Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker

We have rewarding opportunity for a Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker to focus on ‘what matters to me’ and taking a holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing. If you feel you could connect to people, community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support, we would love to hear from you!

Position: Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker

Location: Birmingham

Hours: 37 hours per week (flexible working options including home and remote working would be considered)

Salary: £23,400 per annum

Contract: Fixed term to the end of September 2021

Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

Closing Date: 13th October 2020

Interview Date: 15th and 16th October

The Social Prescribing Link Worker, will be integrated into the wider multi-disciplinary team of a PCN. This is part of NHS England’s Long Term Plan, which commits to building the infrastructure for Social Prescribing in primary care.

The Role

The Senior Link Worker will have a dual role, taking responsibility for the line Management of Link Workers and any volunteers linked to the service, providing them with suitable support and supervision and at the same time continuing to provide personalised support to patients through the provision of cover for Link Workers during absences and supporting with more complex patients.

Link Workers provide one-to-one support to people who are referred to them by GPs and the wider PCN team, helping them to increase their active involvement with their local communities. They may have issues such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, as well as loneliness, isolation and low level mental health concerns which affect their health and wellbeing.

About You

As Senior Link Worker, you will need to be able to communicate well, build strong relationships with your team, GP Practice staff and the wider health and social care sector as well as community groups and VCSE organisations. You should have experience of leading a team of staff, providing timely and appropriate support and development and dealing with conduct and performance issues in a consistent and fair manner.  Link Workers are based within GP practices so experience of managing Outreach staff or remote workers would be advantageous. 

You will have:

• Experience of staff supervision, ideally in a health and social care setting or similar
• Experience of direct delivery of support to individuals with social needs
• Knowledge of the Birmingham area
• Experience of partnership working across a range of organisations

The service is delivered flexibly to meet the needs of patients so some evening and weekend work may be required.

An interview is guaranteed to suitably qualified and experienced people with disabilities and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check

Please note due to current circumstances you will be required to do some work from home. 

About the Organisation

A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, with the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

You may also have experience in areas such as Floating Support, Befriending, Community Family Worker, Social Worker, Community Navigator, Peer Support Worker, Welfare Support, Family Worker, Family Support Worker, Benefit, Care, Therapeutic, Therapy, Advice, Adviser, Health, Wellbeing, Social Care, Social Care Services, Health and Social Care.

Senior Estimator - Multi disciplinary consultancy - £60,000

Your new company
I am recruiting for an international company with great strength and a culture of progression, who are looking for Senior Estimators and Estimators to support Infrastructure project teams and post Covid 19 restrictions, based in the client's support offices across London.

Your new role
Your main responsibilities will be:

* Support implementation of accurate Cost measurement processes including progress and performance measurement;
* Provide professional advice covering the Clients' infrastructure costs to stakeholders (including but not limited to Procurement Specialists, Cost / Contract Management Personnel, Estimators and Project Controls);
* Ensure continuous development and improvement of Client's policies, procedures and resources
* for all cost and related controls services;
* Work closely with the Scheduling Team to ensure integration and alignment of cost models and schedules; and
* Aid in the development of benchmarking database and reporting process to provide timely and accurate advice to inform decision making.

What you'll need to succeed

* Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, ACostE, ICES or similar relevant professional association and NVQ Level 3 in Project Controls;
* Degree or equivalent experience or achieved NVQ Level 2 in Project Controls;
* Quantity surveying skills and comprehensive understanding of the construction industry;
* Familiarity of government initiatives and policies.

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Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?

Have you got a good understanding of mental illness and its impact?

If so, you may be the person we are looking for

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Officer to build a new peer mentoring project in Somerset, with a possibility of Devon and Bristol as well. You will join us on a 12-month fixed term contract working full time, 35 hours per week based in the community and working from home. You will also have the flexibility to be able to work a 4 day week if required.

Our Peer Connections project is a new project in Somerset that aims to help people with their mental health and wellbeing, through mutually supportive, one-to-one relationships over a period of around three months. We train people with lived experience of mental illness who would like to support others as ‘mentors’ and then match them with people who need support for their recovery. This type of relationship is known as ‘peer mentoring’. Peers share lived experience of what works for them, finding ways of achieving individual health and wellbeing goals.

