Penrose has been supporting vulnerable adults to make positive changes to their lives for almost 50 years. As a member of the Social Interest Group, we deliver a wide range of residential and support services addressing issues including mental health, substance misuse, social isolation and domestic violence. The Penrose CJS Community service is designed to deliver interventions and support to manage the supervision orders of offenders released into the community that have received a prison sentence and have been assessed as low risk of serious harm. Support delivered is wide ranging and based on individual need.

We are looking for a talented and passionate Community Team Manager to join our team in order to support the offender to adhere to and achieve the cohesive resettlement plan generated from the custodial resettlement team. The successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to and ensuring that your teams achieve the targets set by Penrose in partnership with MTC Novo and the area CRC.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference supporting some of the most complex people in the criminal justice system and helping make communities safer. We are looking for an experienced individual with the motivation and commitment to support staff and service users to achieve their goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• To successfully manage a team of Responsible Officers, providing effective performance monitoring and management, whilst enabling learning and development through effective training and support channels.
• To successfully manage community resettlement services that reduce reoffending, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders back into the community.
• To ensure that the team facilitates a cohesive resettlement and risk management plan for each eligible service user who is released from custody.
• To develop excellent internal and external relationships is essential to this role. Team Managers will ensure that the service is fully embedded within the community. You will be expected to regularly participate in team meetings and other duties deemed relevant by management.
• To work with internal and external partners, agencies and commissioners including HM Prison Service, Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC’s) and the National Probation Service to achieve the desired outcomes and KPI’s for the service.

Experience:

• Direct experience in working in reintegration and rehabilitation services or similar services
• Experience of providing commercially viable service and interventions to target client groups
• Knowledge and practical application of key legislation- Equality and Diversity, Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Social Care and Housing and H&S
• An understanding of the needs of vulnerable people who may also have mental heath, offending and substance misuse problems
• A good understand of staff development and management including supervision, supervision, appraisal and training
• Able to influence and form strong relationships with commissioning bodies and professional agencies

Why work with us?

• Growing and forward-thinking organisation
• Excellent core and on-going training aligned with personal development plan
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Medi-cash which includes the following:
• Discount gym membership
• Routine eye tests, glasses and contact lenses
• Dental treatment via NHS or Private
• Physiotherapy, Indian Head Massage and a range of other therapies
• 25 days holiday increasing to 26 days after 2 years of service and increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days annual leave
• Life Assurance

This role will require frequent travel to our Head office and other offices across London.

To apply we require your CV along with Supporting Statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) detailing how your knowledge and experience meets the requirements of the job description (this can be found on the attached Job Description) or completion of an application form. Please then send this to our Recruitment Team by the advertised closing date.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close the advert before the published closing date and therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible

Penrose Criminal Justice Service delivers custodial resettlement and community supervision services for service users across London as part of the wider Transforming Rehabilitation Programme. The service users being supported have a wide range of resettlement needs and have varying and sometimes complex needs.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Responsible Officer to join our services in delivering interventions and supporting to manage the supervision orders of service users released into the community that have received a prison sentence and have been assessed as low risk of serious harm. Support delivered is wide ranging and based on individual need. You will support the service user to adhere to and achieve the cohesive resettlement plan generated from the custodial resettlement team.

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage a caseload of service users on their supervision orders during their time in custody and on their licence period after release from custody.
• To successfully reduce reoffending, rehabilitate and reintegrate service users back into the community.
• To ensure a cohesive risk assessment and sentence plan is generated for each service user, continuing on from the resettlement plan generated by the custodial resettlement team.
• To complete all necessary reports and administrative tasks to support the supervision of your service users both in custody and the community.
• To provide pathways, support and appropriate interventions to enable successful resettlement for all service users in both a group and on a 1-1 basis.
• To work with internal and external partners, agencies and commissioners including MH Prison Service, Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC’s), National Probation Service and other community based supporting agencies to achieve the desired outcomes and KPI’s for the service

Experience:

• Proven experience of successful reintegration of service users into the community
• Experience of working with vulnerable individuals who may have mental health issues/substance misuse/challenging chaotic behaviour
• Experience of providing resettlement support and practical assistance within a secure environment or outreach support role
• Excellent understanding of the resettlement and social needs of vulnerable individuals
• Demonstrable understanding and practical application of key legislation regarding criminal justice, social care, housing and mental health
• Able to influence and negotiate positive outcomes with the service users and supporting professional bodies

Why work with us?

