Working within local communities across Oxfordshire you will be joining our successful Community Information Network Team as we work to further improve access to information, support, activities and opportunities for all those with a health, care or support need. You will be working with individuals, families and groups both in the community and in their own homes. In addition you will be working closely with local GP surgeries to provide the new social prescribing element into the support they offer to their patients. You will also have the opportunity to join our hospital discharge support team working across various settings including the John Radcliffe and Horton Hospitals and community hospitals. We work with local communities to further build upon and support what is being offered as well as working with individuals and their families to connect them with the support and opportunities that exist. We are passionate about supporting and empowering people so that they can maintain their independence, health, wellbeing and ‘live life to the full’.

Targeted Youth Worker

We are looking to recruit dynamic, passionate and committed Youth Workers to join our dedicated team.

Creative Youth Network is a successful charity organisation that supports young people to reach their potential and lead fulfilling lives by building secure and positive relationships with them based on their individual unique needs. We offer young people safe spaces to express themselves with creative courses, youth clubs and practical advice and support. We take pride in our relaxed working culture and environment, and are PQASSO accredited. We’ve opted into the Bristol City Council Equality Charter and are dedicated to promoting equality and diversity within the organisation.

You will be delivering services in Bristol for young people aged 11 – 19. The role will include a combination of 1:1 work, small group work, outreach and open access delivery. You will be responsible for a caseload of up to 20 young people at any one time. 

It would be desirable if you have experience of working with young people around issues related to sex and relationships and wellbeing/mental health.

You’ll have two years’ experience of delivering a range of interventions to achieve outcomes for young people through effective use of resources and targeted delivery.

You’ll be expected to have the confidence to challenge a diverse group of young people and fuel their motivation to engage with the service. You’ll also need to demonstrate an ability to build effective, meaningful and trusting relationships with young people, empowering them and providing tailored guidance.

Travel is required for this role, so a full driving licence and access to a car would be beneficial. You’ll also be expected to work a minimum of two evenings per week, therefore flexibility is also essential. 

In return we can offer 33 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays, pro rata for part time) per year, a generous pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme, opportunities for flexible working, paid breaks and fantastic development opportunities.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that underrepresented communities are represented in our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from the BAME community.

This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Salary: £23,053 per annum (pro rata), grade 2.3

Hours: Full time (40 hours) and part time (20 hours), please indicate your preference on your application.

Application deadline: 19th February 2020, 09:00

Please note that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. So if you are interested, please apply for this vacancy as soon as you can.

To apply for the role of Targeted Youth 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. 

Other organisations may call this role Youth Worker, Youth Support Worker, Support Worker, Young Person’s Support Worker, or Youth Support Services Co-ordinator.

Do you feel passionate about supporting young people to achieve their very best?

Are you looking for opportunities to gain experience within an energising and innovative team?

An exciting opportunity has opened up for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team! This is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace.

Objectives:

You will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Yorkshire & Humber, you will work with clear objectives to 'connect’, 'progress’ and help 'transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Interest free season ticket loans!
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme!
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events! - music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover! (4 x annual salary)
• In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year!

Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• Delivery of Prince’s Trust programmes (Get Started, Achieve, Team, Get Into, Enterprise, Mosaic and Awards)
• Supporting young people into positive outcomes including education, training and employment.
• Planning, organising and budgeting.
• Volunteer activity management.

Requirements:

To support our delivery requirements across Yorkshire & Humber, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with some of the following qualities:

• Can engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
• Is adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
• Experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums
• Is a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
• Has experience of facilitating skills development in at least one of the following settings; Informal learning provision (sports/arts/outdoors), Education sector, Employment/Enterprise training, Digital learning provision, Volunteer training/management.
• Has a good understanding of the challenges young people within The Trust’s target groups face.

Please know that in The Prince’s Trust, Youth Support Workers are known as Prince’s Trust Executive’s. For more information, please go to our website.

To apply for this role, please go to our website. You will be prompted to create a profile if you haven't already got an account with us. If you need any assistance, please contact Claudia from the Trust's Talent Acquisition team.

