Policy Projects Officer

Policy Projects Officer Full time, based at our Head Office in London

£31,389 - £35,478 (incl. ILW) pay award pending

The key to ending homelessness is winning commitment from policymakers at all levels. You will lead our policy projects to gather evidence, promote policy development and infleunce change for the benefit of homeless people.

For more information and to make an application please see the application pack below.

Cover Letter PPO.

Information On Homeless Link.

Job Description.

Person Specification.

Homeless Link Application Form.

Application Guidance Notes.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

Closing date: 01/09/08 at 5pm.

For further information or if you have any queries about this post, please email recruitment@homelesslink.org.uk or call 020 7960 3010 (please quote job title).

Completed application forms should be returned to Joanna Lloyd-Rogers at Homeless Link or can be emailed to recruitment@homelesslink.org.uk

Project Worker (Bermondsey Project), Thames Reach

Committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve, we especially encourage suitable applicants with a history of homelessness, with disabilities and from black, asian and ethnic-minority groups.

Thames Reach is a London-based agency helping homeless and vulnerable people to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives.

Our vision is to end street homelessness.

Southwark Services, Project Worker, Bermondsey Project, London

£25,302 - £28,500 pa (pay award pending) inc. ILW + non-contributory pension

35 hours per week

Job-share applications will be considered

Ref: 75243

The Bermondsey Project is made up of three sites, all offering a high level of support to single homeless people with a history of rough sleeping who have significant and enduring mental health issues.

Tenants occupy self-contained flats, with access to communal areas. This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled, creative and experienced team within a friendly, rewarding, and sometimes chaotic environment.

You will be highly motivated and capable of working on your own initiative, have a comprehensive understanding of mental health issues and/or homelessness.

You will have demonstrable experience of working creatively with vulnerable adults to achieve successful outcomes.

You will work across all three site within a team of twelve project workers and three managers. Staff work a rota of shifts including earlies, lates and flexis between 8.00am - 8.30pm weekdays and 10.00am - 6.00pm at weekends. There are also regular on-call duties for which extra payments will be received.

Closing date: 27 August 2008.

Interview date: week commencing 1 September 2008 (to be confirmed).

Apply by calling 0845 055 0261 or emailing tr@peoplemedia.co.uk (quoting the reference number) or via http://www.thamesreach.org.uk

Previous applicants need not reapply.

Housing Support Worker (Harrogate), Foundation Housing

Foundation Housing is pioneering a new Making Safe Project in Harrogate aimed at reducing domestic abuse by working with male perpetrators to maintain alternative supported accommodation to help prevent them returning to the family home.

Housing Support Worker (Making safe scheme)

£18,907 – £20,736 pa (pay award pending) Ref: FH/SC/027

Foundation Housing is recruiting a Housing Support Worker to work exclusively with male perpetrators of domestic violence referred from the National Probation Service, enrolling them in IDAP (Intensive Domestic Abuse Programme) and supporting them to sustain their own tenancies. This post requires a male worker and is covered by the Sex Discrimination Act (2)(ba) and (e).

Please visit http://www.foundationhousing.org.uk for an application pack containing further details of the post.

Closing Date: 28th August 2008

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a CRB disclosure.

Senior Daycentre Project Workers (Central London), The Salvation Army

Full and part-time.

£20,862.58 P.A pro rata 40 hours.

1 year social care setting experience essential, preferably in homelessness field.

Closing date: Wednesday 28/08/08.

Contact 0207 233 9862 for application pack.

Lifeskills and Participation Manager (Sheffield), Roundabout Ltd

Roundabout is one of the leading charities in Sheffield, working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and currently has the following vacancy:

LIFESKILLS AND PARTICIPATION MANAGER – 37 hours per week - Ref: LPM 8.08

Salary: £26,391 per annum (option to increase by approx £1,300 p.a. by participating in on-call rota).

