Live-in Caregiving Intern

Three quick questions

Are you a Filipino with a passion for serving Christ through caregiving, hospitality and other acts of personal service?

Are you available for a year to live in at our Olongapo base?

And could you grow a heart for detainees?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about serving with us, a growing non-government organisation (NGO) with a heart for detainees?

Our SEC-registered Philippines arm, Integridad: Heart for Detainees is proud to announce the launch of a new training initiative…

We are recruiting one or two live-in caregiving interns for a fixed one year period!

If this initiative goes well in 2025, it will becoming an ongoing scheme with new interns every year!

WANT TO KNOW MORE?!

Staff at our exciting residential & clinical base in the centre of the City of Olongapo have exciting, varied lives:-

• mixing with local and international volunteers

• treating and reaching out to patients - all detainees, ex-detainees or their dependents

• welcoming other clients - including TESDA caregiving students on on-the-job (OJT) placements

• being hospitable to other residential guests

Job description

YOUR Hours

• This is a full-time role for a fixed period of one year:-

  • six days per week:-

    • Monday to Saturday

    • 08:30 - 17:30 hours

    • one hour off for lunch/breaks

  • seven nights per week:-

    • sleeping on site as an in-person security measure and to welcome any late night guests

    • in the event that more than one intern is appointed, a rota for overnight duties will permit additional off site nights

• Overtime: Sunday daytime working or Monday-Sunday evening working (eg for a particular event or to provide hands-on patient care) may be required on occasion

YOUR OVERSIGHT

• You will work in cooperation with the rest of the Olongapo-based staff, sharing tasks when skill mixes overlap and at times of high demand

• Your line management will be:-

  • clinical duties: our international chief medical officer

  • non-clinical duties: our local administrator

YOUR Duties

Senior caregiver Mam Lora - a TESDA caregiver II graduate & one of our former OJT trainees - checks the pulse & oxygen saturation of a police detainee

• Access: welcoming patients and other clients, staff and guests

• Animals: caring for domesticated cat

• Bedrooms & bathrooms: when guests or staff are in residence, Monday to Saturday bed making and bathroom cleaning

• Caregiving:-

  • on site:-

    • when patients come to our clinic: taking observations and basic caregiving

    • when clients/patients are in residence: participating in a caregivers’ rota

  • off site in police stations and other places of detention: taking observations, performing basic caregiving, and helping to provide spiritual encouragement

• Cleaning: internal cleaning of our residential house and our small clinical facility

• Clinic: keeping our clinic clean, tidy and well stocked

• Cooking:-

  • on weekdays: when patients, guests or staff are in residence, Monday-Friday preparation of light lunches and simple cooked evening meals

  • for weekends: preparation and freezing of meals for consumption on weekends

  • for detainees: preparation of meals for our police detainee feeding program

• Gardening: basic cleaning of courtyard and maintenance of pot plants

• Hospitality: ensuring comfort of clients, guests and staff, including serving drinks

• Inventorising: keeping up-to-date our inventories of clinical and domestic supplies

• Laundry: washing domestic and clinical laundry, and small amount of ironing

• Maintenance: easy building maintenance tasks such as wall painting

• Other: timely completion of other suitable tasks, allocated at daily meeting

• Security: setting alarm system every evening and being visible security presence

• Shopping: buying food and household items

• Team work: including attending daily team meetings every morning

• Trash: maintaining our eco-friendly trash disposal system

• Vehicles: opening and closing carport doors for vehicles, and keeping our vehicle clean

• Washing up: washing up dishes, except during large events and at weekends when automatic dishwasher is used

YOUR EXPECTATIONS

• Salary: P10,000 per month:-

  • 80% salary during probationary period

  • plus rice allowance

  • minus P1,500 to cover the cost of your accommodation and utilities

• Accommodation: furnished bedroom with night time air conditioning, and use of staff kitchen and sala

• Annual leave:-

  • ten paid days

  • we observe all public holidays and award the statutory amount of pay (or additional leave days) for working on them, which is sometimes required (for example, when we have residents or when other staff are on leave)

• Appraisal: supportive appraisal process

• Benefits: Pag-IBIG, PhilHealth and SSS

• Care: kind and considerate employer

• Food: rice allowance

• Occupational health: free annual check-up, as-required medical advice, and use of on-site gym