• Growing and forward-thinking organisation
• Excellent core and on-going training aligned with personal development plan
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Medi-cash which includes the following:
• Discount gym membership
• Routine eye tests, glasses and contact lenses
• Dental treatment via NHS or Private
• Physiotherapy, Indian Head Massage and a range of other therapies
• 25 days holiday increasing to 26 days after 2 years of service and increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days annual leave
• Life Assurance

To apply we require your CV along with Supporting Statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) detailing how your knowledge and experience meets the requirements of the job description (this can be found on the attached Job Description) or completion of an application form. Please then send this to our Recruitment Team by the advertised closing date.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close the advert before the published closing date and therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible

We are looking for a Tenancy Sustainment Worker to deliver intensive housing management at our Young Peoples Foyer based in Torbay.

We are committed to offering short term housing and support to young people aged 16-24 years old who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Our role is to help young people settle from often chaotic lifestyles, start doing something productive towards employment, education or training, teach them the basic life skills required to live independently and help them resolve some of the issues that brought them into supported housing in the first place.
We are looking for someone who is resilient and able to work with this client group to help them address the issues in their lives and move forward onto independence.

In return, we provide a generous entitlement to paid holiday increasing with length of service, a choice of pension schemes, a healthcare cash back plan, and great opportunities and support to develop your career.
This role is being offered on a full time basis, working 37  hours per week on a rolling rota, to include weekend working.  Bandwidth hours will be 8am to 8pm.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Appointment to the post will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

You will be part of a well established team who work with young people resident at the Foyer. You would be expected to deal with any accommodation issues the young people may have and signpost them to the appropriate course of action.  You will work closely with the Foyer Manager to ensure that building safety is maintained, organising remedial works and repairs with contractors. 
 
 Intensive housing management tasks may vary from ensuring that LiveWest customers have access to appropriate services, support and accommodation of a good standard to explaining the licence, tenancy agreement and project rules or working closely with partners to resolve anti social behaviour.
 
The purpose of the role is to work collaboratively with support colleagues to ensure that customers are able to maintain their excluded licence and tenancies and can access services that are appropriate to their needs in line with our strategic aims, values, policies, and operational standards, and to maximise outcomes for customers and LiveWest.
 
Knowledge of benefits and welfare reform is essential.  You will need to have a good understanding of young people’s needs, safeguarding and emotional and mental health issues. 
 
The most important part of this role is to have pride in your work and have a positive attitude, a proactive approach and the confidence to support a diverse range of people.  You will be able to balance your passion and commitment with good organisational skills, and the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries. 
 
Now is an exciting time to join LiveWest, the largest housing association in the South West.  We are a leading developer of affordable and social housing in the South West. With 36,000 homes, and ambitious plans to develop a further 16,000 properties over the next 10 years, we have a vision to build real social change in our region, one front door at a time.

As part of our response to the Coronavirus crisis, an exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the Phoenix Project in a new role of ‘Triage Worker’. The Phoenix Project offers integrated Domestic Abuse support across Wiltshire and Sexual Violence support across Wiltshire and Swindon.

The Triage Worker will work across the established and experienced Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA) Team and the Single Point of Access (SPA) Team.  The successful applicant will support both teams to triage new referrals and complete risk assessments for victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse. They will provide high quality advice, guidance and support to both victims and other professionals.

Key elements of the role include:

• Risk assessing, safety planning and providing safeguarding advice.
• Triaging referrals.
• Signposting to other agencies.
• Undertaking direct work with both clients and other professionals.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of working with clients and service users, excellent written and verbal communication skills, knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence, exercise attention to detail and have a high standard of IT skills.  Experience and understanding of: safeguarding, advocacy and multi-agency working is an advantage.

HOURS: 30 – 37.5 hours per week (Job share will be considered)

TENURE: 9 months with the potential of extension, dependent on funding.

INTERVIEW DATE:Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. Please note that this position may be filled before the closing date.

Vetting - You will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check

Full Job Description, Person Specification and Application form are available on our website.

Our client is running a ground-breaking intervention programme around creating a safer society for all. If you are a programmes professional who has worked in the advocacy space around Violence against Woman and Families, then please do read on. Especially if you have some line management experience and have worked with statutory partners such as the police, health or probation services. This is an initial contract role that could be extended past march based on funding. Initially it is home based and salary is open to negotiation.

Key responsibilities for the Advocacy Service Manager:

* Drive the delivery of the project in London
* Ensure that the project is on track to achieve all outcomes
* Assess monitoring and evaluation needs, implement any change needed
* Provide line management to advocates and supervise their casework
* Be handson with reporting on all project outcomes and stakeholder engagement with partners
* Develop project governance framework
* Manage project budget and risk register

As mentioned earlier, it is essential that you have experience working in the violence against women and girls sector. This includes being handson with related programmes that have service deliverables in this field. Ideally you will also bring good working knowledge of working with statutory services and inter-agency teams. Line management is a must have as you will be leading a small team of advocates. Strong skills in project management and programme delivery is expected.

