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Reporting to: Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space Manager
Responsible for: None
Hours: 36 hours per week (full time), Monday to Saturday (across 5 shifts).
Contract: Fixed Term until 31 March 2025
Location: Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space (CHWS), Whitgift Centre, North End, Croydon CR0 1LP (additional locations may be identified in the future)
Purpose of the role:
Croydon Health & Wellbeing Space (CHWS) is an exciting and dynamic service, run in partnership with Mind in Croydon and Croydon BME Forum and commissioned by South London and Maudsley Mental Health Service (SLaM). The CHWS opened in 2022 with the aim of providing advice, information, and specialist support to Croydon residents with mental health concerns, who drop-in, or have been referred to the via the local Integrated Care Network Plus multi-disciplinary clinical and community mental health support teams.
The Advice Worker will be part of a friendly team, including support workers, crisis workers and clinical mental health professionals and function as the first point of access for visitors to the CHWS. Following an initial conversation to ascertain the clients’ needs, the Advice Worker will provide information and advice, as well as signposting and referrals to specialist services, such as the Mental Health Personal Independence Co-ordinators, Social Prescribers and Community Link Workers, in addition to the wider voluntary and statutory services in the borough. The role will be fast paced and vary each day offering a fantastic opportunity for the postholder to develop their knowledge and skills and make a difference to the users of this service.
Mind in Croydon is an equal opportunities employer. No job applicant or employee will be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We encourage applications from those with Lived Experience.
To apply please send your CV and a Covering Letter explaining:
- Why would you like to apply for this role?
- How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?
- What value you can add to the service?
Closing date for applications is 9th June
We will be actively interviewing as applications come in.
To apply please send your CV and a Covering Letter explaining:
• Why would you like to apply for this role?
• How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?
• What value you can add to the service
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Make a difference
This is an exciting opportunity to join our new service supporting Unpaid Carers across Lewisham to improve their health and wellbeing, and access support that meets their needs.
The team works with unpaid Adult Carers, Young Adult Carers and Young Carers, completing statutory and holistic assessments to understand people’s individual circumstances and level of need. You will carry out home visits and community meetings, co-produce support plans, and develop effective relationships with Unpaid Carers, families, and professionals.
You’ll build on your local knowledge to signpost and facilitate access for Unpaid Carers to support services, including financial and benefit advice, housing, health and safety home systems, and leisure and social activities. You will also support the development of escalation plans so that Unpaid Carers are prepared for unforeseen circumstances that would impact negatively on ability to care.
Applicants should have relevant personal or professional experience of working with Unpaid Carers and/or vulnerable adults or children in a social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector. You’ll need a practical understanding of barriers faced by Unpaid Carers, and an awareness of cultural differences and access to services. Experience of working in mental health or dementia services would be an advantage.
You should be an excellent communicator and able to motivate and empower others. This is a full-time role.
Don’t wait. Apply today!
We offer our employees:
- Inclusive values-based environment
- Competitive remuneration package
- Workplace pension scheme
- Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
- Opportunities for hybrid working
- Benenden Health Care
- Death in Service Benefit
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
- Development opportunities
- and more
Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.
Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.
Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Global Health 50/50 is seeking a Communications Executive to drive awareness of our work and catalyse change among our target audiences. This is an exciting role that involves working across the marcoms spectrum and encompasses digital marketing, social media, website and media management, press engagement, SEO, and reporting.
You will have an opportunity to have a truly tangible impact on important social justice issues across the world through your work.
About Global Health 50/50:
Global Health 50/50 (GH5050) is an independent, evidence-based initiative dedicated to advancing action and accountability for global gender equality. GH5050’s mission is to enhance health, wellbeing, and social justice through the promotion of human rights, with a particular focus on gender equality. We achieve this by conducting rigorous research, disseminating valuable findings, and providing information, guidance, and advocacy.
