We want to enhance our support to people with mental health problems.
We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner to develop our housing related support.
You will have:
- extensive experience of supporting people with mental health problems
- a good understanding of mental health, recovery and harm reduction
- a thorough understanding of mental health services in Bristol.
You will be based with the Supported Lettings Team - with a mission to support people to succeed in new tenancies, following an experience of homelessness.
You will provide advice and guidance to Support Workers, as well as providing direct support to a small caseload. You will contribute to learning, training and skills development.
You will take a lead to ensure that we work safely with people who may be a risk to themselves or to others as a result of their mental health.
You will be an ambassador for the service. You will know services in Bristol and will be proactive in building links with other teams, agencies and organisations, so that we can work in effective partnership.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.
Join us and you will receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexi-time, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply online button below.
We would welcome applications for secondments.
Please note that this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Closing date: 15 February 2020.
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the City we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community.
The Role
DHI is an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community. We are looking for applicants who will share our passion for our values, and our commitment to our client groups and our local communities.
We are recruiting for a Drug and Alcohol Practitioner to join DHI in South Gloucestershire to support clients within the area who are experiencing problematic use of drugs and alcohol.
This exciting, and rewarding role is based within GP Practices and our community hubs across South Gloucestershire. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing 1:1 support and delivering groups to support our clients in achieving their goals.
You will be joining an experienced and enthusiastic Primary Care Team that work hard to support each other, deliver an exceptional service to clients and meet our contract requirements.
If you’ve got experience or an interest of working in the substance misuse field and share DHI’s values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life, we’d love to hear from you.
If you’d like to know more about the role, please contact Hannah Brittain, Primary Care Service Lead, for an informal discussion.
How To Apply
Please use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR before Midday Tuesday 2nd February 2021. More iformation available on the DHI website
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About The Role
We are looking for a Support Worker to join our North Somerset team, working with clients in the Weston-super-Mare area. Are you prepared to go the extra mile to ensure a positive outcome for your clients? If you are, then we want to hear from you.
You will be working with people with low support needs age 18-30 years old who are impacted or threatened by homelessness. This could include single people, pregnant or small families. The support will be tenancy sustainment and will help the client to achieve their goals and aspirations and move on with skills to be independent in managing on their own. We are very proud of our services and helping clients is at the heart of everything we do.
You work closely with other agencies around specific needs including mental health and DV, private letting agents and landlords and/or others.
You will be helping clients to manage their tenancy including housing management, working with benefits (housing benefits, universal credits, PIP and other), budgeting and exploring options around education, training and employment. You will write support plans and assess risk, and will be engaging with other professionals, working towards moving your clients on from temporary accommodation.
This can be a challenging role at times as you will be working with clients who have a range of difficult and challenging issues / behaviours but if you are motivated to make a positive contribution to the lives of our clients and have a “can do” approach to your work, it is an incredibly rewarding role. Experience in a similar role would be great, but it is more important to have a passion for helping people in the local community.
Due to the nature of this role, a full valid driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle is essential.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Appointment to the post will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About The Candidate
To be considered for this role you will:
Essential:
- Have an understanding or experience, of issues surrounding homelessness and good awareness of associated risks this may bring such as alcohol and substance misuse, mental health, self-harm, offending behaviour.
- Have understanding or experience of debt management and of welfare and housing benefits.
- Be resilient with the ability to be open and responsive to the challenging needs of clients and commissioners of the service.
- Be able to take ownership and responsibility for a caseload, motivate and engage clients using the service and their pathway to independence.
- Be able communicate on different levels both verbally and in writing and be able to ‘think on the spot’ when reacting to difficult situations.
- Be committed to LiveWest values and bring enthusiasm and willingness within all aspects of the role and service.
- Have good IT skills, excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable:
- Have empathy and understanding of the needs of clients who are experiencing homelessness and the barriers they face.
- Be able to build network effectively to source accommodation options and opportunities for clients.
- Have an understanding, or experience, of lone working.
- Understand the impact of trauma and can show us you have experience of or the ability to provide high-quality support whilst managing challenging situations.
- Understand the importance of working within equal opportunities, safeguarding and confidentiality guidelines.
The most important part of this role is to have pride in your work and have a positive attitude, a proactive approach and the confidence to support a diverse range of people. You will be able to balance your passion and commitment with good organisational skills, and the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries.
In return, we provide a generous entitlement to paid holiday increasing with length of service, a pension scheme, a healthcare cash back plan, and great opportunities and support to develop your career.
About The Company
At LiveWest, we believe in a home for everyone. We own and manage over 37,000 homes across the South West, from Cornwall to Gloucestershire.
We take the time to listen to, understand and learn from our customers. We focus on thriving as a business and employer, so we can deliver more homes and even better services.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please visit our website.
