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Job Title: Support Worker
Highway House is a charity that has been providing all year round shelter and support services to the homeless for the past 15 years. Our work with the homeless has evolved an adapted from 2009 to date to offer the support most needed at any given time. Highway House received the Faith Recognition Award for providing specialist services by Her Majesty’s Lieutenant at the Royal College of Medicine in November 2017. We have received the best shelter of the year award 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 by the London Prestige Awards.
Summary of role
This post is responsible for ensuring that guests who attend Highway House are in the first instance made welcome. The primary role will be to engage those guests that attend the day centre and guests that are resident in the shelter’s accommodation in developing a pathway of support for them and help them move to the maximum independence they are capable of. Providing baseline and continuing monitoring of their progress will be required, as will working closely with the project manager.
· Be responsible for receiving guests 2 days a week (7 hours each day) at the day centre
· Initial recording of guests details in database system
· Work with guests to identify their needs
· Research and engage appropriate support for guests
· Develop links with health and welfare agencies to benefit guests
· Support the physical and mental wellbeing of guests
· Visit guests placed in the shelter’s accommodation 1 day a week (4 hours) to do support work with guests.
· Supervise and inspect state of property and run room checks on weekly visit to the shelter’s accommodation.
- Ensure effective collection of monitoring information, consultation and feedback
- Report regularly to the project manager as and when required board of trustees upon the progress of the project against stated outcomes
- Agree with Manager any actions regarding outcomes
- Ensure all safeguarding issues are dealt with effectively as detailed within our policy
· Work with, support, and build the understanding of volunteers
· Training volunteers in support work
· Agree and maintain work plans with Project Manager
· Work with project Manager to engage partners and develop new opportunities
· Contribute to review of activities so they are based upon need
· Identify and contribute to all legal requirements being met
· Ensure the information is processed in database system to provide monitoring and evaluation reports
· Any other duties deemed necessary
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Location: London or Manchester
Salary: £38,100 per annum (London) or £34,100 per annum (North)
Closing Date: Tuesday 04th June 2024
About us
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity is looking for a Skills Development Manager to support with building a learning culture across the organisation.
Centrepoint help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year. Our staff work in frontline services and offices in locations across London and the North/North East. Our aim is, with the help of our partners, to end youth homelessness by 2037.
We are looking for an experienced people manager for our Skills Development team. This team creates and delivers internal training for Centrepoint colleagues. This role will lead a small team of trainers who design and deliver training both under an existing curriculum and new developments as demand requires. We are ideally looking for a manager with a background in Health & Social care, Social Housing, local authority, charity sector and/or delivering and developing training.
What you’ll be doing
The Skills Development Manager is responsible for a team who are developing a robust, diverse, inclusive and inspiring curriculum across the organisation. We are developing a large amount of new and exciting courses across a wide range of subjects, so we are open to individuals with a variety of experience. To ensure colleagues are suitability supported the role holder will be responsible for liaising with managers, HR and other functions to ensure that team members have access to training that fits around organisational requirements and that all team members are safe and competent.
The role will also include elements of operational management such as ensuring a demand lead programme of training, reporting to demonstrate progress and highlight areas of focus, processing invoices, supporting staff completing external apprenticeships and external stakeholder management.
Why join Centrepoint?
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
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as the Skills Development Manager click ‘Apply’ now!
Are you passionate about supporting people with disabilities to live full lives and realise their ambitions?
Are you looking for an opportunity to lead, manage and develop a supported living service?
Outward are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and committed Deputy Manager to join our Enfield learning disability services at Linwood Crescent to manage a service for 14 residents living in a supported living service which caters for older people with additional health needs. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our dedicated, caring and supportive staff team. The aim of the service is to enable the people we support to enjoy a good quality of life maximising independence and skills progression where possible.
The Role
The deputy manager would support the manager with recruiting and managing the large staff team, creating a culture of positive behaviour support within a personalised environment, embedding quality standards, achieving and progressing good outcomes with the people we support. As well as managing the service safely within the regulations and standard required by CQC.
