Refuge Project Worker (Maternity Cover)                                                               

To assist the refuge manager in the day-to-day running of the refuge, developing and delivering a front line service offering support, advice and guidance to women and their children living in the refuge.

• To produce and regularly review Individual Support Plans (ISP) for each service user, in conjunction with the service user.

• To recognise women and children’s individual needs and refer to specialist agencies where necessary as part of their ISP.

• To identify the needs of women and children leaving BSWA refuge after being offered permanent accommodation.

• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate.

• To ensure the primary needs of residents are met. This includes medical, financial, housing, legal and education rights.

• To organise activities and celebrations in the refuge for women and children which raise self-esteem, bring people together and broaden awareness

We are particularly keen to recruit staff who can speak community languages, particularly Punjabi, French, Polish, Somali and Farsi.  All positions, unless otherwise stated, are full-time, 37 hours per week.

These posts are subject to a 6% pension contribution.  Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

BSWA operates within Safer Recruitment good practice guidelines. Please note all successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service Check before commencing their employment.

Intervention Worker                                                           

To deliver intensive work focussed pre-employment and appropriate post-employment holistic
pastoral support and mentoring support to disadvantaged inactive and unemployed women.

To work effectively within and in partnership with other agencies and services to deliver a joined up
service to support women into employment education or training.

To support a woman’s progression using a mix of holistic support, challenge and mentoring
techniques, keeping a focus on achieving sustainable employment and/or training/education at all
times.

To work closely with employer engagement/education and training structures and Employment
Development Workers elsewhere in the network of providers and in general, in order to manage
the transition into employment.

Helpline Worker with Language Specialist (Urdu/Punjabi)                                     

To work as part of a team to provide emotional and practical support to women and children affected by violence and abuse through drop in surgeries and a helpline service

➢ To provide emotional and practical support to women accessing helpline

➢ To participate in a rota of helpline cover and model and promote good practice in taking helpline calls

➢ To support helpline volunteers and students in delivering helpline

➢ To participate in a rota to cover at BSWA offices and across community venues as necessary

➢ To facilitate access for women to statutory, community and other BSWA services

➢ To comply with the recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures of the project

➢ To develop policies and practice guidelines appropriate to the project in accordance with BSWA policies and procedures

➢ To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within the staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.

➢ To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate

We are particularly keen to recruit staff who can speak community languages, particularly Punjabi, French, Polish, Somali and Farsi.  All positions, unless otherwise stated, are full-time, 37 hours per week.

These posts are subject to a 6% pension contribution.  Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

BSWA operates within Safer Recruitment good practice guidelines. Please note all successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service Check before commencing their employment.

Family Support Worker                                                                                         

To deliver one to one and family support sessions to enable children and their mums living in the community to recover from their experiences of domestic abuse.

• To work in partnership with mothers/carers to identify children and young people’s support needs and to ascertain the level of support needed and the type of activities required to meet their needs.

• To develop and deliver one-to-one support programmes for children to enable them to explore their experiences of abuse and address issues arising from this.

• To design and deliver group sessions for children to build confidence and participation within a mutually supportive environment.

• To support mothers to enable them to understand and support their children emotionally and practically and to build confidence in their own parenting skills

We are particularly keen to recruit staff who can speak community languages, particularly Punjabi, French, Polish, Somali and Farsi.  All positions, unless otherwise stated, are full-time, 37 hours per week.

These posts are subject to a 6% pension contribution.  Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

BSWA operates within Safer Recruitment good practice guidelines. Please note all successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service Check before commencing their employment.

MARAC IDVA                                                                                                             

To plan and implement high quality support and advocacy services for women affected by domestic violence who are deemed as being high risk and/or whose abusers are involved with the Drive perpetrator project. To work within a multi-agency framework to ensure the safety of women is prioritised.

 ➢ To recognise women and children’s individual needs, providing a short to medium term service to meet those needs

➢ To support the empowerment of the service user and facilitate their understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence

➢ To carry out risk assessment and safety planning with women

➢ To promote women’s safety within multi-agency arenas such as MARAC and Drive meetings

➢ To work with women to access services to help keep them and their children safe

➢ To facilitate access to BSWA and its services

➢ To devise and implement appropriate and safe methods of communication with women and children, in agreement with your line manager

 We are particularly keen to recruit staff who can speak community languages, particularly Punjabi, French, Polish, Somali and Farsi.  All positions, unless otherwise stated, are full-time, 37 hours per week.

These posts are subject to a 6% pension contribution.  Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

BSWA operates within Safer Recruitment good practice guidelines. Please note all successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service Check before commencing their employment.

An opportunity has arisen in the Association for an enthusiastic and dynamic officer to join the BASW UK Team on a fixed term basis (this may be extended dependent on funding). 