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

In everything we do, we seek to demonstrate our values: Passion, Commitment, Openness, Hope, Expertise and Understanding. If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

You will be building relationships in the community to develop a mental health peer mentoring programme in Somerset (and possibly Devon and Bristol). Specifically, you will be:

• Recruiting volunteer peer mentors and matching them with people who would like to be in a mentoring relationship.
• Maintaining a detailed map of community resources from wide-ranging community engagement and relationships.
• Working with the Project Manager to monitor and evaluate programme activity, and to report on progress and learning.
• Working closely with the lead organisation for peer support in Somerset, Watch, and community mental health service teams.
• Initiating and building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders in the community to develop the programme.

Do you have what we are looking for?

• Lived experience of mental illness and/or a good understanding of mental illness and its impact on individuals and families.
• Empathetic and have knowledge of/an interest in peer support/mentoring.
• Experience of community networking and building relationships with a wide range of people.
• Experience of delivering and developing projects/programmes.
• An understanding of the basics of health and safety and risk management.
• Ability to travel unsupported across Somerset and possibly further
• Ability to work on my own initiative as part of a dispersed/remote team.

What will you receive?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the chance to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive:  

• Salary of £25,690.03 - £28,079.95 per annum
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance and employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days plus bank holidays
• Your "Rethink Day" - 1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday
• Eyecare vouchers
• Flexible working  

Don’t just change jobs, change lives!

Just a couple of final things,

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, LGBTQ+, people with a disability, or who are BAME are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status and therefore we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to everyone.

We reserve the right to change the closing date without notice depending on the number of responses received.

Senior Advocacy Groups Worker: The role will involve developing and delivering group work programmes for local carers which will meet their needs and help to achieve project outcomes. The post-holder will be responsible for the line management and supervision of P/T Advocacy Workers and Peer Support volunteers.

This role will coordinate and supervise The Carers Centre's Self Help & Advocacy Project across 3 areas in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. The post holder will deliver the Leicester City group work and is expected to have significant experience and/or relevant qualifications in working with carers/or providing advocacy.

If you have experience of working with unpaid carers and understand the challenges they face, enjoy working with groups and like a job with plenty of variety, then this could be the role for you. We are currently delivering all of our group work via online virtual platforms however wish to return to a hybrid combination of virtual and face to face groups when circunstances allow.

18.5 hours a week  - days/times to be agreed with some flexibility dependant on the project’s needs. This post can be a combination of office based and home working

This is a fixed term post until March 21st 2025 with extension dependent on funding.

CV's will not be accepted for this post and an Application form will need to be completed

An opportunity has arisen within Worcestershire County Council, in conjunction with Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust to recruit an Employment Support Worker to work with Community Assessment & Recovery Service (CARS). The service is county based and the post holder will be based at either New Brook, Princess of Wales Community Hospital in Bromsgrove or Studdert Kennedy House in Worcester.  This is to join an existing, well established Employment Services Team which covers the county of Worcestershire and holds accreditation from the Centre of Mental Health as a Centre of Excellence for Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

You will be required to:

• Proactively manage a caseload of people who have experienced mental health problems who are unemployed and economically inactive.
• Provide employment support for our client group who are furthest away from the job market to move them closer to their employment goals, in the hope that these achievements aid individuals’ recovery and social inclusion goals.
• Work within a multidisciplinary environment with service users with complex needs, supporting them to move into employment and sustain this to aid recovery, in conjunction with key stakeholders.
• Supporting clients once gained employment, and/or aiding those who are employed and experiencing difficulties within the work place retain employment
• Liaise closely with DWP providers. 
• Work proactively at employer engagement including educational, voluntary work and pre-vocational training opportunities and supporting employers on reasonable adjustments and retention of employees where necessary.

You will have experience both in the field of employment support and with clients experiencing mental ill health

You be capable of working independently and have the ability to take initiative, including making direct approaches to employers.

Personal experience of recovery from mental ill health is seen as an additional advantage in applying for this post although not essential.

Closing date: 11/10/2020

Provision interview dates of the 26th / 27th October 2020

Young Carers Activities, Engagement and Participation Worker 17.5 hours per week (regular after-school sessions with some evening and occasional weekend working) Salary: £23,493 pro rata plus generous benefits 28 days, pro rata in addition to statutory Bank Holidays

We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and skilled person, with exceptional communication skills, who can develop creative ways to reach and help Young Carers speak up and be heard, as well as grow as people. This includes advocating for their rights, influencing local and national strategic decision-making, and increasing their ownership over the delivery of Young Carers’ service provision. Applying your demonstrable experience, you also will organise and develop a range of social and educational activities alongside these Young Carers, events that will enable them to have short-term breaks from their caring roles and the opportunity to develop their lives, aspirations and abilities.