You will act as a role model in the delivery of active support you will promote and maintain person centred approaches and inclusive community links to achieve positive outcomes with the people we support from the frontline staff team.
Skills and Expertise
· To share our values of enabling, empowering and engaging and implement these
· A minimum of 1 years’ experience of providing support to people with learning disabilities/ autism and or complex needs and or behaviours of concern
· Have excellent communication skills and be able to build positive relationships with internal and external partners – staff, professionals, people we support, families
· Be confident in using your own initiative able to deputise for the Service Manager
· Have strong IT skills and able to manage own time and work under pressure
· Creativity, motivation and enthusiasm to bring new ideas into the service and to implement these to shape the service as part of continuous improvement
· QCF Level 5 in Leadership for Health and Social Care, or equivalent or willingness to gain a qualification
· Experience of staff management and the ability to lead and develop a large team ensuring staff are appropriately trained
· Experience of carrying out needs assessments and creating support and risk management plans for people with complex needs
· The ability to deliver the service in accordance with an individual support plans, the service specification and CQC requirements
· A commitment to providing high quality, personalised active support
· Knowledge of managing a budget is desirable
Benefits
We value everything our staff do for the people we support, so we provide a great benefits package:
· 25 days Annual Leave excluding Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time)
· Computing Scheme
· Credit Union Scheme
· Cycle-to-Work Scheme
· Death in Service Benefit
· Health Assured – Employee Assistance Programme
· Eye care Vouchers
· Flu Jab Reimbursement
· Long Service Awards
· Pension Scheme
· Purchase Additional Annual Leave
· Refer-a-Friend Scheme
· Retirements
· Loans (including season tickets and parking permit loans)
· Blue Light Card
How to Apply
If you think you are who we are looking for, please submit a statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the role by referring to the Job Description and the Person Specification.
You can do this by following the link below:
The closing date for all applications is on 20th June 2024
Interviews will be held w/c 4th July 2024
About Outward
Outward has been providing high-quality support and care services to vulnerable people for over 40 years. Set up by parents of children with a disability looking for alternatives to institutional care, our aim is to support people to have genuine control over their lives, play an active role in the community, accept responsibilities and develop as individuals.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post involves working with or having access to adults at risk and/or their records so we will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Services. This will be fully subsidised by Outward.
Outward is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
- We are seeking a proactive, experienced professional who will work with the CEO to drive the implementation of our People and Culture strategy across the charity;
- You will work with the Leadership Team to develop a consistent, healthy working culture supporting a thriving, ambitious charity;
- You will ensure use of our planning system across the charity, which links strategy with the role of each staff member;
- You will manage a small HR and Governance team and provide practical support to managers including employment relations issues;
- We are looking for someone with experience of contemporary psychological approaches in the workplace as well as a strong interest in embedding equality, diversity and inclusion.
- This role will suit someone with strong experience as a People and Culture Business Partner or manager in a charity or similar, with the aptitude to flex to a wide range of tasks and the ability to manage a small team.
Salary: £50,547
Closing Date: Monday 17th June
Interview Date: Tuesday 25th June
Full job description can be found on our website
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Closing Date: Tuesday 04th June 2024
About us
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for experienced Support and Progression Officers to join our Berwick Street and Westminster Housing Support services based in Westminster. We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.
Berwick Street service is a high support needs 24hours service for people aged 16 to 25yrs. Many clients will be care leavers or have experienced homelessness.
Our Westminster services is a low support service at the final stage of the Westminster’s Pathway. The service aim is to improve the life chances of single homeless or vulnerably housed young people, supporting them to develop independent living skills in supported temporary accommodation. The service works with young people in shared flats.
In this role you will:
- Work face to face with young people and support them to achieve their goals and independence.
- Work independently and as part of a team to ensure the highest possible standards of accommodation
- Undertake initial and ongoing needs/risk assessments for young people
- Manage your own caseload of young people, providing holistic support in line with their needs and aspirations
- Liaise with multiple agencies to ensure effective communication across the service and externally including social work teams, YOS, health, and other statutory services and voluntary agencies
- Make internal and external referrals to a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies for specialist support and Employment and Training opportunities
- Support young people to manage their rent accounts through liaison with the DWP, Social Services and building their own personal budgeting skills
Why join Centrepoint?
