Temporary Project Workers Wanted in Lambeth

Clients: Working with Vulnerable Homeless clients with various complex needs

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours, must have complete availability and be happy to work 5 days a week across Monday - Sunday on a rolling rota. This includes:

Early shift: 08:00 - 16:00

Late: 15:00 - 22:00

Area: Lambeth

Assignment: 37.5 hours a week for 3 months (potential extension)

You must have an enhanced DBS issued within 12 months or one that is on the update service to apply - If you don't have one, please contact us and we can help you get one for future roles!

Have you got what it takes to work with vulnerable homeless people?

Our social care client in Lambeth, needs complex needs project workers for their hostel-based project. With the social care sector under enormous pressure during these difficult times, more and more services are opening or expanding to meet the demand, the homeless people of Lambeth need your help!

Service Notes:

The service provides ex-homeless clients with accommodation and support around their needs. The team consists of the team manager and 6 fellow project workers. You will have a caseload of 6-8 clients. You will need to be comfortable lone working with clients whom may have anti-social behaviour and complex needs. They can be problematic individuals, but the hiring manager has confirmed they rarely have any issues with clients, due to the professionalism of the team and how well the service is conducted

You will need to link your clients in with third party providers such as drug and alcohol recovery services, the local council, anti-social behaviour. Managing the relationship so that the client will get he most out of their situation

To be successful in this social care role you should have a good expertise and understanding of the following:

• The needs of homeless people and can work in an empathic, constructive but strict manner with vulnerable adults who have experienced complex trauma, pre-existing forms of addiction or mental health issues.
• You will have excellent written and oral communication skills to enable you to effectively advocate on behalf of your clients when required
• Will also possess good literacy, numeracy, and I.T skills.
• You should have an interest in homelessness issues and have up to date knowledge on Homeless and housing legislation.
• As project worker you will be providing key work support sessions based on each client's support plans catered around their various support needs. You will also be collating and updating needs and risks assessments, confidence in both these areas of expertise is crucial.
• You will need to assess clients on their barriers to engagement with the service and yourself, using altered approaches to enable the clients to trust you for you to begin assisting them with the reshape of their lives
• You will also be inducting new tenants into the service, helping them to understand their terms of agreement and making them feel settled

Lambeth is a popular location so don't wait around and miss out! If you feel that you have the expertise and passion for this role then apply now!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

We are looking  for an experienced project worker for our Youth Innovation Project. Young people are affected by many issues during the pandemic, including employment, benefits, housing etc.  Despite this young people are under represented in clients seeking help and information from Citizens Advice. Our youth innovation project seeks to explore and address this issue.

The successful candidate will conduct research and experiments in collaboration with others looking at the same or similar themes, to address the problem of improving access to remote advice for young people, especially those most in need.

You may have experience of working with young people, but above all, you understand the pressures that they are under and will have the ability to engage with them, using your excellent communication skills. 

Interviews from 21st May 2021

Youth Support Worker!

I am looking for a Youth Support Worker who has had experience working with young people!

You will work Monday - Sunday on a rota basis!

The role will be for two months ??

The Youth Support Worker needs to have experience in:

• Understanding the benefits system for young people under 21
• Understand and know how to do goal setting, planning and risk assessment for young people
• Be familiar and had experience with working with young people with mental health & attachment needs including emerging personality disorder & significant self-harm
• You will have a case load of 4 clients

If this sounds something you would be up for and want to hear more about then apply NOW!

I will look forward to hearing from all you Youth Support Workers!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

We are looking for an experienced link worker to take on this exciting new role that will design and pilot a joint programme between Manor Gardens and selected elements of universal services in Islington to achieve equality of access for all families, regardless of language, culture or abilities. The focus will be on building bridges and development of best practice with professionals working in maternity and early years services.

You will form a vital part of our Starting Well team which works with mums, dads, carers and families during the first 1,001 days of their baby’s lives and beyond, supporting mental and physical health and wellbeing, relationships and development, and the resilience, self-esteem and confidence of new families.

Much of our work is done bilingually within our local communities, providing support to those that experience barriers and difficulties in accessing support and services, in particular those from refugee and migrant communities.

This role will help us promote a better understanding of cultural barriers and ensure universal services are better informed and trained around best practice in this area.

Ideally candidates will have either a good working knowledge of Early Years services within Islington or a good understanding of communities and barriers in maternity.

