Organisation

Jami is a mental health charity that enriches and saves lives impacted by mental illness in the Jewish community.

Since the start of the pandemic, demand for our services has grown exponentially. In 2021 we undertook a thorough review of the needs of the community, to develop a new strategy that will secure the Jewish community’s mental health provision. The new strategy sets out a huge agenda for change in scale and provision, which will be developed over the next five years while we continue to run our diverse set of highly professional mental health services:

·Advice and advocacy

·Treatment and support

·Education and campaigning

Jami currently supports over 1,400 individuals, delivering almost 50,000 separate service interactions each year, and reaches thousands more people through education, seminars, work in schools and other organisations. Through our social enterprise community café, Head Room, we raise mental health awareness while delivering mental health support on the high street.

Job purpose

The role of Social Worker plays an integral role in the multi-skilled team at Jami.  You will be working as part of our hubs and community team across Jami services. You will help to create effective links with primary care, voluntary and statutory sector organisations to support people who use Jami services. You will be expected to manage a caseload of clients who self-identify as needing mental health support requiring social work interventions.

Duties will include reporting safeguarding concerns and mental health concerns/risk to the relevant bodies. You will be expected to complete Jami risk assessments, formulate personal support plans and periodically review risks.  You will also be using our Jami in house initial assessment and review tool to help service users identify their goals.

You will be supporting service users to develop care plans and set personal goals. You will co-ordinate care where required and periodically review needs.  

You will support service users by linking them into other appropriate services based on identified needs where required.

We aim to 

• Provide a high quality and effective social work service to respond to the needs of people with mental health problems.

• Develop and sustain professional working relationships with clients, carers, colleagues and external agencies. 

• Help Promote independence and well being

Responsibilities

1. To respond to members of the Jewish community who identify as needing

 support with their mental health

2. To work as part of a multi skilled community team of staff and volunteers

3. To be responsible for effectively managing a caseload.

4. To support the multi-skilled team with complex cases and situations.

5. To undertake assessments and where appropriate to work in partnership with statutory services.

6. To carry out initial assessments and periodic reviews as required.

7. To carry out face to face and telephone assessments as required.

8. To assess and regularly review risk in consultation with the service user and the team.

9. To ensure needs assessments and support plans are formulated, implemented and reviewed regularly.

10. To coordinate and support service users in gaining access to community resources including education and training, volunteering and employment provided both by Jami and other agencies.

11. Respond to unexpected and emotive problems, seeking solutions, modifying plans and arranging the provision of additional services and/or resources where appropriate

12. To maintain sequential and contemporaneous records as required by existing procedures and write reviews and reports when necessary

13. To highlight any safeguarding issues within Jami, respond accordingly and raise these with Jami’s Safeguarding Lead as well as with relevant statutory services.

14. To have a practical working knowledge of the Care Act; Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act & LPS. 

15. To maintain excellent working relationships with other statutory and non-statutory agencies

16. To provide advocacy and support applications for welfare benefits and housing.

17. To take responsibility for updating own knowledge and skills in accordance with the requirements for continued professional development.

18. To update knowledge and understanding of all relevant legislative and organisational policies and procedures.

19. To undertake relevant training to enhance the role and the development of the service.

20. To contribute to the development of Jami’s policies, procedures and links to other agencies.

21. Keep up to date with practice developments through involvement in appropriate national and local networks.

22. Maintain own personal development and keep up to date with current knowledge and health and social care agenda through reading, attending study days, conferences and meetings as appropriate

23. Work within Health and Safety guidelines, with reference to the Lone Worker Policy and individual risk assessments

24. Compliance with the Equality Act, and Health and Safety legislation

25. Attend regular supervision with named supervisor

26. Participate in the organisation’s appraisal process

27. Ensure that all activities are operated in a way which is consistent with the values of Jami and the Jewish community it serves.

28. Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by your line manager or another designated senior manager

Key relationships

• Collaborate with other statutory and voluntary sector agencies and ensure that service users are signposted onto appropriate agencies such as housing, counselling and advice

• Liaise with the local community stakeholders to provide good working partnerships

• Attend local meetings, workshops and conferences of relevance to the service

• work closely with Jami in house services

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• 2 years min post qualifying experience in mental health services
• Must have completed NQSW (if applicable)
• Recognised Social Care Qualification Degree in Social Work, Dip SW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent
• Registered with Social Work England
• Maintain a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards (Social Work England)

Desirable

• Post qualifying awards such as practice educator

• Experience of working in a statutory mental health service

• Adult safeguarding experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience working in a multi-skilled team – relevant to people with mental health difficulties.
• Evidence of partnership working with other agencies including Social Care Services, Health Services, Voluntary Agencies and/or Education
• Experience of undertaking needs led assessments, care planning and reviewing
•  Experience of undertaking and reviewing risk assessments
•  Understanding of Recovery values and principles
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems.
• Ability to develop practical solutions to problems that may arise.
• Ability to form good working relationships with people who have mental health problems.
• Ability to help clients develop and maintain living skills, with support from the multi skilled team.
• Knowledge and understanding of Social Care practice
• Knowledge of appropriate legislation and issues relevant to client group e.g
• Mental Health Act 1983 and Amendment 2007 and Equality Act 2010 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. 
• Understanding of social care resources and provision available in both statutory and non-statutory agencies
• A champion for the values and objectives of prevention, early intervention and Social Care in enabling people to exercise choice and control over their lives
• Good organisational skills - an ability to manage time, prioritise work and meet deadlines
• A commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• A commitment to ongoing personal and professional development
•  Working in partnership with other agencies 
• Proficient use of IT

Desirable

• Local knowledge of community resources and facilities
• Experience and knowledge of the Jewish community
• Working in a complex and changing environment
• Ability to gather, analyse and interpret data
• Personal experience of using mental health services and/or mental health problems, distress or trauma.

Supervision

The post holder will be expected to: - 

• Attend and participate in regular supervision with named supervisor.
• Participate in a programme of continued personal development. 
• Incorporate feedback from supervision into practice.
• Attend relevant training
• Maintain CPD
• Engage in annual appraisal process

Flexibility

To deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is needed, and all post-holders may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above. Such duties will fall within the general scope of the job description. The job description will therefore be subject to periodic review with the post holder to ensure it accurately reflects the duties of the job. The post will include being available to attend regular face to face meetings with service users across the Jami sites as well as remote working where required.

Disclosure of criminal background

All employees are checked with the Disclosure Barring Service

If it is a requirement of the post that an enhanced check is undertaken, successful applicants will be asked to complete and sign a Disclosure Form giving permission for the screening to take place.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with Jami. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of offences.

Please note applicants refusing to sign the form will not be progressed further.

Equality and diversity

Jami are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We recognise and promote, the positive value of diversity, equality and challenge discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Confidentiality

All information relating to service users, volunteers and staff gained through your employment with Jami is confidential. We work within guidelines determined by General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

Closing date for applications is ongoing.

Please note when submitting your application, you must clearly state how you meet the job requirements in your covering letter as this forms part of our shortlisting process.  Please also provide you social work England registration number.

We are facing one of the toughest mental health challenges of all time. If ever there was a time to make a difference, it’s now.

If you are a compassionate graduate or career-changer, remarkable enough to make a real difference, now could be the perfect time to become a mental health social worker with Think Ahead. 

Through our two-year fully funded training programme you will: 

• Empower people living with mental health problems to truly flourish, working on life issues together like relationships, living arrangements, and employment – all of which can have profound effects on mental wellbeing.

• Train on the job, working alongside clinical professionals in NHS Mental Health Trusts and Local Authorities.

• Gain two qualifications: qualify as a social worker and gain a master’s degree from Middlesex University. 

• Join one of the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers. 

It is vital that the mental health workforce represents the people it supports. We encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities, disabled people, and those who identify as being part of the LGBTIQ+ community. We also encourage men to apply, who are underrepresented on the workforce. 

Apply to our fully-funded training programme today. 

AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children is an award winning national charity promoting the safeguarding and well-being of children in Black and Minority Ethnic communities.  This position will suit a social worker with strong interest in the cultural aspects of social work practice. A core part of the role includes conducting cultural assessments and providing intensive one to one support for families in crisis to enable them strengthen their parenting capacities and improve protection and safety for children in the family setting.

The post holder will work with families to build trusting relationships and support change where necessary. They will work with others to implement continuous improvements to strengthen our service.

Ongoing training and support will be provided to enable the post holder build expertise working with Black and Minority Ethnic families in the UK Child Protection system. There will be opportunities to develop specialist skills on subjects like FGM and Witchcraft Abuse, influence policy and advocate for families.