Role: Community Keyworker, WrapAround

Salary: £26,000 - £29,000 pa (salary towards the top of the range will be paid for those with considerable skills and experience in equivalent roles).

Location: Based in Hammersmith and co-located in boroughs covering Harrow, Hillingdon, Brent, Ealing, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, or Hammersmith and Fulham with travel to across boroughs to provide targeted support to women as required.

Contract: Fixed term contract to 31st March 2021

Benefits: 30 days holiday pa plus 8 bank holidays; an additional day’s leave for International Women’s Day; great support provision including clinical supervision and an Employee Assistance Programme and generous dependent’s leave; pension scheme; company mobile phone, In-house training, opportunities for progression, an incredibly supportive and passionate team!

What we do:

Advance’s Minerva service works with women involved in the Criminal Justice System offering safe, targeted support and advocacy to women to help them address their complex needs in relation to the 9 pathways to offending, such as substance misuse and financial difficulties.  Minerva aims are to reduce re-offending, encourage desistance amongst repeat offenders, divert women from Criminal Justice involvement as early as possible and reduce the number of custodial sentences imposed by Courts.

The Minerva WrapAround service is a 3-year programme launched in May 2018 to provide enhanced support to women and girls who have committed crime and are at risk of re-offending, with complex multiple needs.  The service is designed to be a “whole system” response offering an enhanced service to women and girls who have been assessed as having complex needs and therefore require additional support in the form of additional key-work sessions, innovative interventions or diversionary and group-work sessions and access to a women-only Centre in their region. 

The role:

As a Community Key Worker, you will provide an in-reach service to women serving custodial sentences at HMP Bronzefield, HMP Downview and HMP Send and build a relationship and support them in the 12 weeks prior to their release. This will involve reviewing initial assessments of risk and need and providing one-to-one advocacy, support and advice.  You will work with those you support to create resettlement and support plans and help women to engage with licence requirements and court orders.

What you will bring:

• Significant experience of front line work with women experiencing issues related to offending, such as homelessness, substance misuse, domestic violence or mental health, ideally within a criminal justice setting
• An in-depth understanding of issues facing women offenders and those at risk of offending, both in and outside of the criminal justice system. 
• Experience of crisis management in this key worker setting as well as experience of working in partnership with relevant statutory and voluntary groups and maintaining strong constructive working relationships.
• Experience of setting and maintaining professional boundaries with service users whilst delivering an excellent standard of service and being able to cope in stressful situations.
   

What we offer:

In addition to the great benefits listed above, you will have the opportunity to work in a flexible, supportive environment with a team of committed, inspiring women and we will support you as you to continue to build your skills and experience and grow your career

Closing date: 7th October 2020 Interview Dates :14th and 15th October 2020

Please note that any offer of employment will be made subject to references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory enhanced DBS check

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community, and with personal experience of the criminal justice system.

Location: 1xpost in Redhill  1x post in Guildford

The role will be to engage/re-engage, refer, and support dependent alcohol users and problematic drug users to access evidenced based harm reduction, treatment and recovery support to initiate recovery, build and/or utilise recovery to move into long term sustained recovery and social (re)integration.

To be part of an integrated County-wide substance misuse service (tier 2, 3 and 4) specifically for alcohol dependence and problematic drug use, and complex needs (physical health, mental health, pregnancy, may also include learning disability, safeguarding and complex detoxes)within a range of treatment and recovery pathways.

We will be interested in candidates who can drive and have access to a vehicle, and have a level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care and/or a minimum of 2 years community experience of drug & alcohol/criminal justice/mental health work.

In return for your commitment and hard work we can offer:
- A competitive salary!
- 35 hour working week!
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays!
- Flexible working hours!
- A health insurance scheme!
- A private pension scheme!
- Membership to a discounts website!
- Investment in personal development!
- Multiple social events!
- Ongoing training!

For a full job description and application form please contact Danni Bowles.

Kind regards,

Danni

(HR)

Location: 1x Walton on Thames, 1x Guildford and 1x Redhill

The Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker posts will be part of the i-access integrated substance misuse service which is delivered by Catalyst and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust (SABP) in partnership.

The post holder will be based in the Family Safeguarding Quadrant teams but will remain part of and will link in closely with the wider i-access service.

