Role Purpose:
To work with and manage a caseload of clients, who have mental health support needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. Clients will be referred into the service via the Lancashire and South Cumbria Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) teams.
To deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Approach providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.
To be part of a community mental health team, maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of clients, who have mental health support needs who are motivated to start/return to work.
- Deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach.
- Meet and support clients to understand their key skills, aspirations and goals through completing a Vocational Profile and produce an Action Plan to help them obtain and sustain competitive employment. This includes support with their job search, CV production, application forms, interview techniques and career development.
- Assess client’s support needs related to work which may include benefits/welfare advice, disclosure of mental health symptoms etc. and provide support & guidance.
- Attend weekly clinical team meetings as an embedded IPS practitioner.
- Source job opportunities for clients through tailored job search and regular contact with employers to explore hidden as well as advertised employment opportunities.
- Provide education and support to employers, as agreed with the individual, which may include negotiating adjustments, return to work strategy and on-going contact with the employer to ensure job retention.
- Build relationships with colleagues in clinical teams to engage and generate referrals and create collaborative working partnerships with clinical staff (promoting employment as a positive intervention in the recovery journey).
- Once employment has been secured continue to provide quality service through conducting regular visits, effective monitoring and in-work support to clients and employers to help sustain employment.
- To adhere to administrative and data capture protocols which record the progress of individuals, and to keep accurate and complete records of casework.
- To work independently, reliably and deliver consistently to deliver effective IPS practice.
- Ensure that effective monitoring and evaluation systems are adhered to and keep abreast of changing practice within vocational rehabilitation.
- To co-produce service development with service users where possible.
- To collect employment recovery stories from people accessing the service.
- Undertake continuous learning regarding mental health conditions, their impact and how they can be managed and to undertake mandatory training as required.
Qualifications:
- Level 2 (GCSE Grade A-C or Grade 4-9) or equivalent qualification to include English and Maths
- NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance or other equivalent relevant qualification
- Certificate in IPS Approach (desired)
- Full Driving Licence
See the attached job description for more details on the person specification.
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About ReachOut
ReachOut is a mentoring charity that works with young people in disadvantaged communities in London, Manchester, Oldham and Liverpool to raise aspirations and help them grow in character and academic attainment. We improve Numeracy, Literacy and Communication Skills whilst reinforcing our core values of Fairness, Self-Control, Good Judgement and Staying Power.
Role Description
We are looking for enthusiastic, collaborative and positive individuals to join our Leadership Programme and become Project Leaders. As a Project Leader you will run a weekly mentoring project at either a primary or secondary school, facilitating the 2-hour sessions alongside other responsibilities. The Leadership Programme is an opportunity to gain and improve your leadership, management and communication skills whilst having a massive impact on the lives of young people. You will be supporting them to raise their aspirations, develop their character, and build their academic attainment and self-confidence. Are you up for the challenge?
Role Details
As a Project Leader you will:
- Spend 2 hours planning and 2 hours delivering your mentoring session each week during term time for 10 - 16 young people and their mentors.
- Manage and support the young people.
- Manage and support the volunteer mentors.
- Attend meetings with school contacts alongside the ReachOut team and provide information to the school when requested by ReachOut.
- Complete monitoring and evaluation activities to assess project success.
Please download the information pack for full details about the job role.
Personal Specification
Experience
- Has worked with groups of young people in the range 9 to 16 years old
- Has the potential to take on a leadership role
- Can demonstrate commitment to a cause / activity and has taken an active role in that (e.g. captain of a sports team, president of a society)
- Has professional work experience (e.g. internships, summer placements, etc.) This can include regular voluntary experience but should be positions where you have had responsibility for something, worked to deadlines, worked with others etc.
Skills
- Maths and English skills, (minimum grade C at GCSE or equivalent)
- Communication skills (face-to-face, email, text, phone)
- Good organisation skills (can manage tasks effectively, accurately and in timely fashion)
- Confident in use of MS Word and Excel
Personal attributes
- Passionate about ReachOut’s mission
- Demonstrates ReachOut’s Character Strengths: Fairness, Good Judgement, Self-Control and Staying Power
- Demonstrate good team work skills such as collaboration and delegation
- Open to feedback with a genuine desire to learn and develop personally
- Enthusiastic and energetic
- Excited by challenge
- Prepared to be adaptable and creative
- Positive
- Sociable
Application Instructions
To apply for the Leadership Programme, please visit our website where you can apply. Applicants must ensure they are available to attend a Residential weekend from 4th to 6th September. The residential weekend will be in London. Accommodation, transport from Manchester/Liverpool, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday will be provided. Upon completion of the residential training weekend, all Project Leaders will be paid a lump sum of £50.
