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You’ve got a good understanding of mental health issues and really enjoy supporting others to achieve independence and lead their own recovery. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Recovery Worker.
Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.
Right now, we are looking for someone like you to work at our Mental Health Wellbeing and Recovery Support Service in Leicester City, Oadby, Wigston and Blaby. Based in Leicester City our Life Links service provides a number of different support networks allowing people to choose how they receive support dependent on personal needs including an information line. Not only are we committed to putting them at the heart of everything we do, we recognise they should be involved in decisions that affect their future too. That’s why we need you to inspire and support them to lead their own recovery. So, whether it’s helping to come up with a personal support plan that will see them achieve their goals and aspirations, developing domestic and finance management skills or accessing work, leisure or educational opportunities, your empathy, enthusiasm and compassion will have every chance to shine. Entering accurate case notes onto our IT system will be important too. And, when it comes to regularly liaising with GP surgeries, the local council, charities etc. or promoting the service within the community, again, we'll count on you.
The chances are, you already work in the mental health field. What is for certain is that you’re caring, consistent, flexible and creative, work well under pressure, know how to connect with people at all levels and, like us, are keen to break down the stigma of mental health. Oh and you’re happy working independently or, as a valued member of our team, being part of a weekly rota system and available for on call duties. Previous work experience would be advantageous but is not essential as training will be provided.
As a recovery worker you will provide one to one support to people with a mental health condition and give them the tools that they need to overcome their difficulties through their recovery journey.
Based at our City Centre office you will carry your own case load where you will meet people either in their own homes, in the community or at base. You will devise support plans with your client and work towards goal orientated outcomes to help empower your clients and equip them with the self help tools that they need to help manage their mental health.
You will provide telephone support to people where you will provide information, advice and navigation to callers accessing our service.
You will attend community events, outreaches and surgeries to help raise the profile of the project and to help reach those individuals who cannot access our City Centre offices.
The salary for this post is £17,549.00 per annum.
This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post-holder to work 37.5 hours per week.
Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.
So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?
Closing Date for applications is 10 December 2021. (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received).
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
Leicester’s Homeless Charter is looking for someone who shares our passion for making a difference. The Charter is a partnership of over 100 organisations and aims to provide a vision, values and principles to solve homelessness in the city, and to support those affected by it. More information can be found on the Leicester Homelessness Charter website.
It aims to reduce duplication, improve communication between those working with homeless people, and to raise awareness of services and how the public can help. We have received National Lottery Funding to appoint a Project Coordinator to develop its objectives going forward.
The post will be employed by Together Leicester, but given current circumstances will have the option of work flexibly including working from home. Secondments for Partner Organisations would be welcome.
You will support the day-day co-ordination of Charter activity and manage a range of project work outsourced to partners. Facilitating the administration and secretariat of the Charter. The post holder will be able to win the respect of a wide range of partners through excellent interpersonal skills. The post holder will be well organized and flexible in achieving the Charter’s work plan.
You should bring with you:
- Ability to plan and organise resources
- Ability to communicate at all levels with excellent interpersonal skills
- A passion to put clients at the heart of your work to provide a service that responds to their interests and needs
- A team player but who can be creative and use own initiative
- Have an understanding of the communities and people of Leicester
- Motivation to achieve goals whatever the setback.
You will also to travel across Leicester for the role.
To apply please visit our website and download an application form. Full job description and person specification can also be downloaded from our website.
Completed applications should be returned by 9am on the 13th December by email.
Interviews will be held on 16th December.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Action Homeless are committed to ending the cycle of homeless and ensuring everyone has a decent and safe place to call home. Our mission is to ensure that no one has to sleep rough on the street in our City. We are passionate about ending street homelessness, and empowering people to achieve higher living standards and quality of life.
We are looking for people with experience of working with vulnerable adults and providing housing related support, as well having experience of managing a small staff team. You may already be in the homeless sector, or have experience working with adults in challenging situations and leading teams, and have transferable skills and competencies which we are looking for.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation that is working towards reducing rough sleeping, and ending cycles of homelessness in Leicester, supporting people to access suitable crisis and longer-term accommodation.
As a Service Team Manager you will:
- Be responsible for the day to day management of one of our projects
- Be responsible for a small staff team ensuring they have the necessary support, supervision and training required for their roles
- Be responsible for and the reporting of the projects outcomes
- Liaise with other agencies and ensure the project provides a safe and secure environment
- Need to work flexibly and on occasion unsocial hours as our services operate 365 days a year
To be successful you will need to have:
- An understanding of working with people experiencing homelessness or vulnerable adults and supporting them to access services.
- Experience of working within a housing related support environment and leading a team
- Management experience
- Excellent organisation and time management skills in order to remain strongly outcome focused and meet the projects requires with resources.
- A commitment to working in a challenging environment with the ability to be highly flexible throughout the working day.
- Good communication skills and confidence when representing Action Homeless to external organisations and forming strong working relationships with partners; being able to challenge them when required.
- Strong IT skills with the ability use online recording systems, client management systems, Excel, and Word, using all forms of technology.
While most of your time will be spent working office hours Monday-Friday, the role does require flexibility to include supporting your teams, who will work across the services, as they work on rotas, which include some early morning and late-night shifts, and weekend working. Being able to move across the City quickly and efficiently is essential for this post and a clean drivers’ license would be preferable, due to the locations of our properties on taking part in our on-call and emergency response system out of hours.
