Young Roots is recruiting for an enthusiastic and committed female Project Worker to plan and deliver our weekly youth sessions in Croydon, working closely with the Project Coordinator and other staff, volunteers and partners (Refugee Council and The Bike Project). This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of dedicated staff and volunteers supporting young refugees in Croydon.

In line with the Equality Act 2010, there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement that the post-holder is female due to the gender sensitivity of the work involved. We would particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of being a refugee and/ or from PoC.

Please find attached the full job description and person specification (below) and the application form (through clicking 'application details' on the right).

STOP THE TRAFFIK (STT) is a global organisation that has pioneered a systemic solution to disrupt human trafficking using an intelligence led, technology driven model.

STT is a unique group of highly motivated individuals with roles that transcend multiple sectors such as business, intelligence analysis, community activism, creative campaigns and digital communications. The organisation is in a new growth phase, which means we are now looking for a bilingual Arabic and English speaking Project Officer/Analyst to work with the team.

This is a newly created, full-time role within the STOP THE TRAFFIK team conveniently located in London Waterloo.  The primary responsibility for this role, will be to research instances of trafficking occurring between Syria, Turkey and Greece, the routes taken and the methods used by traffickers to target victims. This research will work towards keeping refugees safe from exploitation and providing them with the appropriate help and support they need.

We are looking for a focused individual who has a passion for research, analytics and using data to make a difference to others.  For this role you must be fluent in both English and Arabic languages to a high level, both written and spoken.  Fluency in other languages such as Turkish, Farsi or Greek will also be an advantage.

You will be managed and supported by the Communications Project Manager. To thrive in this role, you will need to enjoy working in a fast-moving and pressured working environment that thrives on participation, collaboration and innovation.

In return for your commitment and hard work, you will become part of a friendly, dynamic team of professionals, as well as:

• 25 days annual leave pro rata (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 30 days after 2 years.
• Flexible working practices
• Joining a non-contributory pension scheme with 7% employer contributions
• the opportunity to join a Health Cashback plan

If this role interests you please click "Apply" on this page or go to the STOP THE TRAFFIK website for further information or contact Oasis UK  for an application pack.  CVs alone will not be accepted.

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.  Please take the time to pass this vacancy on to anyone who may be suitable.

Closing date for applications:  Noon, Monday 10th August 2020

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th August 2020 (possibly online)

12 month Fixed Term Contract

Full-time, 40 hours/week (inc breaks)

Salary £23,801 per annum (inc London Weighting)

Applicants will be committed to the values of STOP THE TRAFFIK and be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Katherine Low Settlement (KLS) Age Well Programme for Older People – Two Vacancies

We have been commissioned by Wandsworth Council to run a new Age Well Programme in Battersea for older people. The vision is to enable older people in Battersea to continue living as independently as possible with the support of their community. This support includes the development and delivery of preventative services. This is a new programme driven-by local older people, the shape and contents of the services determined by them.

Vacancy 1 Community Development Officer (Age Well) 

You'll run day-to-day operations of a comprehensive Age Well programme with older people in Battersea that encourage ‘Active Citizenship’ 

You'll work 28 hours a week and be based in our centre which is at the heart of the community in Battersea, South West London.

Job Title: Community Development Officer (Age Well)

Position: Permanent contract

Salary: £27,500 (pro rata)

Hours: 28 hours per week (flexible working possible)  

Holidays: 25 days per year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)  

Location: Working across various venues in Battersea. Main office is at KLS, 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP

The role includes:   

• The planning of KLS’ Age Well older people’s service with older people themselves, partners and funders 

• Conducting a Participatory Needs Assessment to help build an understanding of the assets and needs of older people in Battersea 

• Supporting communications work of the Settlement about older people and the Age Well programme

• Supporting the Director and Elders Organisational Development Worker to make funding applications

• Undertaking marketing and promotion activities to recruit older people to the Age Well programme

• Managing referral and assessment process 

• Conducting outreach work with older people in the community from a variety of venues incl. home visits

• Supporting older people – one-to-one support as well as group work

• Ensuring delivery of all the Age Well activities throughout the week

• Keep accurate records to help monitor and evaluate our older people’s Age Well service. 

Vacancy 2 Older People’s Organisational Development Worker (Age Well) 

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic organisational development worker, with fundraising experience, to join our Elders team. The Age Well programme will be delivered in part by local community partners, some of whom are small and (un)funded. They will need additional capacity building support so that they can work with more older people in Battersea. You will have experience of working with charities and community organisations to develop their infrastructure and increase their skills and capacity including governance, strategy, funding, staffing and volunteers, communications and more. 

