Community Regen has an exciting opportunity for an energic and creative engagement practitioner to work 3 days a week on a project in Cambridge and 2 days managing and delivering key projects, contracts and commissions for Community Regen. The role will also involve some working from home as well as some evening work.

Working as part of a small team, the Coordinator will be responsible for bidding, planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating key projects. The role will involve engaging residents, businesses and partners to develop initiatives and projects that benefit local communities. The position requires an experienced and approachable community engagement/development practitioner who can engage communities, develop and support projects and initiatives as well as being a good communicator, writer, and able to generate new partnership and project opportunities.

School-Home Support Practitioner
Location: St John’s Catholic School, Gravesend
Salary range: £12,344 - £13,741 per annum, actual - depending on experience
Hours: 3 days a week, term time only

School-Home Support is a dynamic charity with proven impact. For over 35 years it has been working with children and young people struggling to stay in school due to a wide range of complex family issues. We get children and young people back into school ready to learn, whatever it takes.

School-Home Support Practitioner
The post-holder will be based in this secondary school in Gravesend, focusing their support on improving attendance, punctuality and engagement of its pupils. The post-holder will work in close partnership with school staff to deliver a programme of casework and other activities to promote educational outcomes for disadvantaged children and families. The post-holder will need to be persistent, resilient and tenacious along with having the experience of working with hard to engage parents.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate, who will have good experience of working effectively with social and emotional factors affecting a child’s capacity to learn, strong abilities in engaging challenging children and their families, and a confident ability to form professional partnerships with children and their families along with experience of transition work The post-holder will work alongside key school staff in school to promote excellent attendance, reduce levels of absence and work with children and families to promote high levels of attendance, punctuality and engagement.

Closing date for applications is Midnight on Sunday 28 February 2021
1st Stage Interviews: Wednesday 03 March 2021
2nd Stage Interviews: Friday 05 March 2021
Please note interviews will likely take place online.
Start Date: ASAP

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply on Website' button to be directed to the School-Home Support website where you can download the relevant information pack and application form. 

SHS is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

No agencies please.

Changing Faces is on the cusp of an exciting revisioning and redefinition of our 1-1 and clinical model across the service for people with a condition, mark or scar that affects their appearance (visible difference). We are seeking a qualified, innovative and experienced Adult Wellbeing Practitioner to deliver 1-1 and other wellbeing interventions to support the needs of people across the UK. 

The main purpose of the role is: 

• To deliver 1-1 counselling, support and peer interventions to adults with visible difference across the UK
• To collaborate with the team to revision, redefine and embed our new 1-1 and clinical model across the service 
• To build awareness and promote the service across the UK to maximise the reach and impact for adults with visible difference 

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of people with visible differences. Changing Faces is committed to achieving greater staff diversity. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. In line with our commitments to race equity, we are particularly seeking applications from people of colour/ people from BAME backgrounds. We actively encourage people with a visible difference to apply. We are also always open to conversations about flexible working. 

Changing Faces is the UK’s leading charity for everyone who has a mark, scar or condition that makes them look different (a visible difference). Being different in a society where there is such pressure to look a certain way is extremely difficult.

People with visible differences are vulnerable to isolation, loneliness, social anxiety and low self-esteem. They face staring, unwanted attention and even bullying and hate crime. They experience lowered expectations in education, problems getting work and stereotyping in the media. This can have a devastating, and lasting, impact on their wellbeing. Adults often come to us, having never spoken to anyone about the psychological impact of their visible difference before. 

Changing Faces provides unique practical, social and emotional support for people affected by visible difference; we challenge discrimination and campaign for a world that respects difference. 

Our Wellbeing services build confidence and resilience – giving people the tools to manage their feelings, cope in different social settings, handle other people’s reactions or deal with life, education, work and relationships. We are going through an important period of change and development in the Wellbeing Services – embarking on a revisioning and redefinition of our 1-1 and clinical model across the service and launching our national children and young people’s model. 

Changing Faces wants a future where everyone with a visible difference on their face or body has the confidence, support and opportunity to lead the lives they want. 

