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Are you passionate about working with people in the criminal justice system or supporting those in recovery? Would you like to work with a established and highly regarded specialist charity? Apply here!
Please note, we are unable to consider applications from candidates who require sponsorship.
Please note, if you are in recovery yourself you will need to evidence you are 3 years + in recovery due to the prison rules.
I am looking to recruit a Recovery Navigator or Recovery Support Worker to work for a charity based within a prison in York for male offenders.
The Recovery Navigator is a permanent full time post paying £24,000 - £26,000 per annum working a Monday to Friday pattern (9am-5pm).
You will receive extensive induction and training so you feel comfortable and safe as a key holder.
The successful candidate must have
Experience working with substance misuse, addiction or recovery
Experience of the criminal justice system and/or offenders
Driving License and vehicle (due to location of the prison)
High resilience to stress and challenging behaviour
Available to start within 4 weeks
The Recovery Navigator will work with inmates who are at various stages of recovery from substance misuse and your primary responsibilities will be to :
Providing Support And Advocacy,
Advice And Guidance To Relevant Resources Available,
Complete Substance Misuse Risk Assessments And Support Plans,
Deliver 1:1 And Group Sessions
Build Positive And Effective Relationships With Positive Communication
Work Closely With Prison Staff And Substance Misuse Services
If you are looking for an exciting role, please apply now as interviews can be arranged within 48 hours! ....Read more...
Type: Permanent Location: York, England
Duration: Permanent
Salary / Rate: £24000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 2025-04-30 13:49:32
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We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to join our Children's Looked After Team
This role requires a Social Work Qualification with a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience in Frontline and assessment work.
About the team
The team take responsibility for managing a caseload of more complex and higher need cases within a child looked after and care proceedings context.
You will be required to take the appropriate course of action when working to support children and their families.
You will also support other practitioners in the team through mentoring, advice, support, and occasional shadowing on visits or for meetings.
You will have a proficient ability to communicate in English and be able to influence others to help coordinate services and supports in the best way possible to keep children as safe and well cared for as possible.
About you
Knowledge and experience working within a Frontline Team such as Child Protection or Referral and Assessment is essential for this role.
You will need to hold a degree within Social Work (Degree/DipSW/CQSW) as well as 3 years post qualifying experience.
A Social Work England registration and access to your own vehicle is a requirement.
What's on offer?
Up to £48.00 per hour umbrella (PAYE payment options available also)
Hybrid working arrangements.
Parking available on site
Opportunity to progress court experience
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Type: Contract Location: Bournemouth, England
Duration: 3 - 6 Months
Salary / Rate: Up to £48.00 per hour
Posted: 2025-04-30 10:56:22
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We are looking for a Social Worker to join our Children's Looked After Team
This role requires a Social Work Qualification with a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience in Frontline and assessment work.
About the team
The team take responsibility for managing a caseload of more complex and higher need cases within a child looked after and care proceedings context.
You will be required to take the appropriate course of action when working to support children and their families.
You will also support other practitioners in the team through mentoring, advice, support, and occasional shadowing on visits or for meetings.
You will have a proficient ability to communicate in English and be able to influence others to help coordinate services and supports in the best way possible to keep children as safe and well cared for as possible.
About you
Knowledge and experience working within a Frontline Team such as Child Protection or Referral and Assessment is essential for this role.
You will need to hold a degree within Social Work (Degree/DipSW/CQSW) as well as 3 years post qualifying experience.
A Social Work England registration and access to your own vehicle is a requirement.
What's on offer?
Up to £42.00 per hour umbrella (PAYE payment options available also)
Hybrid working arrangements.
Parking available onsite
An opportunity to work in a specialist environment
For more information, please get in touch with.
Thomas Sherwood ....Read more...
Type: Contract Location: Portsmouth, England
Salary / Rate: Up to £42.00 per hour
Posted: 2025-04-30 10:56:21
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We are Looking for a Team Manager to join our Adult Safeguarding Service.
This role requires a Social Work Qualification with a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience.
About the team
The team are responsible for managing complex cases under CPA, developing co-produced care plans with service users and risk assessment and management.
This post involves providing your own advice and skills in the day-to-day running of the team, supervising social workers and other unqualified professionals in the team, and reporting to senior management on performance.
Working effectively with connected services is essential to ensuring the best outcome for every case.
About you
A degree within Social Work (Degree/DipSW/CQSW) with a comprehensive understanding of Mental health procedures and a minimum of 1 years' experience managing Social Work Professionals.
What's on offer?
£42.00 ph (PAYE payment options available also)
Opportunity to improve on and learn new processes.
Enhance your CV and Skill set
Parking available onsite
For more information, please get in touch with:
Thomas Sherwood
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Type: Contract Location: London, England
Salary / Rate: Up to £37.00 per hour
Posted: 2025-04-24 16:48:04
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We are looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join our Family Safeguarding Service
This role requires a Social Work Qualification with a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience in Frontline and assessment work.
About the team
The team makes decisions and performs statutory functions to ensure the correct outcomes for children and their families are achieved.
They do this by working with children from a range of services, such as CIN (Children in Need) and CP (Child Protection), and due to holding court cases, a few of the children are also in LAC (Looked After Children).
Experience with LAC would be desirable but not essential.
This post involves providing your own advice and skills in the day-to-day running of the team, supervising social workers and other unqualified professionals in the team, and reporting to the Team manager on performance.
