Do you have the commitment and positive values to make a difference to the lives of people we support in Birmingham?

Creative Support is a non-profit organisation which provides high quality person centred social care services for people with learning disabilities, mental health and other needs. We are currently recruiting a Recovery Coordinator to join the management team at the Birmingham Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub Service.

As a Recovery Coordinator, you will be working alongside both the Project Manager and Service Manager; supporting a vibrant programme of recovery and wellbeing support for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. This service is delivered from Hubs in Yardley and Northfield by a dedicated team of Recovery Navigators and volunteers. The role will require you to work flexibly across both locations.

As a Recovery Coordinator you will assist in the operational management of high quality, meaningful and effective Hub based services for individuals with a range of mental health needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Deputising and supporting the management team in co-ordination of all aspects of service delivery.
• Ensuring pro-active referral allocation and caseload management.
• Leading on the recruitment, supervision and embedding of volunteers within the service.
• Promoting and increasing co-production, service user involvement and positive partnerships.
• Ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the Hubs, guaranteeing a high quality service is delivered at all times.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

Post:  Advice and Wellbeing HUB Worker

 Specific community language posts are also available for this role for Urdu speakers. Please indicate in the supporting evidence if you would be interested in the language post

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work will be expected)

Salary: £24,982

Job Purpose:

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

Responsible To:  Wellbeing Hub Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Development & Support work:

• To provide emotional and practical support to women accessing the wellbeing hub, including risk and needs assessment and safety and support planning
• To participate in a rota of helpline cover and model and promote good practice in taking helpline calls
• To support volunteers and students in delivering support services
• To participate in a rota to cover at the hub and across community venues as necessary
• To facilitate access for women to statutory, community and other BSWA services
• To comply with the recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures of the project
• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within the staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
• To keep abreast of issues regarding violence against women on a national and local level
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To work alongside colleagues to organise in-house training and information sessions on a range of issues for service users
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports for your line manager

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager

• To attend training and conferences relevant to the post, in agreement with your line manager
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
• Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
• To be involved in the Annual Review process

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service andin all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation

• To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times

• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, and Adult Safeguarding procedures throughout.
• To participate in the development and annual appraisal of a personal individual development plan with the line manager
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

 DVPO Support Worker with Language Specialism

Hours Of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work will be expected)

Salary: £24,982

Job Purpose:

• To implement a high quality support and advocacy service to women affected by domestic violence, using a community language as appropriate, working alongside police to maximise use of Domestic Violence Protection Notices/Orders.

Responsible To: Safety Unit Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

Development:

Ø  To identify and develop support and safety strategies to meet the needs of women and children seeking support through BSWA’s Home Options Hub

• To work in partnership with West Midlands Police force in developing the support service around DVPN/Os.
• To work with the manager to develop and implement appropriate practice guidance, including information sharing protocols
• To set up referral pathways and build up links with potential referral agencies
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level, including legislative changes that impact this work.
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager.
• To explore the development of volunteering opportunities within the Project.

Support Work:

• To carry out full needs and risk assessments and develop safety plans with women
• To develop and produce case files with action plans for each service user
• To provide referral and direct support to women applying for further civil protection orders
• To keep women informed about developments in legal proceedings as they arise.
• To support and advocate on behalf of women, where appropriate.
• To work with women in recognising  women and children’s individual needs and refer to specialist agencies where necessary
• To facilitate access for women to both statutory and community services
• To devise and implement appropriate methods of communication with women and children, in agreement with your line manager

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that clear and accurate records are kept for all service users
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports with statistical information for your line manager

Ø  To monitor and evaluate the project, via various methods including feedback from service users, evaluation and statistical information

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the services, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager.

• To attend in-house training.
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager.
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies.
• To feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate.
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services
• To provide awareness raising sessions to external agencies linked with the project.

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA and local multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

#Care to join us?

We are looking for Waking Nights Support Workers to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people's lives.

Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our Values.

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach.

Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

Salary: From £8.91 per hour
Hours: 10 hours per week, Permanent
Location: Redditch, Worcestershire

What will you be doing?

As a waking night support worker at Hft you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. In this caring and creative role, everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, creating flexible services that meet people’s needs and always looking for the best way of doing things.

Waking night support workers are required to remain awake throughout the night to support individuals as required.

We offer

- Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
- Access to the Hft Plus benefits package
- Access to award-winning training and development
- Annual staff award scheme
- A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
- Free DBS Check

Please note, Government legislation is coming into force on 11th November, which states that all individuals working in registered care homes must be fully vaccinated.