You will provide project support to a variety of projects and workstreams driven by the Leadership Team and will work with colleagues on shared projects, populating and maintaining the quality assurance reporting schedule, working to deadlines, undertaking consultation, internal and external communication activities and providing a range of other support activities. 

You will also lead on the establishment of an impact and evaluation function within the organisation to help deliver our ambitious and expanding impact and evaluation plans. This role is key to enabling us to demonstrate the impact of our work to our members and stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate, preferably from a project delivery or impact measurement and evaluation background.

You will need to be

• Experienced in providing project management support to a senior executive or team
• Experienced in qualitative and quantitative data collection, interpretation and analysis as well as communicating that data
• Have experience of delivering discrete projects or working as part of a project delivery team.
• Able to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines and manage fluctuating volumes of work
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience of working in demanding situations with conflicting time scales and priorities.

Anne Frank Workers are the new front-line delivery posts for all the education programmes of the Anne Frank Trust UK, leading our workshops, training our peer educators and mentoring our ambassadors in schools and communities across the country. This is a varied, exciting and demanding role for highly organised professionals with a deeply held commitment to equality and the skills to engage 10 to 15-year-olds in a structured, creative journey of learning and empowerment.

The Anne Frank Trust UK is an education charity, that empowers young people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to challenge all forms of prejudice and discrimination. The life and work of Anne Frank provide a uniquely powerful springboard for our education programmes, and we have robust evidence of our impact on young people’s attitudes towards other social groups.

If young people are to become lifelong voices for empathy and tolerance, they need not just knowledge and the right attitudes, but a vivid sense of their own identities, passion to make a difference, and the skills to adapt to constant change. To achieve these outcomes, we need to make our programmes even more intense and lasting in their impact - especially by targeting our resources where they can make the biggest difference, and by engaging with young people more dynamically through creativity and empowerment.

We are launching the Anne Frank Worker role in January 2021 with 6 full-time equivalent posts recruited to cover different areas of the country. These workers will be managed by the Director of Education and a new post of Assistant Director for Schools & Communities. They will be supported by a specially commissioned package of training.

CONTRACT: Permanent.

SALARY: £26,000 per annum

Two increments on completion of satisfactory annual appraisal: after first year to 26,750; after second year to £27,500 (depending on available funding).

London weighting if applicable: additional £1,500 per annum.

HOURS: Full time (37.5 hours per week) or part-time (minimum 22.5 hours per week). Usually Mon-Fri 9am to 5.30pm. Evening and weekend working for delivery to young people out of school hours – Time Off In Lieu provided.

BASED: Either at the Anne Frank Trust UK, Star House, 104-108 Grafton Road, London NW5 4BA, Or home based. We require candidates who can deliver across London (Especially East London boroughs) and to the major cities of the following areas: South & West Yorkshire, the North East of England & West Midlands County. The role will require frequent local and regional travel, occasional UK-wide travel and overnight stays.

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We are currently looking to add full time Support Workers to our passionate and committed team in central Rugeley, Staffordshire.

We are looking for warm, flexible and compassionate Support Workers to join our Supported Living service in the centre of Rugeley, Staffordshire. Our service provides varying levels of care to 14 individuals with a range of support needs which can include learning disabilities. Some of the individuals require personal care, help taking medication and with other day to day tasks. Others are more independent and enjoy going out into the community alone.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about enabling and encouraging our service users to enjoy a fulfilling and valued life, and to develop their abilities to the fullest. Shifts will often be worked in teams of 3 to 4 staff members ensuring quality person-centred support to all of our service users.

Support Worker Duties:

• Flexible working hours to include daytimes, evenings, weekends and sleep-ins

• Assisting with day-to-day living duties such as budgeting, shopping and supporting with medication and any personal care that may be required

• You will collaborate with service users, families, carers, and involved professionals to provide a coordinated and consistent service that maximises outcomes for service users

• Be responsive to the needs of service users in line with Person Centred Plans and respond flexibly to changing needs

• Encourage and support service users in expressing needs, views and concerns, enabling them to make their own choices and decisions

Being in the centre of Rugeley, our service has great transport links with regular buses in and out of the town. Experience is desired but by no means essential, as full ongoing training is provided from our Creative Support Training Academy.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme,

• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate,

• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,

• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff,

• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hour’s teams.

Social Worker

We are looking for a qualified and experienced Social Worker for our Birmingham Children's Hospital to provide support to children and young people (0-24 years) diagnosed with cancer and leukaemia and their families. Our work is rewarding but also complex and demanding. You will need to be resourceful and resilient. You will work closely with our supportive CLIC Sargent team, an established NHS multi-disciplinary team and with services in the community.

