Job purpose:

To work as a key member of the team in delivering the Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service.  To lead and develop a team of staff within the service to deliver high quality person centred services as directed by the Team Leader and Operations Manager in line with Business Plan. To ensure Turning Point’s vision and values are embedded in the team.  To ensure all statutory requirements of the service specification are met.

Herts Young Homeless, Hertfordshire Mind Network and Turning Point work in partnership to  provide community support to people recovering from mental health issues and additional complex needs, including substance misuse and learning disabilities.

The service will offer a range of support to promote personal recovery and independence including:

• 1:1 outreach support from dedicated Keyworker/co-worker providing solution-focused support with practical issues including such as finances/housing/employment.
• Crisis Planning – promoting self-management through individuals building an understanding of their own triggers/coping strategies.
• Active Referrals/Signposting – working with individuals to identify resources/services to meet their needs and providing appropriate support to access these effectively.
• Group-work – delivering courses that support self-management recovery, including: Mindfulness/Assertiveness/Keeping Well/Stress Management/Problem Solving/Crisis Management.
• Peer Support – Strength-based approach concentrating on the inherent strengths of an individual to aid recovery and empowerment.
• Extended dual diagnosis support
• Whole family approach

Benefits of working for hyh:

• 25 days per annum pro rata increasing by one day a year after 5 years’ service to a maximum of 28 days (in addition to Bank & Public holidays)
• An additional day annual leave to have your birthday off
• Contribution of 5% of basic salary to The People’s Pension on behalf of the staff member
• Group Life Insurance benefit of 4 times salary
• Monthly draws to win either “lunch on your manager” or a “leave work early” token
• A comprehensive Induction to hyh and your role
• One to one supervision with your line manager every 4-6 weeks
• Ongoing training relevant to your role

TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE:

Closing date:                                     Tuesday 1st September 2020

Interviewing commences:                Wednesday 9th September 2020

If you are interested in applying for any of these roles, please forward your CV along with a covering letter or statement to us.  The covering letter or statement must outline how you feel you meet the person specification criteria on the job description, and it must be a one page document of between 250 to 500 words.  If you have any questions regarding the role or wish to discuss it with us, please contact a member of the team as we will be happy to help.

Camden Carers is a charity organisation that provides support and services to informal carers within the London Borough of Camden.

Job Title: Support & Wellbeing Worker (Learning Disabilities Lead)

Salary: £31,059 per annum

Hours: Full Time 35 Hours per week

Contract term: Permanent

Location: Main office based in North West London, opportunity for some home working

Department: Support & Wellbeing Team

Reports to: Support & Wellbeing Team Manager

Benefits: 30 Day annual leave per annum, 3% Pension from April 2020, WPA

Main Purpose of the Role:

This is exciting new opportunity to join our dynamic team at Camden Carers and make a difference to the lives of people and families in Camden. We are looking for a hardworking, enthusiastic and flexible team member who is able to adapt to the ever changing and challenging times we find ourselves currently in.

As a part of the Support & Wellbeing Team, you will be required to identify carers from all communities in the London Borough of Camden, who care for a family member, partner or friend with a disability or long-term illness. You will provide relevant and appropriate support, information and advocacy to informal carers.  

You will need proven experience of delivering provision within a related field and working with people and/or community groups; in particular we are keen to find someone with experience in Learning Disabilities. More details can be found in the job application pack on our website.

Camden Carers values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are provided with equality of opportunity in employment.

Deadline for applications: Midnight 31st August 2020

Interview date: 8th & 10th September 2020

Please note, all shortlisted candidates will have two interviews, one with the Support & Wellbeing management team and one with carers. For the carers group you will need to create a 5 min presentation, subject will be given after the shortlisting process has been completed.

To apply, please download and follow instructions on our website.

Please note that Camden Carers is not accepting CV’s for this post.

Interviews will be held remotely/via Zoom and all shortlisted candidates will be contacted with interview details.

