Please note this is a fixed term position for 10 months, reviewed after 3 months.
In light of the current health crisis, we are recruiting for a Client Support Coordinator to ensure women and children affected by abuse during the pandemic and beyond are able to access support online, by email and through our information line.
The Sharan Project is a registered charity supporting women, particularly women from South Asian origin who are at risk of or have been disowned by their families and communities due to abuse or persecution, to include but not limited to: domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour abuse, FGM and other harmful practices.
About the Role
This is an exciting new position to develop our client support services. You will be responsible for the recruitment, training and supervision of up to 4 client support volunteers to ensure they are deployed to provide coordinated and effective virtual support, assistance and information to women, families, front line professionals and others as part of a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with external agencies and suppliers.
About You
You will have excellent project management skills and demonstrable experience of managing a team, be a good communicator, a quick learner, excellent presentation, administration and IT skills, ability to manage high and complex workloads and ability to work safely and confidently from home with some travel where required.
We're looking for highly organised and self motivated applicants with a "can do" approach, a strong working knowledge of the issues experienced by BAME women and commitment to end violence against women and girls. You will receive support, training and learning development for this role as necessary
Further details, application form and role description are available on our website. This role is to be filled ASAP and so early application is advised. Interviews to be held on a rolling basis - we will not wait until the application deadline to hold interviews
Due to the nature of this role, this post is open to women only and are exempt under the Sex Discrimination Act 7(2) (d) and (e) and the Race Relations Act 5(2) (d) 1976. DBS checks will be required.
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Camden Carers is a charity organisation that provides support and services to informal carers within the London Borough of Camden.
Job Title: Support & Wellbeing Worker (Learning Disabilities Lead)
Salary: £31,059 per annum
Hours: Full Time 35 Hours per week
Contract term: Permanent
Location: Main office based in North West London, opportunity for some home working
Department: Support & Wellbeing Team
Reports to: Support & Wellbeing Team Manager
Benefits: 30 Day annual leave per annum, 3% Pension from April 2020, WPA
Main Purpose of the Role:
This is exciting new opportunity to join our dynamic team at Camden Carers and make a difference to the lives of people and families in Camden. We are looking for a hardworking, enthusiastic and flexible team member who is able to adapt to the ever changing and challenging times we find ourselves currently in.
As a part of the Support & Wellbeing Team, you will be required to identify carers from all communities in the London Borough of Camden, who care for a family member, partner or friend with a disability or long-term illness. You will provide relevant and appropriate support, information and advocacy to informal carers.
You will need proven experience of delivering provision within a related field and working with people and/or community groups; in particular we are keen to find someone with experience in Learning Disabilities. More details can be found in the job application pack on our website.
Camden Carers values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are provided with equality of opportunity in employment.
Deadline for applications: Midnight 31st August 2020
Interview date: 8th & 10th September 2020
Please note, all shortlisted candidates will have two interviews, one with the Support & Wellbeing management team and one with carers. For the carers group you will need to create a 5 min presentation, subject will be given after the shortlisting process has been completed.
To apply, please download and follow instructions on our website.
Please note that Camden Carers is not accepting CV’s for this post.
Interviews will be held remotely/via Zoom and all shortlisted candidates will be contacted with interview details.
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37 hours per week Monday - Friday
£26,182 per annum with progression to £29,092
To be co-located at Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG London Borough Tower Hamlets with regular travel to The Children's Society, Stratford, 21 - 23 Broadway, Stratford, London, E15 4BQ
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. The Children's Society Tower Hamlets Missing Service delivers robust and effective services to children who have run away or gone missing and who may be at risk or victims of sexual exploitation.
