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Job description
Recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Homelessness and Complex needs Service in Tower Hamlets.
GBP 21,944 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 40 hours per week.
Daniel Gilbert House is a 24 hour supported accommodation for single homeless adults in the vibrant area of Brick Lane. There are 3 services - Station House Complex Needs Service, Daniel Gilbert House Hostel and Field House Medium Support Service. Daniel Gilbert House has 42 self contained bedsits for single homeless men and women with high support needs.
Station House has 21 flats for customers with complex needs. Station House Complex Needs Service works in partnership with external agencies in the borough such as RESET substance misuse service, mental health services and health providers to set and achieve SMART goals with customers.
Field House Medium Support Service is step down accommodation for 24 customers who are preparing to move on from the service. The service is not staffed 24 hours a day but customers can access support from staff based at Daniel Gilbert House Hostel. Customers will be supported to move on through their identified move on pathway.
There is a large staff team at Daniel Gilbert House: one contract manger, two team leaders, one specialist worker in substance misuse, 9 support workers, four night workers and one peer mentor. The staff team and customers are supported by a resettlement worker two days a week and alcohol and substance misuse worker two days per week.
Support workers have a key worker case load of 8 to 9 customers. Customers are supported to identify and meet their SMART goals around substance misuse, mental health, physical health, employment and training and life skills working in partnership with external agencies. We have 5 placements for rough sleepers with a pet such as a cat or a dog. There is on site parking for staff and an excellent staff training programme.
Job Overview:
To enable vulnerable people to manage their licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.
Key Accountabilities:
- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader / Manager
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions
- Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Support customers to move on from the service through their identified move on pathway liaising with Tower Hamlet's HOST and Clearing House
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
- Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Ability to defuse challenging behaviour with awareness of personal safety
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned
Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind
For the full Job Description, please visit the Look Ahead website.
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Look Ahead Care and Support
Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 18 September 2019
Closing date: 02 October 2019
Job ref: REQ001345
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
Job description
Recruiting for Complex Needs Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) to join our service in West Kent.
GBP 26,000 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 40 hours per week. This is a Fixed Term Contract until March 2020.
The role of an IDVA is to address the safety of victims and survivors at high risk of harm. IDVAs work with their customers from the point of crisis by safety planning and risk assessing using the DASH to ascertain the level of risk to the victim. The post holder will be required to work alongside refuge staff to support customers with complex needs who have been referred into the refuge. This is based in West Kent - Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks.
Job Overview:
Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. In some services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional and social care. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.
Key Accountabilities:
Look Ahead IDVAs have the personal qualities required to manage customer expectations alongside the responsibilities of their role. Day to day IDVA activities include:
- Manage customer referrals, completing Dash Risk Assessments and obtaining and maintaining all relevant paperwork
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere
- Safety planning with customers
- Knowledge of the criminal justice system. Understanding of Marac protocols
- Regular attendance at Marac and completion of all Marac referrals
- Support Customers to obtain Non Molestation Orders where needed and any other civil remedies available to them
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Attending all court and Case Management hearings with or as a representative for customers
- Supporting customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Safety and Support Plan
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents
- Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
- Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
- Encouraging customers to attend relevant programmes when appropriate i.e. Freedom Programme /Recovery Toolkit to support successful move on
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Engage positively in reflective practice sessions with colleagues.
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may
- Reasonably assigned
Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
- Able to apply the right balance of care and support dependant on the needs of the customer
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
For the full Job Description, please visit the Look Ahead website.
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Look Ahead Care and Support
Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 17 September 2019
Closing date: 01 October 2019
Job ref: REQ001244
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
Job description
Recruiting for a Mental Health Support Worker to join our Service in Kent (Tunbridge wells, Tonbridge, Swanley and Westerham)!
GBP 20,000 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.
This role is working 40 hours per week.
Job Overview:
To enable vulnerable people with a mental health diagnosis living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/ licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.
Chestnut Close consists of 7 self contained flats in TunbidgeWells and the Supported Living Projects are 7 individual flats in Tonbridge, Swanley and Westerham.
