New Schools Network 

New Schools Network (NSN) is an independent charity improving the life chances of young people by supporting the creation and long-term success of new schools. 

An unacceptable number of children fail to reach their potential because they lack access to an excellent education. Too often, a child’s background dictates their destination in life, entrenching inequality and impacting communities for generations to come. 

NSN is passionate about ending educational inequality once and for all. We envisage a country where every child has an equal chance to succeed in life, irrespective of their background. 

NSN is powered by a dynamic and enthusiastic team, united by a passion for improving life chances for children through education.

Our values

• We take action to generate change.
• We embrace innovation. 
• We believe in individual agency.
• We celebrate diversity.
• We commit to continuous improvement.

What we do

NSN finds talented people and organisations, supports them to establish new free schools across the country and, through the Academy Ambassadors Programme, places high calibre business people as non-executive directors on boards of multi-academy trusts. 

By offering advice, guidance and support, the charity has been instrumental in helping hundreds of groups of parents, teachers, charities and schools to establish new schools, and has matched over 1,800 non-executive directors to boards of multi-academy trusts. Over the last six years, NSN has expanded its activities to support the 780 or so free schools that are open or have been approved to open. With clear commitment to free school from the Government and over 557 free schools already open and more in the pipeline, this is an exciting time to join NSN.

How we do it

We’re proud of the supportive, fast-paced, nurturing, open, friendly team environment we’ve created at NSN. We’re a purpose-driven organisation, which is looking to grow over the next 18 months. If you like the sound of that, we want to find out more about you. 

Director of Programmes

The role is responsible for strategic oversight and delivery of NSN’s free schools support services, as well as wider programmes and services for schools and trusts. The role sits within NSN’s leadership team and reports to NSN’s Director, Unity Howard, and the Board of Trustees. 

Key responsibilities

— Provide direction and leadership to NSN’s Free Schools Programme Directorate, overseeing the work of 11 staff and 20 consultants working in the London and Manchester offices, across the Advisory and Delivery Services.

— Leadership support for NSN’s Academy Ambassadors programme. 

— Develop senior managers and their teams to feel empowered and accountable for their actions and performance.

— Deputise for NSN Director as required. 

— Strategic oversight of all DfE grant funded free school services, including: 

• a robust strategy to find the next generation of innovative free school founders in line with programme and Ministerial prioritises 
• ensuring high quality support via NSN’s flagship Development Programme for all types of free school applicant
• ongoing development of relevant guidance and support for open and approved free schools, responding to the needs of sector at pace
• delivery of high quality partnered events and conferences.

— Oversight of new programmes and service offers once established, including NSN’s CEO mentoring programme, the Innovation Unit School Design Labs and the NSN Hub. 

— Hold effective relationships with senior policy makers responsible for free schools and governance policy within the DfE, including grant and contract relationship management and reporting. 

— Support NSN’s wider policy work by contributing to policy discussions, consultation responses and select committee enquiries, and the production of high impact policy papers.

— Hold budgetary responsibility for NSN programmes - business planning, monitoring and management across grant funded and income generating services.

— Develop and foster relationships with key stakeholders such as local authorities, cross-party parliamentarians, private sector partners, partner organisations within the education sector, CEOs of multi academy trusts, and senior leaders in education.

— Represent NSN publically in discussions about free schools and academies and the future of the system, including at national conferences and in the media.

As part of a small organisation, you will have the opportunity to gain experience across NSN’s work and be involved in one of the most exciting and fast moving areas of public policy.

Key skills 

Candidates must be able to demonstrate strong and well developed:

— Strong leadership, project management and organisational skills; able to manage multiple concurrent activities and projects 

— Presentation skills, including presenting at larger events and conferences

— Stakeholder engagement skills, including building relationships with senior external stakeholders in your field 

— Outstanding verbal and written communication skills 

— Client/ stakeholder management skills

— Leadership and management skills, including coaching, change management, performance management and development and conflict resolution 

Key competencies

Candidates must be able to demonstrate the following traits and attributes:

— Strategic thinking 

— The ability to work in a fast-paced, complex environment with competing priorities, make sound decisions and take accountability for these

— The ability to manage and lead change

— Leadership

— Passion for education 

— Support of free school policy 

— The desire to work collaboratively 

— Excellent interpersonal communication

— The ability to solve problems by designing creative solutions

Expertise or experience in any of the following will be an advantage

— Experience of delivering programmes in a complex environment with multiple stakeholders, using high-quality and proactive approaches.