• Probationary period: three months

• Sick leave: up to five paid days

• Training:-

  • access to our well stocked reference health and social care library

  • free attendance at certain external training events at our base

  • in-house training program

• Uniform: free uniform

• Utilities: a fixed deduction will be made for your consumption of utilities

• Wi-fi: free use of high quality wi-fi

Person specification

Experience, knowledge, Qualifications & Skills

• Essential

  • Abie to attain the high cleaning standards required for a healthcare facility

  • Abie to learn to use an online inventory

  • Able to learn to use electronic medical records (EMR)

  • Excellent standard of spoken and written English

  • Fluent in spoken and written Tagalog

  • Good cook of simple Filipino dishes and ability to learn specified basic international dishes

  • Good all-round housekeeper

  • High school graduate

  Desirable

  • Additional Filipino language(s)

  • Car/van driver with clean license

  • Experience of using EMR

  • Experience of using an online inventory

  • Graduate of:-

    • our in-house OJT caregiver/nurse assistant scheme

    • TESDA caregiver II course, or higher (eg nurse assistant or nurse), with supportive reference from tutor

  • Knowledge of health and social care issues affecting detainees, ex-detainees and their dependents

  • Work experience:-

    • within a healthcare facility

    • within a place of detention

    • within an international team

Health & SAfety

• Essential

  • Good understanding of food hygiene

  • No allergy to cats or dogs*

  • Physically and mentally fit*

  • Vaccination (or willingness to be vaccinated) against COVID-19 and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

• Desirable

  • Food hygiene certificate

  • Vaccination (or willingness to be vaccinated) against rabies and tuberculosis

Personal Attributes

• Essential

  • Active evangelical Christian with personal faith in Jesus, with supportive reference from current pastor*

  • Caring, empathetic nature

  • Confidential nature

  • Diligent nature

  • Excellent personal hygiene

  • Flexible nature

  • Good team player, with supportive reference from last employer/tutor

  • Happy personality

  • Heart for detainees, ex-detainees and their dependents

  • Honest with clean National Police Check

  • Neat dresser

  • No addictions (eg alcoholism or drug use - random testing may be deployed)

  • Non-judgmental attitude

  • Punctual

  • Respectful of authority

    Single (ie not in a living together relationship) with no dependent children*

  • Tidy habits

  • Young attitude*

• Desirable

  • Ability to delegate, lead and organise during an emergency

  • Ability and willingness to talk about the Christian life with detainees, ex-detainees and their dependents*

  • Aged 22-30*

 Availability

• Essential

  • Available for one year from New Year 2025

• Desirable

  • Willing to consider longer term involvement with our organisation, but (as this is a one year internship) in another post from 2026

Notes

OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

This job is based in the Philippines and so will be subject to Philippine employment law. That said, for the avoidance of doubt regarding the UK Equalities Act 2010, person specifications marked with an asterisk are considered to be occupational requirements.

dates

• Closing date: 23:59 hours on Sunday 8th December 2024

• Short-listing & interview dates: week commencing 9th December 2024, likely 11th or 12th

• Start date: ideally New Year 2024, to take over from outgoing staff member on 15th January

process

• Informal enquiry: message us on Facebook or email.

• Informal visit: message us on Facebook to make an appointment.

• Formal application: complete the online application form.

• Short-listing: only short-listed candidates will be contacted, and references may be taken up before interview.

• Selection process: each short-listed candidate will be invited for a long day to participate in team events, have a formal interview, and do practical exercises including caregiving and cleaning; travel expenses will be paid.

Health & Justice Fellowship Programme

time on your hands this year?

Are you a student or junior Christian professional training in healthcare, law, social work or another field that intersects with the health & justice arena?

Do you have a heart for detainees & other vulnerable patient groups?

And do you like the idea of helping to grow part of our heart - healthcare, expertise, advocacy, research and training?

JOIN OUR Health & Justice Fellowship!

For 2021-2022, our second fellowship year, we are looking for at least five fellows - one for each of our five services.

Learn about a day in the life of our advocacy fellow.

Chat to one of our recent fellows or our Chief Operations Officer.

