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Kentown Family Support Worker
Cumbria and Surrounding Areas
Total Reward: £21,000 annual salary plus Company Car (additional benefit of approx. £5K), 5% employers pension contribution and 25 days annual leave.
Rainbow Trust is looking to appoint a Kentown Family Support Worker to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of the pilot Kentown Children’s Palliative Care Programme, in collaboration with Kentown Wizard and Together for Short Lives.
Reporting to the Kentown Project Lead out of our out of our Lancaster team base and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for providing needs-led emotional, social and practical support to families where a child/young person has a life threatening or terminal illness
What we’re looking for:
- An experienced child health, education or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who have worked in a community environment and those with a recognised qualification in education, health or social care
- A warm, inclusive approach to achieving goals quickly and correctly
- Practiced in child protection, information sharing and the rules around data protection - you lead by example, drawing on your own professional experience and working within established guidelines
- Practical and people-oriented - you will thrive working at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy and be a confident user of IT (including MSOffice)
- A persuasive and open communicator - you will work collaboratively with your team and volunteers to ensure delivery of a high-quality service and support fundraising colleagues by writing case studies and family updates
- A practical knowledge of diversity issues affecting children, young people and their families – aware that being responsive to others needs and concerns, is essential.
What we offer:
We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, this includes:
- Flexible working hours to balance home and working life
- Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand
- Company car for front line care posts
- Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts
- Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes, as well as a recommend a friend recruitment bonus
- Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year
- Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%
- The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping
- Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth
We also have a fantastic learning and development programme - the Anne Harris skills development programme - in which we aim to provide a high level of training and development opportunities for all staff, so you are able to perform to the best of your ability, achieve individual and team objectives aligned to Rainbow Trusts strategic plan, supporting staff to be the best they can be and feel a valued member of a high performing organisation.
About us:
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.
How to apply:
Please visit our website via the link and apply online.
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams or in person. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.
There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate team and family need. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and a Best Companies Two-Star rated organisation.
Location: Sussex (Hybrid)
Contract: Fixed Term Contract, Part time
Salary: £37,000 full time or £18,500 (pro rata)
Hours: 2.5 days a week or 17.5 hours a week
Benefits: 25 days holiday per year, plus UK public holidays. Flexible working. 5% employer pension contributions. Learning and development. Retailer and restaurant discounts.
ABOUT US
HERSANA CIC is the first and leading Gender-based Violence Support Service providing advice, support and advocacy to Black women and girls [femmes] who have experienced any form of gender-based violence.
We were founded in 2016, and have been championing the needs and safety of Black femmes ever since. HERSANA works directly with thousands of Black femmes who have experienced abuse and violence. We specialise in domestic abuse, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, and other forms of abuse including honour-based abuse and forced marriage.
We are a service run by Black women, for Black women, and with Black women in mind and at the forefront. We have been working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms whilst providing wholistic support to Black femme survivors by providing advocacy services nationally for Black femmes who need longer-term support.
We provide free long-term counselling, as well as short-term emotional and practical support. As a leading expert on violence against women and girls, HERSANA provides accredited and tailored training to a wide range of statutory professionals and workshops to young people and community groups.
We use what we learn through working on the frontlines with clients to work for national and local policy change to improve outcomes for Black femme victims and survivors of abuse and violence. We build evidence through key pieces of research. We push for legislative change, improved statutory guidance for victims, and better understanding of the needs of Black femmes around the country.
Our mission is to create wholistic, gender-specialist, culturally specific and trauma-informed safe spaces for Black women and girls affected by or at risk of gender-based violence across England, as well as campaign to eradicate violence against women and girls in all its forms. We aim to centre Black femmes in every narrative and to provide these services in a safe and Black femme only environment.
We believe that safe spaces like our own can provide a sanctuary from the world of facades, a sacred space where we, Black femmes, can be ourselves, as we are. This kind of unmasking – speaking our truth, sharing our inner struggles, and revealing our raw edges – is sacred activity. Safe spaces designed by us, for you and with you in mind and at the forefront. BEING A Counsellor
AT HERSANA
You will be joining a newly developed and growing team of creative and transformative Therapists at HERSANA. You will provide one to one and group therapy to our services users both in-person and/or online.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, you’ll need to complete the Application Form, including the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Section. When completing it please relate your application to the requirements stated in the attached person specification, as shortlisting for interview is dependent on the extent to which your application matches these.
We are unable to accept CVs.
The deadline for applications is 8pm on Friday 9th August 2024.
REF-215 477
The role will provide caseworker/advice support to people referred into the Centre’s Barts health Social Prescribing service. The role will focus on what matters to the individual and take a holistic approach providing casework level advice on welfare benefits, housing, debt and energy advice.
The caseworker/advisor will work with the social prescribing cardiovascular team and refer to agencies at a specialist level including immigration, legal advice and debt as well as support individuals to access a range of services and activities in their local communities.
The role will build collaborative relationships with the Cardiovascular Prevention Group (ELoPE), including social prescribers and support the delivery of social welfare advice training. This is to enable health professionals to identify and connect people experiencing hardship with the support they need to improve their circumstances and prevent problems developing into crisis.
