Working Well Trust is a London based charity, founded almost 30 years ago by a group of passionate mental health professionals.They sought to address the low rates of employment typically experienced by those who have faced mental health issues. The charity supports people to prepare for, seek, sustain, and progress in employment. Since 2019, Working Well Trust has also been providing this support to people affected by learning difficulties and Autism. 

Are you passionate about worker rights and promoting more inclusive workplace environments for people with lived experience of mental health challenges? If so, we have a great role opening - where you can make an important contribution to supporting employees with mental health needs to stay well and in-work.

We are looking to recruit an Employment Retention Specialist for the In-Work Service team which aims to reduce the risk of Tower Hamlets residents falling out of employment on grounds of poor mental health. 

Experience of employment retention support is not essential; it is more important that you share our commitment to supporting people with mental health needs to maintain employment as a key enabler to supporting recovery and good mental health.

Main purpose of the role:

You will be working with a caseload of up to 25 clients using a person-centred and strengths-based approach. As the role also involves supporting employers, so they are better equipped to support staff with mental health needs, the ideal candidate will be comfortable in approaching and building effective relationships with employers and persuading them to use our service. You will take a co-ordinated and collaborative approach to supporting both client and employer (for which training will be provided).

Scope of the role:

• Providing support, guidance and information to assist clients to better navigate and overcome workplace challenges
• Advising clients about their workplace rights including Equality Act application and managing workplace disclosure
• Supporting clients in face-to-face meetings with employers
• Facilitating effective communication between clients and employers
• Providing education and support to employers, covering return-to-work processes, workplace adjustments, workplace causes of poor mental health and how to support staff presenting with poor mental health
• Liaising with key stakeholders including clinicians, line managers, HR professionals, occupational health services, trade union and legal advisers

Part of the role also involves working co-located with a mental health service, maintaining positive and integrated relationships and fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment

The role is currently a mix of home and on-site working, but community work will be resumed once it is safe to do so for both staff and clients.

If you would like more information about the role, please see the Job Description for contact details.

Benefits

Staff benefits include an employer contribution to a personal or workplace pension equivalent to 6% of gross salary.  30 days annual leave plus paid public holidays.

How to apply

Please click apply to send your CV and cover letter (please add the cover form to the end of your CV when uploading). Candidates need to clearly outline how they meet the person specification criteria in their cover form.

Closing date: Wednesday 9th February (12pm)

An initial short-list will be compiled, and selected candidates will be contacted for a screening interview week commencing 14th February. Formal interviews will be held in the following week.

Working Well Trust is a Disability Confident employer and is committed to equality of opportunity and diversity. We welcome applications regardless of gender, age, marital status, religion or belief, ethnic background, disability or sexual orientation.

A guaranteed interview scheme is available for disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for appointment.

Title: Employment and Training Co-ordinator (Disabilities Charity) 

Contract: Permanent

Monday-Friday with occasional evening and weekend working. 

Full time. Happy to discuss flexible working.

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 depending on experience

Deadline: Friday 11th February / 12 noon

 We’re looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to support adults with learning disabilities into meaningful training, volunteering and employment so they can achieve their ambitions.

About PiP

PiP stands for Pursuing Independent Paths. We are a charity that empowers adults with learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism to achieve their ambitions, find and use their voice and live a life of their choice.

One of the ways we do that is through supporting our students into meaningful training, work experience, volunteering or employment.  Our new Employment and Training Co-ordinator will be responsible for the design and delivery of this programme of learning and development as well as working with employers and partner to create opportunities.

About you

In this diverse and challenging role, you will be responsible for developing, designing and leading sessions and activities to ensure the provision of high-quality support around Employment and Vocational Training

Our ideal candidate will have experience of working with people with learning disabilities, or a similar vulnerable service user group, along with a strong commitment to taking a person-centred approach to the role.
 

We are looking for somebody who:

• Can see solutions, not problems

• Is a creative thinker

• Is adaptable and resilient

• Is positive, dynamic, upbeat and enthusiastic

Essential experience and knowledge

• Demonstrable track record of supporting adults with learning disabilities or similar vulnerable group into opportunities such as community participation, work, volunteering, training or further education.