The post holder will provide brief advice and education for problematic/ harmful drinkers, people with problematic drug use not in treatment, and will support those who meet the criteria to engage in structured treatment as provided by i-access the County-wide substance misuse service. The focus of all interventions will be:
- To reduce drug and alcohol related harm to the individual and wider family
- To provide advice and education to parents who use substances re the effects parental substance use can have on children.
- To work in line with Surrey County Council children’s safeguarding policies and procedures, understanding that wellbeing of children is always paramount.
- To promote healthier lives, wellbeing and active citizenship
- To promote and support individuals into both abstinence based and medically assisted forms of recovery
- To contribute to effective case management and coordination covering areas of risk, problematic behaviour, housing, social functioning, employability, psychological and physical health
- To promote carer, service user and community involvement
- To use evidenced based interventions based on best practice guidelines
- To contribute to the overall performance of the integrated service to ensure that contractual output targets are achieved.

In return for your commitment and hard work we can offer:

• A competitive salary!
• 35 hour working week!
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays!
• Flexible working hours!
• A health insurance scheme!
• A private pension scheme!
• Membership to a discounts website!
• Investment in personal development!
• Multiple social events!
• Ongoing training!

For further information and an application form please contact Danni Bowles.

Kind regards,

Danni

(HR)

Fixed term contract until June 2025

One of the UK’s most inspiring and best known faith-based organisations, The Salvation Army, is looking for a customer-focused Senior Referrals Office to oversee the referrals process for a brand new contract.

Key Responsibilities: 

The Salvation Army has been appointed to the Government’s new Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract to manage the support of adult victims of modern slavery in England and Wales. Through this new and extended contract, which runs for an initial five-year period, we and our specialist partners can build on expertise developed from helping more than 12,000 adult victims of modern slavery and human trafficking since July 2011.

This crucial role involves monitoring the end-to-end victim care referral process, both in-house and externally, liaising with relevant stakeholders as necessary. We’ll also rely on you to take responsibility for directing action on complex referrals and casework and provide technical advice to Referrals Officers and subcontractors. Maintaining accurate, evidence-based management information and keeping a Case Management System up-to-date will be important too, as will completing regular performance reviews and responding to technical training needs. And, when we need someone to draft victim care processes and procedures, cover hands on team activities in the absence of others or deputise for the Service Manager when required, again, we’ll turn to you.

You will need:

• Experience of working with similar client groups, managing disclosure of information, eliciting and understanding client needs and undertaking training design and delivery

• Working knowledge of case management and IT systems and packages, good administrative skills and experience of drafting policies, procedures and guidance materials

• A Level 4 education in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience

• A positive approach, lots of self-motivation, the ability to work enthusiastically with minimal supervision and calmness under pressure

• A persuasive yet sensitive personality, an empathy with issues that relate to human trafficking and an interest in alleviating and supporting the    distress caused to victims of these crimes 

• Outstanding time management skills a proven ability to multi-task and a willingness to work flexible hours (including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays) and travel within the UK

Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays; a contributory pension scheme; season ticket loan and an employee assistance programme. 

We positively welcome candidates with lived experience and if you can demonstrate that you meet the minimum essential criteria you will be invited to an interview. 

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and an enhanced DBS Check will be required.

Closing date: 28th September 2020. We reserve the right to close this advert earlier should we feel we have received sufficient applications.

CVs will not be accepted.

Promoting equality in the workplace

Senior Services Manager (Clinical Services)

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Blend of homeworking, office and travelling to services across the UK 

Salary: £42,000 - £52,000 per annum

Permanent

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling-related harms.

We provide free, confidential, non-judgement and expert treatment across England, Scotland and Wales.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Senior Services Manager with significant experience of managing clinical services and who can provide strong leadership, clinical expertise, performance management and operational direction to our passionate teams who work within services across London, Home Counties, Lincoln and Scotland. Our clinical teams work directly with individuals who access face to face, online or telephone treatment and with individuals who access our computerised CBT programme to identify, screen and provide interventions for people affected by gambling problems, family and friends who are impacted, and those at risk of gambling-related harms.

The post holder must have a proven track record of managing high performing teams and delivering effective, responsive, and safe clinical services. The post holder will be required to work closely with GamCare’s Senior Management team and partnership services, in addition to working with statutory services and community groups to raise the profile of the services and develop joint working pathways.

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply, please complete go onto the GamCare website. 

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <NAME OF VACANCY>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Candice Donn, Head of Clinical Services.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Closing date for applications: 19 October 2020 at 9am

Interviews are scheduled to take place remotely via Zoom videoconferencing software.

nia provides a wide range of services for women and children who have experienced sexual and domestic violence.  The organisation has three main aims: to provide services for women, girls and children who have experienced men’s violence; contributing to ending male violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.