To apply for this Advocacy Service Manager role, please email your CV to our Office & Specialist Support Team quoting the reference number 73802DW. All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Care Navigator

Salary: £25,500 – £28,560 per annum + 6% pension
Hours: 36 hours per week
Based at: Various GP Surgeries as assigned
Contract: One year (possible extension)
Closing date: 6 August 2020, 12 noon
Interviews: 13 August 2020

Our client, in partnership with the NHS, are delivering care navigation services for older people in Haringey.

As a Care Navigator, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support frail older patients in Haringey by providing individual holistic assessments and directing patients to appropriate services including activities that may help to promote their health, wellbeing and independence.

Our client is a charity that delivers practical ways that people can live healthier, long and fulfilling lives – thus playing their part in working towards reducing health inequalities and building stronger communities.

Are you a passionate and dynamic individual with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills; and a proven track record of working in a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with GP practices and other healthcare professionals, the general public and the voluntary sector?

Our client is currently recruiting a Care Navigator who will focus on helping patients to make full use of local community and voluntary sector services available locally, as well as those provided by health and social care providers. The key requirements for this post are experience of working with clients, providing person-centred care and being familiar with voluntary and community services to respond holistically to patients’ health and wellbeing needs.

This is a unique opportunity to join a progressive organisation where our client values and rewards the performance of their staff.

To apply, please select the apply button shown to submit your CV with contact details of two referees, a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification and a completed equal opportunities monitoring form.

For a full job description, please select the apply button shown.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Care Co-ordinator, Community Care Co-ordinator, Community Care and Engagement Co-ordinator, Healthcare Navigator, or Healthcare Programme Officer.

Depaul are seeking a Wellbeing Manager in Sheffield who can help us promote positive mental health coping strategies and the overall wellbeing of clients, volunteers and staff. In return you’ll receive a competitive salary of £18,176.40 pa pro rata (£30,294 pa FTE) + pension & other benefits.

 Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Wellbeing Manager, we can offer you:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays pro rata

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Wellbeing Manager role:

You will take the lead on developing creative and innovative initiatives that contribute to positive mental health outcomes and personal wellbeing in every aspect of our work. These initiatives will be based on our Endeavour principle of co-production where we will take an asset based approach focussing on what is strong in our people and the spaces and communities we operate in.

What makes this role exciting?

- On going and targeted learning and development that will support and enable you to deliver the role to a high standard

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success in the Wellbeing Manager role?

- Demonstrable understanding of challenges faced by young people facing homelessness, particularly around mental health challenges

- Experience of working with young people facing homelessness and supporting people facing a broad range of complex mental health and wellbeing issues

- Good understanding of government mental health policy, direction and strategic development

- Knowledge of Health and Safety, Safeguarding and relevant networks in both statutory and community settings

- Training and workshop development and facilitation skills

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Wellbeing Manager then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date – Sunday 9th August 23:59. Please note that late applications will not be considered.

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

RedbridgeCVS is a well-established and highly regarded umbrella body for voluntary and community organisations in the London Borough of Redbridge. We are a small, friendly team based in central Ilford just 20 minutes by train from Liverpool Street station.

We are seeking 1 enthusiastic and motivated professional to join us as a Social Prescribing Advisor. The role will focus on supporting residents referred by GP practices in Redbridge who might face low-level mental ill‐health, social isolation or complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

As Social Prescribing Advisor, you will provide clients with one to one motivational support using behaviour change techniques as well as practical support to access community services to help improve their health and wellbeing.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 10th August 2020.

Please go to our website to download the job pack and return the completed application form via email.

We expect to interview the shortlisted candidates on 18th August 2020.

Creative Support is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Manager to take the responsibility of managing our varied portfolio of social care services in the Sandwell and Dudley area. You will be responsible for maintaining an overview of all services, leading a highly motivated team of managers and contributing to the further development of services within the region. You must be an accomplished manager and have extensive experience and knowledge of working within the social care sector in support of people with learning disabilities and mental health needs. You must be highly proactive, resourceful and possess an analytical approach to problem solving.

You will be responsible for our current service provision of community based services which includes supported living services for people with a learning disability and people on the autistic spectrum, including people who have additional complex care and communication needs.

We are also keen to develop new services which meet local needs and promote opportunity, choice, health and wellbeing.

