Are you a resourceful, organised, compassionate caseworker with significant experience of managing caseloads and of working with people with emotional and mental health issues? We are looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team to manage our front-of-house advice and advocacy services and work with our frontline staff to identify clients who need additional support.

 You will need excellent interpersonal skills and experience of dealing with a wide range of clients with complex issues. You will have empathy with refugees and asylum seekers and a basic understanding of immigration and asylum laws would be helpful.

For more information and job description please refer to our website, and follow the application process.

Linkage Community Trust - Chair

Lincolnshire

We believe in the potential of people

At Linkage, we create opportunities for people with learning difficulties and disabilities to achieve their aspirations.  Our person centred approach enables people to develop the skills and behaviours to live independent lives. 

Through our Registered Care Homes, Supported Living, Specialist FE College; as well as a range of advice, Community Support and Day Services we support hundreds of young people and adults each year.  Demand for our services is high and we have ambitious plans, to deliver more services for more people. 

Do your values and leadership style align with our values and approach? Do you have the board experience and passion to lead us through the next exciting phase of our strategic development?  Could you help us realise our potential?

You will be supported by a fantastically talented staff and trustee team, who work collaboratively and inclusively, to get the best result for our people.

We are keen to attract someone with a passion for what we do, we are open to your sector background or profession but most importantly is the drive to take us forward and to be an advocate for the people we support.

We enable people to realise their potential and hope you could enable us to realise our potential too.

Closing date: Thursday 18th February 2021 at 12 noon

Student Counsellor

Contract: Open ended

Hours: Part time, 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE)

We are looking for a psychodynamic Student Counsellor to join our small dedicated and fast paced Counselling Services team within Registry Services.

You will be a member of the Student Counselling team offering time limited, psychodynamic one-to-one counselling via video or face to face. You will participate in the delivery of a wider therapeutic support structure for students, working alongside other university staff to help provide this supportive learning environment.

You will

• Hold a Postgraduate Diploma or Masters in Psychodynamic Counselling/Psychotherapy and have BACP/UKCP accreditation or equivalent.
• Have the proven ability to provide effective assessment and psychodynamic short- term counselling.
• Have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills with proven ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
• Offer proven professional experience, able to demonstrate flair, flexibility and self-confidence.
• Have experience of working in a higher education or other institutional setting is desirable.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Team/Organisational Dynamics
• Demonstrate an understanding of the diverse needs of the student population
• Support awareness on student wellness matters and initiatives

Please be aware that successful applicants will be expected to undertake and Enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

This is a part time role (28 hours per week) and will involve working 4 days per week: 3 days 9am to 5pm and 1 day 12pm to 8pm (Tuesdays or Thursdays)

Remuneration:

Grade 7 of the College's London Pay Scale which is £38,594 rising to £46,583 per annum.

The salary quoted will be pro-rata for this part time post and is on the College's London Pay Scale which includes a consolidated Weighting/Allowance which applies only to staff whose normal contractual place of work is in the Greater London area.

Enquiries:

If you would like to know more about the role please click on apply below or contact Susan Whitby, Counselling Service Manager, email can be found on the apply page.

While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal applications through the online system will be considered.

Birkbeck offers a competitive salary and pension scheme, 31 days paid leave, flexible working arrangements and some of the most generous benefits in the HE sector, all while being located right in the heart of Central London.

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award, membership of WISE, operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, to reflect the diverse representation of the College's community.

CLOSING DATE: 5 February 2021

Service Delivery Manager - Social Care

Our client is seeking an experienced Social Care Programme Manager to deliver and develop the Centres person centred services for people with social care needs, their families and carers

The Programme Manager will have full management and financial responsibility for the operational delivery and on-going development of the Social Care Programme and its related activities through an experienced team of full and part-time staff.

Service Delivery Manager Responsibilities:

• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the programme and its projects and the achievement of contract and project targets
• Work with members of the team and Centre’s Finance Team to ensure that reports to funders/commissioners are submitted in the agreed format and in accordance with agreed timetables
• Ensure that income and expenditure targets are adhered and agreed contribution is achieved
• Ensure systems are developed and maintained to keep accurate records relating to the delivery of contracts, projects and courses
• Use these systems and controls to highlight to the Delivery Director any material variation from budget or forecast
• Work with the Centre’s financial reporting timetable and Finance Team to ensure the management accounts and forecasts are accurate
• Produce and agree an annual budget and programme plan in accordance with the Centre’s guidelines

Service Delivery Manager Requirements:

• Level 5 qualification in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Service or equivalent
• Significant experience of working with people with disabilities, mental health support needs and long term health conditions
• Extensive experience of managing community based health and social care services including working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience of managing safeguarding concerns within an organisational context
• Experience of delivering complex projects to contract specifications and targets and a proven ability to manage budgets
• Experience of commissioning a diverse range of arts, life skills and physical exercise activities for people in the social care sector
• Proven track record of delivering personalised services within the Health and Social Care sector, including experience of managing services to meet CQC standards
• Experience of developing and maintaining systems to collate, analyse and produce management information reports

About our client:

They’re a vibrant community centre in the heart of Tower Hamlets. The Centre is a charity with a national and international reputation for its innovative work in inspiring and empowering the people from the local community, using a unique model of integration. It supports over 2,000 people each month.

