Do you have the commitment and positive values to make a difference to the lives of people with a learning disability living in a supported living service and supported via our service based in Edgware?

Job Title: Support Worker

Location: Edgware

Salary: £9.56 - £10.51 per hour dependent on experience

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time & bank staff positions

Benefits: 20 days of annual leave + 3 days Jewish Holidays + 1 extra day for birthday

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free DBS screening

Development and career progression opportunities

We are looking for people who share our values and can support someone to have the life they want to live.

Support Worker will be required to work individually and as part of a team to support and enable individuals to live as independently as possible by assisting individuals to empower our clients. You will also be responsible for working with our employment team to facilitate employment opportunities and assisting and supporting individuals to enjoy an active social life.

Support Worker will be expected to work flexible hours which will involve working early and late shifts, including sleep in’s, weekends and bank holidays in accordance with client need.

Support Worker - Key Responsibilities:

- To assist the people we support in all aspects of their life that they need assistance (personal care, shopping, activities, medical appointments, etc).

- To assist in supporting Individuals in designing and developing their support/care plans and reviews

- To contribute to the monitoring of Individuals’ progress, assessment and maintain records.

- To promote and adhere to the workplace values (Excellence, Responsive, Integrity, Caring and Empowering)

Support Worker – You:

- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

- You must have a good standard of written English

Full training will be given to the successful applicant.

If you are looking for a career change, enjoy engaging with people and have a real desire to make a difference to someone’s life, then we want to hear from you.

Please note this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service.

To submit your CV for one of these exciting Support Worker opportunities, please click ‘Apply’ now!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post TitleSupport Worker

Responsible to Supported Housing Manager

Purpose of Post To provide one to one support and interventions for those who have addiction,                                                       provided a safe and supportive environment for service users to make positive                                                     changes and support recovery

Hours of work 35 hours (shift work to include weekends and bank holidays)

Location Acorn House and one of SCT’s residential houses  

Role and Responsibilities

Housing and Service Delivery

• Provide strong and effective support to the supported house you are based
• Carry out assessments and inductions with residents, reviewing with them on a regular basis
• Ensure the fundamental needs of the residents are met; good quality accommodation and facilities, healthy food, benefits help and advice, medical help and support, maintain the abstinence and support based environment.
• Ensure effective and compliant administration of resident data
• Ensure Housing Benefit is collected and managed effectively
• Ensure high quality support to meet the needs of the residents
• Effective management of referrals from external and internal sources
• Ensure residents progress and engage with other SCT programmes (when required)
• Ensure conditions and requirements relating to any contracts or management agreements are applied throughout our services
• Work effectively as part of a team
• Effective control and management of cash
• Participate in a feedback culture for continuous improvement
• Promoting social inclusion for residents, allowing them to access all benefits available to them
• Support residents with physical and mental health issues, including liaison with mental health teams within the community, ensure that residents are monitored through court or welfare rulings (if necessary)
• Ensure all repairs and maintenance needs are raised to the manager

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Maintain accurate records of residents

Operational Support

• Comply with Health and Safety, including but not limited too any fire maintenance, risk assessments and complete room checks and raise any risks to the manager
• Ensure equipment of all applicable facilities is in good working order.
• To provide reception duties when needed
• To provide an on-call / out of hours service when required
• Carry out other duties as may reasonably be required

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of issues that affect people with substance abuse / addiction
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of treatment concepts and therapeutic approaches
• Knowledge of drugs and alcohol and their effects
• Knowledge and practical experience of using InForm

Desirable

• An understanding of statutory and legal requirements

Experience 
Essential

• Experience of carrying out assessments developing and reviewing support plans
• Experience of dealing and working with groups in a challenging environment
• Good level of IT skills (MS Office)
• Understanding of working with people with complex needs

Desirable

• Experience of housing rehabilitation programmes

Behavioural Indicators

Delivering Results

• Delivers great outcomes through our vision and strategy, effectively planning and meeting targets
• Makes effective, data-driven decisions

Role Model / Leading by Example

• Is an inspiring role model for others, building trust and living our Vision / Mission and principles and delivering our services accordingly

Continual Improvements

• Consistently seeks to improve how we do things to achieve and Embraces change and innovation

Effective Communication

• Communicates clearly, effectively and honestly. Listens to others and adapts communication to suit them

One Team

• Works with others as one team, actively collaborating to achieve a shared vision. Building relationships across SCT, sharing information and expertise

Outreach Worker

We have an excellent opportunity for an Outreach Worker working for one of the UK's leading homelessness charities. The role will be focused on working with the street homeless population of a central London borough, engaging with them and referring into to services including day centres and other community-based services which offer assessment and support.

