As part of our family support service, The Joshua Tree provides opportunities for all members of our families to connect with and gain support from our team.  The Well-being Co-ordinator's role will be to organise and lead well-being sessions, activities and programmes within the centre and online, on a one to one or group basis.  The role covers the well-being of children, young people and adults and will promote peer support and social interaction through the arrangement of group events and activities. The role also provides emotional support during potentially stress-provoking situations.

The key purpose of this role is to deliver a high quality, family-focused service. It involves planning, organising and implementing care plans to suit the individual members of the family and support programmes for differing groups e.g. grandparents, parents and bereavement. This includes liaising with other members of the family support team and co ordinating appropriate therapeutic interventions when required.

This role involves an element of administrative duties as well as directly supporting families at the Family Support Centre. Travel may be involved (up to an hour driving distance) for work outside of the centre. Therefore, post holders must hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle. Mileage expenses will be covered by the employer.  Part of this role includes monitoring and updating social media, in relation to family support services.

The post holder will follow The Joshua Tree's values and effectively communicate with service users, their families, colleagues and educational and healthcare professionals.

This role will be emotionally demanding. A full induction programme and training will be provided. We provide regular supervision and reflection time to support emotional wellbeing.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a diverse and exciting environment. The Bookings Coordinator role is part of the Operations and Projects team, which provides a hub of administrative, booking and operational support for the Learning and Participation department.

This role has a multi-channel brief, which includes the Formal Learning programme (a broad curriculum linked programme for visiting schools with 90,000+ participants per annum) and a thriving community, family and guide programme, alongside other programmes and projects.

Kew is the world’s leading botanic gardens, at the forefront of plant and fungal science, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major visitor attraction.

We want a world where plants and fungi are understood, valued and conserved – because our lives depend on them.

We use the power of our science and the rich diversity of our gardens and collections to provide knowledge, inspiration and understanding of why plants and fungi matter to everyone.

We are looking for an individual with a strong background in customer service and booking management. The role requires an organised, flexible team player with excellent communication and administrative skills.

Enthusiastic about Kew’s mission and adaptable, with excellent multi-tasking and planning skills, you will be pivotal in enabling us to provide high quality learning and engagement for Kew’s visiting public.

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

If you are interested in this position, please visit our website for more information and to apply.

Closing Date: 11/10/2020

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

No agencies please.

Recruiting for a Support Workers to join our Homelessness Service in North Surrey!

£19,000 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension Scheme, staff discounts, healthcare and more.

This generic floating support service offering tenancy support to residents of Runnymede, Elmbridge and Spelthorne. The service has six members of staff with a service capacity of 76 customers.

Job Overview:

To enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/ licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.

Key Responsibilities:

- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Manager
- Undertake initial & continuous assessment of needs and potential risks & agree levels of support and actions
- Create support/ action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the services and benefits they are entitled to
- Signpost customers to support services that can help them address additional support needs such as mental or physical health, employment and education, adult social care, domestic abuse and family support
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant /customer records to professional standards
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the relevant housing provider
- Ensure that referrals are managed effectively and in line with the referrals procedure
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Work closely with the team and communicate openly
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:

- Experience working in homelessness, housing or support/care

First round of telephone interviews will be taking place 5th October 2020.

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Coordinator (Programme and Services)

Salary Up to £24,000 per annum (pro rata)

Contract - Full time, Fixed Term Contract to 30th April 2021

Flexible location: London Office, or Home Based with future periodic visits to London office

We are looking for a dynamic team player to support and coordinate various work streams across Programmes and Services

Are you customer focused with first rate organisational skills?  Can you manage day to day admin whilst supporting our team to meet the needs of our broad range of users and clients?  Do you have experience of education or training, or would you like to develop a career in this space?

We are looking for someone who can:

• provide high level customer service via phone and email to a range of stakeholders including teachers;
• maintain information systems to monitor our activities;
• maintain and update website content;
• coordinate a range of events, projects and services we offer to support educators with their delivery of financial education.

Full details can be found in the attached Job Description.

This is a role that can grow with the capabilities and interests of the person in post, with opportunities to develop skills in assessing and developing learning resources; writing copy; inputting into and managing social media campaigns and project management.

If this role appeals to you and you meet the criteria - we would like to hear from you!

Please send your current CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) no later than midday on Sunday 11th October 2020.  Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.  Interviews are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 14th and Fri 16th October 2020, but we encourage early applications as we may invite suitable candidates for interview before the closing date .

Young Enterprise is an equal opportunities employer and would welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please note that we will only be able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.

Can you listen calmly and empathically to a boy who has experienced sexual abuse? A non-binary person who was raped? The partner of a man sexually assaulted?

You’ll give emotional support, information and signposting via webchat, email, SMS, Whatsapp and phone to men, boys and non-binary people who have experienced sexual abuse, and their loved ones.

This is a flexible, rewarding role with the chance to make a meaningful difference to the journeys of those who contact us. Last year 2,500 contacted us; no two chats were the same.