We want to recruit a strong candidate with excellent report writing skills, able to cope with medium work-flow and work on their own initiative. You must be a team-player, adaptable to working in a small, non-statutory setting. You must be able to work in a non-oppressive, non-judgmental and non-discriminatory manner with our service users.

Benefits include 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 5% pension contributions, child-care vouchers, regular professional supervision and opportunities for continuous learning and skills development.

The post holder must undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check to confirm suitability working in a regulated activity with children and families. Registration with Social Work England is compulsory.

Do you want to work for a multi-award-winning organisation, helping some of society's most vulnerable people live meaningful lives? Jewish Care is looking for a Mental Health Social Worker, you'll be working in a vibrant community. The Mental Health Social workers will Work in partnership with individuals, carers, and relevant voluntary and statutory resources to provide personalised care, that enables people referred to the service to reduce risk to themselves or others and to improve their quality of life.

This is an active role in collaborative working and building networks within and external to Jewish Care to develop community and group interventions that enhance social and community life for the benefit of people with mental health issues in their local areas.

You will:

* Support in the development and work within the Mental Health specialist forum
* Pro-actively initiate and maintain collaboration with internal and external partnerships, to develop community and group interventions that enhance social and community life for individuals with mental health issues and their families/carers.
* Take a multi-disciplinary approach to provide effective intervention.
* Develop knowledge and understanding of how Jewish Care staff support initiatives to deliver a wide range of services in local Community Hubs, Care Homes, Community Centres, and outreach programmes for people with mental health issues.
* Attend relevant locality and specialist forums.

Jewish Care will carry out the required recruitment checks. Candidates will be expected to undertake enhanced screening checks, including Right to Work check, provide three years of employer referencing and a Disclosure and Barring Service check.Jewish Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of our service users, in line with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) recruitment guidelines as well as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

In line with government guidance, we will be asking all candidates to confirm if they have been vaccinated against COVID-19

We are a team of many different backgrounds and cultures

Jewish Care is the leading health and social care charity serving the Jewish community in the UK. Though our clients are all of a similar religious tradition, our staff represent diverse cultures and faiths.

Why you'll love working with us
No matter how young or old you are, if you want to make a real difference in people's lives, we'll reward you for your hard work and dedication. On top of providing some of the most competitive pay rates in the care industry, we offer excellent benefits, including:

* 4% employer pension contribution

* Employee referral bonus scheme

* Excellent training opportunities

* Free meals

* Wellbeing & staff recognition initiatives

About us
Jewish Care is a communal organisation touching the lives of over 10,000 people every week. We aim to make a positive impact on the lives of Jewish people by enhancing wellbeing and inspiring them to stay connected to their community. We provide a variety of health and social care services to meet the community's physical, social and emotional needs, including older people, those with mental health needs, Holocaust survivors, people living with dementia and people with disabilities.

We employee 1,100 staff and 3,000 volunteers from multicultural backgrounds who work together to enrich vulnerable people's lives in a positive and caring way. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic we are proud of how our staff have responded and the agility they have shown to ensure we continue to meet changing requirements.

Please be aware that this vacancy will close once a sufficient number of candidates have been identified.

Age UK Camden are a local independent charity, established in 1965, who have been supporting older people in Camden for more than 50 years.

We have grown to become one of the largest Age UK charities in London, helping over 15,000 older people each year through a range of services. There are currently over 30,000 people over 65 years living in Camden. Our role is to help those over 55 stay active, connected, independent and to empower them in later life. Some of our services are now open to those aged 18 years and above. 

The Camden Care Navigation and Social Prescribing service is looking to recruit a Social Prescribing Link Worker to join this vibrant team. Their work is supporting Camden adults, operating as a door to services and opportunities, matching people with appropriate support to manage their health and wellbeing.

The Social Prescribing Link Worker will provide personalised support to individuals in one to one and in group settings, to take control of their health and wellbeing and help accessing timely care and community support services.  Link worker will be working closely with Camden South PCN surgeries and with the Care Navigation and Social Prescribing Team at Age UK Camden.

The successful candidate will come from an information/advice, social care or health background, must be computer literate, with good IT skills, an excellent communicator and able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.  Experience of person-centred care and of working with volunteers is desirable.  The ability to work confidently and effectively in a diverse and sometimes challenging environment is essential.