Key Accountabilities:
- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions
- Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
- Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned
Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Can effectively work as part of a group or team as well as work independently, using own initiative.
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector
Desirable:
- Experience working in mental health
- Car Driver
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
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Look Ahead Care and Support
Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 16 September 2019
Closing date: 30 September 2019
Job ref: REQ001334
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
Job description
Recruiting for three Support Workers to join our Service in Kent (Ashford, Folkestone and Dover)!
GBP 20,000 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 40 hours per week.
The service is for young people aged between 16 and 24.
Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.
Job Overview:
To enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/ licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.
Key Accountabilities:
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Empowering customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
- Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Day to day instruction/ supervision of Assistant Support Workers/domestic staff/ Personal Support Assistants where appropriate
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager
Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent experience in the social care/charity sector
Desirable:
- Experience working with young people
- Car Driver
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Look Ahead Care and Support
Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 13 September 2019
Closing date: 27 September 2019
Job ref: REQ001328
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
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Job description
Recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Homelessness and Complex Needs Service in Southwark
GBP 21,944 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 40 hours per week.
Manor Place hostel is a service for up to 34 homeless women, aged 18 or over. Specialist support is provided across a range of areas including mental health issues, substance misuse issues and domestic violence. Accommodation consists of 34 bedsits with shared facilities, with each tenant having either their own bathroom or their own kitchen.. A varied staff team provides 24/7 support.
Job Overview:
To enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/ licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.
Key Accountabilities:
- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions
- Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
- Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned
Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group/team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector
Desirable:
- Experience working in homelessness
Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities.
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Look Ahead Care and Support
Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 13 September 2019
Closing date: 27 September 2019
Job ref: REQ001325
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
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Recruiting for a Recovery Worker to join our Mental Health Service in Islington.
GBP 21,944 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.
This role is working 40 hours per week.
Islington Crisis House offer 24/7 crisis accommodation to customers with mental health needs who require a high level of support, it is a 'high support fast stream' mental health service consisting of 12 units, with move-on expected within two weeks. We are part of the projects pathway in the borough and receive all our referrals from the Crisis Teams and mental health wards in the borough. We also take referrals from neighbouring boroughs such as North Camden. This is a really great opportunity for anyone with clinical interest as the service is delivered in partnership with Camden and Islington MH Trust.
Job Overview:
Post-holders will be required to:
- Understand the concept of Recovery and apply those principles to develop an environment and service that enhances recovery
- Put the service-user at the centre of their support and promote optimism and hope for their increased independence
- Provide intensive support (both practical and emotional) to people undergoing a period of mental health related crisis
- Act as a positive influence on service-users encouraging responsible behaviour and self reliance to people residing in the Service.
- Support people in a way that maximises their self-sufficiency and enables them to live independently upon discharge from the service
Key Accountabilities:
- To ensure recovery focused support plans are created, reviewed, evaluated and amended in accordance with changing needs, presenting risks and individual preferences in order to promote recovery
- Undertake keyworking responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/Service Manager
- To be flexible and responsive to the needs of service-users as directed by their personal support plan
- To provide recovery focused support to achieve personal goals/aspirations in partnership with service-users, family members and statutory agencies. To work with service-users on a one to one basis to achieve positive outcomes within the given service timeframe
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- To treat all information - both verbal and written - in accordance with Look Ahead's policy on confidentiality
- Develop and maintain links with key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Demonstrate a commitment to the empowerment of service-users and a strong interest in co-production and promoting people's rights
- Use person centred tools to support recovery and development of service-users
- Communicate effectively with people who are in mental distress, including any who may be acutely unwell
- Support service-users to undertake domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure service-users enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive service-user records to professional standards
- To engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- To advocate assertively to statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure that service-users needs are met and link with organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for service-users in the community
- To maintain good relationships with all involved professionals and agencies
- To maintain good liaison with the service-users' immediate community and family
- Work collaboratively with the service-user, their carers and care coordinators to plan for move-on and discharge from the point of the support commencing
- To attend and participate in weekly staff meetings, meetings with other professionals and in supervision and training as required
- To work with the staff team to achieve the aims and the objectives of the service
- To stay up to date with regard to development and research in the mental health field, housing support and in welfare benefits
- To undertake any other duties consistent with the basic objectives and duties of this post
For the full Job Description, please visit the Look Ahead website.
