Our Vision is 'to enable everyone with a learning disability and autism to lead fulfilling lives and actively contribute to their local community.'

Within Talkback, the Personal Development & Skills programme (formerly Nclude) was established 8 years ago, and provides activity groups and life skills training to people with a learning disability and autism. Our Project Workers deliver a range of services to promote and encourage independent living and lifelong learning.

We are currently recruiting for:

Project Workers - £18000 - £19200 p.a. (pro rata for part time staff)

Both full and part time roles are available ( a minimum of 3 days a week)

No shift work or evening/weekend work 

Core projects include social and life skills training, sports and wellbeing, men’s and women’s groups, a drama group which puts on regular shows, an upcycling and woodwork project, gardening and allotment groups and a creative arts group.

In addition to our building based sessions staff are also expected to plan, run and deliver virtual sessions via platforms such as Zoom. This addition to our traditional service was developed during the Covid-19 lockdown and not only provides vital support for people unable to attend a building based services, but connects our current sites and enables a wider range of activities to be shared with our members.

As part of the role you will work across Buckinghamshire at both our High Wycombe and Aylesbury locations, plus out in the community. You will work alongside people with a learning disability to meet their individual needs to achieve positive outcomes.

To succeed you will be able to work as part of a team and independently and have a 'can do' attitude. You will need to have good communication skills, as well a desire to help people with a learning disability learn new skills and build friendships. We can teach you all you need to know; you just need to have the passion and care.

You will have the opportunity to help someone develop and grow as a person whilst making a difference that will live with you forever. And, as one of our team said ‘Working with people with a learning disability is the most rewarding and fulfilling role’

Project Worker

Fixed term contract until 31st March 21

30 hours per week

£23388 per annum / pro rata (Actual £18963)

Location Wythenshawe/Oldham with travel across Greater Manchester

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.

We are currently looking for an experienced worker to join our dynamic, ambitious team.

A key part of this role will be your ability to engage with young people across 2 different services, one with young people who have been reported missing and secondly with young people who have experienced domestic violence.

[KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES]

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

- Experience of working directly with vulnerable children particularly who are missing and in care of local authorities

- Significant experience as a counselling practitioner or working directly and therapeutically with children and young people.

- A relevant professional qualification

- Accurate IT skills and case recording

-Knowledge of safeguarding and Child Protection

[INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY]

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services..

The closing date for applications is 4th November

YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP

Project Worker

Worthing

Permanent

30 Hours per week

£22,640 per annum (pro rata)

£18,112 per annum (actual)

We are recruiting a project worker to work alongside our wider housing team to provide effective day to day management of our community accommodation project for vulnerable young people aged 16-25 years.

The role includes delivering one to one sessions and groups work sessions to assist residents to develop personally and socially in order that they grow in confidence and move towards independence.

You will carry a case load of young people and work to engage them in effective support planning, working towards tailored goals so they can work towards positive outcomes.

You must have experience working with young people, particularly those considered vulnerable or with multiple and complex needs, and be able to de-escalate volatile situations and to manage challenging behavior appropriately.

You should have the ability to engage, motivate, inspire and empower young people; particularly working within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) or Trauma Informed approach.

The role involves working on a rolling Rota, pattern which includes evenings and 2 weekends a month. Shift times are 7am – 3pm, and 12pm – 8pm.

The role will include supporting with the day-to-day running of the service, and engaging the young people who live within the project and supporting them to develop socially, personally and emotionally in order that they may grow in confidence and independence.

Part of the role may include lone working and will require someone competent and confident when working alone, and somebody who is able to deal with challenging behavior appropriately. Experience working with a similar client group and an understanding of the needs and challenges posed by these young people is essential.

The position comes with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays), a company sick pay scheme, a life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary, a health and wellbeing cash plan, and a cycle to work scheme. Please download a job pack for more information about other benefits offered.

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns.

Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 1st December 2020 at 9am

Interview date: to be confirmed

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

To apply, please download an Application Pack and an Application Form from YMCA DownsLink Group or contact HR via Human Resources, 47 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BE.

YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP

Project Worker

Crawley

Permanent

37.5 Hours per week

£22,640 per annum

We are recruiting a project worker to work alongside our wider housing team to provide effective day to day management of our community accommodation project for vulnerable young people aged 16-25 years.

The role includes delivering one to one sessions and groups work sessions to assist residents to develop personally and socially in order that they grow in confidence and move towards independence.

You will carry a case load of young people and work to engage them in effective support planning, working towards tailored goals so they can work towards positive outcomes.

You must have experience working with young people, particularly those considered vulnerable or with multiple and complex needs, and be able to de-escalate volatile situations and to manage challenging behavior appropriately.

You should have the ability to engage, motivate, inspire and empower young people; particularly working within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) or Trauma Informed approach.

The role involves working on a rolling 3 week rota pattern which includes evenings. Shift times are 7am – 3pm, and 1pm – 9pm and 9am-5pm.

The role will include supporting with the day-to-day running of the service, and engaging the young people who live within the project and supporting them to develop socially, personally and emotionally in order that they may grow in confidence and independence.

Part of the role may include lone working and will require someone competent and confident when working alone, and somebody who is able to deal with challenging behaviour appropriately. Experience working with a similar client group and an understanding of the needs and challenges posed by these young people is essential.

The position comes with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays), a company sick pay scheme, a life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary, a health and wellbeing cash plan, and a cycle to work scheme. Please download a job pack for more information about other benefits offered.

If you are an applicant interested in this post and would like an informal discussion having read the job pack, you can speak to the Recruiting Manager.

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 1st December 2020 at 9am

Interview date: Tuesday 8th December 2020

To apply, please visit our website.

 

Please note that we do not accept CVs. When submitting your application please save your application form as ‘your full name APPLICATION’ and put the job title/location in the email subject line. Please submit your application as a Word document where or PDF (we cannot accept Pages) via email.

Mind in Haringey is looking for a young peoples' project worker to join their Haringey Wellbeing Network. The young peoples project worker will facilitate and support vulnerable young people between the ages of 16-21yrs in transition of adolscents to adulthood. The Young peoples project worker is to facilitate 1-2-1 and group sessions for young people, who have been referred directly from our Haringey CAMHS or young adults teams. The aim of this service is to offer a brief intervention and continue to support the wellbeing of young people who have been discharged from CAMHS or the young adults service. All work will be conducted in the London Borough of Haringey. 

Due to expansion, Freeva is recruiting for a project support worker to join our dynamic and committed Jenkins Centre team.

Based at our Leicester office, the successful candidate will support the delivery of the adult interventions service for perpetrators of domestic abuse and the young person's project for young people using violence. The post will involve ensuring the day to day administrative procedures are completed; such as handling client and stake holder enquiries, processing referrals to the service and working with intervetions workers accross the project to keep administrative systems up to date. 

A job share and /or flexible working arrangements will be considered. 

Steer Clear Project Worker

Fixed term contract until 31st December 2021 with possible extension dependent upon funding.

30 hours per week.

£23,388 per annum pro rata (£18,963 acctual) plus travel expenses

Location: Telford and Wrekin

This role sits within our Children and Young People Directorate as part of our Climb Diversionary Programme, working with children and young people who are involved with weapons and exploitation. This is a co-located role and will provide an intelligence led approach by intervening early to assist in the prevention of criminalisation of young people involved in knife related crime and work alongside our diversionary offer to enable inspiring and impactful experiences that transform the lives of children and young people.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Working in community and partner settings across Telford and Wrekin you will work within and across teams that are committed to strengthening how the organisation best supports children and young people by accelerating new and innovative ways of working.

You will be able to demonstrate a key understanding and knowledge of child exploitation within a contextual safeguarding approach and be proactive and holistic in providing specialist support to children and young people who have experienced or are at risk of exploitation in order to reduce harm and develop resilience.

You will work to create an inclusive service that is child focused and led; leading on participation activities and drawing out learning from direct work to identify trends and patterns for review and improvement.

Key skills and competencies

-Working knowledge of relevant policy and practice relating to child protection and safeguarding of young people

-Working knowledge of models and methods for one to one and group work with vulnerable young people.

