Recovery worker; substance misuse; casework; Luton

Your new company
You will be joining an established organisation which places the service user at the heart of everything they do. This organisation is focused on supporting vulnerable people in the community. This organisation primarily supports service users are whose lives have been held back by a range of social deprivation.

Your new role

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Managing large caseloads in excess of 75
• Must have experience working within a prescribing service with clients addicted to Opiate Substances.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral;
• Must have worked and have experience with prescribing practices and clients addicted to opiate substances;
• Managing large caseload of clients who are addicted to opiate substances;
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community;
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement;
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services;
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination

What you'll need to succeed

• Must have experience working within substance misuse services
• Must have Hays Enhanced DBS or registered on the Update Portal
• Available within a weeks notice

What you'll get in return

• Full time Hours 37.5 per week
• 3 Month contract
• Weekly Pay

What you need to do now

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Founded in 1967 by Lord Longford to address the needs of young people who were involved in drug abuse in the West End of London, New Horizon Youth Centre continues today to work with the most vulnerable and at risk young people.

In the autumn of 1994, we moved from Covent Garden to our current premises in the Somers Town area. We are ideally situated between the mainline stations of Kings Cross and Euston to meet both the needs of Londoners and of those coming into the capital from the UK and beyond. Over the past 20 years in this location we have empowered and enabled 20,000 young people to address their multiple issues and to move on in their lives. 

Our Mission  

To enable homeless and young vulnerable people to achieve independence and positive futures

We deliver this mission through four strategic objectives:

• Provision: offering a high quality, one stop shop of services at our drop in centre and through our outreach team
• Places: brokering places for young people to stay in the short term or call home in the long term
• Partnerships: working with funders, policy makers and sector partners to raise awareness of and investment in homeless young people
• Platform: sustaining a well-run organisation that is a great place to work.

Our values

• Starting with strengths – we trust and see the best in each other 
• Collaboration – because we are all stronger when we work together with diverse people and organisations
• Responsiveness – because the world changes, we change and what young people need and want changes
• Being our word – we do what we say we will because the young people we support, our team and our partners deserve nothing less.

The key objectives of the post are:

• To increase accommodation options for young people through NHYC’s own accommodation projects
• To support homeless young people in maintaining their accommodation and into successful and timely move-on
• To provide housing management expertise and resettlement support across NHYC accommodation projects

The role of Digital Engagement Worker is brand new and we’re looking for a digital specialist who is creative, thoughtful and willing to lead us on a digital journey which will result in us making sure we reach more young dads and expectant fathers.

We want to develop a new digital service (digiDad) that allows us to support young dads who have been marginalised through social and economic deprivation and situations beyond their control - like homelessness, poverty, benefit sanctions, NEET status, school exclusion, domestic abuse, relationship breakdown and mental illness.

You’ll be our lead on ‘digiDad’, trialing new digital solutions and making sure that co-production is at the heart of our new digital service.

You’ll also use your digital skills to promote the charity, providing content and strategy that reaches our key audiences online and positions us as a disrupter in this type of service delivery.

Application Process:
CV and covering letter (2x sides of A4 maximum). Please include two references in your application.

We will have a practical presentation element to our interview process.

Please note, we will not consider applications that do not send a covering letter that relates to our charity and our work. We need you to be passionate about what we do. Early submission is advisable as the charity will close to new applications once an agreed threshold has been met.

Who we are

Community Links is a social action charity, rooted in east London.  Our vision is Ready for Everything Communities. Our mission is to support people in coming together, overcoming barriers, building purpose and making the most of the place they live in. From our base in east London, we apply the learning from our local work to influence and achieve positive national change. 

Our team delivers a diverse range of projects for 5000 people every year drawing on 40 years of experience working with children, young people and adults.

Community links are proud to be part of the Catch22 group. Catch22 exist to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. We improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.
 

Job Description

We are looking for a Project Worker - Mental Health to be responsible for establishing and co-ordinating the day-to-day running of this exciting, new, mental health, crisis prevention programme. Your project sits within our established, social worker-led, Help through Crisis Service and aims to meet the surge in Covid-19 related mental health crisis impacting Newham residents. 