Social Worker Requirements:

As well as current GSCC / HCPC registration you will have;

- Experience working with children, young people and their families/carers in a social care setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Knowledge of child and young people development
- An understanding of the impact of serious illness for children, young people and families.
- It is desirable that you have experience working in an NHS setting.
- All applicants should have excellent interpersonal skills.
- This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About CLIC Sargent:

Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, offering them care and support every step of the way. You can be a part of helping them live their life to the full.

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds, to join us and help improve the lives of children and young people with cancer and their families. We particularly want to encourage people from BAME and other under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work or volunteer with CLIC Sargent.

CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Location: Birmingham Children’s Hospital, West Midlands

Job type: Part Time, Permanent, 17.5 hrs per week

Salary: £34,430 (FTE)

Closing Date: 24 January 2021
Interview Date: 2 February 2021

You may have experience of the following: Qualified Social Worker, Social Work, Social Care, NHS, Charity, Young Peoples Social Worker, Child Development, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 96329

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

Advice and Guidance Welfare Benefits Manager

London, Birmingham, Glasgow or Belfast office or home based

£33,134 - £39,218 per annum 

(Glasgow, Birmingham or Belfast office or home based)

£36,517 - £43,279 per annum 

(London office)

35 hours per week

Permanent

We are looking for an exceptional self-starter for this new Welfare Benefits Manager role. 

The post-holder will join our thriving Advice and Guidance department which comprises of Helpline, Advice and Guidance Officers and an Education Appeals team. The teams’ provide information, advice and guidance for deaf children, young people, families, carers and professionals, taking a child centred approach, on a range of subjects including education, communication, social care, discrimination, independence and welfare benefits.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the implementation of the department’s ambitions in meeting National Deaf Children’s Society’s strategy, specifically in relation to Welfare benefits.  They will lead the development and delivery of specialist Welfare benefits services and ensure that accessible, good quality welfare benefits related information, advice and guidance is available to our beneficiaries through a variety of channels, largely digital.

The role will include planning and delivering targeted welfare benefits advice and guidance sessions to different audiences using a variety of channels and line manage the Advice and Guidance Appeals Specialist (Benefits), fixed term contract, and oversee their case load.

You will have significant experience of delivering complex advice and guidance in Welfare benefits, to families and young people within the third or public sector, or equivalent (including digitally). You will have excellent in-depth knowledge and understanding of the policy and political context in which services, specifically welfare benefits, operate across the UK. 

You will also have excellent communication and influencing skills, experience of managing partnerships and in designing and delivering accessible training to different audiences, using a range of formats. 

The successful candidate will receive a full induction and training, including deaf awareness and British Sign Language (BSL) along with continuous learning and development opportunities.

To apply for this role you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices. 

The closing date for applications is on Monday, 1 February 2021 at 23:59.

We expect interviews to be held remotely on Thursday 11 February 2021. 

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form. 

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. 

Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. 

We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

Delivery Counsellor and Project Lead

The Sight Loss Support counsellor project lead will be responsible for ensuring our client's Sight Loss Support Services deliver a person centred high-quality counselling service. They will responsible for ensuring the counselling service deliver the outcomes and outputs stipulated by our client and their funders. The successful candidate will work as part of the Sight Loss Support team, within a local charity dedicated to support people living with visual impairments, and/or other disabilities.

The main aim of our client is to help make people’s lives better, the successful candidate with work with them to achieve this.

Responsibilities:

- Provide a 1-2-1 quality therapeutic counselling service to people living with sight loss and/or additional disabilities
- Provide own therapeutic supervision
- Making assessments of clients’ presentations and emotional states.
- Delivering 1-2-1 counselling service within the service model
- Monitoring progress and making adjustments to the counselling as necessary
- Work with the Sight Loss Support leadership team to develop the aims and objectives of the group counselling programme
- Facilitate and counsel within a group setting
- Support with the continued development of the counselling service
- Work with the Sight Loss Support team including freelance counsellors to ensure service deliver quality standards are met
- To build effective relationships with the people they support including their support networks, staff teams, volunteers and stakeholders.
- Undertake all work in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework.
- To develop an understanding of the impact of sight loss
- Knowledge and experience to identify and assess risk
- Able to identify, understand and respond to the differential impact that disadvantage, inequality, stigma and discrimination have on individuals
- Ensure all Health and Safety, risk assessments and other statutory obligations are met.

Requirements:

Essential;

- Counselling diploma
- Minimum three years experience within a similar setting
- Experience of extensive 1-2-1 therapeutic work
- Empathy and understanding
- A non-judgmental approach
- Good IT skills including use of Microsoft office

Desirable;

- Experience in group facilitation work
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling or Psychotherapy, or professional-level CBT qualifications
- Experience of working with people affected by disabilities

About our client:

They are an independent local charity that provides information, advice, support and care for people with visual impairment and complex needs.

