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About Kinship
We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.
Purpose of the role:
As a Kinship Family Worker for Kinship Reach, you will deliver this online programme to families in your commissioned area. You will provide virtual one-to-one support to kinship carers and their families to help them become resilient and informed, with a strong support network to help them care for the children in their care.
Key responsibilities:
One-to-one support
Provide up to 6 one-to-one support sessions bespoke to the kinship carers and their families over a three-month intervention, working within the Kinship Reach delivery model. This may include, but is not limited to:
- Signposting or referring to relevant national and local services.
- Providing practical and emotional support to kinship carers.
- Liaising with other professionals and organisations.
- Making referrals to other Kinship services such as Advice, Someone Like Me, Peer-to-Peer.
- Providing support for carers to secure grants from local and national funders.
- Set goals for change following Kinship Reach processes, in partnership with the kinship carer.
- Monitor, review and revise these goals to ensure carers are on track and goals remain relevant.
Peer group facilitation and management
Kinship delivers virtual peer support groups which carers from Kinship’s programmes can access, coordinated by Senior Kinship Family Worker(s). This role could include:
- Developing existing groups and setting up new groups as required.
- Working closely with Kinship’s peer-to-peer service where appropriate.
- Collaborating with kinship carers, the local authority, and community partners to set up virtual and in-person peer support groups.
- Planning, preparing, facilitating virtual and in-person peer support groups.
- Promoting groups in the area you are delivering in to kinship carers and organisations who work with them, including contributing to the creation of promotional materials.
Participation
- Recruit kinship carers as volunteers to lead and support the development of virtual peer support groups.
- Work proactively to enable kinship carers to influence the design and delivery of the peer support groups delivered in their area (such as topics, time / date).
- Support Kinship’s communications and engagement strategy, such as helping to provide case studies and sourcing images for newsletters and local media to promote the programme and recruit participants.
Safeguarding and risk management
Kinship has a robust safeguarding structure. You will be supported by a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Designated Deputy Safeguarding Leads (DDSL).
- Recognise and respond appropriately to signs of abuse or neglect, following national legislation and procedures and Kinship’s own safeguarding procedures.
- Liaise with your line manager and safeguarding lead regarding safeguarding concerns, following Kinship’s policies and processes.
- Provide reports and information for managers about cases of concern.
- Ensure you are aware of and follow safeguarding policies and procedures risk of harm protocol.
- Complete risk assessments for events or groups with families in line with Kinship’s policies and processes to be signed off by a DSL or DDSL.
- Follow Kinship’s health and safety policies to keep yourself and your clients safe, such as Lone Working Policy, Home Visit Policy, risk assessment, events.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Record attendance at virtual support groups and ensure this is reported on the Salesforce database.
- Ensure casework, feedback, and other data related to service delivery are regularly and accurately recorded on our Salesforce database in line with Kinship’s policy and best practice.
- Ensure completion of carer registration forms, review forms, and closure forms, taking details that will be used to evidence impact.
- Collect case studies from your kinship carers to help demonstrate impact.
- Contribute to any reports for local authority partners as required in terms of data and case studies as required.
- Attend monitoring meetings as required.
- Engage in quality assurance processes in line with Kinship processes and policies.
Relationship and stakeholder management
- In partnership with the senior Kinship Family Worker, enable local authorities to understand the programme and pathways for how to make referrals.
- Support practitioners' meetings with local authorities to encourage referrals, discuss cases, and ensure local authority confidence in the programme.
- Where applicable, work with local authorities to raise awareness of kinship care and to reach and support kinship carers through the programme.
- Where possible and relevant, represent Kinship at external events and meetings to raise awareness of the programme and to influence other organisations.
- Where applicable, work with local authorities and voluntary and community groups supporting kinship families.
• Make sure you’ve read the job description and the essential requirements – make sure your application reflects those points in the requirements very clearly.
• Tell us why you want to work for Kinship. We’re interested in working with people who share our values. You can read about our values above.
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Registered Charity
21 - 50
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
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Night Support Worker (Maternity Cover)
Full Time | 37.5 hours per week | Fixed Term (Maternity Cover) - 9 month contract
Working Pattern: 3 x 12-hour night shifts (8.00pm–8.00am) on a rolling rota, plus 1.5 hours per week for meetings and training.
Be there when it matters most.
At YMCA South Midlands, we believe every young person deserves somewhere safe to belong, someone who believes in them, and the opportunity to thrive.
You'll play a vital role in creating a safe, welcoming and supportive environment throughout the night for our residents. While others are asleep, you'll be there to provide reassurance, respond to emergencies and help residents through some of their most challenging moments.
This is much more than a front-of-house role. It's about building trust, promoting wellbeing and helping young people feel safe, heard and supported when many other services are unavailable.
If you're calm under pressure, naturally compassionate and able to balance empathy with professional boundaries, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Role
Working as part of our Housing and Support Team, you'll help ensure our accommodation remains a safe and welcoming place for residents throughout the night.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing a professional, friendly and welcoming front-of-house service.
- Being the first point of contact for residents, visitors and emergency services.
- Supporting residents experiencing emotional distress, mental health challenges or crisis situations.
- Responding confidently and calmly to incidents and emergencies.
- Promoting residents' safety, wellbeing and independence.
- Managing challenging or anti-social behaviour professionally and consistently.
- Carrying out welfare checks and maintaining the security of the building.
- Maintaining accurate records and completing incident reports.
- Working closely with colleagues to ensure effective handovers and continuity of support.
- Helping create a positive, respectful and inclusive community where residents can belong, contribute and thrive.
About You
We're looking for someone who is:
- Compassionate, approachable and resilient.
- Calm and confident when dealing with challenging situations.