We provide:
-Return home interviews
-Intensive one-to-one support and advice
-Drop-in services and advocacy
-Safe havens for children to get independent and confidential help
-Group work, training and consultancy for young people and professionals
-Co-operation with police and social services to break up CSE rings and drug trafficking gangs
This role sits within our children and families directorate. We are currently looking for a passionate person to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
A key part of this role will be your ability to do the following:
-To improve the protection from harm for young people that are at risk of or who have experienced going missing from home or care by conducting engaging and effective independent return home interviews
-To be persistent with young people, endeavouring to meet the young person and offer them a non-judgemental safe space to talk
-To work closely with the team in London developing our practice for young people at risk, including shaping the service through gaining young people's feedback
Key Skills and Competencies
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
Knowledge
Knowledge of relevant policy and legislation as it relates to adolescents, especially around going missing and sexual exploitation (essential)
Up to date knowledge of safeguarding and issues around young people who go missing including victim blaming, child sexual exploitation (essential)
Effective methods of working and communicating with young people who experience exploitation and/or missing (desirable)
Experience:
Relevant experience of working with young people from diverse backgrounds (essential)
Experience of supporting adolescents who are dealing with complex and sensitive issues through offering advice and advocacy (essential)
Experience of safeguarding young people and/or escalating safeguarding concerns when worried about a child
Experience completing high-quality case notes and case recording (essential)
Experience of partnership working across multi-agencies for example across social care, youth offending, education, sexual health (essential)
Experience of working on one's own and within a team (essential)
Experience of monitoring and evaluation of work and production of written reports (desirable)
Skills:
1:1 and group work facilitation skills
Relationship building skills - specifically related to engaging and motivating young people.
Negotiation and influencing skills
Problem solving skills
Ability to plan and manage own workload
Communication skills - specifically for communicating with young people affected by exploitation and other stakeholders
Presentation, facilitation skill and ability to produce publicity materials
An ability to monitor, record and evaluate the work of the project
IT skills and ability to adapt to new software
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.
Previous applications will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is midnight 30 August 2020
Interviews will be held the week beginning 14 September 2020
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Who we are
Community Links is a social action charity, rooted in east London. Our vision is Ready for Everything Communities. Our mission is to support people in coming together, overcoming barriers, building purpose and making the most of the place they live in. From our base in east London, we apply the learning from our local work to influence and achieve positive national change.
Our team delivers a diverse range of projects for 5000 people every year drawing on 40 years of experience working with children, young people and adults.
Community links are proud to be part of the Catch22 group. Catch22 exist to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.
We achieve this in two ways. We improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.
Job Description
We are looking for a Project Worker - Mental Health to be responsible for establishing and co-ordinating the day-to-day running of this exciting, new, mental health, crisis prevention programme. Your project sits within our established, social worker-led, Help through Crisis Service and aims to meet the surge in Covid-19 related mental health crisis impacting Newham residents.
You will be responsible for delivering outreach work, facilitating peer support groups and wellbeing activities, and leading on the provision of signposting and information on local mental health and care services. In order to maximise our reach, you will lead on the recruitment, development and retention of volunteers, primarily Community Mental Health Champions, to raise awareness of mental health and break down barriers to accessing support.
Main Duties & Accountabilites
As a Community Engagement Officer, you will:
Engagement and Outreach
- Provide a new community outreach element to target ‘hard to reach’ groups who would traditionally be less likely to access formal mental health support.
- Create interesting wellbeing activities and virtual spaces for our Community Champions and service users and community to come together, advocate for service users, and lead peer to peer support groups.
- Lead on the recruitment, training and support of Community Mental Health Champions, including those with lived experience of mental health difficulties, who will contribute towards project activity.
Information and signposting
- Lead on the provision of mental health related referrals from our programmes and partner organisations across east London helping rapidly connect people presenting with signs of mental health concerns with appropriate support, both internally and externally.
- Adapt services to a mixed-delivery model for remote and in-person support as lockdown restrictions change.
- Lead on the provision of signposting and information to Newham residents connecting them to our services, activities, partners, Primary Care Network embedded Community Connectors and mental health café provider Hestia.
Intelligence, organisational relationships and influence
- Collecting data and reporting on outcomes for service users using a standardised, outcome measure framework in order to understand the impact of the project, and identify learning to inform future development.
- Act as an ambassador for Community Links and champion mental health at all opportunities.
- Meet individual project level targets as set out by the Programme Manager.