• Experience of 1:1 work with vulnerable students such as key working or job coaching

• Experience of delivering employment or training services/projects.

• Co-ordinating projects including supervising/directing people/teams to achieve successful outcomes.

• Strong understanding of and commitment to a person-centred approach to working with people with learning disabilities or similar vulnerable group.

How to apply: 
Go to Quickly Apply button, download our application form and equalities monitoring form, complete them and upload them to submit it. 

Please note we will shortlist and interview as applications are received and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we find a suitable candidate before the recruitment campaign deadline. For this reason, we encourage you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity. 

PiP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.   

Equal Opportunities  

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with the Inclusive Employers Standard 2020. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly applicants who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, such as people with lived experience of disabilities and individuals from Black and Minority ethnic communities.  
 

 We also conduct blind shortlisting and will be anonymising all applications before shortlisting stage.

Data Protection and Confidentiality  

PiP keeps all personal information confidential and in line with current data protection legislation and GDPR. 

We require no agencies at this stage.  

The Abbey Community Association is a charity operating out of a large community centre and hub in the heart of south Westminster, bringing together local people and organisations to address local community needs.

This role is a new post, funded by Charities Aid Foundation, that will support service users, including those with complex needs referred by colleagues and other organisations, on a wide range of issues. The successful candidate will provide advice, practical and emotional support and signposting to additional support, and so a qualification in Information, Advice and Guidance would be a distinct advantage.

Location: Tower Hamlets

Salary: Qualified applicants (with an accredited VAWG /domestic abuse qualification) dependent on experience: £27,000-£29,000 per annum.

Unqualified applicants, dependent on experience: £26,000- £27,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours

Contract: Permanent

Vacancy Reference: S045

Closing Date: 31/01/2022 at 10am

Interview Date: 04/02/2022

Please note the ability to speak in Bengali / Sylheti is essential.

Solace Women’s Aid is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

About the Service

Tower Hamlets Solace Advocacy and Support Service (SASS) provides advocacy and support to survivors of domestic abuse with the aim to reduce risk and harm.  Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced IDVA to join our dynamic team in Tower Hamlets, working with people who have experienced domestic violence and abuse.

You will provide high quality case work support, advocacy and information services to survivors of domestic abuse who are experiencing significant harm from interpersonal harm and relationship abuse.

You will carry out DASH Risk Assessments in a timely manner and refer high risk cases to MARAC where appropriate. You will contribute to the local MARAC process; representing survivors at MARAC and other multi-agency meetings; action planning alongside other agencies to improve survivor safety and ensure that survivors and their safety are kept at the centre of all coordinated responses. Working with survivors, you will agree Individualised Safety and Support Plans, working to reduce risk and meet identified needs including making referrals to other appropriate agencies.

About You

You will need a passion for working with victim/survivors and a thorough understanding of domestic abuse and its impact.

You will have the skills to provide effective crisis intervention, carry out risk assessments, safety planning, assessment of needs and individual support planning. You should have demonstrable experience of working in an IDVA or similar position with this or a similar client group.

In return, we offer great employee benefits including three per cent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement and a focus on learning and development.

To apply, please send your CV and Supporting Statement outlining your interest in working for Solace and explaining how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description & Person Specification

Due to the number of CV’s and Supporting Statements we receive, Solace Women’s Aid cannot communicate further with candidates who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Solace Women’s Aid values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants from black minority and ethnic communities.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment we require all successful candidates will be required to complete a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure.

No agencies.

JOB TITLE: Clinical Services Manager

LOCATION: Main office, 8-10 Tudor Road, Hackney, London E9 7SN

SALARY: P02-SP35, £36,617.89 (including London weighting)

HOURS: 30-37.5 – we would be open to discussing both options depending on suitable candidate.