— Minimum four years’ experience working in a relevant role/s or organisation/s 

— Experience working in/with schools, in particular free schools or academies

Details and how to apply

Contract

Full time, maternity cover (9 - 12-month contract). Contract to commence Tuesday 1st December 2020 to allow one-month handover with post holder.

Benefits

• 25 days’ annual leave
• Office closure between Christmas and New Year- additional leave not taken out of your

annual leave allowance

• 2 days of study/charitable leave per year to allow you to take on charity work, further study or school governor activities
• Season ticket travel loan scheme and cycle to work scheme
• 10% employer pension contribution

Location

NSN’s London office (NSN has a Manchester office and will consider exceptional candidates who wish to be based in Manchester). The role will require travel across England from time to time.

Reporting

• Reports to: Director 
• Line manages: Head of Delivery Services and Head of Advisory Services (direct reports) and the Free Schools Programme Directorate staff (indirect reports)
• The role also involves overseeing the organisations’ use of Associates, Specialists and

Regional Advisers – independent consultants who support NSN’s work

How to apply

To apply for this role, please e-mail the email provided with your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are the right person for this job. Please also include details of your current salary and notice period.

Closing date

5pm, Friday 9th October 2020

Interviews

Candidates must be available for interview on 15th and 16th October 2010, and if required a second interview on 22nd October 2020. Prior to invitation to interview, there may be a short telephone interview, depending on the number of strong applications. 

Quality and Compliance Manager - known internally as "Senior Skills Quality and Compliance Manager"

Full-Time, Permanent post

Location - flexible / can be based at any Centrepoint site (home and remote working currently)

Centrepoint is a national charity established in 1969 that supports homeless young people to get their lives back on track.  Our services for young people include housing, health, personal and social development and employability, with the overall aim of enabling them to secure a home, a skill and a sustainable future. The charity operates across eight regions and is honoured to have Prince William, HRH The Duke of Cambridge as its patron.  As part of its strategy to support every young person with a home and a job Centrepoint has grown its Skills and Employability offer to support our aim of diversifying our income.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a a Senior Skills Quality and Compliance Manager to join our Quality and Compliance team.

What you’ll be doing…

• To write, lead and deliver Centrepoint’s skills quality strategy.
• To take lead responsibility for implementing quality systems across Centrepoint’s skills provision, working with operational teams to develop a consistent approach to delivery, monitoring and reporting that meets with contractual compliance requirements.
• To have an oversight of all skills compliance across the organisation including leading on learning policies and procedures.
• To manage and support the skills compliance team and a team of internal quality assurers ensuring they have all the necessary resources and knowledge to provide a high quality provision to the organisation.
• To be the lead contact for all statutory and regulatory skills provision audits and to undertake the role of Nominated Person for all skills related external inspections including Ofsted and Matrix ensuring SET, Managers and staff are fully conversant with inspection requirements, outcomes and recommendations. 
• To be responsible for the relationship with external bodies including awarding organisations and funders, and being accountable for external quality assurance visits.

What we offer in return...

• In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career
• Employer pension contributions of 4%
• Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

We seek to challenge discrimination and are committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint. We welcome applications from anyone with direct experience of being homeless or using young people's services.

Closing Date: Monday 5 October

To apply for this role, please complete the online application form and a supporting statement - setting out how you meet the essential criteria for the role as listed in the job description.

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with 28% of our staff coming from BAME and 20% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with 11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

Emerge Worker – 2 roles available

The purpose of this role is the delivery of service user experience in refuge, ensuring that individuals’ therapeutic, practical and emotional needs are met within a psychologically informed environment.

