£19,847 - £25,000 p/a (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Full-Time (35 hrs p/w) – Fixed Term Contract ending 31 March 2022

Bexley, London

Ref: ORW-211

Are you a collaborative, highly motivated and compassionate individual with a proven record of engaging positively with offenders or other vulnerable groups? Do you strong experience of providing vital support, advice, and advocacy?

Then join St Giles as an Outreach Worker where, as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will play an integral part in our work on the Pier Road Project, the integrated adult drug and alcohol service for the borough of Bexley.

About St Giles

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this exciting opportunity

Our successful candidate will offer Outreach to those involved in the criminal justice system and not engaged in drug treatment, plus provide essential one-to-one casework support to the service’s clients identified as requiring additional intervention. This will include helping clients work on their care plans and to overcome barriers to their recovery, including housing and benefits support, debt advice and employment. You will provide mentoring and encouragement to clients to help them make progress with their care plan and to avoid reoffending, plus assist relevant clients into drug and alcohol treatment and help with their recovery journey.

You will also be expected to support with the supervision of a small team of peer advisors or volunteers trained to offer advice. These peer advisors would be supported to access the IAG training programme and gain qualifications at level 3, improving their opportunities for employment in the future.

What we are looking for:

• Experience of engaging successfully with challenging people, for example people who have complex needs, people who are reluctant to discuss their needs, and people who are angry and confused
• Experience in negotiating with partner agencies to establish links to further the aims of a project
• Knowledge of drug and alcohol misuse and the treatment options
• The ability to use and develop monitoring systems
• A strong understanding of the need to use support plans, to enable people to successfully access accommodation and support services
• Excellent interpersonal, IT and communication skills, both written and verbal

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervisions, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm, 17th May 2021.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Would you like to join a small, purposeful organisation bringing a different set of tools to the climate crisis? mySociety is looking for an Outreach and Networks Coordinator to join our new Climate programme as part of a nimble, digital-first, entirely remote UK team.

Our programme goal is to use data and digital services to reduce the ~30% of UK emissions that are within the influence of local authorities, driven by more widespread and effective citizen engagement in climate action, and by faster and more effective climate action from local government.

The programme will involve partnering with Climate Emergency UK and working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including local authority staff and councillors, civil society groups, researchers and journalists. Our first alpha service is available at data(.)climatemergency(.)uk – you can read about the discovery and prototyping process that led to its creation, and the next steps we’re planning here. We’ll also be developing new services, and looking at opportunities to impact emissions using our existing widely used civic services, like WhatDoTheyKnow, TheyWorkForYou and MapIt.

The ideal candidate will be motivated by our goals and have experience of working with UK local government and/or civil society groups.

No recruiters or agencies, please.

What does the role involve?

Network building

You will be:

• Building our network and relationships across local government, climate groups and other civil society groups in the UK and then internationally
• Ensuring that other organisations learn about and can get the maximum benefit from our work
• Working with the team to identify places where there’s an unmet need for digital services and data that could have a real impact on the local response to the climate emergency and to scope projects that complement and support the work of others

Outreach and relationship management

You will be:

• Conducting outreach and providing support to civil society groups – including both established and grassroots organisations – to use digital tools for democratic engagement on climate action
• Conducting outreach and awareness-raising in the local government sector, encouraging collaboration, knowledge sharing and a culture of transparency around how councils are tackling climate change
• Researching potential collaborators and acting as first point of contact for enquiries, coordinating a response and involving other members of the team as appropriate, and facilitating collaboration
• Working with our events and communications staff to develop online and in-person opportunities for effectively reaching and convening different groups of stakeholders
• Working with the delivery manager and team to turn requirements into tickets or milestones for development
• Helping to develop and grow a community of interest at the intersection of climate action and civic technology

Knowledge sharing

You will be:

• Connecting with existing networks, building and sharing our knowledge about what’s happening in the ecosystem of local climate action and how stakeholders are working together
• Contributing to the vision and strategy for mySociety’s wider work involving collaboration
• Supporting knowledge capture, ensuring that we document our networks, relationships and ongoing conversations systematically
• Helping measure our success in supporting the work of others by developing case studies of impact