We fulfil our mission by:
- Informing global discourse with the world’s most comprehensive index on gender equality across organisations active in health, law, and finance, including their respective policies.
- Inspiring a vision of a new standard for gender equality across global health, finance, and legal systems.
- Inciting a movement to demand and implement policies that promote gender equality in the workplace and in global health, financial, and legal programmes.
Role Summary:
The Communications Executive will work closely with the Head of Communications and Advocacy to implement our communications and media strategy, contributing to organisational, engagement, and brand awareness goals.
You will manage digital channel growth, content calendars, and deliver social media plans to enhance our digital presence and position as experts in global health, social justice and gender equality.
You will create engaging content and ideas for data promotion and brand awareness campaigns, and support the press office function with media engagement throughout the year.
Skills & Experience:
Essential (1-3 years) experience:
- as a communications professional – you have a motivational, engaging style and can draw out information and ideas from others.
- in SEO implementation: Conduct keyword research to guide content creation, optimise website and article content for search engines, and monitor, analyse, and report on website SEO performance.
- in social media channel and content management, growing audiences, increasing visibility and engagement.
- in email marketing: Design and execute email marketing campaigns to engage Global Health 50/50’s audience, drive traffic to the website, and promote events or publications. Segment email lists and personalise content to increase effectiveness.
- in digital marketing, creating advertising campaigns across digital platforms.
Desirable experience:
- Experience in the charity/not-for-profit sector with a digital communications background.
Skills:
- Talented wordsmith – able to engage different audiences through website, publications, or social media.
- Enthusiastic with a collaborative approach to achieving goals through knowledge-sharing and effective delegation.
- Excellent at building rapport and developing good working relationships.
- Multi-tasker with a focus on goal achievement.
- Innovative, practical, and creative problem-solver – big picture thinker who responds quickly to varied activities and changing conditions.
- Confident use of Content Management Systems.
Knowledge:
- Experience tailoring communication messages to key audiences and channels in all sections of the community, including media.
- Understanding of the digital landscape and working knowledge of audience growth strategies on these channels
- Working knowledge of word press and social media managements tool such as Sprout or Hootsuite
How to apply & further details:
Please review the full job description for information on the application process.
Please note: Applications without cover letters will not be considered. Applicants will be assessed against their ability to demonstrate how they meet the skills & experience criteria.
We want to know in your application…
- What excites you about working with GH5050?
- What experience and knowledge would you bring and how do you meet the criteria for the role?
The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 10th June. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the closing date if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Wandsworth WellFamily and Foodbank Service is an adult mental health service serving the Wandsworth community and based in foodbanks and GP surgeries across the London Borough of Wandsworth. We offer short term, holistic support focusing on the needs of the whole family whilst directly supporting the adult.
New funding has enabled us to create this post which will focus on increasing our capacity and inclusivity to provide emotional and practical support to the most vulnerable foodbank guests, who present with complex needs. This will involve providing a short-term intervention of up to two sessions, making safeguarding referrals where appropriate, liaising with GP’s and improving their access to services.
The other facet to the role will involve building new links with marginalised communities in Wandsworth, such as Refugee and Asylum Seekers, people with substance misuse, victims of domestic violence and the LGBTQ+ community. The goal is to reduce health inequalities including racism and all forms of discrimination.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 (35 hours FTE) depending on experience
Hours: Either Full Time (35 hrs) or Part Time (21 hrs) - Please specify preference when applying
Place of work: Flexible/Remote/Hybrid, plus a requirement to attend 4 x all staff days per year at our offices in Hatfield, Herts, and some additional conferences as required.
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As Health Services Lead at Crohn’s & Colitis UK, you will be integral in project managing the development of a new Healthcare Professional Online Education Programme. You will also work on a variety of other healthcare professional projects. This is a role that is both fulfilling and challenging. You will be supporting the Health Services Manager and liaising with both internal and external stakeholders, all with a view to improving the quality and the standards of health services for all people affected by Crohn's and Colitis.
