Wellbeing Worker / Community Engagement

North Somerset

£18,000 per annum, pro-rata

Hours: 30 hours per week, permanent 

Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Do you want to work in a community, helping local people reconnect with what is important to them?

Can you listen without telling people what to do, keeping them at the heart of finding answers to problems?

Do you enjoy working as part of a team to tackle loneliness across diverse communities? 

If your answer to these questions is yes, our client has an exciting new job opportunity that could be for you.

Background

Our client is one of the largest landlords in the South West and are ranked in the top 50 of The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to work for in the UK.  They care about their colleagues and can offer you a competitive package of employment working as part of a great team.

What you'll be doing

You will be working with people on a one to one basis, providing advice and support through home visits as well as in group situations. In order to fulfil this role, you will hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work.

You will help people reconnect with where they live and what’s important to them, helping them understand and manage their health and wellbeing, while reducing loneliness and isolation. You will also work with people aged 50+ to remain living independently at home for as long as they want.

More about you

You’ll know about what is going on in a community, how to make connections so things happen and have a passion for learning and listening to people with different needs.

You will need to take up an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check for this role.

When and where you'll be doing it 

You will be able to work flexibly, Monday to Friday, based around customer needs.

You’ll be based in North Somerset, with a focus on Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon. Occasionally travel will be required to other locations in North Somerset.

What will you get in return?

Our client thinks you’ll have a job that makes you feel good about what you’re doing – you will make a difference to customers’ lives every day. 

You’ll get:

• 26 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) rising to 29 after 3 years’ service 

• Opportunity to earn performance related pay

• Company Pension contribution of up to 10%

• Flexible Benefits including health care, gym membership, buying holiday

• A day’s leave on your birthday

Our client recognises that their workforce is under represented with people from some communities who they work with. They operate a disability confident scheme to offer tailored support if you have a disability and would also like to hear from you if you come from a Black and Minority Ethnic or LGBTQ+ community.  They also welcome applications from customers.

Closing date: 13 December 2019 at 11.30pm. Interviews: w/c 6 January 2020.  

We’re looking for a client-focused individual with recent experience of providing specialist level housing, debt or welfare benefits advice, to join us as an Advice, Support and Guidance Worker and help ensure our clients get the support they need.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve. 

Shelter Bristol operates a dynamic city centre hub offering a range of holistic advice and support services to a diverse range of clients, including legal advice and representation and housing related support services. We specialise in housing, welfare benefits and debt.

About the role

This post is designed to be flexible to reflect the needs of the service. Whilst the post will have a key focus, the role of ASG worker is designed to have flexibility to provide a mix of both advice and support.  It may cover a range of activities from providing specialist housing, welfare benefits or debt advice to working closely with clients to support them in finding and retaining their accommodation; the balance of these elements will depend on the need in the local area. There may also be a requirement to provide briefings and updates to housing providers. 

About you
To succeed, you’ll need relevant experience gained working within housing , debt or welfare benefit advice and within a safeguarding framework working with vulnerable people or those with multiple and complex needs. We’ll also be looking for a proven ability to work effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, both statutory and non-statutory. Proficiency using a range of IT tools to carry out your work, including case management systems, Microsoft Office applications, internet and email etc. is important too, with the ability to type preferred. Proactive, results-driven and sensitive to the needs of others, work well within a team and aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas, methods and processes if appropriate.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Are you interested in helping people who have, or are recovering from, mental health problems, integrate back into work? Would you like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with? Then join us as an IPS Employment Specialist.

Right now, one of our partners, Richmond Fellowship, is looking for an IPS Employment Specialist to join our team in Bath and East Somerset. We help individuals with mental health problems to find paid employment. We also support people to retain their employment when they are struggling at work due to their mental health. We also advise and support employers about mental health in the workplace. But, it’s only possible with the help of people like you.

Your challenge? To do everything you can to help the individuals we work with to source appropriate work experience placements with local organisations/employers. Day to day, you’ll offer support, careers advice and guidance, helping people to set their own recovery and employment  focused goals and  provide training in personal and skills development such as CV preparation, interview techniques etc. You’ll also be responsible for establishing and maintaining positive links with partner organisations, local employers and Mental Health teams and have the initiative to develop and promote the service. Additionally, you will have responsibility for maintaining efficient admin systems to ensure referrals, assessments and reviews are completed in a timely manner.

As well as a good understanding of mental health problems and the issues and barriers this can create for our clients, you’ll need excellent motivational, presentation and listening skills and a willingness to travel in the local area and to work outside of office hours as required.