You will work towards positive outcomes for individuals and families including reduction in crisis situations related to domestic abuse or relationship issues, improved mental and physical wellbeing, reducing demand on statutory services, increasing economic independence through debt reduction, improved budgeting and accessing employment.

Amongst other duties, you will work on the organisation’s referral line on a rota basis, assessing applicants for availability of bed space and checking eligibility criteria. You will work with families towards positive outcomes including reduction of crisis situations related to domestic abuse.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week on a rota covering the hours of 09.00 – 20.00

Salary: £21 077.00 per annum

Duration: permanent (subject to funding)

Who are GMYN?

For many young people, the transition to adulthood isn’t easy. In the UK, one third of young people are lonely, half feel unready for work and half feel like they don’t belong to their community.

At GMYN, our vision is #YoungPeopleCan and we help young people in Greater Manchester overcome this. We deliver a range of development programmes and drop-in activities to help young people transition to adulthood feeling skilled, supported and positive.

Job Summary

GMYN have been helping care experienced young people aged 13-25 since 2012 through fun but challenging weekly activities to build social skills, encourage health and positive wellbeing, develop self-esteem and provide skills for the future. We also match care experienced young people with volunteering and development opportunities for employment.

We have recently been successful in securing 12 months of funding from The Prince’s Trust Future Workforce Fund to expand our Care Experienced Programme into Tameside to support looked after children and care leavers aged 16-25 develop vital life skills, positive wellbeing and employability skills. We are therefore looking to recruit a skilled and passionate Programme Coordinator to join our Care Experienced Team and deliver this piece of work in Tameside through a mixture of weekly 1:1 support sessions, skills and wellbeing group activities, and employability workshops.

Key responsibilities 

• To create an effective relationship with care leavers as well as young people who are in care; identifying their needs and help them to overcome barriers to participation.

• Deliver positive life skills, wellbeing and employability focussed activities enabling young people to develop key skills, build confidence and gain the knowledge they need to support a positive future.

• To provide appropriate group and 1:1 support with a flexible approach to encourage participation.

• To enable participants to clarify their learning and development needs and draw up individual action plans.

• To support young people to participate in learning activities including training and volunteering.

• To work alongside Tameside partners, building and maintaining referral pathways in order to support CEYP access education, volunteering, training and employment opportunities.  

• To be led by and focussed on the aspirations of the young person, in order to offer the most effective support.

• To ensure that in the project all participants are safeguarded and that good safe practice is followed in all project activities.

• Ensure that provision is of the highest quality and achieves positive outcomes for children and young people.

• To monitor and evaluate the project/programme outputs and outcomes using GMYN’s data collection tools and report these to management and the funder.

• To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities that contribute to the organisations overall aims and objectives.

Whilst our staff team is diverse in many ways, people from BAME backgrounds and people with disabilities are currently under-represented, therefore applications from candidates who identify with these characteristics are welcomed and encouraged.

Apply: Please send your CV and cover letter (no more than two sides of A4) showing how you meet the person specification using this site by 12pm Weds 14th Oct.

Interviews: Interviews will be held on Weds 21st Oct in person, subject to government guidance, however we are able to conduct video interviews where needed. We can also offer reasonable travel expenses to shortlisted candidates if required.

Further information can be found in the attached job pack.

We have an exciting opportunity available for people with a background in administration who have a passion for equity for all.

akt are looking for an executive assistant to support our Chief Executive with administration and work alongside them on a range of projects. If you have experience of administration and project work and want to join a dynamic national charity providing safe homes and better futures to young people.

KEY TASKS:

• Manage CEO’s diary
• Complete administrative tasks for the CEO, which will require a good knowledge of Mac and Microsoft Office based packages
• Work alongside the CEO on external and internal focused projects
• Provide administrative support to the DCEO and Board of Trustees, as agreed with the CEO
• Coordinate and administer board meetings for 12+ Trustees and Board sub committees attended by the CEO
• Complete administration for the CEO’s expenses
• Organise CEO travel and accommodation supplying clear itineraries
• Support the Chair and senior managers on occasion, when requested
• Take on other additional projects, as directed by the CEO
• To undertake the reception function for internal and external people seeking accessing  the CEO’s office

Financial Services Lead

Salary: £30,507 per annum

Working hours: 35 hours per week with flexible working required to suit the needs of the role.