Full details of the Job Description and Person Specification are found in our Recruitment Pack, available on our website
Benefits of working for Crohn’s & Colitis UK
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days
- Pension scheme
- Flexible working options
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing programme
- Interest free loan for season tickets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking and secure bike locks
- Training and development financial support and/or study leave
- Performance review and development scheme
About you
- You will have experience of supporting the delivery pf projects and programmes in a UK wide healthcare context.
- You will be able to develop and maintain a wide range of stakeholder relationships to ensure the partnerships needed to deliver our projects and programmes.
- A team player with great written and verbal communication skills.
What can you expect from us
Crohn’s & Colitis UK is a truly flexible employer. Getting the right person for the role is more important than where you live.
We value equality and want to make sure we get the best person for the job every time so want to hear from people of all backgrounds and with a range of experiences.
About us
We're the UK's leading charity for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
A diagnosis of Crohn’s or Colitis is life-changing. Over 500,000 people in the UK are living with a lifelong disease many people have never heard of, and for which there is no known cure.
Crohn’s & Colitis UK funds research, provides award winning information and support and raises vital awareness by increasing the public’s understanding of the conditions, and what it means to live with debilitating symptoms. But we need to do more. We need to be a louder voice in the marketplace. Our ambitious plans for 2024, will help to make a real difference to every supporter’s journey with us. If this excites you - join us!
How to apply
Please submit a CV and supporting statement outlining why you’d like to apply, how you fulfil the person specification, and what you feel you will bring to the role, so you’ll need to refer to the Recruitment Pack.
Please confirm if you are looking for a full time or part time role.
If you have any queries about this role, would like to have a conversation before formally applying, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact jthe email listed in the Recruitment Pack.
Closing Date: Monday 17th June 9.00am
Please note, applications will be assessed as and when they are received, and interviews arranged, so we may close the position before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.
We will not be accepting any contact from Recruitment Agencies or Media Sales
Please provide a supporting statement with your cv
We break taboos, drive pioneering research, bring people together & campaign to improve lives. We are leading the fight against Crohn's & Colitis
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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What You'll Do:
Leadership and Prevention: Lead, inspire, and effectively deliver training including in house and open courses and the delivery of bespoke workshops in the local community.
- Innovation and Empowerment: Channel your passion into providing training and promoting training courses for S&G Mind. Empowering people to build confidence, understanding and resilience whilst supporting themselves or others with mental health needs
- Quality and Leadership: As a S&G Mind Mental Health Trainer, you will lead on collecting data and evaluation forms in relation to training delivery.
Why Join Us:
• Impact Matters: Join a team where your work directly transforms lives and contributes to a healthier community.
• Personal Growth: We offer professional development opportunities that will enrich your career and help shape the future of mental health services in Swindon.
• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside like-minded individuals who share your passion for making a meaningful impact. Together, we can build a brighter, healthier future for people in Swindon and Gloucestershire. Your leadership can make all the difference.
We provide advice and support to empower anyone in our local communities experiencing a mental health problem.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you comfortable to multitask and prioritise your workload? Do you enjoy managing a variety of services? Have you got an understanding of older people and their needs?
We have an opportunity to lead our Health & Wellbeing Team as part of a job share working in collaboration with another senior manager.
You will manage, develop and market Hospital Discharge and Health & Wellbeing Services in Bromley and Greenwich and work in partnership with other providers. You will be responsible for all Hospital Discharge services and work closely with the Hospital as well as be an active member of the Senior Management team.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· To have oversight of the monthly and quarterly reports for the services
· The successful candidate will have responsibility for the following services:
o Take Home and Settle/ Hospital Aftercare Service
o Sitting Service
o Handy Person Service
o Frailty Care Navigator
o Long Term Health Conditions
· The work will include some on call responsibilities on evenings and weekends for the Hospital Discharge Services which an extra payment will be made.