The role will help shape the Bromley by Bow Centre’s Social Prescribing service so that it reflects the changing environment and helps reduce health inequalities locally.
Social welfare related matters are the main reason people access support from our Social Prescribing Cardiovascular team. We are therefore seeking an Advisor and Caseworker who will support the delivery of this exciting new project.
Essential skills, experience and knowledge
• Commitment to the vision and mission of the Bromley by Bow Centre
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the social determinants of health and how they impact on integrated services in a community setting
• In-depth understanding of the systemic inequalities and barriers that people in our community face and a commitment to
• anti-racist and inclusive practice
• Commitment to further developing the understanding of our work and the difference our work makes
• Level 3 qualification in Advice and Guidance
• Substantial experience of delivering energy, welfare benefits and debt advice including casework to Advice Quality
• Standard (AQS)
• Experience of a personalised approach to supporting people
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise and organise own caseload
• Ability to relate to people from different backgrounds
• Ability to make complex information accessible
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Commitment to support the development of social policy work
• Ability to liaise with other professionals and organisations
• Tact and diplomacy to deal with sensitive and confidential information
• Experience of working in collaboration with partners and stakeholders
• Flexibility and a willingness to work in innovative and non-traditional way
Desirable
• Ability to speak a community language (e.g. Bengali)
• Experience of monitoring and reporting on advice services to contract standards and specifications
• NEA Level 3 Energy Awareness or willingness to work towards it
Location: Bromley by Bow Centre
Job Type: Part time, 21hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £32,082 per annum (pro rata to £19,248 p.a 0.6 FTE)
You may also have experience in the following: Social Welfare, Social Liaison, Social Worker, Social Prescribing Link Worker, Advise, Counselling, Not For Profit, Charity, Advocacy, Nursing, Advice Worker, Service Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Service Delivery, etc.
REF-215 769
Support Worker- NEST
Job type - Permanent/Full -time
Salary - £24,380 per annum (base salary + AW-6% + UWH-£1000)
Hours - 35 (plus 5 hours paid lunch breaks)
Location - Basildon - Ryedene Close
Nacro are pleased to introduce an exciting new support provision called Essex NEST (Nacro Education Support and Transition) which is focused on providing support to young people.
Would you like to be part of a new and growing team of Support workers working with Young People?
You will have your own caseload of young people, maintaining oversight of their progress from the point of service entry through to service exit and independence.
It’s a flexible model in which we aim to provide the ‘right help at the right time’, underpinned by a trauma-informed approach. Our mantra is “No decision about you without you!”
We are currently recruiting for staff to join our exciting new service where you will be working with:
- Young people aged 16 and 17 years old at risk of homelessness.
- Care Leavers aged 18-21
- Vulnerable young parents up to the age of 21
- Other vulnerable 18–21-year-olds
Who are we looking for?
A support worker to provide housing related support to vulnerable individuals together with providing housing and property management with the aim of achieving a successful move-on and other measurable outcomes including supporting service users to achieve independence.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Engage with actual and potential referral agencies including local authority central access point/gateway services, statutory and voluntary sector agencies in order to generate referrals for the service as required
.• Plan and deliver an effective support and safety plan with the service user referring to specialist agencies as required. The progressions/outcomes identified, delivered and service user contact should be recorded, monitored, reviewed, and updated regularly and in line with contract requirements
.• Ensure that properties are always adequately equipped, maintained, furnished, and cleaned
• Maximise rent collection, ensuring successful housing and other welfare benefit claims are submitted and maintained, taking proactive action to minimise rent arrears in line with targets, monitoring the account and recording all actions and where necessary taking appropriate action when arrears arise in line with policy and procedure
.• Minimise void time by taking a pro-active approach to ensure properties are re-let as soon as possible in line with targets.
Your duties may vary from time to time within the broad remit of your role and grade.
You are required to undertake any such reasonable and appropriate duties
Car driver needed
DBS check will be required for this role
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Are you passionate about empowering people and driving positive change? We are looking for someone that can inspire and support students at the University of Exeter to make a real impact.
As our Campaigns & Democracy Coordinator, you will use your skills to enable students to lead campaigns, enhance their university experience, and shape the world around them. You will provide essential training, coaching, and support to help students to make change. Your role will involve facilitating democratic decision-making, organising student-led campaigns, and developing democratic structures, all to help students Love Exeter.
The Role
Role: Campaigns & Democracy Coordinator
Hours: 35 per week (to be worked flexibly)
Salary: Grade B (£24,987.96 to £28,329.46) per annum
Contract: Permanent
Who are we?
The Students’ Guild is the University of Exeter’s students’ union, led by students for students. We’re an independent charity, offering a wide range of opportunities, services and support to help students get the most out of their unique journeys at university. This includes everything from social activities to making sure things are going well on their academic course. We have over 100 student groups and all of our work is led by, and in the best interest of, our members.
