Recruiting a Support Worker to join our Homelessness and Complex Needs Service in Southwark!

£22,360 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

David Barker House is located on Blackfriars Road in the borough of Southwark is a 45 bed homeless complex needs hostel for single males only. Manor Place Hostel is located in Kennington area in the borough of Southwark which is a 34 bed homeless complex needs hostel for single females only. All our residents have shared facilities and are aged between 18 and 60 years old. We support them with a range of support needs from domestic violence, substance misuse, mental health and offending. We aim to enable vulnerable people to address their identified support needs as well as manage risks in order to allow customers to move on towards greater independence.

The service provides waking night cover as well as a team of staff Support Workers with a case load of around 8-12 customers depending of the needs of the service.

To enable and support vulnerable individuals with complex needs to address this while maintaining their tenancy with the long term goal of living in an independent setting by providing flexible and individually tailored support package. Working with excluded and hard to reach customers can be challenging however, with intensive support this challenge can be broken. You will need to be able to engage our customers in a non-judgmental way. You will also be responsible for dealing with emergencies that may arise during your shift whilst remaining calm and using initiative then writing up incident reports amongst other administrative tasks.

As a Support Worker, you will be working as part of a team as well as with external agencies such as London Probation Service, local substance misuse services, Mental health teams, and police amongst others. Sometimes customers may not be linked in with agencies when they enter the service, as a support worker it is part of your role to ensure they are receiving the correct support from agencies required. Ideally, you will have experience of working with vulnerable people or an understanding of the needs of homelessness. You will be required to support customers with managing their arrears; ensuring housing benefit is applied for as well as monitoring payments and acting appropriately if payments are suspended in order to ensure customer does not fall into any arrears.

You will be responsible for supporting the working shift pattern of the service which is a five week rolling rota which consists of working some weekends as well as long days.

Key Responsibilities:

- 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

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

For more information or to apply please visit our webiste.

Employment Liaison Officer

Llamau is daring to imagine a world without homelessness – will you help us to create it?

Llamau’s mission is to end youth homelessness and homelessness for women in Wales. It’s a big ambition and to some people it might seem impossible, but we know that if we all work together, homelessness genuinely doesn’t have to exist.

We’re looking for passionate, talented and tenacious people to join Team Llamau.

You’ll be committed and driven to support young people and women into further Education, Employment and Training.

You’ll be working alongside supportive colleagues in a rewarding environment, where you’ll be making a huge contribution to creating a Wales without homelessness, every single day. 

The project has been supported by the European Social Fund through Welsh Government

Reference: SLTE16

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until February 2022 but funding is expected to be extended

Salary: £20,858 per annum

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday)

Essential: Driving Licence

Who we are:

The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.

We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.

We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.

We have come a long way but it is not good enough. There is still so much to do to increase opportunities, reduce social isolation and build a brighter future for people on the spectrum. With your help, we can make it happen.

What we can offer you:

• Pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave
• Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism and opportunities to attend our conferences
• Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits (cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan)
• Access to a 24-hour employee assistance programme

Who We Are Looking For

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking for a challenging yet hugely rewarding role as we seek to develop a new casework service in England. This new service offers advice and support to autistic people and the families of autistic people who have been detained in a mental health hospital or are at imminent risk of detention or re-detention. By providing emotional and practical support via telephone and email, the service aims to help autistic people and their families navigate their rights and entitlements and securing their or their loved one’s return to the community. To help achieve this we are looking for someone with a good knowledge and experience of community care rights and entitlements.

Reporting to and working alongside the Autistic Inpatient Mental Health Coordinator, the Autistic Inpatient Community Care Adviser will be the first point of contact for many autistic people and their families, dealing with all enquiries professionally and efficiently.  Your ability to support people who are under intense emotional stress empathically, with care and patience is essential.

You will also provide support to the Head of Casework to shape the service and develop appropriate resources and tools to help autistic people and their families tackle the challenges they face in their plight to secure appropriate support in the community. The successful candidate will work closely with our other casework services to ensure we offer a holistic approach to supporting autistic people detained in inpatient facilities and their families.