About you
Knowledge and experience working within a fast-paced Frontline Team such as Child protection and Referral and assessment is essential for this role.
You will also hold a degree within Social Work (Degree/DipSW/CQSW) As well as 3 years post qualifying experience.
You will need to have a Social Work England registration and access to your own vehicle.
What's on offer?
Up to £41.50 per hour umbrella (PAYE payment options available also)
Hybrid working pattern.
Parking available on site
Opportunity to progress court experience
For more information, please get in touch with.
Thomas Sherwood
07442 576 906 ....Read more...
Type: Contract Location: Flintshire, Wales
Salary / Rate: Up to £41.50 per hour
Posted: 2025-04-24 16:17:33
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Job Title: Service Manager - Nursing & Care Homes
Location: Bognor Regis - Sussex
Salary: £35.129
Contract: Full Time
Contact: Sussex Team on 03333 22 11 22
Support people with learning disabilities to live full, happy lives.
What you'll be doing:
Do you want to make a meaningful difference? Southdown is a not-for-profit provider of accommodation, care and support for 160 adults with learning and physical disabilities in our 23 supported living services and 4 residential care homes across Sussex.
As a Service Manager, you'll manage a deputy and a team of support workers delivering high quality care to residents.
We welcome applications from candidates with previous experience in roles such as Service Manager, Care Home Manager, Deputy Manager Learning Disabilities, Assistant Manager Learning Disabilities, CQC Registered Manager.
Perks and benefits:
· Health cost cash-back scheme: access to our health insurance scheme which covers dental, optical, physical therapies and other medical treatments with the option to add greater levels of cover.
· Interest-free loans: assistance with larger costs that arise such as tenancy deposits, season travel tickets or buying a car.
· Access to the Easit Network: discounts and incentives on train, bus and car journeys such as 15% off eligible daily and season rail tickets.
· Blue Light card: access to discount services for the social care sector with savings across thousands of online shops, restaurants, and high-street vendors.
· Free advice and counselling service: confidential emotional support and practical guidance from our independent telephone service.
· Paid bank holidays: or paid time in lieu for any bank holidays worked.
· Unsociable hours uplift: extra £4.20 per shift for waking nights.
· Sleep-in shifts: £61 per sleep-in shift (11pm-7am).
Key Responsibilities:
· You'll maintain an excellent standard of practice and are brilliant with people, ensuring our clients and staff thrive.
· Clients may present with challenges or have complex health needs - you'll support and lead staff to work professionally and compassionately.
· Ensure the service provides excellent support and maximises choice, independence and inclusion for all clients.
What you need for the role:
· Previous experience working in a management role (as a deputy manager or above) within a Learning Disabilities service or care home, including safeguarding, risk management and health and safety.
· Experienced working with clients with learning disabilities who may present with challenges, following positive behaviour support principles.
· A passion for leading teams in the provision of outstanding care.
· NVQ / diploma level 3 or above in Health and Social Care.
· Understanding of CQC requirements - you'll be the registered manager, with great organisational support including a central CQC compliance manager.
· A Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which will be paid for by Southdown.
What would be nice:
· Understanding of Makaton or non-verbal communication.
· A full manual driving licence is preferred as you may need to drive our service vehicles to help keep our clients connected to their community.
· Experience managing an operational service budget, including resource management to ensure staffing levels meet client needs while keeping within budget constraints.
· Experience managing a learning disabilities service with a good or outstanding CQC rating.
Training:
You will receive ongoing training and coaching from your manager, as well as specific training courses throughout the year to help you develop your management skills and foster upwards career progression.
Support will be provided for you to gain your Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care.
How to apply:
We're a psychologically informed organisation where the well-being and happiness of our employees matter, and that's why we're committed to creating a compassionate work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and inspired to do their best.
If you share our values and want to work for an organisation that helps change lives for the better, we want to hear from you!
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Type: Permanent Location: Bognor Regis, England
Start: ASAP
Salary / Rate: Up to £35129.00 per annum
Posted: 2025-04-24 13:58:26
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We are looking for an Adult's Social Worker to join an Integrated Learning Disability Team.
For this role, we require a social work qualification with a minimum of 2 years post qualified experience.
About the team
The team works as part of a multi-agency service that provides exceptional health and social care services to adult's with learning disabilities.
The team provide clear advice and assistance in order to maintain each service users level of independence.
Carrying out assessments, reviews and visits in response to an emergency are some responsibilities the team holds.
As a duty position and the first point of contact for any safeguarding concerns, the role requires proactivity and follow up to ensure emergencies and concerns are swiftly dealt with.
After making decisions and actions it is important to be recording them in a clear way onto mosaic.
About you
Experience within learning disabilities, community based or front door teams lend well to this role.
A degree within Social Work (Degree/ DipSW/ CQSW) with a minimum of 2 years post qualified experience is essential to be considered for this role.
Benefits
£32.00 per hour Umbrella (PAYE payment options available also)
Hybrid working
Easily accessible via car or public transport
Ability to work solely on duty
Stable working hours
For more information - please get in touch
Will Taylor - Candidate Consultant
0118 948 5555 ....Read more...
Type: Contract Location: London, England
Salary / Rate: Up to £32.00 per hour + Hybrid Working
Posted: 2025-04-22 08:59:36