The post holder must be willing to work remotely and travel within the Bath and East Somerset area therefore access to their own vehicle and a clean driving licence is essential. Business mileage will be compensated.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?  Apply now via our website.

This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Battle Against Tranquillisers are recruiting for a part time Recovery and Well-being Practitioner. The post holder will work as part of a team providing information, advice, assessments, group work, recovery management to people who misuse benzodiazepines and/or other similar drugs.

We offer support to individuals who want to make positive, healthy changes to their lifestyle by overcoming prescription drug dependence.

Do you have knowledge and experience of supporting individuals that have experience prescribed drugs abuse? If so, we would very much like to hear from you.

If you are looking for your next role working with vulnerable individuals, have an ability to understand the difficulties of withdrawing, implement professional boundaries and have a proactive approach to motivate and engage in others, then please apply.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 10th January 2020

Severn Wye are looking for driven, enthusiastic Community Outreach Officers (x 2) to work with households and communities to relieve fuel poverty and champion energy efficiency across the North of Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire.

The Gloucestershire role represents a partnership between Severn Wye, Caring for Communities and People (CCP) and the NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and will be based at CCP's Cheltenham drop-in centre. The South Gloucestershire position is a partnership with Sirona Care and Health based in Kingswood, Bristol.

Both roles are focussed on supporting and educating vulnerable households to help lift them out of fuel poverty. As Energy Advocate you will support consumers through the process of securing a better energy deal, managing and reducing debt, accessing funding and engaging with smart technology. This will ensure that our vulnerable citizens are much more engaged in their energy use and make good decisions in relation to how to use and manage it ­— ultimately putting money back in their pockets and improving their health and wellbeing. This is a hugely rewarding role, working with people overwhelmed by the world of energy to help them find clarity.

This post requires a satisfactory DBS check and appropriate references, but if this is the sort of work you see yourself thriving in, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications for these roles are to be made via the application form on our website. Please indicate which role you are interested in.
 

Senior Independent Living Service Officer / Social Housing

Bath

37 hours per week 

Permanent

Salary £21,750 per annum

Background 

Our client is about providing people with homes and much more.  They are one of the largest landlords in the South West and ranked in the top 50 of The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to work for in the whole of the UK.  They care about their colleagues and this is evident in their sense of pride and the tireless work they do to support their customers.

With around 13,000 properties in the south west, the majority in Bath, they are about much more than just somewhere to live.  Their experience extends to supporting vulnerable people with thoughtful and effective additional services and improving their homes and estates, as well as building new places for people to live.

What you'll be doing

You will be assisting the Team Leader in the day to day running of the Independent Living Service.  You will be responsible for supporting the leadership and management of colleagues in the team. You will also hold a caseload of more complex customers yourself offering person centred support to each customer.

You will assist the Team Leader to grow the self-funder business by working alongside the Marketing Co-ordinator to hold promotional events and activities.  As part of a great team, you will also support the delivery of the Supporting People contract.

More about you 

You will be highly organised, resilient and able to work independently as well as part of a Team.

We recognise that every customer is different so you will need to be flexible in your approach when supporting customers in their own homes.  You will need to be respectful and mindful of customer needs and be able to maintain strong relationships with customers.

At the same time you will be able to demonstrate the ability to work in an interesting environment where no day is ever the same.

Being supportive is at the heart of our offer and commitment to customers, so if you are caring, passionate and have the desire to make a difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable customers in our community then we would love to hear from you. 

Closing Date: 2nd January 2020 

Interviews: 8th January 2020

Caseworker – Mental Health Services

The Sanctuary/Bristol

£21,589 - £25,295 pa

Permanent

Full time (37.5 hours per week)

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.

The Sanctuary is part of the Bristol Mental Health Service, and provides a safe, welcoming and comfortable place for people aged 16 and over who are experiencing acute emotional distress, which may be associated with their mental health and for those seeking to prevent the onset of a crisis. The Sanctuary also provides services to people with a relationship to someone in crisis. 

In the role of Caseworker, you will be supporting individuals to recognize and develop their own strategies for crisis prevention and management, and to help them to utilize their own experience through sharing of problems and looking at alternatives and solutions to support their own recovery; and the recovery of others accessing the service. The Sanctuary is predominant an evening/night service and our shift pattern is Friday to Monday with s between 3 pm until 1 am.