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to manage our Life Skills and Participation Team. This is already a very successful team that has won national acclaim for its work in homeless young people’s participation. You will be responsible for co-ordinating and designing appropriate life skills programmes that will enable young homeless people to live independently in the community. You will need experience of life skills and participation work in a homelessness or related field and have a strong commitment to increasing young people’s participation within the organisation.

For an application pack please contact Sue Wheeler on 0114 253 6789; e.mail: swheeler@roundaboutltd.org or in writing to Roundabout Ltd, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW.

For an informal chat please contact Ben Keegan on 0114 253 6790.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8 September 08.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 26 August 08

Roundabout Ltd is committed to actively valuing diversity and encouraging equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Roundabout is a Company Limited by Guarantee No: 3313253 and a Registered Charity No: 1061313. Website: http://www.roundaboutltd.org.

Stencil Support Worker (Sheffield), Roundabout Ltd

Roundabout is one of the leading charities in Sheffield, working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and currently has the following vacancy:

STENCIL SUPPORT WORKER – 18.5 hours per week – Ref: SSW pt8.08

Salary: £21,140 p.a. (pro-rata)

Stencil works across the city, assisting young people, including teenage parents, to access and sustain their own tenancy and to settle positively into the local community. Experience of working with, and motivating young people, an understanding of the issues affecting young people moving into their own tenancies and relevant legislation, along with an understanding of Child Protection, will be essential.

For an application pack please contact Sue Wheeler on 0114 253 6789; e.mail: swheeler@roundaboutltd.org or in writing to Roundabout Ltd, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW.

For an informal chat please contact Charlotte Speight on 0114 253 6796.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8 September 08.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 26 August 08

Roundabout Ltd is committed to actively valuing diversity and encouraging equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Roundabout is a Company Limited by Guarantee No: 3313253 and a Registered Charity No: 1061313. Website: http://www.roundaboutltd.org.

Project Worker (Sheffield), Roundabout Ltd

Roundabout is one of the leading charities in Sheffield, working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and currently has the following vacancy:

PROJECT WORKER - 37 hours per week – Ref: PW8.08

Salary: £21,140 p.a.

Based in our Emergency Direct Access & High Support Accommodation Hostel. You will need substantial experience of direct work with young people, preferably in a residential setting, and an in depth knowledge of the issues affecting young people. The hostel is open and staffed 24 hours a day so there is a rota system in operation.

For an application pack please contact Sue Wheeler on 0114 253 6789; e.mail: swheeler@roundaboutltd.org or in writing to Roundabout Ltd, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW.

For an informal chat please contact Carol Cartwright/Jon Terry on 0114 2589829.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8 September 08.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 26 August 08

Roundabout Ltd is committed to actively valuing diversity and encouraging equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Roundabout is a Company Limited by Guarantee No: 3313253 and a Registered Charity No: 1061313. Website: http://www.roundaboutltd.org.

A10 Nationals Worker (London), The Manna Society

Part-Time Post (14 hours per week)

£7,937 p.a. (NJC Scale Point 18 – pro-rated)

The post will run until June 2009

The Manna Society runs a large day centre in Southwark, just south of London Bridge Station. We require a part-time advice worker to work specifically with nationals from the A10 countries as over 30% of our centre users come from those states (based on centre survey – March 2008).

The worker will be required to assist A10 nationals in understanding the rights and responsibilities relating to them in the UK, assisting them in establishing themselves in the UK with an emphasis on preparing them for or assisting them in obtaining legal employment.

As the majority of Southwark’s A10 population is currently from Poland, the worker must be fluent in spoken and written Polish and preferably in Russian.

The post is part-time, 2 days a week, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., days to be agreed as the centre is open 7days a week. Annual leave entitlement is 25 days per annum pro-rata for part-time employees, plus Bank Holidays

For an application pack, please phone 0207 357 9363 or email mail@mannasociety.org.uk

Closing date for applications: Friday 22nd August 2008

The Manna Society is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Support Managers (London), ECHG

1 post based in Lewisham and Herne Hill, London

£35,056 p.a. (includes location allowance)

37.5 hours per week - Ref: 2904

1 post based in Victoria, London

£35,415 p.a. (includes location allowance)

37.5 hours per week - Ref: 2905

We currently have two exciting vacancies for experienced Support Managers to manage the support service in our residential schemes in Lewisham, Southwark and Westminster.

