Contract Social Work Jobs
We have several vacancies in our Children and Young People’s team: Children and Young People Engagement Coordinators and Children and Young People Peer Support Coordinators
Hours: Full-Time, 35 hours per week
Starting salary: £25,767
Location: Contractual base is our office in Chorley. You will be predominantly working in the community delivering services. Due to having several vacancies available, delivery locations are across Lancashire and options will be discussed at interview.
Do you want to join an organisation who are passionate about improving mental health and wellbeing for Lancashire communities?
We’re looking for bold and caring people to join our Children and Young People’s team. We want people who have experience of engaging and working with young people in community settings, ideally in Lancashire.
To succeed in the role, you will need excellent communication skills, be confident, driven and have the ability to work autonomously in the community. You will be open, hardworking, creative and able to quickly build rapport with young people.
You will have experience working with the community and voluntary sector and understand the importance of peer support and early intervention to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
This is an exciting time for Lancashire Mind as our children and young people’s services are growing, enabling us to reach and support more people. We want someone who believes in our vision of a Lancashire where everyone can have the best mental health and wellbeing possible.
Lancashire Mind has a dedicated workplace wellbeing programme to ensure staff are supported with their own wellbeing which includes an Employee Assistance Programme, a half-day wellbeing day and wellbeing activities throughout the year.
We also offer a workplace pension scheme, paid emergency time off to care for dependents, regular supervision, and a commitment to supporting learning and development opportunities. We have also recently enhanced our annual leave offer:
Based on a Full-time member of staff
- Basic annual leave: 25 days
- Plus bank holidays
- Plus 3 days closure between xmas and new year
- Plus long-service leave after 3 years of service
- Plus option to buy or sell up to 3 days of annual leave
Above all, we are a friendly and supportive place to work.
Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Deadline for applications: 9am on the 12th of April
Interviews will be held on the 22nd or 24th of April at our offices in Chorley
Registered Charity Number 1081427
Registered Company Number 3888655
Lancashire Mind
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Adult Re-settlement Case Worker – Bridge to Home Project
Hours: Full time 35 hours a week
Contract: 12 months
Salary scale: £25,767 per annum, pay award pending
Responsible to: Housing & Wellbeing Lead
Location: Option to work from the office in Chorley or a mix of home and office working, with extensive travel across Lancashire for work activities, meetings, and training.
Bridge to Home is a support initiative aimed at helping people transition from hospital wards back into their local communities. Our goal is to provide a seamless and comfortable experience for those who have been discharged from the hospital and require additional support during their recovery journey.
Your new role
This role will be responsible for delivering personalised intensive one-to-one support and guidance to individuals accessing the Bridge to Home and Lancashire Mind Housing & Wellbeing services in and around Lancashire
You will be required to work closely with hospital ward staff and other statutory services to offer personalised opportunities to people experiencing mental health issues, ready to be discharged from hospital wards.
What you will need to succeed
You will need experience of working with people a diverse range of mental health conditions to overcome barriers to independent living, to have a knowledge of homelessness and housing needs, specific to people with mental health issues and have experience of collaborating with medical professionals, social services, housing providers and local community and voluntary groups.
It is important that the right candidate is an excellent communicator, able to listen and understand people’s needs but also confident communicating and liaising with other local services and partner agencies to ensure each person has the right support in place.
An excellent working knowledge of safeguarding practices for protecting vulnerable people is also key to this role and the successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate proven experience of this.
Ideally, an understanding of the issues which arise within the social housing sector or experience working in a similar role would be an advantage.
You will need to be a good team player, with the ability to work well with others and be able to work on your own initiative with minimum supervision.
Lancashire Mind is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly candidates with a lived experience of mental health conditions who fulfil all the criteria within the person specification.
For more details about this role and how to apply, please download the attached application form and recruitment pack.
The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday the 8th of April 2024
Interviews for this post are scheduled to take place on the 18th January 2024
Please note: Lancashire Mind follows Safer Recruitment practices and have a commitment to safeguarding people who use our services. Therefore, this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of your qualifications and right to work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As Projects Officer: Neighbourhood Food Model you will lead on specific projects within the wider Neighbourhood Food Model. Your role will be to grow collaborations, facilitate groups and workshops, and coordinate action. You will be building alliances with local food growers, chefs, researchers, council officers and residents to build a better local food system in Walworth.
The Walworth Neighbourhood Food Model is an ambitious, long-term approach to tackling the root causes of food insecurity in our neighbourhood. It offers a vision for a network of complementary spaces and initiatives, to build social connection through food, develop local supply chains, and transform the local food economy. This is a key role with a significant level of responsibility, working in a small dynamic team, at a crucial time in the development of this ambitious programme.
Responsible for: Planning, organising, recruiting, facilitating and documenting a range of groups and collaborations that aim to transform Walworth’s food system.
