About us

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role

We’re incredibly proud of the work we do at Crisis Skylight Croydon. It’s a dynamic and busy service which plays a vital role in the ending of homelessness in the borough. Our team have an extensive knowledge of support routes out of homelessness and we offer high quality support, information and education to our members.

This role will be managing our dedicated progression team and will have oversight of all aspects of progression service delivery within our Skylight service and externally in the borough. You will be directly responsible for the line management of a number of staff and will deputise for the Director where necessary. This is a rewarding opportunity in a fantastic team.

Knowledge/Skills and Experience:

About you

Naturally, we’re looking for an empathy and understanding of the barriers to progression our members face. You will have experience managing a team who provide high quality coaching and advice and an ability to develop our staff in effective case management. We’re looking for sound financial management experience and well-rounded relationship building skills. If you have the skills to lead and support our team as we strive to end homelessness for good, we’d love to hear from you!

Person Specification
Essential
1 Experience of managing high quality coaching and advice, information and guidance service and the ability to review and develop services to meet Matrix and internal Crisis standards
2 Empathy and understanding of the barriers to progression faced by homeless people including mental health issues, and awareness of ways to over-coming them
3 Ability to build and manage successful relationships with external agencies and relevant service providers
4 Ability and confidence to consult and use own initiative to take decisions as appropriate
5 Demonstrable experience of setting and monitoring key performance indicators and controlling allocated team budgets, using management reporting systems to produce relevant report
6 Demonstrable experience of managing and developing staff in effective case management, including driving targets and allocating staff resources effectively
7 Demonstrable experience of supporting a team working with vulnerable members with multiple and complex needs to end their homelessness
8 Sound budgetary, management and financial control experience
9 Excellent interpersonal skills, including oral and written communication skills
10 Proficient in the use Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, & Outlook), databases and the internet
11 Sound knowledge of health and safety issues and safeguarding procedures to ensure a safe environment is provided for members, staff, volunteers, supporters and visitors
12 Commitment to Crisis’ purpose and values including equality and social inclusion and delivering services in a psychologically informed environment; including leading reflective practice sessions

Desirable
· Excellent knowledge of homelessness legislation, including the Homelessness Reduction Act.
· Excellent knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and safeguarding of vulnerable adults

How to apply

If you are as excited by this opportunity as we are, please visit our website to apply online.

If you need any assistance please contact the HR Team, details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Monday 7 October 2019
Interview date: Monday 18 October 2019

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094 

Leap works with young people, giving them the skills to manage conflict in their own lives, reduce violence in their communities and help lead our society.

Progression Routes role supports young people from Improving Prospects, Leadership and Enterprise and Power UP! programmes at Leap. It provides education, employment and personal development support to young people to achieve their goals. The role offers one to one support, group sessions and signposting into opportunities.

This role consists of creating and managing progression routes for young people who have graduated from Leap’s training programmes, as well as building internal opportunities to volunteering and gain work experience. Young people will complete training from our programmes mentioned above and from this will have the option to continue gaining support from our progressions officer in identifying their next step. Next steps may involve building soft skills to then successfully sustain getting back into education/employment/further training or even exposure to different vocational paths.

A major part of this role will be building relationships and networks with partners who are best placed in offering quality opportunities for young people who are in need of specific outcomes.

Benefits: 

• A generous pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution
• Flexible working with core hours between 10am – 4pm, Mon-Fri
• 25 days leave
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme available
• Leap is conveniently located within a short walk from Finsbury Park tube and mainline railway station.

You will be required to work at times from Leap’s South London Office in Camberwell, SE5 and at various external sites undertaking activities with young people.

How to apply: 

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

Closing date for applications: 5pm Monday 30th September 2019

Ex-offenders are invited and encouraged to apply.

Leap Confronting Conflict are a London Living Wage Employer. 

At Depaul UK we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Progression Coach to come and join our team in the Wallsend. You will join us on a part time basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £19,608 per annum FTE + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialise in the provision of services that: prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work within.

In return as our Progression Coach, you'll be joining a friendly, flexible and values-led organisation, and will receive:

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Progression Coach role:

You will be delivering an assessment, support and move on service to vulnerable clients in supported or community based accommodation. 

Additionally you will be responsible for ensuring the effective and safe management of the service on a day to day basis and hold line management responsibility for a number of staff, volunteers and possibly students on placement, and hold responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of all clients, volunteers, visitors and staff in the service.

What makes this role exciting?