Location: Harborne, Birmingham or Remote

Contract Type: Part Time, Fixed Term Contract (6 months)

Salary: £30,000 p/a, pro-rata

You may have experience of the following: Project Lead, Project Manager, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector, Counsellor, Counselling, Sight Loss Counsellor, Therapist, Psychotherapy, CBT, etc.

Ref: 96251

Support Coordinator

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Person Centred Support Coordinator, working in Coventry.

This is a great opportunity for a rewarding and diverse role where you can make a real difference!

Position: Person Centred Support Coordinator

Location: Coventry

Hours: Part Time, 16 hours per week

Salary: Starting at £9.96 per hour

Benefits: The organisation really values support staff and as well a rewarding career, offer the following benefits:

• Competitive rates of pay – with annual increments
• Employer Pension Contributions
• 28 days’ annual leave pro rata (including bank holiday) with annual increments (up to a total of 33 days) pro rata
• Flexibility
• Excellent Accredited Training
• Paid DBS
• Busy Bees benefits
• Refer a friend scheme

Closing date: 22nd January 2021 – we reserve the right to close this role early, so apply today to avoid disappointment

About the Role of Person Centred Support Coordinator:

The organisation supports people with learning disabilities, if you like working with interesting people, are dedicated and creative and looking for a rewarding and diverse role where you can make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable adults, then this is the role for you!

As Support Co-ordinator you will champion person centred support of behalf of the people who use our service.

You will ensure all support is person led, to develop, implement and review the support plans to ensure all their needs and dreams are met.

About You:

To be successful in the role of Support Coordinator previous experience of working with adults with learning disabilities is essential.

You will be organised, confident and creative as well as being passionate about the rights of people with learning disabilities, promoting choice, opportunities and independence.

You will need to be a team player with a sense of humour; commitment will go a long way in the role along with honesty, reliability and flexibility. If you can bring fun to the team and encourage people to grow and develop, then we want to hear from you!

You must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle for this role. A working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel is also required for the role.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Support Worker, Senior Support Worker, Service Manager, Home Carer, Care Worker, Health Care Assistant, Nurses, Social Care Worker, Care Assistant, Mental Health Care Worker, Voluntary Worker.

Head of Multiple Disadvantage

Salary: £44,786
Responsible to: BVSC Director
Location: BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DR
Hours of work: 35 per week
Duration: Fixed Contract until June 2022 (with potential for extension)

We are looking for a skilled professional who is ready to take the lead as Head of Multiple Disadvantage. As Head of Multiple Disadvantage you will be a critical member of our senior management team, joining a team of active changemakers.

You will be playing a pivotal role in informing the way Birmingham works with people experiencing multiple disadvantage.

Birmingham Changing Futures Together are committed to working with experts by experience in order to transform the way services are commissioned, and make service delivery more effective. As Head of Multiple Disadvantage, you will be confident in your ability to work alongside a diverse and vibrant range of people with a range or experiences and backgrounds.

In this role, you will be leading in the delivery of the business and systems change action plan, as well as the rebuilding process following the Covid crisis. You will be expertly line managing your team, encouraging development and well-being.

As Head of Multiple Disadvantage, you will use your financial skills to directly manage budgets and provide strategic oversight for delegated budgets, as well as ensuring that quarterly outcomes are met.

As Head of Multiple Disadvantage, you will play a pivotal role in engaging with local, regional, and national stakeholders. As part of the National Fulfilling Lives programme, you will be a sector leader, active in advocating for systems change, working towards achieving the local and national programme outcomes.

We are looking for candidates that can demonstrate the following BVSC organisational values:

Commitment: Making a positive difference through passion, innovation and social action.

Collaboration: Connecting people and organisations to work together to improve lives.

Inclusion: Empowering and involving everyone in creating a fair and equitable Birmingham.

Integrity: Building trust through delivering excellent outcomes.

Closing date Wednesday 20th January 2020 at 10am

Interviews will be conducted Via Zoom

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

Refuge aims to build a strong dynamic team of specialist practitioners for this new single point of access service providing high quality practical and emotional support to victims of violence against women and girls (VAWG).

We are recruiting 2  IRIS Educators to work with GPs to help them identify and provide effective pathways for patients who are experiencing VAWG and provide training to practice teams.

The ideal candidates will be VAWG practitioners with experience of delivering training and an understanding of IRIS (Identification & Referral to Improve Safety). CAADA training is desirable.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 7th February 2021

These are 2 fixed term roles for maternity cover for 9 months each and full time roles with 37.5 hours per week.

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

No agencies please - as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down.