An excellent communicator with a confident telephone manner, you will also have good organisational skills, work well as part of a team and be computer literate.

You will need to respond to ongoing telephone and email enquiries, often spanning long periods, and have some professional experience of providing direct support to people on the autism spectrum and their families, preferably in a casework role. An understanding of the condition and related issues is important, as is the ability to operate telephone and database systems.

Due to the complex and difficult nature of the casework, you will need to demonstrate initiative, self-motivation and the ability to support autistic people and families experiencing distressing circumstances in a considerate and encourage manner. You should feel passionate about the rights of autistic people and their families and be looking for a role where you can help to make a real difference.

This is a fixed term position until 31 July 2021 initially, with the expectation of extension subject to successful funding.

Where you will be working:

Home-based.

How to apply:

• To apply for this role, please click the Apply button below.
• You will be required to complete and submit the written assessment. Applications submitted without the completed assessment will not be considered for interview.
• To submit your written assessment, please can you upload it with your application

Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.

The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

Job type: Permanent, Part time (22.5 hours/week)

Location: Sheffield is our office base but we will consider home working. 

Salary: £27,000 - £35,000 per annum, dependent upon experience, plus excellent benefits

Closing Date: 12.00 Noon on Friday 9th October 2020

An opportunity to be part of a dynamic social change charity, working at scale across the UK and internationally. 

Good Things Foundation is the UK’s leading digital and social inclusion charity. Our mission is a world where everyone can benefit from digital. Through our Online Centres Network of hyperlocal partners, we are supporting people and communities to overcome some of the most pressing social challenges they are facing through digital. 

Since 2010 we’ve helped over 2.8 million people to improve their lives using digital, driving positive outcomes such as employment, reducing loneliness, supporting basic digital skills, and health and wellbeing. 

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven professional to provide legal, compliance and governance support to our organisation, working closely with the Senior Management Team and relevant business development and service delivery staff in the UK and Australia.

Your responsibilities will include (see full job description for more):

• Managing the drafting of legal agreements and provide negotiation guidance 

• Ensuring all legal documentation work is signed off at the appropriate level 

• Leading on ensuring that the organisation has fit for purpose policies and procedures and provide staff awareness training

• Leading on relevant statutory registrations and ensuring they are in place and current 

• Managing our relationship with the relevant regulators in England & Wales

• Managing and leading on renewing the organisational insurance policies ensuring the organisation receives the cover it needs and value for money 

• Keep abreast of developments in charity governance and ensure the organisation’s governance is in line with best practice

• Ensuring we have effective complaints processes and carry our incident complaint and whistleblowing investigations 

• Ensure compliance with our legal obligations on data protection (GDPR)

• Lead the work on information security policies, ensuring that effective procedures are in place

• Manage, supervise and support the work of the Information Security Officer

It is essential that you are able to demonstrate that you possess the following experience, knowledge, skills, education and qualifications (see the full job description for more detail):

• A broad experience of working in a legal and compliance environment, drafting legal agreements and researching legislation in different contexts, in particular in a corporate or charity environment and with a commercial or business perspective

• Line management experience including being capable of delegating tasks, supervising where appropriate, performance management and working on your own initiative.

• Demonstrable commitment to ensuring effective systems are in place to administer and support effective processes - this can be in a work or voluntary capacity

• Being proactive in making a sustainable difference through voluntary or other activities

• Experience of running effective training both face to face and online

• Demonstrable commitment to working in the voluntary sector

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent written skills and a confident communicator

• Knowledge of contract law; intellectual property and commercial law; data protection and security legislation and regulations;charity and corporate sectors - company and charity law

• Ability to digest and communicate complex information including legal documents in an easily understandable way to both peers and lay persons

• Ability to think innovatively

• Excellent time management and ability to prioritise

• Excellent IT skills - word processing, spreadsheets, slides/powerpoint, email etc

• Ability to conduct comprehensive research of legal issues

• Understanding of the role of Company Secretaries

How to apply:

You can download the full job description and application form from our Work for Us page.*  Please return the Application Form and your CV, along with the Equality Form by the closing date of 12 noon on Friday 9th October 2020

*Application information can be made available in other formats (for example, large print), so please contact us if you need to discuss what alternative format would be accessible for you.

