New Era (Victim Support ) is looking for two fixed term full time Children Domestic Abuse Practitioner (DAP) to be based in our Stafford office area.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

New Era is the new holistic Domestic Abuse service operating across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, offering free and confidential support for victims, perpetrators and their families affected by domestic abuse.

The main duties of the role is to provide a high-quality, pro-active service to victims of domestic violence and abuse, and deliver a service to those at not deemed to currently be at high-risk, primarily focusing on victim/survivors aged 16+.

To be successful in the role you will have experience of direct service delivery to victims of domestic violence and those effected by domestic violence, and knowledge and understanding of the impact of domestic violence and abuse on victims and their children. You also need to show proven ability of self-managing a demanding caseload and the ability to keep accurate records and statistics.

VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

We do not require assistance from a recruitment agency.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans, and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (A) and Essential. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities

Location: Islington/Hybrid Working

Salary: £31,500 - £34,500, pro rata to 0.53 FTE of £16,800-£18,400 per anum .53 FTE

Hours: 20 hours per week (Working days are Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday)

Contract: Permanent

Vacancy Reference: S022

Closing date: 3rd Jan 2022

Interview date:  7th Jan 2022

Solace 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, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

About the Service

Solace’s North London Rape Crisis offers a range of services to women and girls aged 13 + who are experiencing or have experienced any form of sexual violence in their lives. We offer a safe and non-judgmental space to women who are living, working, or studying across London boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Islington, Haringey, Barnet, and Enfield.

Our expert team provides helpline support, advocacy (ISVA) support including specialised ISVA for women with complex needs. We also provide one-to-one and group counselling to survivors as well as short-term one-to-one counselling support to survivors’ family and friends. It is an inclusive service which takes a holistic approach to supporting recovery and independence; and supports all ages, disabilities, sexualities, gender identities including non-binary, ethnicities, and religions.

The core service is open 9.00am to 5.00pm. However, appointments can be arranged outside of these hours if required and may offer flexibility around working hours.  

About the Role

This is a great opportunity for career progression if you are either already a qualified counsellor wishing to develop leadership skills while maintaining your registration and CPD requirements; or if you have insight into the counselling role and are interested in developing in this area.

This is a perfect time to join Solace while we are refreshing our focus on workforce development. As well as experiencing what it is like to be part of a supportive, highly effective team, you will also acquire valuable development to add to your portfolio of skills and career progression.

The Counselling Services Manager  will work in partnership with the other NLRC services to provide effective leadership and management of specialist sexual violence counselling services. This role will also manage the Safeguarding Hub and provide line management to the Counselling Services Co-ordinator.

About You

We understand that you may not meet all the knowledge, experience and skills mentioned but your interpersonal skills, passion to make a difference and ability to learn quickly and work collaboratively, will be equally important. 

It is important that those who work for Solace are warm, empathetic, and diligent individuals with a strong work ethic who are happy to join our services and help us to make a difference to the lives of those that we support.

The ideal candidate will have experience or exposure with supporting women affected by sexual violence who have multiple disadvantages and complex needs. Whether you are applying for the qualified or unqualified role, successful applicants will have a clinical background and some experience of supporting in a trauma informed way. You may already have management experience and understand the complexity of trauma on women that have experienced sexual violence.

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: Outreach Service Regional Lead, North

Region: North of England (Home-based)

Directorate: Operations

Contract: Permanent. Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £34,000 to £36,000 gross per annum

About The Royal British Legion

Careers in Advice and Welfare

Across the country, in every city and on every street, the Legion is there to support our Armed Forces community. As the largest charity of our kind, we have 235,000 members, 60,000 volunteers and a network of partners all helping us give support wherever and whenever it's needed.

Every day, everyone in our Advice and Welfare teams dedicate themselves to bettering the lives of those in this community.

Be it a conversation about financial support, physical and mental wellbeing, employment, housing, independent living, or social support – working in these teams means the time you’d spend with those who need our help, and the advice you’d offer, could have a profound effect on their lives.