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
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Support and Progression Officer click ‘Apply’ now!
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Closing Date: Tuesday 04th June 2024
Interviews will take place w/c Monday 10th June 2024
About Us
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity is looking for dynamic, passionate and motivated Support and Progression Officers that can provide quality support to our young people to join our Barnet Foyer service in Cricklewood. We help young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.
The service accommodates 24 single young people, usually, between the ages of 16 and 21. Young people stay at the service for up to 2 years before moving to more permanent accommodation. Barnet Service is quite a large building and offers a number of additional resources including a fully equipped gym. Barnet is a diversified environment with young people and colleagues from diverse ethnic backgrounds, and the service and other stakeholders celebrate and maximize the opportunities that diversity present.
This role involves working 37.5 hours per week on a rota Monday to Friday (not including Bank Holidays). All staff must be available to work the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm. You will be working with a team of three other Support and Progression Officers and the manager. Two staff members work together for each shift.
In this role you will:
- Work face to face with young people and support them to achieve their goals and independence.
- Work independently and as part of a team to ensure the highest possible standards of accommodation
- Undertake initial and ongoing needs/risk assessments for young people. Be able to identify safeguarding risks and understand how to escalate any concerns
- Manage your own caseload of young people, person centred support in line with their needs and aspirations
- Liaise with multiple agencies to ensure effective communication across the service and externally including social work teams, YOS, health and other statutory services and voluntary agencies
- Make internal and external referrals to a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies for specialist support and Employment and Training opportunities
- Support young people to manage their rent accounts through liaison with the DWP, Social Services CenterPoint’s rent team and building their own personal budgeting skills
Why join Centrepoint?
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
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- 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
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Support and Progression Officer click ‘Apply’ now!
Role Summary
To support the development and delivery of community investment projects that deliver successful, measurable outcomes for TCH residents and communities, often working in conjunction with other TCH teams and external partners to achieve those outcomes.
The projects will focus on our key Community Investment Strategy themes; currently: tackling poverty and inequality; embedding well-being; customer co-creation and sharing power; community activities and programmes.
The role links with others across the organisation including our internal Customer Insight and Resident Engagement teams to understand our communities and supports our wider housing teams to deliver initiatives for the benefit of our residents.
The office base would depend on applicant. The successful applicant would need to travel between the different offices when required.
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Support the development and delivery of existing and new projects, initiatives and services that meet the aims of the Community Investment Strategy.
- Ensure these projects are outcome focused, that programmes/services are responsive to residents’ needs and reflect best practice and corporate priorities and meet regulatory expectations.
- To co-ordinate Community Investment projects and activities working in conjunction with residents, the wider organisation, contractors, and community partners.
- Support the effective monitoring and evaluation of community investment projects, ensuring that monitoring returns are received in agreed timescales and are accurate and outcome focused. Produce relevant performance reports and data as required.
- To provide support for the effective brokerage, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of social value across TCH contracts.
- Use customer data and insight to support our Community Investment work and to help build links with sections of the community who are not currently accessing our services.
- Attend networking and best practice groups as required. Maintain awareness of relevant government legislation and sector best practice and use this to inform your work on local activities and initiatives.
- Support the Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) process, helping to develop and monitor project briefs, donation frameworks, and grant funding (when grant processes are open), that respond to social needs and include measurable milestones, outputs and outcomes, budget management, risk mitigation and procurement. Manage service level agreements and freelance contractors.
- In conjunction with colleagues ensure that all areas of service delivery are effectively monitored and evaluated via the application of impact assessments, key performance indicators, social value outcomes and value for money reporting.
- Contribute to the review and development of systems, processes, and services to support TCH’s customer experience and service improvement aspirations, including through learning from complaints and feedback, and implementing change.
- Support our 3rd sector charity partners in ways that help them meet our residents’ needs, including supporting them to understand need and priorities based on data and resident insight.