Good Things Foundation is a social change organisation with a mission to ensure that everyone benefits from digital. We live the change we are seeking to achieve and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds.  We operate a policy of providing equal opportunities in all aspects of work including recruitment, training, and promotion, whatever the colour, race, religion, belief, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability of an employee, having regard to the individual's aptitudes and abilities and requirements for the job. Good Things Foundation is opposed to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination. 

Safeguarding Statement and Pre-Employment Checks

Here at Good Things Foundation, we work with vulnerable adults and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare at all times, in line with our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. All of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply with the policy and procedures. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which for this position, will include:

• An identity check (photo ID)

• Receipt of two satisfactory references

• Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK

The organisation will also carry out a Baseline Personnel Security Standard check (BPSS) prior to your commencement of employment.  This check will consist of a Right to work check, ID data check, criminal records check, employment history check and the disclosure of any significant periods spent abroad (6 months or more in the last 3 years).  The BPSS check will be undertaken by an external agency.

Home Working, Fixed term contract for 3 months

Closing date: 4th October 2020 at 11.30pm

Are you someone with an interest in finance and data? Then join Shelter for 3 months as a Finance Data Assistant and you could soon be playing a key support role within our Finance department

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best in class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting but also difficult time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

About the Role
This interesting role sits within the Finance Systems team. We support and improve Shelter's financial information systems and help make sure that our financial processes are efficient, easy to use, and well controlled. We also manage reporting tools to help everyone at Shelter fulfil their financial responsibilities and look after our resources. Your challenge will be to ensure that our establishment data is correct on our ERP system, helping our Financial Planning and Analysis team to monitor and report on staff spend effectively. This will require you to collaborate with our analysts to understand the staffing levels across the charity and load data into the relevant fields in our Unit4 ERP system in an efficient and effective manner. This means you'll also get involved in the development of, and changes to, the leaver's process, as well as updating location data and project end dates to enable better user experience and improved financial controls. Depending on capacity there is a range of financial data beyond establishment to work on too, including personal expenses, role access and credit card task management.

About you
Commercially aware, customer-focused and comfortable collaborating as part of a team, you have great time management skills, strong attention to detail, excellent numeracy and intermediate Excel skills (with SQL useful). What's more, you're proficient in MS Office applications like Outlook and Word. Experience with accounting software (particularly Unit 4 ERP/Agresso) would be great, but not essential, as would a proven ability to identify and implement improvements to business processes.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Job Vacancy - Groundwork Greater Nottingham

Green Doctor Advisor

Location:  Nottingham

Contract: 3-year fixed term

Salary: £23,616

37.5 hours per week
 

Qualified/experienced in giving energy advice? Want to help some of the most vulnerable residents keep warm and manage their energy bills? Join us to establish Groundwork’s award-winning national Green Doctor programme into Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

As a Green Doctors you deliver home visits following Covid Risk Assessments and provide online assistance as required. Home visits are a mix of advice, installation of small practical energy-saving measures such as low energy light bulbs and draft proofing and referring on to other health and wellbeing services. We aim to reduce our client’s energy bills and save them money in a variety of ways including providing a bill switching service.

You will be a practical, people-person with a passion for helping vulnerable people. You must have a thorough knowledge of energy efficiency to provide in-home tailored energy saving advice, and the ability to adapt your approach to suit our client’s varying needs.

You must be comfortable with lone working and in managing your own workload.  Experience of training and working with volunteers is also desirable. 

A qualification as Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA), NVQ Level 3 (6049-03) Provide Energy Efficiency Services, or City and Guilds Energy Awareness (6281-01) is essential, but relevant experience in the field will be considered.

A full clean driving licence is required.

