Spectra have an exciting opportunity for an experienced health professional to join our dynamic team as part of maternity cover arrangements. Spectra works with marginalised groups to promote equalities, health and wellbeing. Spectra is committed to a peer delivered model of services.
Working in Merton, South West London, the ideal candidate will be an engaging champion of young people, able to focus on sexual health and relationships, and have experience of delivering services to young people. You will have excellent communication skills, be an open, friendly and non-judgemental professional, committed to supporting young people develop to their full potential, access services and take control over their health and well-being.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, your role will lead and deliver young people’s sexual health outreach services in Merton on behalf of Spectra.
Applications from trans and non-binary people and people of Black, Asian or Minority Ethnicity are particularly encouraged.
Please read the job description and use the application form on Spectra's website to apply.
Please complete and return the full application form, including the personal statement, by Noon, Monday 10th May*. We do not accept CVs or incomplete applications.
*This is an active recruitment. Spectra will review applications as we receive them and will interview candidates that match our requirements, appointing before the closing date if they are successful. Do not therefore wait to submit your application form until the closing date, but submit as early as possible.
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The Active Support Worker Responsibilities:
As a Support Worker, you will provide support to service users to ensure their safety, health and wellbeing. Duties will include support with day-to-day aspects such as:
* Shopping
* Meals
* Personal care
* Attending appointments
* Leisure
* Social and physical activities
* Hobbies and personal interests with an emphasis on helping develop skills
* Confidence and relationships.
* Adhere to safeguarding procedures and remain vigilant for signs of abuse, taking immediate action and reporting all issues of concern with the line manager.
* Ensure that service users are involved in day-to-day and long-term decision making - 'no decision about me, without me'
The Active Support Worker Requirements:
* Willing and able to offer physical support to service users, including moving and handling safely
* Flexible and able to carry out a variety of shifts throughout the week, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays
* Understanding of and sensitivity to the discrimination experienced by members of vulnerable and/or minority groups
* Experience of supporting someone - in a personal or voluntary capacity - who has additional needs
* IT proficient, with the ability to confidently use a range of computer software (i.e. Office and others), or willing to develop IT skills for the purposes of the role
* Strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate and collaborate effectively with a range of people
* Committed to enabling choice, independence and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities and/or Autism
The Active Support Worker Benefits:
* £18,759 per annum (pro rata), rising to £20,683 per annum (pro rata) upon successful completion of probation period.
* Full time opportunities, part time and bank.
About the Company:
Centre 404 is a friendly, local and thriving charity with an excellent reputation for providing high quality support and services to people with learning disabilities and their families in North London.
The ethos behind all our services is to offer support that is empowering, person-centred, promoting choice and integration, as well as reducing isolation. We are always looking for friendly, energetic people to join us in achieving this valuable purpose and to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of those we support.
If you think you are suitable for this Active Support Worker role, please apply now!
Please submit a CV along with a cover statement (either within the email itself or as an attachment) addressing the following:
"Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience".
Please ensure you refer to the job description/person specification in your statement and explain how you meet the criteria. We would also appreciate if you could take the time to complete an applicant diversity survey.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis
Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and supervision and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.
We are seeking Telephone Support Workers to join our new call centre service which has been established in respose to COVID-19. Our purpose is to support the health and wellbeing of vulnerable residents living in Watford and Three Rivers.
Your background will be in adult care or advice and information and you will have experience of dealing with safeguarding concerns. You do not need to have call-centre experience, but you will need some previous experience of supporting older people or vulnerable families.
You will be passionate about providing excellent customer service and will be able to demonstrate that you always put the service user at the heart of delivery. You will be an excellent communicator and confident at engaging with staff, volunteers and service users.
The role will be home-based - but (when allowed) it will require regular attendance at our offices in Watford, Herts. If you are not based within reasonable commuting distance, please say how you will manage the travel / relocation.
The successful candidate will:
- Have a good understanding of the health, social, communication and support needs of vulnerable families, adults, older people, and carers – including the legal and regulatory framework and current policy debates covering adult care, health and wellbeing, carers, advice and guidance, public health and primary and secondary care and standards relevant to this work.
