Based in Finsbury Park (co-located Haringey with travel across boroughs to provide targeted support as required)
About Us
We are Advance, a women-only organisation dedicated to helping women cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse, as well as women who are at risk of offending or with short term sentences to reduce re-offending.
Our Minerva service works with those involved in the criminal justice system and offers safe, targeted support and advocacy to women. It aims to reduce re-offending, encourage desistance amongst repeat offenders, divert women from criminal justice involvement as early as possible and reduce the number of custodial sentences imposed by courts.
We are now looking for a Community Key Worker to join the Minerva WrapAround service covering Haringey and support women serving custodial sentences.
The Benefits
- Salary of £26,000 - £29,000 per annum DOE
- Workplace pension
- 30 days’ annual leave plus public holidays
- An extra day off for International Women’s Day
If you have a background in working with women experiencing issues related to offending and domestic violence, this is a fantastic opportunity to join an award-winning charity that empowers and supports vulnerable women in London.
Once you join our team, you’ll discover a collaborative, supportive environment where staff encourage each other to perform at their best and deliver the highest quality services to those who need our help.
You will have the chance use your crisis management expertise to help women and girls in your community overcome the challenges they face and lead safe, non-violent, equal lives.
The Role
As a Community Key Worker, you’ll provide enhanced support to women and girls with complex multiple needs who have committed crime and are at risk of re-offending.
Specifically, you’ll provide an in-reach service to women serving custodial sentences at HMP Bronzefield, HMP Downview and HMP Send. You’ll build relationships and support them in the 12 weeks prior to their release.
Your duties will involve:
- Reviewing initial assessments of risk and need
- Providing one-to-one advocacy, support and advice
- Working with those you support to create resettlement and support plans
- Helping women to engage with licence requirements and court orders
About You
To join us as a Community Key Worker, you will need:
- Significant experience of front line work with women experiencing issues related to offending, such as homelessness, substance misuse, domestic violence or mental health, ideally within a criminal justice setting
- Previous experience of crisis management within a key worker or similar role
- Experience of working in partnership with relevant statutory and voluntary groups and the ability to maintain strong constructive working relationships
- Experience of setting and maintaining professional boundaries with service users whilst delivering an excellent standard of service
- An in-depth understanding of the issues facing women offenders and those at risk of offending, both in and outside of the criminal justice system
Please note: only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Other organisations may call this role Community Support Worker, Key Worker, Criminal Justice Support Worker, Support Worker, Social Care Worker, Women’s Advocacy Officer, or Criminal Justice Support Worker.
We’d also like to speak with you if you’ve worked in a Crime, Criminal, Justice, or Re-offending related field.
Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community.
So, if you’re seeking a rewarding new position as a Community Key Worker, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Are you highly-skilled and looking for a new challenge? Can you provide innovative strategic and operational solutions and lead others to deliver excellence as the CEO of The Veterans Farm-Able Foundation? Working closely with the Board of Trustees of The Veterans Farm-Able Foundation you will play a crucial role in securing the long-term sustainability of Farm-Able, facilitating its strategy, funding, governance and contributing to the successful implementation of future growth plans. A core component of the vision will be to consolidate the charity regionally, in order to establish a firm base to take it nationally within a 5-year period.
You will be an outstanding leader, a creative strategist, used to working in demanding roles with significant budget constraints and yet able to deliver wide ranging projects, with the ability to engage and influence various stakeholders and supported by a small but dedicated team.
Background
The Veterans Farm-Able Foundation is a fledgling organisation. Its purpose is to support Veterans and Emergency Service Personnel, transitioning from the uniformed services and or suffering from trauma related conditions, through undertaking farming and rural skills activities as part of a rehabilitation programme.
The requirement is to exercise thought leadership, build a strong funding base, develop the management team, and develop the short and long term strategy and governance structures in order to deliver the programmes in support of emergency services and military veterans. As CEO, you’ll need to be commercially astute with proven expertise in driving financial sustainability, effective fundraising and diverse partnership building. You’ll understand that success in income diversification means that we’ll be able to increase our services and support to the wider veteran community, locally, regionally and nationally.
