Social Worker – Prison Based

Have you got what it takes to support prisoners and their families?

Our client is a highly respected independent charity, which together with its subsidiary, they work across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services, providing practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families, to prisoners, and to ex-prisoners.

Social Worker Responsibilities:

They are looking for a Social Worker that will be based in Eastwood Park prison and act as an advocate for women whose children are in, or at risk of being taken into, local authority care. You will support the mother in prison with participating meaningfully in processes around her children, and work closely with a wide range of local authorities to ensure that services are provided efficiently and effectively. You’ll manage complex cases, planning intervention and support in a well-timed manner and, at all times, making sure that the voices of mothers in prison are heard and represented at all stages. You will also be developing practice and improving standards and quality, helping us to achieve the best possible outcomes for mothers in prison.

Social Worker Requirements:

You’ll be a qualified Social Worker with a significant amount of post-qualifying experience. You will have an awareness of, and empathy for, the impact of custody on prisoners and on their children and families; you will also be a good communicator, reliable and enthusiastic. It is essential that you have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and a passion for equality and fairness. Knowledge of the criminal justice system would be advantageous, and you must be prepared to be based within the prison environment.

About their organisation:

Our client is an ambitious and growing independent national charity which provides a fresh start for people affected by imprisonment. They are highly respected for theirinnovation and creativity, and their commitment to enabling people to achieve meaningful positive change in their lives.

Location: HMP Eastwood Park
Job type: Full Time, Fixed term contract until Oct 2023
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £31,500 per annum
Benefits: generous holiday entitlement, eye care vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free confidential advice and counselling service plus more.

Closing date: 24th August 2020
Interviews: Week commencing 03 September 2020

You may have experience of the following: Casework, Key Working, Case Management, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Support Work, Criminal Justice System, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not For Profit, Social Work, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, etc.

Ref: 93737

Social Prescribing Link Worker – FTC
Covering Redruth, Cambourne and Pool (currently remotely based due to COVID-19)

About Us

Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change (CN4C) is a charity and a social enterprise, which aims to transform the quality of life for people, places, and communities.   

We have been around since 2001 and are focused on affecting change that will help people have better lives, become better off and help people make better sense of the world around them, including navigating and making change to the systems that do not work for many people in Cornwall. 

We’re now on the lookout for a Social Prescribing Link Worker to support the delivery of a social prescribing service. This is a fixed-term contract until April 2022 (which has the potential to extend subject to funding).  

The Benefits

- Salary of £21,000 per annum
- Employers contribution pension scheme
- NHS Top-Up Healthcare plan membership for all staff
- Joining an organisation that is empowering Communities in Cornwall
- Welcoming and engaging work environment   

This is a fantastic opportunity for a professional with experience of working with disadvantaged and socially excluded communities to take on a new challenge with our ground-breaking charity.

We aim to give back to the people of Cornwall, make the world a little better for those who need support and highlight the best ways to get help for those who don’t know where to turn.

You’ll be at the heart of the action, working in a front-line position providing advice and guidance to people who need it the most and will discover that this is an incredibly rewarding contract where you will have the chance to see those you help thrive.

Your Role

As a Social Prescribing Link Worker, you will be tasked with guiding and supporting disadvantaged people in the Redruth, Cambourne and Pool areas, along with starting the conversation on how they can improve their lives.

You’ll deliver the social prescribing programme, which aims to empower people to take control of their health and wellbeing by giving time to focus on what matters to them. This will include motivational interviewing, undertaking ‘whole life’ assessments, individual vocational support and advice, leisure and recreational advice, confidence building and signposting support.