The post is based in Camden and travel round the borough is required.

Closing date: (5pm) Monday, 31 January 2022

Interview date:  TBC

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract Type: 12 months fixed term contract 

We are seeking a suitably experienced Social Inclusion Project Worker to join the Team at WW Mind Wandsworth Wellbeing Hub. Based at: 201 – 203 Tooting High Street, London SW17 0SZ

Your role will be to work with service users providing support and identifying, through regular support planning meetings, goals and ways of achieving them evidencing of VIEWS database.  You will be responsible, as part of our group and outreach programme, to facilitate groups to individuals and reporting on group outcomes and achievements quarterly. In addition, you will collect and report on data, measuring outcomes using the Mental Health Warwick Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale and other appropriate measuring tools.  You will develop good working relationship with external agencies together with attending external meetings.

Based at: Tooting High Street, London SW17 0SZ

Please note that the closing date for applications is 11.30am Monday 31st 7th February 2022 Interviews will take place on Tuesday 15th February 2022

We will contact you if you have been selected for an interview but due to the volume of work we will not be able to reply to everybody who applies.  Therefore, if you have not heard from us with regard to an interview by the 9th February 2022, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Job Title: Social Work Assistant 

Company: Coram 

Location: Coram Campus, London

Salary: £23,000 per annum 

Contract: Permanent - Full Time 

Hours: 35 hours per week 

About Coram Ambitious For Adoption:

Coram, which is the oldest children’s charity, is a group of specialist organisations addressing the care, welfare, education and rights of children and operates from its distinctive 3.5 acre headquarters in the heart of London which provides the hub for clinical as well as professional and distributed services for adoption. Coram strives to be a credible, respectful, professional, dynamic and committed organisation where these values infuse all that we do to promote resilience for children.

Coram Ambitious for Adoption is a Commissioned Voluntary Adoption Agency, providing a Regional Adoption Agency for a number of Local Authorities. Statutory adoption support services and family finding are located in each participant Local Authority, while the Recruitment and Assessment Team and Adoption Support Team for all Coram families are delivered from the Coram Campus in London.

About the Role:

This is an exciting role for a Social Work Assistant to join our busy Adoption Team and work alongside the social workers in the Recruitment and Assessment Team, placing children with new families. The successful candidate will manage approved prospective adopters and children’s electronic profiles, and offer a liaison support service to the Family Finding social workers based in Coram’s Regional Adoption Agency Local Authorities.

This will also involve co-ordinating the monthly preparation and training events, profile exchange days held in the Coram Campus, plus supporting the manager in the Recruitment and Assessment Team with the enquiry line and stage one assessments.

You should have a proven ability to manage a range of complex tasks simultaneously, with an excellent eye for detail and an ability to work on your own initiative. Experience of working with databases is essential as well as working flexibly in a social work or care setting and as part of professional team.

Additional skills could include knowledge of vulnerable children in care and/or adoption or an interest in developing this.

Closing Date: Friday 4th February 2022 at 23:59 

Interview Date: 16th February (PM) and all day 17th February 2022 

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

Would you like to work as part of our committed, creative team, which offers innovative psychosocial interventions to people with palliative and end of life care needs, and to their families and unpaid carers? We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled individuals who enjoy working as part of a team and are passionate about providing excellent holistic palliative care.

You will demonstrate a commitment to co-production, networking, influencing and partnership skills, and it is vital that you share in our dedication for equality of opportunity and are reflective, adaptable, and resilient.

You will be assessing and responding to complex needs, working with risk and uncertainty whilst demonstrating your ability to promote enablement and self-determination within this. You will have extensive experience, skills and knowledge of working in partnership with people to achieve the personal outcomes they seek, and an ability to develop trusting relationships to support individuals facing complex social and emotional challenges.

North London Hospice has been providing palliative and end of life care for the communities of North London since 1984. The hospice prides itself on being able to provide our staff with more opportunity to deliver better qualify care by spending time with our patients. This has been greatly received by all our nursing and clinical teams making us an employer of choice in the North London area.

In return, you will receive:

• Personal pension plan
• Life Assurance
• Generous leave entitlement
• Fully funded health cash plan
• Cinema benefits, etc

This is a Hybrid working role. 

There is an upcoming information session that will be held on 18 January 2022 at 6pm, details are displayed on our website or once you click to apply. 