- Have a good understanding of referral processes and the range of support services available locally.
- Have a good knowledge of safeguarding legislation and issues relating to vulnerable adults and children.
- Have a good understanding of the barriers that those in need might face in accessing support.
- Have previous experiecen of working with older people or vulnerable familes.
- Have an excellent customer service experience.
- Have a high level of competency in ICT including for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
- Be able to work hours to meet the demands of the service across a 7 day rota. Our call centre opens 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4pm on Saturday's, Sunday's and bank holidays. Your earliest shift will start at 8.30am and your latest shift will finish at 6.30pm. You will be required to work a significant number of weekends.
Please forward your CV and a covering letter saying how you meet the criteria above. Full details will be made available to shortlisted candidates.
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ABOUT WLM
WLM’s mission is to empower positive change.
WLM has been working in the community in London since 1887. We currently work in Lambeth, Southwark, Westminster and Islington providing a range of services including supported accommodation for ex-military personnel, a residential care home for men managing an addiction to alcohol, an approved premise for men coming out of prison, advice and support for people experiencing homelessness, affordable and accessible counselling in the community and financial resilience services.
WLM is a values-led organisation. Our people are the heart of what we do. We have recently embarked on developing an asset-based approach in partnership with Mayday Trust building on our work embedding recovery and psychologically informed approaches.
ABOUT THE SERVICES
WLM St Luke’s is a neighbourhood hub committed to providing local people with the tools and knowledge to become more financially resilient and to gain digital skills. WLM St Luke's is also home to Pret House at WLM St Luke’s, a unique accommodation project set up in collaboration with Pret A Manger’s Pret Foundation. Pret House at WLM St Luke’s, which opened in February 2019, is an innovative idea combining, employment, mentoring and accommodation.
WLM Burgess Park House & WLM Cherry Tree House are our residential services providing supported housing services for men and women who have served in the British military.
ABOUT THE ROLE
To oversee WLM’s established residential services which consist of:
- WLM Ex-Military Supported Housing (Burgess Park House & Cherry Tree House).
- Luke’s Residential (WLM Low-Cost Housing; Pret House).
The Residential Services Manager will provide day to day operational support to the team delivering services in the above projects.
To provide a smooth turnaround and minimise voids, the post holder will be proactive in streamlining the resident experience from referral, interview and booking in, through to planning move on, checking out and advertising vacancies. We want our residents to be at the centre of our decision-making practice and so the post holder will apply the principles of Person-led Planning & Strength Based Working to the team’s approach with the people that live with us.
A sound knowledge of the housing landscape in London and beyond will help the post holder to achieve positive outcomes for our residents.
In return WLM offers a competitive salary, generous annual leave (27 days on appointment, rising to 30 days after 5 years continuous service), staff benefits including interest free season ticket loan and group personal pension plan.
HOW TO APPLY
- Please apply via our website.
- Please note an Enhanced DBS certificate is required for the role.
- Interviews will be held after the closing date.
- The closing date for applications is midnight Friday 23rd April 2021.
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Action for Children believes every child should grow up safe and happy, they are there to step in and help when times get tough. They offer invaluable support for young people and their families, protecting the vulnerable and supporting those that need it. Action for Children give children a voice through their campaign work, and fund crucial research to help shape a better future. Running over 476 local services throughout the UK, they believe in building solid foundations and spotting problems early.
The Talent Set are helping the team find their new Senior Brand and Strategic Marketing Manager. You will be an expert at brand development within the charity sector as well as an all-round, experienced marketer. You will inspire the team to create integrated, insight-led brand and marketing strategies which will transform audience perceptions and behaviour, delivering organisational objectives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead a cross-organisational process with SLT stakeholders and teams to plan and develop an annual brand and marketing strategy for the organisation, identifying integration opportunities, clarifying objectives, and influencing and making recommendations on messaging, audiences.