REPORTING TO: Director of Psychological Therapies and Wellbeing Services

RESPONSIBLE FOR: psychological therapies practitioners across all PT projects – Wellbeing Network, Safe Connections, IAPT, Sessional workers, improvement of operational systems and adherence to PT governance structures

CONTRACT: Fixed Term to 31 March 2023

About Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest: we are a multi-disciplinary provider of specialist mental health services and a part of the Mind Federation. We promote both recovery from ill health for people with recurrent and enduring mental health difficulties and early intervention and mental/physical wellbeing for those at risk of developing mental health issues or who struggle with common mental health conditions. We currently support around 5000 people a year through a variety of services focusing on psychological and social supports, economic and workplace wellbeing, and support for minoritised communities. Our values are:

Connected: Creating a compassionate and supportive community.

Fair:  We strive for equity- no-one’s needs should go unmet.

Brave: We walk with people, offering help by doing what works – proven or new.

We are seeking an experienced therapist, supervisor and manager with an interest in supporting and building a values-centred culture, strong operational systems and exceptional people. Their work will enable teams to deliver outstanding services and to continuously improve psychological therapies & wellbeing (PT&W) services at MindCHWF. The PT &W team has a strong focus on supporting people impacted by the wider determinants of MH and aims to reduce health inequalities. We work within established treatment evidence base; we also identify new approaches in response to client feedback, research and wider environment. The role is varied, dynamic and interesting requiring someone to collaborate across Psychological Therapies & Wellbeing projects, with multiple colleagues and teams, client groups and stakeholders in the vibrant communities of City, Hackney and Waltham Forest.

The Role:

• To have responsibility for the management and smooth running of the Psychological Therapies Department and Wellbeing Services, including line management of staff, improvement of operations, processes, procedures and policy aligned with organisation strategy
• To ensure high quality service delivery in line with good practice and professional requirements
• To monitor and evaluate outcomes and establish relevant processes where necessary
• To support and motivate staff and improve performance of services
• To work closely with the Director of Psychological Therapies, the Assistant Clinical Services Manager, Data and Evaluation Manager, WBN partnerships manager and Clinical leads of IRIE Mind and Rainbow Mind to ensure strong clinical services and joint working

To apply, please complete the applicati.on form and attach it together with your CV via the 'apply on website' link by 23:59 on 01 February 2022.  Interviews will take place on 08 February. 

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.

Power The Fight has grown significantly over the past three years.  We are now seeking to appoint a Senior Youth Practitioner. In this exciting role you will sensitively and compassionately lead the provision of support for young people at risk of involvement in youth violence, forming trusting relationships which will form the conduit through which young people can access therapeutic services delivered by Power The Fight and other referral partners.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Hybrid: home and office working. Our head office is currently located on Kings Road, London SW3 and the role will involve working at our partner sites

About us

Glass Door is committed to supporting people get—and stay—off the street. We do this by coordinating London’s largest emergency winter shelter network and by providing a year-round advice service to help people move beyond homelessness. Since 1999, thousands of people have found safe shelter and the support needed to leave homelessness behind, thanks to the dedication of thousands of volunteers and partnerships formed with churches and drop-in centres.

The role

We are looking for an exceptional individual with an open, collaborative style and a practical, can-do approach to join our Casework. As one of our Caseworkers, you will provide a specialist advice and advocacy service to the homeless guests of our services, employing creative thinking and practices to ensure that our guests are supported and motivated to achieve their goals. This may involve referring and signposting guests to accommodation providers, health services and other relevant internal and external support services, as necessary. 

This is an interesting and varied role in a fast-paced environment, working closely with our guest and with a broad range of specialist services.

Maintaining good communication with the Managers of our partnered Drop-in Centres, Glass Door colleagues and local statutory and non-statutory services, you will attend meetings with colleagues within the casework team, external service providers and partner organisations when required, collating statistics and outcome measurements of the casework service for both internal and external use.

About you

A team player and confident self- starter, you will have experience of working individually with people and assessing the needs of homeless people or similar disadvantaged client groups, with an empathetic attitude to homeless and vulnerably housed people.

An up-to-date knowledge of the welfare issues and legislation affecting homeless people and its application is essential in this role. You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to relate to and work with people from a range of backgrounds, with exceptional organisational skills, and be competent in MS Office. Proficiency in and an ability to speak Polish, Romanian or other Eastern European languages would be advantageous.