Responsibilities Include:

• Keyworking a caseload of clients
• Providing advice on services available to homeless clients
• Liaising with a range of specialist agencies on clients behalf and providing follow up appointments for homeless clients
• Preventing homeless clients engaging in street activity e.g. street drinking
• Driving to and taking homeless clients to services providing support

Candidate Needs:

• Experience of conducting homelessness assessment
• Knowledge of services to refer to within the local area
• Previous experience of street outreach work with homeless clients is desirable
• An enhanced DBS check issued within the last 12 months or registered to the online update service
• Ability to work unsociable hours, early mornings and late nights

If you are interested in this position please contact us immediately.

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.

Support Worker – Activities

Hours: 21 per week (flexible working options)

Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate organiser who gets excited about providing activities?

Would you like to work in an immensely rewarding role, joining an enthusiastic team?

Would you be proud to enhance the lives of people affected by dementia?

Yes? We'd love to tell you more!

Support Worker Responsibilities:

Alzheimer's Society Merton is looking for a new team member to organise and run enjoyable and engaging activities for people affected by dementia. This role will join a supportive and committed team who work collectively to make a positive difference to individuals, families and carers affected by dementia.

About the role

• Create, organise and run activities such as singing, arts and crafts, music or movies (and anything else in between!)
• Promote the activities, inviting individuals, families and carers to events, welcoming new people and making them feel at ease.
• Run sessions with staff and volunteers who really love getting involved!
• Take feedback regarding the events and strive to make them better and better each time.
• You will also be responsible for recording information and other administrative duties so you will need to know your way around a computer!

Support Worker Requirements:

About you

• You are enthusiastic empathetic and considerate to all audiences.
• A personable and engaging communicator.
• Previous experience of organising and running activities.
• Experience of supporting individuals and families.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

We are the UK's leading dementia charity. Every day, we work tirelessly to find new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for dementia. We provide expert information, training, and support services to all those who need our help. And we are creating a more dementia-friendly society so people with the condition can live without fear and prejudice.

Position: Group Coordinator
Location: Merton
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part Time, 21 hours per week
Salary: £18,087 to £19,007 (pro rata £10,852.00 - £11,401.20 actual per annum) depending on skills and experience + London allowance of £2,160 if applicable

Closing Date: 01 November 2021
Interview Date: TBC (Interviews will be held via Zoom or Teams)

You may have experience of the following: Group Coordinator, Charity, Activity Group Coordinator, Dementia, Support Worker, Voluntary Services, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, Volunteer, etc.

Ref: 103 856

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Do you want to work in a role where you will support an end to rough sleeping in Brent? 

About the role

We are currently looking for someone to join the Brent team as an Outreach Worker. Our belief is that rough sleeping is an intrinsically harmful and dangerous activity both for the individual and for the wider community. Therefore we take a proactive and assertive approach to supporting people away from this activity. Our aim is to support people to recover from the effects of rough sleeping and move away from a street lifestyle permanently.

Working as an Outreach Worker you are involved in making contact with people who are sleeping rough, assessing their needs and delivering personalised case management; to support individuals to make the move away from the streets. Outreach Workers also work in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams and agencies.

About you

We are looking for highly motivated people who share our ambition:

• Some experience of dealing directly with the public and/or customers in a busy service environment.
• Experience in dealing with rough sleepers with multiple needs and the ability to work with challenging behaviour.
• Great communication skills and experience of working effectively with others.
• Some understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services.
• The ability to empower individuals to make positive changes and a willingness to develop these valuable skills.

Above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to rebuild their lives.

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work. We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.

• A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.