The Guild is a truly rewarding place to work. Our talented and passionate staff make a real difference to the lives of students every single day, working together to achieve the Guild’s purpose: to shape an excellent student experience for all students at Exeter by empowering them to take their place in the world and make a positive difference. We are looking for people who recognise that the Guild is student-led and share a genuine passion for student engagement and empowerment. If you share a commitment to our values and want to be part of a radically inclusive organisation with a seriously exciting future ahead, we can’t wait to hear from you.
What will you bring?
· You’ll have some experience in managing projects and programmes of activities
· You’ll know how to collaborate effectively with others to meet shared goals
· You’ll be able to empower others to understand and challenge policies and decisions that affect them
We offer lots of great benefits including enhanced family pay, at least 6-weeks’ holiday, sustainable travel incentives, access to exclusive discounts and perks and a free confidential advice service. We’re committed to helping you achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life through a real commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We also provide access to great development opportunities, including a personal development budget for you to spend on sharpening your skills. We’ll also help you to gain valuable experience, ensuring that you have opportunities to grow your career both here at the Guild and beyond.
Inclusion is central to the Guild. We approach our work collaboratively, empower our people and celebrate our uniqueness. If you’re driven to empower others and achieve great things, you’ll fit right in. Our people are proud of who they are and value each other’s differences, and we are committed to creating a diverse community that is radically inclusive of race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience.
Dates for your Diary
· Closing Date: 10am, Monday 19 August 2024
· Interviews: Friday 30 August 2024
How to Apply:
Please visit our website, you will need to provide an up-to-date copy of your CV, and answer the following questions related to the person specification for the role:
· Please outline why you want to apply for this role, including how your values align with the Guild’s.
· What skills would you bring to making sure that our projects are managed effectively?
· Please can you describe your approach to working collaboratively with others to achieve shared goals?
If you’d like an informal chat with the hiring lead to find out more about the role, the team and what they’re looking for in our new Campaigns and Democracy Coordinator, you can get in touch via the details on our website.
Helping students to Love Exeter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Senior Supervising Social Worker
Salary: £21,536 pa - £23,928 pa + £450 pa Homeworking Allowance + £1,500 pa Out of Hours Allowance
Hours & Contract: 21 Hours per week - Permanent Role
Location: Homebased - ideally in or around Cardiff with travel required to visit foster families located from Cardiff to Monmouthshire. Travel also requires the postholder to attend staff meetings and team away days.
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.
As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults, as well as our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.
As a Fostering Senior Supervising Social Worker with TACT Cymru, you will be a part of our amazing team of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the TACT Cymru team.
Click on this link for more information if you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT.
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Overall Duties of the Senior Supervising Social Worker will include:
- An appropriate social work qualification
- Up-to-date registration with Social Care Wales
- A minimum of 2 years post-qualifying experience in fostering/family placements or other childcare settings
- Experience in supporting and supervising 10-12 foster families to meet the complex needs of the looked-after young people
- A proven track record in working with and on behalf of children, respecting and maintaining their individuality, and promoting their positive development.
- Experience in group work and/or delivery of training.
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation including the Fostering Services (Wales) regulations.
- Experience of working with/supporting looked after children and their foster carers.
- Ability to prioritise, plan and self-organise efficiently.
- Capable of using electronic records systems and IT effectively, including participating in virtual meetings and webinars
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
- 31 days paid holiday plus annual bank holidays.
- Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
- Family friendly policies.
- Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
- Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis).
- An hour a week of live, expert led activities through the Annual Employee wellbeing Programme.
- Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Proficiency in the Welsh language is desirable though not essential.
Closing Date: Midnight - Sunday 4th August 2024
Interview Date: Wednesday 14th August 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.
Teitl y Swydd: Uwch Weithiwr Cymdeithasol sy’n Goruchwylio
Cyflog: £21,536 y flwyddyn, - £23,928 + £450 Lwfans Gweithio Gartref y flwyddyn a £1,500 Lwfans Tu Allan i Oriau y flwyddyn
Oriau a Chontract: 21 awr yr wythnos - Swydd Barhaol
Lleoliad: Gweithio gartref – yng Nghaerdydd neu o gwmpas Caerdydd yn ddelfrydol, ac mae angen teithio i ymweld â theuluoedd maeth yng Nghaerdydd, ac yn yr ardal gyfagos hyd at Sir Fynwy. Hefyd mae gofyn i ddeiliad y swydd fynychu cyfarfodydd staff a diwrnodau cwrdd i ffwrdd tîm.
Fel sefydliad ‘di-elw’, mae TACT yn rhoi anghenion ein plant a’n gofalwyr yn gyntaf ac yn ceisio penodi unigolion sydd yr un mor frwd dros faethu â ni. Rydym yn sefydliad gweithio gartref, ac rydym yn ymfalchïo yn ein cyfleoedd gweithio hyblyg, sydd ar gael o’r diwrnod cyntaf, rhaglen llesiant helaeth a’n pecyn buddion, i gyd wedi’u curadu i feithrin cydbwysedd iach rhwng bywyd a gwaith i’n holl weithwyr er mwyn iddyn nhw allu rhoi gwasanaeth rhagorol i’n gofalwyr a’r bobl ifanc a’r plant rydym yn gofalu amdanyn nhw.