- You will receive a full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’.

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model.

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner.

What will ideally support your success in the Progression Coach role?

- Experience of working with the client group and an understanding of the needs of those who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health and substance use.

- A knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessments and Support Planning.

- Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures.

- An understanding and commitment to working in an assets based way.

- High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain boundaries.

Closing Date:  Sunday 06 October 2019 at  23:59

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Progression Coach then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from unsolicited recruitment or media agencies.

Progression Coach: £25,295 - £28,785

Leicester

5 days / 37.5 hours a week

Are you passionate about learning and employment as a transformational experience for people impacted by homelessness?

St Mungo’s Recovery College is a pioneering service helping some of the most vulnerable people in our society to move forward in their lives and into work. We’re looking for dynamic and committed people to lead our new Recovery College in Leicester.  

It’s an exciting time to join our Recovery College programme. This will be the first Recovery College opened by St Mungo’s in a new area and is part of an initiative to develop new Recovery Colleges across the country.  Read more about this on our website.

The Recovery College will be co-located at the Dawn Centre, and activities also run from other sites, so that it is as accessible as possible to the people who will most benefit.

The College will provide a programme of courses as well as one-to-one support to enable people to progress. Our clients are empowered to design and deliver courses themselves, and to take up volunteering opportunities within the service to gain further experience and confidence.

As the Progression Coach you will be responsible for:

• The engagement and progression of clients at the Recovery College

• Providing high-quality, individualised coaching, enabling clients to achieve personal learning, training and employment goals

• Signing up clients to our activities and referring to external provision and services

• Maintaining positive and effective relationships with volunteers, community groups, service providers and local employers

To succeed, you will have:

• Experience of providing personalised advice, coaching and support to individuals facing homelessness or other forms of social exclusion

• Experience of managing a caseload, keeping meticulous paper and electronic records

Ability to achieve and maintain high quality standards in the delivery of support to a vulnerable client group

In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities in support of their personal and professional development.

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

Closing date:  10.00am, 7 October 2019

Interview and Assessment date: TBC (date will be after 17 October)

Start date for this role: January 2020

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Job title: Community Development Coordinator

Hours: full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary: NJC point 14 (£22,462) to 19 (£24,799)

Responsible to: Community Development Lead

Location: Chorley, with extensive travel to other areas of Lancashire
 
Are you looking for a new challenge? We are piloting an exciting new project working with local communities to improve wellbeing, join us!

Lancashire Mind is the leading mental health charity in Lancashire. Our Community Wellbeing Challenge project, funded by BUPA UK Foundation, aims to bring members of communities together to develop skills, expand their network and take ownership of wellbeing in their community.

The Community Development Coordinator will work with our Community Development Lead to bring people together, plan and deliver activities in order to mobilise 4 sustainable community-led initiatives across the county. The Community Wellbeing Challenge started in 2016 working within schools, and now we want to take our evidenced-based model out into the heart of neighbourhoods and communities across Lancashire.

We seek someone who is a confident and experienced motivator, who can successfully engage members of the community and adapt to the needs of others. An understanding of asset-based community development is necessary for the role and knowledge of barriers to achieving mental wellbeing is important. You will also need experience of monitoring and evaluating projects, gathering evidence for reports and promoting activities via social media.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated team working to achieve mental wellbeing for all. You’ll be making a real difference in Lancashire communities and see first-hand the progress that people make whilst accessing Lancashire Mind services.

Everyone who works for Lancashire Mind is fuelled by a passionate belief that achieving mental wellbeing will reduce the occurrence of mental health conditions and help those with conditions to manage them better and stay well for longer.

In return for your passion and commitment, you'll have access to 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), paid time off for emergencies, a workplace wellbeing scheme, a company sick pay scheme and a range of other benefits.

Lancashire Mind is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly candidates with a lived experience of mental health conditions who fulfil all the criteria within the person specification.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Thursday 26th September 2019.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 9th October 2019 in Chorley. Please reserve this date in your diary because it will not be possible to offer alternative dates.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Supporting vulnerable single adults who have been homeless and who have support needs. The service provides individuals with accommodation and floating support service to ensure that they settle into the service and, sustain their licence. A Support Coordinator will be assigned to the individual who will then provide them with the support they need according to their assessment of needs, their risk assessment and their care/support plan. Working with them to self develop and progress, reaching the targets they have set so that they can move on to being fully independent in the community.