We are looking for a creative and innovative individual to join us as Training and Capacity Development Advisor. You will work within Start’s Anticipation and Risk Financing team, which is hosted within Save the Children UK. 

The Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies, of which Save the Children is one, working across five continents, ranging from large international organisations to national NGOs. The Start Platform maintains a strong relationship with SCUK as the grant custodian of many of the Start Network’s programmes.  The Start Anticipation and Risk Financing Team is a newly formed team which builds off the work of two former teams over the last 3-years. It is managed within Save the Children’s Humanitarian Business Transformation Team but sits with the wider Start Programmes team (SCUK dedicated grant custodian team) and works closely with colleagues in the Start Platform.

As Training and Capacity Development Advisor you will report to the Technical Lead, and work alongside other advisors to drive early humanitarian action through the Start Network. You will be at the fore-front of innovative humanitarian financing, working to develop, test and provide scientific hazard data and models that will be used to monitor risks and trigger financing and early action. Responsibilities of the role include:

• Leverage technical expertise from Start team members, technical partners and the anticipation and risk financing building blocks framework to design modularised training and learning materials to meet the capacity development needs of the Start Network, including e-learning

• Develop a learning pathway with the technical lead to ensure different stakeholders can access the training necessary for their role. In addition to providing a deeper level of training 

• Investigate and utilise cutting edge and interactive learning and training approaches, building partnerships and relationships with providers of such services.

• Review and develop adaptable learning materials with multi language application requirement and cultural contexts as needed. 

• Work with academic partners to see how higher levels of training and learning could achieve some level of accreditation for member participants.

To be successful you will have experience in developing or testing hazard models and forcasting models with skills in statistical analysis, cat modelling and/or actuarial skills. Innovative and ambitious, you will have an interest in, and understanding of, the challenges in applying scientific data in decision making in humanitarian settings. The ability to think creatively and work well within an ambitious and fast-paced team is also essential. In addition you will have:

• Demonstrable experience of collaboration with different stakeholders (including non-technical counterparts)

• The ability to communicate complexity in a way that is accessible, understandable, and relevant

• Proven ability to provide engaging, effective, and operationally applicable training in person and remotely

• Significant experience in developing training and learning packages on technical subjects

• Language skills in either French, Spanish or Arabic

• Good knowledge of humanitarian financing.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 23rd August 2020

Are you passionate about helping children reach their full potential?

Are you confident, self-motivated, flexible, and have a ‘can do’ attitude?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our established team delivering Young Carer services in East Sussex. You will be responsible for a dedicated area, manage an existing caseload and new referrals, and deliver a programme of monthly themed workshops. In this role, you will assess Young Carers in schools and meet with families in their own homes. It is essential that you have access to your own car for work.

Using the Young Carer service toolkit, you will provide short-term interventions that support Young Carers to improve their resilience, educational chances and wellbeing. This might include signposting to local and community services, action planning, one-to-one support, or our 12-month workshop programme.

Building trusted relationships, you will make referrals to a range of professionals, including health and social care, ensuring whole family needs are met and reducing the impact of caring on the young person. You will respond to challenging and complex situations in line with our Safeguarding and Lone Working Policies.

A key aspect of this role is to raise awareness and identify hidden Young Carers. You will have the opportunity to work with schools to train staff and develop a support programme for students, as well as developing wider networks. 

You can make the difference and give a Young Carer their childhood back.

Location: London
Hours: 4-5 days per week; permanent contract
Benefits: 7.5% employer matched pension after probation, flexible working, 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays and Christmas break) and a generous staff development budget

Application deadline: 13th September
First interviews: w/c 21st September
Second interviews: w/c 28th September
Preferred start date: w/c 2nd November

About the role:

NEON has spent the last six years developing our core content; it’s powerful, is widely endorsed and is being used by hundreds of organisers across the country to build movements and win campaigns. Within our new Movement Building Hub, we deliver this content through immersive trainings, responsive organising support and deep-dive coaching and mentoring on issues from climate change to migration. 