You will be responsible for delivering outreach work, facilitating peer support groups and wellbeing activities, and leading on the provision of signposting and information on local mental health and care services. In order to maximise our reach, you will lead on the recruitment, development and retention of volunteers, primarily Community Mental Health Champions, to raise awareness of mental health and break down barriers to accessing support.
 

Main Duties & Accountabilites

As a Community Engagement Officer, you will:

Engagement and Outreach

• Provide a new community outreach element to target ‘hard to reach’ groups who would traditionally be less likely to access formal mental health support.
• Create interesting wellbeing activities and virtual spaces for our Community Champions and service users and community to come together, advocate for service users, and lead peer to peer support groups.
• Lead on the recruitment, training and support of Community Mental Health Champions, including those with lived experience of mental health difficulties, who will contribute towards project activity.

Information and signposting

• Lead on the provision of mental health related referrals from our programmes and partner organisations across east London helping rapidly connect people presenting with signs of mental health concerns with appropriate support, both internally and externally.
• Adapt services to a mixed-delivery model for remote and in-person support as lockdown restrictions change.
• Lead on the provision of signposting and information to Newham residents connecting them to our services, activities, partners, Primary Care Network embedded Community Connectors and mental health café provider Hestia.

Intelligence, organisational relationships and influence

• Collecting data and reporting on outcomes for service users using a standardised, outcome measure framework in order to understand the impact of the project, and identify learning to inform future development.
• Act as an ambassador for Community Links and champion mental health at all opportunities.
• Meet individual project level targets as set out by the Programme Manager.
• Actively monitor and evaluate the quality of the work undertaken; seeking feedback regularly and looking for opportunities to learn and improve.

• Keep up-to-date with local, regional and national developments in (mental) health, social care and safeguarding adults at risk.
• Develop relationships with statutory partners and local voluntary and community organisations to facilitate channels of communication, share information, learning and good practice.
• Assist in the establishment and coordinate a new, dynamic internal Mental Health working group
   

Person Specification

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a professional qualification or significant experience in a related field, such as: mental health, nursing, social work, voluntary sector, teaching or providing health and wellbeing activities within a mental health framework.

Knowledge;

• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and an ability to react appropriately and consult with the relevant professionals when a safeguarding concern arises.

• Understanding of the forms and impact of mental illness, including the barriers to accessing support and treatment and recovery principles.

• Knowledge of appropriate ways to seek the views and knowledge of stakeholder groups, including people with lived experience of these issues.

• Commitment to tackling inequalities, and appreciation for the challenges faced by disadvantaged communities and those from diverse seldom heard backgrounds.

• Good knowledge of the health and social care system, ideally locally, and how people can best navigate the system and seek support.

Experience;

• Experience of working in a mental health crisis prevention role or with individuals experiencing mental health difficulties
• Facilitating health and wellbeing activities.
• A track record of providing excellent service to all beneficiaries who will use the service by offering high standards of care at all times and the ability to meet organisational standards in the provision of a responsive service.
• Experience of group facilitation in a relevant field.
• Experience of working in partnership and co-production in the field of mental health.
• Experience of confidently and sensitively supporting people facing difficult circumstances.
• Experience of employing evidence-based evaluation tools and methods to measure the impact of a service.  

Fixed term contract until 31/08/2021.

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge to work within a charity that provides support to young people?

The Benjamin Foundation, founded in 1994, helps around 2,000 people per year through difficult times by providing them with hope, opportunity, stability and independence. Our service in Ipswich is a supervised accommodation centre, staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week for vulnerable young people, aged 16-18, who require a bespoke support package to support them with the transition from a children’s or foster home towards independent living.

The Benjamin Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required for successful applicants.

The Benjamin Foundation embeds the Nurtured Heart Approach ® which creates strong and improved relationships by focusing on positive behaviour rather than energising negativity, providing clear rules and consequences, creating an environment in which people thrive.

The position includes lone working, weekends, evenings, sleeps ins and on call on a rota basis. Applicants must be able to drive and have access to a car.