And read details of our five fellowships:-

• Healthcare Fellow

• Expertise Fellow

• Advocacy Fellow

• Research Fellow

• Training Fellow

Here’s the ABC…

You

• Apply: volunteer some of your time in a predictable pattern

• Become: fulfil your fellowship’s duties (see the post descriptions in the above links)

• Continue: do whatever else you need to do - eg a BSc, another course or locuming

Us

• Assess: consider your skills and situation, and match them to our needs

• Begin: get you inducted into Team Integritas

• Care: support you throughout your time on our team:-

  • supportive line management

  • 1:1 mentoring

  • fellowship teaching scheme plus helping out on our Health & Justice Track

… and the frequently asked questions

Are there different grades of fellow?

Yes. If you’re a student, you’ll be a student fellow. If you’re a qualified professional who hasn’t completed core training, you’ll be a junior fellow. And if you’re more senior or a junior fellow staying on for a second year, you’ll be a senior fellow.

Could I be paired with another fellow?

Yes. We accept post shares and we also welcome applications from two or more friends.

Do I get to choose which fellowship I’m appointed to?

When you apply, you express a preference to become our Healthcare Fellow, Expertise Fellow, Advocacy Fellow, Research Fellow or Training Fellow. During the recruitment process, we will discuss how well your background & skills match up to your preferred fellowship’s duties & required skills; the healthcare & training fellowships are restricted to student & junior healthcare professionals (HCPs). We then aim to come to a mutually-agreed decision about the best fellowship for you. In rare situations, we may agree to a hybrid fellowship with you sharing more than one service domain with another fellow.

Do I get to visit the Philippines as part of my fellowship?

Not as an official part of the fellowship. But, COVID-permitting, you are more than welcome to do some or all of your fellowship whilst based at Integritas House Olongapo, our main base in the Philippines. If you choose to do this, then you’ll need to contribute to your board & lodging and also pay your own travel expenses. But you’d be more than welcome to take up this option and of course we’d amend your fellowship duties to ensure that you worked hand-in-glove with our Filipino team.

Does it matter where in the world I’m based?

No, as long as you have a reliable & secure internet connection and do not reside in a country that prohibits Christian online activity.

Does it matter where my qualification is from?

No, we can use you wherever in the world you study/studied.

How might doing a fellowship help my career?

We will tailor your professional development programme (PDP) around your career aspirations. For example: if you want to become an ENT surgeon then we could give you an offender healthcare ENT case study to write up and submit for publication; if you’re going to be a social worker, then we could get you working on a quality improvement project (QIP) with our own social worker; and if you want to be a criminal barrister, we could get you doing research on how legal advice does or doesn’t serve Filipino detainees. These are all things that look good on a CV. All of our three 2020-2021 fellows have bright futures: Lavinia is staying on as our new Chief Operations Officer, and Esme & Henry have won coveted places on NHS psychiatric & surgical core training schemes respectively.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. There is no fee to join the fellowship scheme. However, if you do do any travelling (such as attending an away day), you’ll need to cover your own travel expenses.

How much time can I take off?

You need to treat the fellowship like you would a job, applying for up to six weeks of annual leave (with four weeks being taken by default in August) and one week of study leave, both pro rata. That said, we always try to accommodate volunteer’s leave preferences and time-off-in-lieu is also possible.

Is IT doable remotely?

Yes, absolutely. Although you are welcome to be based in London or the Philippines, which is where our offices are, remote working is our modus operandi. We have daily Zoom devotions and a fully-functioning virtual Zoom office, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to bond (though in pandemic-style) with the rest of our team.

So don’t fellows ever meet up in person?

Depending upon the course of the pandemic, we are aiming for a face-to-face away weekend plus a face-to-face Christmas party. And if you are based near London or in the Philippines, you are welcome (though not at all obliged) to work in our offices.

What’s the line management like?

You will be allocated suitable line management; for example, our Advocacy Fellow does a lot of social media & blogging and so is line managed by both our IT Manager & our Chief Medical Officer. And then, depending upon how many hours you volunteer each week, you will meet with your line manager(s) every one or two weeks.