Requirements

We think this position would suit you best if you have some or all of the following:

• Significant prior experience in a relevant role building relationships across organisations with common goals, and working constructively with a diverse range of people
• Clear understanding of the key actors and issues in local climate action, and ideally an existing network of contacts
• A self-starting approach, willing to experiment with different approaches to achieving our goals
• Experience working effectively as part of a remote team on collaborative initiatives
• An interest in systems thinking and working across sectors and approaches
• Excellent organisational skills, and the ability to create and maintain a systematic, process-driven approach to outreach and relationship management
• Understanding of digital services and data, and how they can support other approaches to change
• The ability to identify and describe patterns and trends from detailed work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Interested in applying but not sure you have all the skills? Please apply anyway! We support learning on the job and rearranging tasks within the teams to suit the skillsets of the best applicant. Please let us know in your covering letter what your relevant experience is and where you might need to learn as you go.

Benefits

This is a fixed term contract until 31 March 2024 with salary in the range of £38,000 to £43,000 per year, plus pension (3% employer contribution, 5% employee).

We encourage flexible working and would consider applications for this as a part time position.

You must be based in the UK and you need to have the right to work in this country (sorry, but we can’t offer help with visas or relocation expenses).

Deadlines and dates

The application deadline is 10am on Monday 21st June and interviews will take place the following week via video conference. We will aim to notify applicants of whether or not they will be invited to interview by close of business on Wednesday 23rd June.

Application instructions

Your application should consist of a CV and covering letter. We’ll rely on your covering letter to show us why your skills make you a good fit for this role when we are shortlisting candidates, so take your time getting it right.

We are particularly interested in improving the diversity of our team and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled and experienced people and particularly from candidates from Black and minority backgrounds.

We are monitoring our recruitment processes to ensure we are doing everything we can to encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We would ask you to please complete our optional equalities monitoring form. The information you share in the form will be anonymous and will not influence the assessment of your application.

We will shortlist all applications anonymously. So please use your initials rather than your name on your CV and cover letter, and don’t include identifying details such as your name or email addresses on these attached documents.

Position: Oceans Programme Coordinator - West Africa

Based: This post can be based in EJF offices in UK (Bath / London), Germany (Hamburg) or Ghana (Cape Coast)

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Salary range:  £40,000 - £45,000 (according to qualifications and experience)

Benefits:

• Private healthcare

• Generous pension rising with each completed year of service

• Generous personal leave entitlement increasing by 2 days annually

• Unique opportunities for career development within a high-impact international organization

Position overview

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced person to join the Environmental Justice Foundation’s (EJF) Ocean Programme in West Africa, including two large country programmes in Ghana and Liberia. EJF works to protect marine biodiversity and habitats and promote sustainable, equitable and legal fisheries. You will be joining EJF’s growing international team that works to protect natural environments, wildlife and defend basic human rights.

The role offers an unusual level of career development for the right person looking to excel and make a strong impact in international conservation and human rights.

The position will:

Coordinate, guide and support the implementation of EJF’s projects to document, expose and eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, improve community management of small-scale fisheries, and protect marine and coastal environments in West Africa, with a particular focus on Ghana and Liberia.

Require strong project and people management skills, including remote management.

Mentor, support and evaluate teams in West Africa, tracking and evaluating outcomes against agreed KPIs and identifying synergies and opportunities to share learnings.

Support internal and external reporting of programmatic impacts and track budget expenditures, ensuring the greatest possible efficiency.

Develop and oversee outreach within communities and the wider public (including through local, national and international media); working with the EJF comms team to initiate and develop appropriate communications outputs including events and materials.

Ensure that our advocacy with high-level decision-makers in the region is influential, appropriate and effective, working within EJF’s wider international team to share relevant information and outcomes.

Support the development and strengthening of EJF’s Fisheries Information Network in West Africa, which gathers, verifies and shares cases of illegal fishing with policymakers in the region and internationally.