Some of your duties will include: 

- Working alongside GPs and the wider community 
- Building trusting relationships with service users 
- Helping service users to access community opportunities 
- Supporting community groups and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSE) involved in social prescribing

About You

To be considered as a Social Prescribing Link Worker, you will need:

- At least two years’ experience in a similar role, working in a people-centred environment
- An understanding of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector
- Experience of working with disadvantaged and socially excluded communities
- Good IT skills 
- An understanding of community development and barriers to employment and training
- The ability to work to targets and submit evidence
- GCSE (or equivalent) standard literacy and numeracy or a Skills For Life qualification at Level 2 or above 

An IAG Level 2 qualification and Safeguarding Level 2 qualification (or the willingness to gain these) would be beneficial, as would mental health training.

Other organisations may call this role Outreach Worker, Social Worker, Health and Social Worker, Social Prescribing Advisor, Community Advisor, Community Support Worker, or Support Worker.

The closing date for this role is the 9th August 2020, with interviews scheduled to be held on the 13th August 2020.

Placement in this role will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Webrecruit and CN4C are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are ready to make a real difference to lives in Cornwall as a Social Prescribing Link Worker, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

This is a temporary part time position working a 30-hour contract over 3 days to cover maternity leave. You will only be required to work every other weekend and you will job share with another experienced Cook. This is a great opportunity for the right person.

Creative Support is a national not-for-profit organisation that is looking to recruit an experienced temporary Cook for our established residential care home in central Carlisle. The Laurels has 26 residents with a mixture of care needs. This is a rewarding opportunity for any individual who is passionate about cooking quality meals for others.

You will prepare and cook fresh meals for our residents and develop appropriate nutritious menu plans that change weekly, whilst ensuring that the highest standard of food quality, safety and hygiene standards are maintained. You will assist where necessary with food ordering, ensuring all food records are accurately and wholly maintained. We are ideally looking for someone with NVQ in Professional Cookery, and a minimum level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. You will have at least one year’s experience in a similar role or with similar responsibilities.
You will be able to demonstrate competent food preparation skills and be capable of managing a small kitchen. You will be professional in both approach and appearance and have excellent communication skills. Applicants must have a good understanding of the nutritional needs of older people and be passionate about preparing good quality meals which meet residents’ needs.
In return we offer a wide range of benefits to ensure job satisfaction. This includes:

• A range of employee discounts
• Free life assurance
• Pension with company contribution
• Highly serviced employee advice line

The service is on a main public transport route and is easily accessible.

Family Futures is recruiting a Senior Social Worker with experience of Fostering to be an integral part of the setting up and development of a small, innovative fostering service.

Family Futures is a Voluntary Adoption Agency specialising in providing multi-disciplinary assessments and treatment to traumatised children. Family Futures was awarded an outstanding rating for our last three inspections by OFSTED including our most recent inspection in 2018. We have a reputation for innovation and offer a high quality service - an integrated multi-disciplinary, assessment, treatment and family-finding service for children who are traumatised or have attachment difficulties.

We are recruiting a Senior Social Worker with experience of Fostering to be an integral part of the setting up and development of a small, innovative fostering service for children requiring therapeutic placements. Ideally applicants would have experience of both fostering and adoption. However, as FF has long term experience in adoption it is more essential that the candidate brings experience and knowledge of fostering and is willing to build their knowledge and experience of adoption.

The new service, We-Foster, based on our Neuro Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) model, will be child-centred and will develop the skills of foster carers to therapeutically support the needs of the children placed in their care.

We are looking for someone who:

• has three years post qualifying experience as a social worker with some experience in the field of fostering
• is Carer-positive and child friendly
• wishes to develop their skills in working with carers 
• would enjoy working as part of an integrated Multi-Disciplinary team.

This is an exciting and challenging role and a wonderful opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a team of professionals who are helping place traumatised children in a Fostering Service based on the most recent neuro-scientific research evidence.

Family Futures is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The organisation follows safe recruitment practices to protect children and adults at risk of harm, and will require the successful applicant to undertake an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We encourage applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of age disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Family Futures offers high-quality supervision and professional development training. We also offer a nurturing environment for staff to work in as we recognise that this is a stressful area of work. Further information about We-Foster, our post placement multidisciplinary assessment and therapy service, and professional training programme can be found on our website.