-Working knowledge of the issues impacting on young people affected by weapons, exploitation and those who go missing

-Relevant experience of working with young people from diverse backgrounds, 1-1 and in a group setting.

-Experience of supporting young people who are dealing with complex and sensitive issues

-Experience of delivering assertive outreach programmes to engage hard to reach young people

-Ability to communicate with all stakeholders, written and verbally

-Ability to analyse data

-Ability to motivate and engage others

-Ability to manage professional boundaries

-Ability to plan and manage own workload, using your own initiative

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Information about the Children's Society

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is midnight 30th November 2020

Interviews will be held week commencing 7th December 2020

Due to COVID 19, we’re adapting our shelters to a dinner service for those experiencing homelessness. Our dinner service run from one or two different church venues over the course of a week in the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Richmond and Wandsworth.

You will work from 6:30am until 10pm. Working as part of a two-person team, you will be responsible for ensuring the security and safety of all guests who eat in at the dinner service and those who choose to take their meal away. Ensuring all project activities meet health and safety requirements will be central to your role as well as responding appropriately to any situations or emergencies that may occur. 

We are looking for confident and empathetic people to join our project team.  Come and be part of something special and help us to relieve poverty amongst street homeless people of West London.

The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) supports indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the world's rainforest to secure and control the natural resources necessary for their long-term wellbeing and managing these resources in ways which do not harm their environment, violate their culture or compromise their future.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong commitment to social and environmental justice to join our London-based team to deliver a ground-breaking new project in the DR Congo supporting local and indigenous communities to protect and thrive in their rainforest home. Highly organised and with a sharp attention to detail, you will support technical and financial aspects of the project while working closely with our local partners to deliver its aims.   

The post is based in the Rainforest Foundation’s north London office, although remote working is currently encouraged, under government COVID-19 guidance.

Please visit our website for a full job description and person specification and information on how to apply.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Closing Date for Applications: 29th November 2020

ILC is an influential, independent and politically neutral global think tank.

We work with some of the biggest companies and charities in the UK and across the world.

We organise events attended by Government Ministers, members of the Royal Family and CEOs.

We deliver 20-30 projects per year, some small, some big. some UK focussed, some global. 

ILC is looking for an experienced project manager to help us deliver a society that works for everyone, regardless of their age. We want someone who can help organise our work and keep us on track. We are looking for someone who will:

• Manage projects, systems and processes across the charity;
• Influence people internally and externally to ensure projects are timely and of an excellent quality; and
• Play a leading role in developing the organisation as part of our Senior Management Team.

This is a critical role, working across the organisation to maintain our reputation for quality whilst also ensuring that the work we do is relevant to and influences Government, academia, business and the voluntary sector.

This is an exciting time to join ILC as we explore and articulate the impact of longevity on society and consider what happens next.

For the full job description and details of how to apply for this post, download the Head of Projects recruitment pack from the ILC website.

The deadline for applications is 8am on Monday 7 December 2020 with interviews being held on Monday 14 December 2020.

Due to expansion, opportunities have arisen to join our team of passionate and dedicated Interventions workers to work alondside our experienced and established team. The posts will play a key role in delivering The Jenkins Centre programme accross Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Currently our programme is being delivered online due to COVID 19 restrictions, however once safe to do so face to face delivery of the programme will recommence and there will be a requirement to deliver from our city office base and accross the county.

1 x  Interventions Worker (Male 37 hours pw)

1 x Intervention Worker (Female 37 hours pw)

1 x Interventions Worker (18.5 hours pw)

The successful candidates will have experience in delivering frontline services, group work, and be passionate about working with service users to change their behaviour. Evening work is required.

Please Note: This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Although not essential, we are seeking to recruit at least 1 candidate who is fluent in speaking an additional language for these roles.

The Role

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

We are looking for a highly organised and motivated individual to join our high performing team of drug and alcohol workers. Following a successful implementation of this new team, we are embarking on the next phase of the project to increase the number of service users receiving treatment within primary care. Could you support a busy team to develop and implement systems and processes that will maximise time spent supporting clients? This would be in addition to working alongside the team leader to support the transfer of clients into primary care.

