Children’s Heart Surgery Fund - Charity
FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER
JOB DESCRIPTION
Title of post: Family Support Worker
Hours: 37 hours
Location: Leeds
Reporting to CEO
Salary £25k
Interview date Monday 16th March
Apply with covering letter and CV - deadline to apply Monday 2nd March.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund
The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) is an award-winning regional charity supporting children and adults, and their families, born with congenital heart defects across Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
The charity was established in 1988 to support the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds Children’s Hospital, which treats more than 20,000 patients each year. The Charity supports the Leeds Congenital Heart service by providing the funding and resources to support:
• The Heart, by providing revolutionary medical equipment and funding training for the medical employees within the congenital heart service.
• The Mind, by creating a restful environment on the wards and funding play and distraction equipment.
• The Family, by contributing towards living expenses, offering accommodation to parents and giving exceptional grants.
• The Future, by funding research, clinical posts and projects.
History
The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund was created in 1988 by Duncan Walker, then a heart surgeon at the old Killingbeck Hospital in Leeds. Thanks to his fundraising efforts, in 1990 Duncan was given the accolade of Yorkshireman of the Year. Since 1988, CHSF has awarded around £3 million in grants to the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit, its patients and their families.
There are many vital grants – both large and small – within CHSF’s work, and one of the most important was the award of almost £250,000 between 1999 and 2002 donated to Leeds University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The initial grant was grown into much greater funding and helped established a project that led to the creation of a York-based company called Tissue Regenix. This organisation are now leaders in the development of medical devices, including replacement heart valves.
Over recent years, CHSF has invested significant funding into family accommodation based near the Leeds Children’s Hospital. This has included £525,000 being awarded to the Sick Children’s Trust first to build and now maintain parental housing at Eckersley House.
CHSF campaigned against NHS proposals to end children’s heart surgery in Yorkshire – a move that would have meant the region’s young patients being relocated to Newcastle, Birmingham or Liverpool for heart surgery. After an extraordinary award-winning, a campaign that united the people of the region – including a 600,000-signature petition that was delivered to the Prime Minister – the NHS proposals were rejected by the Health Secretary in 2013.
CHSF has made countless grants that have paid for ground-breaking new equipment; resources for the unit; staff training; family accommodation and support; and, many, many more projects. This is thanks to the staff, trustees, supporters and fundraisers who have made this possible.
CHSF are proud of their record of impact against the charity’s main objective to help the region’s congenital heart patients and hopes to fulfil their aim which is to help support the Leeds Congenital Heart centre become a recognised ‘World Class’ centre of excellence. In 2018, CHSF’s latest appeal, keeping the Beat, successfully raised £700,000 towards a state-of-the-art children’s heart theatre.
THE ROLE
Job Summary
The newly created role of Family Support Worker is designed to provide a dedicated resource for children, siblings and parents, offering practical and emotional support while they are in the hospital, and potentially beyond the period of the child’s hospital stay.
The role objective is to bridge the gap between the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit and the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, ensuring wrap around care and support for the whole family unit.
The Family Support Worker will deliver a programme of holistic care for families of children with congenital heart disease treated in the Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds Children’s Hospital.
This new holistic care programme, including welcome packs, well-being treatments and family camps, is designed to increase wellbeing and reduce the stress on the whole family from the impact of a child having congenital heart disease.
The need for this role and holistic care programme bore out of collated research gathered directly from focus groups, workshops and direct feedback from a variety of people, including Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust clinical and non-clinical staff and parents of patients with congenital heart disease.
Key Responsibilities
• To be a dedicated resource for children and their families, bridging the gap between Leeds Children’s Hospital and the CHSF
• To build trusting relationships with the children, siblings and parents on the ward and outside the hospital, through coffee mornings.