Hours:

• Mondays, 12.00pm - 4.00pm
• Thursdays, 4.00pm - 8.00pm
• Fridays, 12.00pm - 4.00pm

• + around 4 hours per month of line management, team meetings and supervision
• + Opportunity for overtime.

Location:

• Work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• You must have a private, confidential home working environment during the COVID pandemic to be considered for this role.
• When safe, our usual place of work is in Shadwell/Wapping, London (E1). Weekend shifts are always worked from home.

Key dates:

20-minute assessment:

• Monday 26th October, between 9am and 1pm

Interviews:

• Thursday 5th November

Start date:

• Thursday 19th November, ideally

Training (mandatory):

• Saturday 5th December

All of these will take place online.

How to apply

Please read the attached job description carefully and email a completed application form no later than 10pm on Wednesday 21st October, 2020

We are a diverse helpline team and particularly welcome applications from people from structurally oppressed communities and people who share some of the identities of our service users.

In this role you will handle all inbound enquiries to VSO, including both supporter and volunteer related conversations, delivering a high level of service and creating meaningful opportunities for engagement so that VSO supporters receive the best in supporter care. You'll build and maintain relationships between VSO and existing, as well as potential new supporters, through high quality communication and work with our regional supporter groups to maximise their events and potential. You'll also work to ensure all fundraising income is accounted for using our fundraising database, and ensure accurate records of our supporters are maintained.

A lifelong involvement with VSO begins when a supporter first contacts our Supporter Care team. You can help ensure we find the people and money we need to make a difference.

We are seeking a motivated and empathetic coordinator to oversee the day-to-day running and develop our new volunteer-led listening support service.  The service will provide a ‘listening ear’ and emotional support to unpaid carers

Do a job where you make a difference!  

This Care Coordinator role is a great opening into Social Prescribing, a growing field in Health and Social Care with good career prospects. We are looking for an organised, self-motivated and confident individual to join our established team.  

The position is available in Rainham and applicants must have experience of working with vulnerable adults and a background in medical or social care where you have delivered mental health support to clients or groups.

As a Care Coordinator specialising in mental health and based in GP practices, you will provide extra time, capacity and expertise to support patients to understand the conversations they have with primary care professionals.

You will coordinate support and services, ensuring patients do not fall into any gaps while waiting for ongoing support, and support them to access other community or social activities that will aid recovery. A key aim of Care Coordination is to help patients engage more fully in their own health and wellbeing.

You will provide navigation and good quality information to enable patients to make choices and decisions about their care and support needs, bringing this together in a personalised support plan. You will work alongside Social Prescribing colleagues and primary care professionals, and it is essential that you are able to communicate at all levels across both the health and social care sectors.

You will need to demonstrate a robust knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and boundaries in all aspects of your work. Car driver essential.
 

Don’t wait to make a career change… apply today.

Community Catalysts is a social enterprise working across the UK to try to make sure that people who need care and support to live their lives can get help in ways, times and places that suit them, with real choice of attractive local options.

Since 2007 we have worked with partners in more than 90 local authority areas, keen to improve market diversity and widen community options. We help people use their talents to care for and support other local people by setting up small enterprises and ventures, creating jobs and volunteering opportunities. We also design and deliver projects that unlock community and individual assets in order to create opportunities for people who need care and support. We run the Local Area Coordination Network.

Community Catalysts has an ambitious aim and we know that we need to bring new skills and experience into our administration team in order to achieve our UK-wide ambition.

The Membership Coordinator is responsible for providing comprehensive, high quality administrative and project support to ensure the smooth running of our membership functions which include our Local Area Coordination Network and Small Good Stuff.

The post holder will also provide a range of communications and marketing support associated with our membership functions.

The role will be home based with occasional work from the Harrogate office.

Closing date for applications is on 9th October 2020 at 5.00pm and interviews will take place on 16th October 2020 virtually.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community.

At Depaul UK currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Prevention Coordinator to play a key role in the set-up of Depaul’s exciting new service in Milton Keynes.In return you’ll earn a competitive salary of £24,174 pa + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Senior Prevention Coordinator, we can offer you:

- Competitive salary
- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays pro rata
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance

The Senior Prevention Coordinator role:

The Senior Prevention Coordinator role is responsible for the day to day management of the Reconnect and Nightstop services. They will represent Depaul in this new area, build strong partnerships across the region and ensure the services are outcomes-focused and effective for young.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

- Access to a total rewards package including a health plan and generous pension contributions

What will ideally support your success in the Senior Prevention Coordinator role?

- Significant experience of working with homeless and vulnerable people in crisis

- Experience supervising staff or volunteers

- Significant experience of taking responsibility for operating safeguarding requirements and procedures

- Excellent experience of working under pressure, finding creative solutions and using own initiative

- Excellent experience of developing productive relationships with partner organisations

Closing date: Monday 12 October 2020 at 12:00 pm

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Senior Prevention Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

We are looking for a User Involvement Coordinator to join our inspirational mental health charity to create an environment of continuous learning, improvement and innovation with ongoing and robust quality assessments.