The Head of Movement Coaching will lead the adaptation and delivery of our flagship year-long coaching and mentoring programme OrgBuilders, as well as design a new Rapid Response programme, and recruit and train a network of associate coaches. Together these programmes are designed to build and support the development of strong movement organisations running winning campaigns. 

There are no formal education requirements for this role. As long as you can show us you have the skills we don't mind where you got them from. Also important to us is your potential and willingness to learn and grow in the role so even if you don't have 100% of the skills listed, or come from a very different sector or industry, we want to hear from you.

About NEON:

The New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) is a not-for-profit company with 15 staff. We also work with a range of contractors and Associates and incubate other organisations. We are a network of over 1,600 UK organisers from different trade unions, grassroots groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), faith-based campaigns, civil society groups and movements from across the country. We support campaigns to help progressives win social, economic and environmental justice.

We run trainings, share skills and coordinate together on campaigns helping people to lead movements like Just Treatment (organising patients to fight for the NHS) through to working with our members to get over 2,500 media bookings across the UK’s biggest TV/radio outlets. We’re ambitious and the team is agile, fast paced and committed to actually changing things. 

Qualified Orientation & Mobility Specialist

South East covering all London boroughs

Starting Salary: £27,472 to £30,000 per annum + £4,105 London Weighting (+ benefits) depending on experience

Current Total Salary Progression: Up to £38,123 (+£4,105 London Weighting) per annum depending on development within the role

Permanent

Full Time

Interviews: week commencing 7th September

This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association as an Orientation & Mobility Specialist. This role is based at our London office covering all London Boroughs.

The role

The Orientation and Mobility Specialist (OMSp) helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by delivering orientation and mobility services which support Guide Dogs strategic objectives and promote independence and choice to people who are blind and partially sighted.

Within this role, you will work with clients seeking to improve their mobility by assessing individual orientation and mobility needs (including functional vision), capabilities, abilities and skills-gaps. Based on these needs and capabilities, you will co-produce, deliver and regularly review staged mobility plans. 

Thisrewarding role also allows the OMSp to lead, inspire and mentor trainee staff, ensuring service excellence to help people with sight loss to live the life they choose.

Who we’re looking for

You will be a qualified Orientation and Mobility Specialist with experience of working with people who are blind and partially sighted. Alongside this you will have:

• Ability to build rapport with and obtain information from clients using person centred planning.
• Excellent people skills, including being able to provide emotional support and can successfully liaise and work with other professionals and volunteers. 
• Proven skills and approaches to work with people who have additional needs. 
• Good organisation and report writing skills and a commitment to Health & Safety at work.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to being successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

Benefits

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. 

We believe that wellbeing atwork is about creating an environment to promote a state of contentment which allows all employees to flourish and achieve their full potential for the benefit of themselves and for Guide Dogs. As a member of staff, we offer you a wide range of benefits to suit your individual needs:

• Defined Contribution Personal Pension Plan
• A choice of Flexible Benefits equivalent to 3% of salary to purchase benefits though an on-line portal including Gym Membership, Travel Insurance, Healthcare and Hospital Treatment Plan, Dental Insurance, Additional Life Assurance, Health Screening, buying and selling annual leave (up to 3 days), Cashback to salary (up to 2% of salary equivalent)
• Discounts and Cashback Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Sick pay
• Occupational Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay enhanced above the statutory minimum.
• Life Assurance
• Childcare Vouchers
• Eye Care Vouchers

How to apply

Applications can be made using the online application form. You will need to evidence the criteria as set out in the attached job description. As part of our safer recruitment policy, we do not accept CVs for job applications.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome, and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

We reserve the right to close adverts early. 

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

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: 25.5 hours per week. 8.5 hours on 3 days a week. 
Contract: Permanent 
Vacancy Reference: SWA2969

Closing Date: 31st August 2020
Interview Date: 7th September 2020

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.