Job specification and required skills and experience:

• Minimum of three years’ proven experience in project management and coordination of high-quality development and/or conservation projects that required management of teams and engagement with decision-makers.
• A strong and dynamic leader able to work under pressure and remotely manage, mentor and motivate colleagues and partners. You will understand how to provide remote support to teams that secure consistent results.
• Have superb oral and written communication skills able to deliver effective presentations to diverse high-level audiences, media and local partners and communities.
• Ability to be diplomatic and tactful under pressure. You have good cross-cultural awareness and a genuine interest in working with communities to protect marine ecosystems and the rights of people who depend on it.
• Experience preparing and monitoring project budgets and financial reporting, alongside the need for cost-efficient and transparent use of resources, and a meticulous eye for detail.
• Ability to act as a relationship manager capable of ensuring the long-term impact and durability of the programme.
• Share a genuine and demonstrable commitment to EJF, its mission and goals of protecting people, wildlife and our shared planet.
• Experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa strongly desirable.
• Fluency in English is essential. Other languages relevant to West Africa desirable.

Applications:  Please send your CV and a cover letter to the email address provided. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date for applications: 11th June 2021

Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK, Germany or Ghana.

EJF is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.

The Brent Irish Advisory Service (BIAS) has supported London’s largest Irish Community in Brent for over forty years. We would like to appointment a dynamic, enthusiastic Advice Outreach Poverty Worker to provide a hands-on approach to the delivery of BIAS core generalist advice service. This is an exciting opportunity for someone already working in the sector  to help shape and lead our community services. This post is funded for five years with thanks to the City Bridge Trust.

BIAS is a small charity but makes a real difference helping turn people’s lives around and going the extra mile. The main problems we deal with relate to housing, welfare and poor health within our community. We believe passionately that the Irish community should be supported to access rights and entitlements to services. You will need to have strong people skills as you will be working with a small, but friendly staff team and excellent organisational abilities to ensure project deadlines are achieved.

In the current pandemic situation, our service is currently being delivered remotely. The post-holder will be expected to combine working from home and attending the office as needed to meet service needs, which may change as the longer-term Covid-19 situation becomes clearer. BIAS also delivers  an Active Ageing club weekly.

Why you should work for BIAS 

• We are a dynamic small Charity supporting the UK’s largest Irish Community
• We are firmly driven by our principles and ethos to help an often “forgotten Irish” community.
• We have a good reputation with our funders and our clients, and support approximately 400 people each year in our community.
• We consider our employees an asset with opportunities for training and development
• There is a great atmosphere and good staff morale
• Having a strong Irish connection is definitely a help but not essential but you must be able to relate to the cultural and health needs of the Irish Community. 
• Your skills, experience and enthusiasm will help BIAS to continue to grow and develop
• 25 days holiday- plus discretionary Christmas Holidays (based on FT post)
• Contributory Pension

The above role is supported by the City Bridge Trust and is part of a five-year grant funded post (which will be subject to yearly performance reviews for continuation).

The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 4 June 2021 at midday. Please see the Job Description attached to this advert. BIAS does not accept CVs. Please email application to us details enclosed in pack.

Previous applicants to this position need not reapply.

Please note at this time interviews may be conducted on a video conferencing platform and expected approx. within 2 weeks of the closing date.  All candidates invited to interview will be required to provide documentary evidence of their right to work in the UK in order to comply with the statutory requirements.

Are you passionate about working with Young Adult Carers and making a lasting difference?

With your superb organisational skills and passion for working with young people, you will develop and deliver a programme of peer support groups and activities, in addition to managing a caseload of referrals, for our Young Adult Carers, aged 15-21 in Lambeth.  Our Young Adult Carers are navigating their way through complex sets of circumstances which have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and this project is their opportunity to have a break from their caring role, have fun, meet others in the same situation and access support they and their families need.

You will have experience working with vulnerable young adults and will have a strong grasp of the realities of being a young adult carer in an inner city London borough. 