Salary: £35, 000 - £40,000 per annum

This is a full-time contract – 37.5 hours per week. Currently home-working due to Covid, normal location in London N1.

Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 23rd August 2020 with interviews scheduled to take place on Thursday 17th September 2020.

At Creative Support, we have a continuing mission to provide individually focused and respectful support to enable our service users to live fulfilling and independent lives. We are looking for hardworking, flexible and motivated individuals to join our team providing person centred service at our Extra Care Service at Heysham Gardens Carlisle. The service is a purpose built scheme which offers independent living opportunities for older people in a friendly, inclusive and safe environment.

For our Carlisle Extra Care service we want our service users to lead active and positive lives, to achieve this we need individuals to help us to deliver personalized extra care services.  We need individuals who are passionate about providing dedicated care and support to older people. You will engage with service users and build trusting therapeutic relationships. Good communication skills are key to this role, as is the ability to provide respectful personal care to meet the client’s needs.

We can offer flexible hours which include evening and weekend work and previous experience within a similar care setting is not essential as we will provide full training and support when undertaking this role.  The service has great local transport links within Carlisle. We have 3 positions available.

Applications are encouraged from graduates and people with life experience, as well as experienced care workers. We also offer a wide range of benefits to ensure job satisfaction. This includes:

• Excellent training opportunities inc. QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2, 3 and 5
• Free life assurance
• Pension with company contribution
• A range of employee discounts

This is the perfect job for someone who makes things happen and gets a kick out of seeing people's lives change. You'll further develop a successful project supporting seventy 16-21 yr olds with learning disabilities in Beds & N Herts. 

Please submit your CV which must be accompanied by a covering letter addressing the requirements of the role as detailed in the Job and Person Specifications. 

Working with schools, colleges, local authorities and employers, you will manage 2 PT hub co-ordinators and 2-3 PT assistants and will directly recruit, deploy, manage and support a team of 70 peer and adult volunteers. Together you and your team will support 70+ young people with special needs through a two year person-centred transition programme which works to help them move towards independence and adulthood, including work and next steps education.. Current hubs are in Luton, Bedfordand Stevenage.

You are an excellent organiser, team leader and communicator with a can do approach. You are great at forging relationships. You have experience of working with Special Needs and launching and developing projects.  A key part of the role will be developing stronger links with businesses and the wider community to create opportunities for young people with special needs. From experience you also know how to work sensitively and effectively with this group - and you have the drive and ability to provide leadership and a quality response to the challenge of futher developing this project as we emerge from lockdown, including virtual as well as face to face provision. 

Reporting directly to our Senior Projects Manager, you will be excited by the opportunities in a charity and a project needed more than ever. You will be determined to deliver successful outcomes for the young people we support. 

Title: Social Media & Digital Marketing Officer

Salary: £20 per hour, part-time

Contract: 3 months initially with extension subject to review

Reporting to: CEO, Melanoma Focus

Location: Remote working

Be part of Melanoma Focus and work for a growing and dynamic team dedicated to supporting melanoma patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

Melanoma Focus is a national charity based in Cambridge, serving patients and clinicians alike, with a strong professional membership and an important advocacy role in patient care.  We are well-established as a trusted source of knowledge and good practice in the melanoma community, with significant international respect and a reputation for ‘boxing above our weight’. Our clinical guidelines and consensus statements on various aspects of the disease, and in particular its rarest forms, are accredited by NICE. Our Melanoma Helpline, run by expert clinical nurse specialists, and the Patient Decision Aid support patients and carers throughout their melanoma care pathway.

We are looking for someone who can assist our small but growing fundraising and marketing team, who likes to make things happen and will take our social media strategy to the next level. This role would suit someone with specific experience in digital marketing, particularly social media marketing, and who is passionate about making a difference to patient care.  We are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience. 