Closing date for applications: 13th May (Midday) 

Interviews: TBC

For a recruitment pack please click apply to visit our website.

Manor Gardens Welfare Trust is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities with which we work. We value our staff greatly, and respect and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation or religious belief.

An exciting, challenging but meaningful role!

We are seeking an experienced and skilled individual to join a new exciting initiative as Project Manager.

MLCE work with at-risk young people and their families providing mental health and wellbeing activities, safe places to go, IAG (information, advice and guidance), leisure/sports and structured outcomes-focused projects tackling early intervention and prevention.

MLCE are the lead organisation of the newly formed Ecosystem Coldharbour Consortium funded by the Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit as part of the 'My Ends Programme'.  The consortium brings together well-respected community organisations that have experience of leading violence reduction initiatives in the area. It aims to address root causes of violence affecting young people and provide  positive opportunities for them with a specific focus on tailored interventions. 

The Project Manager will act as the linchpin between MLCE its partners and programmes to ensure this important work is delivered successfully.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a talented, passionate group of people from different organisations who are collaborating to affect change.

To Apply:  Please click on the Apply button.

Closing date: 20th May 2021

First Round Interviews:  Tuesday 25th or Wednesday 26th May 2021

Second Round Interviews: Friday 28th May 2021

MLCE is committed to an equal opportunities policy.

Please note we can only respond to shortlisted candidates.

Recruiting for 2 Support Workers to join our Homelessness and Complex Needs Service in Westminster!

GBP 22,568 working 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:
The post holder will work at Edward Alsop Court Hostel a support accommodation service for men with complex needs supporting men with complex substance use, mental and physical health and offending behaviours, and those who are nearing their end of life. Support is delivered by a team of Support Workers, Specialist Support Workers and Night Support Workers.

The service sits in the heart of Westminster. Westminster is a high profile borough, with extensive network partners in ending homelessness and understanding of the needs of entrenched rough sleepers. Westminster offers extensive training opportunities and the service provides good work experience for psychology or social worker graduates. The team works closely with each resident to secure appropriate longer term accommodation from the beginning of their stay.

The ideal candidate will have good knowledge and understanding of homelessness and demonstrate the ability to manage a complex group with dynamic needs. We are looking for someone who is energetic, enthusiastic, non-judgemental, a team player, thrives on working under pressure, providing effective crisis intervention, able to assess the needs and risks of clients, demonstrate good problem solving skills, and can demonstrate excellent networking and partnerships. They will have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and will be good at using their own initiative. The post holder will receive regular supervision and casework management sessions and monthly reflective practice sessions.

Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a service-user caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager
- Empowering and providing holistic support to service-users with high complex needs, specifically; single homeless people with mental health and substance misuse problems, dual diagnosis and forensic histories
- Building working relationships with local authorities, health trusts the local community and local police to support our service-users
- To induct new clients in line with the service policy
- To complete onward referrals to identified move-on and support clients to prepare effectively for move on
- To support and encourage clients to undertake housekeeping and client duties as necessary in order to maintain a clean and safe physical environment
- Reporting safeguarding issues efficiently using Look Ahead protocol policies and procedures
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that service-users enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Advising service-users on benefits and financial difficulties
- Conducting face to face interviews and assessments to assess service-users suitability for the service
- Supporting service-users to set personalised goals in the form of a support plan
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risk assessments with service-users
- Involving service-users in the development, design and delivery of the service
- Maintaining service-users rent accounts, and ensuring their rent accounts are managed and kept up to date
- Conducting Health & Safety checks
- Assisting the team in meeting occupancy targets by proactively preparing properties to be re-let
- To ensure that rental income is maximised by filling voids promptly and in line with the service's policy
- To liaise with Housing Benefit and the Department of Work and Pensions to ensure that clients and the Hostel receive all monies due to them
- To maintain a high standard of record keeping and keep all financial and administrative systems up-to-date and in line with policy
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures

Essential:
- Managing complex and difficult situations in relation to people
-Personal experience of homelessness or a sound understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people and the difficulties they experience in accessing appropriate services for their needs

Desirable:
An understanding of:
- Offending behaviours
- Substance misuse and addiction
- Mental health issues

For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead wesbite.

To provide effective and high-quality support to service users of the Marylebone Project. To work collaboratively to provide the Marylebone Project service users a holistic and effective support service within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE).