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for candidates with the following profile:
- A strategic thinker and deliverer, with considerable operational experience and willingness to get in to the detail and get their hands dirty
- A track record of leading, training and developing high performance teams - from inception to full operational capability and be comfortable working with a very small team with big ambition
- Previous teambuilding, charity service delivery and core services responsibility experience (ideally in the third sector, preferably in the military or emergency services) would be an advantage
- Experience in building a solid funding base, business development, through engaging in Government , banking, business and corporate circles
- Working in fluid environments where strategy, plans, governance, management structures and financials all have yet to be put in place – and form the early objectives for the post holder
For detailed requirements associated with the CEO role please see the job and person specification attached.
- Location: Buckfast Abbey, Nr Exeter, Devon
- Salary: £50K - £65Kpa
- Holidays: 30 days plus public holidays and 30 days unpaid holidays
- Contract: Contract role for 1 year with full intention to make it permanent subject to achieving funding targets
Closing Date: 5pm Friday 26th June 2020
Short Listed: Wednesday 15th July
Intended Interview Dates: 27 / 28th July (detailed information will be provided to successful short listed candidates)
To apply for the role please submit your CV and a supporting statement (of no more than two A4 sides) to the Interim Chair of the Board of Trustees, Stewart Harrison .
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sheltered Scheme Manager
We are looking for a Sheltered Scheme Manager to work across two sites based in West London. This is a brilliant opportunity to join an expanding Housing Association in a great role.
Your responsibilities as the Sheltered Scheme Manager will be:
- Making regular contact with residents
- Managing the communal area
- Making daily health and safety checks
- Weekly welfare checks to all residents
- Reporting on repairs
- Writing Support Plans and Risk Assessments
- Dealing with any rent issues
- Organising activities
The successful candidates for the role of Sheltered Scheme Manager for will have:
- An Enhanced DBS Check issued within the last 12 months and / or registered to the update service
- Previous experience working with Older People in a Sheltered Housing Environment for either a Housing Association or Local Authority
- The ability to deal with emergency situations
If this sounds like it could be of interest please do get in touch ASAP!
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THE CANDIDATEYou will need previous experience of working in the forestry or conservation sector in a land based role. Specifically you’ll need experience of working with and managing countryside contracts and contractors, volunteer schemes, project management and engagement with a wide variety of stakeholders, user groups, volunteers, visitors and neighbours. Ideally you will have a relevant qualification to support your experience.
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Please send us an application outlining how you meet the selection criteria and your CV. Applications close 10 June 2020. Interviews will be held remotely on 22 and 23 June 2020.
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We are looking for an Animal Care Assistant to join our dedicated team of night team, to provide the highest standards of care to all animals within The Home ensuring the good health and wellbeing of all our animals.
Mayhew works with the wider community. Therefore you will be working with a variety of dogs and cats with different behaviours, needs and backgrounds.
Working at Mayhew is very rewarding; you will see many animals in need; however, you will play a vital part in their recovery and ultimately helping them find the perfect home.
Our night team currently works on 7 nights on, 7 nights off rotation. Working a mixture of 7.30 pm - 6.30 am and 10.30 pm – 8 am.
If this sounds of interest to you read the Job Description and Person Specification below and apply.
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Donor Request Coordinator, an excellent and rewarding opportunity to join a growing Global Health Charity, based in West London.
This outstanding health organisation provides lifesaving opportunities for people diagnosed with blood cancer, enabling them to be matched with a stem cell donor. The dedicated Donor Management Team provide support through registering, matching and facilitating these the stem cell donations by liaising with, and providing support to donors.
As the Donor Request Coordinator, working as part of this dedicated team, you will manage the donor journey by guiding and advising donors through all stages of the donation process.
- Working predominantly by phone, email and post to communicate with donors and using a bespoke database system to record donor information.
- Register and evaluate donors for suitability and eligibility using guidelines and national regulations.
- Notify donors of a match and help facilitate the donation process through communications with donor and medical professionals both based in the UK and internationally.
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- Excellent organisations skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
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