Position: Social Care Programme Manager
Location: St Leonards Street, London, E3 3BT
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £37,500 to £42,000 per annum
Benefits: 27 days, plus bank holidays and 3 days for Christmas closure. Little extra - They don‘t expect you to work on your birthday! Pension Contribution made by the Centre – details on request

Closing date for applications:2nd February 2021

You may have experience of the following: Programme Manager, Programme Management, Project Manager, Project Management, Development Manager, Service Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Social Care Manager, Healthcare, Continuous Improvement Manager, Change Management, etc.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth and health & social care focused person to join our dynamic team and is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace. The successful candidate must be as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

Countless talented young people across the country are unemployed, under-employed or looking for a better career. Meanwhile, across the health and social care sector there is currently in a workforce crisis with thousands of vacancies across hundreds of different roles.

See some potential to do some brilliant work? Us too! Could you lead our programmes to get 10,000 young people into health and social care careers over the next 3 years?

As an Operations Executive, you will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 16-30-year olds into sustained health and social care jobs. Working as part of a team within our Central region you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

 Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• Delivery of Prince's Trust's Health & Social Care project.
• Accurately record and track young people’s journey and progression using The Prince’s Trust CRM system.
• Supporting young people into positive sustained outcomes including education, training, and employment.
• Ensuring young people who need us the most are recruited and engaged through outreach.
• Co-ordinating with partners to deliver employment programmes, including leading skills sessions.
• Ensuring every young person ‘progressed’ has an action plan with an appropriate pathway of support and keeping detailed records of our engagement with them.
• Recruitment and management of trusted partners who refer to and/or deliver our services.
• The recruitment and management of volunteers to support and deliver our services.

Requirements: 

To support our delivery requirements across Central England we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who have some of the following qualities: 

• Experience of the NHS or Health & Social Care sector in any capacity
• Experience of recruiting people into roles within Health & Social Care
• Experience in caseload management to a varied audience
• Have experience in using customer relationship management systems and reporting data
• Able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
• Can be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
• Experience in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums.
• A natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Youth Work or Teaching
  • Health & Social Care sector
  • Recruitment
  • Careers & Employability Sector
  • Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers
• Possesses a strong understanding of the challenges young people from within The Trust’s target groups might face. 

We are looking for a brilliant Operations Executive to join the Health & Social Care Team to work as part of our Wellbeing and Impact Hub. They will be responsible for the central region but also coordinate with the national Health & Social Care Team.

We don’t just want to get our young people through the front door of their new employer, we want to support them to start a good career and to feel well at work, with this being just one vital part in The Prince’s Trust ambition to support 10,000 young people into jobs in health and social care over the next 3 years.

We need someone who will be dedicated to contacting people who have been on our health & social care programmes to check-in on how they are doing, offer extra support and connect them up to a range of benefits available to people in health jobs. You could help be the difference between someone leaving a new job in the first few weeks and someone sustaining a job that kickstarts their career.

You will be able to work both independently and as part of a team and use your initiative to find creative solutions to problems. This role is perfect for you if you have experience of delivering programmes with young people, with the ability to work to a project plan whilst responding to changing demands.  

Alongside supporting young people, this role will work with a smaller team to collect and generate insight from data and feedback. This is an exciting role with ample opportunity to continually improve our offer to young people. A curious, enthusiastic and pro-active person would fit right in. If you have a passion for data and reporting it will be a bonus!

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and would expect that you live these behaviours when you interact with colleagues, our partners, young people & the public.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth and health & social care focused person to join our dynamic team and is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace. The successful candidate must be as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

Countless talented young people across the country are unemployed, under-employed or looking for a better career. Meanwhile, across the health and social care sector there is currently in a workforce crisis with thousands of vacancies across hundreds of different roles.

See some potential to do some brilliant work? Us too! Could you lead our programmes to get 10,000 young people into health and social care careers over the next 3 years?

As an Operations Executive, you will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 16-30-year olds into sustained health and social care jobs. Working as part of a team within our Central region you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

 Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• Delivery of Prince's Trust's Health & Social Care project.
• Accurately record and track young people’s journey and progression using The Prince’s Trust CRM system.
• Supporting young people into positive sustained outcomes including education, training, and employment.
• Ensuring young people who need us the most are recruited and engaged through outreach.
• Co-ordinating with partners to deliver employment programmes, including leading skills sessions.
• Ensuring every young person ‘progressed’ has an action plan with an appropriate pathway of support and keeping detailed records of our engagement with them.
• Recruitment and management of trusted partners who refer to and/or deliver our services.
• The recruitment and management of volunteers to support and deliver our services.