KEY TASKS:

- Provide a high quality, person centred support to service users with a range of low to medium support needs

- Assist in the provision of safe and secure accommodation

- Always work collaboratively professionally, responsibly, and diligently

- Provide tenancy management and support

-Support the referral process within the Marylebone Project

-Ensure data is managed and handled appropriately, and effectively communicate

Hours 40 hours a week. Normal working pattern will include working one weekend as directed by the Project rota on a five week rolling basis. Other times and shifts may be required as per the Project needs.

We do not accept CV's.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Safeguarding training will be required and compliance with all safeguarding polices and practice. 

Closing date for applications: 
09:00am on Monday, 17th May 2021.

Interview date:
25th of May 2021.

We are an innovative exciting grassroots Youth organisation seeking an exceptional Youth Project Manager to help young people fulfil their destiny. 

The Hebe Foundation is a Christian Youth charity working with all young people to discover and utilise their gifts and talents. We are seeking an experienced inspirational Project Manager to manage our various youth projects, and social media platforms. You will take responsibility for co-ordinating a team of youth workers, project planning and implementation, as well as engaging with young people in an authentic way.

We are looking for a project manager who can facilitate project development, and deputise for the CEO.

This begins as a part time role (17.5hrs per week), with hours increasing to full time from 2022. Location is in Lambeth, South London, however the option to work from home at times is available as a blended approach.

Project Manager Responsibilities include:

Projects

· Co-plan and implement projects

· Ensure monitoring & evaluation of projects

· Manage accreditation

· Manage project budgets

Data management 

· Update information on Salesforce database 

· Cleanse data 

Promotion and PR 

· Manage all social media and public platforms for the Charity

Relationship Management 

· Maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders

· Liaise with young people, and parents/carers

Staff 

· Lead our team of sessional youth workers and volunteers

Key Requirements:

· Youth Work experience

· Project Management experience

· Passion for youth development

· Excellent organisational skills

· Social Media understanding

· Good IT Skills

Full Hebe training, security checks and Enhanced DBS checks will be undertaken by sucessful applicants.

The Role:
This is a fantastic opportunity within the Project, your role will be based within our newly refurbished Centre where you will manage a caseload of service users who may have complex needs and challenging behaviour. You will provide Advice, Guidance and information (IAG) to vulnerable adults and holistic support to address their needs within a psychologically informed environment.

Part of your role will also include Coordinating and facilitating our Drop-in Service for rough sleepers, providing them with a range of services including food provision; laundry; showers; clothing and nurses clinics.

You will have the opportunity to be part of a service which will really make a difference to women’s lives and have the privilege to see them grow in confidence and skills.

Key Tasks:

• Provide a high quality, person centred service to homeless women with a range of low to high needs within a Psychological informed environment.
• Provide holistic support to a caseload of rough sleeping women who access the Centre, signposting service users to the relevant services that will address their needs.
• Assist in the provision of our rough sleepers Drop – in within a safe, secure, trauma informed environment. Meeting the basic needs of the clients by providing food, warmth, shelter, showering facilities, meaningful activities and a safe place to sleep.
• Produce person centred and high-quality documents for a caseload of clients including risk assessments, support plans and referrals relating to their needs. This includes and is not limited to; housing, employment, health and financial needs.
• Provide up to date housing advice and guidance to low-to-high support service users. Signposting them to the relevant specialist services in order for them to access stable accommodation.
• Provide tenancy management and support for residents in the Emergency Beds. 

The successful candidate will:

• Have working experience of supporting clients with Mental Health and/or Complex Needs.
• Have experience of providing Advice, Guidance and information (IAG) to vulnerable adults.
• Possess excellent communication and time management skills.
• Be willing and able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the women. 

Must have:
1-year minimum paid experience of working with vulnerable people and those with complex needs in an Advice and Guidance or Support Worker role (or equivalent).

To apply: Please see our Job Description and fill out the Application Form (available to download on our website) and email your application to our recruitment email.

Please note we do not accept CV's.

Hours  40 hours/week. Working on shift-based rota which includes early, late, night, and weekends

Application Deadline: Wednesday 19th May 2021 at 08:00 am.

Interview date:Weeks commencing  7th and 14th June 2021.