At LiveWest, we believe in a home for everyone.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Support Worker to join our North Somerset team, working with clients in the Weston-super-Mare area. Are you prepared to go the extra mile to ensure a positive outcome for your clients? If you are, then we want to hear from you.
You will be working with people with low support needs age 18-30 years old who are impacted or threatened by homelessness. This could include single people, pregnant or small families. The support will be tenancy sustainment and will help the client to achieve their goals and aspirations and move on with skills to be independent in managing on their own. We are very proud of our services and helping clients is at the heart of everything we do.
You work closely with other agencies around specific needs including mental health and DV, private letting agents and landlords and/or others.
You will be helping clients to manage their tenancy including housing management, working with benefits (housing benefits, universal credits, PIP and other), budgeting and exploring options around education, training and employment. You will write support plans and assess risk, and will be engaging with other professionals, working towards moving your clients on from temporary accommodation.
This can be a challenging role at times as you will be working with clients who have a range of difficult and challenging issues / behaviours but if you are motivated to make a positive contribution to the lives of our clients and have a “can do” approach to your work, it is an incredibly rewarding role. Experience in a similar role would be great, but it is more important to have a passion for helping people in the local community.
Due to the nature of this role, a full valid driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle is essential.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Appointment to the post will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About The Candidate
To be considered for this role you will:
Essential:
- Have an understanding or experience, of issues surrounding homelessness and good awareness of associated risks this may bring such as alcohol and substance misuse, mental health, self-harm, offending behaviour.
- Have understanding or experience of debt management and of welfare and housing benefits.
- Be resilient with the ability to be open and responsive to the challenging needs of clients and commissioners of the service.
- Be able to take ownership and responsibility for a caseload, motivate and engage clients using the service and their pathway to independence.
- Be able communicate on different levels both verbally and in writing and be able to ‘think on the spot’ when reacting to difficult situations.
- Be committed to LiveWest values and bring enthusiasm and willingness within all aspects of the role and service.
- Have good IT skills, excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable:
- Have empathy and understanding of the needs of clients who are experiencing homelessness and the barriers they face.
- Be able to build network effectively to source accommodation options and opportunities for clients.
- Have an understanding, or experience, of lone working.
- Understand the impact of trauma and can show us you have experience of or the ability to provide high-quality support whilst managing challenging situations.
- Understand the importance of working within equal opportunities, safeguarding and confidentiality guidelines.
The most important part of this role is to have pride in your work and have a positive attitude, a proactive approach and the confidence to support a diverse range of people.
You will be able to balance your passion and commitment with good organisational skills, and the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries.
In return, we provide a generous entitlement to paid holiday increasing with length of service, a pension scheme, a healthcare cash back plan, and great opportunities and support to develop your career.
About The Company
At LiveWest, we believe in a home for everyone. We own and manage over 37,000 homes across the South West, from Cornwall to Gloucestershire.
We take the time to listen to, understand and learn from our customers. We focus on thriving as a business and employer, so we can deliver more homes and even better services.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please visit our website.
At LiveWest, we believe in a home for everyone.
We own and manage over 37,000 homes across the South West, from Cornwall to Glo... Read more
Support Worker
As well as our existing contracts, we expect to launch a number of new projects in 2021 and so are looking for people who can commit to full or part time hours (3 days per week) for three months (and possibly longer) as well as bank staff.
Support Worker Responsibilities:
As we are looking for bank staff as well as those who can make a firmer commitment to part-time or full-time hours, this is an ideal opportunity for anyone studying, with caring responsibilities or who already has a part-time job and we would welcome a discussion on how this work could fit around the other commitments in your life. As well as offering flexible working from the start of your employment, our staff benefits include access to mental and emotional health support via our partner agencies and opportunities to further develop your skills, including by our own excellent in-house training. Our culture is open and we encourage everyone to contribute to the direction of the organisation. Successful candidates will have to undertake a DBS check.
Support Worker Requirements:
To be considered for this role, you must be qualified in Information Advice & Guidance (IAG) to level 3 or have an equivalent qualification or have at least one year’s experience of IAG in a role supporting / mentoring clients to develop a plan to improve their situations. You should be a great communicator with a naturally coaching style and the ability to provide a service that is welcoming to all. You will have insight into the needs of vulnerable people from diverse backgrounds and understand the need for confidentiality when working with personal information.
You must be a competent user of IT, including email and using the Internet, as well an organised administrator. It is absolutely essential that you share our values. It would be helpful if you have an understanding of discrimination and equality and diversity issues, including those not set out in law such as the ‘poverty premium’. An understanding of housing rights would also be an advantage..
The ability to speak Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujurati, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian or the language of another group that is affected by financial and digital exclusion would be an advantage.