Specifications

You must:

• Have at least a level 2 in Health and Social Care,
• Have knowledge or experience of social care practices and regulations
• Have knowledge and experience in supporting people in the community
• Have excellent communication skills and be able to converse with service users in an appropriate manner. Have confidence in communicating with other community services, and or local authority departments who may be supporting the service user.
• Have an empathetic and understanding nature is vital
• naturally, have an excellent understanding of equality and diversity guidelines
• Understand the importance of confidentiality and be able to apply this to your role
• Able to follow good working practices and procedures.
• Have knowledge and understanding of writing care plans and risk assessments
• Be proficient in recording and reporting, keeping records, updating information on the current systems.
• Be knowledgeable in using IT systems including word and excel and be willing to learn how to use other recording and monitoring systems used to ensure the efficiency of the company.

Job Summary

Are you looking for an exciting new career opportunity that’ll keep you on toes?

· Do you have amazing communication skills?

· Do you have experience in the social care sector?

· Do you thrive under pressure?

· Do you have a good judgement of character?

· Are you self motivated even when working alone?

If successful you will be joining the Floating Support Team who work with vulnerable adults with an array of complex support needs such as mental health, substance and alcohol misuse and homelessness.

Full- time and Part time positions available in a fast-growing organisation available for an immediate start with a competitive salary.

People experiencing homelessness have highly complex health needs resulting in an average of 11 people dying every week; more than a quarter of whom are under 40 years old. #HealthNow is a 4-year partnership funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and led by Groundswell, in partnership with Crisis and Shelter. The project aims to understand and tackle the root causes of Health Inequality for people experiencing homelessness. We’re looking for a self-motivated individual with experience of project management to join us as a #HealthNow Local Coordinator and act as a champion in your local area to really make a difference to people and help change the system.

About #HealthNow
Groundswell has been successful, in partnership with national homelessness charities Crisis and Shelter, in securing a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to take a national approach to overcoming homeless health inequalities. 

The grant will deliver #HealthNow across the UK over the next four years, working towards an inclusive health system where everyone has access to the health care they need; ultimately moving people out of homelessness. This will directly benefit at least 450 people experiencing homelessness as well as 65 volunteers who have previously been homeless. 

Together we will create local #HealthNow alliances in Birmingham, Greater Manchester and Newcastle informed by peer led research to understand and raise awareness of local barriers to accessing healthcare for homeless people. Local #HealthNow alliance members will use this insight to co-produce solutions to overcome homeless health inequalities in their area. Through our partnerships we will deliver frontline Homeless Health Peer Advocacy (HHPA), helping people experiencing homelessness address their physical and mental health needs across Greater Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham. 

The local activities, insight and changes will inform a national #HealthNow alliance leading to nationwide actions being adopted to improve homeless health, ultimately helping people move out of homelessness.

About Crisis
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Crisis Skylight Birmingham provides innovative and exciting projects, opportunities and support for people who are and at risk of being homeless from our Centre in Birmingham and in outreach settings across the region. Our aim is to see homelessness ended in Birmingham and our unique service offer that blends coaching, teaching & learning has sustained and continued positive results for people we work with. It is an exciting time in Crisis Skylight Birmingham as we support homeless people out of homelessness for good in line with our 5-year strategic plan.

About the role
We’ll rely on you to provide a good project management and coordination of volunteers to deliver peer led research and health advocacy which will enable people to get access to the care they need. You’ll also have responsibility for developing a local alliance in your area to plan and deliver on local initiatives to help the system better respond to the health needs of people experiencing homelessness. Helping find, recruit and support volunteers and local stakeholders are all aspects of this interesting, varied and ground-breaking role. You will be part of piloting this new approach and will contribute to a national #HealthNow alliance. 

About you
You’ll need a proven track record of project management and volunteer coordination. We’ll also expect you to have good understanding of the challenges that people face accessing health services when they are homeless. Good communication skills and proficiency using Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, email and the internet are also key. A proactive and collaborative approach is important too, as is the ability to apply creative thinking and introduce new ideas and processes. And, when it comes to communicating with people at all levels and building great working relationships, again, you have what it takes.

How to apply 

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button. 

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: 29 September, 2019 (11.59pm) 

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness. 

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Group and Volunteer Co-ordinator
Chelmsford, Essex

Are you a qualified health and social care professional with independent advocacy training? Want to support the successful expansion of services that are empowering people to take control of their own lives? If so, we want to hear from you. 