- Actively monitor and evaluate the quality of the work undertaken; seeking feedback regularly and looking for opportunities to learn and improve.
- Keep up-to-date with local, regional and national developments in (mental) health, social care and safeguarding adults at risk.
- Develop relationships with statutory partners and local voluntary and community organisations to facilitate channels of communication, share information, learning and good practice.
- Assist in the establishment and coordinate a new, dynamic internal Mental Health working group
Person Specification
To succeed in this role, you’ll need a professional qualification or significant experience in a related field, such as: mental health, nursing, social work, voluntary sector, teaching or providing health and wellbeing activities within a mental health framework.
Knowledge;
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Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and an ability to react appropriately and consult with the relevant professionals when a safeguarding concern arises.
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Understanding of the forms and impact of mental illness, including the barriers to accessing support and treatment and recovery principles.
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Knowledge of appropriate ways to seek the views and knowledge of stakeholder groups, including people with lived experience of these issues.
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Commitment to tackling inequalities, and appreciation for the challenges faced by disadvantaged communities and those from diverse seldom heard backgrounds.
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Good knowledge of the health and social care system, ideally locally, and how people can best navigate the system and seek support.
Experience;
- Experience of working in a mental health crisis prevention role or with individuals experiencing mental health difficulties
- Facilitating health and wellbeing activities.
- A track record of providing excellent service to all beneficiaries who will use the service by offering high standards of care at all times and the ability to meet organisational standards in the provision of a responsive service.
- Experience of group facilitation in a relevant field.
- Experience of working in partnership and co-production in the field of mental health.
- Experience of confidently and sensitively supporting people facing difficult circumstances.
- Experience of employing evidence-based evaluation tools and methods to measure the impact of a service.
Fixed term contract until 31/08/2021.
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Founded in 1967 by Lord Longford to address the needs of young people who were involved in drug abuse in the West End of London, New Horizon Youth Centre continues today to work with the most vulnerable and at risk young people.
In the autumn of 1994, we moved from Covent Garden to our current premises in the Somers Town area. We are ideally situated between the mainline stations of Kings Cross and Euston to meet both the needs of Londoners and of those coming into the capital from the UK and beyond. Over the past 20 years in this location we have empowered and enabled 20,000 young people to address their multiple issues and to move on in their lives.
Our Mission
To enable homeless and young vulnerable people to achieve independence and positive futures
We deliver this mission through four strategic objectives:
- Provision: offering a high quality, one stop shop of services at our drop in centre and through our outreach team
- Places: brokering places for young people to stay in the short term or call home in the long term
- Partnerships: working with funders, policy makers and sector partners to raise awareness of and investment in homeless young people
- Platform: sustaining a well-run organisation that is a great place to work.
Our values
- Starting with strengths – we trust and see the best in each other
- Collaboration – because we are all stronger when we work together with diverse people and organisations
- Responsiveness – because the world changes, we change and what young people need and want changes
- Being our word – we do what we say we will because the young people we support, our team and our partners deserve nothing less.
The key objectives of the post are:
- To increase accommodation options for young people through NHYC’s own accommodation projects
- To support homeless young people in maintaining their accommodation and into successful and timely move-on
- To provide housing management expertise and resettlement support across NHYC accommodation projects
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you proactive and dynamic in your delivery of support to adults at risk? Do you have strong communication skills and the ability to manage your time effectively?
SHP is offering an opportunity to a highly motivated, experienced and creative individual to join a team of Floating Support Workers. The post holder will work within the Lambeth Tenancy Support team and have the ability to work with a Generic client group providing high quality person-centred support.
SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.
As well as offering tenancy related support to vulnerable people in their homes, SHP offers a range of opportunities for clients. Opportunities range from art and drama to peer support and employability courses. We are looking for someone who possesses a passion for the role, with the ability to translate this into positive outcomes for our clients.
To be successful for this post, you will also have:
- A demonstrable understanding of some of the issues that can arise, when working with vulnerable people with a range of backgrounds and support needs.
- Strong organisational skills, the ability to be self motivating, work under pressure and be able to prioritise different areas of work according to need.