Salary range / benefits: £29,940.98 – £33,698.84 (Changing Faces’ policy is to offer all posts at the first point on this scale/negotiable.) 25 days basic holiday; 6% pension contribution 

Application method: Please download the attached Job Description and provide a full CV and a comprehensive supporting statement, with clear demonstration of how you meet each point of the person specification and job requirements. Please do let us know where you saw the role advertised too.

Closing date: 10am Tuesday 16 March 2021 

Interviews: Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 March 2021 

For more information, please visit the Changing Faces Website

Two posts available for Counsellor/Mental Health Practitioners to join our team delivering to Primary & School-aged Children and Young People.

Counsellor/Mental Health Practitioner x 1

17.5 hours pw

Working in schools across the London Borough of Croydon

£29,828 (pro rata FTE 35hrs pw)

Start date: 22nd February 2021, Fixed term until 17.12.21 in first instance

Counsellor/Mental Health Practitioner x 1

35 hours pw Maternity Cover

Working in schools across the London Borough of Croydon

£29,828

Start date: 22nd March 2021, Fixed term until 10.09.21

Closing date for all applications: 10am on Friday 29th January 2021

Interview dates: 9th and 10th February

Croydon Drop In and Off The Record are established, award-winning providers of advice, information, guidance and counselling to the community of Croydon and we are committed to improving the welfare of local children, young people and families.

This is a great time to join the team with excellent opportunities to keep shaping delivery of the service and make a real difference to better emotional wellbeing in school communities.

The project’s initiation followed the Green Paper ‘Transforming Children & Young People’s Mental Health’ and since January 2019 NHS South West London Partnership has led the Mental Health in Schools project across the six boroughs of Croydon, Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston.

CDI/OTR jointly manage the Wave 2 Mental Health Support Team in Croydon and we are now recruiting for 2 practitioners to join us. Our team currently consists of four Education Wellbeing Practitioners, two counsellors, a Clinical Lead/ Supervisor and an Administrator.

MHSTs  work within a cluster of primary & secondary schools with a combined population of 8,000 pupils. The remit is to deliver early intervention around common mental health issues and on preventative work around the issue of serious youth violence. MHSTs work with educators on a Whole School Approach to improving emotional well-being/mental health.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of infants, children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

CDI and OTR work towards Equality of Opportunity. To maintain the diversity of our team we welcome applications from all sections of the community particularly individuals from the Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

Registered Charities No.1049307 & 1051144

Due to expansion, opportunities have arisen to join our team of passionate and dedicated Partner Support Worker to work alondside our experienced and established team. The posts will play a key role in working along-side the The Jenkins Centre interventions team accross Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to deliver long-term support to the partners of those referred to the Jenkins Centre's Intervention Programme..

Currently our support sessions is being delivered online due to COVID 19 restrictions, however once safe to do so face to face delivery of the programme will recommence and there will be a requirement to deliver from our city office base and accross the county.

Carers Support Centre (CSC) - Bristol and South Gloucestershire provides a wide range of information, advice and support services for unpaid adult and young carers. Our Young Carers Service provides help and support to children and young people aged 8-18, their families, and professionals working with young carers.

Young carers are children and young people who look after someone in their family who has a disability, a long-term illness, or is affected by mental ill health or substance misuse.

Young carers may look after parents, care for a brother or sister, or another family member; taking on adult level responsibilities which can have an impact on their own health, wellbeing, education and can cause social isolation.

We currently have a vacancy in our dynamic, creative and supportive Young Carers team, working to ensure that young carers are identified, have access to appropriate support and fulfil their potential. We are looking to recruit a passionate, committed professional who understands young carers unique needs.

The successful candidate will improve the health, well-being and safeguard the interests of Young Carers (YCs) adversely affected by their caring roles for family members in the Bristol area by:

• providing individual tailored 1:1 support, and advocacy
• taking a ‘whole family approach to delivering high-quality, effective and well-managed casework;
• responding to referrals and carrying out statutory assessments,

If you would like to know more about this role, please call  for further information. For an application pack, please visit our website where you will find an application pack.