We are looking for someone with knowledge and understanding of mental health issues, who has enthusiasm and passion for supporting people in, or at risk of crisis and who is committed to client involvement both in their own lives and in the ongoing development of the service. We welcome and encourage applications from those with lived experience of mental health issues and/or accessing services to apply.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development. For this role staff can claim an additional 20% pay premium for unsocial hours worked as part of a day shift after 8pm or before 8am Monday to Friday as well as for all hours during day shifts worked on Saturday and Sunday.

If you believe that you have what we are looking for, and have an interest in working for a charity which makes a real difference to the lives of people who are homeless, we encourage you to apply.

Please ensure that you read the comprehensive job description and person specification for the role. When applying please address the person specification, clearly setting out how you meet the requirements for the role.

To view job descriptions on our vacancies page, please click on the document available tab above the relevant job advert.

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s Careers page.

Closing Date: 10.00am, 11 December 2019

Interview and Assessments: 18 December 2019

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

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

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

Do you want to make a difference to homelessness in Bristol, do you have experience of Housing Advice? If so, why not join CHAS!

About CHAS:

CHAS is a local housing and homelessness charity, based within the community. We provide advice, advocacy and support to anyone in housing need, with a focus on the most marginalised.

Role Summary:

CHAS are looking for an Advice Service Lead to join the service as Temporary Maternity Cover. The role has two elements, delivering high quality housing advice and overseeing Advice Service operations. You will have two direct reports, part time advisers. 

Context:

CHAS has recently gone through a period of sustainable growth to meet increasing demand for services. This role is as key position within CHAS: ensuring the quality of advice remains consistent as the service develops and supporting the management of existing and new projects.

While we aim to recruit a candidate with experience of service management, we would consider applicants with a strong background in housing advice with the skills, aptitude and potential to step up to service management.

Personal Outlook:

The post-holder must be a person with a strong commitment to the voluntary sector and a desire to make a real difference. You will be adaptable, dynamic and open to supporting change and development within the organisation. You will be working as a member of a small staff team.

We’re keen to have a staff team which is representative of the community we serve and also welcome applications from people with life experience of housing and homelessness issues to help us to shape and develop our service.

What’s in it for you?

• The opportunity to make a big difference in a small organisation
• Flexible working (after a period of settling in)
• Competitive pay
• Access to the Bike to Work scheme
• Employer pension
• 25 days leave + Bank Holidays (Pro Rata)A
• A central location with free parking!

This role is known as Prince’s Trust Executive in The Prince’s Trust

Contract Type: Fixed term Paternity cover from January 2020 to August 2020

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: You will be based in our Bristol hub but will have flexibility to travel across the region.

The Prince’s Trust specialises in helping young people develop the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn, and has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team. This fixed term position is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace and is as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

Objectives:

You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Bristol, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• You will predominately be in the delivery team which focuses on personal and social development courses – this includes the use of Adventurous Activities.
• Supporting young people into positive outcomes.
• You will be on delivery between 3-4 days a week.
• The days you aren’t on delivery, you will be in the office planning courses, maintenance checks of kit training, organising and budgeting.

Requirements:

To support our delivery requirements across Bristol, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with some of the following:

• To be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience.
• To be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation.
• Experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums including adventurous activities.
• Natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people.
• A strong understanding of the challenges young people within The Trust’s target groups face.
• Experience of facilitating skills development in informal learning provision (sports/arts/outdoors)
• A sound understanding of how Outdoor Education can be adjusted and applied in an urban setting.
• Good outdoor group management experience
• A minimum of two NGB qualifications from: Summer Mountain Leader/Walking Group Leader assessed – Rock climbing Instructor/Climbing Wall instructor – Paddle Sport Leader or Instructor – MIA S Level 2 or British cycling Level 2.
• Skills or training evidence in a third adventurous/outdoor activity
• First Aid qualification with outdoor focus and relevant to other qualifications (BASP, REC, etc)
• D1 driving license.

Perks of working at The Trust:

• 25 days annual leave entitlement rising by 1 day per year to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• Interest free season ticket loans
• A contribution of 5% of your salary by The Trust to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Flexible, family-friendly policies (maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental leave)
• Opportunities to volunteer for and/or attend events e.g. music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year
• You will be supporting young people to develop skills for life – confidence, communication, teamwork.
• You will be supporting young people to gain qualifications
• You will be supporting young people to set and achieve their goals
• You will be supporting young people to move into positive destinations – employment, education, diversionary activities or further development opportunities
• Work in a challenging, fast-paced but fun and supportive environment
• Working with a diverse team of people.