How To Apply

Please use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR before Midday Friday 4th December 2020. Please visit the DHI website for further information. 

With child poverty on the rise, we are looking for incredible people to help us grow our work, helping us reach every child who needs us.

Could this be you?

Key duties include: 

• Project Management of our holiday club for 8- 12 year olds.
• Running young leaders groups across High Schools.
• Overseeing the delivery of free shoes, coats and learning resources to children and young people in need. 
• Managing relationships with key staff across our partner schools, organisations and community.
• Supporting the development of our training centre. 

If you fit the following criteria, we think you will love this role. 

Experience

• Working with children and/or young people. 
• Planning and delivering high quality projects/events or activities. 
• Managing volunteers or staff.

Knowledge

• Level 1 safeguarding children and young people.
• Knowledge of UK child poverty.
• Knowledge of UK schooling system.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and spoken).
• Able to take responsibility for several challenging tasks and prioritise effectively.
• Able to think creatively and find unique ways to solve problems. 

For more information please download attachments or visit our website. 

The Centre for Sustainable Energy is seeking to appoint a dynamic, full time (37.5 hours per week) Senior Project Worker with a passion for community engagement and a good understanding of the latest trends and changes in the UK energy system, technologies, data and innovation.

MAIN PURPOSE

This role will contribute to the successful delivery a of range of LACE projects but with a particular focus on supporting the delivery of innovative local and community energy projects that respond to key shifts in the UK’s energy system, markets, data and technologies and deliver both climate and local social benefits.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• To support a range of community groups, local authorities, town and parish councils, and voluntary sector organisations to deliver impactful local changes in the way that energy is used and managed.
• To support (non-technical audiences) to understand key technological, data and systems changes in the energy sector, the possibilities that these opportunities may create for grater local leadership, engagement and control.
• To contribute to the delivery and represent CSE as a key worker on a range of projects of a range of projects
• To support the design and delivery of community engagement processes such as workshops and focus groups within communities across the country.
• To contribute to the promotion and marketing of projects to ensure effective engagement with the target audience (in conjunction with Communication and Publicity Manager).
• To liaise with a range of stakeholders, potentially including community groups, local authorities, town and parish councils, and neighbourhood planning groups.
• To represent CSE at external events and conferences as required.
• To liaise with other staff in the LACE team to ensure effective workload planning, project development and delivery.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS

• The post-holder will be managed by Rachel Haycock, LACE Project Manager.
• The post-holder will work closely with immediate colleagues in the LACE team and will develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with colleagues across CSE
• The post-holder will have personal contact with key project stakeholders

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• To take personal responsibility for decisions on your own work, seeking assistance and input from others as appropriate
• To plan and prioritise your workload to achieve high standards and meet agreed deadlines.
• To communicate clearly using appropriate language and style for target audience, listening carefully and checking for understanding.
• To represent yourself and CSE positively within and outside CSE, encouraging action by others in line with CSE’s mission and strategic objectives.
• To use resources efficiently and effectively and maintain accurate records within CSE systems and procedures.
• To keep up to date with information required for effective performance in your role and seek opportunities to develop relevant skills and capabilities.
• To identify opportunities to improve CSE’s services and project delivery and help meet CSE’s strategic objectives.
• To understand how your work and that of your team contributes to CSE’s wider organizational impact, aligns with CSE’s mission and current strategy and reflects CSE’s purpose, methods and values.
• To comply with CSE’s policies and procedures, as adopted and updated from time to time (as per our staff handbook).
• To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues in accordance with Health and Safety legislation and CSE policies and procedures.
• To ensure CSE’s core qualities of commitment to CSE, collaboration, conscientiousness and initiative feature in your own work and in your working relationships with others (both within CSE and externally).
• Any other duties as required by line manager or the Chief Executive

The responsibilities of this post and reporting structure will be periodically reviewed.

PLACE OF WORK AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• This post is based at the CSE office in Bristol. Occasional travel will be required to other UK locations where on-site community support is required as part of project delivery.
• This post is subject to a DBS check.
• The postholder will undertake City & Guilds Energy Awareness training as part of their induction