We are seeking a passionate and results driven fundraiser to help us generate income in order to deliver our new strategy.

If you are an enthusiastic professional with experience of sourcing and managing substantial corporate partnerships there couldn’t be a better time to join Compton Care. We are going through a period of growth and have some very exciting future plans to help us reach our goals.

Our Corporate Fundraiser will play a big part in ensuring the success of our new strategy by helping to develop a range of activities and engagement tools aimed at our corporate supporters to achieve income targets as well as offering excellent supporter care.

Role requirements:

• To work with the Corporate and Trusts Partnerships Manager to develop and implement the Corporate Fundraising Strategy in order to significantly grow corporate income through a range of work streams such as partnerships, payroll giving, sponsorship and cause related marketing.
• Achieve an agreed income target and work with the Corporate and Trusts Partnerships Manager to seek out new opportunities developing new initiatives and toolkits to exceed those targets where possible.
• Organise a range of specific corporate events to increase acquisition of contacts and increase brand profile
• To develop and maintain an excellent corporate volunteering programme, offering volunteering opportunities that meet the needs of Compton and Corporate partners.
•  Act as a key ambassador for Compton Care. Develop relationships within the business community, establishing links and raising awareness of Compton’s vision and mission. This will involve being a member of business networks where appropriate and in agreement with line manager.

Qualifications/Skills/Experience:

We are looking for a passionate corporate fundraiser with at least 2 years’ experience who can evidence their ability to achieve income targets through successful acquiring and managing partnerships with businesses. You will be used to reporting on financial performance and evaluating the success of projects and campaigns. You will need to provide our supporters with gold standard care and have excellent communication skills. You should have strong IT (including database) skills and a good eye for detail. The successful candidate will be highly organised and able to handle a busy and varied workload.

Interested applicants should be able to evidence how they meet the criteria outlined in the job description and person specification.

Closing Date:  4 October 2019

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new, flagship Department of Health funded project working with older people and adults with multiple needs. Imago is a leading charity providing support and opportunities to people across the South East. You will be responsible for a dedicated area, and following training, will independently manage a caseload and new referrals.

Referrals are received from hospitals and GP’s. You will meet with clients in medical settings or in their own homes to carry out holistic assessments; and together design plans with the aim of reducing hospital re-admissions and improving health and wellbeing. The service offers short-term intensive support; building trusted relationships to improve confidence and motivation, encourage personal choices and to support others to access a range of community, health and social care options.

You will respond to challenging and complex situations with a sensitive and measured response, in line with Imago Safeguarding and Lone Working Policies.

In this role you will bridge the gap between primary care professionals and social opportunities, so a knowledge of local services and the ability to build effective networks with cross sector organisations is essential.

Post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.  A full, clean driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential as you will be working in different locations.

You can make a difference and be part of the solution.

To apply, please submit your CV with a short covering note outlining your CURRENT SALARY.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. These include: race, religion, creed, colour, national and ethnic origin, political beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability (including mental illness), HIV status, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity status, responsibility for dependants, appearance, geographical area, social class, income level or criminal record.

Imago aims to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences. Imago sees these differences as an asset to our work as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we serve. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within the communities we serve.

We're looking for two Co-ordinators for our recently launched Newcastle Citywide Drop-ins. The service provides a social place for asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants to connect to others in the community and to the support services they may need at the earliest opportunity. This is an exciting new project that will be part of a national Asylum Early Action Practitioners’ Network to share learning and embed preventative approaches within organisations supporting people seeking asylum across England. This project aims to enable beneficiaries to understand the crisis points within the asylum system and how to avoid or de-escalate them.

The successful candidates will work with the Drop-in Manager to continue development of the project, recruit and support volunteers and partner agencies to provide services for beneficiaries. The Co-ordinators will demonstrate a strong awareness of the issues facing asylum seekers and refugees. They will be excellent team players as well as equally able to work alone, have excellent organisational and communication skills and experience of working within the voluntary sector.