As well as a great working environment, we also offer:
- Support to develop your case working skills and specialist knowledge.
- Extensive training and personal development opportunities
- Employee Pension scheme where Employee contributions are matched by the Employer up to 5%
- Generous benefits such as; annual leave, sick leave, compassionate leave, time off for dependants and death in service benefit.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
CLOSING DATE IS 6TH December at Midday
INTERVIEWS W/C 13th December
Role description:
Client management
1. To take lead responsibility for carrying out client interviews, sifts and assessments (in line with agreed policies and processes) for clients in your agreed area of engagement, to include attending resettlement prisons and other prisons where clients might be located.
2. To take lead responsibility for client case management for those released to your agreed area of engagement.
3. To ensure that client database and other records are kept up to date, accurate and of suitable quality.
4. To build links and bridges for people between life in custody and life in the community to which they return.
5. To directly mentor clients as required.
6. To support the reintroduction of clients into faith communities as appropriate.
Mentor management
7. Work in recruiting, maintaining and supporting an appropriate level and quality of mentors (inc. being on recruitment interview panels if needed and co-presenting training).
8. Take lead responsibility for the management and support of mentor/client relationships for your agreed area of engagement.
General management duties
9. To contribute to the future planning of FU and link in as appropriate with the Community Chaplaincy network to develop good policy and practice,
10. Be proactive in encouraging local communities to respond to the needs of ex-offenders and to provide strategic leadership and a co-ordinating focus for faith groups’ activities with them.
11. To lead in raising levels of local awareness about criminal justice issues. To provide information, education and advice on the issues surrounding offending behaviour and to contribute to local crime-reduction.
12. To make a significant contribution to strategic development planning.
13. Working with the Operations Manager, to bid for local funding from local organisations (and through local promotional events) and to support funding applications at regional and national level.
14. Undertake appropriate training and development as agreed with the Operations Manager
15. Undertake other duties as agreed with the Operations Manager for the effective delivery of FUs aims.
16 Preparing reports on projects as directed by Operations Manager.
Liaising with Local Service Providers
17. Identifying and liaising with local contacts and service providers for your agreed area of engagement.
18. To work with relevant existing agencies, both statutory and voluntary, in providing appropriate complementary support for ex-prisoners and to provide further ongoing support through trained volunteers.
You must have use of your own car.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
Are you a passionate and exceptional fundraiser with experience of working with trusts or major donors?
We are seeking a highly motivated, resilient and driven fundraising officer with excellent relationship management skills to support the growth and success of our Partnerships and Philanthropy Unit.
The Philanthropy Officer will manage and steward a portfolio of trusts and major donors working with colleagues across the organisation to identify and research donor prospects, produce compelling concept notes and funding proposals aligned to donor priorities.
About you
You will have good experience and understanding of fundraising, ideally in a trust or major donor environment. With excellent communications skills and an ability to convey complex ideas simply, you will also be great at managing a variety of donors and multiple projects including event coordination.
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
Our modern, open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station,
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
- Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
- Some evening and weekend work may be required on an ad hoc basis, including attending events as a Practical Action representative.
- Flexible working hours are encouraged and enabled – depending on the role, remote working is possible.
- 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays.
- Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
- Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.
- Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
- Bike to Work scheme.
About us
We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Practical Action believe that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation. We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued. We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Additional information
- Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
- We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
- Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
- The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.
Practical Action is an international development organisation that puts ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world. Read more
Health and Safety Manager
We are looking for a Health and Safety professional to provide expertise, guidance and Health and Safety leadership for a group of Hospices who are leaders in compassionate end of life care.
Position: Health and Safety Manager
Salary: £35,975 per annum
Location: Warwick, Coventry & Rugby
Hours: full time, part time also considered
Benefits: up to 7% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus statutory holidays, death in service benefit, free on-site parking, flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week, access to Blue Light Card benefits, free Employee Assistance Programme
Closing date: 8th December 2021
About the role:
As Health and Safety Manager you will work across all aspects of the Hospice including clinical services, fundraising events, head office functions and shops. Delivery of Health and Safety related training for staff and volunteers including Fire Warden and manual handling is also a key part of the role.
As a Manager within the Hospice you will get to know all aspects of the charity, and play a key part in ensuring the safety of the environments within for patients, visitors, staff and volunteers. You will be responsible for liaising with the senior leadership team on issues relating to Health and Safety, ensuring that they are informed and that the organisation keeps up to date with Health and Safety legislation.
About you:
This role is varied and wide ranging so we are looking for someone who thrives on a varied role within a health care or not for profit organisation.
You will need to have the following skills and experience:
- NEOBOSH Diploma qualified or working towards this
- Experience in a similar role, ideally within a healthcare or Non-Profit setting
- expert in Health and Safety legislation and best practise
- Overall knowledge of the CQC
- IT literate with Microsoft packages
- An in depth understanding of Fire safety requirements
- Chartered Member of IOSH
- Ability to travel across sites
This role will require some flexibility of working hours and covers 3 Hospices and 25 shops, as such part-time hours will be considered (min 30 per week) as well as a flexible approach to working hours.
Other roles you may have experience in Health and Safety, Head of Health and Safety, Health & Safety Manager, QHSE Manager, Health Safety & Fire Consultant, Health, Safety & Environment Lead, Health, Safety and Facilities Manager, Health and safety Adviser, NEBOSH, IOSH, H&S Manager, etc.