Like all members of Team Integritas, you will have regular internal reviews. Although fellows who are with us for shorter periods of time have bespoke arrangements, year-long fellows have the following reviews:-

• welcome meeting

• three-month review to set professional development programme (PDP) goals

• six-month full appraisal including 360 degree feedback

• nine-month review

• exit meeting

What’s the Mentoring like?

Mentoring is a more flexible feast. All of our 2020-2021 fellows were offered mentoring: one fellow took up the offer and, after due consideration of her wishes & needs, is being now being mentored by one of our Board of Reference members who is an expert in competent compassion. We encourage you to take up our mentorship offer but, unlike line management meetings, it remains optional.

What’s the Teaching Programme like?

New for 2021-2022, our fellowship’s teaching programme runs from September to July; the webinars will be on the second Wednesday evening of each month. The curriculum supplements the Health & Justice Track that we run in partnership with the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF):-

• September: What is justice? 

• October: Biblical justice 

• November: Justice here & now 

• December: Health & Justice on the streets 

• January: Health & Justice in the public square  

• February: Health & Justice for the migrant 

• March: Health & Justice for the addicted 

• April: Health, Justice & me 

• May: Health & Justice for women & children  

• June: Health & Justice for those with mental illness 

• July: Health & Justice behind bars 

As a fellow, you will also be involved in delivering the Health & Justice Track and so you will need to attend the monthly track meetings. You will be buddied up with a subset of track delegates, so that you can assist in their small group work during the monthly webinars & virtual conferences. Here are the 2021-2022 webinar & conference dates:-

• 14th September: webinar

• 16th-17th October: Autumn conference

• 16th November: webinar

• 15th-16th January 2022: Winter conference

• 15th February: webinar

• 15th March: webinar

• 1st-2nd April: Spring conference

• 17th May: webinar

• 14th June: webinar

• 16th-17th July: Summer conference 

The conferences may be virtual or hybrid, depending upon the course of the pandemic in the UK. You will be obliged to attend a particular conference in person only if it is safe to do so and you are highly involved in its delivery; otherwise your virtual attendance is required.

In addition, we also encourage you to attend the track’s end-of-month film clubs and chew-the-cud reflective sessions.

What do our staff say about ths year’s fellows?

One of the pandemic’s silver linings has been the inadvertent launch of our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme. Esme, Henry and Lavinia have been massive blessings to Team Integritas.

Esme’s passion for digital advocacy has lifted our blogging & social media work up to a whole new level. She’s also chairing our strategic planning committee, which is developing our 2022-2024 three year plan. Henry’s love of training has seen us launch our first online special study course (SSC) and a great in-house rolling staff training programme. He’s also co-led the roll-out of our electronic medical records (EMR) system. Lavinia has been a massive boost to our translation team and is taking our organisation’s information governance to a whole new level. And all three of them have been key players in our emerging telemedicine service.

(Dr Rachael Pickering, Chief Medical Officer)

What do this year’s fellows say?

It’s been a brilliant opportunity being a fellow and I’d recommend to anyone!

(Dr Esme MacKrill, 2020-2021’s Advocacy Fellow)

What’s the necessary time commitment & availability?

We like fellows to volunteer between one and five days a week in a predictable pattern, although we will work around medical team rotas. (We will consider just half a day a week, but then you would need to contribute towards your participation in the Health & Justice Track). Tuesdays would be ideal as our morning devotions on that day tend to involve the whole team. In addition to the time you volunteer to us, you will need to allow additional time to participate in the Health & Justice Track and the Fellowship's seminars.

What will my duties be?

Your duties are laid out in the post description of your particular fellowship:-

• Healthcare Fellow

• Expertise Fellow

• Advocacy Fellow

• Research Fellow

• Training Fellow

You will also do a QIP (as already mentioned) and a case-based discussion; these will be presented at the end of your fellowship.

If you’re a student or qualified HCP, you will also participate in our telemedicine service.

When does the fellowship start & Finish?

Our fellowship programme is a year long. The fellowship’s teaching programme runs for eleven months of the year, from the start of September to the end of July. These dates have been chosen to coincide with the Health & Justice Track and other typical commitments (such as BScs & healthcare training rotations) that fellows tend to engage in.

However, though we encourage fellows to start in September and do a full year, we accept that life is more complex than it used to be pre-COVID. So recruitment is now a rolling process, you may start & finish at any time of the year, and we also accept shorter-term fellows; six months is the minimum duration we generally consider, four months in exceptional circumstances.