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Look Ahead Care and Support
Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 13 September 2019
Closing date: 27 September 2019
Job ref: REQ001315
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
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Citizens Advice North Somerset
Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
£17,681 pro rata per year
Contract, Part-time
Job closes in 3 days
Job description
We are looking to recruit a Money Advice Support Assistant to join our Money Advice Team. You will need to have good IT, numeracy and literacy skills and preferably experience of working in the not-for-profit advice sector.
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract; Initial fixed term 12 month contract
You will be joining our team of 25 paid staff and over 80 volunteers. We are an established and well regarded local independent charity who provide free, impartial and confidential advice. We undertake research & campaign work to influence policy makers and to effect change. We work in partnership with the Local Authority, The Legal Aid Agency, Macmillan Cancer Support, The Money Advice Service, Wessex Water and many more local and national partners to deliver our advice services to over 7,000 clients living and working in North Somerset.
For more information and to apply, please click on the Apply button to be redirected to our website.
Closing date: Monday 23rd September at 5 pm.
Interviews to take place on Tuesday 1st October and/or Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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Posted on: 12 September 2019
Closing date: 23 September 2019
Tags: Advice, Information,Social Work
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Recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Homelessness and Complex Needs Service in Berkshire.
GBP 19,000 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.
This role is working 40 hours per week.
Slough Hostel provides 24-hour support and accommodation to 18 individuals who have experiences of homelessness and other, related support needs - including mental health, substance misuse and domestic abuse. The hostel has 14 flats with shared kitchens and bathrooms, as well as four self-contained one-bedroom flats. Customers can receive support for up to two years.
Job Overview:
To enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/ licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.
Key Accountabilities:
- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions
- Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
- Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned
Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector
Desirable:
- Experience working in homelessness
Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
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Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 11 September 2019
Closing date: 25 September 2019
Job ref: REQ001314
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
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Job description
Recruiting for a Specialist Support Worker to join our Service in Kent (Gravesend and Dartford).
GBP 23,000 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 40 hours per week. This is based in Gravesend and Dartford.
Job Overview:
Look Ahead operates trauma and psychologically informed approaches, ensuring that our customers benefit from being supported through strengths-based practices. Specialist Support Workers share responsibility by ensuring that a holistic and cohesive model of customer support is embedded across Kent.
Specialist Support Workers within Look Ahead are required to have either an extra dimension of experience or a higher qualification level as determined relevant for the particular post. Specialist Support Workers provide information, social inclusion and vocational opportunities to support people to recover and stay well; exercise choice and control in their care and lives; and participate on an equal footing in the community. Support is also provided to develop a model of re-enablement towards self-advocacy, self-management and empowerment, incorporating the principles and practice of recovery, co-production and peer support.
Key Accountabilities:
- Building open and supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere
- Providing guidance for colleagues that are working with clients displaying signs of serious mental health issues
- Carrying out holistic assessments of new customers who display signs of serious mental health issues or who have been previously diagnosed with mental health conditions which incorporate relevant statutory referral information
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals with a defined group of customers displaying signs of serious mental health conditions.
- Create support plans for providing appropriate services based on on-going assessment and reflecting the services and resources available to enable customer to progress in their recovery
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'- Provide support and access to relevant services to enable customers to continue their recovery and empower customers to self-manage their medication regimes through individual re-enablement programmes and informed decision making
- Undertake support work in partnership with external stakeholders to compliment their interventions
- Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
- Demonstrate strong commitment to the functioning of the staff team and to support colleagues in providing a high level of service and safety to customers
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself, colleagues and hostel buildings
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc
- Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts
- Provide structured support and guidance to other front line staff in their area of expertise
- To lead groups and activities - offering a range of appropriate therapeutic and recovery focused interactions and activities
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures. Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Engage positively in reflective practice sessions with colleagues.