Job Title: Older People’s Organisational Development Worker (Age Well)  

Position: Permanent contract  

Salary: £27,500 (pro rata)  

Hours: 7 hours per week (flexible working possible)  

Holidays:25 days per year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)  

Responsible to: KLS’ Head of Elders Team  

Responsible for: Supporting a small team of volunteers  

Location: Working across various venues in Battersea. Main office is at KLS, 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP 

The role includes: 

• Researching and mapping local community partners in Battersea

• Researching and identifying suitable Charitable Trusts, Foundations to support the Age Well programme

• Working closely with the Elders Team to build relationships with existing and new local community partners

• Conducting organisational assessments to identify their development support needs

• Developing tailored action plans for each organisation incl. milestones and timescales

• Providing a suite of one-to-one and group support that cover issues of governance, strategy, funding, staffing and volunteers, communications and more. This may include developing and delivering training sessions on skills development for fundraising and monitoring & evaluation, for example and/or bringing in consultants and training providers as appropriate

• Identifying and cultivating existing and new relationships with trusts, foundations and individuals to secure significant, multi-year donations for the Age Well programme

• Working with the Elders Team to package up the Age Well programme, translating its work into relevant, inspiring, professional and compelling funding applications that meet the funders criteria and are reflective of KLS mission, vision and values

• Submitting high-quality, multi-year funding applications

• Once funding is secured manage a portfolio of Charitable Trusts and Foundations and individual donors

• Ensuring all donors receive the appropriate level of acknowledgement, recognition, appreciation, thanks and feedback tailored to their specific requirements

• Providing excellent donor stewardship through high-quality updates and monitoring reports, face-to-face meetings, opportunities for personal involvement, project visits and events and other key communications

KLS is committed to equal opportunities. 

All offers to work at KLS are subject to two satisfactory references, which is standard KLS policy applicable to all roles. KLS also ask for an enhanced DBS check. You will adhere to matters of confidentiality concerning this role and the KLS team. An induction is given to new staff, which includes sharing our policies and procedures relevant to this post.  There is a 6 month probation period for these role 

Application Process 

Please send us a copy of your CV with covering letter that covers why you feel you would be suitable for this role, to KLS  by 9.00am on Wednesday 19th August 2020. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 26th 2020. Please tell us if you have a preferred time. 

We believe in the potential of every individual.

We believe no one should live in poverty.

We believe in the power of effective information and advice.

The Manchester Volunteer Advice Partnership (MVAP) recruits and trains advice volunteers centrally and then supports them in ways that enable them to develop. This has been a collaboration of Manchester Mind, Cheetham Hill Advice Centre, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Manchester Refugee Support Network, Centrepoint, and, since December 2017, Manchester City Council. The project increases our respective capacities to meet the advice needs of our communities. We all share our talents and skills and the responsibility for this exciting project for which Manchester Mind serves as lead and accountable body.

We approach our work in a way that is shaped and guided by our core values of:

• Collaborative Communities
• Sharing
• Trust

We are seeking someone who cares about social justice and collaboration to work with us:

Advice Supervisor

Salary: £28,785 pro rata (£17,271 actual)    |    Hours: 21 per week

Funding for this post is in place until 30th March 2021.

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Supporting volunteer development
• Collaboration
• Advice in areas of social welfare law (benefits, debt, housing)

This part-time role is based at the Town Hall, where you would be supporting volunteers in Manchester City Council’s Homelessness Contact Centre. As such you would be working both within the Town Hall and at the Zion Centre in Hulme.

If you are interested in this role, please download the application documents from this listing or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website. The deadline for application submissions is 9am, Monday 24th August 2020.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services or had experience of volunteering.

Community Southwark is the infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Southwark. We aim to bring about positive change for people living in Southwark by championing, supporting and working with the wonderful and diverse organisations and individuals that make up the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Southwark.

We support non-profit organisations to run effectively, efficiently, sustainably and legally through providing a range of activities including training, face-to-face advice, online resources, holding events for information and engagement as well as hosting networks and working groups and providing policy insights and influence.

Job Description
Responsible to: Director of Development & Partnerships
Salary: £28,771 pro rata, 3 days per week (£17,262.60 actual)
Contract Duration: 1-year contract with possible extension
Hours: Part time, 21 hours per week (days negotiable)
Direct reports: None
Location: 1 Addington Square, Camberwell, London, SE5 0HF. Some travel will be required.Please note: This post will work from home following current Covid-19 guidelines. Meetings will be held online, and travel limited to essential only.
Benefits: pro rata of 30 days holiday (exclusive of public/bank holidays) per annum, Flexible working, Pension – Employer contribution: 5%, Cycle to Work Scheme, and pro rata of 2 Volunteering Days per annum.

We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people and people from the LGBT community.

