• £27,646 per annum
• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• Permanent role
• Based in Beckenham

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind is a highly regarded, innovative local Charity working alongside people with mental health problems and dementia to improve their quality of life. With an annual turnover of £4M, over 150 staff and 250 volunteers, we are one of the largest charities in the Mind network.

Bromley Dementia Support Hub

The Bromley Dementia Support Hub is an exciting service delivered by a consortium of local providers working in partnership:

• MindCare Dementia Support, the specialist dementia arm of Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind
• Age UK Bromley & Greenwich
• Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

The Hub provides comprehensive person-centred support to people with dementia and their carers, alongside training, raising awareness and community development to improve the experience of people with dementia.

The Senior Dementia Advisor will provide advice and person centred individual support, including signposting and community bridge building to help people access community resources. In addition to carrying a caseload, the Senior role involves line managing, supervising and coaching Dementia Advice staff.

Staff benefits include:

• a matched contribution pension scheme
• 25 days' holiday (pro-rata, rising with service)
• quality supervision and training opportunities

See our website for more reasons to work for BLG Mind.

Closing date: 9:00 am on Wednesday 8th January 2020

Likely interview date: Thursday 16th January 2020

More details and an application pack can be downloaded from our website

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service check

Registered Charity: 1082972

Senior Support Worker

You will join our client as a Senior Support Worker to support 4/5 young people in their care.

Senior Support Worker Responsibilities:

You will follow individual care plans for the young people with the aim to help them move onto independent living in the future. You will support with their therapy, plan social and leisure activities, give medication and complete associated paperwork.

Senior Support Worker Requirements:

To be successful in this role you will have previous experience of working with young people with mental health needs and will have a relevant level 2 care qualification. You will have the ability supervise staff and be IT literate as there is a requirement to update online care records. You must also thrive in a team environment and be flexible with the ability to work a 7 day rota, completing early and late shift patterns alongside 1 sleep ins (usually 1 per week) for which an additional payment is made. Having a driving licence is not essential but it is beneficial to help transport our young people to appointments and activities.

About Our Client:

Our client provides residential services for young people and young adults aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. Their aim is to support the young people using an innovative therapeutic approach and least restrictive practice to enable them to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life. Our client's “no restraint” policy allows for more respectful and thoughtful relationships with young people and avoids traumatisation and consequent escalations in risk.

Location: Preston

Job type: Permanent, Full time opportunities available (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £19,424-£21,059.93 per annum (£9.97-£10.80 per hour) dependent on experience

Benefits: Enhanced company pension, Enhanced maternity / paternity leave, Minimum of 30 days holidays, Company sick pay, Recruit a friend scheme, Employee of the year awards, Employee Assistance programme / counselling service, Free on-site parking Paid, DBS check, Online shopping discounts, Life Assurance, Online discounts, Refer a friend scheme where our client pays £500 for every friend you refer, Annual paid Summer and Christmas parties, Length of service awards.

Closing date for applications: 14th December, 2019

You may have experience of the following: Senior Support Worker, Senior Care Worker, Care Assistant, Care Staff, Social Care, Social Worker, Social Work, Healthcare Assistant, Healthcare Worker, Young People, Vulnerable People, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, Voluntary, etc.

Ref: 90356

The ClementJames Centre is an award winning charity that empowers the community to release its potential in one of London’s most disadvantaged areas. Our vision is for everyone in our community to release their potential and live fulfilled lives. We achieve this through providing education, employment and wellbeing support to over 3,000 local people each year in a safe and compassionate space.

Employment Support

We help people to gain meaningful and sustainable employment. This enables our clients to improve their quality of life, security and independence. We offer tailored advice and support, mentoring and work skills activities.

Children & Young People’s Education

We help young people to learn, flourish and achieve their potential. This allows them to feel fulfilled and have the opportunities to build the future that they choose. We provide academic support, mentoring and aspirational activities.

Wellbeing & Support

We empower people to overcome barriers and challenges and to engage with their own wellbeing. This enables our clients to pursue their goals. We do this through the provision of Information, Advice and Guidance, and wellbeing support and activities.

Adult Learning

We support adults to improve their English, Maths and ICT skills. This gives our students the confidence and knowledge to help them succeed and strengthens their place in the community. We offer a wide range of Functional Skills courses and intensive literacy and numeracy support.

We are looking for a Staff Support Worker to offer confidential one-to-one support to members of our staff team who work with people from the community dealing with complex issues.