About IRIS – Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (City of London & Hackney)

IRIS improves the quality of care given by GP surgeries to women experiencing domestic violence. IRIS is a general practice-based domestic violence training, support, referral and recording programme for primary care staff. It is a targeted intervention for patients aged 16 and above experiencing current or former domestic violence from a partner, ex-partner or adult family member. IRIS provides training and education, clinical enquiry tools and health education resources to general practice teams.  IRIS provides a named contact for patient referrals and advocacy to patients experiencing current or former domestic violence. IRIS is centered in partnership work, with primary care and specialist third sector agencies coming together to deliver services and promote work across the historical gap.

nia has been awarded funding by Public Health to deliver IRIS work in City and Hackney..

Salary: £27,000 - £30,500 (dependent on qualification and experience)

Hours: 35hrs per week

Term: This work is funded to September 2021 with the possibility of an extension

The Senior IRIS Advocate Educator will play a key role in developing and maintaining IRIS in City & Hackney, supporting the Advocacy Service Manager to manage the staff and projects the service provides in order to provide high quality, supportive and culturally appropriate service to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

We are looking for a highly organised and self motivated woman who is passionate about supporting survivors of domestic abuse.  You will have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer.

Closing Date: 10am, 30th September 2020

Interview date: 9th October 2020

CV's will not be accepted

The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).

Senior Youth Engagement Coordinator

We are looking to recruit an experienced and passionate Senior Youth Engagement Coordinator with an established track record to support our youth engagement activities and lead on an exciting new project with the NHS to support embedding youth voice in their violence reduction work in London.

This is a brand new role at Peer Power to engage and support the emotional wellbeing, skills and social action activities of young people across London, and further afield in communities and in youth secure settings.  It is a varied role that involves working alongside our Young Partners in their work as Peer Power Experts, Peer Leaders, Peer Trainers and Young Campaigners; supporting their well-being and facilitating their influencing of services across health and justice. 

We’re looking for someone who is brilliant at engaging children, teenagers and young adults through strong, caring and positive relationships.  Someone creative and motivated,  who will bring their own ideas and passion to the role. 

The role will include working in partnership with Young Partners, the core team and our external stakeholders. As well as being the lead for the new NHS violence reduction work, another project you’ll be involved with is funded by the ‘Opportunity Fund’ who have funded 5 Young Campaigners to lead campaigns on issues that are important to them. These include campaigns for better mental health support for young people in schools and a campaign to equalise the arts sector for Black and Brown Artists and young people with Adverse Lived Experiences.

More details about the job role and kind of person we are looking for can be found in the application pack.

Our offer: We offer supportive, wellbeing focused, flexible working. We take a therapeutic approach and as a member of the Engagement Team you will be part of group and individual clinical supervision. Other benefits include:

- Opportunities for career progression including sabbatical leave & individual training budgets

- Generous and flexible maternity, paternity and shared leave arrangements

- Employee Assistance Programme

-      Annual Leave: 25 days and 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata) - Plus 2 personal/self-care days, and additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year (discretionary and subject to charity needs)

How to Apply: Please send a CV and letter (2 sides of A4 maximum) outlining why you would like to apply for the role at Peer Power, demonstrating how you meet each of the essential criteria and personal qualities on the role description – this will be used for shortlisting.  If you meet any of the desirable criteria, please also indicate this too.

Please mark email application for the attention of Sarah Wilkinson

Important: Please indicate in your application the date at which you are available to start work, (subject to references and employment checks)

Background: Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the UK’s pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority, established in 1986 following the disappearance of 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh whilst at work. We work towards creating a society in which people are safer - and feel safer - from the prevalence of stalking, harassment, aggression and violence, achieved through Supporting people; Education; and Campaigning. Our stalking helpline advice and advocacy service offers support and advice to thousands of victims of stalking every year. Caseworkers advocate on victims’ behalf with police, social services and other statutory or victim support agencies.

Overall purpose of role:

The overall purpose of the role is to provide expert advice and advocacy to victims of stalking.

• To give guidance and information by telephone, email and face to face to those affected by stalking.
• To provide casework support and advocacy to victims of stalking, liaising with both voluntary and statutory services to ensure positive outcomes for victims.
• To provide line management to helpline sessional staff
• To provide support and guidance to stalking advocates and volunteers where necessary.
• To support the Stalking Support Team Leader and Helpline Manager where required.

Fixed Term Contract for 6 months

Closing Date:  We will be reviewing applications as they come in. We will close the vacancy once a suitable candidate is identified.

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter addressing the shortlisting criteria.   Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.