You will need to be dedicated and passionate about neighbourhood food, and able to inspire others. You will need to be adaptable and relish uncertainty, and you will be creative and enjoy problem solving. You will also enjoy bringing some order to things by finding the right level of detail at which to project plan, and find personal satisfaction in being organised with good record keeping.
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £29,903.50 per year.
Application Deadline: 9am Mon 29th April 2024
Interviews: Week of 6 May 2024
We will be shortlisting and interviewing suitable candidates as soon as applications come in, and encourage you to apply soon.
Location: Pembroke House (SE17 1QR), Walworth Living Room (SE17 2JU) and wider Walworth neighbourhood (SE17)
This role is not suitable for remote-working. The vast majority of the work requires you to be present for in-person meetings, activities, and events in the neighbourhood of Walworth, South London.
Hours of Work: Full time post: 5 days / 35 hrs per week, in person. (Full time availability is preferred, but 0.8 FTE may be considered)
Usual working week is Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm, but this role requires some flexibility to work evenings or weekends to attend community meetings or events.
For a full job description and person specification please refer to to the job role pack below or on our website.
To apply please visit our website and complete the application form.
Located in the heart of Walworth, we strive to empower communities and individuals to create a neighbourhood where everyone can flourish.
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Internally the job title will be Casual Recovery Worker.
You’re caring, flexible and creative, thrive under pressure, know how to connect with people at all levels and really enjoy helping others to live as independently as possible. You’d also like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship's Trafalgar House as a Casual Recovery Worker.
Trafalgar House is a mental health, supported housing and community based service, working to a recovery model. We provide a range of support services for people with mental ill health to access in their local community, including outreach support, peer support and supported housing. We have been operating in the area for a number of years and offer a staffed service to our residents aged 18 and upwards.
We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone. That’s where you come in.
Responsible for helping and inspiring the people who use our services to maintain their tenancy and independence in the community, we’ll rely on you to work with them to come up with a personal support plan that will see them achieve their goals and aspirations. Whether it’s developing their domestic and finance management skills or accessing work, leisure or educational opportunities, one thing’s for sure ‐ you will have every chance to shine.
No relevant experience is required as full training will be provided, although candidates with an understanding of mental health issues and/or lived experience would be welcomed. More important is your caring and compassionate nature and empathy and enthusiasm for helping others. Whatever your background, you’ll need to be happy to work both independently and within a team and willing to be part of a weekly rota system and available for on call duties.
To apply, please visit our website via the apply button and then send a CV and covering letter explaining why you feel you are right for the role.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and welcome applications from those with Lived Experience.
Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. From 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship will be merging with the mental health charity Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind will then be renamed to reflect the new, bigger and better organisation
YOUTH MENTORING PRACTITIONER vacancies
2 based in OASIS HUB HADLEY,
1 based in OASIS CROYDON,
1 based in OASIS HUB WATERLOO
HOURS RANGE FROM 28 – 40 PER WEEK
24 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
SALARY: £28,536 based on 40 hours per week (Including London Weighting)
Want to enable young people to have positive lives?
Want to be part of a supportive, dynamic, fun & quality team?
Want to make the community a better place?
Oasis Community Partnerships are looking for four special, talented, and adaptable people to help us strengthen and sustain our youth mentoring programme.
Each Youth Mentoring Practitioner’s primary purpose is to develop and deliver quality and safe 1-2-1 and small group mentoring for young people.
We are looking for people who:
· Have recent and proven experience with inner city young people.
· Can co-develop and co-deliver inclusive and supportive programmes with young people.
· Are comfortable working on their own or in a team.
· Can enable us to improve our service and opportunities for young people.
Do you have the character, chemistry & competency we are looking for? Great – read on.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority, and underrepresented groups.
Email your CV including a Supporting Statement. Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further details.
Your Supporting Statement should be a minimum of one A4 page addressing the following question:
Please expand on your CV to tell us about how your character, qualities, experience, and qualifications/training will enable you to thrive in this job.
Deadline for submitting your CV and Supporting Statement is midday Friday 5th April 2024.
Interviews will take place 17th April 2024.
If you’ve not heard from Oasis by 12th April 2024 – on this occasion you were not shortlisted.
Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further details
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
- Flexible working where possible with family friendly policies
· A non-contributory pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
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Role purpose
To work with children (up to 18 years) who have experienced and/or witnessed domestic abuse and to provide services that will enable them to make sense of their experiences, come to terms with their situation and develop and grow in self-esteem and confidence.
Key areas of responsibility
· To assess children and young people’s needs
· To build relationships that befriend and support them both practically and emotionally and help develop their resilience to face and manage life’s challenges.
· To work with them therapeutically both individually and in groups, either directly or through other appropriately qualified professionals.
What we give our staff
- Fantastic opportunities to launch and develop careers in the voluntary sector developing a wealth of useful knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Excellent training opportunities
- An organisation that is committed to its employees, valuing their knowledge, well-being, creativity, and flexibility.
- A pension scheme with an employer contribution of 6%
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.