- Set objectives and KPIs for our strategy from analysing data from our brand tracking and brand audit, and lead the development of integrated brand and communications KPIs across all teams.
- Provide a strategic overview and evaluation of all brand and marketing projects and campaigns against KPIs, reporting progress and return on investment, ensuring lessons learnt are shared widely with senior and wider stakeholders and feed into the design of future projects.
- Build excellent relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and provide brand and marketing expertise to enhance and influence their marketing activities.
- Lead the development and evolution of our strategic messages and core scripts to guide all priority marketing communications and campaigns.
- Manage and be accountable for budgets and develop the investment case for new opportunities as required.
- Evaluate our offer and “product” portfolio from the point of view of our audience to identify development areas to influence senior stakeholders across supporter experience and innovation.
- Champion the voice and needs of our audience in our strategy, leading on insight, segmentation and targeting strategies – using these to influence plans and priorities at a senior level across the organisation.
Essential experience:
- Recognised track-record in a senior marketing or brand position, responsible for strategic marketing across a complex broad range of audiences and communication channels.
- Proven ability to lead, develop, manage and deliver integrated strategic marketing plans and cross-channel campaigns.
- Providing senior level brand and marketing consultancy across an organisation.
- Confident drawing on relevant insights from audience research.
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
Please note we are working with Action for Children exclusively for this recruitment, any third party CVs submitted will be redirected to The Talent Set for review.
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We are currently working with a College based in the heart of London who primary deliver undergraduate and master's degrees, to recruit a Residence Life Manager to work within their Global Experience Team on a full time, permanent basis. This is a brand new role for the institution as a result of continued expansion.
As the Residence Life Manager, you will oversee the operation of the student residential experience for American students studying in London. You will oversee the student experience across the residential locations throughout London, to ensure a positive, healthy and safe living and learning environment for students.
In collaboration with the partner residence team, you will develop and maintain an environment conducive to social and intellectual growth and academic success through ongoing student development activities, staff supervision, housing administration, student conduct and educator of policies.
To be successful in this role, you'll need to have experience in a similar live-in student residence role with an understanding of working with international students and their particular adjustment needs. Experience working with American students is essential and further training or a qualification in counselling or student welfare would be advantageous.
If you are passionate about fostering a positive work environment with student experience at the forefront of all your efforts, this could be a great role for you
PRINCIPLED RECRUITMENT FOR WORK THAT MATTERS
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Want to improve the quality of life and education for Autistic children and young adults?
Come and join our team! TreeHouse school is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' non-maintained special school, providing support and education to over 90 pupils aged 4-19. Our goal for all our pupils and learners is to ensure that when they leave our setting's they will have the opportunity to access employment, further education or training and to live as part of the communities of their choice.
At TreeHouse School, our Teaching and Behaviour Support (TaBS) combine's teaching and learning with a behavioural approach (Positive Behaviour Support).
This position will be advertised throughout the academic year. Due to the nature of learning needs our pupils and learners do not have one point of entry and can be admitted into our settings at various dates throughout the academic year.
Your role as a Teaching and Behaviour Support:
- Providing person centred, day to day support, delivering 1:1, paired and small group teaching, and learner sessions using Positive Behaviour Support (PBS).
- Supervise and support our learners to engage in community-based learning and educational visits.
- Use your creativity daily to support lesson plans through preparing materials and resources.
- Support our learners to develop crucial life skills, meet their goals and aspirations through communication, independence and participation.
We are looking for empathetic and adaptable individuals, who thrive under pressure and have a natural ability to solve challenges. You will also need physical and emotional resilience to work with young people with a primary diagnosis of Autism, some of whom have other complex needs. You will be keen to use our positive behavioural approach, have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Why join us?
- A vibrant team of experts to work alongside, Speech & Language Therapists, Behaviour Analysts, Occupational Therapists and Specialist Teachers.
- Highly competitive annual salary.
- Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
- We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development.
- Season ticket loans.
- A wide range of regular wellness programmes both in person and virtually.
- Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
- Access to physiotherapy.
- On-site parking.
