Barnet Mencap is dynamic, expanding, and looking for team players to join our enthusiastic and diverse team. We support adults with moderate learning disabilities and/or autism to live independently in housing of their choice.

The role offers a challenge and satisfaction, which will suit people who:

• have experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and autism in a community setting
• have a good working knowledge of safeguarding issues facing people with learning disabilities and autism
• understand the issues faced by people with learning disabilities and autism living independently and have the skills to meet their practical, social and emotional needs
• have a ‘Person Centred Planning’ ethos
• have excellent communication skills

Barnet Mencap is committed to safeguarding, quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

St Martins is a specialist provider of supported accommodation for people who have Mental Health needs complicated by other areas of need, such as from learning disability, drug and alcohol addictions and forensic histories.

Support workers provide important practical and emotional help to service users and provide support to senior colleagues in delivering structured services that are created through our support planning processes.

You will be passionate about working with vulnerable adults, and you will work alongside our Project Workers to provide the best possible day to day service to our service users. This will include accompanying clients to appointments, encouraging them to budget, plan and prepare their own meals and help them progress on their path to recovery.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Closing Date: 21/06/2020

Please send a CV and covering letter (to include a supporting statement) via the button below.

Please also note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

My Care My Way

My Care My Way (MCMW) is a new, innovative way of working with people over the age of 65 with complex needs and conditions. The person is at the centre of holistic care planning across organisations such as health, social care and the voluntary sector. This way of working is a more coordinated, consistent way of providing care for people over 65 with long term conditions in West London and requires people with commitment and passion to work with older people. My Care My Way has been created following intensive work with professionals, patients and the voluntary sector to create a model of care rooted in evidence and designed to meet local needs.

Patients are at the heart of the model, and are working in partnership with professionals, supported by a dedicated integrated care team. All involved, including the person and their carer, will design care plans together to keep the person well for as long as possible and to achieve outcomes that they identify.

My Care My Way will deliver more consistent care for patients at their GP practice, within two multi-functional Integrated Care Hubs in the locality, or within their homes.

Role Summary

The Health and Social Care Assistant (HSCA) role offers a new and exciting opportunity to become part of the My Care My Way workforce; bringing together health and social care expertise to deliver real change for how care is delivered in West London.

The vision for this role is aspirational, in that it aims to bring together over time duties that are carried out by Health Care Assistants, Social Care Trusted Assessors, Navigators, and other disciplines. The post holder will also be equipped to provide low level mental health support. There is an emphasis on promoting independence and supporting patients to adopt self-care approaches, by linking them in with voluntary sector services based on their long term conditions, interests and preferences.

**Please note, this role may involve working some Out of Hours shifts, covering evenings and weekends**

Interviews will take place via remote video conferencing (Zoom or Skype)

Please be advised that recruitment is on a rolling basis until all vacancies are filled.

Chance UK has been delivering early-intervention mentoring programmes across London since 1995. We are looking for youth workers across two of our mentoring programmes; Explore & Empower and STEP. We are currently running all of our mentoring services via online platforms and phone to adhere to the current government guidance on the prevention of the spread of Coronavirus. We will resume with face to face sessions as and when the government guidance allows and in discussion with individual families.

Key Information  

Job Title:  Youth Worker

Reporting to: Programme Lead

Salary: £12 per hour 

Hours: Part time (approximately 12-22 hours per week) 

During term-time, these hours will be predominantly at weekends during the daytime and after school during the week, to fit alongside families’ availability. During school holidays these hours could swap to accommodate some weekday daytimes. 

Location: Islington and online

Duration:  June 2020 until April 2021 

Proposed start date: June 2020 

About the role: Mentors pick the child up from home and run a 1:1 session in the community, once a week for 2-4 hours. They use the solution-focused approach to work on building the child’s self-esteem and confidence, set goals and explore new places. We are currently running all of our mentoring services via online platforms and phone to adhere to the current government guidance on the prevention of the spread of Coronavirus. We will resume with face to face sessions as and when the government guidance allows and in discussion with individual families.