- In conjunction with your manager and the PR & Communications Team promote community investment and social value projects, and outcomes. To demonstrate to residents, colleagues, and other stakeholders how we make a positive contribution to the neighbourhoods in which we work, that we listen to residents’ views and act on them and how projects and initiatives demonstrate our approach to treating residents fairly and with respect.
General
- To adhere to the equality, diversity and inclusion policy and actively promote equality of opportunity wherever possible.
- Recognise, respect, and promote the different roles and diversity of individuals.
- To actively contribute towards the key performance indicators and professional standards.
- Work in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Law and be responsible for the integrity of personal information you process. This may include identifying anomalies in data and investigating and correcting them where appropriate. Ensure you attend training on data protection regularly.
- To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and relevant EC directives.
- To participate in training, attend other meetings, and staff events as required.
- Be an effective member of your team, presenting a positive impression of your section and the Group.
- Take responsibility for recognising and recording customer complaints, however made, and ensure that any complaints allocated to you are responded to within policy requirements
- Maintain professional curiosity in all interactions with residents, be aware of and report and record any potential safeguarding issues promptly and appropriately.
- Maintain awareness of budget requirements and value for money while delivering your role.
- Consider and highlight any risk to the organisation or individuals whilst delivering your role.
- Consider resident feedback (the resident voice) in all service delivery, using data and insight and actively engaging with residents to understand their needs, views and priorities and tailor services accordingly.
- This role may involve visiting other offices and stock and you may be required to have your own car and full driving licence.
- This job description is a guide to the nature of the work required. It is not comprehensive, and it is expected that other duties will be undertaken as this role develops and as may be reasonably expected.
About You
Education & Qualifications
- CIH level 4 qualification or above or willing to work towards (Desirable).
- Degree of equivalent in a related subject (Desirable).
Key Skills & Competencies
- Demonstrable experience of supporting innovative projects and supporting with project work. (Desirable)
- Experience of using a range of local, regional, and national funding streams. (Desirable)
- Demonstrable experience of partnership working.
- Experience of customer engagement work and experience of measuring impact of residents on service delivery and improvements.
- A good knowledge of the key issues around employment, skills, and training/digital inclusion/financial inclusion.
- Experience of supporting with the development and management of programmes, across a wide geographical area and with multiple stakeholders. (Desirable)
- Knowledge of the Social Value Act and how the organisation might utilise corporate social responsibility to its advantage. (Desirable)
- Knowledge of community-orientated research methods, including evaluation/monitoring techniques. (Desirable)
- Experience of commissioning services, managing freelance/external contractors, contracts, and service level agreements. (Desirable)
- Experience of interpreting and acting upon government legislation and best practice. (Desirable)
- Good IT skills.
- Analytical skills, able to analyse information and data logically and reach sound conclusions.
- Relationship management.
Behaviours
- Resilient, positive, and proactive in all circumstances.
- Good negotiation and influencing skills.
- An effective communicator who uses a range of appropriate methods.
- Ability to work positively with a range of external and internal audiences.
- A positive, innovative, forward thinking and outcomes focused approach.
- Results focused.
- Commitment to great customer service.
Why Choose Us
- Contributory pension scheme 4% to 10% matched contributions
- Hybrid working
- Free onsite car parking
- Life assurance of 4x annual salary (Terms and Conditions apply)
- 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
- Two volunteer days per year
- Employee assistance programme (24/7 telephone advice, information portal & face to face counselling sessions)
- Corporate eye care scheme providing free eye tests and free VDU glasses or contribution towards VDU glasses
- Extensive annual Staff Wellbeing programme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave provision
- Flexible annual benefits (for dental, healthcare, shopping vouchers, technology etc.)
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Access to an extensive range of corporate discounts on shopping, travel & days out
- Social events, including lunchtime walking, rounders, festive Fridays
- Travel loan
Our Values
Our culture is about the shared values, beliefs and behaviours that determine how we do things, then the ways and systems of working that help to get those things done.
Our new values, principles and behaviours will put customers at the heart and provide the foundation for the culture of the new organisation. Only by delivering a cohesive and customer-focused culture will we be able to achieve our purpose and priorites.