Application assessments and interviews have been temporarily suspended due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Applicants are encouraged to still apply, however, applications are unlikely to be assessed for a few weeks.
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Salford Foundation is currently expanding its income generation team to meet its planned service development, business growth and business plan priorities for the future. This is an exciting time for our organisation as we approach our 30th birthday anniversary. We plan to continue to raise our profile and build relationships with funders and commissioners to diversify our income streams.
We wish to appoint a fundraising bid writer with at least 2 years’ experience of researching, preparing and submitting successful grant funding applications and bids to Trusts, Foundations and Statutory agencies. Ideally, you will have a professional fundraising qualification, a background in the Voluntary and/or Public sector of securing core and project funding for children’s, young people and/or adult services. You will be passionate about creating better futures for people and have the following essential bid writing skills:
- Be pro-active, highly organised and able to plan and prioritise your workload
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to build rapport with funders and commissioners
- Ability to write concisely, creatively and persuasively to engage audiences and tell a compelling story
- Have high levels of numeracy and confidence in working with statistics, budgets and financial information
- Ability to develop project proposals for different target groups
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Leading on implementing Trust and Foundations funding strategy, planning, preparing and submitting grant funding applications for Trusts, Foundations and Statutory agencies
- Supporting the Business Development Manager and fundraising team with the preparation and submission of other grants applications, bids, proposals and pre-qualification questionnaires, as agreed
- Contributing to the development of Salford Foundation’s Funding and Income Diversification 3 Year Strategy 2020/21-2022/2023 and annual funding plan
- Researching and identifying external funding opportunities that meet Salford Foundation’s strategic business plan priorities
- Meet income generation targets
- Preparing and delivering funding briefings to Senior Management Team and Salford Foundation staff on pipeline and current funding opportunities and contributing to “bid kick” off meetings
- Preparing and submitting accurate and timely budget and financial information, using full cost recovery to support grant funding applications and bids
- Developing collaborative working relationships with external statutory, VCSE, public and private sector partners and agencies to support service development and partnership bids
- Researching, obtaining, collating and presenting beneficiary, project and contract data internally from Salford Foundation staff to support the evidence of need
- Supporting the monitoring, evaluation and reporting of grant funding applications and bids
- Submission of monthly and annual progress reports including , grant/bid pipeline opportunities, planned and submitted bids, success rate and fundraising income performance against targets to the Senior Management Team and Line Manager
- Contributing to the ongoing marketing and promoting of the Foundation’s services to external stakeholders using social media, website and other communication updates
- Attending supervisory sessions, relevant subject based training, briefings and networking events to keep up to date with legislation, policies, practice and technology
- Implementing and complying with all Salford Foundation’s policies including Safeguarding Policy, Health and Safety Policy, Data Protection and Confidentiality.
- Undertaking any other tasks of a similar level of responsibility as requested by the Senior Management Team or Line Manager
Knowledge
- Good working knowledge and understanding of Trust, Foundation and Statutory funder requirements and expectations
- Knowledge and understanding of social exclusion and poverty and the impact on children, young people and adults
- Knowledge and understanding of the education, employment, training, health, or criminal justice sectors
- Knowledge and understanding of social value policies and social value measurement
Experience
- Experience of working in the VCSE/public sector in a fundraising or bid writing role
- Recent experience of researching, preparing and submitting Trust, Foundation and Statutory fundraising grants and bids opportunities nationally and/or regionally
- Experience of working collaboratively with staff across an organisation to develop proposals from initial concept through to project start
- Experience of using online funding and e-tendering portals
Skills
- Ability to write accurately, creatively and persuasively to engage the target audience
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work with stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to use own initiative, plan and prioritise workloads with minimum supervision
- Ability to research, analyse, interpret and present complex data concisely
- Excellent ICT skills and proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Values and Attitudes
- A desire to help people from all backgrounds and treat them with dignity and respect
- A non-judgemental open mind
- A ‘can do’ attitude focused on solutions and continuous improvement
- Commitment to equality and diversity
- Commitment to maintaining personal and commercial confidentiality
- Commitment to Salford Foundation’s core values
Special Conditions
- Use of a car is desirable but not essential for this role
- Be able to travel across Greater Manchester to attend external meetings and briefings
Staff Benefits
As a valued member of our team, you will enjoy a number of benefits including 6% company contribution into your pension scheme; 23 days holiday per year increasing yearly to a maximum of 30 days plus 8 bank holidays; access to our programme of social, health and well-being events and staff discounts. Please refer to our 'Welcome to our Team' document for more details.
If you have the relevant experience and essential skills and want to be part of our team, please submit a completed application form which can be found below no later than 12 noon on Tuesday 31st March 2020. Interviews will take place on Thursday 16th April 2020.
Please note that only completed application forms will be accepted.
Previous applicants need not apply.
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