About Us

Rethink Mental Illness is a national charity that helps those affected by mental illness. We aim to challenge attitudes and change lives. Currently, we directly support almost 60,000 people every year across England, helping them through crises, to live independently and to realise they are not alone.

Our All Age Advocacy Service provides independent advocacy that empowers people to self-advocate, understand their own rights and speak up for themselves. We support people to build their own skills, confidence and resilience, reducing reliance on services in the future.

We have exciting plans to grow this service by developing a volunteer network and self-advocacy support groups to help more people than ever before. As such, we’re looking for a Group and Volunteer Co-ordinator to join us in Chelmsford.

The Benefits

- Salary of £21,703 - £23,905 per annum
- Pension scheme
- 33 days’ holiday per annum including Bank Holidays
- “Your Rethink Day” – an additional day of leave for your birthday
- Flexible working opportunities
- Employee assistance programme 
- Paid eye test plus up to £55 towards new glasses or lenses (where appropriate)
- Career progression programme to support your professional aspirations 
- Excellent training opportunities

This is a superb opportunity to join an organisation that challenges the stigma, injustice and discrimination experienced by people severely affected by mental illness.

Within a welcoming and supportive environment, you will have the chance to support the delivery of services that help individuals to speak up about the issues that are important to them. 

As an Investors in People Gold accredited organisation, we will provide you with the training and support you need to succeed in your role and make a real difference to people in Essex.

The Role

As a Group and Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will help to recruit volunteers and set-up and develop self-advocacy groups within your region.

Working with the Contract Manager and another Group and Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will:

- Plan and deliver a comprehensive programme of self-advocacy and peer support groups 
- Advertise and market volunteering opportunities
- Communicate with prospective volunteers and match them with viable opportunities
- Create a clear training package for groups and volunteers
- Identify and book suitable venues for groups in the area
- Develop strong links in the community to promote our service and maximise volunteer recruitment and retention

About You

To join us as a Group and Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will need: 

- Experience in one or more of the following specialist areas: learning disabilities, mental health/capacity, older people, physical disabilities, sensory impairment, children and young people, substance misuse or NHS complaints
- Previous experience of case management supervision 
- An excellent understanding and experience of self and peer advocacy practice and approaches 
- An independent advocacy qualification or training
- At a minimum, a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or similar

Other organisations may call this role Self-Advocacy Group Co-ordinator, Volunteering Co-ordinator, Volunteer Support Co-ordinator, Support Worker, Care Worker or Support Group Co-ordinator.

Webrecruit and Rethink Mental Illness are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Group and Volunteer Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week 

About us

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Crisis Skylight Merseyside recognises that for many, mental health issues are a barrier towards engaging, progressing and moving out of homelessness. We are committed to a holistic and person-centred approach and our offer of mental health and wellbeing services in our Skylight ensures we can support members to address a range of holistic health issues.

Crisis Skylight Merseyside offers a wide programme including, one to one coaching support, work & learning and housing. We have a number of courses, groups, and activities to support our members in these areas as well as offering practical information, advice, guidance, advocacy, and signposting to specialist services. We also offer a wide and varied skills programme to support members with their progression.

About the role

As Wellbeing and Mental Health Coordinator, you will be responsible for developing and delivering our mental and physical health and wellbeing provision at Crisis Skylight Merseyside. You will be delivering one-to-one and group sessions tailored to member needs. These can vary from information, advice and guidance to coaching and wellbeing/therapeutic activities in our drop ins and group sessions.  You will work with a caseload of members creating progression plans and supporting them towards achieving their goals. The post holder will line manage the Wellbeing Tutor and support the wider Skylight Psychological Informed Environments approach implemented across Crisis Skylight Merseyside.

About you

Your experience of working in wellbeing, mental and physical health services, knowledge of mental illness, personality disorders and mental health problems and an awareness of different holistic approaches and treatment is crucial in for this role.
To be successful in this role you will have experience of working with socially excluded individuals who have experienced complex trauma. You will understand the importance of inclusion and relationship building as tools towards change.
You will have a strong understanding of issues affecting homeless people, which may include problematic substance use, mental health and housing and be committed to working jointly with the wider team to address multiple barriers effectively

Benefits

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click the yellow button to apply via our website. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the Additional Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team using the contact information on the Crisis Jobs site.