Recovery Worker

Substance misuse; recovery worker; prescribing

Your new company

You will be joining an established organisation which places the service user at the heart of everything they do. This organisation is focused on supporting vulnerable people in the community. This organisation primarily supports service users are whose lives have been held back by a range of social deprivation

Your new role

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey;
• Managing large caseloads in excess of 60
• Must have experience working within a prescribing service with clients addicted to Opiate Substances.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral;
• Must have worked and have experience with prescribing practices and clients addicted to opiate substances;
• Managing large caseload of clients who are addicted to opiate substances;
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community;
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement;
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services;
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination

What you'll need to succeed

• Must have experience working within substance misuse services
• Must have Hays Enhanced DBS or registered on the Update Portal
• Available within a weeks notice

What you'll get in return

Full time hours
Weekly pay

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Head of Family Support

Would you like the opportunity to lead the development and delivery of our family support service and have a lasting impact on the issues surrounding gambling related suicide?

Background

Gambling with Lives was set up by the families and friends of young people who had taken their own lives as a direct result of gambling. These were all very normal, bright, popular and happy young folk who had great futures ahead of them … gambling was their only problem.

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Research indicates that there are between 250 and 650 gambling related suicides every year in the UK … a minimum of one every working day.

​Gambling with Lives aims to:

• Improve mental health and save lives through raising awareness of the risks to health of gambling
• Provide support to the family and friends of the victims of gambling related suicide and those suffering gambling addiction

Appointment of a Head of Family Support

The Charity’s family support service is currently delivered by a combination of trustees and freelance therapists. However, as more families have approached the Charity a dedicated staff team has become required. 

We are searching for a Head of Family Support who can lead the development and delivery of the service.

The Head of Family Support will quickly become the link between families, the Charity and its delivery partners. To fulfil that function s/he will require strong levels of empathy, highly developed interpersonal skills, a good understanding of counselling practice and the management of a therapeutic team, experience of managing legal advisors, and knowledge of press engagement strategies. 

This role presents an opportunity to work with an organisation at a crucial and exciting point in its development. We are looking for a Head of Family Support who shares our passion for the work we are doing. If you want to play a leading part in shaping the future of our services, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please download the candidate information pack for further information before you apply. Application is by CV and a covering letter which should indicate why you are interested in applying for the role and how you meet the role requirements.  

The closing date for applications is Sunday 6th September.  Shortlisted candidates will interview with GwL in the week commencing 14th September, followed by a second round of interviews with candidates who have progressed to the next stage in the week commencing 28th September.

Post Title: Mental Health Support and Liaison Worker

(Rough Sleeper Initiative)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £24,000

Location: Aylesbury

Hours of Work:  Full-Time 37 hours per week

(Monday – Thursday 9am – 5pm, Friday 9am -4.30pm)

ABOUT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MIND

Buckinghamshire Mind shares National Mind’s vision: “We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.”  It remains our mission to deliver high quality community-based services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.

Background information: Rough Sleeper Initiative

Buckinghamshire Mind is working together with Buckinghamshire County Council and partner organisations - Aylesbury Homeless Action Group, Connections, Oasis and Oxford Health on a Rough Sleeper Initiative: delivering an enhanced support service for rough sleepers. The partnership was put together following a rough sleeper survey/estimate that was carried out in November 2017, at that time 20 rough sleepers were identified and verified as genuinely sleeping outside in the Aylesbury Vale area.  This is the third year of the initiative and the partners are now looking to increase the amount of mental health support available to those who are currently rough sleeping or are in temporary accommodation.

Purpose of role

• To treat service users, who are vulnerable in terms of mental health, with respect and care
• To provide personalised asset-based support
• To improve mental well-being and prevent mental health crises becoming a barrier to long term housing solutions.
• To introduce and encourage the use of resources, techniques and services -appropriate to personal need and circumstances
• To increase the independence and mental health crisis/recovery self-management skills of those people accessing the service.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate appropriately and effectively with service users who may sometimes be in distress.
• Coproduce and develop quality, relevant person-centred support/safety plans and risk assessments ensuring high levels of input and ownership from service users where possible.
• Provide person-centred emotional support and practical assistance as required.
• Ensure that all work is carried out in a non-judgemental manner, is needs/service user led, and that professional boundaries and confidentiality are maintained at all times.
• Ensure that support plans and risk assessments are updated at planned review dates and as necessary.
• Deliver therapeutic provision (e.g. counselling) as appropriate.
• Plan detailed endings in consultation with all service users who no longer require support.
• Demonstrate effective teamwork with other Rough Sleeper Initiative team colleagues.
• Recognise, challenge and be responsive to stigma and discrimination of all kinds.
• Represent Buckinghamshire Mind in a professional and appropriate manner always.
• Work creatively, looking at new possibilities, bringing new ideas to the Rough Sleeper Initiative team and respond appropriately to the needs and views of both current and potential service users
• Empower service users to be independent and motivated and assist them in reaching their full potential. 