We have taken an inclusive and collaborative approach to developing the following values, working together with colleagues, customers and the Board:
- do the right thing
- pull together
- celebrate diversity
- love new ideas
- be kind
- keep our promises
Equal Opportunities Statement
TCH is an equal opportunities employer committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity or paternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, or caring responsibilities.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join TCH.
We are recognised as a ‘Disability Confident Committed Employer’. As part of this commitment, individuals who disclose at application stage that they have a disability, will be invited to interview provided they demonstrate that they meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Candidates will be asked if they require any support or reasonable adjustments to enable them to fully participate in the recruitment process.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role:
As a support worker, your primary purpose is to provide comprehensive support to residents within a supported accommodation setting. Your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities aimed at ensuring the well-being, safety, and development of residents.
You will be responsible for implementing holistic support strategies that address the emotional, practical, and housing management needs of residents. This includes assisting with practical daily task, facilitating access to educational and employment opportunities, and maintaining a safe living environment in accordance with organisational practices.
Additionally, you will manage individual caseloads, create tailored support and safety plans, and regularly assess their effectiveness. Collaboration with residents and other professionals is essential in this process to empower people and ensure their needs are met.
The role also involves daily shift delivery, operational functions, and liaising with stakeholders to address dynamic needs efficiently. Furthermore, you will act as an advocate for residents, collaborate with professionals from various disciplines, and facilitate a cohesive team environment through active participation and support.
About you:
- Person-Centred Support Approach: Ability to create collaborative support plans, build rapport, and foster collaboration with residents.
- Case Management and Assessment Skills: Proficiency in managing caseloads, conducting assessments, and analysing data to identify resident needs.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Strong communication and coordination skills to work with professionals from various disciplines.
- Health and Safety Compliance: Knowledge of regulations and protocols, ensuring adherence to health and safety standards.
- Record Keeping and Reporting: Proficient in maintaining accurate records and preparing reports while adhering to confidentiality protocols.
- Policy and Procedure Adherence: Understanding and adherence to relevant policies and procedures in supported accommodation services.
- Continuous Learning and Improvement: Commitment to ongoing training, participation in reflective practice, and contributing to service improvement initiatives.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing date:Wednesday 5th June at midnight
Interview date: Interviews to be held week commencing Monday 17th June
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you committed about delivering a high quality, client focused service? Are you experienced at motivating a team and now looking for the next challenge? If you answered yes, then this could be the role for you.
About the role:
Our Complex Needs Service is seeking a Service Manager, who would like to develop their career with a sector-leading organisation. As our Service Manager, you will provide effective management of a high support accommodation service for single homeless people in Camden. Residents of the service will be faced with multiple disadvantages, mental health, substance use and dual diagnosis.
In return, you will receive a comprehensive induction into the organisation, access to our management learning and development programme and continuous support and development, within your role.
About you:
- Proven track record and demonstrable expertise in the provision of a Psychologically informed Environment for vulnerable adults with complex needs that incorporates effective strengths and needs assessment, structured planned support, goal setting and advocacy and that is delivered both through structured case work and group work.
- Experience of managing a team, developing the skills and practice of others with the proven ability to motivate and manage a quality service focused on achieving defined outcomes.
- A track record of delivering high quality outcomes for clients working within a strengths and recovery model.
- The ability to plan, monitor and evaluate services, to ensure that they are responsive to the needs of the clients, meet the purpose they have been commissioned for and fulfil the service specification.
- Have strong networking skills and proven ability to build positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
At Single Homeless Project, we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to having a workforce that is made up of diverse individuals, skills, experiences and abilities. Due to current under –representation at management level, we particularly encourage applications from individuals within our Black and Asian communities.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 9th June 2024 at Midnight
Interviews will be held: w/c 17th June 2024
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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SPITALFIELDS CRYPT TRUST
A new and exciting opportunity to join this amazing East London charity embedded in the local community, To provide personalised support and interventions for those experiencing homelessness and addiction issues, and to create a safe environment that empowers residents to make positive changes in their lives.