Application process: email CV and covering letter to Susanna Daniels.

Reference: Social Media & Digital Marketing Officer as the email subject. 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Maintain and increase the charity's social media presence through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms, providing interesting and timely updates.
• Work closely with the Melanoma Focus team to create daily content, including posts and stories (different platforms may require different content depending on engagement rates and platform trends/algorithms).
• Develop a social media strategy supporting the CEO and the Fundraising Manager for all events, campaigns, launches and the Melanoma Focus portfolio.
• Support all events, launches and campaigns through digital advertising and content creation.
• Write, or support the writing of, copy for posts on each social media platform.
• Ensure all comments and inboxes are monitored and queries and complaints are dealt with and responded to.
• Appropriately advise and manage SEO, SEM, PPC, Paid Advertising, Paid Search etc.
• Manage social media advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
• Manage Melanoma Focus’s relationship with Just Giving and similar platforms.
• Monitor social media post and advertising performance using insights and Google Analytics to budget social media spend accurately.
• Remain up to date with the latest digital marketing and fundraising developments, identifying, prioritising and implementing appropriate opportunities for Melanoma Focus.
• Ensure all content is consistent with the Melanoma Focus tone of voice, so that it enhances all marketing and fundraising efforts.
• Work closely with the Fundraising Manager to ensure fundraisers are monitored and thanked.
• Provide regular reporting on performance of social media & digital marketing.

EXPERIENCE (E = essential, D = desirable)

• Excellent IT, administrative and analytical skills (E)
• At least 2 years’ experience in social media marketing with in-depth knowledge of Facebook and Twitter (E)
• Managing and delivering social media campaigns within a charity, business or other organisation (E)
• Devising social media strategy and advertising campaigns to reach new audiences (E)
• Nurturing new and existing supporters through excellent supporter engagement via social media (E)
• Delivering all marketing activity within an agreed budget (E)
• Creating exciting, enticing and creative written copy (E)
• Promoting organisations through digital marketing activity such as SEO, PPC, Paid advertising and Paid Search (D)
• Using Google Analytics as a reporting tool (E)
• Working within a small team, preferably for a cancer-related organisation (D)
• Experience and effective discipline of working remotely (D)

Other Skills

• A passion for making a difference to melanoma patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Flexible approach and adaptable to working in a small cross-functional team.
• Ability to prioritise conflicting demands and tight deadlines; able to work with team members to share, motivate and influence; creative, strategic thinker, with a ‘Can Do’ attitude; desire to use initiative and seek continuous improvement.
• Agile and responsive to a changing social media environment.
• Willing and able to occasionally carry out other tasks for Melanoma Focus as and when required.

A social enterprise charity that provides counselling services for children, families and schools are looking for a General Manager. The post-holder is accountable to the Board of Trustees in providing a safe and fulfilling environment for adults with Learning Disabilities at the centre based in South East London. The successful candidate would need to provide operational management leadership and contributes to strategic planning to ensure they achieve its performance objectives. The post holder is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and monitoring effective structures, systems, and processes for the management of staff and charity operations and fundraising activities.

Key responsibilities

* Oversees the effective delivery of all services within the charity.
* To provide strong, clear, motivational, and visible leadership across all the services.
* To ensure these services are delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible
* To support and manage the staff and to ensure effective operational leadership and management of resources including budgetary responsibilities including recruitment, appraisals and the review and implementation of Human Resource policies, procedures, and training.
* To lead on the implementation of new ways of working and cultural change where necessary for delivery of the service to adults with learning disabilities.
* To ensure that services continually review and improves the quality, effectiveness, and safety of care, actively seeking out and learning the lessons from complaints, compliments, investigations, reviews, reports and other information and intelligence.
* To regularly review the workforce to ensure services are appropriately staffed with staff who have the right level of knowledge, skill, and expertise to deliver services in the most effective and efficient way.
* To ensure that the Charity has appropriate resources and income to deliver the required services
* To ensure services are fully compliant with all relevant policies, standards and procedures.
* To represent the Trustees in dealings with local authorities, parents, carers and regional and national partners, services and agencies.