When is the closing date for applicationS?

There is no set closing date. However, if you want to have your pick of fellowship options, it’s best to get in early ahead of the fellowship year’s official September start date. We accept & allocate applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. And, as already said, you can apply and start at any time of the year.

Will I need to be on a professional register?

If you’re a qualified HCP, it would be ideal for you to be on a medical register and - within bodies such as the General Medical Council - have a licence to practice. This is so you can participate in our telemedicine rota without unnecessary amounts of supervision. However, we have a supervision system in place for those fellows who cannot be registered +/- licensed for their fellowship year, so that they can still perform telemedicine in a legal & responsible manner.

Healthcare Fellow on our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme

Three quick questions

Are you a Christian student or junior healthcare professional looking for a gap year challenge?

Do you have an heart for detainees and other vulnerable patient groups?

And are you keen on delivering offender healthcare globally?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about joining our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme and serving with us in this post? Read the below post description and person specification. If you’d like an informal chat before applying, contact the current incumbent or our Chief Operations Officer. If you’re ready to apply though, press the button on this page and proceed.

Post description

What would we require of you, and what could you expect of us?

Base

• You will be based at your home, which could be anywhere in the world that has good quality, stable internet.

Duties

• Your major duties will include:-

  • clinical governance developing - updating our governance and uploading it to our intranet

  • commenting – keeping abreast of relevant newly-released healthcare information and then creating written blogs, news articles, opinion pieces and press releases

  • fundraising - sourcing and writing grant applications for healthcare equipment

  • partnering - growing our partnerships with other healthcare organisations

  • telemedicine consulting – participating in a rota, delivering holistic offender healthcare to detainees in both the Philippines and other countries

  • telemedicine service - coordinating the fellowship’s assistance in the delivery & growth of the telemedicine service

  • writing - creating patient information leaflets appropriate for the prison population

• Depending on our fluctuating needs and your availability, experience and skill set, your duties may include:-

  • cross-covering – deputising for the fellows serving our other services

  • tracking - assisting in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track.

• You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.

Line management

• You will be line managed non-clinically by our Chief Operations Officer and clinically by our Chief Medical Officer.

• Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.

Terms & Conditions

• As a volunteer, you will need to raise your own financial support.

• You will take six weeks and (if required) one week pro rata of unpaid annual leave and study leave respectively, both pro rata.

• Your working pattern and other terms & conditions will be subject to negotiation; for example, you may perform your duties alongside locum shifts or a part-time course.

Person specification

Read on to find out if this position would be a good fit for you…

Qualifications & Skills

• Essential

  • competent in Word software

  • enrolled in or graduated from a healthcare course (eg medicine, nursing or dentistry)

  • skilled user of a wide variety of social media platforms

  • GCSE English (Grade C+) & fluency in oral English (1)

  • good communication skills & other interpersonal skills

  • good speed of typing

• Desirable

  • additional language skills

  • creative writing or journalism skills

  • podcast creation and video-editing skills

Interests & Experience

• Essential

  • advocacy

  • offender healthcare

  • social media

• Desirable

  • other vulnerable patient groups

  • video editing

Health & Safety

• Essential

  • Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced clearance within the last year (2)

  • no history of significant post-traumatic stress disorder or vicarious trauma

  • psychologically suitable for working with offenders

  • willing to undergo in-house induction training, which includes safety awareness

  • willing to perform international telemedicine without medical indemnity, if necessary (3)

• Desirable

  • breakaway training and other jail craft (though this is included in our induction training)

Personal Attributes

• Essential

  • active Christian faith (4)

  • adaptable

  • confidential

  • organised

  • respectful of different cultures

  • subscriber to the concept of integral mission

  • team player

• Desirable

  • personality compatible with being developed as a servant leader

 Availability

• Essential

  • available for at least six months (four in exceptional circumstances)

  • available in a predictable pattern, at least 25% of full-time (5)

  • available to assist in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track

  • available to attend the Health & Justice Fellowship teaching programme

• Desirable

  • available for a September start

  • available for one or more years

  • available in a predictable pattern, at least 50% of full-time (5)

Notes

And lastly, here are the explanatory notes…

(1) = for non-UK trained applicants, alternatives will be accepted.
(2) = performed after successful interview and at your own cost.
(3) = we will discuss why this is not as daunting as it might sound.
(4) = this is an occupational requirement.
(5) = full-time is regarded as 40 hours/week.

