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Winner of the 2023 Overall Award for Excellence for our StopTheFlights campaign.
This multichannel, survivor-led campaign directly compelled 4 out of the 6 airlines tasked with flying refugees to Rwanda, including survivors of torture, to rule themselves out of the scheme.
We have an exciting opportunity for Locum Legal Advisors to join our Legal Advice and Welfare Service.
About the Role
Legal Advisors at Freedom from Torture deliver expert, detailed, advice to treatment clients and their clinicians on all areas of asylum and immigration law. There is a particular focus on complex, appeals rights exhausted cases where there is a risk of detention, and on supporting clients who are unrepresented. Legal Advisors review evidence produced by clinicians for use in clients’ asylum and immigration cases, ensuring that it complies with the standards required of a professional witness. Legal Advisors are also responsible for delivering internal and external training on a range of legal issues affecting torture survivors within the immigration and asylum system in the UK.
We are seeking to recruit Locum Legal Advisors to provide additional capacity to the team when needed. The Locum Legal Advisors may be asked to undertake any tasks covered by the Legal Advisor Job Description accompanying this advertisement. Although we are unable to offer guaranteed hours, we may be able to offer up to three days per week in early 2025. The role will be hybrid and attendance at either of our Manchester or London centres may be required.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
About You
You will be a qualified legal professional: a solicitor, barrister, or OISC accredited at Level Three, with expertise in immigration and asylum law, particularly in relation to the legal protections available to survivors of torture. You will have experience of advising and representing clients in the Tribunals and Courts, including in judicial review claims. You will be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with people who have experienced trauma and will be able to build professional relationships with a variety of colleagues both internally and externally. You will share our commitment to working with and empowering people who have experienced torture.
Freedom from Torture is committed to showing the salary for all advertised roles and not negotiating salaries for roles in light of evidence that this contributes to structural inequality.
To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please visit our website.
Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.
Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.
We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.
Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.
Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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Work setting: Remote
Salary: £23.77 per hour
Contract: Temporary until 31st March 2025
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: London / remote
Do you have expertise in early years and perinatal mental health, combined with a talent for research and stakeholder engagement? Are you familiar with participant and patient confidentially requirements? Do you have knowledge of safeguarding requirements for adults and children?
TPP are recruiting a proactive Regional Implementation Advisor on behalf of our client, a respected mental health charity focused on supporting children and their families.
The Role:
As a Regional Implementation Advisor, you'll ensure that projects and training streams are informed by the latest policy and research. Your work will focus on integrated, preventative, and early intervention support for families, with a particular emphasis on the early years and perinatal mental health.
Responsibilities:
- Leading research activities and contributing specialist knowledge of research methods.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with regional stakeholders, including local authorities and the voluntary and community sectors.
- Facilitating events, such as Communities of Practice and Action Learning Sets, to share best practice and insights.
- Contributing to the creation of high-quality resources tailored to the needs of regional areas.
- Representing the organisation at national conferences, events, and external meetings.
- Ensuring equity, diversity, inclusion, and safeguarding considerations are embedded in all activities.
Requirements
- Knowledge of local authority and voluntary sector landscapes in early years and family hub policy.
- Awareness of UK policies related to health and social care for families with young children.
- Understanding of parent-child relationships, attachment theory, and mental health.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Teams, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work to tight deadlines.
If this sounds like the role for you, then we would love to hear back. We are reviewing CVs as and when we are receiving them so, if you are keen to apply, then please do so today!
TPP are always keen to speak with candidates looking to work in the sector so if this role isn't quite right for you, please do check out our website and pop your CV over to us!
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
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Around 13,000 people have Parkinson’s in Scotland, with the condition affecting many thousands of friends and family members. Parkinson’s is a currently incurable, degenerative neurological condition. People living with Parkinson's need and value the information, services and opportunities Parkinson’s UK provides, delivered by committed and skilled colleagues, volunteers and partners. Following an investment of £1.5 million into our community work we have the opportunity to build on the quality and reach of our community services across Scotland and the rest of the UK.