Based in Liverpool but travel to the surrounding areas

Role: Advice Assistant

Hours: 21- 35 per week (negotiable)

Pay: Scale 4 point 7-11 (£19,554 -£21,166) pro rata

Fixed term: 6 months (with the possibility of an extension)

Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at generalist and  specialist level. Our service is changing. Whilst keeping the home visiting approach for vulnerable clients Raise is changing to meet the needs of tenants and our funders. Utilising advancements in technology, Raise is constantly seeking ways to streamline the advice process for our clients. The Advice Assistant is a new role and we need highly motivated individuals who are passionate about embracing technology and shaping services.

Closing date: Monday 7th October 2019

Interviews will be held on: Friday 11 October 2019

Please note we do not accept C.V.s

Registered charity number 1112830

Safer Recruitment

‘A safer setting starts with safer staff’

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The Regional Coordinator will coordinate a number of key areas crucial to the delivery of the programme in the North West. This includes arranging meetings and events with our local authority partners and organising the logistics for ongoing training series held within the region for the social workers involved in the programme. The role will also provide administrative support to the regional team and input to the national programme in negotiation with the Relationship & Development Manager e.g. during the Summer Institute.

The post holder will also track and monitor the progress of key stages of the programme, including ensuring partner local authority set up activities are running to plan and participants on the programme have completed key tasks within timeframes. The role requires someone who is skilled at building positive relationships with people in addition to being highly organised with the ability to manage multiple areas of work and use initiative to resolve issues. Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy is also essential.

You've got a good understanding of mental health issues and really enjoy supporting others to achieve independence and lead their own recovery. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Recovery Worker. 

Right now, we are looking for someone to join us, based at Stuart House in Derby and working in locations across Derby City, supporting people that who are experiencing mental distress to the extent that it is impacting on their lives and sense of wellbeing. Not only are we committed to putting them at the heart of everything we do, we recognise they should be involved in decisions that affect their future too. That's why we need you to inspire and support them to lead their own recovery. So, whether it's helping to develop and deliver recovery education, come up with a personal support plan that will see them achieve their goals and aspirations, developing domestic and finance management skills or accessing work, leisure or educational opportunities, your empathy, enthusiasm and compassion will have every chance to shine. Entering accurate case notes onto our IT system will be important too. And, when it comes to regularly liaising with GP surgeries, the local council, charities etc. or promoting the service within the community, again, we'll count on you.

The chances are, you already work in the mental health field. What is for certain is that you're caring, consistent, flexible and creative, work well under pressure, know how to connect with people at all levels and, like us, are keen to break down the stigma of mental health. 

The salary for this role is £16,693.00 per annum, with progression up to £17,230.00 per annum, subject to the postholder meeting the requirements.

Closing date: 2nd October 2019.

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

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits, including a smartphone? Apply now via our website.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Do you have the commitment and positive values to make a difference to the lives of people living in Birmingham?

Creative Support is a non-profit organisation which provides high quality person centred social care services for people with learning disabilities, mental health and other needs. The Mental Health Recovery and Employment Service is delivered from our vibrant and engaging Recovery Hubs, providing support for individuals with severe and enduring mental health problems. The Recovery Hubs offer a combination of one-to-one goal planning, personalised interventions, recovery college sessions, peer support and community social groups.

The Sessional Activity Worker – Employability Specialist role will work with service users to identify their vocational needs and then provide tailored support to help them achieve their volunteering or employment goals. The Sessional Activity Workers will work both within our Hubs services and in the local community to plan and deliver recovery focussed, stimulating one-to-one and group sessions for our service users. The role will involve delivering a combination of practical support and guidance to prepare service users to overcome any barriers to obtaining employment.

Our timetable is updated every three months and new or alternative sessions will always be considered.  We are particularly interested in applicants that have an up to date knowledge of Benefits and Budgeting.

Known in The Prince’s Trust as Prince’s Trust Executive

Contract Type: Fixed Term and Full Time (Maternity Cover up to 12 months, 35 hours a week)

Location: Middlesbrough (Occasional travel to our Newcastle Hub) 

This role is restricted to female applicants, as having regard to the nature and context of the work involved, there is an occupational requirement for someone of a specific gender for reasons of privacy and decency.