- Able to build positive relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Comfortable making decisions independently during the night.
- An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
- Organised and able to keep accurate records.
- Flexible and able to work a rolling night shift rota.
Experience working in housing, supported accommodation, homelessness, youth work, social care, mental health or customer service would be advantageous, but most importantly we're looking for people who genuinely care about making a difference.
Why Join YMCA South Midlands?
Working at YMCA South Midlands means being part of an organisation that's committed to changing lives and strengthening communities.
You'll join a supportive team where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing matters and you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference to young people's lives every single shift.
Working Pattern
This is a full-time fixed-term position to cover maternity leave.
- 37.5 hours per week
- Three 12-hour night shifts (8.00pm–8.00am)
- 1.5 hours per week for meetings and training
- Working on a rolling rota, including weekends and bank holidays.
Ready to Apply?
If you're passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a team that changes lives every day, we'd love to hear from you. Click Apply Now and submit your application.
Everyone is Welcome Here
At YMCA South Midlands, we believe everyone should feel they belong.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and communities. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the people we serve and where everyone is treated with dignity, respect and fairness.
As a Christian charity, our faith inspires our values and our commitment to serving others. We welcome people of all faiths and none, and appointments are made on merit.
Reasonable Adjustments
We want every candidate to have the opportunity to perform at their best throughout our recruitment process.
If you have a disability, long-term health condition or are neurodivergent and would benefit from any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply or contact us at any stage. We'll be happy to discuss how we can support you.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We exist to ensure young people have a safe place they can call home, people they can trust, and the support they need to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Job description
Job Purpose
The hospital to home service works collaboratively with hospitals to support people when they are discharged from hospital to return home. As a Hospital to Home Outreach Worker, you will provide temporary, practical and emotional support to service users within their home and make sure they understand the care and local community services available to them.
The service is time limited, usually up to 4 or 6 weeks, to adjust and settle back in their homes.
Key Tasks
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Assess the needs of service user’s either in hospital before discharge, or in their homes, and understand what barriers and enablers there might be to moving home.
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Aid the discharge process and improve patient experience through tasks such as:
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Key cutting
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Co-ordinating with colleagues for the setup of the home environment such as checking fridge for in-date food
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Checking heating, electric and gas is functional prior to discharge
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Allowing access to the property for cleaning/repairs and receiving equipment
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Provide and/or arrange the practical and emotional support needed to enable service users to return home and/or remain safely at home.
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Be vigilant and make referrals/signpost for additional needs that our wider team, or partners can support. E.g. for benefit checks, energy advice, carers support, befriending.
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Help maximise service user independence by adopting an enabling approach.
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Develop a listening, caring and professional relationship with the service user and their families/carers.
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Provide domestic practical support within the home such as:
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Light cleaning,
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Washing (e.g. bedding),
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Changing bed sheets etc.
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Prepare and service drinks and simple meals with or for the service user ensuring nutritional needs are met.
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Accompany service user outside the home e.g. hospital/GP appointments etc.
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Support service users with other tasks e.g. making telephone calls on their behalf, reading and responding to correspondence, completing simple forms (training will be provided) as directed by the service user’s etc.
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Ensure services provided by AUKEL in the community are safe and person centred.
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Report safeguarding concerns, in accordance with AUKEL safeguarding procedures.
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Provide cover in the case of sickness and annual leave periods of colleagues.
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Support service user reviews, ensuring all visiting information is uploaded on to Salesforce.
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Support volunteers in the team and provide support and guidance to their development.
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Work with a range of professionals including:
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Supporting health and social care professionals with patient discharge
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Liaising with the hospital health and social care professionals (e.g. Social Workers) to facilitate smooth supported discharge.
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Handypeople & contractors.
Administration
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Input all records, reviews, and visiting information to service user’s case notes in a timely manner to maintain up-to-date and accurate records on Salesforce.
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Report all “no access” failed visits, or changes in service user’s condition or circumstances in accordance with AUKEL’s policies and procedures.
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Ensure service user comment sheets are completed.
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Ensure service user’s feedback questionnaires are sent at the end of each intervention and record returns.
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Submit travel expenses regularly for sign off by manager.
Quality
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Be familiar with and to implement AUKEL policies and procedures in line with our Values.
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Ensure the service is delivered in accordance line with Care Quality Commission principals.
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Ensure integration with other AUKEL projects, and service users are referred and/or sign-posted to appropriate support services available to them.
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Respond to safeguarding or other concerns and make appropriate reports and management action.
Liaison
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Work in collaboration with other agencies providing support within the service user’s home.
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Work under the direction of the service manager and project officer/s.
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Represent AUKEL and participate in appropriate external meetings and events to remain aware of local, regional, and national issues affecting quality and compliance issues affecting care and home support services.
General
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Meet regularly with your line manager for support, supervision, and appraisal.
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Attend team and staff meetings, and other meetings as required.
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Undertake any other duties within the competence of the post holder as may be required from time to time for the continued smooth running of AUKEL.
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Complete any training which is required to fulfil the role.
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Carry out the duties of the post in accordance with AUKEL policies and procedures including Equal Opportunities, Mental Capacity, Deprivation of Liberty, Food Hygiene, Health & Safety, Confidentiality, Complaints, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults etc.
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Work within AUKEL’s expectations of professional boundaries and confidentiality
Functional Links
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The post holder reports to the manager /or Project Officer.
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Close working with NHS health & social care professionals.
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Close working with AUKEL internal departments e.g. Finance Team, Information and Advice, Befriending services, Community services, and our Handyperson services.
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Close working with external partner agencies e.g. Food Banks, Age UK Redbridge, Barking & Havering, and Age UK Waltham Forest.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.