This support includes, but is not limited to:

• Providing emotional support to client-facing staff in delivery roles who work across a number of core areas including housing, employment, numeracy and literacy, and advice, while also offering well-being support.
• Supporting staff to understand their personal and professional boundaries when working with people from the community to preserve a separation between work and personal life.
• Offering psychoeducation covering themes such as working with trauma, understanding stress and learning about compassion-focused skills.
• Understanding core areas related to staff safeguarding, such as burnout and compassion fatigue and, where appropriate, provide suggestions to senior management regarding reasonable adjustments.

Please be advised that this is neither a counselling nor supervision role, although skills from both these disciplines will support you in your role.

If you are a registered member or an accredited member of the BACP or another appropriate professional body (e.g. UKCP, HPC), can demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures and if you hold a graduate or post-graduate level Counselling Diploma or equivalent, then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for someone to support our staff team on a part-time basis for 6 hours a week. This would be either from 11am – 6pm on one day with an hour’s lunch break (preferably Thursdays); or 2 – 5pm across two afternoons.

The ClementJames Centre is a welcoming and unique place to work and if you would like to visit us before submitting your application please email us to arrange a visit.

If you wish to apply, please send us your letter of application and your CV by 9am on Monday, 6th January 2020.

Senior Support Worker (Mildmay) – MMSSW-1119

Starting Salary:  £21,798.92 per annum

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week (includes days, evenings, sleep-ins and some weekends)

Are you enthusiastic about delivering quality support to people with learning disabilities? Are you committed to ensuring everyone succeeds? We want to hear from you! 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead a small and skilled team of support workers at Centre 404’s Independent Living Service, Mildmay Avenue. Coordinating meaningful support and activities for 10 service users, who live in their own flats, a key focus is to engage individuals with their peers and the local community, helping to tackle social exclusion and loneliness. 

Working in partnership with a variety of professionals and agencies, you will keep our service users at the heart of decision making to empower them and take positive risks. In addition, you will have strong administrative and organisational skills and experience of supporting and motivating people with learning disabilities to achieve their goals. Experience of supporting people with additional mental health needs would be advantageous.

We are looking for a caring and creative person to empower the people we support with making meaningful choices, accessing the community for rewarding activities, and building lasting relationships.

In return, you will have a chance to work with a positive and supportive team, opportunities for further staff development, regular support and supervision, an in-depth induction and ongoing training.

How to apply: Please submit a CV along with a cover statement (either within the email itself or as an attachment) addressing the following: “Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience”. Please ensure you refer to the person specification in your statement and explain how you meet the criteria.

Centre 404 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All our offers of employment are therefore subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.

We are dedicated to providing a meaningful and rewarding work environment, as well as offering a range of perks and benefits for our staff to enjoy.

Please check your email for confirmation that your application has been received and to follow further instructions if applicable.

Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Charity ref number 299889

Simplified Recruitment is a Job Advertising Agency working on behalf of Centre 404. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to recruitment. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.

 Ref: SR506431

Senior Support Worker

You will join us as Senior Support Worker to support 4/5 young people in our care.

Senior Support Worker Responsibilities:

You will follow individual care plans for the young people with the aim to help them move onto independent living in the future. You will support with their therapy, plan social and leisure activities, give medication and complete associated paperwork. You will also support the Team Leader and Residential manager to ensure the running of the home is maintained to the highest standards. You will assist in the co-ordination of shifts, ensuring 1:1 time is planned for the young people as well as the facilitation of appointments and planned activities. You will also take the lead in managing this in the absence of the Team Leader. You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary team including Nurses, Psychologists and Psychiatrists to ensure we achieve the best possible outcomes for our young people.

Senior Support Worker Requirements:

To be successful in this role you will have previous experience of working with young people with mental health needs and will have a relevant level 2 care qualification. Be IT literate as there is a requirement to update online care records. You must also thrive in a team environment and be flexible with the ability to work a 7 day rota, completing early and late shift patterns alongside 1 sleep ins (usually 1 per week) for which an additional payment is made. Having a driving licence is not essential but it is beneficial to help transport our young people to appointments and activities.

Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community. As an employer we are also committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff.

About Care in Mind:

Care in Mind provides residential services for young people and young adults aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. Our aim is to support the young people using an innovative therapeutic approach and least restrictive practice to enable them to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life. Our “no restraint” policy allows for more respectful and thoughtful relationships with young people and avoids traumatisation and consequent escalations in risk.

Location: Liversedge

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £19,424 - £21,059.93 per annum (£9.97-£10.80 per hour) dependent on experience.