Are you…
• Experienced in managing supported accommodation?
• A proven manager of outstanding services to vulnerable people?
• A creative and inspiring manager and leader, able to work collaboratively and strategically?
• Passionate about doing a job that makes a difference?

We are looking for a fantastic manager to join our team and oversee our commissioned supported accommodation here at the Project. You will be someone who is experienced in shaping and delivering great services for homeless people, and work in a dynamic, positive and creative way to achieve the best outcomes for service users and staff alike.  Ideally, you will have experience of managing within a Psychologically Informed Environment, modelling and implementing best practice to others and participate in the overall responsibilities of the Project.

Salary: £36,743 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week. Normally Monday to Friday, but working one weekend in five.

Pension: The employee will be assessed under auto-enrollment pension legislation and if eligible, minimum contributions will be made.

Annual Leave: 33 days inclusive of public bank holidays. As the project works on a 24/7 basis, this role will require some evening, weekend and  bank holiday working, as per service need.

Contract: Full Time, Open-ended

DBS: An enhanced DBS check required and compliance with Church Army’s safeguarding policies. Safeguarding training will be required. 

Occupational Requirement: *Positions are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1. Due to the responsibilities of the role, there is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female.

More info: For more information on the role, please download the job description and person specification.
 

To apply: Please see our Job Description and fill out the Application Form which is available to download on our website. CVs will not be accepted. Applications should be sent to our recruitment email.

Starlight Children's Foundation is looking for an experienced operations manager to lead its hospital services department, bringing play and distraction to children dealing with serious illness.

Starlight is the national children’s charity that exists to preserve childhood throughout serious illness. We do this through our hospital play & distraction services, wish granting and Starlight Escapes. Access to play during serious illness is especially important as a contributor to successful treatment and healthy development, enabling children to grow and develop and to experience childhood as it should be.

We currently bring play and distraction into more than 800 hospitals and hospices across the UK, by methods as diverse as Starlight Gaming Bundles, Hospital Pantomime and Storytelling Tours and our signature Boost and Distraction Boxes of toys and activities, and with family visits curtailed and play areas closed, there has never been more demand. We’re therefore excited to be recruiting a dedicated Service Delivery Manager for our Hospital Services.

If you have experience in the operational management of service delivery, perhaps within a hospital or children’s environment, and a drive to innovate, then then you could be the person we need to join our team.

You’ll love working alongside colleagues to achieve our mission and enjoy the flexibility of a small team, where everyone actively participates in charity-wide projects and rolls their sleeves up as necessary.

Based in London (Hammersmith) and with a competitive salary and benefits package. For full details, including how to apply, download the candidate information pack.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a charity on a mission to improve the lives of young people in London. Last year, London Youth worked with over 27,000 young people through their sports development, employability, youth action, arts and outdoor education programmes. Their membership network of over 500 community youth organisations supported thousands more. Together they create opportunities for young people they would not otherwise have had.

Throughout London Youth's history, community youth organisations have provided a constant lifeline and a vital safe space outside the family and formal education. London Youth's vision today is that all young Londoners grow up healthy and safe, able to express themselves, navigate a fulfilling career and make a positive contribution in their communities. Their mission is to support and challenge young people to become the best they can be: developing their confidence, resilience, and relationship skills.

To continue their path to reach as many young people as possible London Youth are now looking for an inspirational and motivating leader to join them in the capacity of Director of Fundraising on a permanent basis.

London Youth - Director of Fundraising

Location: 47 - 49 Pitfield Street, London, N1 6DA

Compensation: Package of circa 70,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

The organisation's growth to date has been driven by their expertise in fundraising from Trusts and Foundations. Now, London Youth are keen to diversify their fundraising efforts and grow income from Corporate Partnerships, Mid-High Net Worth Individuals and through Legacies. From a good financial base, the intention is to invest to support this growth and protect their long term sustainability.