The role

You will work across our community and social inclusion projects, taking a lead on supporting our students (adults with learning disabilities and/or autism) to achieve their goals. You’ll work as part of a small team to support the delivery of outdoor and community based activities and provide 1-1 support to students to ensure full inclusivity and enjoyment by everyone. You will enable students to develop their skills, be able to better manage new or challenging social situations and live healthier and more fulfilled lives. You will also provide some basic administration support.

Who we are looking for

Our ideal candidate would have experience of working within a social care, health or support worker role, with adults with learning disabilities and autism. You’ll have a strong commitment to the inclusion of disabled people in all aspects of life. You’ll take a collaborative and empowering approach, working with clients, partners and volunteers to facilitate person centred community and outdoor activities. You’ll enjoy being out and about outdoors and you’ll need to be an energetic people person. You’ll be flexible and able to follow instructions whilst being able to use your initiative to problem solve and think on your feet.

About us

At Share, we’re passionate about supporting disabled people to set their own goals for learning and life, and then helping them to achieve their aspirations. The majority of our students are people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We offer a range of training, employment, personal development, and leisure opportunities. Our focus is on social and economic inclusion of disabled people in the community through supporting them to be more independent, have better health and wellbeing, and move towards employment.

Job Description

• Work flexibly to support our students to access community based activities and projects, occasionally supporting our other projects at Share.
• Provide one to one support for students who may have more complex needs
• Occasionally step in to deliver sessions in the absence of the facilitator
• Support the running of community based activities ensuring they run smoothly, students enjoy their day and stay safe throughout
• Work as part of a team, taking a lead on supporting and ensuring that each individual student is achieving their goals and are being supported to access progression opportunities.
• Support the Wellbeing team with providing pastoral support to students as and when required

• Provide some administration support to our community based services such as preparing for activities, data inputting and evidence gathering for portfolios

• Promote effective communication and relationships amongst students and to be aware of communication and personality differences

• Monitor nd record project and student activities using various digital media such as photos and videos, and communicate progress at agreed intervals to support networks
• Produce case studies to demonstrate the impact of our work
• Work in a way that celebrates diversity and values each student and their choices

• To undertake any training that may be required in order to fulfil the role as effectively as possible including courses to update knowledge in best practice in autism, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Makaton and Basic Food Hygiene.
• To attend and take part in Share staff meetings, supervisions, organisational events and external events as required.
• To undertake any other tasks as may reasonably be required.

Full person specification available on our website. 

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are currently under represented at this level within our organisation. 

A full clean driving licence is essential for this role

The Spires Centre is an award-winning day centre that has been working with homeless and disadvantaged people in South London since 1990. We work with some of the most isolated and vulnerable in our society. The majority of our clients are homeless or have insecure accommodation, with many also facing complex issues such as long-term unemployment, poor mental and physical health, addiction and substance abuse, or they may be involved in sex work.

Our Women’s service specifically works with vulnerable women and with the help of a dedicated volunteer team, we provide a range of services including late night and early morning outreach, a twice-weekly Women’s Space, Sanctuary sex worker Drop In every Tuesday evening and an Open Access/Drop-in session. In addition a full adult learning timetable offers free classes and workshops. We assess need, create bespoke support plans, provide ongoing key work and empower people to improve their circumstances. Last year we supported over 1100 people across all our services.

Purpose of Role:

• To work as part of a team to facilitate the smooth running of outreach and centre sessions aimed at vulnerable women and other individuals, including, but not exclusively, those who sell sex.
• To lead and coordinate support for allocated clients.
• To engage, assess and respond to the immediate needs of all new and existing clients attending centre sessions and contribute to their ongoing support.
• To participate in the outreach rota  and engage with women during late evening and early morning sessions.

About the organisation

nia has been delivering services to women, girls and children who have experienced domestic and sexual violence since 1975. The organisation has three main aims: to provide services for women, girls and children who have experienced men’s violence; contributing to ending male violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.

East London Rape Crisis provides confidential specialist support to women and girls who have experienced sexual violence, including rape and childhood sexual abuse. Our services include: an Information and Support line, Advocacy and Counselling services.

nia is an approved member of Rape Crisis England and Wales, an umbrella organisation supporting Rape Crisis Centres across the country. Rape Crisis is completely independent of the government and the criminal justice system

The Role

The East London Rape Crisis Case Worker is responsible for providing emotional support and information to female victim/survivors of sexual violence, including rape and childhood sexual abuse.