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information relating to this role. Please note CVs will not be considered

With effect from 1 April 2022, being fully COVID-19 vaccinated will become a legal condition to be employed or volunteer in any patient facing healthcare role in the UK. You will be asked for confirmation of this during your interview and if successful, you will be asked to provide proof of your vaccination status.

Would you like to work as part of our committed, creative team, which offers innovative psychosocial interventions to people with palliative and end of life care needs, and to their families and unpaid carers? We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled individuals who enjoy working as part of a team and are passionate about providing excellent holistic palliative care.

You will demonstrate a commitment to co-production, networking, influencing and partnership skills, and it is vital that you share in our dedication for equality of opportunity and are reflective, adaptable, and resilient.

You will be assessing and responding to complex needs, working with risk and uncertainty whilst demonstrating your ability to promote enablement and self-determination within this. You will have extensive experience, skills and knowledge of working in partnership with people to achieve the personal outcomes they seek, and an ability to develop trusting relationships to support individuals facing complex social and emotional challenges.

North London Hospice has been providing palliative and end of life care for the communities of North London since 1984. The hospice prides itself on being able to provide our staff with more opportunity to deliver better qualify care by spending time with our patients. This has been greatly received by all our nursing and clinical teams making us an employer of choice in the North London area.

In return, you will receive:

• Personal pension plan
• Life Assurance
• Generous leave entitlement
• Fully funded health cash plan
• Cinema benefits, etc

This is a Hybrid working role. 

There is an upcoming information session that will be held on 18 January 2022 at 6pm, details are displayed on our website or once you click to apply. 

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information relating to this role. Please note CVs will not be considered

With effect from 1 April 2022, being fully COVID-19 vaccinated will become a legal condition to be employed or volunteer in any patient facing healthcare role in the UK. You will be asked for confirmation of this during your interview and if successful, you will be asked to provide proof of your vaccination status.

Senior Social Worker - Duty (24 hours). Monday/Tuesday/Weds. The Social Work and Community Support Service (SWCS) comprises 30+ full and part-time workers, based in four locality teams in London and the South East, who work with adults within the Jewish Community. They provide personalised and integrated support offering guidance, advice and advocacy to meet identified health and social care needs of individuals, families and carers, as well as facilitating support groups and other community-based interventions. The aim of the service is to support independence, promote choice and control for people facing difficulties due to ageing, caring responsibilities, illness, isolation, disability, mental health issues or changes in circumstances. This role is a job share, overseeing Duty, a triage and advice service. The post holder will work closely with individuals and their carers, as well as health and social care workers from Jewish Care, community, voluntary and statutory services.

The post-holder will be a member of the North West and Central London Team which is based in Golders Green.

This post is for 24 hours per week working, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays (9am - 5.30pm).

The role of the Senior Social Worker is to:

* Take a Senior role in managing the Duty provision and develop an effective service
* Supervise social workers and develop the role of the Duty volunteers
* Work in partnership with individuals, carers and relevant voluntary and statutory resources to enable people to use the service, to reduce risk to themselves or others and/or improve their quality of life in a meaningful way
* Be active for initiating and maintaining collaboration with internal and external partnerships, to develop community and group interventions that enhance social and community life for individuals and their families/carers
* Taking a multi-disciplinary approach to provide effective intervention, whilst being pro-active in maintaining effective collaboration.
* Develop knowledge and understanding of how Jewish Care staff support initiatives to deliver a wide range of services in our Community Hubs, Care Homes, Community Centres and outreach programmes
* Take an active role in attending relevant locality and specialist forums
* Triage, support and guide people, face to face or over the phone to assess urgency and need
* Communicate with clients regarding the next step, to ensure effective case managements when awaiting allocation
* Respond to enquiries in a timely manner, working towards the values of the organisation.
* Record all conversations and assessments on Dynamics CRM
* Participate in a specialist forums developing knowledge and skills with regard to Mental Health, Family Carers, Disability, End of Life Care and Dementia
* Provide information and advice in accordance with current government health and social care guidance, and to conduct holistic assessments for Jewish people living in the community
* Demonstrate confident and effective judgement in making timely decisions to achieve positive change
* Work with and supporting colleagues to identify local services and resources that promote independence, choice and dignity of individuals, carers and families, to enable people to remain within the community as far as possible
* Take an active role in the promotion of collaborative practice in a multi-agency context to ensure people in the community are supported safely, in the best way possible
* Ensure that information gained through community involvement is fed back to Jewish Care, and acted upon, in order to continually improve service provision according to changing circumstances
* As a senior member of the team, being pro-active in supporting the effective management of the team
* Present the work of the Social Work and Community Support Service in different forums.