Location: Gaddum House & other service delivery sites.

Gaddum are actively seeking a Financial Services Lead to support us in delivering our organisational objectives through a financial management function and controls ensuring quality, governance and value for money.

The role will be responsible and accountable directly to the Chief Executive and report to Senior Leadership team and Trustee Board as required.

Gaddum has been described recently as “a forward-thinking employer where people of talent gravitate towards.”

Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of people in Greater Manchester.

We currently work in four Greater Manchester authorities, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stockport

To apply - download the job pack from our website or use the attached application form.

For further information contact Anna Charles to arrange a discussion with Chief Executive or Senior Leadership Team

Closing date: Noon on Monday 12 October 2020

Interviews will be held late September/early October 2020

We are seeking a skilled senior administrator with expertise in developing administrative systems and processes, and significant experience managing complex travel arrangements.  Our new Administration Coordinator will play a key role in both managing head office administration, and supporting planning and operations for emergency humanitarian response and programme delivery.

You will ensure seamless administrative systems, particularly for head office but also in support of our warehouses and overseas teams.  You will work in partnership with HR colleagues, operations team and technical experts in health and logistics to ensure effective movement around the world of health professionals and volunteers who deliver of our field operations.  You will coordinate our travel management service providing guidance and support to the development of policies and systems, reviewing SLAs and contracts to ensure donor compliance, and problem solving to ensure effective mobilisation of staff during challenging periods of international travel.

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about UK-Med’s humanitarian mission. You will have qualifications and significant experience working in office management or administration and extensive experience of travel planning / booking.  You will be comfortable working at pace to achieve challenging objectives and meeting rapidly changing demands.

Are you calm, a good listener and supportive in your approach? Are you a clear decision maker and able to provide excellent customer care? Are you interested in waking night work? We are looking for an out of hour’s advisor to join our experienced and highly professional out of hours duty team. 

The Out of Hours Duty Team based at our Head Office in Stockport provides telephone advice and support to staff and services users across the agency. We are looking for staff to join the team on a relief basis to cover for annual leave, training and sickness as and when required for night duties 8pm – 8am. The rota is set well in advance to facilitate people as far as possible.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for a candidate to develop a range of skills in relation to a wide variety of social care services within Creative Support.  The successful post holder will be good with telephone advice and competent in information systems to ensure logs of calls are taken. You will be an excellent team player and have proven interpersonal and listening skills.

You will work alongside the Senior Advisor to provide effective administration support. You will receive and log calls whilst supporting callers with general issues and providing an excellent standard of customer care. You will have worked in health and social care and have a good understanding of effective service delivery.

As a Creative Support employee, you are entitled to a number of benefits such as:
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Free life assurance
• Pension with company contribution
• Highly serviced employee advice line
• A range of employee discounts

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented event management professional to join our Events team as our new Associate Director. The role will be responsible for leading our event management across Ambition Institute. We run around 1500 training events over 14 programmes per year which are a core element of our programmes. The events team is responsible for the delivery of these, both face to face and online.

The Associate Director will lead the team who will plan, run and evaluate these events providing a high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders. The role is responsible for setting the standards and strategic direction for our Event service. The Associate Director and their team work with our three faculties to deliver a consistent, efficient events process that meets the needs of our programmes. They will oversee a team of c. 20, maintaining a positive culture, flexing the team to meet programme needs and overseeing the quality of events.

Based in either our London or Manchester office, and reporting to the Director of Programme Operations, you’ll be responsible for overseeing the efficient operation of events and collaborating with teams across the organisation to deliver high quality learning events. You will require experience of managing a multi-tiered team, with specific focus of setting vision and direction, as well as extensive experience of event delivery across a range of events. The role will engage with both internal teams and external vendors, and you will need to be able to build strong relationships with both at a variety of levels.

Who are Ambition Institute?