Closing date: 26th February 2021 @ 12:00

Interview date: 11th March 2021

Registered Charity Number: 1063226

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and our workplace is free of barriers and fully accessible for people with disabilities. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults; from recruitment of staff through to supporting our team working with families and carers in crisis

Due to expansion, Freeva is recruiting for a project support worker to join our dynamic and committed team based in Lincolnshire.

Based at our office in the centre of Lincoln, the successful candidate will support the delivery of the adult interventions service for perpetrators of domestic abuse. The post will involve ensuring the day to day administrative procedures are completed; such as handling client and stake holder enquiries, processing referrals to the service and working with intervetions workers accross the project to keep administrative systems up to date. 

A job share and /or flexible working arrangements will be considered. 

Home-Start Manchester is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under 5 years of age. Volunteers offer regular support, friendship and practical help to families under stress in their own homes helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.

For the last year we have successfully delivered a partnership project with Manchester Mind, providing volunteer-led one to one support to families living in North Manchester, in the first 1000 days (from conception to a child’s 2nd birthday). Aligned with the Reducing Infant Mortality Strategy, the project aims to build resilience, increase family engagement with services and communities, improve parental well-being in pregnancy, improve the parent-infant relationship and improve familial relationships.

The Home-Start First 1000 days Coordinator will work as an integral member of the Home-Start team but also work with Manchester Mind’s Mum’s Matter Coordinator to generate referrals and sign up mums. The Coordinator will also work with wider teams of professionals from universal and specialist services to provide a coordinated response to families’ needs. This will include instigating Early Help assessments and attending case planning meetings.

The First 1000 days Coordinator will be experienced in working with families in their own home, with needs ranging from low level to complex. They will be skilled in recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns, be apt in completing strengths-based assessments and have a deep understanding of early trauma and the impact on later life.

Weekly hours can be worked flexibly, both in the office and at home, whilst meeting the need of the service. The role will require travel across all North Manchester communities. It is desirable that applicants have use of their own car, for which expenses are paid. A DBS (Enhanced Level) will be required.

Closing date: 1st March at 12pm. Interview date: 8th March via Zoom

Please note we do not accept CVs. All application documents can be downloaded from alongside this listing, or from the Work With Us page of the Home-Start Manchester website.

For an informal chat about the post please contact Shelley Roberts via Home-Start Manchester's main number.

Fixed term contract to 31st March 2022, extension subject to funding

Home-Start Manchester is committed to equality and diversity and to safe recruitment practice as an important part of safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults.

Home-Start Manchester is fully committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive workforce culture. We support flexible working. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, and we particularly welcome applicants who are currently under represented in our workforce.
This includes but is not limited to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and disabled candidates.

Home Start Manchester is a company limited by guarantee.
Registered in England and Wales no. 5183477
Registered office: Woodville Resource Centre Shirley Road Cheetham Manchester M8 0NE
Registered charity no. 1105353

Carers Federation Ltd is a national charity and Company Limited by Guarantee established in 1992 to empower Carers, the people for whom they care and the wider community. The charity is managed by a Board of Trustees elected by our membership.

Our Action for Young Carers service helps young people aged 5-18. As part of a small team of Support Workers you will work closely with Young Carers and their families in Nottingham City. The attributes of AYC Support Worker would be.

• Deal with emotional, practical, and physical pressures
• Working with families providing assistance and one to one support
• Offer appropriate interventions and identify needs of individual and or family with internal and external support organisation statutory.
• Confident, conscientious, enthusiastic
• Previous experience in working with children
• You will be expected to deliver group activities during school holidays and at least one evening a week during term time.

You will work within Nottingham City Safeguarding Board policies and procedures alongside those of Carers Federation.

It is essential that you are a driver and car user as the role entails travel throughout Nottingham City and you will need to transport Young Carers to and from various activities.

Due to the current situation with Coronavirus you will be required to temporarily

work from home

This post is subject to medical, reference and enhanced DBS checks.

“Striving to promote equality and diversity throughout our service”

Closing date: Friday 12th March 2021. 

Carers Federation operates a smoke free site policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises.

10 x Children's Care Home Worker (7803)

Children's Care Home Workers

Summerfield is a 6-bedded residential home in Abingdon, Oxfordshire which supports children with significant disabilities ranging from physical health needs to autistic spectrum condition.

