, pragmatic and outcome focussed telephone advice service. It’s an interesting, varied and worthwhile role that will see you make a tangible difference.

Recruitment Timeline

Closing date: 1 November 2019 (9am)

Interview date: Week commencing 4 November

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Citizens Advice Salford recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.