Closing date: 9am Monday 24th May 

Interview date: Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th May

Job Title:Assertive Outreach Worker

Hours: 32.75 hours per week

Salary; £20,605– to be pro rated 

Responsible to:                           Service Manager

Purpose of the Post: To deliver a high quality person centred, trauma informed assertive outreach service working as part of a team, making contact with new, repeat and entrenched Rough sleepers in Basingstoke and Deane, implementing a locally agreed approach to No Second Night Out.

Principle Areas of Accountability

Service Delivery:

To undertake assertive outreach and hot spot visits across the locality area including during unsocial hours, maintaining a regular street presence.

Identify, engage and assertively work with people sleeping rough within the locality area.

Carry out needs assessments with identified rough sleepers to secure access to services which are suitable for their immediate needs, and make appropriate referrals in partnership with them to establish a sustainable life away from the streets as quickly as possible.

To work within No Second Night Out guidelines when working with those new to the streets.

Establish supportive, trusting and professional relations ships with service users using an Appreciative Inquiry approach.

Develop and implement person-centred packages of support with people sleeping rough.

To work in close partnership with the local authority, police, emergency accommodation providers and wider partner agencies to maximise positive outcomes for service users.

To work closely with the MEAM Co-ordinator to ensure that rough sleepers with multiple needs are supported through the MEAM approach.

To track the progress of the referrals made in respect of identified rough sleepers.

To build relationships with people who are rough sleeping, using inter-agency outreach sessions and regular visits to agencies/venues visited by people who are rough sleeping.

To give clients advice, information and provide an enabling service so that they can access

appropriate services.

To carry out risk assessments and complete Housing Benefit forms for rough sleepers moving into designated accommodation services.

To recognise indications of substance misuse, mental health needs, domestic abuse, personality disorder behavioural issues and make appropriate referrals to relevant agencies.

To promote and facilitate effective multi-agency and joint working to address begging, street drinking and other street-based activity.

Service User Involvement:

Support organisational initiatives which seek to promote Service User involvement and inclusion.

Support Service Users in contributing to the development of services which they use.

Support Service Users to engage in consultation events both within the organisation and in the wider community.

Staff & Volunteers:

Provide support and guidance to other staff and volunteers who are involved in assertive outreach.

Feedback to the Service Manager regarding both positives and concerns about other staff or volunteers who are involved in assertive outreach.

Team Work:

To work in close partnership with other outreach and floating support services, working as a ‘one team’.

To participate in outreach with a variety of homelessness agencies.

To collect information on levels of need and levels of service, and incorporate this in feedback to stakeholders.

To attend team meetings both internally and externally as required to give and receive

information as appropriate around rough sleepers, address any service access requirements

and build relationships with front-line workers.

To provide advice/support/training to staff working in other agencies.

Monitoring & Evaluation:

To collect and collate qualitative and quantitative data on the profile of people who are rough sleeping and using homeless accommodation and support projects.

To support analysis of this data, indicating areas of unmet need, and contribute to recommendations for changes in services.

To highlight areas of good practice.

To regularly meet with the Service Monitoring Group to review progress and agree on-going priorities.

To collect, collate and analyse data on the needs of this client group, with an emphasis on unmet needs.

To participate in street counts/needs audits as directed by the Service Manager.

Administration and Finance:

To record areas of good practice and areas for improvement in order to make recommendations for changes/development of existing services.

To maintain complete, accurate and up to date client records.

Assertive outreach will involve working early, late and day shifts, including some weekends to respond quickly to referrals of rough sleepers (made through the ‘report a rough sleeper’ website, telephone hotline and other sources) record and feedback to referrers as appropriate.

Health and Safety:

Work at all times within the Health & Safety and Environmental Health legislation and within safety guidelines established for the project

Personal Development:

Engage actively in own supervision.

Use annual Performance Development Review  to set and agree own performance targets and training needs.

Attend training as directed.