It's this mission, this scale, this challenge, and the values we all live by, that makes the Legion such a fulfilling place to thrive. We also want those who need our support to be able to get it when they need it, and from those best placed to give it. Which is why we’ve invested in multi-channel support services.

So, if you want to give your days meaning. To put your passion into a role with real impact. To support people and be supported yourself. In an inclusive team that faces every challenge together. Whatever your interests and ambitions, we think you’ll find a role here that works for you, with career opportunities right across the UK.

The Role

To lead the delivery of the Regional Outreach Service, providing supervision and guidance to Regional Outreach Officers and to act as Designated Safeguarding Lead for the team.  The service provides holistic, person-centred support, advice and advocacy to vulnerable individuals and families, with multiple complex needs (including Addiction and Dependency, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Homelessness, Offending history, Relationship and Family breakdown), to find practical and sustainable ways to make positive changes, achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives.

A relevant sector qualification or recent and significant demonstrable experience is required, in relation to: Housing and Homelessness, Criminal Justice, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Addiction and Dependency, or Safeguarding.

Supervisory/Line management/Service management experience essential.

Please note this role is home-based with some requirements to travel across geographical area and wider area (in line with government guidance in relation to Co-Vid19).

This job requires a DBS at an Enhanced Level.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome conversations on flexible working and any reasonable adjustments that may be required.

Diversity Statement

We believe that the compassion, understanding and service we show each, and every individual customer should be reflected in the way we all support, respect and include every individual who works with us.

It’s because of this that we have strived hard to create a One Legion culture that we can all feel part of and succeed in. It’s why we make sure that you have the opportunities you need to learn and develop. It’s why we’re invested in making RBL a truly inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves. It’s why you’re welcome, whoever you might be. It’s why we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply online’.

Closing date for this role is: Sunday 19th December.

Interviews: Thursday 6th January and Friday 7th January 2022.

Deadline for applications: Friday 10 December 2021

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 10 January 2022

We have two Regional Case Manager roles available; one role is to be based in Northeast / Yorkshire and Humberside / Northwest, and the other is to be based in Midlands / Eastern / South and Central. Roles will be home-based with some travel required.

Passionate about supporting and helping people? Are you experienced in managing services working with people in crisis? Are you ready to lead a team of local caseworkers supporting road victims? Can you demonstrate knowledge and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement? Are you ready to maintain oversight and take responsibility of road victim cases referred into your region and to ensure their compliance with safeguarding and risk management protocols? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity tackling the daily, horrific carnage of deaths, injuries, and air pollution on roads. Traffic is the biggest killer of young people worldwide, poisoning our lungs and contributing hugely to the climate emergency. Brake’s vision is that people get around in safe and healthy ways. Our values require us to be evidence-based, aim high, and work collaboratively. We have a 25-year reputation for shouting out for positive change, advising government, encouraging action in communities, and delivering the UK’s National Road Victim Service (NRVS) for bereaved and injured families.

NRVS is the specialist, accredited, UK-wide national service for road victims, delivering day-one onwards case-managed care for anybody who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or supporting a road crash victim.

Who you are

Working as part of our National Road Victim Service we are seeking two experienced Regional Case Managers with a background in managing high-risk support services operating on a national basis. You will have extensive experience of managing staff teams including remote working and of services that provide a case management approach to care through trauma informed practice. The successful candidates will be required to go through an enhanced DBS vetting process due to the sensitive nature of the service delivered.