• Pay and Other Benefits

For this role staff can claim an additional 20% pay premium for unsocial hours worked as part of a day shift after 8pm or before 8am Monday to Friday as well as for all hours during day shifts worked on Saturday and Sunday.

St Mungo’s is proud to pay client facing staff above average for the sector. We run a cycle to work scheme and also offer season tickets loans to all staff. St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website. 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 27 October 2021

Interview and assessments on: 10 November 2021

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

Title: Recovery Worker
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week (5 days/week)
Contract: Permanent
Reporting To: Senior Recovery Workers
Salary: SC5 SP23 £27,107 per annum

Mind Recovery Workers provide information, advice, and effective recovery support to residents of City and Hackney with substance misuse issues. The post holder will hold a caseload of clients and provide frequent key work sessions. They will lead on the facilitation and delivery of Mind PSI therapeutic group work, and support service development through developing feedback channels and engaging with local communities to ensure the service offer is responsive.

The deadline for applications is 11th October 2021. To apply, please complete the application form and attach it together with your CV via the Breathe HR link, please ensure you attach both when you press "Apply Now".

This role will lead community research on local issues that can affect substance use, enabling better targeting of resources to meet unmet demand or need in different localities. The role will also support service development feedback channels and engaging with local communities to ensure the service offer is responsive.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage applications from those from ethnic minority backgrounds or other underrepresented backgrounds.

We are a disability confident employer. All applicants with a disability, who meet the minimum essential short-listing criteria are guaranteed an interview. If this applies to you, please ensure you complete the equal opportunities section of the application form.

We at Mind CHWF want to assure you that your privacy and the security of your data is our top priority. It always has been, and it will continue to be, as we refine our policies and internal processes. Please take a moment to read through our privacy notice.

We are recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Hackney outreach team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a service working towards reducing rough sleeping in Hackney. Hackney SORT works to reduce the number of people rough sleeping in Hackney, supporting people to access suitable crisis and longer term accommodation.

At Thames Reach we are driven and committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

As a Support Worker you will:

• Directly casework rough sleepers, supporting them to access appropriate services and accommodation
• Be a first response to referrals, carrying out assessments with new rough sleepers
• Support lead workers to work with complex cases
• Work alongside other agencies including, the local authority, health services and housing providers.

To be successful you will need to:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers
• Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients
• Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate and interpret data
• Be confident in representing Thames Reach at external meetings and with outside agencies

As well as a great working environment, we also offer:

• Support to develop your case working skills and specialist knowledge.
• 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension scheme, tuition aid and role-specific training.
• 29 days holiday and 8 paid bank holidays.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

Closing date: Monday, 01 November 2021

At Thames Reach we are driven and committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

We are recruiting a Support Worker to join our Hillingdon outreach team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a service working from Heathrow airport, which has a significant number of rough sleepers. This team will work alongside other agencies to support people to access suitable crisis and longer term accommodation and reduce the number of people sleeping in the airport.

As a Support Worker you will:

• Carry out nightshifts in Heathrow airport
• Directly casework rough sleepers, supporting them to access appropriate services and accommodation.
• Be a first response to referrals, carrying out assessments with new rough sleepers met.
• Support lead workers to work with complex cases.
• Work alongside other agencies including, the local authority, health services, housing providers and airport police.

To be successful you will need to:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers
• Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients
• Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate and interpret data
• Be confident in representing Thames Reach at external meetings and with outside agencies

You will be part of a rota that includes night work and day time work.

As well as a great working environment, we also offer:

• Support to develop your case working skills and specialist knowledge.
• 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension scheme, tuition aid and role-specific training.
• 29 days holiday and 8 paid bank holidays.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Monday, 01 November 2021

We are looking for an outstanding, experienced professional to join our team at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington as a Young Women’s Worker. Please note we are recruiting a female worker for this role, which is exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1. 

Our Young Women’s Workers support young women affected by violence and gang activity by working intensively with them to help them secure a positive future. The service works within Redthread’s Youth Violence Intervention Programme and so our initial contact with the young women is in the A&E department, followed up with longer-term community-based support.

To do this role well you need to be a people person; passionate about supporting young women, and excited at the prospect of working in a fast-paced and exceptionally busy environment. You’ll need a proven ability to work with high risk, vulnerable young women and an understanding of the impact intense, short term work can have as well as longer interventions.