Fel elusen gofal maeth, mae TACT yn buddsoddi’r holl incwm sydd dros ben mewn gwasanaethau, staff, gofalwyr a datblygiad plant. Mae hyn yn golygu ein bod wedi gallu buddsoddi mewn prosiectau unigryw fel TACT Connect, ein cynllun unigryw ac arloesol ar gyfer pobl ifanc ac oedolion ifanc sydd â phrofiad o ofal, yn ogystal â’n Gwasanaeth Addysg sy’n ehangu, a’n Gwasanaeth Iechyd newydd. Mae ein holl weithgareddau’n seiliedig ar ein hymrwymiad i fod yn sefydliad sy’n deall trawma yn llawn, yn unol â’n gwerthoedd a’n hethos allweddol.
Cyrhaeddodd TACT safle rhif 16 mewn arolwg ar y cwmnïau gorau i weithio iddynt yn y DU yn 2023. Roedd 91% o’r gweithwyr yn cydnabod bod gan y sefydliad werthoedd ac egwyddorion cryf ac roedd 94% yn dweud eu bod yn falch o weithio i’r sefydliad hwn.
Fel Uwch Weithiwr Cymdeithasol sy’n Goruchwylio ym maes Maethu gyda TACT Cymru, byddwch yn rhan o’n tîm anhygoel o weithwyr proffesiynol sy’n gweithio gyda gwerthoedd ein sefydliad wrth galon eu hymarfer bob dydd.
Mae hwn yn gyfle cyffrous i ymuno â thîm TACT Cymru.
Cliciwch y ddolen hon i gael rhagor o wybodaeth os ydych chi eisiau cael eich gwerthfawrogi fel gweithiwr proffesiynol, cael eich gwerthfawrogi yn y gwaith a chyfrannu at ganlyniadau gwell i’r plant a’r bobl ifanc sy’n gysylltiedig â TACT.
GWNEUD CAIS NAWR
Dyma ddyletswyddau cyffredinol yr Uwch Weithiwr Cymdeithasol sy’n Goruchwylio:
- Cymhwyster priodol ym maes gwaith cymdeithasol
- Cofrestriad cyfredol gyda Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru
- O leiaf 2 flynedd o brofiad ôl-gymhwysol mewn lleoliadau maethu/teulu neu leoliadau gofal plant eraill
- Profiad o gefnogi a goruchwylio 10-12 o deuluoedd maeth i ddiwallu anghenion cymhleth y bobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal
- Llwyddiant blaenorol o weithio gyda phlant ac ar eu rhan, gan barchu a chynnal eu hunaniaeth, a hyrwyddo eu datblygiad cadarnhaol.
- Profiad o waith grŵp a/neu ddarparu hyfforddiant.
- Gwybodaeth gyfredol am ddeddfwriaeth berthnasol gan gynnwys rheoliadau Gwasanaethau Maethu (Cymru).
- Profiad o gefnogi/gweithio gyda phlant sy’n derbyn gofal a’u gofalwyr maeth.
- Gallu blaenoriaethu, cynllunio a threfnu eich hun yn effeithlon.
- Gallu defnyddio systemau cofnodion electronig a TG yn effeithiol, gan gynnwys cymryd rhan mewn rhith-gyfarfodydd a gweminarau
Mae TACT yn cynnig pecyn buddion gwych i weithwyr, gan gynnwys:
- 31 diwrnod o wyliau â thâl yn ogystal â gwyliau banc.
- Trefniadau gweithio hyblyg (gan gynnwys oriau cywasgedig, hyblygrwydd o ran oriau craidd, polisi diwrnodau gwirfoddoli).
- Polisïau ystyriol o deuluoedd.
- ‘Bwndel’ gweithio gartref, gan gynnwys lwfans blynyddol, offer TG a benthyciad ar gyfer sefydlu swyddfa gartref.
- Rhaglen Cymorth i Weithwyr Help@Hand (gan gynnwys cwnsela Therapi Gwybyddol Ymddygiadol, apwyntiadau o bell â Meddygon Teulu, ffisiotherapi, cymorth iechyd meddwl ac ail farn ar ddiagnosis difrifol).
- Awr yr wythnos o weithgareddau byw dan arweiniad arbenigwyr drwy’r Rhaglen Flynyddol ar Lesiant Staff.
- Polisi Menopos ac Apwyntiadau Clinigydd Menopos am ddim.
- Cynllun Pensiwn Rhanddeiliaid (aberthu cyflog).
- Cyfleoedd dysgu a datblygu gwych ar gyfer pob swydd.
Mae angen archwiliad manwl gan y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd ar gyfer y swydd hon, a bydd yn cael ei brosesu gan TACT ar eich rhan.
Mae rhuglder yn y Gymraeg yn ddymunol ond nid yn hanfodol.