IMPORTANT: We are committed to ensuring our recruitment procedure is completely free from risks of unconscious bias. We therefore kindly ask you to remove your name and any indication of your gender, ethnicity or other personal information from both your CV and Cover Letter, that's not related to your work experience or skill set.

Please just confirm your name and contact details in the email you send to us, so we can contact you with the outcome of your application when it's been reviewed by the hiring panel. Please also specify where you heard about the role.

Main Purpose of Role
This role will lead on promoting, supporting and developing social prescribing between health and care partners and the Voluntary, Community sector (VCS) across Southwark. Recognising the key role, the VCS need to play in shaping our local approach to social prescribing, this role is hosted by Community Southwark, but will work with key partners within Southwark, including a collaboration with Primary Care Networks.

This includes:
• Researching social prescribing and understanding what is happening in Southwark;
• Supporting organisations to be social prescribing ready;
• Promoting social prescribing and its role in improving people’s health and wellbeing;
• Highlighting, supporting and developing best practice that informs and develops our approach to social prescribing in Southwark;
• Improving understanding and engagement between the VCS and social prescribing practitioners, health professionals, commissioners and funders;
• Enabling more integrated working across VCS, health and social care partners to deliver a more coherent social prescribing offer
• Represent the voice of VCS and act as a key conduit between the VCS and social prescribing partners within Partnership Southwark; particularly Primary Care Networks

Please see Recruitment Pack and Partnership Southwark's Review of Social Prescribing​ for full introduction to the charity, job description and person specification.

Closing date: Sunday 9th August 2020 (Midnight)
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by: Tuesday 11th August 2020 (EOD)
Interviews: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Start Date: 1st October 2020

COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKER

37 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract until April 2022

SCP20-23 £25,295 - £26,999

BASED ACROSS THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD AND LANCASTER

Working closely with the Refugee Response Manager, the Community Sponsorship Development Worker will be at the pioneering edge of this still relatively new initiative to support vulnerable refugees resettle in the UK.

They will engage and collaborate with parishes or community groups within the dioceses of Salford and Lancaster who are sponsoring families and will contribute to capacity-building work within Caritas to develop and monitor systems to ensure the safe resettlement of families.  In doing so they will ensure that high standards are consistently achieved in ensuring the project is safe, welcoming, effective and provides a quality service in relation to refugee support. 

Experience of working with asylum seekers/refugees, volunteers and community groups is essential.  Additionally you must have experience of delivering professional community or social action services to people in need.

Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices and this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

You will be a people person, who is passionate about social justice and ensuring our residents receive the best quality support whilst they live in our housing. You will have demonstratable skills in advocacy ensuring our residents are able to access all the services they need and are entitled to. This sometimes will mean pushing people to help, sometimes when they don’t want to, but should. Fighting for the rights of our residents is a key part of who we are and you will be supported through your journey with us.

Specialist Employability Key Worker - Young People
Location: Bath, Somerset
Contract: Fixed Term Until 30 June 2022
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Salary: £22,500.00 pro rata 
Closing Date: Tuesday 25 August '20 (12 noon).

Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of marginalised people?

Julian House is a Bath-based charity supporting people who are homeless and socially excluded to build sustainable independent lives. 

The Julian House West of England Works service is seeking to appoint a Specialist Employability Keyworker to work with Young people aged 16-25.

The aim of the post is to engage with young people aged 16-25 across B&NES and South Bristol, to support them to address and overcome barriers that make attaining employment and accessing education and training difficult.

We are seeking a creative thinker who can work flexibly to manage their caseload and deliver 1 to 1 support in line with the parameters of the West of England Works Project.

As an employee, you will receive an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Shops and Bike Workshops 

Closing date:

The closing date for this post is Tuesday 25 August '20 (12 noon). 

To Apply: 

To apply for this role please fill out an application via our jobs page on our Julian House website. Please reference the job description and person specification and draw on your track record and transferable skills, giving clear examples.

The Destitution Casework Coordinator will provide advice on destitution and housing issues to vulnerable migrants during our busy weekly drop-in session and manage a caseload to lift them out of destitution. The post holder will also support volunteers at the session and recruit and induct volunteers to the Destitution Support Team who provide follow up casework.

You will be expected to keep up to date with legislation and practical guidance required to support destitute migrants, provide training to our volunteers on housing and destitution issues and work with other immigration, housing and other advisers at HMC to provide support on a wide range of issues. 

The role also involves developing links and partnerships with other organisations to enable effective joint working, collecting information, statistics and case studies on destitute migrants and the issues they face for the purposes of improving service quality, and assisting relevant policy/strategic legal work carried out by HMC and other organisations.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals, those who are migrants or refugees, and who have lived experience of the impact of immigration policy and practice

Contract: Full-time, Permanent (flexible, part-time and fixed term applicants are all welcomed, remote working arrangements will also be considered).