Person specification

* Must have substantial management experience within a social care setting (preferably working with adults with learning disabilities)
* Proven track record of achieving objectives
* Experience of leading programmes of change
* Experience of budgetary management
* Experience of managing people

If you'd like to find out more or to apply, please contact Shweta Prabhakar [email protected]

If you have the stated requirements, then please apply to Harris Hill with your up to date CV. Please note that only suitable candidates will be contacted with further information.

Closing date: ASAP

Support Planner / ASYE

1 year fixed term contract, from September 2020

Various locations across Nottinghamshire, Nottingham City, Lincolnshire and Sheffield

Salary: £17,729

37 hpw (shift and weekends work to be expected)

Are you a Newly Qualified Social Worker interested in working in the voluntary sector?

Endorsed by Skills for care to assess within the Professional Capabilities Framework and Adult Social Work Knowledge and skills statement. Framework has a number of temporary one year posts available to Newly Qualified Social Workers wishing to undertake a meaningful ASYE experience.

Successful candidates would be employed as an ASYE Support Planner for 80% of their ASYE year, 20% is reserved for ASYE learning and development. This will be a non-statutory role providing many opportunities for skilful social work to be undertaken.

You will be supported by an experienced and qualified registered social worker working at Practice Development Educator Level or higher.

What's in it for you?

Framework's weekly teaching programme will offer a range of learning and development activities. You will also receive regular reflective supervision with a qualified social work mentor and support of in service line management and a generous HR support package. There will be the opportunity for training alongside statutory sector ASYE candidates.

In return, Framework seeks candidates;

• Who are Newly Qualified Social Worker (Qualified within 2 years)

• That are HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council) registered

• Committed to working in the voluntary sector

• Who recognise the benefits this opportunity will bring to their career development

Framework was shortlisted for a 2014/15 Skills for Care Accolade - Best employer support for the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

Quaker Social Action (QSA) is a charity, founded in 1867, which addresses poverty and social exclusion.

Down to Earth is a project dedicated to supporting and advocating on behalf of people who find themselves struggling to pay for a funeral. Down to Earth delivers free support via a national helpline and through online resources, explaining what is available and appropriate to each individual’s situation and personal beliefs, and ultimately helping clients to find a funeral that is both affordable and meaningful. As of July 2020, Down to Earth has helped over 4,600 clients. 

The main role of the development worker is to support clients directly, usually over the phone, but sometimes face to face. To do this well requires a very sensitive manner, as well as an ability to move practically through the options available to someone. This is a challenging area of work, but a deeply rewarding one and, as a development worker, you would be joining a small but dedicated team supporting people at an incredibly vulnerable time.

A further part of the role will be to support the development and administration of the Fair Funerals pledge. The pledge was established by QSA’s Fair Funerals campaign in 2014, and relaunched in 2020 by Down to Earth, as a way of improving price transparency within the UK funeral industry and providing customers with a map of funeral directors committed to helping customers on low-incomes. 

A part time, six month fixed term position is also available. Any candidates interested in this please apply and specify your interest in this role.

Visit our website to apply.

Social Worker - Adult Mental Health - £28-£30

Your new company
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Social Worker in the area of Haringey.

Your new role
Following the Covid 19 Pandemic, councils are now looking to recruit Qualified Social workers within the Mental Health field across the North London area. You will be required to support vulnerable adults within the area of Haringey with mental health supported needs. You will be in collaboration with health partners to ensure a joined up level of support is provided. You will be required to have previous experience working with this classification of client group, and have a good understanding of legislation in regards to Mental Health.