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on 11th October 2020. Interviews are expected to take place the week beginning 19th October 2020.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

Victim Support is looking for Independent Victim Advocates based in the Greater Manchester area.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

Independent Victim Advocates (IVA) play a vital role in delivering a structured support service to victims of crime across Greater Manchester to assist them cope and recover. You will be responsible for establishing contact with victims to assess the impact of crime and providing appropriate information and support. As the needs and experiences of our clients are wide ranging the support you will provide will range from brief interventions over the telephone to longer term 1:1 outreach via appointments and telephone based support. Roles will complete initial training in Bolton, with the vacancies across Greater Manchester, and these will be allocated in discussion with successful candidates.

The main purpose of the role is to provide personal and structured support to victims of crime, which include victims of serious crime, persistently targeted victims, vulnerable and intimidated victims as per the MOJ Victims Code of Practice; to develop and enhance relationships with key statutory and non-statutory partner agencies, especially within the hub setting working together in support of enhanced entitlement victims of crime and to manage the work of volunteers in providing appropriate support to victims of crime, retaining overall responsibility for the case management.

To be successful in this role, you will have understanding and knowledge of the requirement for confidentiality and safe working practice and maintenance of files in accordance with the Data Protection Act and other legal requirements. You will have experience of delivering a service and working directly with clients or service users in a statutory, voluntary or community work setting. You will also have knowledge of the criminal justice system and the impact of crime including witnesses giving evidence.

You will have an excellent telephone manner with the ability to engage and develop rapport as well as the ability to needs assess, risk assess and empathise with the victim. You will be able to work without direct supervision, prioritising work and dealing with competing or conflicting demands/ needs and interests in an organised and methodical manner. You will be able to gather, analyse and use information and evidence from different sources, solve and resolve problems.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (A). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role. If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.

Successful candidate must be willing to work towards completing an internal IVA accreditation.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. 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 welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

Creative Support is a national, expanding not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. Our services provide responsive and person centered care which is specific to the needs of the individual. The key to achieving this quality of support is by having a staff workforce that is hardworking and committed to ensuring the best possible quality of life and independence for those we provide this care for.

We are recruiting for a person centred, passionate and motivated Project Manager to lead one of our supported living services in the Bolton area. This bespoke service enables people with complex needs, autistic spectrum conditions and learning disabilities to lead fulfilling, happy and rewarding lives within high quality community based settings.

You will be responsible for leading the delivery of care and support to three adults living within the service. You will be an experienced learning disability/autism practitioner with the ability to develop structured programmes of communication, personalised support and positive behaviour management. You will work closely with families and other professionals and will have the ability to supervise and mentor a staff team. You will help to deliver consistent, person centred services which meet the needs and preferences of individuals.

You will have previous experience, knowledge and a good understanding of working with people with complex needs and autism. You must be skilled in assessment and support planning, using a variety of methods such as, communication pathways & positive behaviour support strategies. You will manage and deploy staff effectively to meet the needs of service users, you will have excellent communication skills both verbal and written. You must have a hands-on approach and be able to role model and mentor staff. A relevant social care qualification is essential (RNLD, BASW, DipSW Diploma Level 5). Applicants must possess a clean and valid driving license and have access to a vehicle.

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

Benefits:

• Comprehensive induction and ongoing Clinical and Professional training to develop your career.

• Friendly, open culture

• Rated Good in all areas by CQC

• 33 days annual leave per year

• Company sick pay scheme

• Free Life Insurance Scheme

• Regular on- site support from an experienced Senior Practioner Manager

• Full Corporate Support from an established Not for Profit Provider

• Exclusive online retail discounts Scheme

• Free Employee Assistance Service

• Work for a Company that has Achieved The IIP Silver Award and is committed to employee development

Principal Practice Tutor (PPT) is an exciting role for someone who wishes to combine management and leadership responsibilities whilst keeping a close connection to the work of their team by working directly with participants on the Frontline Programme. You will join a team of Principal Practice Tutors who provide programme leadership and team management that is central to effective delivery of the Frontline programme. You will ensure a high quality teaching experience, resolve escalated participant issues and support Consultant Social Workers to provide an excellent practice learning experience to participants.