You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn!

We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive, flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation and ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

·Youth Work

·Delivery of Outdoor Learning

·Education Sector

·Employability / Self Employment Sector

·Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most. 

We’d like to hear from candidates with a range of experience however if you have good outdoor group management experience and an understanding of how outdoor education can be adjusted and applied in an urban setting, this may be advantageous.

The successful candidate will be based in Middlesbrough and operate from the Live Well Centre in the city centre with occasional working from our Newcastle Hub.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes,with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

To help us realise our vision, we are changing our approach and looking at innovative ways to develop and enhance our ways of working.This has led to the creation of exciting new opportunities across The Prince’s Trust at all levels based throughout the United Kingdom.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Do you have an understanding of mental health issues or experience of working in mental health? 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 Casual Recovery Worker on an ‘as and when’ needed basis.

We are looking for a Casual Recovery Worker to join the team at our supported housing service in Tooting Bec. 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. You will also need good record keeping skills and be adept at data entry and willing to participate in a 24/7 rota that includes lone working (although the service is a minimum of 2 staff, 24/7), weekends, on call and sleep-ins across a variety of services.

We are looking for caring, consistent, flexible and creative individuals who work well under pressure and are keen to work in mental health. Good communication is essential, as is a good knowledge of mental health. You will receive a full induction, regular supervisions, as well as opportunities for personal and professional development by working across our range of services. You will also have access to learning and development opportunities.

The successful candidate will be paid at the rate of £8.21 per hour.

Closing date: 2nd October 2019

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

You have experience of working within mental health services or transferable skills from a related environment, plus a real commitment to service user development. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Community Link Worker.

We need someone like you to join the team at our community service in Margate, Kent.

As well as having an understanding of mental illness, we’ll be looking for the ability to prioritise a busy workload and work well within a team. You‘ll also need the communication skills it takes to and motivate and inspire others and liaise effectively with a wide range of organisations and individuals. Proficient using office IT and willing to work some weekends and evenings would also be an advantage. And, if you have experience of running workshop sessions, even better, although this is not essential, as training will be provided.

We need someone like you to join the team at our Mental Health Community Service in Thanet where we support people with mental health problems using a pathway model providing one to one coaching, recovery workshops, and community and peer support. Your challenge will be to promote social inclusion and increase the independence and self-esteem of people using our services by helping them identify and achieve their goals. This will involve providing community based groups/sessions and promoting access to a range of activities within the wider community. It will also involve working with a Team Manager to develop and support a range of enjoyable, interesting and relevant social activities. Running or supervising workshops or activities will be important too, as will managing your own caseload and providing each individual with their own needs assessment and risk management plan.

This is a part time post at 18 hours per week.  

The salary for this post is £17,693.00 per annum (pro-rata of 18 hours per week) with progression up to a maximum of £18,230.00 per annum (pro-rata of 18 hours a week).

Due to the popularity of some positions, we reserve the right to close the vacancies early on receipt of sufficient applicants.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits, including a smartphone? Apply now via our website.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Recruiting Personal Support Assistants to join our Mental Health services accross North London!

GBP GBP 10.55 per hour plus Pension scheme

This role is a 0 hour contract.

To provide a range of personal services to meet the needs of our customers in Look Ahead services and/or in customers' homes across London and the South East. Services may include Assistant/Support Worker duties (no support planning) and non-specialised Individual Budget work. In all activities PSAs are required to encourage customers to contribute to these to activities and help them to develop their own skills and confidence. While carrying out activities, PSAs should deal with all customers, visitors and staff in a professional and appropriate manner and report to Look Ahead staff and management any observations relating to customers' welfare.
PSAs may be working with customers from all of Look Ahead Client Groups including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Homelessness and Young People. Where appropriate PSAs may be required to complete regulated activity which includes personal care and medication when working in CQC registered services.