What you'll need to succeed
Previous direct experience of delivering social work to Adult Service users is essential. You must also have knowledge of key legislation underpinning Social Work, able to produce reports and maintain records. To be successful you will require a Social Work qualification (BA Social Work, CQSW, DipSW, CSS or CCETSW approved equivalent). It is also essential that you have a current professional registration with Social Work England (previously HCPC) and have a minimum of 6 months experience working with adults in a Social Work position within the last 2 years. AMHP qualification is advantageous, but not essential.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available. remote working.

• Specialist in Adult Social Work Recruitment
• Recruitment partner
• Transparency on timesheet/payroll platform - Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella Ltd
• Support for CV writing and Interview technics
• You will be offered a competitive salary however this is dependent on experience with scope for negotiation.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Link Worker to join us at The Passage Resource Centre based in London. You will join us on a full time, fixed term contract until 31st August 2021, working 35 hours per week excluding breaks on a flexible shift system (working between Monday to Sunday within the hours 8.00am to 5.15pm on a rota basis). In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £26,411 per annum (NJC Scale range 15-19) including LW + pensions and other benefits.

The Passage Resource Centre provides a safe environment for those who are rough sleeping and insecurely housed. We provide a range of services for those who are seeking a solution to changing their rough sleeping situation.  We are currently piloting a new model of service to reflect the Passage moving to an Advice and Support Hub through an appointment based effective and seamless service.

We aim to provide the highest quality support to men and women who find themselves sleeping rough in Westminster, providing a safe and welcoming place whilst seeking a positive outcome to their situation. The Resource Centre continues to develop effective engagement by using psychologically therapeutic ways of working with our clients as we embark on a new and innovative way to supportively work with our clients. 

About the role:

As our Project Link Worker you will provide a warm welcome and safe environment for our clients which is responsive to their needs.  You will work as a link worker between the Rough Sleepers Team and Employment and Training Team to assist clients with their development of skills and tools to enable their search for employment or training options independently.

Key responsibilities of our Project Link Worker will include:

- Be the first point of contact for our clients ensuring they are provided with a warm and welcome greeting

- Conduct assessments with clients ensuring they are carried out in a psychologically and therapeutic way

- Assist in the design and delivery of a comprehensive induction service for clients

- Draw up physiologically informed action plans for clients ensuring they are person centred

- Refer our clients to both internal and external agencies as appropriate to their action plans

- Work with external agencies using a multi-disciplinary team approach to achieve the best possible outcomes

- Design and deliver training programs to clients

- Assess any risk to clients, the environment and staff, record and communicate any risks identified

- Risk manage incidents using a psychologically informed approach

- Maximize effective teamwork throughout the resource centre

- Ensure accurate and timely record keeping using the in-form database

- Conduct an initial assessment /ETE induction to identify client needs

- Identify employment pathways for clients and refer appropriately

- Design and deliver client induction process to ensure these meet the physiological way of working

- Research affordable temporary accommodation options for clients

- Offer clients the opportunity to discuss issues regarding employment and education affecting them, in a safe and non-judgmental environment

Our ideal Project Link Worker will have the following skills, experience, and knowledge:

Experience

- Applying a customer focused approach to all areas of work

- Working with vulnerable people who present with complex support needs in a person centred and psychologically informed way

 - Carrying out assessments in a psychologically informed environment across our client group

- Incident management within a psychological informed framework

- Record keeping using databases

- Working in a busy and challenging environment and managing conflicting priorities

- Supporting and encouraging vulnerable individuals in accessing employment and education opportunities.

- Designing and delivering training on a one to one basis.

Knowledge

- How to work with clients within a psychologically informed framework

- Assessment processes and how to use them when working with a complex client group

- Applying compassion focused therapy solutions

- Risk and incident management in a psychologically informed manner

- Welfare rights and how they impact on our client group

- Homelessness resources and how to access them to obtain a positive outcome for our clients

- Training, accreditation methods and employment opportunities (voluntary or paid)

Closing Date: 10am on 12th August  

Interview Date: 21st August 2020

If you would like to join us in the role of Project Link Worker, please click ‘apply’ now – we would love to hear from you! 