· To work in partnership with other providers and health partners across both boroughs.
· To work within the Bromley Well partnership and maintain contact with BTSE
· To build a strong relationship with the hospitals and NHS staff
· To be responsible for health and wellbeing staff including undertaking supervision, guidance and support, allocation and monitoring of work plans, annual appraisals, identification of training needs and participation in the recruitment of staff.
· To work with the Chief Executive to devise and implement a marketing / publicity strategy to promote primary and secondary interventions and other services for older people.
· To work in partnership with older people, volunteers, statutory, voluntary and other agencies to initiate and deliver a programme of healthy living and recreational activities which meet the needs and aspirations of older people in Bromley and Greenwich identifying and developing new initiatives and partners.
· To be responsible for ensuring that risk assessments are undertaken of premises, outreach venues, client’s homes and other measures for the provision of a safe environment ensuring that all legislative requirements are met.
· To ensure that evaluation and monitoring of service/project outcomes is implemented, enabling Age UK Bromley & Greenwich to demonstrate the effectiveness and impact of the service delivery.
· To establish and maintain excellent working relationships with clients, work colleagues, volunteers and partner organisations
· To work alongside the Chief Executive to undertake long-term strategic planning of primary and secondary care interventions and other health and wellbeing services.
· To work with older people and with other groups, organisations and agencies in the boroughs to identify potential areas for health, education and social activities that older people want to participate in, and identify funding sources to develop and deliver the new areas of work.
· To be creative and innovative in designing new opportunities and projects for people to get involved across the boroughs in the co-delivery of services.
· To work with diverse and/or hard to reach individuals / groups who are not involved in their community, in particular targeting people who are socially isolated.
· To keep your knowledge up to date with the health priorities and health commissioning strategies in both boroughs to ensure our services are ‘fit for purpose’ and can contribute to the current overarching outcomes agreed between the local Authorities and the ICB.
· To be familiar with the Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) Health & Wellbeing Strategies and decisions agreed at the joint local authority and ICB & Wellbeing Boards.
FOR A FULL JOB DESCRIPTION PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE JOB PACK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Thalidomide Trust is seeking a collaborative, inspiring and empathetic leader to join as our next Director of Health & Wellbeing, providing leadership to a committed and expert team as we work to deliver the best possible support to thalidomide survivors as they enter older age.
The Thalidomide Trust was established as a registered charity in 1973 to support individuals living with disabilities caused by their mothers taking thalidomide during pregnancy. Today, our support encompasses financial grants and guidance, together with comprehensive health and wellbeing support (including emotional support). We also undertake research to better understand the needs of our beneficiaries and provide vital information resources for professionals working with them. Secure funding means we can focus entirely on how to improve the lives of our beneficiaries.
We assist 430 beneficiaries, most of whom the Trust has worked with since they were children. We are often the first port of call for any issues they face. As our beneficiaries are now in their 60s, we must continue to evolve to meet their changing needs. The Trust is approaching a crucial transition point - effectively becoming an older person’s charity over the next 10-20 years, as the group’s needs become ever more complex and diverse. We must ensure we are ready to provide much-needed support to our beneficiaries as they face the typical challenges of aging that impact them more as thalidomide survivors, as well as the unique impacts and accelerated aging caused by thalidomide damage.
Our current Director of Health & Wellbeing is taking on the Joint Chief Executive role with our existing Executive Director. This means we need a new Director of Health & Wellbeing to join in October this year to lead our fantastic, 12-strong team of health & wellbeing professionals though this transition period. They will ensure they have the resources and skills to support our beneficiaries into this next phase of life, maintain and build on our award-winning culture, contribute to the development of the Trust’s next Five-Year Strategic Plan, and lead the implementation of the health and wellbeing objectives and deliverables within the plan.