Queen Mary’s and Chapter St. which is located in Victoria provides support for 78 vulnerable homeless women with mental health support needs.

Lewisham Supported Housing provides support for 29 single homeless people in 3 buildings in Brockley. This post holder will also cover Hilltops House which provides support for 18 older people with a history of homelessness in Southwark.

We are looking for applicants with management experience in the support field, a strong commitment to user involvement and an imaginative approach to management and support.

As a Suppor Support Manager you will:

• Provide inspiration and leadership to a team of support workers
• Ensure all service users receive high quality support to fulfill their potential
• Manage our Supporting People contracts and be the first point of contact for the local authority
• Play a lead role in tendering for new business

In return for your commitment we of offer a supportive working environment with excellent training and development, 27 days annual leave and a contributory pension scheme.

For an information pack and application form please call the 24 hour recruitment line on 020 7841 7433 or email echgjobs@jupiterad.co.uk quoting the relevant reference number and where you saw the position advertised.

No CVs please

Closing date: 27th August 2008

Interview date: Flexible

English Churches Housing Group is committed to achieving equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and from job sharers.

Board of Trustees, Crisis UK

Members required.

Isn’t it time someone solved the problem of homelessness?

There are 400,000 ‘hidden’ homeless people in the UK today. Crisis believes that homelessness is a scandal in 21st century Britain. Do you?

Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people and we are now looking for new members for our Board of Trustees whose Chair is Sir David Bell.

Crisis campaigns to end homelessness and provides innovative, practical services to prevent people from becoming homeless and to help homeless people rebuild their lives.

We are currently looking for a number of new trustees and would particularly welcome applications from people with experience of homelessness and knowledge of housing and major regeneration projects. We would also like to augment the board’s finance skills and experience.

In the last five years we have extended our learning and skills expertise to engage homeless people, and help them find homes and jobs. Our plan now is to build on this by enhancing our Crisis Skylight centres in London and Newcastle and to open new centres in cities across the UK.

Closing date for applications is Monday 18 August 2008.

Interviews will be held in early and mid September.

To receive an application pack, please email human.resources@crisis.org.uk or write to Human Resources at Crisis, 66 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LT.

See http://www.crisis.org.uk for more information about Crisis and our services.

Crisis is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Crisis UK trading as Crisis. Registered charity number 1082947.

New Chair and Board Members, Housing Justice

Will you tackle the problems of Homelessness?

Appointment of New Chair and Board Members for Housing Justice

Housing Justice is a national voice for Christian action in the field of housing and homelessness, active through churches and projects around the country, with offices in central London. Our vision is a society where every person has access to a home that truly meets their needs.

Chair:

We are looking for someone to lead the Board of Trustees through a challenging period of transition. Can you assist in providing strategic direction and oversight to grow and develop both the work and the organisation? To undertake this role you will have strong leadership skills, think strategically; communicate effectively and be an excellent ambassador representing the organisation at the highest levels. You should have solid experience of the voluntary sector, ideally within the housing field. The role requires somebody who is a practising Christian with knowledge of the denominations and able to reflect theologically in the public arena.

Board Members:

Members are also needed to join our board to help shape future strategy and achieve our mission. We would like applicants from a variety of backgrounds including those with housing, policy, business, marketing, media, fundraising and campaigning skills. We would particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds and women who are currently underrepresented on our board.

The roles are non-executive and voluntary and you will be expected to give time for six formal meetings each year. If you want to be a part of our future and have the appropriate commitment and competencies, please visit our website for further information http://www.housingjustice.org.uk. For an informal conversation phone Alison Gelder on 020 7723 7273 x 230. For a nomination form please email to info@housingjustice.org.uk.

Registered Charity No. 294666