Penrose Criminal Justice Services are recruiting for Offender Resettlement Workers (x8) to be based in of our London prisons.

Working in partnership with the London Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) and MTCNovo, our service supports all adult males who are sentenced to a custodial order to resettle into the community and to break the cycle of reoffending. We provide guidance and support with a wide range of issues, from accommodation to training to financial advice, signposting our clients to relevant services in their area, as well as supporting them with any referral processes. We engage with agencies both within the CRC and across London, tailoring a package of support to best meet each individual’s needs. Our resettlement workers are trained in risk management and motivational interviewing and with a set of trainings that will be catered around the role being carried out.

We are looking for motivated staff who want to deliver services differently, and develop new skills in the process. The role will be based in a London prison, where you will be the representative for Penrose Criminal Justice Services. However, you will also meet with your wider Penrose team in full Penrose custodial Team meetings on a six weekly basis. All our Resettlement workers will receive a holistic training package before they are able to manage a caseload of service users, and Penrose is committed to continual professional development through additional training, supervisions and appraisals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and/or deliver individual support and resettlement packages for the offenders, liaising with the appropriate agencies and care professionals to ensure successful delivery of the plans.
• Work directly with prison staff to facilitate resettlement planning.
• Ensure that the offender is designated to a named Responsible Officer within the cohort most relevant to their needs, with specific arrangements to support the allocated persons on the day of release organised according to individual need.
• To complete reports (either electronically or written), including offenders resettlement plans, case notes and other documentation for managers, members of the management board and other agencies
• Positively promote an environment within the service which respects the different ethnic cultures of the service users.

Experience Required:

• Clear evidence and experience of successful reintegration of offenders into the community
• Excellent understanding of the resettlement and social needs of vulnerable individuals
• Understanding and practical application of key legislation regarding criminal justice, social care, housing, and mental health
• Understanding and practical knowledge interventions of the social and societal marginalisation can be attached to people with mental health issues and offending behaviour
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral with both internally and externally with outside agencies and bodies

Permanency Service Team Leader

Adoption Agency developing exciting new therapeutic fostering service

Family Futures is an adoption and adoption support agency awarded an outstanding rating by OFSTED in 2018 for our third consecutive inspection. We have a reputation for innovation and offering a high quality service - an integrated multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment and family finding service for traumatised adopted and fostered children.

We are recruiting a Permanency Service Team Leader who will be responsible for continuing to develop and support our Adoption Service, i-Adopt and for developing our exciting new, therapeutic fostering service, We-Foster. We are looking for an energetic experienced manager with a background in permanency services who could take over, in a phased transition, the management of our permanency service. Ideally applicants would have experience of both fostering and adoption. However, as FF has long term experience in adoption it is more essential that the Permanency Team Leader brings experience and knowledge of fostering and is willing to build their knowledge and experience of adoption.

This role will be an exciting position working closely in collaboration with the Permanency Services Director, and managing a small team of social workers. Based on our NPP model, i-Adopt and We-Foster provide services that are child-centred and develop the skills of adopters and foster carers to therapeutically support the needs of the children placed in their care. The Team leader role involves some direct work assessing and supporting adopters and foster carers as well as managing and developing the skills of your staff team, working alongside and supported by the multi-disciplinary team.

Family Futures offers high levels of high-quality supervision and professional development training. We also offer a nurturing environment for staff to work in as we recognise that this is a stressful area of work. Further information about our post placement multidisciplinary assessment and therapy services and professional training programme can be found on our website.

Family Futures is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer. The organisation follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and adults at risk of harm, and will require the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Salary: £45, 000 - £50, 000 per annum

This is a full-time permanent position – 37.5 hours per week. Currently home-working due to Covid - normal location in London N1.

Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 30th August with interviews scheduled to take place on Thursday 10th September.