Working with others:

• Develop effective working relationships with relevant community groups and statutory agencies and other organizations
• Provide information requested by internal and external stakeholders accurately and on time.
•  Attend project case conferences about the service users you are working with as appropriate.
• Fully utilise peer support opportunities with Oxford Health Clinician and use learning to improve role skills.
• Liaise with other service providers, both statutory and non-statutory, to ensure service users can access and use all appropriate services to meet their needs.
• Actively and positively promote the work of Buckinghamshire Mind and the Rough Sleeper Initiative to relevant local agencies.

Administration:

• Maintain administration processes and tools for planning, monitoring and supporting service user support plans.
• Maintain accurate notes and records of meetings and agreed tasks/actions arising from the support plan of service users.
• Manage record systems in accordance with established procedures.

Health & Safety:

• Ensure that vulnerable adults are safeguarded from abuse and that all relevant procedures are followed as appropriate.
• Work in accordance with Buckinghamshire Mind’s health and safety policy and procedure, taking action to ensure own safety and that of service users.

Other:

• To work within Buckinghamshire Mind’s policies and procedures including; Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Equal Opportunities, Service User Involvement, Health and Safety and Professional Boundaries.
• To keep informed about other projects, events and related issues regarding Buckinghamshire Mind.
• To prepare for supervision and use it effectively.
• To keep line manager up to date and informed.
• To work in a flexible way to take on other responsibilities as appropriate
• Participate in individual performance reviews and 121s and respond to agreed objectives.
• Attend and be an active participant in team meetings, team training and other internal meetings etc.
• Attend external meetings, forums, conferences, training etc. as required by Buckinghamshire Mind and the Rough Sleeper Initiative team.
• Be aware of professional standards expected in the service, in terms of holistic person-centred delivery, required ongoing personal and professional development.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, procedures, recommendations and guidelines in relation to Mental Health, and Welfare Rights and keep informed of advances/developments in Tenancy issues for mental health problems.

Person Specification

Candidates are required to meet all the essential conditions and requirements listed (E) and the majority of the desired requirements (D). Please refer to these requirements in your supporting statement as they will be used to help select candidates for interview.

Experience and Qualifications

• Counselling qualification Level 4 or above (If holding a professional qualification to maintain Up-to-date professional registration i.e.  BACP) (E)
• Experience of providing a support service to adults with mental health difficulties. (E)
• Experience of supporting people in emotional distress (E)

• Experience of working with individuals with suicidal ideation (serious thoughts about taking one's own life), suicide plans and suicide attempts. (E)
• Practical experience of assessment, support/safety planning and advocacy with people requiring mental health support.  (E)
• Experience of counselling individuals (E)
• Mental Health First Aid and/or Suicide Prevention training (D)
• Experience of working with adults to enhance and promote independent living skills. (D)
• Experience of providing housing advice and support to people living in temporary accommodation. (D)
• Experience of working in multi – disciplinary teams to support adults (D)

Knowledge and Skills

• Good understanding of homelessness and mental health (E)
• Empathy and sensitivity to the needs of people with mental health difficulties (E)

• Ability to recognise and support the personal resourcefulness of people with mental illness to enable service users to create effective solutions (E)
• Ability to deal effectively and calmly with challenging situations. (E)
• Ability to respond appropriately to people in distress and maintain appropriate boundaries. (E)
• Discretion and judgment when dealing with sensitive and/or confidential information. (E)
• Knowledge and understanding of the relevant statutory authorities including NHS and social care. (E)
• Ability to prioritise your own workload, manage time effectively and work autonomously. (E)
• Ensure the wellbeing and safety of service users, reporting any concerns to your line manager. (E)
• Knowledge of welfare benefits including Housing benefits (D)

Communication and Interpersonal skills

• Good level of IT skills including Microsoft Office and Outlook (E)
• Good verbal communication and interpersonal skills (E)
• Effective team worker with ability to take initiative and work on an individual basis (E)
• Experience and understanding of the importance of team working. (E)
• Well-developed negotiating, influencing and conflict resolution skills (D)
• Ability to use the support and supervision provided effectively (E)