This means that if you have not been vaccinated yet and are not medically exempt, you will need to be fully vaccinated by the 11th November 2021 as we may require you to operate in services which are Care Quality Commission registered.

If you have not had your first vaccine yet, you will need to allow for a minimum of 8 weeks between vaccinations before you are able to start working in our services.

If you are medically exempt, you are required to provide us with the relevant documentation stating this.

Find your place with us and change lives.

Closing date: 14th December 2021

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Support Work, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

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Recovery Navigator (Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub Service)

Birmingham, Erdington

£18,639 per annum

Our client is a leading provider of mental health services in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Recovery Navigators to offer an individualised and integrated Recovery service to users aged 18 upwards, who require support to manage their physical, psychological and emotional health needs.

You will have a central base at either their Erdington or Handsworth Recovery and Employment Hubs. These roles require the post holder to be able to work evenings and weekends on a rolling rota. Your typical week would include facilitating social support sessions in community venues, offering activities such as stress reduction and relaxation, and giving signposting advice and guidance and personal development planning.

You will be required to complete administrative hours each week in order to update your online registers, update service user information on our online database, contact new referrals, prepare materials for your upcoming activities or sessions, respond to emails, and follow up any other administrative duties in relation to your role.

Benefits include 33 days holiday (including Bank and Public Holidays), defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme.

Their people are key to the success of the organisation and they are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. They welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties.

The closing date for applications is 1st December

Helpline Worker 

Birmingham

£21,183

37.5 hours per week

The helpline is open 7 days per week hours 9 am to 11 pm

Our client is a leading provider of mental health services in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

As a Helpline Worker, you will be providing support for those experiencing mental health difficulties through their helpline service and the Talking Space Crisis Café. The helpline service is aimed at service users and their carers living in Birmingham and works alongside the Talking Space Crisis Café to offer support to people who are experiencing crisis and need to speak to someone face to face.

You will be providing advice and signposting for people calling the Helpline as well as providing face to face support to those accessing other services, such as the drop-in service and the Crisis Café. The support offered will include (but is not exclusive to) receiving referral calls from people who may be experiencing crisis, people looking for more general assistance and information about services, carers looking for advice and services, and other community support services. You will provide appropriate information about their services and/or signposting to external partner agencies.

You will be working in a community focused way to ensure that local organisations are aware of the provision, ensuring that you retain close and effective links with local organisations as well as keeping up to date with any pertinent changes to local provision.

The helpline is a 7 day a week service from 9am -11pm Under the direction of the service manager you will support the running of the service in line with contractual requirements, their Vision and Values, its operating Policy and Procedures, and any relevant legal requirements.

You will have at least experience in the mental health field, with experience of supporting people to be in control of their lives. You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to work with strong values and work within a recovery approach. If you feel that you meet the requirements of this position we would like to hear from you.

Benefits include an attractive defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme.

Our client's people are key to the success of the organisation and they are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. They welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 19th December 2021

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 12th January 2022

This post progresses equipment grant and emergency loan applications that require an urgent response to support children with disabilities, and their immediate families. This is done through the review of application information from the family and their local supporting professional and interviewing them to ensure a holistic understanding of their need for community equipment.

These applications will be of an urgent nature, you must have the ability to work at a pace and prioritise workload while supporting families in crisis and managing family expectations around their ability to resolve the crisis.

Crisis Support Nurse Responsibilities:

• Conduct/manage casework of urgent grant applications, through assessments to inform decisions associated to the provision of equipment through the commitment of funds.
• Capture and record information accurately to make informed decisions on the need for urgent grants through a matrix of considerations and identify associated risks to the child and family’s safety, health and wellbeing.
• Conduct/manage casework of emergency loan applications to address immediate needs where there is a possible delay to long-term provision or a clear responsibility for involvement by statutory services and where a child is end of life/ deteriorating and their family requires a humanitarian response.
• Liaise with local professionals involved in providing direct care to the child/young person and their family through completing interviews to gather additional information needed to progress an application through to authorisation of funding.
• Raise safeguarding concerns to their Safeguarding Lead.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of people, systems and processes.

These Key Accountabilities provides an indication of the role’s key accountabilities and is not intended to cover the whole scope of the role.

Crisis Support Nurse Requirements:

• Ideally you will have NMC registration, associated to paediatric care and experience in service delivery to disabled children
• You will have an understanding and experience of health and/or safety risk assessment based on information given by Families/Professionals to make decisions.
• Be able to draw on knowledge and skills of workers from other professions and work in collaboration to promote family engagement with statutory services.
• Have a strong understanding Safeguarding processes/pathways.
• You will be able to demonstrate a professional and empathic communication style.
• Be able to prioritise workload.
• Have a good working knowledge of databases and Microsoft packages.