- Experience of and a working knowledge of the challenges facing individuals at risk of losing their homes.
- Have the ability to be dynamic in the creation of risk assessments, allowing for a personalised support plan which promotes choice.
- The ability to lead and coordinate case reviews and liaise with a wide range of statutory agencies.
- The creativity to plan and coordinate events and workshops with a focus on engaging those who are hard to reach in the community.
Closing date: 26th August 2020 (at Midnight)
Interviews to be held: 10th & 11th September 2020
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited. In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.
1 x P/T permanent
1x P/T up to 12 months fixed-term (Mat Cover)
SHP's Pan London Offender Service works in partnership with MTC Novo and the National Probation Service, (NPS) to deliver a pan London housing support service. With our staff co-located in probation offices, we have been providing a high quality housing advice and access service across the entire NPS London Division. We also work in close partnership with probation, to support medium to high risk offenders to either sustain their current accommodation or secure new housing as needed.
SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.
We are seeking Housing Advice Workers to join our team to deliver housing advice and guidance to medium-to-high support clients. Working with clients in your local boroughs you will produce comprehensive and high quality assessments on the clients support needs, particularly their housing, employment and financial needs, and accordingly follow the most suitable pathway for them.
We are looking to recruit highly motivated and committed workers to join our high performing, friendly and supportive team, who pride themselves on the difference they make to our clients lives on a daily basis.
To be successful for this post, you will need to have:
- An understanding of working in supported housing or floating support services, with a demonstrable knowledge of Housing and other related Legislation
- Experience of managing complex and difficult situations in relation to vulnerable people/client group(s).
- Ability to liaise effectively with a range of service providers or agencies in order to establish or improve services for clients.
- An understanding of the principles underlying a quality service and customer focused
- Ability to be self motivating, work under pressure, and manage and prioritise time effectively.
Housing Advice Workers are based in Probation offices all over the London boroughs, the current vacant posts will be located at: 1x Greenwich and 1x Tower Hamlets.You will be located between a maximum of two offices and work closely with Probation staff.
Closing date for applications: 26th August 2020 (at Midnight)
Interviews to be held: 2nd September 2020
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited. In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.
Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life?
SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.
As a Project/ Support Worker (Complex Needs), you will be in a specialist role designed to work with people who may be more difficult to establish working relationships with or to reach. As such, you will role model good practice for working with those who have experienced multiple disadvantages by adopting a trauma informed approach in line with our psychologically informed framework.
Southampton Row is a 18 bed hostel which provides 24/7 specialist support to clients at multiple disadvantage from a variety of support needs sometimes including substance use, mental health difficulties, rough sleeping, criminal justice contact and self-care issues. The service aims to deliver a high quality accommodation based support service. During their stay, residents are supported by the team to continue in addressing their support needs and work towards independence.
To be successful, you will have experience of working with people who have experienced or been at risk of homelessness; including those who live in temporary or insecure accommodation. You will also have experience of working with people who have complex or troubling experiences and/or behaviours along with direct case/key- working experience. An awareness of legislation relating to mental health services and the ability to hold a caseload is also essential.
There is a requirement to work a 24/7 rota, which will include weekends and bank holidays.The shifts patterns are Early, Mid or Late shifts spanning the hours 8.00am-10.30pm
Closing date: 19th August 2020 (at Midnight)
Interview date: 26/27th August 2020
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited. In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.
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.
We are delighted to receive funding from MOPAC to develop The Anita Project. The Anita Project has been devised to bring about long-term sustainable change for women facing multiple disadvantage and who are involved in prostitution in London. This service will build on nia’s existing work to support women to exit prostitution.
Job Title: Service Manager (The Anita Project)
Hours: 35 (including some evenings and occasional night-time)
Salary: £33,000- 35,000 (dependent on qualification & experience)
The Service Manager (The Anita Project) will be responsible for developing and delivering this new project. She will also be involved in the management of nia’s other exiting prostitution services.
