5 jobs found in Chester

Are you passionate about helping people? Then take a look at this opportunity to join our team as a Personal Wellbeing Coach on a fixed term contract. Working as part of our Personal Wellbeing Team, you’ll support offenders both in custody and as they reintegrate into society. Focusing on their wellbeing and lifestyle, you’ll provide a tailored service ensuring they have the skills and confidence they need to live successfully in the community. You’ll give in-depth advice and support, so we’ll need your ability to motivate others and facilitate learning to change attitudes and behaviour, with the aim to avoid the possibility of re-offending. You’ll be on hand to provide a warm and welcoming experience to help them in their first steps into reintegration. Acting as an advocate, you’ll also ensure their voices are heard and that they have support in making decisions. Our successful candidate will ideally have lived experience of the criminal justice system (as an ex-service user) or...

Agency Social Worker – Older People Location: Crown Buildings, Wrexham Pay Rate: £33.42 per hour Umbrella Contract Type: Temporary / Agency Contract Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm Working Pattern: Hybrid – minimum 3 days office-based About the Role We are currently recruiting for an experienced Agency Social Worker to join the Team for Older People within Wrexham County Borough Council. Based at Crown Buildings, Wrexham, this is a varied hybrid role combining office-based working, community and hospital visits, and home-based working. You will manage a caseload of older adults, working collaboratively with citizens, families, carers and partner agencies to promote independence, maximise wellbeing and achieve positive outcomes. You will also participate in the team's duty rota, supporting the management of new referrals, urgent enquiries and priority work. Key Responsibilities * Manage a caseload of older adults, providing high-quality strengths-based...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a experienced and enthusiastic RECOVERY & TENANCY SUSTAINMENT WORKER within New Start’s Adult Services division. The successful candidate will support the Harmony Project offering advice, guidance and targeted support to residents accessing the supported accommodation service. You will join us on a 18 month fixed term contract, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (weekend working not required) and in return will receive a competitive salary of £(phone number removed). New Start is a family-run, not-for-profit organisation, providing residential and supported accommodation services for vulnerable adults, families, children and young people. We deliver a diverse range of homelessness projects and temporary housing solutions, helping some of the most complex and disadvantaged groups across Merseyside. The services we provide aim to enhance lives by offering good quality homes and structured support; encouraging clients to achieve...

Family Support Worker About the Role We are recruiting for an experienced Children’s Support Worker to join a Children’s Social Care service, providing practical and social support to children, young people and families aged 0–25. You will work alongside qualified Social Workers and partner agencies to safeguard vulnerable children, support care planning and deliver direct interventions that promote positive outcomes, wellbeing and resilience. Key Responsibilities Provide practical and direct support to children, young people and families in their homes and the community. Contribute to assessments, care planning and reviews, maintaining a child-centred approach. Undertake home visits, welfare checks and safeguarding visits, identifying and reporting risks appropriately. Support children subject to Child in Need, Child Protection and Looked After Children plans. Support and supervise family contact in line with agreed care plans, including transport where required....

We currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for our client in Crewe on a 3 month contract to start ASAP. The rate of pay will be negotiated between £22-23 an hour. This will be 37.5 Hour a Week Contract, Monday to Friday. As a Recovery Worker you will be required to: * Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey; * Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral; * Reducing alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community; * Promoting carer, service user and community involvement; * Providing advocacy for access to partnership services; * Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination. An Enhanced Adults and Children's DBS on the Update Service will be required for this position