About Them:

Their mission, simply put, is to change the lives of disabled children and their families. They provide access to the vital equipment they rely on, offer information and support through their team of dedicated healthcare professionals, sponsor pioneering medical research into the causes of birth defects and offer families a voice through their campaigns for change.

They are not like any other charity. All the stock in their stores is new, donated by retailers, allowing them to create a heaven for bargain hunters and savvy fashionista shoppers who want high street products at discount prices.

What they do and how they do it is unique and being a part of it is very special. Their team members are passionate about what they do and the contribution they make in helping the families they work with.

The Benefits:

You will receive 30 days holiday, health cash plan membership, team member store discount, pension scheme membership and of course the satisfaction of knowing that what you do is making a difference!

Location: Cannock, Staffordshire - Home and Office based
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
Salary: £14.50 per hour, plus benefits

You may have experience of the following: Crisis Support Nurse, Lead Nurse, Crisis Nurse, Registered Nurse, Paediatric Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Registered General Nurse, Nursing, NHS, RGN, Staff Nurse, Hospital, Nursing, Nurse, NMC, General Nurse, Social Care, Healthcare, etc.

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Violence Against Women Support Worker for Women with Learning Disabilities

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work will be expected)

Job Purpose: To deliver tailored, holistic support to women with learning disabilities affected by violence and abuse, including practical and emotional support to increase women’s and children’s safety and meet identified needs.

Responsible To: Service Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Development:

ØTo identify and develop support strategies and good practice to meet the specific needs of women with learning disabilities seeking support

• To identify and make links with existing specialist projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
• To share good practice around supporting women with learning disabilities who are experiencing abuse with BSWA staff and volunteers and with other relevant agencies
• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the Project
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Support work:

• To work with women to identify their, and their children’s, support needs and incorporate these into women’s support plans
• To assess risk and to safety plan with women, reviewing assessments and risks regularly
• To devise and implement appropriate methods of communication with women, in agreement with your line manager
• To provide practical support on a range of issues including housing, benefits, legal matters, and emotional support to enable women’s recovery from their experiences of abuse.
• To facilitate access to BSWA and its services and to refer and signpost into specialist statutory and community services where necessary to help meet needs
• To encourage the development of safe and appropriate support networks within the community
• To work within the monitoring and evaluation procedures for the project including encouraging feedback from service users and producing statistical information

Development:

ØTo consult with women with learning disabilities to identify and develop support strategies and good practice to meet their specific needs

• To identify and make links with existing specialist projects and community services and to develop joint approaches where appropriate
• To share good practice around supporting women with learning disabilities who are experiencing abuse with BSWA staff and volunteers and with other relevant agencies
• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the Project
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users and relevant monitoring data collected and recorded
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports for your line manager

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager

• To attend in-house training
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
• Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
• To be involved in the Annual Review process

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, and Adult Safeguarding procedures throughout
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

You have a good understanding of, and sympathetic approach to, people who gamble problematically, and are keen to learn and develop while making the most of your experience. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as an Apprentice Lived Experience Gambling Worker.

Based in Edgbaston, Aquarius is a charity that helps people and communities overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling. Right now, we’re looking for someone who has lived experience of gambling issues, either through their own use or that of a family member, to provide information, advice, support, advocacy, and key work care plans for our clients. Working alongside Practitioners and a Participation Worker, you’ll be based at our offices but need to attend a variety of community venues where the service is delivered. You’ll also need to work in a way that recognises and values diversity and understands the functional model of gambling, the recovery agenda and problems caused by gambling.

To succeed, you’ll need first‐hand experience of the harms caused by gambling to individuals, young people, children, families and society and absence from an alcohol or substance misuse problem for at least two years. You’ll also need an understanding of a client centred approach to providing services and the ability to work as part of a team and assist with groups, training and promotional events. Self‐confident and self‐assured, you’re happy to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and travel to various locations as required. What’s more, you have the communication skills it takes to liaise effectively with other health and social care agencies and are willing to work within the relevant child protection, vulnerable adults, confidentiality and health and safety policy and procedural requirements.

This role comes with the opportunity to train towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification ‐ City and Guilds Diploma in Adult Care Level 3 ‐ with the apprenticeship lasting 12‐18 months.

We have two roles available, one role based in Birmingham and the second role is to cover Telford and Worcester.

The salary for this role is £12,621.44 - £17,142.84 per annum.

This is a fixed term role for one year.

This is a full time role requiring the post holder to work 37 hours per week.