Closing date for applications: 16 October 2020

Interview date:  Week commencing 26th October 2020 via Zoom/Teams

Appointment to this role is subject to an enhanced records check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Groundwork Greater Nottingham is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with a great non-profit organisation focused on the development and maintenance of the drivers of democracy around the world. The organisation is well established and works with a range of internationally recognised partner organisations. An opportunity exists for a Senior Programme Officer to join the organisation within one of its expanding projects. The Senior Programme officer will provide a vital role providing efficient coordination, administration and financial support ensuring the implementation of projects. The Senior Programme Officer will perform a variety of tasks and work in all phases of a project, from its early stages to completion, undertake and prepare programme documents, draft narratives and develop activity-based budgets to contribute to the preparation of new bids. You will also act as a communication bridge between UK and country-based offices and various stakeholders including donors, civil society, and high-level government officials. Please note that this is an FTC until 31st March 2021 however maybe extended till June 2021.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will have experience of working in a similar role supporting international programme field teams. You will be able to work in a fast paced, detail-oriented role working across multi countries and regions. Your planning and communication skills will allow for efficiency and high-quality outputs in the form of reports etc. You will also have previous experience of using programme reporting tools with good finance admin skills. Please apply directly or contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a detail JD. Early applications are encouraged. You must have full right to work in the UK as this is a UK based role.

Speech and Language Therapist (Grade 5)

£26,085.25 – £29,071.04 per annum
Permanent, Full-time

Are you a passionate SLT therapist looking for a new and rewarding opportunity?

Do you have experience of working within a special needs environment and possess excellent communication and observation skills?

St Elizabeth’s Centre provides holistic care together with learning, leisure and other opportunities for adults and children with severe epilepsy, learning difficulties and complex health needs.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, organised and compassionate Speech & Language Therapist to join our busy and friendly therapy team. You will work closely with colleagues of all disciplines to further develop the provision of Speech and Language Therapy and be responsible for providing clinical assessment, reports, therapy programmes, advice and training as an integrated resource across St Elizabeth’s. Working with the team you’ll take a holistic approach to support the needs of our service users, improving their quality of life by promoting their well-being and self-advocacy.

You’ll be a positive person who possesses excellent professional skills, has knowledge of potential communication and dysphagia difficulties associated with the Learning Disability population and knowledge of assessment tools and a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group. This is a great opportunity for someone with a recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree, who is HCPC registered, to embark on a rewarding and fulfilling career within an organisation that changes lives.

We offer an excellent range of staff benefits including:

• Life Assurance
• High Street retail/ leisure discounts
• Generous holidays
• Discounted gym membership
• Free onsite parking facilities
• On site subsidised cafeteria
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• On site staff accommodation is available subject to eligibility.

Offers are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, which is fully funded by St Elizabeth’s.

We reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

You may have experience of the following: Speech & Language Therapist, Therapy, Therapist, Speech and Language Programme, Youth Offending, Young People, Children, Adolescents, Challenging Behaviour, Sexually harmful behaviour, Complex Needs, Learning Disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, HCPC, RCSLT, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Health and Care Professions Council, etc.

Head of Portfolio Management
Location: Birmingham, Bath Row, B15 1LZ
Salary: Competitive
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

The Role

What to expect? As our Head of Portfolio Management, you’ll have a demanding yet highly rewarding role, taking full ownership for ensuring that our ever-growing portfolio of 33,000+ homes is financially sustainable and remains desirable to current and potential customers.

Leading your team, you’ll be the driving force behind the delivery of a strategic options appraisal to prioritise asset investment and divestment, in-line with our corporate objectives, with influence over a sizeable budget. You’ll collaborate closely with and draw data from a range of internal teams; developing an in-depth understanding of the needs of customers and the make-up, condition and financial performance of our housing portfolio. Importantly, through the delivery of data informed plans and regular reports to our senior leadership, you’ll provide assurance that decisions regarding our portfolio are geared towards providing maximum value for our customers and return on investment for our organisation.

Working within a data-driven organisation, to inform our asset investment approach, you’ll also lead the delivery of an effective stock condition survey programme to collect and maintain good quality, consistent stock condition data for 100% of our portfolio.