Dyddiad cau: hanner nos - dydd Sul 4ydd Awst 2024
Dyddiad Cyfweld: Dydd Mercher 14 Awst 2024 (drwy Microsoft Teams)
Mae diogelu yn fusnes i bawb ac mae TACT yn credu mai dim ond y bobl sydd â’r sgiliau a’r gwerthoedd iawn ddylai weithio ym maes gwaith cymdeithasol. Fel rhan o ymrwymiad TACT i ddiogelu, rydym yn archwilio sgiliau, profiad, cymwysterau a gwerthoedd darpar staff mewn perthynas â’n gwaith gyda phlant ifanc agored i niwed. Rydym yn defnyddio dulliau recriwtio trwyadl a chyson i helpu i ddiogelu pobl ifanc TACT. Disgwylir i’n holl staff weithio yn unol â pholisïau diogelu TACT.
Rydym yn cadw’r hawl i gau hysbyseb swydd yn gynharach na’r hyn a hysbysebwyd os yw nifer y ceisiadau’n ormodol, felly fe’ch cynghorir i wneud cais cyn gynted ag y bo modd.
Nid yw TACT yn derbyn dogfennau CV digymell gan asiantaethau recriwtio allanol nac yn derbyn y ffioedd sy’n gysylltiedig â nhw.
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Terrence Higgins Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Health Promotion Specialist to join their team, working as part of the Essex Sexual Health Service.
The post holder will support in the design and delivery of effective health promotion (HP) and behaviour change communication (BCC) interventions appropriate to the needs of Seldom Heard from Communities namely; People of African/Caribbean Heritage, Commercial Sex Workers (CSW), Men who have sex with men (MSM) and other groups at increased risk of poor sexual health outcomes. Delivery will be through community engagement approaches that tackle HIV related stigma and discrimination. Delivering targeted interventions that increase knowledge and awareness of HIV, increase HIV testing and highlight the benefits of early diagnosis, access to care treatment and increase the uptake of broader sexual health services across Essex and Thurrock.
The post holder will be expected to undertake comprehensive training in order to achieve Assistant Practitioner (AP) competencies, to enable them to be able to offer HIV point of care testing (POCT) for HIV, syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections.
The role will also incorporate delivering sexual health promotion services to young people, through delivery of relationship and sexual health education (RSHE), outreach delivery and supporting young people via the 1-2-1 education and early intervention programme.
We will be reviewing & shortlisting applications on a rolling basis and may close the vacancy earlier if recruited to.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Scripture Union is passionate about seeing a new generation of children and young people have a vibrant, personal faith in Jesus. We are seeking a dynamic and organised Support Worker to work in partnership with key staff across the Movement. The successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting the smooth running of day to day operations of the Central team.
The successful candidate will:
· Act as first point of contact for team enquiries.
· Build relationships and communicate well with Faith Guides, Local Mission Partners and volunteers.
· Book venues (e.g. churches) and oversee administration for events in the region.
· Produce accurate notes of discussions and decisions taken during Regional meetings.
· Assist with the registration and data management of local Faith Guides and volunteers.
· Provide administrative support for holidays, including DBS clearance of volunteers (and attending at least one event to provide first hand support).
· Manage personal data within GDPR and SU guidelines, including records of staff compliance (e.g. safeguarding, first aid).
· Help streamline and improve team communications to supporters, ensuring informative, well presented (print and email) prayer updates are sent regularly within set deadlines.
· Help to keep the Central Team’s page on the Scripture Union website informative and up to date.
· Undertake other administrative, supportive, and promotional tasks, in line with SU’s Revealing Jesus strategy, as required by the Regional Mission Team Leader.
If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. To apply for this role, in the first instance please send your CV and a covering letter (by email) to our HR Officer,
We will contact shortlisted candidates to ask them to complete an application form ahead of interview.
We provide a range of benefits to reward our employees which includes: 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus an additional 5 days to volunteer on a Scripture Union event. This is on a pro-rata basis. Group pension scheme, with up to 12% employer contribution. Life insurance (death in service), permanent health insurance (PHI) and free Bible reading notes.
This is a part time role at 14.5 hours per week and offers remote/hybrid working in line with SU’s hybrid working policy. If you have any questions about this role, please contact , HR Officer by e-mail and they will call you back.
Closing date: 2nd August 2024 (at 4pm)
Interview date: 21st August 2024
Interview location: Trinity House, Opal Drive, Fox Milne, MK15 0DF, Milton Keynes
The Movement takes Safeguarding seriously. This role will require a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service and have an occupational requirement to be filled by a committed Christian, active in church life. Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9 applies.
We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from people, regardless of their background.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Waking Night Support Worker to join our Young People service in Hounslow.
£20,514.00 per annum, working 30 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Night Support Workers enable people with particular needs to manage their tenancies and live independent lives of their choosing in the community. Night Support Workers are responsible for ensuring continuity of a support service at night and for keeping customers and the building safe.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Conducting key work sessions as required, 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'
- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance to support customers to independent living e.g. budgeting, cooking, establishing a night time routine
- Supporting customers to maintain a healthy environment and where appropriate assisting them to clean their accommodation and maintain good personal hygiene
- Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents
- Managing customer referrals, completing assessments and obtaining and maintaining all relevant paperwork
- Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
- Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and avoid personal debt
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc
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
About you:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Exudes a warm friendly presence 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 organized
- Able to apply the right balance of care and support dependant on the needs of the customer
- 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 motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
- Ability to adhere to Look Ahead's professional boundaries policy
What you'll bring:
Essential:
- NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent with little or some previous relevant sector work experience
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
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.