About the role
You’ll manage, coach and develop a team of eight home based Parkinson’s Local Advisers (PLAs) to deliver a high standard of service across Scotland. You’ll ensure that the team is supported in meeting service demand which will include more complex casework, covering gaps, or supporting new/inexperienced colleagues.
You’ll work with colleagues across the wider Parkinson’s UK Scotland team to support the delivery of local priorities to reach and support more people affected by Parkinson’s.
What you’ll do:
- Lead a team of Parkinson’s Local Advisers to deliver a professional service that gives accurate, tailored information and support based on needs in line with optimal service practice
- Ensure quality service standards are met, including assessing needs, advocacy, information and support given and referrals
- Provide support and guidance to your team of advisers, including on complex casework and safeguarding cases. Occasional need to pick up direct casework at busy times/absences etc.
- Ensure appropriate staffing cover and support other teams as required
What you’ll bring:
- Experience of managing, coaching, developing, and motivating a dispersed staff team, including workload distribution and prioritisation
- Ability to implement reflective practice principles
- Commitment to working principles that empower people who use our services
- Experience of providing health and social care information services
- Experience of delivering a multi channel service effectively
You must live in Scotland or have plans to do so in order to carry out this role.
This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!
Please apply by sending us your CV, together with supporting statements. The supporting statement should fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the role description. Please detail how you meet each of these in your application.
Interviews for the role will be held virtually on the 6th February
The successful candidate will be required to:
- live in the area specified, and be able to travel freely and flexibly throughout the area and occasionally further afield without reliance on public transport
- provide their own broadband service, have a confidential home space in which to work and with a minimum download speed of 2Mb
This role will require a Disclosure Scotland check. You’ll be required to apply for one; refusal to do so will result in the offer being withdrawn.
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
People living with Parkinson's value the services and opportunities Parkinson’s UK provides, delivered by committed and skilled colleagues, volunteers and partner organisations. Following an investment of 1.5 million we have the opportunity to build on the quality and reach of our community services.
About the role
You’ll empower your clients to take actions for themselves or will advocate on their behalf for better service, support and outcomes, so they can live their life with Parkinson's in the way they choose.
You’ll deliver tailored information and support through a range of channels including telephone, video and email and, where appropriate, home visits and in community settings.
You’ll be responsible for building excellent relationships with healthcare professionals and other relevant agencies, as well as our network of volunteers and groups.
What you'll do:
- Provide professional person centred, in depth support to clients by a range of means, ensuring the most efficient and effective use of resources.
- Provide support on a variety of health and social care issues, including appropriate emotional, employment and welfare benefits support and advocating with and on behalf of clients.
- Work flexibly across the service responding to enquiries through a range of channels.
- Work closely with clinicians, specialist nurses and other professional colleagues to raise the profile of the service, increase depth of support and achieve improved outcomes for people with Parkinson’s.
What you'll bring:
- Experience of managing and delivering individual case work, including advocating for clients and supporting people to navigate the health and social care system
- Experience and understanding of safeguarding and your role in keeping clients safe and implementing organisational policies and procedure
- Ability to be calm and use emotional intelligence in challenging casework
- Demonstrable digital competence, with experience of effective use of a range of tools including online case management systems
- The ability to build effective working relationships with others including working within multi disciplinary teams internally and externally
You must live in the area you’re applying for in order to carry out this role.
Please apply by sending us your CV, together with supporting statements. The supporting statement should fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the role description.
Interviews for the role will be held w/c 03 February.
We are operating rolling recruitment for this vacancy and reviewing applications as they are received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- live in the area specified, and be able to travel freely and flexibly throughout the area and occasionally further afield without reliance on public transport
- Preferably hold a full driving licence
- provide occasional cover on Saturdays and/or Bank holidays
- provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb
This role will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. You’ll be required to apply for one; refusal to do so will result in the offer being withdrawn.
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.