We are looking for a highly organised and self- motivated woman who is passionate about ending male violence against women and girls. For this post, we are looking for a woman with management experience who shares our values. You will have a ‘can-do’ approach, be passionate about prioritising women and be committed to nia’s feminist approach. Your values, attitude and abilities are as important as your experience.
CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 10am, 17 August 2020
Interview date: 25 August 2020
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.
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Hours negotiable - between 10 to 30 hours per week
One permanent role available (fixed term contracts and bank work also available)
£19,201 pro rata / £10.55 per hour plus 3% pension or £1.01 added to the hourly wage for annual leave allowance for bank workers
25 days annual leave per year pro rata (increasing by one day per year until you reach a maximum of 30)
Location:Your base is Share HQ, 64 Altenburg Gardens, London, SW11 1JL. You’ll also work out and about in the community, and sometimes at Share Garden in Tooting.
Closing date: Thursday 27th August 2020 (midnight)
Interview date:Thursday 3rd September 2020
Start date: ASAP
The role
This is a multi-faceted role which will likely involve a mix of supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or autism within their training sessions in-house and within the community, as well as meeting individual students outside their homes to go for a walk or do some exercise in the local area.
Your support will enable our students to develop their skills, be able to better manage new or challenging social situations and live healthier and more fulfilled lives. You’ll help people to overcome the negative mental and physical side effects of long periods of isolation during lockdown. You will also provide pastoral wellbeing support to students, as well as occasionally covering our reception desk and completing some basic administration tasks. You’ll be inclusive and person centred in your approach at all times.
Who we are looking for
Our ideal candidate would have experience of working or volunteering 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 need to be an energetic people person, be able to follow instructions whilst being able to use your initiative to problem solve and think on your feet. You’ll be a patient, supportive and empowering person who pays close attention to student wellbeing and supporting them to achieve their goals.
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. We offer a range of training, employment, personal development, and leisure opportunities. Enabling people to be more independent and self-directed, able to make informed choices, healthier and more resilient, and fully socially included is at the heart of our work. We recently won the prestigious award of Employer of the Year at Wandsworth Business Awards 2019. We also hold the Investors in People accreditation and we are accredited by the National Autistic Society.
To apply
Please complete our application form and equal opportunities form (downloadable from charity job or via our vacancies page on our website) and return both by midnight on Thursday 27th August. Please state how many hours you are interested in and on which days you can work. Interviews will take place on Thursday 3rd September 2020.
We particularly welcome applications from male and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are currently under represented at this level within our organisation.
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Do you want to help people achieve and maintain independent living? Then think about joining us as a Resettlement Worker. If you do, it’s essential you have an understanding of the challenges that single homeless people face as they move from hostel living to self-sufficiency and independence.
If you want to know more about the role and us, have a read through the Recruitment Pack. If you're still interested, send us your CV and Supporting Statement.
Closing date 26th August.
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We’re looking for an energetic, personable and proactive individual to join our Intake, Support and Resettlement Team. You will need to have an understanding of the emotional and practical challenges that homeless people face as they strive to move from hostel to independent living. Naturally, you will be resilient!
If you want to know more about the role and us, have a read through the Recruitment Pack. If you're still interested, then send us your CV and Supporting Statement.
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Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life?
SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.
The Islington Young Peoples Team offers support to vulnerable young people (aged 16-24), with a range of tenancy-related support needs. The support is person-centred and also focuses on areas such as Education, Training and Employment (ETE), increasing social networks, domestic violence, gang related issues, support to address mental health needs and substance use.
As a Floating Support Worker you will support the day to day running of the Service, taking responsibility for a caseload of up to 22 clients and producing comprehensive and high quality support plans and risk assessments.
As part of the team, you will work in partnership with the Local Authority Housing Department, Islington Leaving Care team, The Family Nurse Partnership, Probation Service, Mental Health Services,Drug Treatment Services and other community groups to support clients to find and maintain suitable accommodation, access services, increase independence and improve their quality of life.
The ideal candidate will have an understanding of working with young people; including those leaving care and knowledge of Housing and other related legislation. You will also have experience of managing complex and difficult situations in relation to vulnerable people and be able to effectively liaise with a range of service providers and agencies; in order to establish or improve services for our clients.