In this newly formed role you will be working as the lead person to coordinate service user involvement across all levels of the organisation.

You will help to develop and deliver an implementation plan which builds on Jami’s vision of a service which provides exciting and creative opportunities to enhance service user involvement and co-production across the organisation.

Download the full role description for more information. 

Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering are seeking to recruit a Volunteer Co-Ordinator to support all aspects of volunteer management and volunteer recruitment including placement of volunteers to our befriending service.

Essential qualities include, ability to write reports, maintain accurate records and communicate effectively and the ability to work with the minimum of supervision and to demonstrate imagination and initiative.

Previous experience of working with volunteers would be useful but not essential as training is provided.

Closing date for applications is the 27th October 2020 with interviews on the 3rd November 2020 subject to change due to Covid-19.

1. JOB TITLE: Volunteer Co-ordinator
2. HOURS: 18 hours per week
3. SALARY: £23,906 pro rata (actual £12,294)
4. REPORTS TO: Senior Manager Home Support Services
5. LOCATION: Redbridge
6. MAIN AIM OF POST: To support all aspects of volunteer management and volunteering in conjunction with existing service/project managers

1. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

7.1 To recruit and select volunteers in line with Age UK Redbridge, Barking & Havering recruitment policies and procedures

7.2 To deliver basic induction training for volunteers and to arrange ongoing training

7.3 To liaise with those project managers who themselves manage volunteers regarding any volunteering issues.

7.4 To place volunteers with/in appropriate services/roles

7.5 To provide ongoing support to volunteers in include regular supervision meetings

7.6 To liaise and work with other Age UK Redbridge, Barking & Havering staff, trustees and volunteers to initiate and develop appropriate volunteer led projects to meet identified need and gaps in provision.

7.7 To maintain and develop appropriate policies with reference to volunteers and volunteering in conjunction with the Senior Management Team.

7.8 To publicise the work of Age UK Redbridge, Barking & Havering and volunteer projects as appropriate

1. To attend staff meetings and also to represent the organisation at appropriate external meetings.
2. To provide staff cover as required by the line manager.

1. To work as part of the Forget-Me-Not team, liaising with the co-ordinator with regard to assessment, co-ordination and review of clients.

1. To comply with all Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering policies and procedures with particular regard to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, and Confidentiality.

1. Attend training courses and other meetings as required

1. Attend regular supervision and annual appraisals

1. To be committed to Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering’s policy and procedures on keeping adults safe from abuse, ensuring that all abuse is reported to the Senior Manager for Advisory and Wellbeing and that safeguarding is embedded in all decisions and actions.

1. To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required by the line manager and interagency implementation group.

This job description may be subject to change in consultation with the post holder.  The post holder will be required to work flexibly in accordance with service and organisation needs.

We are recruiting a Support Coordinator for our supported living and outreach service in Morecambe, which provides person centred support to adults with learning disabilities, some of whom have autism spectrum conditions and complex needs.

We are looking for an experienced practitioner with management experience to provide care and support to people with learning disabilities. Your role will include:

• Developing the independent living skills and community inclusion of service users

• Identifying and accessing activities with service users to promote valued and meaningful lifestyles

• Providing respectful personal care, emotional and practical support to service users

• Collaborating with service users, families, and the multi-disciplinary team to maximise service user outcomes

• Implementing Creative Support principles, policies, procedures and guidelines and ensuring that the service fulfils CQC requirements

• Supervising and supporting staff to best meet service user needs and preferences

• Supporting service users with behaviour that challenges services and implement positive behaviour support

Experience is essential for this role, as well as access to a car. You will be expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including evenings and weekends.

This unique and challenging opportunity will provide you with an environment that offers personal and professional development. We will provide you with further managerial training and qualifications to best meet the needs of the service.

At Voluntary Action Calderdale (VAC) we are on a mission to create connections, solutions and opportunities that build stronger communities. We are a membership organisation that delivers a range of support and services to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations and groups across the Boroughs of Calderdale and Kirklees.  We also have a regional and national profile linked to the Quality For Health Accreditation which is a product of VAC.

Our vision is to improve local lives by promoting positive social change. Our work includes organisational development support, driving quality across the sector and influencing local and regional developments creating opportunities for the VCS sector to grow and thrive.

The Engagement Coordinator (Health and Care) will be part of a team that will work closely with NHS Calderdale CCG engagement team to lead on and/or support a wide range of patient and public engagement projects.  Working in partnership with appropriate stakeholders and engaging key audiences to ensure a strategic and joined up approach to deliver Calderdale Cares in line with the Calderdale’s Involving People Strategy.

The post will be hosted by VAC based at VAC Office, The Resource Centre, Hall St, Halifax, HX1 5AY, however you will be expected to work across the Calderdale health and care system.

Please read the accompanying job pack for more information. 

Please submit your CV and a supporting statement (no longer than 3 sides of A4 Arial 12 font) describing how you meet the requirements within the Job description and Person Specification (using examples to demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience).

Interviews will take place on the 4th & 5th November 2020 remotely via video conferencing.