What you'll need:

* Social Work qualification (Essential)
* Registration with Social Work England (Essential)
* Practice Educator qualification or similar (Desirable)
* A uk driver's licence with access to a vehicle (Desirable)
* Significant experience in managing a social work caseload and supervising others (Essential)
* Extensive experience working with adults in a social care context (Desirable)
* Experience of community and/or group work (Essential)
* Demonstrate a high level of skill in the sensitive exploration of complexity and risk, offering support to colleagues managing such dilemmas (Essential)
* Significant working knowledge and experience of Safeguarding, Care Act (2014) and Mental Capacity Act (2005) (Essential)
* Experience of, or an interest in, working with the Jewish community (Essential)
* Experience of working with people (or are carers for people) experiencing Mental Health, Disability, Dementia, Isolation, End of Life and other co-morbidities (Essential)
* Experience of using electronic data bases to maintain up to date client records (Desirable)
* Enhanced ability to apply

*Female Support Worker

#Care to join us?

We are looking for Support Workers to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people's lives

Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our values.

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. Basic computer literacy is a necessity, as the role requires you to retrieve and record information using a variety of IT systems.

A full UK driving licence is desirable for this role.

Salary: £12.04 per hour (this is comprised of a base hourly rate, location allowance and waking nights uplift). 10% overtime allowance for hours worked over the full time equivalent of 37.5 hours per week
Hours: Permanent, Night Worker, 30 hours
Location: Barnet, London

What we Offer

25 days annual leave (plus 8 days statutory Bank holidays). 20% bank holidays allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day. Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020). Access to the Hft Plus benefits package. Access to award-winning training and development. Annual staff award scheme. A contributory pension scheme & life assurance. Free DBS Check.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

This post requires the post holder to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 unless medically exempt.

*This post is covered by The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Occupational Requirements

Find your place with us and change lives.

Closing date: Sunday 20th February 2022

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Senior Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Relief Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP, Flexible Working etc.

#Care to join us?

We are looking for Support Workers to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people's lives

Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our values.

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. Basic computer literacy is a necessity, as the role requires you to retrieve and record information using a variety of IT systems.

A full UK driving licence is desirable for this role.

Salary: £11.05 (this is comprised of a base rate and a location allowance). 10% overtime allowance for hours worked over the full time equivalent of 37.5 hours per week
Hours: Permanent, Ful time, 37.5 hours
Location: Barnet, London

What we Offer

25 days annual leave (plus 8 days statutory Bank holidays). 20% bank holidays allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day. Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020). Access to the Hft Plus benefits package. Access to award-winning training and development. Annual staff award scheme. A contributory pension scheme & life assurance. Free DBS Check.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

This post requires the post holder to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 unless medically exempt.

Find your place with us and change lives.

Closing date: Sunday 20th February 2022

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Senior Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Relief Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP, Flexible Working, etc.

What Works for Children’s Social Care is the largest funder of children’s social care research in England. Our ambitious research agenda is seeing a growing number of high quality impact evaluations being carried out to help improve the lives of young people and their families.

Reporting to the Centre’s Head of Communications, the post holder will have a key role in ensuring that the research we produce has the maximum impact for children. By supporting and implementing the communications and marketing activity for the Centre, in particular through the use of engaging digital outputs, this role presents an exciting opportunity to make a real difference.

The Role

This role will be responsible for supporting and implementing the communications and marketing activity for WWCSC, bringing our research alive and making sure it has maximum impact. You will work primarily on ensuring all our outputs are engaging and impactful, and are reaching our key audiences in ways that resonate with them. You will work day to day with the Centre’s team and with teams of collaborators. You will report to WWCSC’s Head of Communications, but will work closely with everyone in the team, in particular the Policy and Engagement teams. Specific tasks will include but not be limited to:

• Leading on the development and dissemination of digital content eg animations, gifs, infographics - including identifying suitable opportunities for digital content, storyboarding and drafting text, liaising with relevant teams for content and sign-off, disseminating across various platforms to gain maximum return on investment

• Leading in-house design of reports, publications etc - including scheduling of work, ensuring faithfulness to brand guidelines and good design principles, ensuring accessibility standards across all our outputs