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.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
Please see our website for full job description.
Healthwatch Sutton is a dynamic charitable organisation, set up to improve the health and wellbeing of people of Sutton. We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to work with us to hear from the diverse communities of Sutton and to use their views to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. The successful applicant will be able to raise our profile and awareness of our work in the Borough.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about enabling local people to have a voice in health and wellbeing agenda. You will be a strong communicator, with experience of engaging with a range of people to help identify their issues and concerns.
Demonstrating your ability to deliver successful projects is a key part of the role. Problem-solving and influencing others are important skills needed to ensure our projects deliver results.
The ability to be able to capture people’s attention using your flare for designing engaging publicity material and publications will be essential as will the skills to manage our social media and website. You will need to have great IT skills to deliver all aspects of communications and engagement activity. Ability to create innovative, interactive online content is desirable.
Our ideal candidate will have excellent organisational and administrative skills to ensure the smooth delivery of our events, meetings and other activities. You will also need to be friendly and approachable to build relationships with our Board, volunteers and member of the public. We would like a person with an enthusiasm for improving people lives.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept CVs for this position.
The closing date for applications is midday Friday, 16th August 2024.
Chief Executive Officer
£63,000 - £72,000 (depending on skills)
Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SZ
Permanent, full-time
Closing date: 18th August
Interviews will be held on 2nd September with successful candidates being invited for a second interview the next day (Tuesday 3rd September). More information will be provided closer to the time.
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust has gone from strength to strength under the expert hand of our departing CEO, who is retiring after a long and distinguished career with us. He leaves the Trust in an excellent position: financially, professionally, reputationally and culturally. With 40 staff and 500 volunteers, the Trust owns and cares for 1,250 hectares of land while our work with local farmers and landowners means that we offer advice and support for 40,000 hectares, representing a quarter of the county. Through our comprehensive engagement and communications programmes, we are working hard to achieve our aim of having one in four people in Worcestershire taking action for nature by 2030.
We are looking for a new CEO who will provide the leadership needed to drive our work forward. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who really wants to make a difference, leading a large team of dedicated staff and volunteers as we seek to conserve and improve the wildlife and wild places of one of the country’s most scenic shires.
This is a CEO post that really matters and requires a very special person. We will welcome that person, who will benefit from a strong and happy team of industrious staff and the support of our Council of committed and talented Trustees, alongside the goodwill of so many of the people of Worcestershire who value our countryside and its wild spaces.
What we are looking for
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Successful senior management experience, preferably within a wildlife, conservation, environmental, or community organisation.
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Proven ability in strategic planning, translation into operational delivery and monitoring of output.
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Demonstrable strong financial acumen.
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Adept at developing and building relationships and partnerships.
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Skilled at advocating for organisations, with outstanding communications abilities.
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Awareness of charity law and governance in the not-for-profit sector including charity finances.
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Strong business management and leadership skills, able to evaluate information logically and thoughtfully and to make rational high-level judgements and decisions.
If you have the skills and experience to fill this demanding yet exciting post at this important time, we would love to hear from you.
Benefits we offer
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The Pension Scheme is a Salary Sacrifice Scheme with Royal London. Employees sacrifice a minimum of 4% and the Trust then contributes an additional 8% plus the Employers NI savings made due to the Salary Sacrifice element.
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Annual leave is 33 days (inclusive of eight bank holidays with three days required to be used to cover the closure between Christmas and New Year) increasing by one day per three years of service to a maximum of 38 days.
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Group Life Assurance policy worth three times annual salary.
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Health Cash Plan and Wellbeing Services provided via HealthShield.
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Contractual Sick Pay.
About us
We are Worcestershire’s leading nature conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and the natural environment. The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is the umbrella organisation for the country’s 46 Wildlife Trusts, and Worcestershire Wildlife Trust was one of the first to form almost 60 years ago.
With the support of our volunteers and members we manage almost 3,000 acres of land for wildlife and people across Worcestershire. We also work with other organisations and landowners to protect and connect wildlife sites across the county. We also work with and inspire local communities and young people to care for wildlife where they live. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working across the UK.
We’re Wild About Inclusion. To us, this means inspiring, empowering and engaging people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and abilities, to change the natural world for the better. It also means cultivating inclusive workspaces that are free from discrimination, where differences are valued, everyone can be themselves and flourish, just like nature!
The natural world is facing many challenges, and the coming decade will be crucial to protect and enhance the wild spaces of the county. We are seeking a very special person to lead our organisation in this exciting time.
Recovery Navigator
Location: Northumberland, NE63 8BL
Salary: £24,020 - £30,790 per annum
The Role
Our client is excited to offer an opportunity for a Peripatetic Recovery Navigator to join their Northumberland Recovery Partnership Team.