• To provide practical help and emotional support for children and families, by signposting particularly during times of stress
• To work closely with clinical and nursing staff at Leeds Children’s Hospital, developing positive working relationships
• To facilitate clear communications between families and clinical and nursing staff
• To plan, deliver and assess an annual holistic care programme for children and families
• To identify the needs of children and families and develop new work or initiatives to meet these needs
• To create and provide welcome packs to families
• To help families access support from the CHSF and other agencies and services
• To manage the delivery of group sessions by the Hospital’s Psychology and Counselling Service to help families overcome issues around coping with a baby suffering from congenital heart disease
• To manage the partnership with, and delivery of, Over the Wall Family Weekend Camps for children with serious health challenges
• To manage and work in delivering holistic support for families, focusing on wellbeing, and complementary therapies.
• To organise leisure and other vouchers for long-term inpatients and their families.
• To run and manage focused events for families such as coffee mornings in regional areas of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire
• To manage the charities parental accommodation, ensuring all rooms are cared for
• To help promote CHSF fundraising opportunities, where appropriate and work with the community fundraising team on new initiatives
• To manage grant applications which are currently run by the cardiac nurse specialist team to support families seeking financial assistance while their child is in hospital
• To help plan creative and innovative responses to families’ needs
• To ensure that recording of work with children and families is maintained to a high standard, accurate and up to date
• To monitor, evaluate, and produce reports that demonstrate the effectiveness of the work.
• To work flexibly as required by the needs of the service and carry out any other reasonable duties as required
• To engage further with the Child-Friendly Leeds initiative.
General Responsibilities
• Respond to complaints promptly, both external and internal
• To demonstrate a commitment to ongoing training and development and participate in any training needed to fulfil the duties of your role
• Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunity and diversity
• To ensure all communication is conducted under GDPR guidance
• To keep accurate and comprehensive records through CHSF’s CRM system
• Play a key role within the senior management team and report to the CEO
• To be able to evidence CHSF values at all times
(a) Trust
(b) Compassion
(c) Openness
(d) Respect
(e) Dedication
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills and abilities
· Excellent skills, knowledge and aptitude for building and maintaining relationships with children, young people, parents, colleagues and partners
· Ability to communicate with children and adults with compassion and empathy
· Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality
· understanding of the developmental needs of children and young people
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills in formal and informal settings - face-to-face, on the telephone and informal presentations
· Excellent organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail
· Ability to work on own initiative and to effectively manage and prioritise workload
· Ability to write comprehensive evidence-based reports
· Highly professional with a self-motivated approach and drive to support
· Influencing skills
· Good IT skill, word, excel, CRM experience
· Project management skills
· Excellent relationship management skills
Knowledge
• Relevant childcare, education, social care or health qualification to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent or considerable experience.
• Training in community work, counselling skills, or similar advantage
• Thorough knowledge of relevant and up-to-date children’s legislation, particularly child protection and safeguarding
Experience
• At least three years’ experience of direct work with children and young people up to 18 years of age, and their parents
• Able to set up and deliver programmes of family support work
• Knowledge and experience of direct work with families in the health sector an advantage
• Experience of working with people in their homes an advantage
Personal attributes and other requirements
• Ability to work hours in a flexible way, including evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the holistic care programme
• Ability to work flexibly and as part of a team
• Clean current driving licence and car needed
• Commitment to training and continuous learning and professional development
This post is subject to a higher-level check with the Disclosure & Barring Service
We want to hear from all interested candidates, and to be considered for the position we strongly recommend submitting a detailed covering letter along with your CV, outlining why you're right for the role.
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Service Co-ordinator – Part Time (Contract)
Leeds, West Yorkshire (with travel to Meanwood, Chapel Allerton and Roundhay)
£8.57 per hour
Do you have experience of supporting and motivating volunteers? Want to take on a rewarding contract with a charity that has been changing lives for over 80 years? If so, read on.
Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary service to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for two part-time Service Co-ordinators to join us on an initial contract until the 31st March 2021 that has the possibility to extend subject to funding.
Within an engaging and team-oriented environment, you will have the chance to support vital services that are making a positive, lasting impact on your local community.
As a Service Co-ordinator, you will support the delivery of our Healthy Happy Lives Support Service.
The Healthy Happy Lives Support Service aims to reduce isolation in older people through building their confidence to reconnect with their communities.