Please download the job description for more information.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

About The Prince’s Trust youth charity

This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  

We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

NCT is the UK’s largest charity for parents, providing invaluable support and information for new and expectant parents.  We support parents by giving them accurate, impartial information so that they can decide what’s best for their family, and we introduce them to a network of local parents to gain practical and emotional support.

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated people who share our vision and values. Working for the NCT is a rewarding experience. It gives you the opportunity to apply your experience and expertise to help enrich the lives of thousands of parents in the UK. It also offers you the opportunity to develop valuable skills and gain insight into working for a charity in the not-for-profit sector. NCT is committed to positive organisational culture, productive workplace and work-life balance that respects the individual.

We are looking for an excellent communicator to drive the delivery of our technology strategy through first class team leadership, project management and procurement underpinned by a track record of delivering a portfolio of products and services across a range of technologies.

 The role is based in Bristol but will require some travel to London, where a number of key stakeholders are based.

Although advertised as a permanent role, we are open to flexible arrangements and this role may be suitable for an individual looking to work 0.8 FTE

The Role

You will be:

• responsible for developing and implementing NCT’s technology roadmap this includes:
  • supporting the final stages of our Salesforce implementation – by providing Project Management support and establishing the key processes for support and ongoing development.
  • developing and managing our support team to provide support across Office365, hardware and voice/video communications.
  • ensuring secure and robust hosting arrangements throughout the charity
  • ensuring the safeguarding of data across the charity.
• responsible for managing relationships with key technology suppliers including web hosting, web development, CRM development, testing and security.
• responsible for managing the technology team’s budget including monthly reforecasting with the finance team.

About You

You will:

• have a solid professional background in a relevant technical discipline (such as software development)
• have demonstrable experience of agile project management
• have the ability to embrace lightweight, modern technology, and also be confident choosing tools/technologies that make everybody’s life easier (we are not looking to re-invent the wheel).
• be quick to understand wider pain points and challenges, and able to connect the dots, prioritise, and steer a team towards a clear end goal.
• have deep knowledge of best practices to help deliver the right products faster (whether working with users and stakeholders, development practices, continuous integration, devops etc.).
• need to be confident and assertive with the ability to build rapport and effectively communicate with people at all levels
• be team orientated and able to maintain positive and supportive relationships with your colleagues at all time as teamwork is essential in this role

If you feel you are the right candidate for the role then please apply now by uploading a copy of your CV and a supporting statement outlining how you meet the requirements of the role when prompted.

Closing date: 18th December

Interviews: week commencing 6th January 

Resourcing Advisor / Recruitment Advisor 

Bristol

£28,785 - £32,029 pa

Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

If you are personable, confident and client focused Resourcing/Recruitment professional or have relevant, transferable recruitment experience, this is an exciting opportunity to genuinely make a difference, helping our client to meet their growing talent needs and supporting work that really changes and rebuilds lives.

In this busy and varied role, you will work with managers across the South West of England, providing an efficient and effective recruitment service for permanent, casual, temporary or self-employed workers.

As the local representative of the Resourcing team in the South West of England, you will:

• Build effective working relationships with local managers, candidates and recruitment partners

• Advise on recruitment policy, processes and best practice recruitment

• Deliver regular training sessions related to recruitment and selection

• Develop recruitment marketing materials, advertising and social media campaigns

You will also work closely with a Recruitment Administrator to ensure that the pre-employment checking and on-boarding for new starters in the South West is progressed quickly, and that any delays or issues are quickly resolved in partnership with the hiring manager.

You will be based in one of their offices in Central Bristol, with regular travel (at least once a month) to their Head Office in London and travel to other locations across South West England as required.

You may have worked directly in an HR or Resourcing team before, but they also welcome applications from those with relevant transferable experience; for example, recruitment experience in relation to volunteers, temporary staff or perhaps from recruiting staff to a team you have managed.

If you are able to build effective relationships quickly, understand great customer service and can work with colleagues to solve problems and are assertive enough to be in a standalone role they would be delighted to hear from you.

In return, they offer a range of benefits including a 6% pension contribution and generous and very popular flexi-time scheme enabling you to balance your work and home life and accrue additional days off work to supplement your 25 days annual holiday.  They are also committed to providing their staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities and they are an accredited Investor in People Gold organisation.

Closing date: 10am on Wed 11th December

Assessments and Interviews: December, to be confirmed.

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