This post will require an enhanced DBS check prior and during employment

We offer:

• 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Personal development training opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Access to regular reflective practice- 1:1 coaching session/s with an external coaching consultant
• Employee benefits with Perkbox

We are a friendly, rapidly growing, collaborative team who love making a positive impact. Fostering a diverse and inclusive place to work is pivotal to our success and we are committed to having team members that represent all communities. We welcome applications from people from all identities and backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people with lived experiences of homelessness.

Although Glass Door services often take place within churches or church-owned properties, please note individuals with connections to a variety of faiths or none work for, volunteer at, and use the services of Glass Door.

Da'aro Youth Project is looking for an experienced youthworker to join our small team based in Streatham Hill. We are interested in recruiting a part-time Youth Activities Coordinator working between 2.5 days a week to 3 days a week (incl. every Tuesday evening and every other Saturday or Sunday*).

We are a small community-led organisation supporting young refugees from the Horn of Africa.

Da'aro Youth Project was established in 2018 by members of the Eritrean community in London. Eritreans, Ethiopians and Sudanese are some of the largest nationality groups of unaccompanied minors to arrive in the UK in recent years. Asylum-seeking children and young adults arrive here after traumatic journeys through the Sahara Desert, Libya, the Mediterranean Sea and after crossing borders in Europe, such as in Calais. Once here, young people often struggle to adapt to new lives separated from their families, and find that navigating the complex asylum and social care systems can be stressful and traumatic. We aim to promote the wellbeing of these migrant young people living in the UK, through direct support, through building bridges in the Eritrean community and through advocating for changes to unfair and discriminatory systems which undermine their wellbeing.

We want newly arrived asylum-seeking young people to feel at home and to know they have someone to turn to in a crisis.

Towards this aim we run a weekly youth club – Injera Club – and provide advice, support and advocacy through our casework service for young people in need. 

Injera Club is a fun and lively space where young Eritrean, Ethiopian, Somali and Sudanese children and young people can relax, play games and sports, socialise and eat homely food. Alongside a weekly youth club, we also run weekend trips and outings within and outside of London.

The Youth Activities Coordinator role will:

• Develop a positive programme of trips, outings and activities, running throughout the year for young asylum-seekers and refugees aged 14 to 21 years old.
• Plan and run our weekly (Tuesday evening) youth club (Injera Club).
• Develop a programme of educational activities (including homework support, CV-writing and external workshops by educators), sporting activities, and music and drama workshops.
• Encourage the active and meaningful participation of young people in all aspects of Da’aro Youth Project’s youth service delivery.

You'll need to have relevant experience and the energy and determination required to work positively with young migrants who are at risk or in crisis along with the ability to run a successful and popular youth club and additional activities.

Preference will be given to those applicants who have previous experience in organising youth activities with children, young adults, and refugees and asylum-seekers.

Closing date for Applications is 23.59 on Sunday 13th February 2022.

Interviews will take place during the following weeks.

To apply, please complete the attached application form and return it to us via our website (see link above).

Please indicate on your application your availability to work either 2.5 days a week or 3 days a week*.

(* an example schedule might include working Tuesday, Wednesday and every other Saturday – schedule to be decided in discussion between senior management and successful applicant).

Rainbow Migration, the leading UK charity supporting LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system, are recruiting a Legal Officer to advise and help improve the representation of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum, and help change the asylum and immigration system to one that treats everyone with compassion, dignity and respect. Our last Legal Officer won Solicitor of the Year – In-house at the Law Society Awards in 2021, and has written about his experience in the role here. We are looking for someone with the similar passion for helping LGBTQI+ people secure leave to remain / equality and human rights to develop their skills and specialist expertise with us.

Founded in 1993, Rainbow Migration has recently been through a period of rapid growth. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as we prepare to develop a new organisational strategy.

We are looking for a qualified solicitor or barrister (authorised to practice without a supervising solicitor in a legal advice centre) with valid practising certificate, or already accredited to Level 3 OISC with two years’ experience in providing advice and representation in asylum including working in legal aid (see further requirements in person specification).