Key tasks

• Provide day to day line management and supervision to a small team of regional caseworkers offering guidance, support, and quality assurance.
• To maintain oversight of the cases referred into the region and to ensure their compliance with safeguarding and risk management protocols.
• Ensure support is provided through our model of trauma informed care.
• To consult with the triage team to ensure the timely allocation of cases from our central service team into the regional teams.
• To oversee the allocation of cases across the regional staff team.
• To consult with local partners and services referring into the service to establish pathways of care.
• Deliver weekly case review meetings with regional caseworkers, ensuring needs and risks of clients are met and outcomes recorded including quality assurance of safeguarding. Ensure all data is accurately recorded within the case management system.
• Contribute to NRVS’ wider processes of audit, evaluation, and impact monitoring.
• Ensure the lone working policies are adhered to daily to ensure the safety and security of the team whilst lone working and travelling to and from home visits.
• To support caseworkers with complex and high-risk cases by attending safeguarding and risk management meetings, both internally and externally to ensure compliance with best practice.
• To monitor and ensure that all support is delivered in a confidential and professional manner, adhering to safeguarding legislation and the latest data protection regulations.
• Ensure that all support meets service standard operating policies and procedures, inclusive of safeguarding and risk management, and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Provide assessments and decisions around complex intervention planning, including escalation of cases requiring clinical guidance to clinical director.
• Ensure that callers’ identified needs are met satisfactorily, within professional boundaries, to outcome goals, with those outcomes recorded.
• To contribute to an on-call duty manager system on a weekly basis to provide out of hours advice and support to caseworkers across the service.
• To deputise for Head of Service during periods of leave, sickness, absence.
• To actively contribute to the development of relationships with key stakeholders, organisations, and professionals in the region. This may include the provision of training and presentations to ensure that they are aware of the service.
• To contribute to the ongoing professional development of caseworkers through reflective practice, caseload audit and management and the development and delivery of formal CPD sessions.
• To be responsible (in collaboration with HR lead) for managing sickness and absence and return to work interviews.

You bring

Essential qualities

• Experience of managing services working with people in crisis with acute vulnerabilities and risks.
• Experience of managing and co-ordinating teams, including remotely.
• Experience of staff management and HR policies and procedures.
• Evidence of stakeholder and funder partnerships.
• Experience of report writing for funding bodies.
• Experience of a case management review process, safeguarding and active monitoring, and escalation of cases with health and safety needs.
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement.
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of working in a trauma informed way, providing trauma informed care to adults and families.
• Knowledge of best practice in working with traumatic bereavement and managing services in this area.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk management and GDPR procedures.
• Experience of using a case management support framework.
• Management of crisis intervention and working in collaboration with other professionals to support those with complex needs (i.e. crisis and home treatment teams, community mental health services, ISVA and IDVA roles).
• Experience and knowledge of working with and supporting people through the criminal justice and coronial process.
• Experience of audit, monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Experience of establishing and sustaining partnerships with key partners, stakeholders, and other professionals.
• Experience of research and advocacy activities.
• I.T. and data management skills.
• Ability to work creatively, adaptively and with flexibility across a range of circumstances.
• Commitment to and a passion for providing a high level of quality care to those experiencing traumatic bereavement and catastrophic injury.  

Desirable

• A professional qualification or evidence of training in psychological trauma.
• Experience of working with those affected by road traffic collisions.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programmes.
• Completion of safeguarding and/or risk management training.
• Project management qualification or equivalent experience in practice.

About the team and how we work

• You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and friendly team, with a visionary, dynamic and expert chief executive committed to growing the charity’s impact, and a knowledgeable and engaged Board of Trustees.
• Our team works remotely and encourages use of sustainable transport.
• Brake actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We employ based on skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Employees are subject to driver licence checks. If you drive, please note we do not accept applications from serious traffic offenders due to the nature of our work.

Do you want to work for an organisation whose aim is to enrich lives and strengthen communities? Enable Leisure and Culture is recruiting for a Health & Wellbeing Coach to support our Health & Wellbeing Team.

Location: Wandsworth
Contract Type: Fixed term, Full Time (40 hours per week, 7 month contract)
Salary: £26,237 per annum
Closing date: 4 January 2022

Ref: HW021

As a Health and Wellbeing Coach you will help people develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their own health and wellbeing.  Health and Wellbeing Coaches will use health coaching, motivational interviewing and behaviour change skills to empower people to make positive lifestyle changes. The role will take a holistic approach that helps increases people’s ability to access community support and self-management education.