Key Responsibilities:

PSAs providing Assistant/Support worker services will:
-Support customers to undertake tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation.
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed.
- Support customers to attend GP and health appointments and religious services as directed.
- Support customers to integrate into the community, for example accompanying the customer to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities etc.
- Support customers to go shopping for food, clothes etc.
- Maintain records as required under the direction of Look Ahead staff and management.

PSAs providing domiciliary & personal care will:
- Deliver all aspects of personal and physical care as appropriate to the individual needs of the customer. E.g. help with dressing, grooming & make-up, bathing, support going to the toilet etc.
- Support customers to undertake domestic tasks in the home wherever possible, including practical assistance in developing skills to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation. E.g. cleaning, vacuuming, washing, ironing, simple home decorating, sewing, light gardening
- Report any observations to Look Ahead staff and management relating to customers' welfare.

Additional non-specialised Individual Budget can include:
- Providing customers with companionship. E.g. accompanying customers to visit relatives, attend special interest clubs, go out walking, to the park, dinner or the pub, play board games and cards.
- Planning day trips and outings e.g. to the seaside, art galleries/museums, and encourage more independent living.
- Assist customers in budgeting and money management, paying bills etc.
- Encourage customers to take interest in and undertake basic sports, creative and arts activities in or outside the home. E.g swimming, jogging, attend gym, health clubs, go dancing, play music, make (draw/paint) pictures, take simple photographs, attend theatre/amateur dramatics etc.

The above sets out the key responsibilities and typical tasks. You may be required to undertake various other tasks and duties to ensure that our customers' needs are fully and effectively met. The list is not exhaustive.

Person Specification:

- Approachable and open behaviour
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is customer-focused

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

Applicants may have some previous relevant work experience. This may be experience gained from care of a vulnerable person or work in similar organisations. Prior experience is not a pre-requisite for the role as key behaviours and core competencies will also be taken into account.

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

Fixed Term for 12 months – Middlesbrough. Full time - 35 hours a week

Known in The Prince’s Trust as Prince’s Trust Executive

You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn!

We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive, flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation and ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

• Youth Work
• Delivery of Outdoor Learning
• Education Sector
• Employability / Self Employment Sector
• Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most. 

The successful candidate will be based in Middlesbrough and operate from the Live Well Centre in the city centre with occasional working from our Newcastle Hub.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

We’d like to hear from candidates with a range of experience however we are particularly interested to hear from anyone with experience of managing partner networks and progressing young people into sustainable outcomes.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

To help us realise our vision, we are changing our approach and looking at innovative ways to develop and enhance our ways of working.  This has led to the creation of exciting new opportunities across The Prince’s Trust at all levels based throughout the United Kingdom.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Love4Life Coordinator (Female) for TwentyTwenty- Loughborough PT

Hours: 3 days per week. Fixed Term Part Time until June 2020. Generally 9-5pm, evenings and weekends may be required.

Place of Work: Loughborough office, Loughborough and Charnwood Borough schools and community venues.

Reporting to: Love4Life Manager

Salary: Grade D (Developing Professional) £18,177 pro-rata.

In a nutshell…

Your role as a Love4Life Coordinator is to support disadvantaged and vulnerable teenage girls (aged 11-19 years old) through Love4Life’s existing programme of 1-2-1 specialist pastoral support, lunch clubs and after school girls groups. Love4Life’s specialism is helping teenage girls building healthy self-esteem and body image as well as having a strong focus on quality relationships and sex education. Your role will involve leading and maintaining the Love4Life Project in Loughborough and Charnwood Borough, creating new and developing existing contacts and working with schools and the local community to reach girls who will benefit from the project. The role will also include co-delivering the Empowering Girls Project in partnership with Youth Sports Trust in 3 Loughborough secondary schools. This role is funded through the Department of Culture, Media and Sports Tampon Tax fund and you’ll be required to work towards meeting the requirements and outcomes attached to this set of funding.