Hours:                      Full time: 35 hours per week

Term:                        Funded until April 2022

Closing date:          10am, 18 May 2021

Interview date:        25 May 2021

The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.

CV's will not be accepted and request no contact from recruitment agencies.

We are looking for a Youth Worker to join our incredibly dynamic team and work on a full-time basis (35 hours per week).

This is a new post that will work with the Programme Manager and Senior Youth Worker in developing the growing programme of youth activities on offer, and drive-up engagement with young people, the sector, community, and when appropriate funders.

This person will lead on our exciting new Saturday Seniors Programme, Outreach and Recruitment of Young People, and Community Partnerships and Engagement.

The Avenues Youth Project in W10 was established in 1979. Our mission is to support young people who might not otherwise get the opportunity to flourish. The service currently operates 6 days a week, with much scope to develop new programmes.We offer a range of activities from Judo, Homework Club, Lyric Writing and much more, tailored to the needs and ambitions of our young members. In addition, we run programmes during school holidays through the day and into the evenings. The Avenues Youth Project offers a vital resource for the local community, providing free opportunities in a safe, attractive environment for young people to develop educationally, socially and personally through an exciting and wide range of sport, creative arts and practical skills. 

If you are passionate about working with young people, please send us your CV and a cover letter explaining why the role interests you and how you meet the person specification.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 8th June 2021, 12pm (midday). However, we are looking for successful candidates to start as soon as possible, therefore applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and interviews scheduled accordingly. Therefore, we may close the recruitment early if the post is filled so, please apply as soon as possible.

About The Advocacy Project

We help marginalised and vulnerable people make effective choices about what happens in their lives. We also support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

• voice their concerns 
• understand their rights
• make effective choices about what happens in their lives

We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer

About the role
We’re searching for an exceptional Independent Advocate to work in the medium and low secure forensic units at St Bernard’s Hospital in Ealing.
The role will have a strong appeal to advocates wishing to specialise in forensic contexts. 
This role will provide independent advocacy for adults detained under forensic sections. You’ll also raise awareness of independent advocacy, including for people from minority ethnic communities. You’ll work as part of a team of independent advocates, reporting to the manager for the service. This role is offered either part-time or full-time. If you work full time you will be required to work in inpatient settings in other boroughs in which we are commissioned to work to maximise referrals and provide cover.

Key responsibilities

• Provide a one-to-one advocacy service and undertake case work, writing accurate case notes and recording data on our system. 

• Provide instructed and non-instructed advocacy.

• Give information, support and signposting to inform and empower people on any issues about their treatment under the relevant legislation.

• Meet case-working standards, monitoring system requirements and the goals for our service, making sure everyone needing advocacy is referred into the service in the right way.

• Work within the location-specific engagement protocols, security, confidentiality and safeguarding policies (in addition to the Advocacy Best Practice Handbook).

• Actively promote self-advocacy throughout all work with patients where practical.

• Raise awareness of independent advocacy amongst patients.

• Keep your knowledge of legislation and policy up-to-date, including the mental health act, mental capacity act, care act, and local / national policy.

• Keep up to date with developments and good practice in independent advocacy (including different advocacy models).

• Develop good working relationships with key staff within health and social care services.

• Be an active member of the mental health service, contributing to service planning and providing cover for other colleagues when needed.

General responsibilities

• Participate in team meetings and training.

• Participate in personal, team and organisational development.

• Contribute to monitoring reports.

• Keep to our policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.

• Work to our mission, vision, and values.

• Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

• At least two years experience of providing advocacy or supporting people with mental health conditions.

• Understanding of the issues faced by forensic service users with mental health conditions and issues relating to mental capacity.

• Sound knowledge of forensic mental health sections and services, including current issues in policy and practice; knowledge of health and social care practice and legislation.

• Experience of the principles and practice of advocacy and an understanding of different forms of advocacy.

• Ability to listen and build trust, to encourage people to express their own views and to represent clients’ self-defined interests.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal). Good at working with a wide variety of people including commissioners, service users and colleagues.

• Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.

• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative, to plan and prioritise your own workload.

• Willingness to promote The Advocacy Project and its services in line with our mission, vision and values.

• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of advocacy under the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act (IMCA) and DOLS.

• IMHA qualification (or be studying for an IMHA qualification and committed to completing this within 6 months).

• Understanding of the Accessible Information Standard.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.
Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.
All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.
We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.