Interviews: Throughout the academic year.
Start date: As soon as possible.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
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Victim Support is looking for a Senior VAWG Operations Manager based in London, to manage the delivery of a number of local Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) projects in London and a national project supporting disabled victims of domestic abuse.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
This is an exciting opportunity to build on the delivery and capacity of Victim Support to provide inclusive, support services to victims of domestic abuse across a number of London boroughs and to lead the day to day operations of Victim Support's Violence Against Women and Girls projects across London.
The VAWG Operations Manager has responsibility for leading, managing, developing, monitoring and reviewing the operational running of high-quality frontline services to victims of domestic abuse; ensuring that all contractual targets are achieved; initiating, developing and maintaining effective relationships and formal partnerships with organisations within the VAWG sector; overseeing IDVA representation at Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC); and implementing and supporting the development of the strategic direction of VAWG services.
To be successful in this role, you will have extensive experience of providing Domestic Violence and Abuse services and a good understanding of the social model of disability.
This job is subject to a criminal record check.
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans, and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.
If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.
VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.
Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
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Support Coordinator
We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional Support Coordinator with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Association Service in Hillingdon.
Position: Stroke Association Support Coordinator
Location: Home based, Hillingdon with regular travel across the service area
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: Circa £13,860 per annum (inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: This is a fixed term contract until 30 September 2021. Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 30 September 2021 with stated intention for contract renewal.
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 9 May 2021
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application
The Role
Reporting to the Stroke Association Support Manager, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:
- Support stroke survivors and their carers from hospital into the community.
- Provide personalised information, advice and support.
- Provide regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals.
- Facilitate six-month review meetings with stroke survivors and to produce accurate six review reports
- Support stroke survivors with communication difficulties
- Recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers that will support the service.
About You
Applicants are likely to have:
- A background in a health or caring profession, ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities and stroke.
- Excellent IT skills and a strong understanding of how to use data to improve quality.
A flexible approach to your role is essential, as is the willingness to travel. The use of a car is desirable but not essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.
This role is home based, but extensive travel is required across the local area and occasionally further afield.
Appreciating much of this role will be spent travelling in Hillingdon; we offer a Make Your Week Work for You and Those We Serve benefit, which in agreement with your line manager offers the opportunity to work flexibly. If you live within the service area, travel can be claimed from your location base, if you live outside of your service area, travel will be claimed from the service boundary.
To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K
In return…
This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Case, Stroke Recovery, Charity, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult.
Do you have an understanding of mental health issues or experience of working in mental health? 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 a Casual Recovery Worker on an ‘as and when’ needed basis.
Right now, we are looking for a Casual Recovery Worker to join the team at Hope Lodge, our supported housing service in Southend. Day‐to‐day, you’ll support individuals to develop emotional management and personal life skills to achieve greater independence and self‐esteem. And, when it comes to liaising with statutory and voluntary agencies to give people access to a full range of services, again, we’ll rely on your expertise. A great listener, with a flexible approach and a flair for planning and prioritising a busy workload, you love motivating and engaging people in a range of developmental and rehabilitative activities. What’s more, you have a good understanding of mental health issues and how they affect people. You will also need good record keeping skills and be adept at data entry and willing to participate in a 24/7 rota that includes lone working, weekends, and sleep‐ins.
The hourly rate for Casual Workers is £8.72.
Extra: £78.30 per Sleep in shift
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
It is a mandatory requirement of the application process for this post that candidates submit a CV and Supporting Statement, thus only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.
The closing date for this post is 10th May 2021 at 11:59pm, however, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date if sufficient applications are received prior.
This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply. Due to the popularity of some positions, we reserve the right to close the vacancies early on receipt of sufficient applicants.
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 ntionwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.
New Horizon Youth Centre is the only service of its kind in London, supporting thousands of young people across London facing homelessness because of family breakdown, domestic abuse, poverty, experiences of violence, or war and persecution in their home country. Our services have never been more needed and it's an exciting time to join our team.