Other

• Commitment to service user involvement and able to work with service user groups to develop this.  (E)
• Is committed to working in an anti-oppressive way and striving to create equal opportunities for all people (E)
• Perform all other duties as may reasonably be expected by your line manager. (E)
• To keep informed about other projects, events and related issues regarding Buckinghamshire Mind. (E)
• To prepare for supervision and use it effectively. (E)
• To keep line manager up to date and informed. (E)
• Commitment to working within the policies of Buckinghamshire Mind including equal opportunities, Safeguarding, GDPR and confidentiality. (E)

Employee Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2 wellbeing days pro rata

• Training and development opportunities
• Sodexo employee benefits - access to a portal with discounts on supermarket shops, holidays, high-street shops, days out, cinema and gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme – free professional confidential counselling
• Childcare vouchers
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Flu vaccinations
• Free eye tests
• Pension: Auto Enrolment (currently 3% employee contribution, 3% employer contribution

Applications: Please send –

Supporting Statement and CV, detailing your skills and experience that meet the job requirements.  The short-listing panel make their decisions based on this information and no assumptions about your skills or experience will be made.

Closing date for applications is Friday 21st August 2020

Interviews expected to take place w/c 24th August

Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

£27,276 – £31,560 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) - 6 month fixed term contract 

Camberwell or Holloway Road, London

Ref: MHP-202

Are you a relevantly qualified individual with experience of working with trauma and in trauma-informed services/organizations’ where you provided one-to-one support to adults with multiple and/or complex needs to address mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties?

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Mental Health Professional to join our Peer Advisor Network & Peer Circles team that delivers vital services at a particularly challenging and difficult time.

About St Giles Trust 

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. 

Peer-led services form the backbone of our work. Our Peer Advisor Programme includes several community-based Hubs that develop and train Peer Advisors linking them with St Giles services and local partner organisations. We’re also in the 2nd year of an NLCF-funded project delivering through hubs across the UK as part of the Peer Advisor Network, while Peer Circles helps people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage to improve their employability and progress towards positive and stable lives. In response to COVID19, we have recently been awarded a 6 month ‘top up’ grant that will enable us to meet our significantly increased needs.

About this vital role

Working closely with hub teams, we’ll rely on you to identify peer advisors/clients who need extra mental health support and advise on actions that will support the client to manage mental health challenges and progress. You’ll also be responsible for enabling Peer Circles’ clients and Peer Advisors to progress with, and achieve, their goals on wellbeing, learning and routes to future employment. This will involve regularly working one-to-one with them to develop healthy coping mechanisms for mental health difficulties, and addressing any underlying trauma, specific concerns, challenges and mental health difficulties arising from COVID19. 

What we are looking for:

• A counselling, psychotherapy, or psychology qualification at Postgraduate level and membership of a professional organisation or relevant professional body (BACP or BABCP)

• Experience of working with socially excluded adults and awareness of the issues faced by our client group, including the barriers faced when starting employment

• A track record of delivering support in a system of wider support, training, and development that involved working effectively with colleagues across the organization, often in different locations

• A proven ability to provide psychological and therapeutic frameworks that enable individuals to progress towards their goals, tailoring support to individual needs as appropriate

• Someone who is passionate and has the communication skills to build successful relationships with partners and specialist support organisations, especially in the mental health sector 

• Experience of providing support remotely, by phone and online 

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 more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 11pm, 12th August 2020. Interviews: 15th July 2020 (due to the current situation, interviews will be held via video)

About the APPG on Malaria & NTDs

Established in 2005, the APPG on Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG) has an established history of actively engaging UK parliamentarians on the issues of malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The APPMG facilitates and implements an active calendar of parliamentary and public events, policy briefings to support parliamentary debates and specialist meetings to inform and mobilise UK parliamentarians in support of priorities and policies that will accelerate progress against malaria and NTDs.

The priorities of the APPMG are guided by the Chair and Officers of the group, all sitting MPs and Peers in Westminster, and implemented with support from a part-time Coordinator to provide parliamentary and policy advice and administrative functions. The APPMG benefits from an active base of expert stakeholders from across academia, research, multilateral organisations, industry and the private sector as well as civil society. This is a significant resource to the APPMG in understanding and working to highlight key opportunities to engage parliamentarians on a wide range of topics from access to medicines, R&D for new tools, aid architecture, funding gaps, to evidence-based policy to inform control and elimination programmes.