Salary: Up to £30,892 per annum, inclusive of an additional £1,000 unsociable hours allowance for weekend shift work (approximately one weekend in four)
Benefits: Annual leave of 25 days (excluding bank holidays) plus an additional day’s leave per annum, Employee Assistance Programme, Contributory Pension Scheme inc. employer-matched contributions of up to 5%
Hours of work: 35 hours per week Monday to Sunday (shift work).
Applicants are invited to submit their CV and a covering letter outlining their suitability and reasons for their interest in the role.
Closing date: 9th June 2024 or before should the position be filled.s
Full job description available on the website
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hours 37.5 hours per week
Location Yorkshire (Leeds, Kirklees, and York)
Salary £41,355 - £45,283
Emerging Futures (EF) works across the country to support people affected by homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges. Our greatest resource is our people, so we also offer generous annual leave, pension, employee assistance programme and other benefits.
About the role
As the Area Service Manager, you will be accountable for ensuring our contracts with partners and/or commissioners deliver to the highest standards, in a way that creates maximum impact.
Across Yorkshire, you will lead on the delivery of our coaching and behaviour change programmes alongside managing our expanding housing portfolio and housing support services. You will take responsibility for growing the business across Yorkshire with existing partners, other organisations and via Local Authority contracts.
As a member of the national Joint Leadership Team (JLT), you will help to shape and develop our services and products, ensuring that the EF’s growth remains rooted in our organisational values of respect, accountability, and integrity.
Our current contracts cover Leeds, Kirklees, and York, and you will be required to work across varying sites. You will directly manage a team of Service Managers and Team Leaders and be responsible for a growing staff team of over 25 individuals.
About you
You are an experienced operational leader who has a proven track record in managing front-line substance misuse, recovery and/or housing services.
As a values-led manager, you have a passion for developing services and staff to be the best they can be.
Organisation, planning, and communication skills come naturally to you, as you will managing competing priorities across a large geographical area.
You are flexible and can work autonomously, managing your own diary based on service needs.
What do our staff say about working for us?
“My professional development is being addressed all the time. I have had so much training while I have been here.”
“We try to create an environment where it’s ok not to be ok. I feel very blessed to be part of this organisation.”
Interested?
To apply, please send us your CV and a covering letter. Within your covering letter, please address the following questions:
- 65% of Emerging Futures employees have a lived experience of addiction, homelessness and/or the criminal justice system. Tell us how you would adapt your management style to accommodate our staff and what issues might arise?
- Managing services across different geographical areas is fast paced and can be challenging. Based on your experiences, how do you manage competing priorities to ensure you meet key performance indicators?
- Tell us about a time when your values and principles have impacted your management decision making?
A full job description is available to download.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, email us and a member of our team will be in touch.
Closing date Monday 27th May 2024.
Interview date Thursday 6th June 2024.
Interviews will be held in our hub in Huddersfield, Kirklees.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The vacancy
Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Scheme Manager on a Permanent basis managing two of our Retirement Services Schemes based in Stevenage and Dunstable.
What we’re looking for:
- Do you have experience of providing support to vulnerable adults?
- Do you have a housing management background or previous supported housing experience where you have delivered good customer care?
- Do you understand safeguarding and the importance of keeping accurate records?
If so, then Peabody has the perfect role for you!
A typical week will involve working Monday to Friday between the hours of 9AM and 5PM, no more than 35 hours per week.
A bit about the role:
As a Scheme Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day housing management and services provided at these schemes.
You will take full responsibility of managing the estate and monitor the services provided by others such as cleaners, contractors or other stakeholders within Peabody.
Some of the key results for the role include:
- Ensure schemes meet all statutory requirements in terms of health and safety (including fire safety).
- Resident satisfaction and ensure they feel safe, secure and respected.
- Identify and assess residents needs to ensure they have the right level of support.
- Report repairs and maintenance.
- Work with other scheme managers across the service and provide cover if required.
- Work closely with our allocations team.