This is a dynamic and rewarding role where you will:
- Creating, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
- Facilitate and promote the progression of individuals from initial engagement into structured treatment.
- Contribute to reducing substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
- Collaborate closely with key partners and colleagues to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.
- Have Excellent boundaries and ability to apply ‘co-production’ principles to any stage of treatment and recovery.
- Be Able to think creatively about treatment options, changes and transitions in the context of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach.
- Encourage service users to become involved in the service and in service user forums in Calderdale that will enhance their experience and increase a sense of belonging.
By working diligently and proactively, as part of an integrated multi-agency team, you will apply intensive and co-created recovery solutions, enabling health & well-being improvements that are meaningful and sustainable.
You will provide substance misuse-specific knowledge and interventions, offering the right treatment to people, where they are at. You will be ensuring that ample treatment intensity is provided, at the appropriate pace and be able to think ahead making sure that doors are opened for enhanced recovery and mutually agreed ‘successful outcomes’ are achieved. Working to a Strength-Based Approach focusing on individuals and community assets, you will work alongside other frontline practitioners.
You will be resourceful, able to articulate yourself appropriately on behalf of your service users and resilient to change and challenges. To support this, alongside line management and multi-disciplinary clinical meetings, you will be provided with regular psychologist led reflective practice.
Please Note: As a peripatetic Recover Navigator you will be required to travel to different bases throughout Northumberland covering Absences, illnesses etc. you wont be required to hold a caseload but may be required to work across all work streams within the partnership - Mileage will be paid.
Skills and Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or above or equivalent) or willing to work towards this in post.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes
- Understanding of and ability to implement interventions, including brief interventions MI, PSIs, CBT and ITEP.
- Delivering 1-2-1 and group therapeutic interventions
- Experience of working with carers and families
Benefits
- Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
- Death in service benefit
- Free Will writing
- Eyecare vouchers
- Blue light card discount
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
- Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
- Happy, Healthy You! – their wellbeing offers for their workforce
- Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
The organisation is an equal opportunities employer
They value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. They encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for them, we want to hear for you. They also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use.
You may be a qualified IDVA or a Domestic Abuse Outreach Worker wanting to work alongside health professionals in a hospital environment, although we will consider applicants from other fields providing you are able to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse.
This role involves both face to face and virtual support in a hybrid model of working. There is an expectation that you will do a mixture of working from home, our office Singer Street and in co-location at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH
As a Hospital Independent Domestic Violence Advocate you will:
- Implement effective ways of working with victims and those supporting them to increase safety and reduce harm.
- Provide a high-quality, front-line service to victims of domestic abuse, delivering a premium service prioritised according to risk, primarily focusing on victim/survivors aged 16+
- Work within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse to keep safety central to all services for victims of domestic abuse.
- Be comfortable with running group training sessions and be willing and able to share your specialist knowledge with acute staff across the hospital.
- Have excellent communication skills, a proactive approach and the confidence to be able to influence the way in which this service is delivered are key.
Please note that the successful applicant will be required to sign an honorary contract with the Hospital Trust in addition to their contract of employment.
You will need:
- Have a knowledge of help-seeking barriers and support needs of victims of domestic abuse (in heterosexual or same-sex relationships).
- Have a good understanding of domestic abuse including the impact of domestic abuse on victims and their children.
- Understand the principles of risk assessment, safety planning and risk management for victims of domestic abuse and their children
- Understand safeguarding issues, and the legal responsibilities surrounding these issues.
- Direct service delivery to victims of domestic abuse or other vulnerable people.
- Have excellent communication, negotiation and advocacy skills, both written and verbal when interacting with a range of agencies and individuals. Understand and be committed to equal opportunities and diversity issues in policy and practice.
- Have a strong crisis management skills and the ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
Strategic Lead - People and Culture
Salary: up to £50,000 per annum
Location: Newark based (with flexibility to work from home).
UK Travel will be required
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Permanent
Closing date for applications: 11th August 2024
First Interview: 30th August 2024 (Newark office)
Second Interview: 6th September 2024 (Online)
About our client
Our client are a federated movement of 46 charities, supported by a central charity, the Trusts. Together our client have 900,000 members, 32,500 volunteers and 3,400 staff across the UK. They are at an exciting moment in their 110-year history, with the development of an ambitious new strategy, setting out a vision for nature in recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes, creating wilder landscapes where people and nature thrive.
The next 10 years will be critical in determining what kind of world we will all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. This will require big, bold changes in the way we think and operate, and the development of a strong, collaborative culture. It will require an increase in collaboration and working together, underpinned by strong systems and data.
Our client are on a mission to bring about a people-powered nature and climate recovery by empowering people to take meaningful action for nature, and to create an inclusive society where nature matters to everyone, everywhere. They are ambitious in their desire not just to slow, but to reverse the declines in nature. Together they have developed a bold, new collective strategy which outlines their vision and the actions they will take to restore nature over the next eight years.