About us

CCLC, part of the Coram group of charities, is an independent charity working in the United Kingdom and around the world to protect and promote the rights of children, through the provision of direct legal services; the publication of free legal information online and in print; research and policy work; law reform; training; and international consultancy on child rights. CCLC was founded in 1981 and has over 30 years’ experience in providing legal advice and representation to children, their parents and carers, and professionals throughout the UK. CCLC’s Legal Practice Unit specialises in community care law, immigration and asylum law, child and family law and education law. We hold legal aid contracts to deliver legal services in each of those areas.

Our Community Care team represents children and young people in need of support from social services and other public bodies, often as a result of their status as refugees or asylum seekers, being victims of trafficking, facing abuse, homelessness, immigration detention, or managing with disability, physical and mental health problems. We are dedicated to promoting and protecting children’s rights, through both our case work and our involvement in wider projects. The team works closely with colleagues in the immigration, family and education law teams, as well as collaborative working with other organisations within the Coram group, including Coram Voice advocacy service and the Migrant Children’s Project.

Job Role

CCLC is currently looking to expand our experienced and dedicated Community Care team based in our London office. We are looking to recruit up to two exceptional solicitors (at least one of which must be at supervisor level solicitor, alongside another solicitor who may be newly qualified) together with an experienced paralegal.

We are looking for committed and passionate team members with good knowledge of community care and public law, current policies and legal aid.The successful applicant will be supported by a close team of colleagues within CCLC’s Legal Practice Unit, and provided with significant opportunities for learning and personal development.

The successful applicant for the senior solicitor job position will have extensive experience of running a diverse community care/public law claimant case load, including all stages of judicial review litigation, and will demonstrate a solid commitment to upholding the rights of vulnerable children and young people.

The senior solicitor will be expected to also have considerable experience supervising others and meet the Legal Aid Agency’s supervisor requirements.

Flexible working arrangements, including part-time hours and remote working, will be considered. We will also consider applications from applicants who desire a fixed term contract of at least a year on a maternity cover basis.

To apply, please click on the 'apply now' button to be redirected to the application form.

Please note CVs will not be accepted as we only accept completed application forms.

Closing date for applications: 23:59, Friday 7th August 2020

Interviews: Week beginning 10th August 2020

Coram Children’s Legal Centre is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and will require the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered charity no. 281222.

We have been commissioned by Wandsworth Council to run a new Age Well Programme in Battersea for older people. The vision is to enable older people in Battersea to continue living as independently as possible with the support of their community. This support includes the development and delivery of preventative services. This is a new programme driven-by local older people, the shape and contents of the services determined by them.

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic organisational development worker, with fundraising experience, to join our Elders team. The Age Well programme will be delivered in part by local community partners, some of whom are small and (un)funded. They will need additional capacity building support so that they can work with more older people in Battersea. You will have experience of working with charities and community organisations to develop their infrastructure and increase their skills and capacity including governance, strategy, funding, staffing and volunteers, communications and more. 

HOURS: The equivalent of 3 days a week (21 hours) worked Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, including 1 evening per week

CONTRACT: Fixed term until March 2021

SALARY:NJC scale 24-27 £31518.86 – £34120.86 FTE (pro-rata

LOCATION: This post is currently remote and will move to office work in Islington London.

CLOSING DATE: 17th August, 9am

INTERVIEW DATE: 25th August

About Galop

Galop is the LGBT+ anti-violence charity, providing advice, support and advocacy to LGBT+ people who have experienced hate crime, domestic abuse and sexual violence. Galop also supports people who need help with the criminal justice system and is engaged on a strategic level to ensure issues affecting LGBT+ communities remain high on the agenda of commissioners, decision-makers and non-specialist service providers.

About the Role

The Assistant Manager role is a temporary position until the end of March 2021 and supports the Helpline Manager at a time of increasing demand for the service.

The main aim of the position is to be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of a safe and effective domestic violence and abuse helpline service for the LGBT+ community.

 To be considered for this post, you will need to demonstrate:

• Experience of helpline delivery services
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of case work delivery or case work management
• An understanding of the issues affecting LGBT+ people experiencing domestic abuse

Galop actively welcomes applications from BAMER candidates and the Trans community.

Please note that there is a genuine occupational requirement under the Sexual Orientation Regulations 2003 for this post. It is considered essential that post holders have experience of LGBT+ needs, and the impact of discrimination as the Helpline is run for LGBT+ people experiencing domestic violence.

To apply, please download an application pack on our website and return it to the address listed. If you have any questions, please do get in touch.