In 2020, the APPMG is looking for an enthusiastic self-starter to fill the role of Coordinator. The candidate will support the secretariat function of the APPMG across the issues of malaria and NTDs, actively engaging with UK parliamentarians, expert stakeholders and networks including the UK Malaria Advocates and the UK Coalition against Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Role of the Coordinator

The APPMG Coordinator will act on behalf of the best interests of the Chair, Officers, and parliamentary members. The agenda of the APPMG will be driven by the Chair and Officers with input from and consultation with the external malaria and NTDs stakeholders as and when needed. The Coordinator will maintain regular contact with all external partner organisations to ensure broad and unbiased representation of the malaria and NTDs communities. The Coordinator will be required to work alongside the APPMG Chair and Officers to raise the political profile of malaria and NTDs with UK policy and decision makers and grow parliamentary support for the fight against malaria and NTDs.

Reporting

The Coordinator will be employed and line managed by and administratively accountable to Malaria No More UK. The Coordinator is functionally responsible to the APPMG Chair and Officers to execute the approved strategy and workplan.

Key responsibilities

Stakeholder engagement:

• Liaise with expert stakeholders to understand the key threat to progress on malaria and NTDs and the implementation of UK government policy in support of these issues.
• Collaborate and partner with expert stakeholders to strengthen parliamentary discussions with recommended content and guest speakers.

Parliamentary and policy advice:

• Identify potential APPMG priorities and share policy advice to inform the APPMG Chair and Officers on annual themes to be addressed in APPMG activities.
• Liaise with parliamentarians personally and develop and maintain a broad network of external contacts.
• Lead the organisation of parliamentary events and meetings focusing on key issues relating to malaria and NTDs and bringing together experts and parliamentarians, including logistics, agendas, and briefing materials.
• Support parliamentarians through the drafting of letter correspondence to relevant parliamentary targets; briefing papers ahead of parliamentary debates; circulating regular updates to parliamentary members and the wider malaria and NTD community on APPMG activities.
• Prepare speech remarks upon request to support APPMG parliamentary members and visiting dignitaries to APPMG events.
• Lead/support the preparation of an annual report on the activities of the APPMG, and other specialist reports based on discussion with APPMG Chair and expert stakeholders.
• Lead the organisation of field visits for parliamentarians to see international programmes tackling malaria and NTDs first-hand.

Administrative, strategy and planning:

• Development of a Chair and Officers approved annual workplan and oversight of the APPMG’s budget.
• Monitor and regularly report to the APPMG Chair and Officers on progress against the strategy and workplan.
• Financial reporting and basic accounting.
• Ensure strategic and operational plans fall within available budget and escalate to the APPMG Chair and Officers when there are concerns about the financial viability of being able to execute the workplan.
• Effective communication and lead renewal/revisions of MoUs with financial donors where required.
• Liaise with financial donors to cultivate continued support to the APPMG.
• Identify opportunities to grow and strengthen the APPMG.
• Ensure compliance with all APPG protocols and reporting requirements with the APPG Register.

Communications:

• Prepare press releases when relevant, update the website when needed and manage the APPMG’s social media accounts.
• Effectively communicate between the Chair, Officers, members, and external stakeholders.

Person specification

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the UK parliamentary system
• Experience of parliamentary affairs
• An understanding of global dialogue on the Sustainable Development Goals
• Experience in international public health/development programs
• Excellent writing and critical analysis skills
• Excellent communication skills to build collaborative relationships and supportive engagement with stakeholders
• High attention to detail and quality
• A strong commitment to partnership and a collaborative approach
• Ability to undertake domestic and international travel agreed upon with the APPMG Chair and Officers

Desirable

• Experience in malaria and/or neglected tropical disease programmes/policy engagement/communications
• Experience of communicating science to a non-scientific audience
• Knowledge of website editing
• Knowledge of print production and use of online/social media
• Lived experience of malaria and/or NTDs

Staff benefits include:

• 10% employer pension contributions
• 28 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holiday days

To apply, please send your CV together with a supporting statement detailing why you are interested in this position and how your skills and experience fit the person specification above

MNMUK recognises the value of a team in which people from diverse backgrounds are able to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to delivering our mission to make Malaria No More. Candidates from historically marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Upon appointment you will be required to comply with the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, undertaken by the Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO). See Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO) page for further info.