You will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the legal advice service. Under the guidance of our Legal and Policy Director, you will also build capacity amongst legal representatives by designing and delivering training, giving second tier advice and developing and coordinating a network of practitioners working in this area. You will use the knowledge you gain in this role to help deliver Rainbow Migration’s policy work, including attending meetings with policy makers and campaign partners when required.

We will also consider applications from people who do not want to do the policy and influencing and communications elements of the job, but to instead focus on first and second tier advice, this would then be a part time role only. Please mention in your covering letter if you are applying for this option.

This is a unique opportunity to build on your experience as a lawyer or caseworker to improve representation across the sector and create change in government policy and practice. You will be supported to develop as a specialist lawyer and influencer.

You will:

• Deliver Rainbow Migration’s legal advice service to adult LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum by giving one-off advice and working with support services colleagues to refer them to quality legal aid and pro bono lawyers.
• Provide occasional casework assistance e.g. helping to prepare witness statements, making referrals to other specialist organisations and taking other urgent steps (whilst not representing service users or maintaining a caseload).
• Provide occasional advice (within competence) on other issues affecting asylum and partnership service users such as asylum support, legal aid, trafficking, family reunion or community care.
• Deliver second tier advice to the legal representatives of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum and other charities and professionals.
• Work with the Legal and Policy Director to design and deliver training to lawyers, NGOs and other professionals.
• Coordinate a network of caseworkers and lawyers representing LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum.
• Write blogs and articles on asylum and immigration policy and legislation as they apply to LGBTQI+ people.
• Help write policy and briefing papers.
• Occasionally attend meetings with other charities, Home Office policy makers and other stakeholders when required.

The Legal Officer will not be providing direct legal representation of service users. However, the role includes substantive advice and casework within the scope of legal support and referrals for our clients, as well as merits testing and second tier advice.

Owing to the nature of the work giving immigration advice to vulnerable adults including people in detention, the successful applicant will be required at the point of conditional job offer to disclose all spent and unspent criminal records and subsequently to undergo an enhanced DBS check. See our website for more information.

At Rainbow Migration, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We consider all qualified applicants, consistent with any legal requirements. 

We welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of going through the UK asylum or immigration system and people of colour who are currently underrepresented among our staff. We will also interview all disabled applicants who meet the necessary criteria for this vacancy.

Salary: Starting at £34,000 with potential annual step increases up to £37,970 pro-rata for part-time employees), plus statutory employer’s pension contribution. In addition to an annual step increase, the trustees consider giving a separate inflationary increase every April. 

Contract Type: Permanent.

Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week), part-time or job share. Please state in your application what hours you are looking to work. As mentioned above, we will also consider applications from people who do not want to do the policy and influencing and communications elements of the job, but to instead focus on first and second tier advice, this would then be a part time role only. Occasional evening work is required, and possibly at weekends, but with plenty of notice. Rainbow Migration encourages staff to maintain a good work life balance and has a TOIL system in place.

Annual Leave: 25 days per year rising after 24 months by 1 day after each year of service to maximum of 28 days per year (pro rata if working part-time).

Location: Remote or from Rainbow Migration’s offices in central London. You must be available to work from our offices in London for at least one day a week when face-to-face service delivery resumes, from which time there might also be occasional travel outside London with plenty of notice. At the time of posting this advert, all Rainbow Migration staff are working from home due to Covid-19.  

Closing date: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but the first consideration of received applications will take place on 8 February 2022.

Interview date: Interviews will be scheduled on an ongoing basis in response to applications received.

More information: If you would like to speak with the recruiting manager to find out more, email us at the email address on the job description or call our main number which you will find on our website.

How to apply: Please email CVs, covering statement, and optional monitoring form to the email address on the job description. When writing your covering statement, please read the job description and person specification, and give examples of how you meet the person specification. In addition to what is on your CV, we want to hear about any relevant skills and experience that you feel we should know about when shortlisting candidates, including training, volunteering, interests and life experience. You can find the job descripton and monitoring form on our website as well.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone considered as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 (physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ effect on your ability to do normal daily activities), providing such candidates meet the essential criteria. If you wish to qualify under this scheme, please make this clear in your statement.