You will carry out the role demonstrating a person-centred approach with a warm, confident and professional manner. Experience of staff and service management is essential. We will expect you to have the vision, networking and organisational ability to deliver excellent outcomes for customers and to implement initiatives which connect service users to their local community and promote our reputation. A requirement of this role is that you will be the Registered Manager with CQC. You must have an excellent working knowledge of the CQC’s regulations and the key lines of enquiry. You must be a confident and accountable practitioner with the ability to put quality standards into practice.

You must have skills in positive communication and engagement and be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support. You must be able to write clear assessments, support plans and guidelines and work positively within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos.

You must be able to lead a team with confidence and provide clear guidance, supervision and support to your team members. You will be able to communicate positively and professionally with the families of the people we support, their advocates and other agencies.

You will be expected to have regular direct contact with service users and attend person-centred reviews. You will be required to oversee staff deployment and rotas and to work in a flexible manner yourself including working evenings and weekends. You will develop a clear understanding of the commissioned hours for the services in your remit and areas financial performance based on a knowledge of budgets.

This role offers unique and challenging opportunities bringing great job satisfaction and career development opportunities. We provide accredited management training and health and social care diplomas through our own training academy as well as local coaching and mentoring by experienced qualified social care practitioners. We may support you with advanced practitioner training opportunities in relevant areas. In addition to opportunities for personal and career development we offer good conditions of service and a supportive, hands-on management culture.

£19,847 - £23,350 p/a (Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Full-time (35 hrs p/w) - Fixed term contract until 25th June 2021

HMP Birmingham

Ref: RMB-201

Are you a positive and emotionally resilient individual with a good understanding of the barriers facing men and young people with complex needs within the Criminal Justice System? 

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Resettlement Caseworker (known internally as Meet at the Gate Worker) to join us and provide a high level Meet At The Gate support service to men experiencing complex and multiple disadvantage being released from HMP Birmingham.

About St Giles Trust 

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this vital role

Your challenge will be to help reduce re-offending by delivering a practical support service to prisoners on release identified by the CRC as their most ‘at risk’ clients, including recalls. Day-to-day, you’ll undertake pre-release visits to clients (in prison where possible) in order to produce action and risk management plans. As well as providing a comprehensive and holistic assessment, advice, referral and support service to clients, we’ll rely on you to construct a personalised action plan to address their needs that contribute to their offending behaviour. 

Delivering an outreach service that involves meeting service users at the prison gates and providing a practical service that includes setting up access to housing, benefits, registering with GPs/Dentists and attending appointments will be an important part of the role too. Along the way, you’ll also liaise with a variety of local community, develop working relationships with prison departments, officers, CRC and community services and actively promote good partnerships and effective joint working.

What we are looking for:

• Lived personal experience or knowledge of the Criminal Justice System and experience of, or an understanding of how to work with, challenging people with complex and multiple disadvantages who are reluctant to discuss their needs, and often angry and confused

• Experience of developing successful inter-agency work, particularly with a view to working with referring agencies

• Knowledge of housing options available to ex-offenders, especially knowledge of the Homelessness Act plus familiarity with the Benefits system, including Universal Credit

• An understanding of mental health problems and drug/alcohol misuse issues among vulnerable people, including the effects and treatment 

• Lots of initiative, good relationship building skills and the ability to use monitoring systems and provide flexible working when delivering an outreach service to vulnerable service users. 

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, childcare vouchers, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website.

Closing date: 11pm, 16th August 2020. Interviews: 26th August (interviews are likely to be held via zoom)

About Scope

We’re the disability equality charity. We won't stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. At home. At school. At work. In our communities.

We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need it most. We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.

About the role

The candidate will manage a case-load of customers, supporting and empowering them, ensuring that all programme KPI’s are met. Be a designated safeguarding lead for the service and report any safeguarding issues both internally and externally as required.

Main responsibilities include conducting a thorough initial assessment of all customers joining the programme to understand fully their support needs, developing a SMART goal based action plans that clearly show how the customers support needs will be addressed, measuring, recording and tracking “distance travelled” for each customer in caseload and ensure that an evidence based approach is adopted to recording the customer journey. You’ll work collaboratively within the team to provide support where needed in to ensure KPI’s are achieved and be the designated safeguarding lead and report any safeguarding issues both internally and externally as required.

About you

You should ideally have lived experience of disability. To succeed in the role you will need excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, empathy for your customers, drive and enthusiasm for your role, passion for improving the lives of disabled people and their families.

You will need to respond to change in a positive way and be able to deal with conflicting priorities.