Other Tasks:

Work in accordance with Julian House Equal Opportunities Policy and with all its other policies

Since job descriptions cannot be exhaustive; the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications

Desirable

Health & Social Care Diploma/RMN/ CQSW/CSS/DipSW /BA/BSc or OT

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Plan and organise own work

Work on own initiative under pressure

Liaise and negotiate with front line staff

Work flexibly towards creative solutions in a person-centred way with individuals who may have seemingly intractable problems

Build effective relationships with clients and services in order to develop pathways to enable clients to make positive changes

Set boundaries, challenge appropriately and manage conflict constructively

Keep accurate records and statistics

Excellent range of interpersonal skills

Good communicator – oral and written

Problem solving & analysis

Contribute to reports and assist in the presentation of findings

Administrative/computer skills

Experience

Essential

Outreach or community based work

Working with people with complex needs who may be difficult to engage

Working with dual diagnosis clients

Assessment of needs and case management

Multi-agency working

Working without direct supervision

Desirable

Working with people who are or have been street homeless

Resettlement and support packages

Involvement in research/services development

Health & Safety

Desirable

Understand  and be able to carry out client based Risk Assessments

Understanding of the importance of health and safety in respect of Lone Working

Values

Essential

Empathy for the client group and commitment to achieving sustainable solutions

Commitment to equality of opportunity

Commitment to service user involvement in the planning and running of services

Other

Essential

Must have a current driving licence and access to a car to use for work

We are looking for a dynamic, organised person who shares our enthusiasm for distributing food surplus and educating people about the environmental impact of food waste.

Oxford Food Hub is at the centre of surplus food redistribution in Oxfordshire, tackling food poverty and keeping food out of landfill. Since 2009 we have been collecting surplus fresh and ambient food from a wide range of wholesalers and retailers, then distributing it free of charge to over 150 charities and community groups in and around Oxford.

We are passionate about preventing food waste and nourishing the local community, and we have an ambitious plan to expand our Outreach and Education program. We need a hardworking, enthusiastic candidate who will take the initiative, occupying a varied role at the centre of a small team.

You will be responsible for daily administration within the Hub office, being the key contact for our charity partners, donors and members of the public. You will maximise the potential of our existing CRM system to engage with private donors, corporate sponsors and other supporters. You will research and develop new partnerships with food suppliers and charities, expanding our network and supporting staff and volunteers to collect and deliver surplus food. And you will develop our Outreach program, reaching out to schools and other groups to share our message about waste reduction in the local community and beyond.

As Administration/Outreach Coordinator you will work with, and report to, the Manager, liaising with staff, volunteers and our Board of Trustees.

Responsibilities (in cooperation with the Manager) include:

• Education program: expand existing program, giving talks to students and other interested groups. Produce educational material for website

• Supplier liaison: maintain existing relationships, research sources of food surplus, liaise with other food hubs

• Donor liaison: cultivate relationships with existing donors through our CRM system (Blackbaud eTapestry), compile e-newsletter, and develop community outreach to engage new supporters.

• Events and festivals: manage bookings, risk assessments, ticketing, volunteer schedule and surplus food collections. Run event and onsite participation

• Customer service: first point of contact via website and phones, respond to food donation enquiries, fundraising enquiries, liaison with community groups

• Financial administration: to include Gift Aid submission, monthly donation reports and other basic financial tasks

• General management: oversee day-to-day office activities, and any other tasks in coordination with the Manager

• Social media: manage our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 

The successful Administration/Outreach Coordinator will have:

Essential

• a clear understanding of, and commitment to, the aims of the Oxford Food Hub

• the ability to work calmly and effectively in a busy and fast-moving environment

• good communication skills to work with volunteers, charity partners and suppliers

• confidence to develop and give engaging presentations to schools and other groups

• an understanding of the not-for-profit sector

• able to demonstrate literacy, numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail

• excellent IT skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

• experience of using CRM or similar databases, website content management systems (Wordpress)

• a positive ‘can do’ attitude

• confidence to manage tasks independently

Desirable

• background in voluntary sector and/or project management

• experience of public speaking or education

• experience of financial administration

• experience with social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

Interview: From 19 May, subject to Covid-19 social distancing guidelines. This is a new role that has been created in response to growth and is available for an immediate start.