Requirements: 

To support our delivery requirements across Central England we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who have some of the following qualities: 

• Experience of the NHS or Health & Social Care sector in any capacity
• Experience of recruiting people into roles within Health & Social Care
• Experience in caseload management to a varied audience
• Have experience in using customer relationship management systems and reporting data
• Able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
• Can be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
• Experience in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums.
• A natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Youth Work or Teaching
  • Health & Social Care sector
  • Recruitment
  • Careers & Employability Sector
  • Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers
• Possesses a strong understanding of the challenges young people from within The Trust’s target groups might face. 

For more information, please take a look at the job description (This will open in a new window)

The Head of Humanist Care is responsible for the development of Humanists UK’s Humanist Care programme, and in particular the growth in the availability of non-religious pastoral support in hospitals, hospices, and prisons, as well as enhancing the quality of pastoral support on offer through the development of support systems for our accredited carers and encouraging inclusive institutional delivery models.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in delivering pastoral care in a compassionate and person centred manner. A good knowledge of prison and hospital structures in the UK is beneficial. And, an ability to focus and deliver on growth in an expanding network of pastoral care volunteers. Experience in training, designing, developing or delivery is an advantage.

If you are interested in this position please download the application pack for further information and apply using this application form.

Please note applications close at 09:00 on Monday 1 February 2021. 

Help build a bridge!

When a child struggles with their mental health, their parents can seek help from their GP but there is often a wait for further specialist services. You can help bridge that gap.

As a Care Coordinator specialising in children’s mental health and based in GP practices in Sheerness, you will support children and families to access other community or social activities that offer opportunities for the child to develop confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Alternatively, those services may provide support to the parents or family as a whole.

Your time and expertise will support the child and family to understand conversations with primary health professionals, enabling them to make informed choices about their own health and wellbeing through the development of a personalised plan of care. You should be able to quickly connect and build trust with children, young people and families.

This Care Coordinator role is a great opening into Social Prescribing, a growing field in health and social care. We are looking for an organised, self-motivated and confident individual to join our established team. Applicants must have experience of working with children, a background in education, medical or social care, and of supporting individuals to access wider services. Car driver essential.

You will work alongside Social Prescribing colleagues and primary care professionals, and it is essential that you are able to communicate at all levels across both the health and social care sectors.

You will need to demonstrate a robust knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and boundaries in all aspects of your work.

Don’t wait… apply now and start making a difference.

Ready for a new challenge?   
  
We are looking for an organised, self-motivated and confident individual to join our established Social Prescribing team working with adults with complex needs, helping them to access the support they need to live independent and healthier lives.   
  
The position is available in Ashford, and applicants must have experience of working with adults, and a background in medical or social care. 

You will work alongside multiple GP practices, independently managing a caseload and new referrals, providing personalised support and connecting patients with health and community services to improve independent living, health and wellbeing. It is essential that you have an understanding of how to prioritise need, and be able to recognise when to refer on to specialist services, being confident in your ability to communicate at different levels across both the health and social care sectors.  
  
You will need to demonstrate a robust knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and boundaries in all aspects of your work. Car driver essential.   
  
It’s time to make a difference.  

Try something new!

Are you ready to join our growing team? Social Prescribing offers patients different ways to improve their health and wellbeing, reducing the pressure on health services.

As a Care Coordinator specialising in mental health and based in GP practices, you will provide extra time, capacity and expertise to support patients to understand the conversations they have with primary care professionals.

You will coordinate support and services, ensuring patients do not fall into any gaps while waiting for ongoing support, and support them to access other community or social activities that will aid recovery. A key aim of Care Coordination is to help patients engage more fully in their own health and wellbeing.

You will provide navigation and good quality information to enable patients to make choices and decisions about their care and support needs, bringing this together in a personalised support plan. You will work alongside Social Prescribing colleagues and primary care professionals, and it is essential that you are able to communicate at all levels across both the health and social care sectors.

The position is available in Sheerness and applicants must have experience of working with vulnerable adults and a background in medical or social care where you have delivered mental health support to clients or groups.

You will need to demonstrate a robust knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and boundaries in all aspects of your work. Car driver essential.

Don’t wait to make a career change… apply today.

We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and motivated Clinical Psychologist to work in our forensic mental health step-down services across four sites within the London Borough of Croydon, as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team. The aim of the service is to provide staged (High/Medium/Low) accommodation-based support to people referred by South London and Maudsley Trust (SLaM) that will allow them to address their complex support needs and prepare for independent living whilst also managing the risk individuals may pose to the community.