Closing date: Monday 23rd September (11.59pm)

Interview date: TBA

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds.  We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

About us

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. In line with our organisational strategy, all teams across Crisis are expected to involve members in the design, development and delivery of their work. Crisis is committed to this way of working, viewing our members as experts by experience on the topic of homelessness. The role of the Member Involvement team is to ensure that involvement opportunities are valuable, meaningful and enjoyable. We are responsible for ensuring the high quality of our involvement opportunities, reviewing progress and thinking innovatively to ensure that they have the greatest possible impact for our members and for Crisis.

About the role

As Member Involvement Co-ordinator, you will be part of an expanding team who will lead the growth of member involvement across Crisis. You will be responsible for embedding clear processes that simplify member involvement for the whole of the organisation. You will support a broad range of teams to involve people with lived experience in meaningful and valuable ways that support progression away from homelessness. You will work with members across our locations, co-ordinating events and facilitating workshops that allow us to work together with the people we support shared benefit for our members and for Crisis.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have/be:

• Experience in working with people who are experiencing homelessness and/or multiple disadvantage
• Strong facilitation skills
• Strong organisational skills and experience in co-ordinating meetings and events
• A passion for working collaboratively, sharing ideas and thinking creatively
• Approachable, non-judgmental and able to adapt to working with a broad range of people, creating a comfortable, professional and productive environment
• Knowledge of and ability to comply with safeguarding procedures
• Commitment to Crisis’ purpose and values including equality and social inclusion
• Although non-essential, lived experience of homelessness is desirable for this role

Benefits

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team using the contact information on the attahed job description. 

Closing date: 9 October 2019 (11.59pm)

Interview date: 17 October 2019

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

We are working with the Bertha Foundation to help recruit a new Fellowship Coordinator to support a range of fellowship initiatives.

About The Bertha Foundation
Bertha Foundation fights for a more just world. They support activists, storytellers and lawyers who are working to bring about social and economic justice and equal rights for all. They envision a society in which activists build collective power, stories come from many different voices and the law is used as a tool for justice.
All their work includes networking for solidarity, collaboration, learning, and exchange.

This role will support two areas: The Bertha Challenge and Bertha Justice Initiative.

The Fellowship Coordinator will be responsible for fellowship onboarding, giving ongoing support to fellows from around the world with various economic, social and technological challenges, grantmaking and monitoring and evaluation, and planning and coordinating large fellowship events. You will work in close collaboration with other members of the Bertha team globally located in South Africa, the USA, and the UK.

You should be comfortable working with highly politicised fellows and partner organizations; have experience working with diverse groups; and have excellent organizing and administrative experience and skills.

Key Responsibilities:
-Fellowship management - Oversee implementation of the Fellowship management, support and administrative coordination.
-Continuously improve the way that Fellows are on-boarded and supported
-On-board new fellows, including sending personalized welcome emails, posting orientation packs and hosting regional orientation calls
Be accessible and available to Fellows via email, skype and in-person meetings over the course of their Fellowships.
-Maintain and continuously improve new Fellow orientation materials in all network languages (Arabic, English, French, Spanish)
-Oversee updating and maintenance of Fellows' database
-Support the development of different types of fellows convenings and exchange events.
-Utilise their knowledge base of the Bertha fellowships to co-create or facilitate fellow-led events.
-Assist with logistics planning for all kinds of events and collaboration across the Bertha team.
-Enable Alumni and Fellows to be connected, engage in planning and delivery of Convenings through calls, mobilization of resources and introductions to new Fellows.
-Track the progression of Alumni on an annual basis as a way to maintain contact and to assess program impact.

Skills and Experience required:
-Substantial work experience working in fields of social justice; systems or organisational change environments; or network and alumni programmes.
-Strong administration and organisation skills
-Excellent interpersonal skills, with energy and empathy needed to cultivate relationships and earn trust and respect of stakeholders across countries and cultures.
-An ability to develop and maintain light processes or systems appropriate for a fellowship or comparable programme of work.
-Proven commitment to diversity and inclusion, with experience of working in international environments and across different sectors (legal, journalism, activists etc).
-An ability to work proactively and flexibly, multi-tasking across different areas to tight deadlines.
-Experience of using feedback and learning to support continuous improvement.
-Experience of working in collaboration, partnerships or networks to achieve results.
-Willingness to travel, especially to plan and manage convenings which can take place around the world

City Hearts are currently recruiting for an Outreach Coordinator to work 40 hours per week within the Anti-Trafficking Team of the organisation. This role will require the successful candidate to casework clients within the service and assist in the management and day to day running of the Outreach service in South Yorkshire; and to ensure a high standard of service provision and to ensure all standards for CH (City Hearts) and SMSco (The Salvation Army Modern Slavery contract) are upheld.