About Clean Slate Training & Employment CIC :
Clean Slate is an exciting and innovative social enterprise working towards a world where everyone can provide for themselves and their families, where society addresses everyone’s needs and where it does not cost more to be poor. We believe in fair opportunity for all so anyone willing and able can access employment. We enable people to improve their financial wellbeing, supporting them to access the help they need to manage their money well and find work. Clean Slate, in partnership with Quids In! magazine, is re-writing the rulebook on helping low income households to become better off.
Clean Slate is expanding. We are looking for Support Workers to join our team to support us in delivering remote services for people who are struggling with their finances: the risk of debt, rent arrears and ultimately even homelessness. You will make contact with new referrals by phone and email and provide information, support and guidance, including signposting them to specialist advice and regulated bodies. You will help people to use digital tools to be better off. You will support clients to build their skills, take control of their finances and find employment. You will work with partner agencies and statutory bodies in the local area and will assist us with the money skills and employment workshops and training run by our tutors.
Location: London
Salary: £25,650 per year including London Weighting, £22,500 per year for applicants based outside London, Pro rata for part-time hours
Type: Full Time, Part Time and Bank Staff, 3 months Fixed Term Contract
You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Staff, Residential Care Worker, Challenging Behaviour, Social Care Worker, Community Services, Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant etc.
Ref: 96372
3 X Senior Family Safeguarding Recovery and Wellbeing Workers
Hours per week: 37
Contract: Fixed-term (until September 2022)
Salary: £24,487 - £26,759
Location: Somerset (traveling will be essential)
Hours: Monday-Friday (with the expectation that some evening & weekend work will be required).
Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other problems. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.
Open Mental Health is a Somerset alliance of local voluntary organisations and the NHS. We are working in partnership to ensure that residents of Somerset get the support they need, when they need it. Our shared ambition is to ensure that people living with mental health problems get the right support at the right time. Working together, we support people to live a full life, by enabling access to specialist mental health services, housing support, debt and employment advice, volunteering opportunities, community activities and physical exercise, to help support and improve their wellbeing and quality of life.
This exciting new role aims to bring together the Open Mental Health and Family Safeguarding models. Working with parents who have a mental health condition and whose behaviour means that their families are at risk of harm, it will provide holistic, strengths-based support, focusing on the needs of the parent and family. Using a psycho-social approach, this role will deliver individual and group interventions and support engagement with a range of social, therapeutic, creative, practical and community activities.
About You
We are looking for someone who embodies our values of hope and courage, and is committed to making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of service users. You will have experience of delivering individual and group interventions for people with complex needs, including mental health, domestic abuse, alcohol/drug dependency and long term conditions. You will thrive in a collaborative environment and have experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver holistic and trauma-informed support to clients.
For more information on the role and person specification, please see the Role Profile attached to this advert. To open the Role Profile please click on ‘1 Document available’ at the top of the screen.
What we can offer you;
- Flexi-time working
- Childcare Voucher Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- 26 days holiday
- An extra days holiday for each year of service up to 5 years
- Holiday purchase scheme
Closing date: 7th February 2021 at midnight
Interview date: Rolling
Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of using mental health services.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and experienced individual to join the Bristol Hub as an Operations Executive. This role is well suited to an individual that is able to work directly with young people, volunteers and delivery partners to plan, organise and deliver self-development and employment opportunities for young people in the South, to empower them to live, learn and earn.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an effective communicator and collaborator
- Will thrive in a busy and dynamic role
- Is able to work efficiently and effectively to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Can confidently work as part of a team, with other departments across the organisation and externally with delivery partners and volunteer
- Has experience of working on their own initiative to achieve individual and team objectives
- Can write, develop, and deliver lesson plans both face-to-face and virtually, utilising digital technology (including MS Teams)
- Has a fine attention to detail and can process paperwork in a timely and accurate manner
We work with young people from every background, so we are passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We therefore welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. If you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives, then we would love to hear from you.
Our Execs provide 1:1 and group support for young people, volunteers and delivery partners so you will need to have experience in facilitating skills development in at least one of the following:
• Social and personal development
• Digital skills training
• Education sector
• Employability/self-employment training
• Volunteer training/management
• Partnerships management
Upon joining The Prince’s Trust you will have the opportunity to join and be supported by our four networks:
PT CAN (Our Cultural Awareness Network)
PT NOW (Our Network of Women & Parents)
PT Pulse (Our LGBTQ+ network)
PT DAWN (Our Disability and Wellness Network)
To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. If you think that is you, we’d love to hear from you.
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The Role
DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.
We have new funding from MHCLG/PHE to increase support to people with substance use issues who are homeless or vulnerably housed. The aim of this specialist housing role is to lead on the recruitment, training, deployment and support/supervision of Peers in a range of placements across the housing and homelessness services including the new drug and alcohol tenancy support service as part of the MCHLG/PHE Rough Sleeper and drug and alcohol initiative.
If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact HR to arrange a call with Sam Wheeler.
How To Apply
Please use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR before Midday Friday 5th February 2021. For further information, please visit the DHI website.
DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.