Key details:
Job title: Director of Health & Wellbeing
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000
Contract: Permanent, full time with flexible working
Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire, with hybrid working (2-3 days per week in the office). The role also requires regular travel to meet beneficiaries in their homes (including for Holistic Needs Assessments)
As well as a strong alignment with our vision, values, culture and strategic goals, you will demonstrate:
- Significant senior management experience in health, social care, or voluntary sectors
- Proven ability to establish and maintain partnerships
- Effective leadership of multidisciplinary teams
- Innovation in designing and implementing new models of support with the goal of delivering holistic support
- Sound financial skills with budget management experience
- Data analysis proficiency for strategic improvement
- Up-to-date knowledge of UK health and social care
- Experience with older people and/or people living with disabilities
- Understanding of the changing needs of individuals as they age
- Adult safeguarding experience
- Involvement of service users in development and planning
- Understanding of research principles
- Evaluation and project management skills
- Empathy and ability to build rapport with beneficiaries
- Enabling approach and service-user empowerment
- Self-motivated with workload management skills
- Sound judgement in handling sensitive issues
If you would like to receive an Appointment Brief for this Director of Health & Wellbeing role with full details, including how to apply, please send an expression of interest and (optional but appreciated) a CV or professional profile in confidence to our consultant, Jenny Hills at Harris Hill via the apply button.
For an informal and confidential conversation about this position, please contact Jenny via the apply button with suitable times to talk.
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday, 10th June 2024.
The Thalidomide Trust particularly welcome applications from members of the BAME community and people living with disabilities.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
The post-holder will work within an innovative mental health team.
Emotional Health and Wellbeing services opening hours supports the needs of the communities in which we work, and therefore there are elements of unsociable hours - this may include evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
Permanent position but with a provisional end date for funding of 31/3/2025
£32,839.52 per annum
37 hour week - Job share or less hours will be considered.
Benefits - 28 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service
Do you want to support a team who work with children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?
The post holder will support Children, Young People, and Young Adults in our Emotional Health & Wellbeing services based in Gateshead by offering low intensity support under a brief intervention framework.
It is planned to offer various drop ins in Gateshead venues have yet to be identified.
The nature of the Emotional Health & Wellbeing services the ability to build relationships quickly, identify risks, and process further support is vital.
In order to be considered for this post you will have to demonstrate that you already have:
Skills
-Experience of management and supervision of staff and volunteers: (following the necessary training and support
-Computer literate and is able to navigate a data management system (after training is provided)
-Excellent verbal and written Communication skills, including telephone skills
-Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with all clients - Practicing in a non-judgement and anti-discriminatory manner
-Competencies in undertaking risk assessments within scope of practice
-Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
-Experience of managing risk of a service and implementing and safe practice standards
-Experience in collating, understanding and challenging data sets with practice teams.
Work-based Knowledge
-Knowledge of anxiety and depression presentations in Primary Care and an understanding of evidence based interventions.
-Demonstrates knowledge of the issues surrounding socio- economic factors and mental health.
-Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding legislation, policy and procedures and risks for children, young people and young adults aged 0-25.
-Able to demonstrate a knowledge of the issues that children, young people and young adults face when accessing mental health services.
For an application pack please visit the web site
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/work-us
or telephone
The Childrens Society Recruitment team on 020 7841 4400
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.
The closing date for applications is 21st May 2024. If after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on 7th May 2024 onwards.
Provisional Interview date TBC
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
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Join a team with a bold mission – at Swindon & Gloucestershire Mind, we are dedicated to reshaping the landscape of mental health and emotional well-being in our community. We believe in empowering individuals with opportunities for a richer life.
What You'll Do: -
Collaboration and Efficiency: Work hand-in-hand with existing Mental Health Provision for people and their families, as well as other local agencies/organisations to effectively support people transitioning from services.
Innovation and Empowerment: Channel your passion into providing evidence-based interventions, becoming key in shaping this role as the service develops as well as providing support to the core Access Community Mental Health team.