Midaye is looking to employ an experienced and highly organised Programme Co-ordinator to support our Management Team in project planning, information and data management, and communications for multiple, community-based projects. The successful candidate will help us work effectively and efficiently to design and deliver much-needed services to our clients, respond rapidly to community needs, and measure and report our impact to funders and others. 

The new Programme Co-ordinator will be a central part of our close-knit, vibrant and committed staff team. We work with members of the BME communities in West London for whom English is an additional language. Our clients are usually first- and second-generation refugees, ex-refugees and migrants. We help them become healthier, better educated and more informed about services. Our activities empower, advocate for and support the most disadvantaged and isolated members of these communities. 

If you would like to join us in providing our crucial community services, you must demonstrate that you are highly organised and efficient, able to prioritise and manage your workload and can support a diverse staff team in providing services to our clients. You will need to have a good understanding of community organisations, excellent interpersonal skills and high levels of emotional and cultural competency. Project management experience, report writing skills, data management and processing and confidence with IT systems and database management are also necessary. 

In return, you will gain the satisfaction of knowing that your work is making a difference to disadvantaged and deprived communities in London. Your role will be a crucial one within Midaye, and the work you do keeping us organised and on track will be appreciated by staff, volunteers, trustees and clients alike. You will have the opportunity to grow in your role, and to gain experience in all areas of running a busy charity. You will be part of a friendly staff team who work towards Midaye’s goals with commitment and good humour. 

Please read the job description carefully before applying.

Substance Misuse Outreach Practitioner

Location: Camden/Islington

Salary: £24,627 - £29,000 annum

Application Deadline: 23 May 2021

Job Summary 

The Service

We have exciting new Rough Sleeper Projects launching in Camden & Islington.  The project will provide coordinated and wrap around care to rough sleepers/street active individuals with substance misuse issues. 

We are looking for caring, dynamic, and self-motivated individuals to support people who often feel excluded from the help they need.  This is a great opportunity to be involved with the set-up, and delivery of a brand-new service and finding the most effective and creative ways to engage with service users with multiple and often complex needs. You will work as part of a dedicated multi-disciplinary outreach team to offer person centred support, and engagement into treatment.

The Role

• Conduct street outreach to engage/reengage homeless individuals misusing substances
• Engage and build relationships with rough sleepers/street active individuals
• Street-based needs assessments/harm reduction advice – including Naloxone distribution
• Deliver satellite provisions within local services e.g., GPs, probation, hostels etc
• Support access/re-engagement with local treatment provider
• Support Opiate users with rapid prescribing access with use of virtual prescribing clinics
• Manage a case load of service users, working with partner agencies to support them to become stable and ready to engage with Local Treatment providers
• Work in collaboration with Housing teams, local authority, and other treatment agencies to minimise the prevalence of street drinking and anti-social behaviour by supporting people in to treatment

 Conditions

• Salary band of £24,627 - £29,000 annum
• Fixed Term- 31st March 2022
• 37.5 hours per week

Location

The job is outreach based. There are projects will be based in the boroughs of Camden & Islington.

Why Should You Apply? 

• Exciting and innovative field
• Excellent training opportunities
• Strong performance culture

Interested?

For an informal chat about the role, contact, Eleanor Lyden-Vieten, Service Development Manager (contact details can be found on our website).

For further information, and to apply, please visit our websitevia the Apply button.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 23rd May 2021 at 00:00am 

Interviews are likely to take place via Zoom, to support social distancing.

WDP and Our Values

WDP is an innovative behaviour change charity.  We facilitate long-lasting transformation in people’s lives to improve health, wellbeing and social integration.  We work across the fields of substance misuse, young person’s support, employability, sexual health and inpatient services.