In particular, the role will include

• Leading, maintaining and developing the Love4Life Project in Loughborough and Charnwood Borough, creating new contacts, working with schools and building connections within the local community.
• Being responsible for delivering and leading Love4Life services and programmes, carrying out contact work with girls aged 11-19.
• Recruiting and coordinating with Love4Life sessional workers, volunteers and placement students.
• Delivering Love4Life after school girls groups, in school lunch clubs and commencing 1-2-1 pastoral work as dictated by DCMS Tampon Tax funding outcomes.
• Delivering specialist sessions as part of the YST Empowering Girls Project (DCMS Tampon Tax) and providing specialist 1-2-1 pastoral support for extra vulnerable girls attending this project (until March 2020).
• Leading and creating activities for Love4Life’s beneficiaries that are engaging, challenging and inspirational, ensuring maximum attendance and retention and fulfilling Love4Life’s KPIs.
• Liaising with YST Athlete mentors and attending project meetings at YST headquarters.
• Building relationships with agencies in local areas/schools to ensure joined up thinking/intervention for the girls.
• Recording required monitoring and evaluation data for Love4Life’s funding outcomes into TwentyTwenty’s internal database.
• Leading the approach into targeted neighbourhoods, strengthening relationships with schools and building relationships with key contacts within the community.
• Undertaking different administration tasks as dictated by the scheme.
• Giving high priority to Youth Participation; committed to gathering and implementing young people’s ideas.
• Referring girls onto other TwentyTwenty services, where appropriate.
• Inputting into the wider Lifeskills Team, including joining in with meetings, training, socials and delivery, as directed by the Love4Life Manager.
• Working as part of the overall TwentyTwenty team, which includes filling in for different departments, inputting into event planning, and attending meetings/training/celebration events.

Personal Specification

A confident and friendly person with excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for engaging with young people, mainly girls, aged 11-19 who are vulnerable or disadvantaged. A person who has a particular desire to nurture healthy self-esteem in young people and is motivated to deliver quality relationships and sex education in a variety of settings. A people-person who empowers, equips and encourages young people to flourish and achieve the mission statements of Love4Life and TwentyTwenty together.

Someone who is able to support young people to reach their potential and who can stand alongside a young person as they navigate through difficult periods of time, with a knowledge of the barriers/challenges young people can face and the skills to help them come through. You will be organised and efficient with time, resources and administration, capable of setting up and running systems that ensure all administrative demands are achieved.

Essential criteria for all applicants

Experience of working with young people with a range of learning, behavioural, emotional and social challenges.

A significant interest in developing young people’s knowledge of healthy relationship and sex and self-esteem alike.

Excellent awareness of disadvantaged young people needs/concerns, and an ability to engage them.

Persistence, patience and empathy whilst challenging and supporting individuals with complex needs.

Approachable, open and warm with young people, stakeholders and colleagues.

Ability to be innovative and confident to try new approaches with young people.

Self-starter who can manage own time and prioritise and manage own workload.

Able and experienced in supporting young people, via 121 support sessions, facilitating group work and in classroom settings.

Able to deliver towards stretching targets whilst being creative, responsive and flexible, ability to think on feet.

Willingness to learn and be trained in Love4Life resources and delivery methodology.

Desirable criteria for all applicants

Able to drive and willing to use own car – would hold Business Use Cover.

Is experienced in Youth Work or holds teaching, coaching/mentoring qualifications.

Recovery Navigator / Mental Health Support Worker

Birmingham 

Salary £17,658 per annum FTE

Hours 37.5 hours and 18.75 hours per week

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Recovery Navigators to offer an individualised and integrated Recovery service to users and carers aged 18 upwards, who require support to manage their physical, psychological and emotional health needs.

You will have a central base at either the Erdington or Handsworth Recovery Hub.  The role requires post holders to be able to work evenings and weekends on a rolling rota. Your typical week would include facilitating social support sessions in community venues, offering activities such as stress reduction and relaxation, and giving signposting advice and guidance and personal development planning.

You will be required to complete administrative hours each week  in order to update your online registers, update service user information on the online database, contact new referrals, prepare materials for your upcoming activities or sessions, respond to emails, and follow up any other administrative duties in relation to your role.

Benefits include 33 days holiday (including Bank and Public Holidays), 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.

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

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 2nd October 2019

Interviews to take place on Friday 18th October 2019