This role, within our Youth Outreach Project (YOP), is a vital part of our offer by supporting young people who are rough sleeping or have involvement with the criminal justice team. The YOP team directly works to transform the lives of young people who have had the odds stacked against them and to be successful in this role you need to be resilient, adaptable and a confident teamworker. As the co-ordinator role is senior post in the YOP team, we're looking for talented professionals that have proven experience in people management, cross team collaboration and stakeholder communication skills, all embedded in our values of diversity and inclusion.
The successful applicant will have the skills to effectively engage with and progress a complex caseload of young people who are currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Safeguarding, project management, system implementation and expertise with tools such as Salesforce will also be integral to this role. To excel in this post you’ll need a broad knowledge of housing and homelessness (ideally for under 25s) and the ability to produce high-quality, mission-driven work within tight deadlines.
Please note, we will be reviewing applications regularly before the closing date and may close recruitment early if we receive a high number of suitable applications. We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. (Is this the case with this role?)
For as long as young people are homeless or in need in London, we will be on a mission to give their potential a home. If you share our mission, values and commitment to young people, we want to hear from you
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Front-line role working directly within our LGBT+ community events, forum and group support services. You will have opportunity to develop, support & deliver community activities & events; design and administrate group programmes; facilitate & run group sessions & workshops, provide LGBT+ affirmative support & awareness raising; support & empower LGBT+ community members; promote, market & administer services & events; plus recruit, induct, support & supervise sessional staff & volunteers. This is an exciting job opportunity to join a dynamic and committed team at ELOP:a London based thriving community-led LGBT+ mental health & wellbeing charity offering a range of support, advice, information, counselling and group support services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) communities.
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We are looking for a positive and people-focused Support Services Officer to provide high quality information and support to those affected by blood cancer via the phone, email, social media and our online forum. You will be emotionally resilient and understand the value that your role brings to the blood cancer community. We all work evening and weekend shifts at set times across any given month, so this would suit our ideal Support Services Officer. We are looking for a positive and people-focused Support Services Officer to provide high quality information and support to those affected by blood cancer via the phone, email, social media and our online forum. You will be emotionally resilient and understand the value that your role brings to the blood cancer community. We all work evening and weekend shifts at set times across any given month, so this would suit our ideal Support Services Officer.
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Support Assistant- Mental Health
At One Housing, we don’t only believe that everyone deserves a safe, secure, affordable home. We also believe that everyone deserves to realise their full potential and lead a fulfilling life. Our Mental Health team is vital to helping us deliver on this vision. We work to transform the life experience of people with mental health support needs. The support we provide is delivered in a range of settings (like supported housing, assessment centres and outreach) and our customers’ support needs can include psychosis, forensic and personality disorders.
Join our Mental Health team as a Support Assistant
We have spent the last 10 years designing our services to be fully psychologically informed. Most of our services have specialist therapeutic input and colleagues have access to specialised mental health training delivered by MH professionals. All our services provide regular reflective practice spaces to our colleagues to formulate complex cases and find constructive ways forward. All these measures make us the ideal partner for NHS trusts across London with whom we deliver several integrated services.
We believe in providing care and support to our clients that will enable them to make informed decisions about their life that will increase their sense of wellbeing: this might be greater independence, better coping strategies or a richer network and sense of self achievement. We offer you the chance to develop your own skills through regular line management supervision, reflective practice, access to a ten-day course on relevant mental health topics and working together with your specialist colleagues.
We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.
The role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Support Assistant to join us in our Lewisham based Mental Health service which includes an assessment centre and supported accommodation. You will work as part of an established, knowledgeable team that support up to 29 clients that suffer with mental health, coupled with substance misuse, a background of offending or at risk of becoming homeless.
Location: Lewisham, Honor Lea
Salary: £20,962.50 per annum (10.75/ hour)
Contract: Full time, permanent- 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: 08:00-16:00, 13:00-21:00 and 14:00-22:00. You will work 4 out of every 8 weekends and will do 1 sleep-in shift per week which is 14:00-22:00 (sleep 22:00-07:30) plus 07:30-15:30 the following day
Your responsibilities will include:
Link working with a caseload of up to 9 customers.