All staff are required to work to WDP’s four values:

• Entrepreneurial
• In partnership
• Strong belief in service users
• Community focused
• Diversity and Equality 
  • WDP are a committed equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from disabled candidates, and those form minority ethnic backgrounds.

• Safeguarding 
  • WDP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• DBS 
  • All posts are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check prior to the confirmation of any job offer.

As a Mobile Outreach Lead you will be responsible for helping to develop and pilot our new mobile unit, which will use customized outfitted vehicles to bring information, technology, and services into communities across Cambridgeshire.

You will work with our outreach workers and volunteers at their support group meetings or home visits, attend pop-up public and specialist events to raise awareness of Cam Sight’s work and develop a strong network of contacts within communities.

This role is part of our vision for the future; a decentralised and agile service delivery model, providing diverse and person-centred services to people with visual impairments.

Essential Criteria:

Good verbal communication skills
Empathy and patience
The ability to work under self-direction, whilst still being a team player
Experience working in a person centred or non-profit environment
Computer literacy and technical savvy
Full driving license

Desirable Criteria:

Experience/understanding of the impact of sight loss and issues around visual impairment

Knowledge of assistive equipment and technology for people with visual impairments, or the ability to learn about these devices quickly with training.

Experience in an outreach role

Further information:

You will need to pass a DBS check (at Cam Sight’s expense) to be eligible for continued employment in this role.

Cam Sight is a disability confident employer. If you have any disabilities or barriers to work, we would like to work with you to overcome them. 

The Organisation:

Cam Sight is a sight loss charity with over 100 years of experience supporting people in Cambridgeshire living with low vision and blindness. Cam Sight is currently developing and expanding the way it delivers its services to the people that need them most.

The closing date for this role is noon on Friday 14 May 2021, with interviews scheduled for the week commencing Monday 17 May 2021.

Our working approach is trauma-led, in a Psychologically Informed Environment. INTERESTED??                We've recently started on this journey and need a Volunteer Coordinator to support us as maternity cover. This role is essential to our organisation as most of our services require volunteers for their delivery. We are a growing organisation and require a Volunteer Coordinator who can be flexible, creative and organised to meet the needs of our growing and developing volunteer body. You will be working in the office with the Mentor Project Coordinator, but also frequently liaising with other team members and partners. Your hours will be flexible depending on the team’s needs.

The Bridge Homelessness to Hope began its work with the disadvantaged in 2009 when a group of local Christians started providing an outreach 'soup run' service to homeless people in Leicester. Today our staff and volunteers come from many backgrounds and faiths; we accept those from all faiths and none. We have a number of projects which provide support, advice, guidance, food and clothing to anyone who walks through our doors in need. We are a volunteer-led organisation with a vision to provide everyone in Leicester a place to call home and hope for the future. 

To assist in the management of Crossroads Care services, co-operating with statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a service for carers and their families in line with the aims, objectives, policies and standards of the organisation.

To assist the Care Manager toensure Crossroads clients receive a reliable and efficient care support service, that Care Support Workers have the administrative back up to concentrate on care provision.

• Client referrals and waiting list
• Visit clients to do risk assessment / reassessments / care plans
• Ensure client needs are matched with CSW competence to ensure high quality support and access to much needed breaks for Carers
• Scheduling of client visits, preparing and distributing rotas.Ensure CSW’s knows where to go and what to expect and the clients are properly informed in time to make their respite plans
• Assist in the monitoring of the service being delivered both core and projects by gathering client and CSW feedback and working closely with Senior CSW’s and Project Leads
• maintaining recording systems in accordance with administrative procedure
• monitoring referrals in accordance with Crossroads Care policies and procedures
• ensuring care plans are prepared, implemented and monitored
• ensuring that care is delivered to families making efficient and effective use of the resources available to the organisation, the care budget and within the Crossroads Care criteria
• making referrals to other agencies as appropriate
• Monitor and manage the day to day demands made upon the service and work with the Care Manager to develop the service
• Highlight and report any areas of concern, especially in health and safety issues

Staff Benefits 

Carer Car Park Pass

Reduction in gym membership

Carers discount

Staff events 

Staff massages and well being packages

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Disability Advice Service Lambeth (dasl) is Lambeth’s leading pan-impairment Disabled People’s Organisation. We provide a wide range of services to Disabled people in Lambeth, including advice, information, professional advocacy, direct payments support, community development, sports and social activities and peer support services.