We provide advice and support to empower anyone in our local communities experiencing a mental health problem.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Here at 42 Street, Mental Health Practioners (MHP) work at the heart of our service, delivering our vision of inclusive, trauma informed, accessible mental health and wellbeing support and opportunities for all young people.
42 Street offers a choice of effective, creative, young person-centered and rights-based approaches, demonstrating local impact with national significance, we drive meaningful change that makes a positive difference to the lives of young people.
We celebrate our diverse team and inclusive workplace reflective of our service users; with a people-centric focus for our work-life balance; employee development and learning; wellbeing and mental health approaches.
We are considering applications for Mental Health Practitioners in both our Integrated Community Response (ICR) team and Safe Zones team, you can apply for either or both roles.
Both ICR and Safe Zones provide de-escalation support to Young People in crisis or experience high levels of distress in the community.
Safezones, is part of the Greater Manchester Children and Young People’s Crisis Care Pathway and may include weekend work depending on the needs of Young People and the service.
Apply if you can offer:
- Young Person-centered approach to your Mental Health practice;
- Support to Young People in crisis or distress, with a solution focused approach;
- Passion for supporting inclusive and anti-discriminatory best practice;
- Excellent diligence in safeguarding and record keeping;
- Deliver confidential and accountable practice;
- Transferable skills from previous experience as a Youth Worker; Social Worker, Teacher; Counsellor; MHP in child and adult services; etc.
We Offer:
- People focused leaders, developmental line managers and an excellent team to work alongside with a strong 42nd Street culture focusing on equal opportunities and continuous learning;
- Annual personal training budget to support your continued professional development, on successful completion of your probationary period;
- 42nd Street is a Real Living Wage Foundation accredited employer;
- Role locations are varied offering the service both out in the community and office based. 42nd Street can offer a hybrid working set up, in a way that fits both your needs and the needs of the service;
- 27 days’ annual leave and x8 bank holidays per year (pro rata), rising to 30 days’ annual leave after 5 years’ service;
- Pensions Scheme - 3% employer contributions;
- Cycle To Work scheme;
- Internal training calendar with modules identified by staff;
- x4 paid team well-being afternoons off per year to use as you wish.
ICR and Safe Zones Job descriptions, person specification, job application form and equal opportunities form on our ' Work With Us' page on our webiste.
We look forward to receiving your application. To ensure we offer an equal recruitment experience for all, we do not accept C.V. applications. Please use the application process as directed on our website.
If you have access needs that require additional support to make an application, please let us know and we can discuss best how to support you during the application process.
Roles available: There are x2 MHP ICR roles and x4 Safezones MHP roles, see application for more information on selecting the roles you want to apply for.
For more information or to discuss ICR or Safezones opportunities in more detail, please contact, Tim Eaton, contacts are available on our website.
Applications open: 17/05/2024
Applications close: 10 am, 07/06/2024
Interviews, W/c: 17/06/2024 and 24/06/2024
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £29,269.00-£36,648.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free or subsidised travel
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 07/06/2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The post-holder will work within an innovative mental health team.
Emotional Health and Wellbeing services opening hours supports the needs of the communities in which we work, and therefore there are elements of unsociable hours - this may include evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
Permanent position but with a provisional end date for funding of 31/3/2025
Salary: £29,855.00 per annum
Hours: 37 hour week
There are four posts we are willing to consider full time and part time hours. Please indicate on statement hours you are interested in.
Benefits: 28 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service
Do you want to support a team who work with children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?
The post holder will support Children, Young People, and Young Adults in our Emotional Health & Wellbeing services based in Gateshead by offering low intensity support under a brief intervention framework.
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
The nature of the service means that service users require intensive support to be provided during out of hours and weekends. The service holds no waiting lists and therefore the ability to build relationships quickly, identify risks, and process further support is vital.
We are looking for a Well Being Practitioner that:
-Has a genuine passion and working knowledge of young people and mental health.
-Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with CYP and families
-Experience of working in settings with young people who have emotional, behavioural and/or mental health concerns.