There are 4 roles available: 1 based in North East and North Yorkshire, 1 in West Midlands, 1 in East Midlands and 1 in South West with regular travel across your geographical area.

The role comprises of 6 core areas of responsibility;

• Programme leadership and team management
• Resolve escalated participant issues
• Practice learning of participants
• Consultant Social Workers
• Teaching
• Supporting wider organisational objectives

We are actively seeking applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

Job Title: Independent Living Mentor x 2

Roles: 1 x Full Time role (substantive)
1 x Full Time (fixed for 12 months from
commencement, looking to obtain further funding)

Salary: £22,178.00

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, over 5 days. Will involve weekend and evening work on a rota basis so a 7 day offer of support can be achieved (1 weekend per fortnight).

Holidays: 22 Days plus Bank Holidays

Base: Will be expected to work in the Emergency Accommodation setting for Wigan and Leigh.

Responsible to: ILM Team Lead

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees

Closing Date: 5/10/20 – 12 Noon

Interviews: 9/10/20

**Please note that the vacancy may close early if a satisfactory number of applicants are received ****

*** We are a Christian Charity with Christian Values supporting the Wigan Community *****

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. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join the charity in an exciting and rewarding role. Your role will be to prioritise and ensure restoration through assertive and proactive support with individuals within an emergency accommodation setting. You will be providing a service to some of the most vulnerable individuals within the community and ensure an offer of quality service is provided which is highly effective and responsive. You will need to be committed and forward thinking to ensure that no one is left behind and unmotivated.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide individual and bespoke support to vulnerable individuals within the Wigan and Leigh offer of emergency accommodation within a time frame. You will ensure support will be carried out in an asset based approach ensuring that accurate advice and information is provided to give individuals the necessary information required to make informed decisions. The information you provide will guide individuals in making choices that will lead to suitable and quick offers of long term accommodation. Tailored support will then be brokered to ensure a continuous offer of support is provided within the community to maintain sustainable tenancies and welfare support offers. During support, the ILM will ensure that people have access to relevant services, advocacy and wellbeing support.

We are a long established Supported Housing Service that is contracted to deliver our specialist mental health housing provision in the Borough of Lewisham. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and innovative team, utilizing the Recovery Model and a Trauma Informed Approach to support service users into independent living within a period of 2 years. We are creative in responding to local challenges and changing needs and are committed to service user involvement and co-production in all that we do.

We are looking for two enthusiastic and proactive individuals to join our service. You will have the opportunity to manage your own caseload with support and supervision and to work as part of a team. The successful candidates will utilise the Recovery Star tools and a strength based, Trauma Informed model to promote independence and plan resettlement into the community. You will ensure  action Plans are formulated with clear objectives and SMART outcomes, agreed jointly with service users and  reviewed regularly  in liaison with relatives, care co-ordinators and relevant others. We are committed to the principles of Co-Production and there is an expectation to encourage and support service users to be fully involved in all aspects of service delivery.  You will be expected to carry out full risk assessments of service users, incorporating the views of any other agencies involved and of the service users themselves. We have a successful volunteer programme to support delivery of action plans and you will have the opportunity to supervise a volunteer for which full training and support will be given. As part of our commitment to developing the skills of service users we deliver a comprehensive workshop programme which all staff are given training and support to co-deliver.

The successful post holders will be qualified to at least NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent, with a minimum of 2 year’s experience in mental health work, either as a member of staff or as a volunteer. You will have knowledge of the recovery model and principles of co-production and be willing to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis

Our Values: People focus, Mutual Respect, Excellence-in-all-we do and a Can-Do attitude.
If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude we can offer you:

• A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme
• Career development opportunities
• A full induction and on going quality training
• The opportunity to become part of Family Action initiatives
• Flexible working hours
• Managed work loads with regular supportive and reflective supervision

To download the documents to apply and for further information, inlcuding the benefits we offer, please visit our current vacancies page.

Closing date: 19th October 2020, 9am