Covering activities in Meanwood, Chapel Allerton and Roundhay, you will:
- Support colleagues to deliver Healthy Happy Lives sessions, such as exercise sessions or lunches
- Build links with the community to strengthen and promote the service
- Work with the Project Manager to pair volunteers with services
- Ensure the service operates in-line with regulations, such as Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, Data Protection and Safeguarding
Interested? To be considered, you’ll need:
- Experience of working with volunteers and supporting and motivating them on a daily basis
- Previous experience of handling personal information and the legal requirements of this
- Knowledge of volunteers and voluntary services
- The ability to build positive relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders and colleagues
- A full, valid driving licence and access to your own vehicle
Self-motivated and resourceful, as a Service Co-ordinator, you’ll have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A great eye for detail, a positive attitude and superb time-management abilities are also key.
Ideally, you’ll have experience of general administrative processes and maintaining databases. Experience of working in a public-facing environment would also be beneficial, as would a food safety accreditation. Proficiency in industry standard IT systems would be equally favourable.
This is a part-time role, working 21 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
To apply for the role of Service Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown.
This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Other organisations may call this role Volunteer Co-ordinator, Community Services Co-ordinator, Volunteer Support Co-ordinator, Service Delivery Assistant, or Community Support Co-ordinator.
Support Worker
You will join our client as a Support Worker to support 4/5 young people in their care.
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 be supported by a multi-disciplinary team including Nurses, Psychologists and Psychiatrists to ensure they achieve the best possible outcomes for their young people.
Support Worker Requirements:
You do not require any previous experience for this role. Be IT literate as there is a requirement to update online care records. You must also 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 their young people to appointments and activities.
They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community. As an employer they are also committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff.
Our client reserve the right to bring forward their closing date, without notice in the event of high volumes of interest.
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. Their “no restraint” policy allows for more respectful and thoughtful relationships with young people and avoids traumatisation and consequent escalations in risk.
Location: Huddersfield
Job type: Full and Part time opportunities available (Full time hours 37.5 per week)
Salary: £17,550-£19,012.50 per annum (£9-£9.75 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: Saturday 29th February 2020
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: 91760
Support Worker
As a Support Worker you will work as part of a team in their residential home to support 4/5 young people in their care.
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 be supported by a multi-disciplinary team including Nurses, Psychologists and Psychiatrists to ensure they achieve the best possible outcomes for their young people.
The role is challenging but also extremely rewarding and you will have the real opportunity to make a difference to their young people’s lives.
Support Worker Requirements:
You do not require any previous experience for this role however they do require you to be compassionate , calm, resilient and to understand the issues and challenges their young people face. You should 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 their young people to appointments and activities. The use of a house pool car is provided for this.
If you have a passion and commitment to work with young people and make a difference to their lives please apply now for a link to their online application pack.
Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
They 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 their staff.
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. Their “no restraint” policy allows for more respectful and thoughtful relationships with young people and avoids traumatisation and consequent escalations in risk.
Location: Liversedge, West Yorkshire
Job type: Full and Part time opportunities available (Full time hours 37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £17,550- £19,012.50 per annum (£9-£9.75 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: Saturday 29th February 2020 (We reserve the right to bring forward their closing date, without notice in the event of high volumes of interest).
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: 91745
Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015. The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.
Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.
The role
Our trained volunteers provide practical and emotional support and information to prosecution and defense witnesses in criminal cases.
We are looking for someone with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and who has administrative skills and is computer literate to a high standard.
As the Deputy Team Leader (Court Services), working alongside Team Leaders you will be responsible for the delivery of the Witness Service within the courts, remote link sites and Witness Service provision. You will share responsibility for the effective coordination and development of approximately 50 volunteers who support witnesses in their journey through the criminal justice system.
In this role you will also be responsible for general service administrative tasks within the courts, as well as inputting service data.
Experience of the non-profit sector is desirable, but not essential.
Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.
Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.
Position: Memory Support Worker
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £19,964 to £20,770 depending on skills and experience
Closing Date: 20 February 2020
Interview date: 4 March 2020 in Leeds
About the Role:
The Alzheimer’s Society are working in partnership with Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a new service where Memory Support Workers have the rewarding opportunity to provide support and guidance to connect the person with dementia, and their family/carer, to community support; and integrating primary, secondary and community care in a person-centred approach. The team will support the management of dementia in primary care and connect directly to initiatives to reduce admissions and maintain personal well-being & independence for as long as possible.