The successful candidate will join our Enable Personalised Care Team which has experience of delivering community support across Wandsworth. Health and Wellbeing Coaches will work alongside Social Prescribing Link Workers to provide a joined-up approach and maximise patient experience. The role will be based in GP practices as part of a Primary Care Network within Wandsworth and work closely with GP’s and other healthcare professionals, contributing to the NHS commitment to personalised care.

In the role, you will work with individuals who are referred to health coaching for various reasons including pre-diabetes, T1 and T2 diabetes, weight management, stress, obesity and hypertension.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing team and be part of an innovative personalised care model. Enable Health & Wellbeing Coaches will be excellent communicators, passionate about personalised care and dedicated to reducing health inequalities in the local area.

Full training for the role will be provided, including Health Coaching and Motivational Interviewing. 

Job Purpose 

• Provide personalised health coaching and deliver one to one appointments to people with long term health conditions.
• Use health coaching and motivational interviewing skills to support behaviour change.
• Develop strong working relationships and provide personalised care alongside other health and social care professionals.

BENEFITS 

Along with competitive salary we offer a supportive environment for personal and professional growth and development and; 

• 25 Days Annual Leave 
• Flexible working 
• Pension Scheme 
• Life Insurance
• Eyecare vouchers 
• Free Gym membership 
• Season ticket loan 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Weekly Fruit basket 
• Staff Treats 
• Weekly Wellbeing hour 

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post.  In order to apply for this post, you must demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. We anticipate a high volume of interest in this post and reserve the right to close this role early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.

Diversity is valued at Enable Leisure and Culture and is important in the work that we do. Applications from all sections of the community are welcome and will be considered on merit.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

We are looking for 2 x Helpline Advisors

Background information
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust is the UK's leading charity dedicated to those affected by cervical cancer and cell changes (abnormalities). The charity was established in 1999 by James Maxwell following the death of his wife Jo, aged 40, from cervical cancer.
Since then we have provided advice and support to thousands of women and their families.
We offer a range of online and face-to-face support and information including: information materials, a free helpline, online forum, national and regional support days and an ‘ask the expert’ service. Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancer amongst young women (under 35) in the UK and Europe.
Two women a day in the UK will die from cervical cancer whilst over 3,000 women are diagnosed each year. In addition, some 220,000 a year are told they may have a cervical abnormality that may require treatment. Thanks to the NHS Cervical Screening and HPV vaccination programmes cervical cancer is a largely preventable disease. However, for those affected, the impact of cancer on a woman's life and that of her family cannot be overstated.
In recent years awareness of our work and cervical cancer has grown significantly with annual income from £288k to £1.8m. The staff team has also significantly grown to 23 enabling us to reach more women than ever before.
Over the past few years our work has been recognised a number of times including winning a prestigious GSK IMPACT Award, Best Communications Campaign at the Third Sector Excellence Awards and a Plain English Osborne Memorial Award for our website, we have also achieved Investing in Volunteers accreditation.

Overview of the role
Purpose of Job
We are looking for two passionate part time Helpline Advisors to join our hardworking but friendly team in order to provide vital support, information and signposting via our helpline.
You will play a key role in offering support and information to women affected by cervical cancer, cervical cell changes and those with concerns or questions about the cervical screening or HPV vaccination programmes.
You will also be responsible for offering team support on our email service, which is an extension of our helpline and our busy Ask the Expert service which provides online medical clarification to our community as well as our online Forum. The ideal candidate will be self-motivating and a clear communicator with a proven track record of strong helpline and supportive skills.

Closing date: 13th December 2021

Virtual Interview date: 16th December 2021

To apply for this role please send a CV and a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role and why you would like to work at Jo's  Cervical Cancer Trust to Debbie Shipley, Senior Support Services Manager

Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.