In this newly created role of Director of Fundraising you will have responsibility for leading a brand new strategy. You will need to be a credible and tenacious leader, who can inspire a growing fundraising function and contribute to the charity's medium and long term vision and strategy.

To be considered for this position you will have demonstrable experience of income generation, with a proven track record of leading teams to deliver targets and continuously improve performance. You will have excellent experience of building high level relationships, developing funding propositions and securing significant funds.

Closing date for applications: 9.00 am Wednesday 9th September 2020

First stage interviews: W/C 14th September 2020

Second stage interviews: W/C 21st September 2020

London Youth wants to reflect the population they serve at their leadership levels and as such are keen to hear from candidates from marginalised communities.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact either Natalie Lawford or Faye Marshall at Harris Hill.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Do you have the commitment and values to make a real difference to the lives of people with care and support needs? Are you passionate about developing and auditing extra care services to ensure that they are of the highest quality, enabling people to meet their desired outcomes?

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support to older people and clients with a learning disability, mental health needs and dementia. The support we offer is tailored to the individual person’s needs and encourages independence and community engagement. 

We are seeking a driven, productive and highly organised individual to be responsible for assessing the quality of the services we are delivering, and to identify areas for further development and quality improvement.  You must be flexible and reliable with an excellent eye for detail and ensure 100% CQC compliance in all relevant areas. We are a local provider employing a diverse team of over 300 well supported staff to deliver great services in London.

The post will mainly be based at our Sutherland Court service in Penge, Bromley – an Extra Care Scheme comprising 50 self-contained flats, providing support to older people with a learning disability, mental health needs and dementia. You will also be required to work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders and assist our services in other areas of Bromley and London as and when required.

Relevant direct experience of providing social care services for older people, people with dementia/mental health needs/physical or learning disabilities is essential, alongside a warm, person-centred and respectful approach. You should ideally have a relevant professional qualification (such as Diploma in Social Work NVQ 4/5 or RMA) and/or a degree level or management qualification. Creative Support will support you to continue your professional development.

Active Travel Officer, Schools

(ref: SUS2975)

£24,691 per annum

37.5 hours per week – contract to 31 July 2021

Working with schools in the South Central area (Northern Ireland)

Working with schools in the South Central area, including Belfast, North Down, Ards, Lisburn, Castlereagh and Down, this is an exciting role to support the selected schools in increasing the number of pupils travelling actively and to deliver a planned programme of activities with the aim of getting more children walking, cycling and scooting as their main mode of transport on their school journeys.  Ideal for a teacher who is between permanent roles or currently undertaking sub work.  In partnership with the Department for Infrastructure and the Public Health Agency continuing delivery of the Active School Travel Programme.

With a good standard of education and committed to active travel and the ideals of Sustrans, you will have excellent communication and presentation skills, experience of working with children and young adults, experience of delivering physical activity or behaviour change projects within local communities, be very enthusiastic about the role and have the ability to motivate others. Experience of successful partnership working within a community based, or environment project and a commitment to the promotion of active, sustainable transport is also required.

Clearance by an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check is mandatory for this position.

At present, the nature of the job has changed in order to safely comply with C-19 government guidance in schools and workplaces.

Please quote reference number. Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Tuesday 1 September 2020. Interviews will take place via MS Teams / Zoom during week beginning Monday 14 September 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Are you a positive resilient individual committed to working collaboratively with GP’s, our partners and other community and healthcare organisations to provide a wide range of services including; telephone assessments, content based groups & workshops, creating support plans & risk assessments in a large & mixed team of colleagues and peers.

You feel confident around IT using our Caseload Management IT system to record attendance and outcomes and communicating on the telephone making contact with clients on a daily basis.

You have experience of working with people with substance use issues, and can offer a range of harm reduction advice and information, manage safeguarding concerns and have an interest in developing your knowledge of interventions and support that can in turn support our clients.

If you are interested please visit the DHI website to find contact details for an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form using the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification and send to HR before midday Monday 31st August 2020.

Please visit the DHI website for further information