Aquarius is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

Closing Date for applications is 3 December 2021  (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received).

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?

You have great administrative and data entry skills, a flexible approach and lots enthusiasm. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as an Administrator.

Aquarius is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Right now, we’re looking for someone like you to join our team in Solihull. Solihull Integrated Addiction Service (SIAS) is a partnership between four organisations jointly responsible for the delivery of the drug, alcohol and gambling services, in the Borough of Solihull. At The Core, we offer services for adults and children who use or are affected by substance use and gambling. In addition to this we also provide support to the homeless and floating support to those in vulnerable housing.  As an Administrator, you will manage a phoneline and referrals for our homeless and vulnerable housing service. Anything it takes in fact, to ensure that everyone we deal with feels welcomed and that our systems and service operates effectively each and every day.

As well as GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above (or equivalent), you have significant experience of data entry, manipulation and reporting. We’ll also be looking for a background in an admin role where you dealt with people from a wide range of backgrounds, both over the phone and face-to-face. Familiar with all aspects of electronic communication such as email, diaries and the intranet, you have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and Windows files and folders too. What’s more, you have lots of initiative, are great at multi-tasking, work well within a team and under direction from others and have an absence of an alcohol or substance misuse problem for at least two years.

The salary for this post is £17,550 (pro-rata for 25 hours) per annum with progression to £18,278 pro rata  per annum

This is a permanent part time role requiring the post holder to work 25 hours per week.

Closing date for applications is 30 December 2021  (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received).

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?

Purpose of the Job:

As the Housing Support Officer, with your insight and knowledge of the housing related issues and regulations, you will work alongside the main casework teams on the delivery and development of our housing and homelessness related provision.

• Providing expert advice to clients on their housing rights, responsibilities and entitlements to enable them to sustain and manage in their accommodation as part of a wider community
• Delivering training and support to colleagues on housing related processes, law, legislation, and changes linked to the Homelessness Reduction Act
• To work with colleagues to provide accurate options to clients based on their status and home office decisions; inclusive of assisting with voluntary returns where feasible and safe option 
• To work with colleagues to ensure clients are supported to access the full extent of resources and provisions that they are entitled to; immigration, welfare, health, housing, employment and schools etc., especially clients who have no recourse to public funds
• To create and engage with a portfolio of private sector landlords negotiating on behalf of our clients, securing accommodation, addressing quality concerns and supporting the local authority in raising housing standards
• Engaging with hard-to-reach individuals and communities to provide housing related options.
• Working in collaboration with key partners and providers to address homelessness and tackle rouge landlords
• Developing and delivering housing and welfare related workshops to clients to enable them to sustain and manage in their accommodation as part of a wider community
• To safeguard vulnerable clients and those who are at risk of exploitation due to their status or circumstances, inclusive of those with no recourse to public funds
• To support managers, leading on delivering and evidencing housing, homeless prevention and rough sleeper outcomes based on funder targets

Principal Tasks

• To offer holistic support and intervention to clients who have received notice from the Home Office on their asylum application
• To ensure that clients are supported to access the full extent of resources and provisions that they are entitled to; immigration, welfare, health, housing, employment, and schools etc. especially clients who are with no recourse to public funds
• To positively influence and support clients to access private rented sector housing solutions
• To negotiate and work collaboratively with landlords and housing providers to secure quality and long-term housing for our clients
• To mediate between landlords, housing providers, LA and our clients to offer remedial action and assistance to prevent evictions
• To work proactively, analysis data to provide adequate intervention; with an ability to coordinate support across all services to meet need.
• To negotiate and work collaboratively with the team and agencies to support our vulnerable rough sleeping clients and those at risk of homelessness.
• To provide outreach surgeries providing expert housing advice and realistic housing related solution to vulnerable individuals and the local community
• To provide accurate options to clients based on their status and home office decisions; inclusive of assisting with voluntary returns where feasible and safe option
• To work with our core client group to empower and enable them to sustain their housing inclusive of income maximisation and community integration
• To develop and deliver training sessions to colleagues on supporting clients sustain their tenancies, sharing your expert insight on the housing rights and responsibilities that are relevant to our clients and their housing circumstances

Complex Needs Family Support IDVAs

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work will be expected)

Salary:   £24, 982

Job Purpose: To deliver tailored, holistic support to women and their children affected by domestic abuse and living in the community, including practical and emotional support to increase their safety and meet identified needs.