Explore & Empower is Chance UK’s flagship early intervention programme that supports 5-12 year old children with behavioural and emotional difficulties and their parents/carers. This nine month-long programme empowers children to develop their skills, confidence and life aspirations through weekly mentoring sessions alongside 1:1 and group support for parents and carers 

STEP transitions mentoring is Chance UK’s newest programme that supports year 6s and year 7s (and their parents/carers) as they make the move to secondary school. In this six month-long programme, each child will receive weekly mentoring sessions and group support, helping them to develop skills confidence and strategies to manage the changes ahead, successfully navigate their first months of secondary school and beyond. 

This programme is designed for children who have current/past involvement from CAMHS. The families we work with have often experienced challenges in life e.g. trauma and we use solution-focused techniques to help strengthen relationships and explore their preferred future. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Attending Chance UK’s mentor training (either two full days or three evenings) and delivering a structured mentoring programme according to the principles and ethos outlined 

• Mentoring a caseload of up to 6 children for a six-nine-month duration. Every effort will be made to allocate Youth Workers to children who live in a close area so that sessions can be completed as efficiently as possible 

• Meeting each child on a weekly basis, online or picking up/dropping off at home, building rapport, and planning appropriate activities according to their individual interests, abilities and goals 

• Taking full responsibility for the child’s safety and welfare when out in the community together 

• Liaising directly with each parent/carer to ensure sessions happen every week

• Completing an online report for each session within 24 hours of it taking place 

• Understanding and abiding by all of Chance UK’s policies and procedures 

• Following Chance UK’s safeguarding procedures and acting on any concerns within an appropriate timeframe 

• Attending a graduation ceremony at the end of the mentoring period, and abiding with Chance UK’s no-contact policy with families after this date 

• Working pro-actively with the Programme Manager to achieve the best outcomes for each child, and flagging up issues that arise 

• Attending a monthly 1:1 supervision with the Programme Manager at Chance UK’s office 

Person specification: 

Essential 

• Significant experience supporting children or young people on a 1:1 basis 

• Strong understanding of the context and challenges facing vulnerable children and families 

• Strong understanding of the impacts of domestic violence and how these might present in children

• Safeguarding training successfully completed to a level 3 standard within the last 18 months. Evidence of this training (dated provider's certificate) should be provided at interview. 

• Ability to work in a child-centred manner; quickly building trust and rapport with a child

• Commitment to seeing each child complete the full six- or nine-month programme once started 

• Ability to have motivational conversations about topics children find challenging in a non-judgemental and child-centred way 

• Willingness to take part in a range of activities depending on the child’s interests 

• Agreement to stick within the monthly budget for activities and to claim expenses promptly at the end of every month 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent time-management and organisational skills

• Own transport or ability to use public transport to travel between family homes 

• Flexibility with scheduling own working hours, whilst bearing in mind that all sessions with a child must take place outside of school time 

Desirable 

• A professional qualification in youth work, social work, child development, education or a related field 

• Experience supporting children in the 5-13 age range on a 1:1 basis 

• Experience working in a trauma-informed way 

Essential competencies: 

• A flexible team player who thrives on a diverse work portfolio. 

• Is solution focused and pre-empts problems by seeking guidance or taking action. 

• Pursues tasks/goals with energy, drive and a need for completion. 

• A self-motivated individual with the ability to work effectively under pressure and with minimal supervision. 

• Committed to diversity and implementing equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice. 

• Discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential information.

Please send a CV and 1 page covering letter to the recruitment email. 

Closing Date:

Round 1 - STEP Mentoring Programme closes on Thursday 4th June 2020. 

Round 2 - Explore and Empower Mentoring Programme closes on Thursday June 25th 2020.

We are looking for successful candidates to start as soon as possible and therefore applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and interviews scheduled accordingly. 

The job description is a general outline of the duties and responsibilities the post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.