Targeted Youth Worker (Wellbeing)

We are looking for a Targeted Youth Worker (Wellbeing) to join our Targeted Youth Services team based in East/Central Bristol. You will have experience in delivering CBT based interventions to young people in a 1:1 setting. You will be qualified to Level 7 or equivalent in mental health for young people.

Creative Youth Network is a successful charity organisation that supports young people to reach their potential and lead fulfilling lives by building secure and positive relationships with them based on their individual unique needs. We offer young people safe spaces to express themselves with creative courses, youth clubs and practical advice and support. We take pride in our relaxed working culture and environment, and are PQASSO accredited. We’ve opted into the Bristol City Council Equality Charter and are dedicated to promoting equality and diversity within the organisation.

You will be delivering services in East/Central Bristol for young people aged 11 – 19. The role will include a combination of 1:1 work, small group work, outreach and open access delivery. You will be responsible for a caseload of up to 20 young people at any one time. You’ll also be expected to work a minimum of two evenings per week, therefore flexibility is also essential.

You’ll have two years’ experience of delivering a range of interventions to achieve outcomes for young people through effective use of resources and targeted delivery.

You’ll be expected to have the confidence to challenge a diverse group of young people and fuel their motivation to engage with the service. You’ll also need to demonstrate an ability to build effective, meaningful and trusting relationships with young people, empowering them and providing tailored guidance.

In return, we can offer 33 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays, pro rata for part time) per year, a generous pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme, opportunities for flexible working, paid breaks and fantastic development opportunities.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that underrepresented communities are represented in our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from the BAME community.

This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Salary: £24,457 pro rata, grade 2.5

Hours: 32 hours per week (4 days per week)

Application deadline: 19th February 2020, 09:00

Please note that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. So, if you are interested, please apply for this vacancy as soon as you can.

To apply for the role of Targeted Youth 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.

Other organisations may call this role Youth Worker, Youth Support Worker, Support Worker, Young Person’s Support Worker, or Youth Support Services Co-ordinator.

AGAINST KNIVES (AAK) uses creativity to improve young people’s lives. Our aim is to ensure all young people can create their own positive futures. We embed creative spaces in London’s most isolated communities, co-designed with young people these spaces provide them with skills training, mentoring and bespoke support.

IN OUR HANDS PROGRAMME OVERVIEW:

The IN OUR HANDS programme currently runs 3 community nail/hair bars that are open weekly, providing a huge range of creative activity including masterclasses, showcase opportunities and Arts Award qualifications. As well as an action packed programme of pop-up activity in which we take the nail/har bar’s into community settings to engage with new young people and capture their voices through the co-production of a digital magazine. This role is key to this programme.

YOUR ROLE AS A SENIOR 'IN OUR HANDS' YOUTH WORKER:

1. Delivering high quality youth work to young people across the programme; work directly with young people during sessions, supporting their engagement and responding to their individual needs.
2. Delivering our programme of pop-up activities, coordinating activity and working with multiple partners to ensure safe and effective community engagement.

In order to apply for this role you will need to have:

• The right to work in the UK
• At least three years’ experience of working with young women in education, health and/or community settings
• A firm commitment to young women’s rights and to work within AAK framework and its core values

For more information on how to apply, please download our recruiter pack via our website.

This role is open to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2)e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. AAK values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Youth Support Worker

Vulnerable young people

Flexible hours

Southampton

£10 per hour

We have an excellent opportunity for a Youth Support Worker to join a wonderful organisation offering accommodation and outreach support to vulnerable young people with a range of needs in the Southampton area. As a Youth Support Worker, you will be working with these clients to support them in living independently and to make informed choices about their future. Clients you will be supporting have very high needs and extreme challenging behaviour.

You can manage your own meetings with the young people you are supporting at any agreeable time meaning absolute flexibility of working hours.

Responsibilities of the Youth Support Worker include:

• Keyworking a caseload of clients
• Providing advice on services available to clients
• Help them build confidence and resilience which will enable them to access education, training and employment
• Safeguard clients and promote the welfare of the clients in your care

Candidates for the position of Youth Support Worker will need:

• Experience of supporting young people with high needs
• Knowledge of services to refer to within the local area
• Previous experience of you support work

If you are interested in this position, please apply ASAP!