Responsible To: Family Support Services Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Support work:

• To work with women to identify their, and their children’s, support needs and incorporate these into support plans
• To assess risk and to safety plan with women, reviewing assessments and risks regularly
• To provide practical support on a range of issues including housing, benefits, legal matters, and emotional support to enable women’s recovery from their experiences of abuse.
• To develop and deliver one-to-one support programmes for children to enable them to explore their experiences of abuse and address issues arising from this.
• To design and deliver group sessions for children to build confidence and participation within a mutually supportive environment.
• To support mothers to enable them to understand and support their children emotionally and practically and to build confidence in their own parenting skills.
• To deliver family support sessions with mothers and children designed to rebuild communication and develop strong parent-child relationships.
• To work alongside colleagues at BSWA’s Home Options Hub to provide advice and support to women around housing options and develop individual housing action plans with women, supporting women and children through their resettlement process where relevant
• To facilitate access to BSWA and its services and to refer and signpost into specialist statutory and community services where necessary to help meet needs
• To work within the monitoring and evaluation procedures for the project including encouraging feedback from service users and producing statistical information

Development:

Ø  To identify and develop support strategies to meet the needs of women and children seeking support

• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the Project
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users and relevant monitoring data collected and recorded
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports for your line manager

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager

• To attend in-house training
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
• Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
• To be involved in the Annual Review process

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA and local multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

You have an understanding of substance misuse and associated health and social issues and experience of working with young people in an addictions or social care setting. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Practitioner.

Aquarius is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

An exciting opportunity for Practitioner has arisen in SPOC (Single Point of Contact team) in our Recovery Near You service in Wolverhampton. Your challenge? To provide advice, screening, brief and comprehensive assessments with individual, families or couples using our service. You will also provide brief interventions, offer support to our service users and make referrals if necessary. Maintaining written records and data as well as participation in service promotion and liaising with agencies are also key elements of the role.

An energetic and confident self‐starter, you have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community care (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we’ll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care. You will have experience in disseminating and communicating appropriate substance misuse information to professionals and sharing best practice. You should also have experience of partnership working as well as the ability to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders from a wide range of services and disciplines. What’s more, you have a flexible approach, a commitment to the principles of confidentiality and the ability to write client records and report and fulfil data requirements.

The salary for this post is £21,664.00 with progression to £24,000.00 per annum.

This is a this is a fixed term post that ends on 31 August 2022.

This is a full‐time post requiring the post‐holder to work 37 hours per week.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

Closing Date for applications is 10 December 2021  (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received)

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?

Research Communications and Engagement Lead

We are recruiting a Research Communications and Engagement Lead to lead the development of our internal and external engagement activity for the Research, Policy and Influencing and Systems Partnerships teams.

Position: Research Communications and Engagement Lead

Location: Homebased, U.K nationwide

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £35,000 per annum (inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may also be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 1 December 2021

Interview Date: 10 December 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

As Research Communications and Engagement Lead, you will:

• Lead on development of a clear and compelling core narrative for our research, and systems engagement work, which demonstrates our ambitions and impact as a charity in these areas.
• Ensure our investment in research is used as an attractive and appealing proposition for income generation, and demonstrates our impact through research.
• Establish strong and trusted relationships with funded researchers, wider research community, research charities and membership bodies to manage and develop our partnerships, gathering insight and opportunities.

The post-holder will:

• Collaborate closely with the teams across the organisation and support them in the development and delivery of their products and communications with a range of audiences.
• Play a key role in supporting our people, staff and volunteers, to understand our Research, Policy and Systems Partnerships ambitions and impact, empowering them to support and share messages about our team’s work.
• Play a key role facilitating our funded researchers’ impact through research dissemination, and their role as ambassadors for our charity.
• Be a source of expertise and information on stroke research for the organisation, working across systems engagement to raise the profile of research, support research engagement, influencing and partnerships.

About You

As Research Communications and Engagement Lead, you will have experience of:

• Using industry standard IT systems (e.g. Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Maintaining websites and other digital platforms
• Working with scientific and numerical data
• Working with social media and PR functions to promote stories via the mass media, blogs, web articles, developing videos and a variety of promotional content
• Research and/or scientific communications, demonstrable within a previous similar role

To fulfil the requirements of the role, you must abode and have the right to work in the U.K.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter, please also highlight if you are at risk of redundancy.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Engagement Manager, Impact Manager, Engagement and Impact Manger, Digital Content, Web Content, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, PR, Public Relations, Research, Monitoring and Impact, Impact Officer, Research and Impact, Impact and Evaluation Officer, Evaluation Officer, Impact Delivery, Quant/Qual Research, Impact Development Lead, Research Communications, Communications and Engagement, Scientific Data, Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Specialist, Research and Evaluation Consultant, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, Data and Marketing Officer, Data Officer etc.