• Supporting and implementing the strategic communications and engagement plans for WWCSC and its projects

• Managing the WWCSC website and social media channels

• Supporting the delivery of WWCSC events and webinars and assisting with content - advising internal and external stakeholders to ensure content is in line with WWCSC strategic objectives, relevant and engaging for audiences; suggesting potential topics, angles and speakers

• Working closely with the research and programme management teams to ensure lessons, stories, outputs and outcomes from the Centre are captured and shared in the most appropriate and effective ways

• Drafting copy for a wide range of external audiences

• Representing the Centre at conferences and engagement events

• Any other reasonable duties as specified by your line manager to further the objectives of WWCSC. 

The Person

• Proven experience of marketing and communications skills gained in a similar role

• Demonstrable skills in design, video and/or animation

• Experience in the use of Adobe Creative Suite programmes

• Ability to work across a range of projects with competing demands

• Attention to detail

• Excellent project management skills

• Experience of creating content for a wide range of audiences and purposes

• Knowledge of the children’s social care sector (desirable)

• Interest in evidence-based policy and solutions

Please see the attached application pack for more details.

Equality and Diversity

WWCSC is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. We are proud to have a diverse team and we are committed to building on this and ensuring our workplace is inclusive and accessible. We welcome candidates from minority and marginalised groups and given our subject area, we are also keen to see applications from people who have lived experience of the children’s social care sector. Please help us monitor this by completing our Equality and Diversity monitoring form (attached)

At What Works for Children’s Social Care, the Programmes team is responsible for funding the delivery of promising programmes or interventions in children's social care (typically through Open Funding Rounds, or occasionally through direct awards) - as well as their accompanying evaluations. In addition to this, we also fund systematic reviews in key priority areas and have recently launched a Spark Grants Scheme to support early career researchers and others underrepresented in research. Crucially, the Programmes team works closely with our internal Research team who provide technical support and quality assurance on evaluation. 

The Directors of Programmes lead a team of eight, which consists of a Head of Evaluation Programmes, a Head of Education Programmes, three Senior Programme Managers and three Programme Managers. The successful candidate will ultimately be responsible for the successful delivery of an existing portfolio of over 30 projects as well as distributing millions of pounds in grant funding to support innovative projects in children’s social care each year. The role is available on a permanent, part time (0.5FTE, job share) basis.

The Person 

Values: 

1. Personal commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people, and their families. 

2. A passion for the agenda around What Works Centres and the broader agenda around evidence-based policy and practice in public services. 

Skills and Abilities: 

1. Quality written and oral communication, able to produce high quality written reports, deliver impactful presentations, and facilitate discussions. 

2. Proven project management skills including project planning and managing multiple stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise accordingly, working independently. 

3. The ability to work a fast paced organisation to deliver excellence across your programme of work 

4. Entrepreneurial flare 

Knowledge and Experience: 

1. Significant understanding of education or children’s social care, either as a researcher or a funder, or both. 

2. Experience of working at senior level within an organisation, and helping to shape and deliver organisational strategy 

3. Experience as a substantive funder of research and or interventions 

4. Experience in leading a team managing complex projects including a large number of stakeholders, both evaluators, local authorities, and charities. 

5. Experience building and working within frameworks for funding and reporting 

6. Passion for using evidence to improve the lives of young people and their families 

7. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience of public speaking and delivery of training to a social work audience. 

8. Understanding of, and commitment to, working to meet the needs of a diverse group of beneficiaries and stakeholders and the challenges and barriers associated with this. 

9. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the level of the post that may be reasonably required. 

10. Experience managing people who manage others

11. A commitment to ensuring the inclusivity of everything we do. 

12. Experience working in a fast paced, start-up environment (desirable) 

13. Understanding of organisational development and implementing cultural change in organisations and across the sector. (desirable) 

14. Experience of maintaining multiple stakeholder relationships. (desirable)

15. Politically aware and reflective. (desirable) 

Please see the attached application pack for more details.

Equality and Diversity

WWCSC is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. We are proud to have a diverse team and we are committed to building on this and ensuring our workplace is inclusive and accessible. We welcome candidates from minority and marginalised groups and given our subject area, we are also keen to see applications from people who have lived experience of the children’s social care sector. Please help us monitor this by completing our Equality and Diversity monitoring form (attached)