Morgan Hunt is a multi award winning Employment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role

Youth Support Worker

Vulnerable young people

Flexible hours

Bournemouth

£10 per hour

We have an excellent opportunity for a Youth Support Worker to join a wonderful organisation offering accommodation and outreach support to vulnerable young people with a range of needs in the Bournemouth area. As a Youth Support Worker, you will be working with these clients to support them in living independently and to make informed choices about their future. Clients you will be supporting have very high needs and extreme challenging behaviour.

You can manage your own meetings with the young people you are supporting at any agreeable time meaning absolute flexibility of working hours.

Responsibilities of the Youth Support Worker include:

• Keyworking a caseload of 3 clients
• Providing advice on services available to clients
• Help them build confidence and resilience which will enable them to access education, training and employment
• Safeguard clients and promote the welfare of the clients in your care

Candidates for the position of Youth Support Worker will need:

• Experience of supporting young people with high needs
• Knowledge of services to refer to within the local area
• Previous experience of you support work

If you are interested in this position, please apply ASAP!

Morgan Hunt is a multi award winning Employment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role

CRAWLEY COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Charity Number 1094699

Community Development Worker

28 hours per week (37 fte)

Salary £19,061 (full-time equivalent: £25,188)

Crawley Community and Voluntary Service advocates for, and supports, the wide range of organisations making a positive difference to local communities in Crawley and the surrounding area.  We are going through an exciting reinvention right now. With a new Chief Executive appointed in July 2019 and a new Community Development Manager appointed in October 2019, we’re refining our community focus and redeveloping our offer to members.

In addition, we’ve begun reinvigorating our relationship with Crawley Borough Council and our partners in the West Sussex Community and Voluntary Sector Alliance as well as engaging with partners and sponsors in the private sector.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Community Development Worker to support and enable charities, community groups and social enterprises on their journey to becoming effective and sustainable. Bringing your skills and enthusiasm to supporting voluntary and community action, you will provide vital advice, support and training/learning opportunities to help local organisations start, grow and thrive.

Reporting to, and working with the Community Development Manager, you will be part of the Outreach Team working to Service Level Agreements within the organisation, which you will be a part of developing and monitoring.

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the quality to the quality of life for residents and local communities across Crawley.

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 24th February 2020

Interviews: Week Commencing 3rd February 2020

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week

Closing Date: 23:59 on Thursday 20th February

Location: Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team and is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace. The successful candidate has to be as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

As an Executive, you will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and ecourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Yorkshire & Humber, you will work with clear objectives to 'connect', 'progress' and help 'transform' the lives of young people who need us most.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• Delivery of Prince's Trust programmes (Get Started, Achieve, Team, Get Into, Enterprise, Mosaic and Awards)
• Supporting young people into positive outcomes including education, training and employment.
• Planning, organising and budgeting.
• Volunteer activity management.

Requirements:

To support our delivery requirements across Yorkshire & Humber, we are particulary interested in receiving applications from individuals thathave some of the following:

• Are able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
• Can be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
• Are experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums.
• Is a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
• Have experience of facilitating skills development in at least one of the following settings; Informal learning provision (sports/arts/outdoors), Education sector, Employment/Enterprise training, Digital learning provision, Volunteer training/management.
• Has a strong understanding of the challenges young people within The Trust's target groups face.

For more information, please go to our website. In the Trust, this role is known as Prince's Trust Executive.

Indicative salary range for this role is £20,300.00 to £25,100.00 

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are committed to equality and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Recruiting a Support Worker to join our Young People's service in Tower Hamlets!

£21,944 per annum, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

This role requires working 40 hours per week on a rota basis, including evenings and weekends.

Campbell Road Young Peoples service provides support and housing to 55 young people that are either leaving care or affected by youth homelessness. As a Support Worker you will manage a caseload of approximately 7-10 young people to deliver positive outcomes and support them to reach independence, keep safe and maintain their tenancy's. Aside from Support Workers delivering support there is a strong element of housing management associated wit this role, for example managing rents, raising and monitoring repairs and health and safety.