The Smashing Records Coordinator will be part of the Community Development Team and will report to the Community Development Assistant Team Leader. The team works with Disabled people to help them be active in their communities through sports, social and creative activities including our weekly radio show Smashing Records.  

We are seeking to appoint a Smashing Records Coordinator as soon as possible to:

• Lead on the delivery of radio and audio content for dasl.
• Coordinate, develop and promote dasl’s weekly radio show Smashing Records.
• Work with dasl members and volunteers in particular Visually Impaired People to produce podcasts.
• Contribute to other community projects as part of the Community Development Team.

We are looking for someone with an understanding of, and commitment to, the Social Model of Disability and Disability Rights. You should have at least two years’ experience, either in a paid or unpaid capacity, of working with Disabled people in particular Visually Impaired people.

dasl is an Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and particularly from Disabled people. Our office at “we are 336”, 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA is fully accessible.  However, all staff are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, so applicants will need to be able to work from home.

Closing date: 21st May 2021

Interviews: 27th May 2021

Please note: interviews will be held online by video conferencing

Dual Diagnosis Coordinator

Location: Camden/ Islington

Salary: £24,627 - £29,000 annum

Application Deadline: 23 May 2021

Job Summary 

The Service

We have exciting new Rough Sleeper Projects launching in Camden & Islington.  The project will provide coordinated and wrap around care to rough sleepers/street active individuals with substance misuse issues. 

We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, caring, person centred and passionate about supporting people with multiple needs. Essential to this role is the drive to support individuals to navigate often complex systems to get the support they need for substance misuse and their mental health condition.

The successful candidate will develop a new and exciting partnerships with mental health services, outreach/housing service to support those service users with a dual diagnosis and housing needs, bringing together the key aspects of housing, stability and mental wellness.

The Role

• Conduct street outreach to engage/reengage homeless individuals misusing substances. 
• Deliver street-based interventions. 
• Engage and build relationships with individuals who are rough sleepers/street active.
• Street-based needs assessments/harm reduction advice – including Naloxone distribution.
• Develop robust pathways between mental health and outreach/housing services. 
• Support access/re-engagement with local treatment provider.
• Support Opiate users with rapid prescribing access with use of virtual prescribing clinics.
• Manage a case load of service users with complex needs, including substance misuse and mental health conditions, working with partner agencies to support them to become stable and ready to engage with local treatment providers.
• Work in collaboration with Housing teams, local authority, and other treatment agencies to minimise the prevalence of street drinking and anti-social behaviour by supporting people into treatment

 Conditions

• Salary band of £24,627 - £29,000 annum
• Fixed Term- 31st March 2022
• 37.5 hours per week

Location

The job is outreach based. There are projects will be based in the boroughs of Camden & Islington.

Why Should You Apply? 

• Exciting and innovative field
• Excellent training opportunities
• Strong performance culture

Interested?

For an informal chat about the role, contact, Eleanor Lyden-Vieten, Service Development Manager. (please see contact details on our website).

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 23rd May 2021 at 00:00am 

Interviews are likely to take place via Zoom, to support social distancing.

WDP and Our Values

WDP is an innovative behaviour change charity.  We facilitate long-lasting transformation in people’s lives to improve health, wellbeing and social integration.  We work across the fields of substance misuse, young person’s support, employability, sexual health and inpatient services.

All staff are required to work to WDP’s four values:

●Entrepreneurial

●In partnership

●Strong belief in service users

●Community focused

• Diversity and Equality 
  • WDP are a committed equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from disabled candidates, and those form minority ethnic backgrounds.
• Safeguarding 
  • WDP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• DBS 
  • All posts are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check prior to the confirmation of any job offer.