-Has a background or worked in Health Care, Education, Youth Work or Social work
-Able to provide direct low level therapeutic support that is person centred.
-Able to deliver improved wellbeing for children &young people presenting in crisis.
-a good working knowledge of Mental and Emotional Health Issues that young people face today, including interventions on how to support young people in overcoming these challenges.
Due to the fast paced environment and use of computers for clinical record keeping, you will need to have a good level of IT skills.
For an application pack please visit the web site
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/about-us/work-us
or telephone
The Children's Society Recruitment team on 020 7841 4400
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
All people within diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.
The closing date for applications is 21st May 2024. If after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on 7th May 2024 onwards.
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Wellbeing Coach - Job specification
Reports to: Wellbeing Coach Co-ordinator
Location: Maidstone, Ashford and Swale
Hours: Full time, 35 hour week.
Salary: £23,990 pa
Contract Type: Full time, Permanent.
About Mid Kent Mind
We believe in recognising people as unique individuals and not as a diagnosis or a label and that empowerment is key in recovery and maintaining wellbeing. Mid Kent Mind work in the community to promote social inclusion for people who experience mental health problems. We strive to tackle stigma and discrimination through projects that promote a better understanding of mental health. We aim to ensure that the needs of each individual who experiences a mental health problem, are met with the best possible support and outcome.
About the role
Mid Kent Mind runs a wide range of services, including but not limited to, mental health training, wellbeing courses, one-to-one sessions, and social groups. You will be working with both adult and youths in services which focus on nurturing the mental health and wellbeing of our service users in a safe and supportive environment.
You will be instrumental in facilitating a wide range of support across Maidstone, Ashford and Swale. You will lead on our structured mental health courses, and community groups whilst also having the opportunity to shape your individual approach to support the needs of our service users.
Who you are
· You are an authentic and empathetic communicator with emotional intelligence, you are able to deliver confidently to a wide range of audiences, face to face and virtual delivery.
· You have excellent administrative skills, attention to detail and are rigorous in your task management.
· You have the ability to collect information and create accurate and timely reports, as required.
· You are able to be flexible in response to the organisation’s needs and requirements.
What you will offer us
· You will contribute to the design, development and evaluation of courses and workshops in response to need.
· You will be responsible for your own administration, with accurate data entry and working with a customer relationship management (CRM) system.
· You will be a positive addition to the team and happy to represent Mid Kent Mind.
Key responsibilities
· As one of our Wellbeing Coaches you will lead on the existing service delivery, courses and social groups, both out in the community and based at our Wellbeing Centre in Maidstone.
· You will plan and prepare a range of engaging online and face to face group sessions, and courses.
· You will conduct wellbeing assessments with our service users.
· You will action safeguarding needs of service users, following MKM’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
· You will work with the team to ensure timely responses to email inboxes, answering phones and greeting visitors.
Mid Kent Mind will consider any reasonable adjustments required by applicants with a disability (as defined under the Equality Act 2010) who meet the requirements of the post to be invited to interview. We welcome applications from people with transferrable skills and qualities, and people with diverse employment histories and personal backgrounds and applicants with lived experience of mental illness.
Review: this job description is subject to periodic review.
Please read our additional information for details of the application timelines.
Please send a current CV of your recent experience and a statement evidencing how you meet the requirements (no more than two sides of A4). Please be sure you have addressed all the bullet points under ‘Who you are’ and ‘What you will offer us’ in the job description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Community Wellbeing Support Worker to join our Flintshire Wellbeing service. This role does not provide direct basic care but is focused on motivating and supporting individuals to identify their own goals as well as developing self-management strategies to improve their health and wellbeing and maintain their independence.
This role will ensure that guided conversations are led by the individual and that they are at the centre of everything we do.This is a new service commissioned by Flintshire County Council on behalf of health and social care partners through the Welsh Government Regional Integration Fund. The service has been commissioned to fill a gap identified within existing service provision.