Our deal candidate?

You’ll hold a suitable Building Construction qualification (e.g. MCIOB, MRICS) and / or have significant experience of developing and delivering data-driven asset investment strategies in a property based environment. You’ll be a strategic thinker with a track record of formulating such strategies based upon your knowledge of the property / housing market, demands of customers and financial viability of housing stock – both now and in the future. Strong people skills are a must and you’ll demonstrate not only the ability to lead a team, but also to work collaboratively with and influence a range of internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, you’ll also have a high degree of personal drive which matches our ambitious corporate strategy, with the capability to deliver results to tight timeframes and under pressure.

Who are Midland Heart?

We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Applications close at midnight on Thursday 1st October 2020.
Please be advised that we may close applications earlier, should the need arise.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the Candidate Information (role profile) and complete the application process.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

Please read the role profile in full on our website, before you apply.

Recruitment Agencies please note that we do not accept speculative CVs and should one be submitted we will assume the candidate is our own.

No agencies please.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented event management professional to join our Events team as our new Associate Director. The role will be responsible for leading our event management across Ambition Institute. We run around 1500 training events over 14 programmes per year which are a core element of our programmes. The events team is responsible for the delivery of these, both face to face and online.

The Associate Director will lead the team who will plan, run and evaluate these events providing a high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders. The role is responsible for setting the standards and strategic direction for our Event service. The Associate Director and their team work with our three faculties to deliver a consistent, efficient events process that meets the needs of our programmes. They will oversee a team of c. 20, maintaining a positive culture, flexing the team to meet programme needs and overseeing the quality of events.

Based in either our London or Manchester office, and reporting to the Director of Programme Operations, you’ll be responsible for overseeing the efficient operation of events and collaborating with teams across the organisation to deliver high quality learning events. You will require experience of managing a multi-tiered team, with specific focus of setting vision and direction, as well as extensive experience of event delivery across a range of events. The role will engage with both internal teams and external vendors, and you will need to be able to build strong relationships with both at a variety of levels.

Who are Ambition Institute?

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on 11th October 2020. Interviews are expected to take place the week beginning 19th October 2020.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker

We have rewarding opportunity for a Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker to focus on ‘what matters to me’ and taking a holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing. If you feel you could connect to people, community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support, we would love to hear from you!

Position: Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker

Location: Birmingham

Hours: 37 hours per week (flexible working options including home and remote working would be considered)

Salary: £23,400 per annum

Contract: Fixed term to the end of September 2021

Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

Closing Date: 13th October 2020

Interview Date: 15th and 16th October

The Social Prescribing Link Worker, will be integrated into the wider multi-disciplinary team of a PCN. This is part of NHS England’s Long Term Plan, which commits to building the infrastructure for Social Prescribing in primary care.

The Role

The Senior Link Worker will have a dual role, taking responsibility for the line Management of Link Workers and any volunteers linked to the service, providing them with suitable support and supervision and at the same time continuing to provide personalised support to patients through the provision of cover for Link Workers during absences and supporting with more complex patients.

Link Workers provide one-to-one support to people who are referred to them by GPs and the wider PCN team, helping them to increase their active involvement with their local communities. They may have issues such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, as well as loneliness, isolation and low level mental health concerns which affect their health and wellbeing.

About You

As Senior Link Worker, you will need to be able to communicate well, build strong relationships with your team, GP Practice staff and the wider health and social care sector as well as community groups and VCSE organisations. You should have experience of leading a team of staff, providing timely and appropriate support and development and dealing with conduct and performance issues in a consistent and fair manner.  Link Workers are based within GP practices so experience of managing Outreach staff or remote workers would be advantageous. 

You will have:

• Experience of staff supervision, ideally in a health and social care setting or similar
• Experience of direct delivery of support to individuals with social needs
• Knowledge of the Birmingham area
• Experience of partnership working across a range of organisations

The service is delivered flexibly to meet the needs of patients so some evening and weekend work may be required.

An interview is guaranteed to suitably qualified and experienced people with disabilities and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check

Please note due to current circumstances you will be required to do some work from home. 