About You:
We are looking for an individual who possesses minimum Level 2 Health and Social Care or relevant qualification with an excellent understanding of dementia and the needs of those affected by it. Your ability to provide person centred assessment of need, along with a clear understanding of the need for client confidentially is essential to providing a valuable and worthwhile service. To be successful in this role you will have excellent non-judgmental communication skills as well as strong organisational and time management skills in order to manage your caseload of clients effectively.
Are you someone who can work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are passionate about improving the quality of life for people living with dementia? Then take the first step and apply today.
You may have experience of the following: Memory Adviser, Social Care, Dementia, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Worker, Community Care, Not for Profit, Healthcare Assistant, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Voluntary Sector, Care Assistant, Support Worker, etc
Bank Support Worker
Join our client - A Unique and Innovative Approach to Supporting Young People in Care.
Their aim is 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. As part of their continued growth they are now looking to recruit Bank Support Workers to support their Leeds team.
Bank Support Worker Responsibilities:
As part of their bank team you will work on a zero hours contract supporting their residential houses across numerous locations in the Leeds area. Your role will be to provide the highest standard of care to the 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.
If you have a passion and commitment to work with young people and make a difference to their lives please apply now for a link to the online application pack.
Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
They reserve the right to bring forward our closing date, without notice in the event of high volumes of interest.
About our client:
They provide residential services for young people aged 16-25 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. The young people they care for often require a high level of support and dynamic approach to risk management in order to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation.
Location: Leeds, Yorkshire
Job type: Part Time, Permanent, 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.
Closing date for applications: 10am, Wednesday 6th March, 2019
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: 91879
Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.
Pathway Development Worker
Salary: Agenda for Change Band 5, starting at £24,214 pa
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: This role is fixed term for up to 12 months, with a potential to extend subject to review
Based: Asket Croft, Leeds
A fantastic opportunity to work within a dynamic partnership team based at the Recovery Centre at Asket Croft. Experience and knowledge of voluntary sector services in Leeds is essential for this role, as is the ability to work in partnership with voluntary sector and clinical teams.
JOB SUMMARY:
With access to appropriate clinical supervision the post holder will have or will develop and will be able to demonstrate in practice a range of appropriate skills to include clinical and risk assessment and treatment interventions as determined by Integrated Care Pathways.
The role will include holistic assessment of service user needs and risks, in line with care coordinators and wider multi-disciplinary team to identify community pathways. The role will have particular focus on linking service into third sector services.
Workload will be continually negotiated through supervision and case load management with the appropriate clinical leads.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
- The post holder will through a range of defined competencies acquire all of the skills necessary to identify, plan and evaluate community care packages to meet service users holistic needs.
- To seek out and engage in management and caseload supervision with senior clinicians.
- To establish priorities in workload in partnership with senior staff and ensure effective use of time and resources.
- To maintain a commitment to person centred care and to promote the use of the recovery model where appropriate.
- To support comprehensive mental health needs assessments and the planning and implementation of appropriate care, making use of validated rating scales, risk profiles, assessment protocols and ICP’s
If you are interested in this post you are strongly encouraged to visit the team and /or have an informal discussion about the role with Charlotte Waldron the team manager. Contact details available on our recruitment website.
Closing Date: 19 February 2020
Interviews will be held on: 3 March 2020
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website where you can download the application pack.
Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.
Touchstone is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Mindful Employer, has been granted the Positive about Disabled People mark and Investors in People Platinum.
No agencies please.
Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.
Your Space Community Wellbeing Development Worker
Salary: starting at £21,589 pa / pro rata (NJC Scale Points 22 – 25)
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Location: Leeds
Bank staff hours are also available
This role is fixed term for up to 2 years, with the possibly with the possibility of being extended
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new service delivered by Touchstone, Womens Health Matters, Holbeck Elderly Aid and Leeds Beckett University to deliver a Wellbeing Space and Support Space across LS8, 9, 10 and 11. Your Space provides a community health development service in South and East Leeds. The service is funded by Public Health at Leeds City Council.