You should have experience of a customer facing role, supporting customers remotely, online and by telephone, providing mentoring or a similar support type, safeguarding of both adults and children. With your experience of safeguarding you should be able to identify, triage and action safeguarding concerns that arise from the service, bring an excellent working knowledge of how to record these concerns, show a true commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of customers and colleagues. You will need a to be confident with digital technology, including Microsoft Office products. You should show a positive approach to the adoption of innovative products and tools.

This service has extended opening hours, 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 12pm on a Saturday. You will need to be flexible to support the team within these hours.

We are looking for an experienced Welfare Benefits Advisor to join our team.

Title: Welfare Benefits Advisor (Adults)
Salary: £23k to £28k per year, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours a week
Place of work: AoD, Normand Croft School, Lillie Road, London SW6 7SR
Contract period: Permanent
Accountable to: Welfare Benefits Team Leader

The Organisation

Action on Disability (AoD), founded in 1979, is one of London’s leading Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations. As we believe in the social model of disability, our values and principles embrace inclusive and accessible ways of working both internally and in all our activities, seek the participation and contribution of our members, and encourage and respect diversity.

The organisation is a medium sized charity with a Board of Trustees (at least 75% is disabled trustees), 25 staff and a strong ad hoc staff and volunteer base including many with direct experience of disability - all of whom are passionate about removing the barriers that disabled people face.

AoD provides five key services. These are: Youth, Employment, Welfare Benefits, Independent Living and Advocacy.

About AoD’s Welfare Benefits Service

The Welfare Benefits Service provides free independent advice and assistance to all disabled residents and their carers who live and work in Hammersmith and Fulham borough. The service is for all ages, including parents and carers of disabled children.

We provide free advice and assistance, up to and including Tribunal level, on all Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) benefits, Tax Credits, and some local authority benefits.

The Post

The Welfare Benefits Advisor will:

1. Provide high quality Welfare Benefits advice and casework and, as appropriate, representation at the 1st Tier Tribunals for disabled individuals of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
2. Write Mandatory Reconsideration requests and in a limited number of cases, write appeal submissions.
3. Undertake direct welfare advice and casework.
4. Maintain appropriate records of work undertaken using an appropriate electronic Welfare Benefits Recording and Information System via AoD’s Charity Log, and through the use of Excel
5. Gather information to monitor and evaluate the service.
6. Contribute to Welfare Benefits related publicity material, social media, reports for the Board of Trustees and other stakeholders and other documents as required.
7. This post requires travel to different locations, e.g. for home visits.

For all work:

• Work in a person-centred way
• Produce agreed regular monitoring and progress reports
• Comply with AoD’s agreed policies and procedures.
• Participate in the wider development of the service and contribute to service improvement as required.
• Be computer literate and administratively self-supporting.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as identified by the line manager.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

To be considered for this role, candidates must have:

• At least two years’ full time (or part time equivalent) paid experience of benefit advice work.
• Experience of preparing for tribunals and representing clients.
• Experience of welfare rights casework and managing own case load.
• Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of welfare benefits including those related to disability and sickness.

Deadline for the return of completed applications is 5pm on the 12th August 2020. Interviews will be held over two days on 25th and 26th August 2020.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application form.

Action on Disability positively welcomes applications from disabled people.

No agencies please.

Birmingham Settlement is seeking to recruit an energetic, self-motivated and committed Community Action Worker to support our work in developing people and places. Based in Aston, you will contribute to the development and implementation of innovative community based programmes; helping to establish partnerships and networks, supporting individual and community development through volunteering, advice, support, and social action that addresses community priorities, local improvements and opportunity.

The Community Action Worker will work closely with individuals and groups to develop the skills they need to establish the activities they want in response to community needs and wishes. They will also have a particular focus on supporting individuals to overcome the barriers they face to get to the point where they can access and take part in our wider programmes of support.

This position present an exciting opportunity for the right person to make a significant contribution to the work of the Settlement and people we serve.

Closing date: Friday 14th August 2020 at 12 noon

Interviews: Thursday 20th August 2020.

Birmingham Settlement is committed to Equality of Opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Registered charity number 517303

Creative Support is a national not-for-profit organisation which is looking to recruit warm and person centred individuals in your area to provide the highest standards of care to service users with support needs. We have a strong history of helping individuals with a wide range of needs to live independent and fulfilling lives, ensuring that our service users enjoy opportunities for personal development and engaging within their local communities.

We need energetic individuals to join our busy team to support 3 individuals with a learning disability and autism or epilepsy within their own flats in the Walkden area. Support is provided on a 1:1 basis when in the individual’s home or 2:1 basis when participating on community based activities.

You will need to work flexibly across a 24 hour rota and work with the upmost positive regard for the individuals we support. It is essential you have experience working in a social care environment and an understanding of positive behaviour support is desirable but not essential as training will be provided.