About the Organisation

A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, with the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

You may also have experience in areas such as Floating Support, Befriending, Community Family Worker, Social Worker, Community Navigator, Peer Support Worker, Welfare Support, Family Worker, Family Support Worker, Benefit, Care, Therapeutic, Therapy, Advice, Adviser, Health, Wellbeing, Social Care, Social Care Services, Health and Social Care.

Senior Programme Lead
FCDO Commercial Contracts

Amref Health Africa UK is recruiting for a FCDO Senior Programme Lead to work within our Programmes team to provide excellent coordination of a new flagship FCDO commercial contract. Amref Health Africa is a sub-contractor to an FCDO commercial contract to implement a programme in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa as part of an Africa-led movement towards ending Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C).

Important within this role is the ability to coordinate multi-country programmes and teams, setting up processes and systems to ensure successful planning and implementation, and delivery against set Payment by Results deliverables (PBR). This will include facilitating, and advising on, the development of sound financial planning and reporting systems in-country as per PBR requirements.

If you have this skillset along with the ability to analyse complex information, including financial information and the confidence to challenge, engage and collaborate with senior stakeholders, this may be the role for you..

Senior Programme Lead Responsibilities:

• Advise and work with other Amref Health Africa UK departments on DFID/FCDO contract terms and implications for structuring budgets, milestones, and deliverables and reporting on these.
• Work with Head of Programmes and Finance colleagues to manage the programme budget, including reforecasting and managing cashflow.
• Set up processes and systems to ensure successful implementation and reporting on a monthly basis.
• Build the capacity of other Amref Health Africa staff—including country and regional teams - to maximise opportunities and manage risks of commercial contracts and develop robust pro-gramme management frameworks to meet contract requirements.
• Provide country, regional, and technical teams with guidance on DFID/FCDO policies, financial requirements (in terms of data inputting and reporting) and prepare standard language for re-ports to ensure alignment with contract terms and conditions.
• Work with country regional and technical teams to establish a robust M&E framework and an adaptation plan in response to COVID-19 challenges.
• Foster good relationships with the prime and other consortium partners.
• Provide regular updates on progress in developing the programme.

Senior Programme Lead Requirements:

Our ideal candidate will have proven International Development experience of working with DFID/FCO commercial contracts, with a strong understanding of commercial contracting and setting up Payment by Result (PBR) compliance frameworks.

The successful applicant will display a real passion for the work Amref Health Africa does. They will quickly come to understand and support Amref’s vision, voice, and values. They will thrive as part of a small, dynamic team, but enjoy working independently. The role requires travel within the UK, and occasionally (perhaps 1-3 times per year) to Amref offices in sub-Saharan Africa (COVID-19 travel restrictions permitting).

About Amref Health Africa - UK:

Amref Health Africa is Africa’s leading health charity. We work with women and girls to secure the right to health and break the cycle of poverty. Headquartered in Nairobi, we are truly an African organisation, partnering with communities across the continent to create lasting change.

Location: Islington, London, N1 9PD, with some remote working possible

Job type: Part-time, three days per week for nine months. This nine-month contract will be covering the planning and negotiating stage with the possibility of moving on to the implementation/management phase.

Salary: £45,000 per annum, pro-rated

Benefits: Holiday allowance (25 pro-rated days + bank holidays + 3 additional days at Christmas). Time off in lieu (TOIL) for work outside of standard hours. Flexible working, with core hours of 10am - 4pm. We are currently aligned to the latest COVID-19 government guidance. Generous pension scheme. Season ticket loan. Cycle to work scheme.

Application deadline: 5th October
1st round interviews: 10th – 20th October (Virtual)
2nd round interviews: 25th – 30th October (Office based if circumstances allow)
Start date: 1st December 2020

You may have experience of the following: Senior Programme Lead, Programme Lead, Project Manager, Project Management, DFID, FCDO, Commercial Contracts, Contract Lead, Charity, Third Sector, Not For Profit, NFP etc.