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager
Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent with some previous relevant sector work experience
- Mental Health First Aid or willingness to work towards the qualification
For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead wesbite.
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Look Ahead Care and Support
Look Ahead supports around 8,000 people across London and the South East each year. People who for a variety of reasons may need some extra suppor... Read more
Posted on: 06 September 2019
Closing date: 27 September 2019
Job ref: REQ001280
Tags: Support Worker,Social Work
Job closes in 1 week
Job description
We are looking for strong, agile thinkers who want to lead social change to join our two-year Leadership Development programme.
In the UK alone, half a million children don’t have a safe or stable home. Great social workers can change this. That’s why Frontline recruits and develops outstanding individuals to be the difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families.
The Frontline programme is a unique route into social work. The programme will develop your leadership, conflict-resolution, and relationship-building skills to ensure you thrive in this dynamic and challenging role. Following a five-week residential training programme, you will spend two years working directly with children and families, placed in a local authority:
In year 1, you will work as part of a unit of participants led by a consultant social worker. You will earn as you learn, receiving a tax-exempt bursary of up to £20,000, while undertaking over 200 days of work-based learning and 46 taught study days. At the end of the first year, you will qualify as a social worker.
In year 2, you will practice as a newly qualified social worker and receive leadership development training. You will work towards a fully-funded master’s degree as you earn a salary of £25,000 to £34,000.
Once you have completed the programme, you will join a community of outstanding leaders sharing your passion for leading social change. The skills you will learn will open doors to a wide range of social impact careers inside social work and beyond.
What we’re looking for
In order to be eligible for our programme, you will need to have all of the following:
- Grade C or above in English Language and Maths at GCSE (or equivalent qualification)
- 2.1 or higher in an undergraduate honours degree (predicted or obtained) OR a 2.2 in an undergraduate honours degree plus a level 7 (i.e. master’s degree) qualification (predicted or obtained) OR an equivalent qualification
- Be eligible to reside and study in the UK for the duration of the programme. You must be a resident in England before the programme commences
- Competence in spoken and written English
Throughout our six-stage selection process, we will assess your ability to become an outstanding children’s social worker against our competencies. More information on both our selection process and our competencies can be found on our website.
Many young people and families are facing challenges that seem insurmountable, but social work can make a significant positive difference in their lives. If you want to be that difference, then Frontline is for you.
Follow the link to our website to apply to join our 2020 cohort.
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At least half a million children in England don’t have a safe or stable home. These children and their families’ face Frontline was... Read more
Posted on: 02 September 2019
Closing date: 02 October 2019
Tags: Training,Social Work
Citizens Advice Hampshire
Southampton, Southampton
£20,000 to £23,500 FTE (depending on experience)
Permanent, Part-time
Job closes in 3 days
Job description
Citizens Advice Hampshire wishes to recruit a
Macmillan Caseworker
Covering Southampton, New Forest and surrounding areas
3 days (22.5 hours per week)
This service is a countywide advice service for people affected by cancer. The post holder will be part of the wider Hampshire team, and supervised remotely. This post mainly involves advising clients on Welfare Benefits, including travel to outreaches and home visits, as well as providing advice via a telephone helpline. Some publicity and promotion work is also required.
Caseworkers will manage their own caseload and need to be experienced in benefit advice work, have excellent communication skills, self-motivation and IT capability.
For more information, including a job pack and application form, please click on the Apply button.
Please note, CVs cannot be considered.
Closing date for applications 5pm on 23rd September 2019
Interviews to be held on 2nd October 2019
All successful applicants are subject to a DBS check
Citizens Advice Hampshire values diversity; promotes equality and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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Posted on: 30 August 2019
Closing date: 23 September 2019
Tags: Advice, Information,Social Work
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