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Research Fellow on our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme

Three quick questions

Are you a student or junior Christian professional training in healthcare, law, social work or another field that intersects with the health & justice arena?

Do you have a heart for detainees & other vulnerable patient groups?

And are you keen on research?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about joining our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme and serving with us in this post? Read the below post description and person specification. If you’d like an informal chat before applying, contact our Chief Operations Officer. If you’re ready to apply though, press the button on this page and proceed.

Post description

What would we require of you, and what could you expect of us?

Base

• You will be based at your home, which could be anywhere in the world that has good quality, stable internet.

Duties

• Your major duties will include:-

  • commenting – keeping abreast of relevant newly-released research and then creating written blogs, news articles, opinion pieces and press releases

  • conference attending – writing posters and oral presentations, submitting them to conferences, and then presenting at conferences

  • data collecting – participating in research projects

  • encouraging – liaising with our previous researchers, encouraging them to submit their findings to conferences and peer-reviewed journals

  • expanding – helping to develop our research service

  • fundraising – applying to grant-awarding bodes for research funding

  • information disseminating – keeping an eye on published research of relevance to offender healthcare, collating it and disseminating short summaries internally within our organisation

  • journal article submitting – writing up case reports, quality improvement projects and both internal & partnership research projects, and submitting them to peer-reviewed journals

  • liaising – communicating with both other internal researchers as well as with seconded researchers from the University of Leeds & possibly other institutions

  • medical ethics committee applying – gaining approval for our internal research projects

  • networking – growing our partnerships with medical schools, other university departments and additional researching organisations

  • research designing – crafting future offender healthcare research proposals

  • service developing – ensuring that research results impact our service development

  • social media engaging – creating content to raise the profile of our research service and findings

• Depending on our fluctuating needs and your availability, experience and skill set, your duties may include:-

  • cross-covering – deputising for the fellows serving our other services

  • telemedicine consulting – if you are a healthcare professional, participating in a rota, delivering holistic offender healthcare to detainees in both the Philippines and other countries

  • tracking - assisting in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track.

• You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.

Line management

• You will be line managed non-clinically by our Head of Research (if in post) and (if a healthcare professional) clinically by our Chief Medical Officer.

• Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.

Terms & Conditions

• As a volunteer, you will need to raise your own financial support.

• You will take six weeks and (if required) one week pro rata of unpaid annual leave and study leave respectively, both pro rata.

• Your working pattern and other terms & conditions will be subject to negotiation; for example, you may perform your duties alongside locum shifts or a part-time course.

Person specification

Read on to find out if this position would be a good fit for you…

Qualifications & Skills

• Essential

  • competent in Word software

  • enrolled in or graduated from a healthcare course (eg medicine, nursing or dentistry), law, social work or another field that intersects with the health & justice arena

  • GCSE English (Grade C+) & fluency in oral English (1)

  • good communication skills & other interpersonal skills

  • good speed of typing

• Desirable

  • additional language skills

  • research article writing skills

  • statistical analysis skills

Interests & Experience

• Essential

  • interest in offender healthcare

  • interest in research

• Desirable

  • authorship of peer-reviewed articles

  • experience of research

  • interest in academia

  • interest in other vulnerable patient groups

Health & Safety

• Essential

  • Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced clearance within the last year (2)

  • no history of significant post-traumatic stress disorder or vicarious trauma

  • psychologically suitable for working with offenders

  • willing to undergo in-house induction training, which includes safety awareness

  • if a healthcare professional, willing to perform international telemedicine without medical indemnity, if necessary (3)

• Desirable

  • breakaway training and other jail craft (though this is included in our induction training)

Personal Attributes

• Essential

  • active Christian faith (4)

  • adaptable

  • autonomous

  • confidential

  • organised

  • respectful of different cultures

  • subscriber to the concept of integral mission

  • team player

  Desirable

  • personality suitable for development as a servant leader

 Availability

• Essential

  • available for at least six months (four in exceptional circumstances)