Closing date for applications: 17th August 2020

The East European Resource Centre (EERC) is seeking two Welfare Advisers to join our fantastic team – one Romanian-speaking and one Polish-speaking. 

The roles will be part time and for a fixed term – four days per week until 31 January 2021.

This Welfare Advisers will provide crucial support to users in understanding their rights and accessing their entitlements. The main duties will be:

• Outreach and information to Eastern Europeans in the UK
• Advice and casework around welfare benefits and housing applications
• Peer review of colleagues’ casework

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in assessing and supporting users to apply for welfare benefits. Though not essential, experience working with vulnerable users would be useful. 

Please note: this post-holder will liaise with users who are unlikely to speak good or any English, might struggle with literacy, and have experienced disadvantage and trauma. Therefore, we request a fluent or very good Romanian- or Polish-speaker for this role.

Deadline: 9am on Tuesday 25 August

How to apply: Please complete an application form and email to EERC as per instructions in job pack. Please note CVs will not be accepted. 

Salary: £19,621 - £22,821 dependent on qualifications and experience.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Fixed term contract to cover maternity leave

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS Check and Police Vetting 

Freeva are a registered charity working towards reducing domestic violence, rape and sexual assault in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. Our vision is to aspire to live in a society where everyone is free from violence and abuse.

We are looking for a highly motivated Children's Independent Sexual Violence Adviser to join our existing accredited ISVA team to provide pro-active advocacy, emotional and practical support to children and young people who have experienced rape, sexual exploitation, sexual coercion or sexual abuse.

Main purposes of the post

To provide pro-active services to children and young people (aged 0 – 18) who have been victims of sexual abuse and/or rape within and outside the criminal justice system. 

Specialist Male/LGBT Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA)

Salary: £19,621 - £22,221 dependent on qualifications and experience.

Hours: 37 hours per week

With occasional weekends and evenings as and when the organisation requires (flexi-scheme available)

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS Check and Police Vetting 

Freeva are a registered charity working towards reducing domestic violence, rape and sexual assault in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. Our vision is to aspire to live in a society where everyone is free from violence and abuse.

We are looking for a highly motivated Male/LGBT Independent Sexual Violence Adviser to join our existing ISVA team to provide emotional and practical support to people who have experienced rape or sexual abuse

To provide pro-active services to adult victims of sexual violence within and outside the criminal justice to:

a) Risk assess clients and help clients keep safe

b) Ensure clients are aware of their options in relation to the recording and reporting of sexual assault

c) Help clients access their rights that they are entitled to including access to health and other services that they require

d) Monitor and keep clients informed of case progress e) To ensure that the support is working to internal and multi-agency best practice guidelines; with the aim of increasing victim satisfaction, decreasing re-victimisation, ensuring victims have access to appropriate and timely support, explore reporting options and a reduction in victim withdrawals from the criminal justice process where appropriate

Adult and Young Person’s Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVA) 

Salary: £19,621 - £22,221 dependent on qualifications and experience.

Hours: 37 hours per week

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS Check and Police Vetting 

Freeva are a registered charity working towards reducing domestic violence, rape and sexual assault in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. Our vision is to aspire to live in a society where everyone is free from violence and abuse.

We are looking for three highly motivated Independent Sexual Violence Advisers to join our existing accredited ISVA team and provide emotional and practical support to people who have experienced rape or sexual abuse.

Main purposes of the post; 

To provide pro-active services to adult victims of sexual violence within and outside the criminal justice to:

a) Risk assess clients and help clients keep safe

b) Ensure clients are aware of their options in relation to the recording and reporting of sexual assault

c) Help clients access their rights that they are entitled to including access to health and other services that they require

d) Monitor and keep clients informed of case progress

e) To ensure that the support is working to internal and multi-agency best practice guidelines; with the aim of increasing victim satisfaction, decreasing re-victimisation, ensuring victims have access to appropriate and timely support, explore reporting options and a reduction in victim withdrawals from the criminal justice process where appropriate