You must be a strong communicator: as comfortable building a relationship with a young woman as you are liaising with our clinical colleagues. You’ll be keen to keep learning, seizing training opportunities at Redthread and continuously reflecting upon and improving your practice.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, our teams are still working from the hospitals as we are classed as essential workers. You will need to do shifts the hospital, as well as working some days in the community and from home, depending on the needs of the team and the service.

In return, the successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, a supportive and flexible working environment, excellent staff training and development package and access to a range of employee benefits including; enhanced annual leave and family leave entitlements, employer pension scheme contribution, access to clinical supervisions, enhanced employee assistance programme services and more.

Please note: This role is offered on a fixed term contract to 31st March 2022.

If this sounds like it could be the role for you, please download the full Job Description and Person Specification from our website via the yellow 'Apply on Website' button at the top of this page.

Closing date: 9am, Thursday 4th November 2021

What do our Youth Intervention team do?

Redthread empowers young people to thrive as they navigate the challenging transition to adulthood by integrating trauma-informed youth work into the health sector. Whether a young person has been the victim of a stabbing, is seeking support for anxiety, has suffered a sexual assault, or wants to find a new home beyond the reach of a gang, we support them to overcome the challenges they face through our dynamic youth work programmes.

Every year thousands of young people find themselves in hospital A&E departments as the victim of serious youth violence. Redthread’s Youth Violence Intervention Programme embeds youth workers in hospitals to intervene with these young people. The teams meet the young patients as soon as they can: in the A&E waiting room, on the ward, or even in the resuscitation bay. We believe that this moment of intense crisis, when the young person is nursing a serious injury in the daunting environment of a busy hospital, often alone, can be a catalyst for pursuing positive change – a ‘teachable moment’.

Our teams build rapport with the young people, mentor and advise them, and support them to make long-term positive plans to break away from cycles of violence and offending. Problems include exclusion from education, employment or training, a lack of stability in housing, mental health concerns, unstable relationships and reprimands due to criminal activity. Redthread capitalise on our partnerships to ensure long-term work and change is possible for each young person. The teams make well-judged referrals on their behalf and accompany them to initial meetings to ensure transition is smooth. This work disrupts the cycle that can too easily lead to devastated communities and an exhausted healthcare and justice system.

Job Title: Outreach Worker
Location: London Borough of Newham
Assignment: 3 Months+

Pay: £12-£15 per hour (dependent on Experience)
Rota: 37.5 per week

Monday to Friday - mixture of the following shifts:

03:00pm-1:00am

06:00am-1:00pm

09:00am-05:00pm

We are looking for both aspiring and experienced Outreach Workers to join our Newham based client's outreach team. This fantastic opportunity will see you joining a superb service working across the borough of Newham. If you want to make a substantial difference to the lives of vulnerable people sleeping rough, this is the role for you! This opportunity will enable you to develop knowledge, techniques and experience in an area of social care that is under enormous demand for help. Potentially opening numerous doors for the right, motivated individual, does this sound like you?

If you crave influence and responsibility within a team, this is a role where your voice is not only heard but contributes towards quick, satisfying outcomes, supporting rough sleepers into accommodation. Not only this but as an outreach worker you will work alongside other amazing like-minded individuals and agencies with the sole aim of reducing the number of people sleeping rough in the borough of Newham.

As an Outreach Worker you will:

• Supporting rough sleepers to access appropriate social care services and accommodation options for their needs
• Be a first response to referrals, carrying out needs and risk assessments with new rough sleepers and updating assessments on clients already known to the service
• Support lead workers with responding to referrals and finding the best cause of action for each client's scenario
• Work alongside other agencies including, the Newham local authority, health services, housing providers and recovery services
• Receive a work tablet to carry out the assessments and log data on

To be successful you will need to:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers
• Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients
• Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate and interpret data
• Be confident in representing our client at external meetings and with outside agencies
• Be comfortable with both lone working and working as part of a team

Newham is a very popular location so to ensure you are considered for the role, do not hesitate, and apply now! This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the very best social care charities in the homelessness sector. Do not miss out!

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.