The Clinical Psychologist will be responsible for providing clinical psychology services to improve short and long-term outcomes for service users experiencing complex mental health problems. This will include providing highly specialist psychological assessment and effective evidence based interventions, including neuropsychological assessment, formulate and care planning where appropriate. Working closely with staff and service users, you will develop bespoke interventions for individuals, undertake risk assessment and management; providing advice, guidance and consultation on psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines. You will also work collaboratively with clinicians from the SLaM Forensic Team to ensure appropriate risk measures are in place through structured engagements and communications.

Passionate about people, you will have a strong commitment to recovery, multi-disciplinary working, service user involvement, and working with people who are cautious about engaging with mental health services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with highly complex conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources, which may include neuropsychological testing.
• Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provides specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• Formulate plans for highly specialist psychological therapy and/or management of clients’ mental health conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice.
• Implement a range of highly specialist psychological therapies for individual clients, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.
• Undertake highly skilled evaluations and makes decisions about treatment options.
• Facilitate decision-making by planning and mapping processes/interventions with members of the team to determine the most appropriate treatment modality or service for clients.
• To liaise with other professionals working within NHS, Social Inclusion and Health and the voluntary sector on matters relating to client care that have implications for the service.

Experience Required:

• HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• Proven experience as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
• Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care as a care coordinator within the context of a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Able to engage with vulnerable people and work effectively in highly distressing and challenging circumstances
• Provide effective teaching, training, consultancy and clinical supervision/reflective practice
• Ability to communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information effectively, to a wide range of people

Benefits of working with us:

• Excellent core and on-going training aligned with personal development plan
• 25 days holiday increasing to 26 days after 2 years and increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days annual leave
• 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, Head Massage and a range of other therapies
• Life Assurance

Social Prescribing Link Worker

Temporary Until 31st December 2021

37 Hours Per Week – 1.0 FTE (2 vacancies)

Salary: £25,313 per annum

Sheffield Futures is an independent charity, supporting young people and communities to achieve their full potential in learning, employment and life. 

Sheffield Futures is delivering an innovative Young People’s Social Prescribing Service. This service aims to support young people with a wide range of health and wellbeing needs and to improve access to appropriate activities and emotional wellbeing support.

We are looking for experienced and self-motivated individuals to work as part of the Door43 Health and Wellbeing Service at Sheffield Futures.

The Role

The post holders will implement and deliver a Young People’s Social Prescribing service, working alongside GPs, Door43 and other primary care health professionals to identify, and engage with people aged 13-25. The post holder will build a database of social prescription activities and co-develop bespoke support plans with young people to engage them in these social prescriptions, to ultimately improve wellbeing and independence and self-management. The role will be based in GP surgeries and community settings, with requirements to travel, therefore holding a full driver’s licence is desirable. Evidenced experience working with young people with emotional wellbeing issues, or in a health and social care setting is essential.

The Candidate

The successful candidates will be Qualified to Level 3 or above in youth, health, social care, counselling or other related discipline. The candidate will also have experience of engaging and working with young people, excellent holistic assessment skills and experience of providing empowering support to young people to improve health, recovery, and wellbeing outcomes.

This role requires an enhanced DBS check.

Closing Date: Thursday 21st January 2021, 12 noon

Interviews: Thursday 28th and Friday 29th January 2021

Social Worker

We are looking for a qualified and experienced Social Worker for our Birmingham Children's Hospital to provide support to children and young people (0-24 years) diagnosed with cancer and leukaemia and their families. Our work is rewarding but also complex and demanding. You will need to be resourceful and resilient. You will work closely with our supportive CLIC Sargent team, an established NHS multi-disciplinary team and with services in the community.

Social Worker Requirements:

As well as current GSCC / HCPC registration you will have;

- Experience working with children, young people and their families/carers in a social care setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Knowledge of child and young people development
- An understanding of the impact of serious illness for children, young people and families.
- It is desirable that you have experience working in an NHS setting.
- All applicants should have excellent interpersonal skills.
- This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About CLIC Sargent:

Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, offering them care and support every step of the way. You can be a part of helping them live their life to the full.

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds, to join us and help improve the lives of children and young people with cancer and their families. We particularly want to encourage people from BAME and other under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work or volunteer with CLIC Sargent.

CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Location: Birmingham Children’s Hospital, West Midlands

Job type: Part Time, Permanent, 17.5 hrs per week

Salary: £34,430 (FTE)

Closing Date: 24 January 2021
Interview Date: 2 February 2021

You may have experience of the following: Qualified Social Worker, Social Work, Social Care, NHS, Charity, Young Peoples Social Worker, Child Development, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

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