Please also indicate in your statement if you are applying for full-time or part-time position, and if the latter what days/hours you can commit to.

By submitting an application, you:

1. Confirm that you have the right to work in the UK and will produce the necessary documentation if you are offered this post.
2. Declare that to the best of your knowledge and belief, the information provided with your application is true and correct and that you understand that any false information or statement given will justify the dismissal from Rainbow Migration if appointed.

Privacy Notice: Your privacy and data protection

In order to recruit and manage staff, Rainbow Migration needs to store personal information (data) about all applicants. Rainbow Migration is registered as a “controller of personal data” under the Data Protection Act 2018 with the Information Commissioner. By applying for this role, you agree that we will keep the information on your CV and covering statement. Monitoring information is kept separately and is pseudonymised to avoid identification of applicants. Monitoring information is amalgamated for statistical purposes and the original data then destroyed. Rainbow Migration keeps all personal information safely and securely, and does not share your information with anyone outside Rainbow Migration or any other organisation without your consent. Information is kept for the minimum period necessary which for CVs and covering statements for unsuccessful applicants is 12 months after the conclusion of the recruitment campaign.

You have a right to request access to the information that we hold about you and you have other rights to protect your information. More details are available from any member of Rainbow Migration staff or on our website Privacy Policy.

Organisation

Carney’s Community’s services are targeted at disadvantaged young people aged 11 to 30 who come from deprived backgrounds in Wandsworth, Lambeth and the surrounding areas. Our aim is to reduce offending, re-offending and anti-social behaviour in the area, whilst improving social mobility and community cohesion. We aim to build the self-discipline, self-esteem, confidence and employability of young people to reduce offending and anti-social behaviour and enable disadvantaged young people to reach their full potential. We engage young people in positive and constructive activity (including boxing) whilst providing intensive, long-term and consistent one-to-one mentoring which offers unconditional support with empathy. Overall, we believe that by empowering young people through these activities, focusing on their strengths and learning from each other, they can improve their future opportunities, and the local community. 

Our home is Carney’s Community Centre, which houses a boxing gym, youth club, music studio, bike workshop, kitchen, and our offices. We run our sessions here, and also support some older participants to organise new activities and businesses of their own.

Role Overview

As part of the Carney’s team, your role will be to lead on and oversee all key work activity at Carney’s Community. This includes one to one, group work and supervision of a small team of key workers.  You will work closely with the CEO to develop, manage and deliver these services.

You will provide advice, practical support and befriending to a caseload of participants, aged 11-30, who are at risk of offending or social exclusion; to encourage and enable them to participate in Carney’s Community’s personal development opportunities and to access the wider services and support they may need in order to give them the best chances of being “the best they can be”.

This will involve supporting young people to engage in positive and constructive activities, attend YOT/Probation appointments and creating opportunities for their personal, social and emotional development. You will arrange workshops for young people on appropriate topics like employability skills e.g. CV building and interview skills. You will be committed to ensuring that provision is accessible and relevant to the target group regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability and social background.

The person who takes on this role, will also work to develop systems and training to support the team of key workers. You will work to develop the staff team to support them to build key work skills. Our current goal is to increase our capacity and approach to key work, to develop the staff team’s capabilities in this area and build on the support we offer to those most in need.

It is essential that the candidate has proven experience of project based youth/key work delivery. The ability to empathise and mediate for young people is crucial. The appointed candidate will have a strong understanding of the local area, barriers facing young people, the interplay between material disadvantage, vulnerability and social exclusion and be highly skilled in diplomacy, professional distance, demonstrating empathy, boundaries and sound judgement.

Carney’s Community is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the requirements of the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or marital status. Having said that, our community of participants is made up of over 50% black young people so we particularly encourage black applicants to apply for this role to help improve our representation on our management team to reflect the community we serve.

Terms and Conditions

Hours: This is a full time post, 37.5 hours/ week.

Contract: This is a three-year contract subject to a three month probationary period.

Salary: £28,000 - 35,000 per annum.

Pension: We will offer a workplace pension in line with the current legislation.

Annual Leave: 28 days including statutory public holidays pro rata for days worked.

This post is offered subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and right-to-work checks.