Benefits: 28 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days with increased years’ service, Paid 2 week full induction before you start, Opportunity to complete your Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker qualification, Excellent career progression, Paid enhanced DBS check, Enhanced Company Pension Scheme, 24 hr Employee Assistance Programme and counselling, Free onsite parking, Life Assurance, Online discounts, Refer a friend scheme where we pay £500 for every friend you refer, Annual paid Summer and Christmas parties, Length of service awards

Closing date for applications: 26th December, 2019

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Healthcare Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Community Support Worker, Disability, Disabilities, Care Staff, Charity, Charities, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, etc.

Ref: 90564

XLP operates youth work projects in schools and estate communities across nine inner-city boroughs, working with some of the hardest to reach young people in London. Each borough has a Senior Youth Worker who oversees the work in that community. The Senior Youth Worker for Hackney will coordinate and develop XLP’s work across the borough, with a particular focus on delivering our Exclusion Reduction Programme (ERP) in schools.

Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver XLP’s ‘Exclusion Reduction Programme’ (ERP) across multiple schools in the Hackney borough, through a combination of long-term 1-2-1 relationships, group mentoring sessions and 6-8 week programmes.
• Work with the project leaders of XLP’s community-based projects to coordinate the youth work delivery in the borough as a whole.
• Identify and discuss new opportunities and initiatives with the East quadrant team, taking a key role in the planning and delivery of new projects in the quadrant.
• Develop project resources and build teams to deliver these projects to the young people effectively and efficiently.
• Manage relationships with key delivery stakeholders 

XLP is a Christian charity that has an emphasis on being faith-based, but not faith-biased: We work equally with young people of all faiths and none. This post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a practising Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, and able to lead in matters of faith.

As a Christian charity, our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which celebrates and promotes diversity and attracts people from all backgrounds, and to be a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed.

All XLP staff and volunteers have enhanced DBS disclosures and work within strict child protection guidelines.

Applications should be submitted by Monday the 6th of January at Midday (12pm).

Successful candidates will be invited to two stages of interviews. The first round of interviews will take place on Thursday the 9th or Friday the 10th of January.

We have an exciting opportunity for the role of Senior Recovery Worker to work as a key member of the team in delivering the Complex Needs Service in partnership with Turning Point and Herts Young Homeless.

Title: Senior Recovery Worker
Salary Grade: £22,250 - £23,165 per annum including Outer London Weighting (OLW) dependent on skills and experience
Responsible to: HMN Services Manager (Complex Needs & Crisis)
No. of Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Main Base/s: Welwyn Garden City with expectation to work across Hertfordshire

Background to the Post

Turning Point and Herts Young Homeless work as a partnership to provide community support to people recovering from mental health issues and additional complex needs, including substance misuse and learning disabilities. The service will offer a range of support to promote personal recovery and independence including:

• 1:1 outreach support from dedicated Keyworker/co-worker providing solution-focused support with practical issues including such as finances/housing/employment.
• Crisis Planning – promoting self-management through individuals building an understanding of their own triggers/coping strategies.
• Active Referrals/Signposting – working with individuals to identify resources/services to meet their needs and providing appropriate support to access these effectively.
• Group-work – delivering courses that support self-management recovery, including: Mindfulness/Assertiveness/Keeping Well/Stress Management/Problem Solving/Crisis Management.
• Peer Support – Strength-based approach concentrating on the inherent strengths of an individual to aid recovery and empowerment.
• Extended dual diagnosis support
• Whole family approach

Purpose of Post

The purpose of the Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service Recovery Worker role is to:

• Improve mental wellbeing
• Reduce the use of police, ASB, tenancy enforcement, housing needs and environmental health services
• Improve health and wellbeing
• Improve access to early help
• Improve tenancy sustainment
• Provide support to access more appropriate services
• Provide support to build life skills, confidence, resilience, self-esteem and build social networks
• Provide support to reduce episodes of crisis
• Provide an assertive outreach approach for those who may have complex or multiple needs
• To maintain and enhance service delivery standards and effectiveness

Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 27th December 2019 by 5pm.
Interviews shall take place on Friday 10th January 2020.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply Now' button. You will be directed to the Herts Mind Network website where you can download the Application Pack.

An approved Enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

Hertfordshire Mind Network is an Equal Opportunity and Mindful Employer.

No agencies please.

Children & Young Person’s Senior Support Worker (Nights) 
Dartington, Near Totnes 
£9.89 - £10.20 per hour (plus night premium) 
Full-time - Night shift patterns available 

We are looking for a Senior Support Worker to join the team at Robins, our 10 bed Residential & Respite Home in Dartington. 

Children & young adults with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do, and we want every person we support to have a great life, with excellent outcomes. We couldn’t achieve that without all the great support workers who join our care teams. It all starts with you! 