We are looking for a proactive, outgoing individual who is confident in using coproduction and asset-based community development approaches to improve individual and community protective factors and reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing.
You will design and deliver activities with targeted communities and the wider workforce to reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing. You will have experience of motivating others to have positive conversations about mental health, delivering both group and individual work, in the form of training sessions and wellbeing activity and be able to work with vulnerable or marginalised communities and volunteers successfully. The post requires a mix of standard hours and out of hours including some weekends
CLOSING DATE: 4 March 2020
Interviews will be held on: 20 March 2020
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website where you can download the application pack.
Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.
Touchstone is a Trans Positive employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Mindful Employer, has been granted the Positive about Disabled People mark and Investors in People Platinum.
No agencies please.
Victim Support is looking for two Referral Centre Advocates, one based in our Shipley office and one in our Wakefield office.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
The main duties of the job are to make initial telephone contact with victims and undertake comprehensive assessments of the victims' needs. The purpose of the role is to commission a range of services to support any identified needs. You will refer on to other agencies and contract approved service suppliers to deliver services to victims. You will direct referrals to an appropriate colleague to allocate Victim Support work. Ultimately, you will ensure that victims' identified service needs are met satisfactorily.
Applicants should have experience of working in a statutory, voluntary or community work setting. You will have an understanding and knowledge of confidentiality and safe working.
The successful applicant will need to be a keen team player and will able to priorities work and deal with competing and conflicting demands, needs and interests and will promote the organisation's interests and values. Excellent IT skills and communication skills are essential.
We have to deliver an 8am to 8pm service Monday - Saturday to comply with our funding contract.
A shift pattern is in place and you will be expected to work flexibly within this rota.
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 (s). 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 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.
Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.
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LG is looking for a qualified teacher with a passion to turn around the lives of disaffected young people aged 12-16. Leading our Bradford Central Centre (alternative provision), the Centre Manager will be responsible for delivering exceptional educational programmes with imaginative curricula for disaffected young people, with proven skills and strategies to re-engage those on the verge of exclusion.
Working in partnership with the Light Church in Bradford and a number of other key stakeholders, the successful applicant will need to develop and maintain excellent links in Bradford with schools, parents, referrers and other agencies.
The successful candidate will have excellent team and communication skills and a successful track record in leadership and management, as well as a strong and vibrant Christian faith. TLG is committed to safeguarding our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.
Telephone interviews will take place on Thursday 27th February 2020 and final interviews will take place on Thursday 5th March 2020.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual.
35 hours p/w - Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2022
St Giles Office in Leeds with regular travel to HMP New Hall and HMP Wealstun.
Ref code: CFY-201
About St Giles and the Children & Families Service
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, and addictions, hold the key to positive change in others.
Without the right support, families can become trapped in a cycle of homelessness, crime, unemployment and poverty that is passed on from generation to generation. St Giles solution to this stark reality is our Children & Families Service. The C&F team offer an intensive and holistic approach and our caseworkers help to unlock chaotic families’ potential, and empowering them to raise themselves out of poverty.
About this key role
As a Caseworker, you will supervise and work in conjunction with volunteer Peer Advisors to provide support to prisoners and their families annually, who are based in Leeds Bradford or Wakefield.
A ‘whole family’ approach involves working with the family to assess risk, ensuring all family members feel safe and also mentoring young people. You will be offering holistic support to enable the family to achieve their potential and raise aspirations.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing our clients to apply for this role.
What we are looking for:
- Personal experience of the Criminal Justice System and/or being involved in a gang or knife crime.
- Experience of working with socially excluded children, young people and adults
- Experience of providing advice and guidance and/or mentoring to young people
- Mentoring Level 3 qualification (or be willing to work towards this).
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues faced by our client group, in particular barriers faced by people with lived in experience.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, access to clinical supervision flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervision, season ticket loan and much more.
Closing date: 11pm, 23rd February 2020.
Interviews: w/c 4th March 2020.
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