About You
If you are a brilliant People and Culture professional looking for a new and exciting challenge with the opportunity to work for one of the UK’s best loved charities, then this could be the perfect role for you!
You will be supporting a strategy group and working with strategic people across the federation to ensure they invest in a high-skilled and diverse staff. You will be part of their strategic transformation team and you will foster a positive work environment, develop a strong organisational culture, and align HR Practices with the organisation’s objectives and values.
This is your chance to be a core part of driving our ambition to unlock the potential of their people through leading, cultural and HR best practice across the Trust federation. They know The Trusts is a great place to work and volunteer and with your help they can further embed this view across the sector.
You’ll work alongside the Strategic Lead on Learning and Development and the wider Trust People team. As well as managing a small team of HR professionals, you will look to develop and deliver their people and culture strategy using innovative and creative talent solutions - building an environment where their people can continuously develop to be their best.
You will provide leadership and consulting support to the Senior Leadership Team on matters of cultivating culture, setting goals, developing policies, and implementing strategic objectives.
Our client are seeking a passionate Strategic People and Culture professional to join them, you will have a proven track record of taking a lead in driving forward organisational change around people and culture strategies in a complex organisation. Your role will be to evolve and deliver their People and Culture Strategy delivering resulting initiatives and plans, and you will have experience of working within a strategic HR role, ideally across different organisations. Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills are essential, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. You will be a natural influencer and you will be highly personable and able to build effective stakeholder relationships, internally and externally, at all levels.
You will support, lead and facilitate a number of working groups across The Trusts looking to harmonise terms and conditions where appropriate and produce a suite of resources leading to great efficiencies.
You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, be organised and resourceful and be able to think strategically as well as having a great attention to detail. You will have a clear passion for our cause and have excellent listening, collaboration and facilitation skills to help bring everyone together to ensure that ttheye deliver to the highest standards and achieve the best outcomes for nature.
To excel in this role, you should be highly motivated and detail-oriented with strong emotional intelligence and should enjoy social interaction. You will develop and execute people and culture strategies, collaborate with colleagues across the Trusts in joint initiatives, share best practice and provide professional support where appropriate.
A proven commitment to and understanding of the not-for-profit sector would be desirable but is not essential.
This is a new and ambitious role which will evolve following your appointment so you should be excited by the flexibility and opportunities to take an innovative approach.
This role may be subject to a DBS check.
The Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst they are passionate in promoting their aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. They particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
The Trust take their Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please view the documents to read our commitment statement.
The Trusts are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level.
As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.
Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. Our client may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools. If you would usually use tools such as these to assist you in filling in a form, please contact us to discuss this further and understand other options.
Location: Barnet (Hybrid Working + co-located)
Salary:
(Salary Band 2.1) £27,582.75 – £29,174.06 per annum, Pro rated to
£22,066.20 - £23,339.25 at 30 hours per week.
Depending on qualification: (Salary Band 2.2) 2.2 £29,174.06 - £31,826.25 per annum, Pro rated to £23,339.25- £25,461.00 at 30 hours per week.
(Please note, successful candidates are usually appointed at the bottom of the relevant band)
Hours: 30 hours per week (Part-time)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 11th August at 12 noon
Interview Date: 16th August 2024
Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Mental Health IDVA at Solace Women's Aid.
We exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.
Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.
About the Service
Solace Women’s Aid provides a wide range of services to victim/survivors of domestic and sexual abuse in Islington including a large advocacy and support service and specialist projects co-located in a number of services.
About the Role
A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen to work as Mental Health IDVA co-located in Mental Health Services. As an MH IDVA you will provide immediate support for victim/survivors of abuse working with mental health including carrying out risk and needs assessments, safety planning and providing short-term support and onward referral. In addition, you will act as an domestic abuse and mental health lead for Solace in Barnet providing advice and guidance to Solace staff and mental health teams.
You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team and collaborating with external agencies in your work.
About You
We're looking for highly organised and self-motivated applicants who are passionate about ending VAWG and a solid understanding of how domestic or sexual violence against a parent can affect a child in the home. You will have a “can-do‟ approach, experience of working with families and demonstrable commitment to Solace’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer. You will receive training and support for this role as necessary.
Successful applicants will have in-depth knowledge of domestic abuse and its impact on women and children, experience of providing emotional and practical support to victims of VAWG, and a strong understanding of housing options and legislation.
A relevant qualification in VAWG is desirable.
We understand that you may not have all the knowledge, experience, and skills mentioned in the Job Profile Document. However, your interpersonal skills, passion to have a positive impact, commitment to our purpose, and ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively will be equally important. If you wish to learn more about the role or if you are unsure about whether to apply, we encourage you to contact our recruitment team.
What we can offer you
We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:
- Flexible working
- Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Employer pension contribution
- Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
- Access to Inclusion Networks
- Daily clinical debriefing
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
- Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Flow & Restore yoga classes
- Meditation sessions
- Cycle to Work Scheme
How to apply
Please submit your CV and Supporting Statement through the recruitment portal. When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:
- Values, Behaviours & Competencies
- Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you require any support to apply for this role, please email us.
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.
No agencies.