There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ support worker. Our staff come from lots of different backgrounds, people with little or no experience but want a job that involves helping people, those who want a change of career as well as experienced Support Workers. 

The one thing that links all of them together is their desire to work with young learning disabled people, make their lives better and help them to learn something new or take a further step towards independence. Our support workers certainly don’t see what they do as ‘just another job’.

No two days will be the same as you will get involved in a variety of different tasks and activities whilst helping the young people to learn the skills they need to live the life they choose. 

Ideally you will have previous experience in this sector and must hold a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent). Defined as a “Good” provider by Ofsted, Robins are looking for “Outstanding” staff who will deliver support in a professional, caring way. 

We are a well-established charity that provides an excellent range of staff benefits including 28 days’ annual leave, a company pension scheme, childcare vouchers, staff discount scheme, ongoing training and supervision, continuing professional development and support as well as an extensive induction on commencement of employment. Lifeworks are also accredited Disability Confident Employers. 

Lifeworks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and they expect all staff to share this commitment. For this post, pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought, and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check. 

PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the Children’s Home Regulations 2015, applicants need to be 21 years or over to be able to work at Robins.

To apply for the role of Child & Young Person’s Senior Support Worker (Nights), please apply via the button shown. 

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Additional Keywords: Child & Young Person’s Senior Support Worker, Senior Support Worker, Senior Social Care Worker, Senior Care Worker, Senior Care Co-ordinator, Care.

Bank Support Worker

You will join our client as a Bank Support Worker to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life.

Bank Support Worker Responsibilities:

Your role will be to provide the highest standard of care to young people following individual care plans and programmes. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and as a bank worker you will have the opportunity to apply for permanent internal roles as they arise.

Bank Support Worker Requirements:

Experience is not essential as full training will be provided however you will need to have a good understanding of the issues young people face and the desire to make a real difference. You will need to be flexible in your approach and have the ability to work shifts including nights and weekends. Access to a car is desirable.

About Our Client:

Our client provides residential services for young people and young adults aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. Their aim is to support the young people using an innovative therapeutic approach and least restrictive practice to enable them to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life. Our client's “no restraint” policy allows for more respectful and thoughtful relationships with young people and avoids traumatisation and consequent escalations in risk.

Location: Chorley (Preston or Bury)

Job type: Bank, Part Time, Zero Hours Contract

Salary: £9 per hour

Benefits: 22-27 holidays per year (plus bank holidays), Free training and professional development programme, Paid induction, training and enhanced DBS check, Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Free onsite parking, Life Assurance. Competitive salary and business mileage when travelling outside of your hub area; A full induction programme and training and development opportunities; Opportunity to develop your career and obtain a permanent position if desired; Free DBS Enhanced Disclosure; A friendly, supporting, working environment; 24 hr Employee Assistance Programme and counselling

Closing date for applications: Thursday 2nd January, 2020

You may have experience of the following: Bank Support Worker, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Care Assistant, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

Ref: 90677

Does the idea of implementing new processes, improving business partnering processes and leading management accounting sound like the next move in your career?

Do you have a passion for supporting strategic decision making through your high-level analysis?

Do you want the opportunity to develop and enhance reporting standards for a medium-large charity?

This excellent opportunity as Senior Management Accountant will work for a large and well-established charitable organisation with a turnover of almost £70mil. The charity is going through a significant amount of change and growth and this newly created position will work to implement key changes to help add value to the internal reporting standards.

The Role

• Leading on budgeting and forecasting activities for the organisation and communicating concise and relevant information to senior stakeholders
• Design, develop and implement policies and procedures around the budgeting process to ensure understanding from stakeholders
• Delivering sound advice to budget holders by supporting and coaching them through the decision-making process
• Assist stakeholders in developing reports to help understand the business needs from a finance perspective
• Work as a key member in the team, reporting to the Head of Finance, delivering critical information to help improve the standards of long-term strategy across the charity

The successful candidate for this position will be:

• A CCAB qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA)
• An experienced financial professional with working knowledge of dealing with large budgets
• A strong communicator, with business partnering experience and the gravitas to approach senior stakeholders and maintain a solid working relationship with them
• Ideally experienced in working for a charitable organisation
• A proactive and approachable individual
• Strong knowledge of excel to produce detailed reports
• Ideally experience of designing insightful reporting

This opportunity offers flexible working, a generous pension package and a strong working culture. Working for this highly esteemed charity would add a lot of value to a CV and truly gives the successful candidate the opportunity to make this role their own, utilising skills and experience to develop and implement useful procedures across the charity.

Apply now!

9 months fixed-term contract (with possible extension)

We are looking for an experienced individual to join our thriving team, who is passionate about working with marginalised individuals who are experiencing immigration issues and homelessness.