The issues that affect young people in the service are complex for example many are affected by;

- Domestic & Sexual Abuse
- Offending
- Leaving Care
- Gang Affiliation
- Mental and Emotional Health Needs
- Substance Use
- Teenage Parenting
- Risk Taking Behaviour

Job Overview:

Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

Key Responsibilities:

- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Empowering customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
- Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Day to day instruction/supervision of Assistant Support Workers/domestic staff/Personal Support Assistants where appropriate
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/Manager

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
- Passionate and customer focused to improve outcomes for young people from a range of backgrounds using creative strategies to achieve results
- Highly competent in advocating for young people, working with other professionals to get the best outcomes
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Adept in providing support with daily living activities such as budgeting, cooking, or attending appointments in the community
- Committed to supporting young people to maintain a healthy living environment, and where appropriate assisting them to clean their accommodation and maintain good personal hygiene
- 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 to be able to meet deadlines and targets
- Confident to assess and manage risks associated with our customers, with an attitude of positive risk taking
- Flexible with a "can do" attitude
- Open to feedback and self development to achieve in your career
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments and excited to take on new challenges, including managing and developing various projects across the service
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

For more information or to apply please visit our website.

Manchester Mind is working with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust to deliver roles within community mental health teams in Manchester. To help us with this work we are looking to employ a social worker. The post-holder will work within an integrated, multi-disciplinary team with staff employed both by Manchester Mind and the Trust.

As a Social Worker you will be a crucial member of the team. You would be proactively supporting and care co-ordinating a caseload of people with mental health problems and complex needs.

Job Title: Social Worker, Community Mental Health Area Team (North West)

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: £32,878 + weekend enhancements + 5% pension contribution

Annual Leave: 28 days + bank holidays

The skills and experience that are most important to us are:

• Qualified as a social worker
• Experience of working with people who have complex needs
• Ability to work in a collaborative way

Application documents can be downloaded from this listing and from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website.

The deadline for submission of applications is 9am, Monday 3rd February 2020 (extended).

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.

Newark Youth London is a leading young people’s charity working in Tower Hamlets since 1984.  We run a number of youth clubs, personal development & social action projects, and sports provision for our users.It’s an exciting time to join the organisation as we embark on several new projects working with young people to improve their lives in Tower Hamlets.

We are looking for an experienced Project Officer to co-ordinate our Mayor of London Young Londoners Fund project. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, inspirational, good at promotion and able to engage young people easily into our existing youth provision, personal development projects and sports provision.  They will also be good at working with partners and our existing team of youth workers and sports coaches to increase the opportunities on offer for young people to develop their lifeskills and make progression.

The successful candidate will have the relevant youth work or equivalent qualifications and project co-ordination experience. They will undergo enhanced DBS checks. 

Closing Date: 10th February 2020, 5pm.

Interviews will be held 15th February 2020.

CV's will not be accepted. 

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

This role requires an exceptional individual who wants to make a difference. As a Refuge Worker, you will be responsible for providing high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and their children living in our refuges.

You will ensure the smooth running of the refuge, including the admission of survivors of domestic violence to the refuge. You will also assess and advise on their entitlement to welfare and housing benefits and housing management. You will develop support plans for each resident and aid them to obtain permanent accommodation.

The successful candidate will have evidence of strong casework management skills, good written and verbal communication, and an understanding of the importance of maintaining professional boundaries. You will be required to bring safeguarding children or vulnerable adults to the immediate attention of the service manager, or if unavailable another manager. Direct experience of providing support to women is essential as is a current understanding of legislation relating to domestic violence including civil/criminal legislation and welfare rights. The ability to work as part of an on-call rota is essential and occasional evening work in emergency situations.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 23rd February 2020

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

No agencies please - as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down.

• To develop and deliver the Employment, Education and Training (EET) programme, creating routes into employment, education and training for young people with multiple needs.
• To contribute to the daily running of the centre, delivering a holistic service to vulnerable/homeless clients, and enabling them to move on to independence.
• To maintain and build a network of relationships with external relevant agencies and providers and with internal specialists.