Put simply, if you’ve ever wanted a job where you can really make a positive difference to someone’s life, this is it.
This role will require an Enhanced DBS check, a UK driver’s licence and access to a vehicle with business insurance.
A bit about us:
It started over 160 years ago with one man’s desire to improve the lives of poverty-stricken Londoners. Today, we have 107,000 homes and 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties and around 20,000 care and support customers. But the desire remains the same – to create homes and communities where people can flourish.
Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:
- Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)
- Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
- Two additional paid volunteering days each year
- Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
- 4 x salary life assurance
- Up to 10% pension contribution
So, if you want to make a positive difference to the lives of our residents here’s your chance!
Are you ready to apply?
To be considered for the position of Scheme Manager, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role.
Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.
PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.
Closing Date: 3 June 2024
Interviews will take place week commencing the 10 June 2024.
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Are you…
Dedicated to working with vulnerable people?
Looking for a varied and people focused role?
Motivated by working as part of a team?
Passionate about doing a job that makes a difference?
The Marylebone Project is one of the UK’s largest providers of support services to women experiencing homelessness. The women we support have multiple disadvantages and require dedicated services like us to provide them with the right help to get back on their feet. Our purpose is to empower those we work with to take the steps they have identified are needed to achieve their goals. We do this by being person-centred with support and creating a Psychologically informed environment that encourages recovery.
The Role:
This is a fantastic opportunity within the Project, your role will be based within our newly refurbished Centre where you will manage a caseload of service users who may have complex needs and challenging behaviour. You will provide Advice, Guidance and information (IAG) to vulnerable adults and holistic support to address their needs within a psychologically informed environment and will provide specialist VAWG support.
Part of your role will also include Coordinating and facilitating our Drop-in Service for rough sleepers, providing them with a range of services including food provision; laundry; showers; clothing and nurses clinics.
You will have the opportunity to be part of a service which will really make a difference to women’s lives and have the privilege to see them grow in confidence and skills.
We are looking for someone who is solution focused and goes the extra mile to help others. You will find our values of kindness, respect, trust and co-production relatable and applicable to the role.
*Positions are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
Salary
£31,927 per annum
Hours
Average 40 hours a week on a five-week rota. Normal working pattern will be working across early and late shifts & working two weekends. Working hours and rotas are subject to change by the organisation as required, based on operational/service need, though we try not to do this frequently. Some flexibility in working hours is expected.
Pension
The employee will be enrolled into a pension scheme providing the post holder meets the criteria for eligibility. Minimum pension contributions will be paid by the employer for you if you are eligible.
Annual Leave
28 days, including bank holidays, rising by one day a year to a maximum of 33 days after each full year’s service. As the project works on a 24/7 basis, you will be required to work some bank holidays, including Christmas and New Yea
Contract
Permanent, full-time
DBS
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check and compliance with safeguarding policies and procedures. Safeguarding training will be required.
Closing date: 11:59pm on Wednesday 12th June 2024 *
*We will be actively interviewing for this post; this means that this job may be withdrawn before the advertised closing date.
To apply, please download a Marylebone Project Application Form and complete the form this post. When you are ready to submit your application, please upload your completed application form and submit your application. Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
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Contracts Administrator
Closing date for applications 23:59 hours on 4th June 2024
Salary £28,890 per annum
To apply via our website
Successful candidates must demonstrate their ability to:
- Represent Safer Renting as contracts administrator for all borough funders or partner organisation ensuring compliance by all parties with procedures and protocols
- Proactively deliver a cycle of performance reports, invoices and periodic reviews between the partners
- Trouble-shoot, recognise potential disputes and escalate issues of non-compliance
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Team Leader
Closing date for applications 23:59 hours on 4th June 2024
Salary c £35,000 per annum
To apply visit our website to download our recruitment pack with full application instructions
Successful candidates must demonstrate their ability to:
- Provide supervision, support and performance management of a small team of private tenancy rights caseworkers, ensuring equitable and manageable sharing of caseload
- Encourage and support user involvement and private tenants’ voice generally in our service development
- Represent Safer Renting to and manage relationships with an agreed group of local authorities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.