As a Senior Navigator you will be working with some of the most vulnerable and complex clients in Newham. Working very closely with several statutory and non-statutory services in Newham, you will work to ensure that a well-rounded approach of support, is provided to rough sleepers in Newham.

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of working with vulnerable people who have been rough sleeping and understanding the trauma that could be associated with that.  You will also be highly organised, proactive, passionate and adept at developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders.  Additionally, you will have a strong working knowledge of London's private rented market and the current welfare system.  The ability to act as Lead to the service as well as navigate support provisions to all clients is also required.   

If you want to be part of a high performing service that works to shape and prevent rough sleeping in a person centred way to deliver great outcomes for clients,   then please apply.

Some travelling across London may be necessary. 

Interviews to be held: 18th December 2019.

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited.  In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects has been commended for their work.

At Depaul UK we are currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Prevention Coordinator to come and join our London team. You will join us on a full time, fixed term basis until September 2020. In return you will receive a competitive salary of £27,674 per annum pro rata + pension and other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Senior Prevention Coordinator, we can offer you:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday, including bank holidays pro rata

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Senior Prevention Coordinator is a busy and varied role that includes managing a team of four Nightstop Coordinators across London and our new service in Hertfordshire to deliver emergency accommodation to young people. You will support the team to deliver on immediate and long-term support for the young people, volunteer recruitment and safety for volunteers and young people, marketing and developing relationships with stakeholders.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

- Access to a total rewards package including a health plan and generous pension contributions

What will ideally support your success in the Senior Prevention Coordinator role?

- Experience of supervising staff

- Experience of recruiting, training and providing ongoing support to volunteers

- Experience of marketing and communications

- Experience of developing productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders

- Significant experience of working with people who are vulnerable, experiencing homeless or in crisis

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Senior Prevention Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date: Thursday 05 December 2019 at 12:00 pm

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Do you have a passion for working with people and the ability to empathise with others?

If so, then St Mungo’s is the workplace for you. This is a great opportunity to join a charity that is committed to ending homelessness and rebuilding lives.

If you are looking for a career where the rewards speak for themselves, you are in the right place. You will be joining a supported housing service, based across several sites in Witney and Carterton that provides support for 26 young people aged 16-25.

This is an entry level role. We know that all sorts of people, from all backgrounds, have the skills and competencies to support, challenge and inspire people rebuilding their lives after experiencing homelessness.  That is why we have designed our Assistant Project/Support Worker roles for people new to the homelessness sector.  There are minimal requirements for direct experience, provided you can demonstrate the transferable skills required for the role.

We have a number of current managers who started their career in this job role. So join us and see where your career can take you!

In return, you can look forward to benefits including a pension scheme and a whole range of initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. On top of that, we’ll give you all the support you need to develop your skills and career.

This post requires travel across several Projects between Witney and Carterton, so the post holder will need access to a car and business insurance.

To find out more and apply please go to our website.

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the document available tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am, Monday 6 January 2020  
Interview and assessments on: Tuesday 21 January 2020

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate. 

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Bank Support Worker

You will join us as a Bank Support Worker to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life.

Bank Support Worker Responsibilities:

Your role will be to provide the highest standard of care to our young people following individual care plans and programmes. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and as a bank worker you will have the opportunity to apply for permanent internal roles as they arise.

Bank Support Worker Requirements:

Experience is not essential as full training will be provided however you will need to have a good understanding of the issues young people face and the desire to make a real difference. You will need to be flexible in your approach and have the ability to work shifts including nights and weekends. Access to a car is desirable.

About Care in Mind:

Care in Mind provides residential services for young people and young adults aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. Our aim is to support the young people using an innovative therapeutic approach and least restrictive practice to enable them to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life. Our “no restraint” policy allows for more respectful and thoughtful relationships with young people and avoids traumatisation and consequent escalations in risk.

Location: Yorkshire (Liversedge, Huddersfield, Leeds, York.)

Job type: Bank, Part Time, Zero Hours Contract

Salary: £9 per hour

Benefits: 22-27 holidays per year (plus bank holidays), Free training and professional development programme, Paid induction, training and enhanced DBS check, Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Free onsite parking, Life Assurance; Competitive salary and business mileage when travelling outside of your hub area; A full induction programme and training and development opportunities; Opportunity to develop your career and obtain a permanent position if desired; Free DBS Enhanced Disclosure; A friendly, supporting, working environment; 24 hr Employee Assistance Programme and counselling.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 2nd January 2020

You may have experience of the following: Bank Support Worker, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Care Assistant, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

Ref: 90678