The School of European Culture and Languages have developed an internship for 1-3 months during the Easter vacation onwards, specifically for SECL students with local homeless charity, Porchlight.
The Professional Competency Placement will be awarded to two SECL students subject to application and interview. Please see full details below and apply via http://kent.prospects.ac.uk/jobseeker/vacancy/search using the keyword “Porchlight” to find the vacancy.
Please note that the closing date is: 25/01/2013
Full details below:
Salary range
Expenses only
Role description
We are offering a Professional Competency Placement designed to enable you to develop and demonstrate your professional skills, experience and behaviours (competencies).
We are looking to design a placement around the needs of both the charity and you.
This will include working face-to-face with vulnerable people in supporting our housing, community and support services.
Placement Activities
- Go on Outreach sessions to engage with rough sleepers and help to move them in to suitable accommodation
- Support house meetings in hostels for Homeless People, where residents can discuss any issues and plan improvements to their housing
- Deliver training to Homeless and Vulnerable People and/or support their learning in areas such as literacy, numeracy, personal development and communication
- Advocate on behalf of Homeless People at interviews for accommodation and with other agencies e.g. Job Centre Plus, Drug or Alcohol Support, Local Authority etc.
- Interview Homeless People for Accommodation and access to our support services
- Take part in working groups to develop charity wide responses to key issues e.g. The development of our hostels or quality assessing all services
- Assist in specific fundraising events; communicating to the general public about issues of Homelessness
- Other tasks as agreed with team which meet both your needs and those of the charity and it’s service users
Terms
Details of all terms are to be agreed at the beginning of your placement;
- 6 weeks from Monday 8th April 2013
- Flexible hours but it is envisaged that this will amount to a minimum of 16 hours per week
- 40p per mile petrol, or bus/train fares paid for travel to and from place of work
Where the role will be based
The charity has projects and offices across Kent and in Croydon, though it is envisaged that the role will be based in Canterbury. This will be negotiated according to your needs and those of the charity.
Person requirements
- Willingness to learn and develop
- Positive attitude to work and towards Homeless and Vulnerable people
Please note that this placement opportunity is open to School of European Culture and Language students only
Company information
Porchlight are one of the foremost charities supporting vulnerable and homeless people in Kent and Medway. We have supported accommodation services in Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Margate, Ramsgate and Tonbridge, a homelessness prevention service and a dedicated rough sleeper team. We provide a range of services supporting people with complex needs, with specialist services for young people, ex-offenders and people with enduring mental health issues.
Application information
Applicants should forward a CV and Covering letter to Dave Webster (Strategic Manager for Porchlight)
The placements will be designed to develop individual skills and professional aptitudes; or ‘competencies’. Your covering letter should outline how you could use the placement as an opportunity to engage in new experiences in a professional environment, with a particular focus on how these experiences would enable you to demonstrate and develop your competencies.
Please visit our website to find out more about us www.porchlight.org.uk