City Hearts was founded in 2005 with a mandate to fully restore those with a history of vulnerability and exploitation. We began with a single home to help women with life controlling issues and shortly after welcomed our first survivor of Modern Slavery. Since then we have expanded dramatically across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support women with life-controlling issues.

The Role:

Coordination (32 Hours)

• To ensure the smooth running of the day to day of the Outreach Team
• Oversight of referrals into service and allocation of caseworker
• Oversight of team and managing their needs including but not limited to; supervisions, appraisals and resolving issues
• Arrange and organize outreach team meetings weekly
• To complete the weekly baseline report for regional manager and monthly report for managing director
• Supporting volunteers and carrying out volunteer interviews and supervisions where required
• Oversight of distribution and makeup of client allowances for Outreach other
• To gather month end travel, hours and purchase orders for monthly invoicing and to complete monthly invoicing
• To engage with community organizations to improve the care and support we offer clients
• To help resolve any on-going issues in clients lives
• Attend and participate in regular group supervision
• To be on call once a week as designated by the rota
• To contact Salvation Army to meet their KPIs and to ensure all reporting and recording is up to date
• Carry out regular auditing of client files to ensure quality control
• Oversee rota for outreach team alongside Regional Manager

Casework 1-2 clients* (8 Hours)

• For further details of casework responsibility, please refer to Job Description attachment

The Candidate:

• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to manage a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good communication skills – verbal and written
• Good organisational skills
• Good IT skills
• Good people skills
• Ability to research
• Ability to advocate
• Good maths skills

Benefits:

30 Days Holiday (based on 40 hour working week)

Sleep shift pay supplement

Perkbox - local / national discount scheme + app

Training / Career Progression

Various courses - personal and professional development

On-going support

Group supervision led by specialised therapist

Closing date for the role is midnight on 8th October.

Street League work with young people, progressing them into employment, education and training by engaging them through football, fitness, dance fitness and rugby. We specialise in helping our participants (16-24 years’ olds from disadvantaged areas) progress from our unique sport/fitness and education programmes into sustainable employment, education and training.

We are a growing organisation and currently operate across the UK in 14 regions, including Greater London, the North East and North West of England, West Midlands, Yorkshire and extensively across Scotland.

We are recruiting a Youth & Community Sports Coach in London. The Youth & Community Coach works in partnership with Progressions Coordinators in delivering and administering Street League’s core programmes in their specific local area. You will be required to deliver football sessions and to deliver a sports-related qualification on the Street League Academy. You will also be responsible for carrying out outreach for sessions and to recruit and sustain participants on the Academy to ensure delivery targets are met. 

Minimum requirements are FA Level 2 or above (or similar), experience in coaching preferably with young people aged 16-24 and an understanding of the Street League client group.

All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure Check.

Street League is an equal opportunities employer.

You will work to the Individual Placement and Support Model of employment support and will be embedded within the relevant secondary care team.  You will also spend time working in community based settings as required by the Model.

Direct employer engagement is an important part of the role.

Employment specialists are trained to provide people with support, coaching, CV development, interview training, and on-the-job support. IPS puts the service user's preferences at the centre of attention, as the service user decides whether or not employers and potential employers know about their mental illness and whether or not their employment advisor contacts the employer on his or her behalf. The service user also decides which jobs to apply for and how many hours he or she wants to work. The decision about how much to work is often influenced by a desire to transition to a working life while minimising the risk of being both out of work and without benefits.

Individual Placement Support is based on 8 key principles:

1.Primary goal is to achieve competitive employment with central focus to support job seekers gaining paid employment

2.Everyone is eligible with free service user decision of when to start return to work process

3.Job search is consistent with individual preferences

4.Job search is rapid

5.Co-location of employment specialists and clinical

6.Information about benefits is provided to help

7.Support is time unlimited and customised, to both the employee and the employer.

8. Employment specialists develop relationships with employers based upon a person’s work preferences.

We currently have two vacancies of which one is a slightly more senior role requiring enhanced experience of IPS fidelity and data management systems.  Please indicate which vacancy you are interested in. Full job descriptions can be downloaded.

To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter.  Your covering letter should be a supporting statement covering the following points:

• Why you are interested in the position?

• What is your strongest personal quality that will enable you to succeed in the role?

• What are your relevant skills and experience? Please align to the person specification