Engaging with customers daily to build their trust and encourage them to take part in various activities within the service and wider community.
Working with customers to raise their awareness of local services and facilities to ensure they have access to training, education and work.
Carry out support planning and risk assessments for high need customers with the support of a Support Officer.
Working with the Specialist Support Officer to arrange and facilitate group sessions or activities.
Collaborating with relevant community agencies to ensure customers receive appropriate advice and support.
Ensuring that key performance targets are met and that all customer records are up to date.
What you will need to succeed
We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is friendly, engaged and committed to achieving great outcomes for our customers. The successful candidate will have:
Experience of working with vulnerable people with a range of needs in a support capacity
Strong IT skills and able to operate a variety of social media platforms
Good communication skills and the ability to engage with, and respect the needs of, vulnerable people
Able to work on an 8-week rolling rota, which includes evenings, weekends and sleep-in shifts
The offer
Our [email protected] benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.
Salary: £20,962.50 per annum (10.75/ hour)
Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave
Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
Well done! With our colleague recognition programme, you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.
About us
As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.
We welcome applications from everyone.
If you feel you have the skills and experience to excel in this position, please apply now to avoid missing out!
Support Officer- Mental Health
At One Housing, we don’t only believe that everyone deserves a safe, secure, affordable home. We also believe that everyone deserves to realise their full potential and lead a fulfilling life.
Our Mental Health team is vital to helping us deliver on this vision. We work to transform the life experience of people with mental health support needs. The support we provide is delivered in a range of settings (like supported housing, assessment centres and outreach) and our customers’ support needs can include psychosis, forensic and personality disorders.
Join our Mental Health team as a Support Officer
We have spent the last 10 years designing our services to be fully psychologically informed. Most of our services have specialist therapeutic input and colleagues have access to specialised mental health training delivered by MH professionals. All our services provide regular reflective practice spaces to our colleagues to formulate complex cases and find constructive ways forward. All these measures make us the ideal partner for NHS trusts across London with whom we deliver several integrated services. We believe in providing care and support to our clients that will enable them to make informed decisions about their life that will increase their sense of wellbeing: this might be greater independence, better coping strategies or a richer network and sense of self achievement.
We offer you the chance to develop your own skills through regular line management supervision, reflective practice, access to a ten-day course on relevant mental health topics and working together with your specialist colleagues.
We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.
The role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Support Officer to join us in our Camden based intensive supported housing service for 12 individuals with Mental Health. This scheme works in partnership with the NHS, giving you a great opportunity to work closely with professionals such as Psychologist’s and Occupational Therapists, as well as the close-knit, friendly team of 4 Support Officers and 1 Specialist Support Officer.
• Location: Camden, Cliff Road
• Salary: £23,001 per annum
• Contract: Full time, permanent
• Shifts: 37.5 hours per week varying from 08:00-16:00, 10:00-18:00 and 13:00-21:00. You will be required to work 3 out of 6 weekends and do roughly 5 sleep-in shifts each month (13:00-23:00 then 08:00-14:00 the next day).
Your responsibilities will include:
• Undertaking key work sessions, support planning, risk assessments and needs reviews.
• Creating an environment that promotes opportunities for our customers to develop, learn and enable skills towards independence
• Use SMART goal planning to provide needs led holistic support
• Support customers to develop the necessary skills to live independently, and to access training, education, and work.
What you will need to succeed
We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is friendly, engaged and committed to achieving great outcomes for our customers. The successful candidate will have:
• Experience of working with people that have a mental health diagnosis, either in a support capacity
• Knowledge of policies & procedures, including: Safeguarding, Health & Safety, Customer Care
• Must be able to commit to the early and late shifts, including 3 out of 6 weekends and roughly 5 sleep-in shifts each month
The offer
Our [email protected] benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.
• Salary: £23,001 per annum
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme, you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.
About us
As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.
We welcome applications from everyone.