We are seeking caring and fun filled staff who will be passionate about the children we care for, showing understanding and patience in your approach.

Ideally, you will hold an NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification in a relevant field however substantial experience of working with children with disabilities in the community or in a care setting may be considered adequate.

Due to the needs of our children the role will include providing personal care and supporting those who experience challenging behaviour and advocating for their needs. We liaise daily with external agencies including Social Workers and Schools. A comprehensive Induction and Training program will be given to enable you to support them to a high standard.

Our staff team work flexibly around a 24 hour day. These shifts are mornings, afternoons, overnights and weekends. Long shifts will be considered reducing the number a week to three.

We have the facility of parking onsite and meals alongside the young people which are included within the terms of employment as well as staff discount availability within the organisation .

We will hold virtual interviews as we shortlist so please apply straight away!

Please contact Michelle Kukielka on 07956428319 if you would like an informal conversation

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

Documents

* Project Worker 1 - Job Description & Person Profile.pdf (76.34 KB)
* Read about our commitment to safeguarding and our pre-employment checks.pdf (59.64 KB)
* Recruitment of Ex-offenders Policy (Oct 2018).pdf (0.56 MB)

SERICC works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support, promoting and representing their rights and needs.

SERICC is a registered charity working with adults, young people and children from across south and west Essex.  We have a head office in Thurrock and outreach premises in Southend, Basildon, Brentwood, Harlow & Epping. 

The role of SERICC’s Child & Family - Brighter Futures post is to provide an integrated, intensive and highly personalised offer of help intended to support and equip families to learn and apply parenting skills that develop resourcefulness and resilience while strengthening positive relationships with their children. 

The post holder will provide primarily face to face services (Essential Key Worker Status), holding a caseload of clients that includes parents/carers and children.

Are you a service co-ordinator looking for a new and exciting challenge? Would you like to support people with a visible difference across Scotland.

We are recruiting for a Skin Camouflage Co-ordinator that will take the lead in delivering the Skin Camouflage Service across Scotland working with colleagues across the organisation .

You will have experience of supporting volunteers accompanied with excellent organisational and communication skills. The service is in an exciting phase and about to embark on a transformational year and your experience of developing strong and productive relationships with partners including the NHS, local authorities and third sector organisations will be invaluable.

Key objectives of the role:

1. Day-to-day co-ordination of the Skin Camouflage Service (SCS) in Scotland, liaising closely with the Head of Skin Camouflage Service on service innovation and continual improvement.
2. Volunteer recruitment, training and co-ordination of Practitioners (SCPs),
3. Clinic administration of all SCS appointments in Scotland, from enquiry/referral, appointment to completion, ensuring that all quality and operational KPIs, data management and evaluation requirements are met.
4. To support the Head of Scotland in engaging and developing a range of stakeholders to ensure excellent referral relationships with healthcare professionals, third sector and local authorities.

We are looking for someone with:

• Demonstrable experience of engaging and developing relationships with healthcare professionals, local authorities and local providers.
• Previous volunteer management or co-ordination experience or equivalent.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills and a systematic approach to work with the ability to prioritise between competing demands.
• Strong commitment to Changing Faces values, vision and purpose and to keeping the voices of people with visible differences at the heart of all work.

If this sounds like you – we would love to hear from you.

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of people with visible differences. In line with our commitments to race equity, we are particularly seeking applications from People of Colour/ BAME people. We are always open to conversations about flexible working. 

About Changing Faces:

Changing Faces is the UK’s leading charity for everyone who has a mark, scar or condition that makes them look different (a visible difference). Being different in a society where there is such pressure to look a certain way is extremely difficult.

People with visible differences are vulnerable to isolation, loneliness, social anxiety and low self-esteem. They face staring, unwanted attention and even bullying and hate crime. They experience lowered expectations in education, problems getting work and stereotyping in the media. This can have a devastating, and lasting, impact on their wellbeing. Adults often come to us, having never spoken to anyone about the psychological impact of their visible difference before.

Changing Faces provides unique practical, social and emotional support for people affected by visible difference; we challenge discrimination and campaign for a world that respects difference.

