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Current Vacancies

Macmillan Cancer Champions Service Manager

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark (AUKLS) is looking for a dynamic, compassionate and community-focused individual to lead our Macmillan Cancer Champions Service. This vital role supports underrepresented communities in Lewisham to raise cancer awareness, reduce stigma, and improve access to screening and wellbeing services.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a community-led programme to raise cancer awareness and tackle stigma
• Manage and support a Volunteer Coordinator and a team of Cancer Champions
• Build partnerships with local health, social care, and voluntary sector organisations
• Ensure inclusive, culturally sensitive engagement with underserved communities
• Monitor impact and report to funders and stakeholders

For more information, including how to apply, please visit our posting on Charity Jobs here.

Macmillan Personalised Care Cancer Social Prescribing Facilitator

This post will support adults in Lewisham who are experiencing cancer treatment and want to take proactive steps to get and stay well. Depending on the goals they set for themselves, you will introduce them to exercise classes, adult learning opportunities, social groups and other wellbeing opportunities to keep their minds focused on the future and getting better.

You’ll work directly with people living with cancer to:

• Complete Holistic Needs Assessments (HNAs)
• Co-create Personalised Care and Support Plans
• Connect individuals to local wellbeing, mental health, and community services
• Break down barriers to access for those often left behind

For more information, including how to apply, please visit our posting on Charity Jobs here.

Handyperson

PURPOSE OF JOB:  

To deliver a Handyperson Service which supports older people aged 50+ in Southwark remain living independently at home.  

KEY TASKS 

•  To provide a reliable and professional Handyperson Service to a consistently high standard including (but not exclusively): 
  • Supplying and fitting key safes 
  • Completing Home Fire Safety checks and fitting smoke alarms 
  • Securing carpets  
  • Securing trailing wires and flexes  
  • Fitting bathroom accessories including bathroom cabinets 
  • Replacing curtain rails, poles and blinds 
  • Joinery work, including fitting shelves and interior doors 
  • Replacing toilet seats, sealant around bath/sink  
  • Fitting stair rails, grab rails 
  • Fitting Yale & Chubb locks 
  • Minor gate and fence repairs  
  • Putting up shelves, pictures and mirrors 
  • Decluttering 
  • Light gardening – summer months only 
• Ensure all work is carried out in accordance with current standards applicable, Health and Safety requirements and to the satisfaction of the client 
• Ensure the client’s home is left clean and tidy on completion of the work and be responsible for the safe and proper removal of waste and debris 
• Maintain accurate records of work completed 
• Having good conversations with the older person to identify any further support needed and complete Trusted Assessor assessments where applicable and referring into internal services 
• Working effectively with the office team to feedback on jobs and any issues arising 

For more information, including how to apply, please view our recruitment pack here.

Download the Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark enjoys an open and participative working environment.

We work to our core values of being supportive, professional and enterprising. These are reflected in the way we work with each other, our service users and through our business relationships. Teamwork, collective responsibility and delegated authority are central to this process. A key element of all roles is to develop and maintain the organisation's working ethos.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark strives to provide a supportive working environment for all staff and volunteers, in order that they can develop personally and professionally and acquire new skills. The contribution made by staff and volunteers in achieving the organisation's goals is recognised by all.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is an accredited London Living Wage employer

The London Living Wage is set by the Greater London Assembly, and its calculation takes into account the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Minimum Income Standard research in which members of the public identify what is needed for a minimum standard of living. This is then combined with an analysis of the actual cost of living including essentials like rent, council tax, childcare and transport to produce the London Living Wage figure.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is firmly committed to the principles of the Living Wage and is delighted to be accredited by the Living Wage Foundation. You can find out more about the scheme on their website.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is a Disability Confident employer

Disability Confident employers play a leading role in changing attitudes for the better. They’re changing behaviour and cultures in their own businesses, networks and communities, and reaping the benefits of inclusive recruitment practices.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• communicating and promoting vacancies
• offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

Find out more about Disability Confident at: www.gov.uk/disability-confident