Closing date for applications: 16th August 2020 (at Midnight)
Interviews will be held: 27th/28th August 2020
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited. In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.
Harrow, London
About Us
We are Family Action, a national charity committed to building stronger families and brighter lives by delivering innovative and effective services and support that reaches out to many of the UK’s most vulnerable people.
We seek to empower people and communities to address their issues and challenges through practical, financial and emotional help. Our work is wide-ranging and includes help for parents-to-be, the provision of many Children’s Centres in local communities, intensive family support, emotional health and wellbeing services, counselling, mediation and therapies, support in schools and financial grants programmes. Family Action is also recognised as a leading provider of training and consultancy.
We’re currently looking for a Project Co-ordinator to join us on a part-time basis and support the delivery of our SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) services.
The Benefits
- Salary of £32,049 - £35,304 pro rata (£20,788.54 – £22,899.89 per annum) inclusive of Outer London Weighting
- Leave entitlement and pension scheme
- Career development opportunities
- Full induction and ongoing quality training
- The opportunity to become part of Family Action initiatives
- Flexible working hours
If you have experience of working directly with vulnerable families, this is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children and young people with SEND.
You will have the chance to help us maintain our high standards and contribute to the ongoing success of our SENDIAS service, which has attracted additional funding due to its previous achievements.
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people-focused, can-do organisation that operates with mutual respect. If you share these values, we would love to hear from you.
The Role
As a Project Co-ordinator, you’ll oversee the day-to-day delivery of our SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information and Advice Support service) offering.
SENDIAS aims to empower parents/carers and young people with special educational needs and disabilities by providing free impartial information and advice relating to education, health and social care.
Specifically, you will:
- Lead staff and ensure that the service is delivered to a high standard
- Allocate cases to team members and set appropriate priorities
- Undertake casework and provide practical support to parents and carers
- Carry out quality and safeguarding audits
- Deputise for the Service Manager when required
About You
To join us as a Project Co-ordinator, you’ll need:
- Proven experience of working directly with vulnerable families to support positive, measurable and evaluated outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to manage, supervise and appraise both paid staff and volunteers
- A detailed understanding of the current SEN legislative framework, particularly affecting processes, admissions, exclusions and appeals
- A recognised professional qualification in social work or social care, health, education or equivalent experience of working with SEND procedures
You may have previously worked as a Support Worker, SEND Support Worker, SEN Support Worker, SEND Caseworker, Care Service Supervisor, or SEND Service Supervisor.
Other organisations may call this role Project Manager, Programme Delivery Manager, Project Delivery Manager, or SEND Project Manager.
This is a part-time role, working 24 hours per week.
The closing date for applications is the 27th August 2020.
Webrecruit and Family Action are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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Project / Support Worker - Complex Needs Services
Central London
Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life? Do you have the commitment and resilience needed, to work with some of the most vulnerable people in our communities? If the answer is yes, please read on
SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.
We are seeking additional staff to join the experienced and committed teams within our Complex Needs Services, across various Central London locations. You will be in a specialist role designed to work with people with complex support needs relating to combined issues; such as mental ill health, multiple physical health needs, poly-substance use and offending behaviour.
As a Project/Support Worker, your role will be to provide support to clients with complex needs to enable them to understand their related needs and to manage these effectively. You will hold a small caseload of clients and be responsible for completing comprehensive needs and risk assessments with them, to identify their short-term objectives. You will also support clients to develop their living skills, develop and manage relationships, build social networks and to access various services.
To be successful, you will have previous experience of working with either rough sleepers or people with complex mental health, alcohol or substance use support needs. You will also have an understanding of working with people using person-centred approaches and working collaboratively within a harm minimisation and recovery framework. The ability to manage a caseload and deliver positive outcomes utilising your knowledge of the health and social care sector is also needed.
Flexibility is required, as you will be working a rota inclusive of early shifts, late shifts, weekends and bank holidays.
Submission of applications: ongoing
First round of Interviews: 19th August 2020
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited. In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.