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Location: Southwark 
Salary: Qualified applicants (with an accredited VAWG /domestic abuse qualification) dependent on experience: £25k-£28k pro rata per annum. 
Unqualified applicants, dependent on experience: £23.5k-£25k pro rata per annum
Hours: 17 hours per week. 8.5 hours on 2 days a week. 
Contract: Permanent
Vacancy Reference: SWA2994

Closing Date: 12th October 2020 at 9am
Interview Date: 20th October 2019

Solace Women’s Aid is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to a end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men, and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.

About the Service
Southwark Advocacy support service (SASS) provides free and confidential support to survivors of abuse. The teams are made up of professional staff offering short to medium term support to women and men affected by domestic and sexual violence in the community. Our teams offer information, advocacy and specialist services to increase safety and meet a range of needs – these can include ongoing safety concerns, emotional or housing support, legal options, reporting to the police, help around child contact, benefits and financial advice.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in this busy team for a Duty worker. The successful candidate will be responsible for risk and needs assessing and safety planning with survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Acting as the first point of contact for the Southwark SASS service, providing support to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, managing incoming calls and processing referrals. 

About the Role
The Duty Worker will lead on dealing with incoming referrals to the Southwark Advocacy Support Service. The role will involve processing all referrals, liaising with professionals, processing referrals, and establishing initial contact as per the service’s contract requirement. This will include intake of new self-referrals that the service receives. The process of initial contact will involve completing a SafeLives risk assessment, assessing the service user’s practical and therapeutic needs, and supporting with any urgent needs that arise during this contact. Additionally, the duty worker will refer out to MARAC and complete adult or child safeguarding referrals where required in line with SWA’s policies and procedures. The Duty Worker will maintain and manage any waiting lists with weekly follow up contact and will work closely with the Service Manager and all members of the team in relation to the allocation of cases. 

About You
The ideal candidate would have demonstrable experience of working with those affected by domestic and/or sexual violence and experience of managing risk and following case management procedures to meet the needs of a diverse and vulnerable client group.
You will have some knowledge of housing, welfare and policy relating to domestic/sexual violence, as well as excellent administrative and time management skills; including multi-tasking and using excel. 
You will also have the ability to effectively manage a busy caseload. 

In return, we offer great employee benefits including three per cent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement and a focus on learning and development.

Victim Support is looking for Independent Victim Advocates based in the Greater Manchester area.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

Independent Victim Advocates (IVA) play a vital role in delivering a structured support service to victims of crime across Greater Manchester to assist them cope and recover. You will be responsible for establishing contact with victims to assess the impact of crime and providing appropriate information and support. As the needs and experiences of our clients are wide ranging the support you will provide will range from brief interventions over the telephone to longer term 1:1 outreach via appointments and telephone based support. Roles will complete initial training in Bolton, with the vacancies across Greater Manchester, and these will be allocated in discussion with successful candidates.

The main purpose of the role is to provide personal and structured support to victims of crime, which include victims of serious crime, persistently targeted victims, vulnerable and intimidated victims as per the MOJ Victims Code of Practice; to develop and enhance relationships with key statutory and non-statutory partner agencies, especially within the hub setting working together in support of enhanced entitlement victims of crime and to manage the work of volunteers in providing appropriate support to victims of crime, retaining overall responsibility for the case management.

To be successful in this role, you will have understanding and knowledge of the requirement for confidentiality and safe working practice and maintenance of files in accordance with the Data Protection Act and other legal requirements. You will have experience of delivering a service and working directly with clients or service users in a statutory, voluntary or community work setting. You will also have knowledge of the criminal justice system and the impact of crime including witnesses giving evidence.

You will have an excellent telephone manner with the ability to engage and develop rapport as well as the ability to needs assess, risk assess and empathise with the victim. You will be able to work without direct supervision, prioritising work and dealing with competing or conflicting demands/ needs and interests in an organised and methodical manner. You will be able to gather, analyse and use information and evidence from different sources, solve and resolve problems.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (A). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role. If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.

Successful candidate must be willing to work towards completing an internal IVA accreditation.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.