Our services build confidence and resilience – giving people the tools to manage their feelings, cope in different social settings, handle other people’s reactions or deal with life, education, work and relationships. We are going through an exciting period of change and development across the organisation.

Changing Faces wants a future where everyone with a visible difference on their face or body has the confidence, support and opportunity to lead the lives they want.

Contract: Full time (37 hours per work).

Location: Home-based with travel across Scotland as required

Starting Salary: £26,868

Closing date: 10am Monday 22ndMarch 2021

Interviews: w/c 29th March 2021

Application method: Please download the attached Job Description and provide a full CV and a comprehensive supporting statement, with clear demonstration of how you meet each point of the person specification and job requirements. Please do let us know where you saw the role advertised too.

For more information, please visit the Changing Faces Website

• Exciting opportunity to join a well-recognised mental health charity in Newcastle, to lead its successful counselling service and using your clinical and organisational skills to contribute to its further development.
• NIWE Eating Distress Service

• Counselling Lead

  Job Description

  Job Title: Counselling Lead

  Reports to: Chief Officer (CO)

  Responsible for: Counsellors (freelance & volunteers)

  Salary: £29,528 (f/t & paid pro rata for hours worked)

  Hours of work: From 22.5 – 30h pw by agreement

  Contract: Post currently funded to March 2022 (to be extended dependant on funding

• Main Purpose of Job
• To oversee, manage and help develop NIWE’s counselling services
• Ensure all service users receive a welcoming, safe, sensitive and confidential service that is responsive to their needs.
• To ensure service objectives and targets are met and reported
• To ensure consistent quality and excellence in service provision
• To hold a clinical caseload

• ____________________________________________________________

• Key tasks and responsibilities

• You will be expected to:

• Co-ordinate the counselling service including referrals, assessment, assessment liaison, allocation of client work to team.
• Liaise with other agencies and organisations in relation to service users, taking appropriate action where necessary.
• Provide assessments and counselling.
• Ensure all relevant administrative tasks such as maintaining case notes, client records, outcomes recording and case management are completed,up to date and held in accordance with NIWE policies and procedures (e.g. Information Governance, confidentiality), using current NIWE systems.
• Ensure comprehensive service monitoring and to evaluate the service, producing reports for the Board, funders, CO, Annual Report etc. where required.
• Contract manage freelance counsellors and trainee therapists / volunteers, liaising with external supervisors / placement managers as required
• Assist CO with recruitment and induction of new employees
• Oversee clinical work and ensure it is delivered according to an agreed plan, in line with NIWE service plan
• Ensure that any adopted quality standards are met, organisational issues are understood and to identify and implement improvements in clinical practice, and to implement policy and procedural change
• Continuously improve service delivery
• Attend clinical supervision with a supervisor mutually agreed with NIWE
• Attend and actively participate in line management, team meetings and training sessions.
• Assist in the development of NIWE services by working with the CO on continuing service quality and development with input to funding / contract bidding as necessary.
• Attend and actively participate in Board of Trustees meetings as required.
• Deputise for the CO when required and appropriate.
• Participate in the preparation and implementation of NIWE’s strategic planning.
• Work in harmony with the Charity’s values, demonstrated positively through the work.
• Respect others and value diversity including by actively promoting and ensuring good equal opportunities/equality and diversity practice.
• Develop and maintain good communication and effective relationships with all NIWE colleagues and external partners and other stakeholders.
• Continuously develop knowledge, learning, skill and practice, maintain professional registration /accreditation.
• Comply with codes of practice, policies and procedures
• Perform other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time

Join our dynamic team and you will be at the heart of delivering first class support to rare disease patients as part of an innovative third-sector Charity/NHS partnership.  Working from home and within NHS specialised multi-disciplinary clinics held in London and Birmingham, the successful candidate will assist our Patient Liaison Officer within our patient support team to provide information, support and advocacy services to those living with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.  This exciting role offers excellent learning and development opportunities for anyone looking to work within health and social care.

This is a permanent, part-time position commencing at 20hrs per week.

The successful candidate will live within commuting distance of London and Birmingham