If you have an empathetic and compassionate nature with a genuine desire to help others improve their health and wellbeing, this role could be for you. The successful candidate will play a vital role in helping individuals improve their overall well-being and make positive lifestyle changes following a recent hospital admission.
The Flintshire Wellbeing service aims to support individuals for a period of up to 6 weeks following hospital discharge. We work collaboratively with individuals to help them identify their strengths, overcome limiting beliefs, and develop practical strategies for achieving their goals at home and within their community.
A key element of this role will be to work with the individual and co-design a personalised action plan. From this information, meaningful functional goals and outcomes are developed with the individual, to promote wellbeing, autonomy, independence, and choice. This approach aims to ‘enable people to be and to do what they have reason to value’
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Here at 42nd Street, Senior Mental Health Practitioners (Snr Prac) work at the heart of our service, delivering our vision of inclusive, trauma informed, accessible mental health and wellbeing support and opportunities for all young people.
42nd Street offers a choice of effective, creative, young person-centered and rights-based approaches, demonstrating local impact with national significance, we drive meaningful change that makes a positive difference to the lives of young people.
We celebrate our diverse team and inclusive workplace reflective of our service users; with a people-centric focus for our work-life balance; employee development and learning; wellbeing and mental health approaches.
Senior Practitioners deliver our services to young people alongside providing supervision and management and playing a vital role in keeping our management and practice connected for the success of our clinical best practice.
We are considering applications for Senior Mental Health Practitioners in both our Integrated Community Response (ICR) team and Safezones team, you can apply for either or both roles.
Both ICR and Safezones provide de-escalation support to Young People in crisis or experience high levels of distress in the community.
Safezones, is part of the Greater Manchester Children and Young People’s Crisis Care Pathway and may include weekend work depending on the needs of Young People and the service.
Apply if you can offer:
- Young People-centered approach to your Mental Health practice;
- Support to Young People in crisis or distress, with a solution focused approach;
- Passion for supporting inclusive and anti-discriminatory best practice and management;
- Excellent diligence in safeguarding and record keeping;
- Deliver confidential and accountable practice;
- Transferable skills from previous experience as a Youth Worker; Social Worker, Teacher; Counsellor; MHP in child and adult services; etc.
We Offer:
- People focused leaders, developmental line managers and an excellent team to work alongside with a strong 42nd Street culture focusing on equal opportunities and continual learning.
- Annual personal training budget to support your continued professional development, on successful completion of your probationary period.
- 42nd Street is a Real Living Wage Foundation accredited employer.
- Role locations are varied offering the service both out in the community and office based. 42nd Street can offer a hybrid working set up, in a way that fits both your needs and the needs of the service.
- 27 days’ annual leave and x8 bank holidays per year (pro rata), rising to 30 days’ annual leave after 5 years’ service.
- Pensions Scheme - 3% employer contributions.
- Cycle To Work scheme.
- Internal training calendar with modules identified by staff.
- x4 paid team well-being afternoons off per year to use as you wish.
Job description, person specification, job application form and equal opportunities form on the 'Work with Us' page on iur website.
We look forward to receiving your application. To ensure we offer an equal recruitment experience for all, we do not accept C.V. applications. Please use the application process as directed on our website.
If you have access needs that require additional support to make an application, please let us know and we can discuss best how to support you during the application process.
Roles available: There are x1 MHP ICR roles and x1 Safezones Snr Prac roles, see application for more information on selecting the roles you want to apply for.
For more information or to discuss ICR or Safezones opportunities in more detail, please contact Time Eaton, his contacr details are on the webiste.
Applications open: 17/05/2024
Applications close: 10 am, 07/06/2024
Interviews, W/c: 17/06/2024 and 24/06/2024.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £35,745.00-£40,221.00 per year (pro-rata)
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Free or subsidised travel
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 07/06/2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.