  • available in a predictable pattern, at least 25% of full-time (5)

  • available in May-July during the peak busyness of our partnership with the University of Leeds’ International Health programme

  • available to assist in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track

  • available to attend the Health & Justice Fellowship teaching programme

• Desirable

  • available for a September start

  • available for one or more years

  • available in a predictable pattern, at least 50% of full-time (5)

Notes

And lastly, here are the explanatory notes…

(1) = for non-UK trained applicants, alternatives will be accepted.
(2) = performed after successful interview and at your own cost.
(3) = we will discuss why this is not as daunting as it might sound.
(4) = this is an occupational requirement.
(5) = full-time is regarded as 40 hours/week.

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Training Fellow on our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme

Three quick questions

Are you a Christian student or junior healthcare professional looking for a gap year challenge?

Do you have an heart for detainees and other vulnerable patient groups?

And are you keen on empowering others through training?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about joining our Health & Justice Fellowship Programme and serving with us in this post? Read the below post description and person specification. If you’d like an informal chat before applying, contact the current incumbent or our Chief Operations Officer. If you’re ready to apply though, press the button on this page and proceed.

Post description

What would we require of you, and what could you expect of us?

Base

• You will be based at your home, which could be anywhere in the world that has good quality, stable internet.

Duties

• Your major duties will include:-

  • advocating – helping to deliver and develop our advocacy service

  • moderating – maintaining and growing our social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Twitter and YouTube

  • partnering – growing our partnerships with other advocacy organisations

  • podcasting – creating engaging podcasts on advocacy issues

  • tracking - along with our advocacy fellow, coordinating the fellowship’s assistance in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track

  • videoing – creating engaging YouTube videos on advocacy issues

  • writing – creating written blogs, news articles, opinion pieces and press releases about advocacy issues

  • encouraging - developing our prayer diary and engaging supporters in praying for vulnerable groups and our organisation

• Depending on our fluctuating needs and your availability, experience and skill set, your duties may include:-

  • cross-covering – deputising for the fellows serving our other services

  • telemedicine – participating in a rota, delivering holistic offender healthcare to detainees in both the Philippines and other countries.

• You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.

Line management

• You will be line managed non-clinically by our Chief Operations Officer and clinically by our Chief Medical Officer.

• Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.

Terms & Conditions

• As a volunteer, you will need to raise your own financial support.

• You will take six weeks and (if required) one week pro rata of unpaid annual leave and study leave respectively, both pro rata.

• Your working pattern and other terms & conditions will be subject to negotiation; for example, you may perform your duties alongside locum shifts or a part-time course.

Person specification

Read on to find out if this position would be a good fit for you…

Qualifications & Skills

• Essential

  • competent in Word software

  • enrolled in or graduated from a healthcare course (eg medicine, nursing or dentistry), law course, social work course or other course that intersects with the health & justice arena

  • GCSE English (Grade C+) & fluency in oral English (1)

  • good communication skills & other interpersonal skills

  • good speed of typing

• Desirable

  • additional language skills

Interests & Experience

• Essential

  • offender healthcare

  • training

• Desirable

  • other vulnerable patient groups

  • medical education

Health & Safety

• Essential

  • Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced clearance within the last year (2)

  • no history of significant post-traumatic stress disorder or vicarious trauma

  • psychologically suitable for working with offenders

  • willing to undergo in-house induction training, which includes safety awareness

  • willing to perform international telemedicine without medical indemnity, if necessary (3)

• Desirable

  • breakaway training and other jail craft (though this is included in our induction training)

Personal Attributes

• Essential

  • active Christian faith (4)

  • adaptable

  • confidential

  • organised

  • respectful of different cultures

  • subscriber to the concept of integral mission

  • team player

  Desirable

  • personality compatible with being developed as a servant leader

Availability

• Essential

  • available for at least six months (four in exceptional circumstances)

  • available in a predictable pattern, at least 25% of full-time (5)

  • available to assist in the delivery of our Health & Justice Track

  • available to attend the Health & Justice Fellowship teaching programme

• Desirable

  • available for a September start

  • available for one or more years

  • available in a predictable pattern, at least 50% of full-time (5)

Notes

And lastly, here are the explanatory notes…

(1) = for non-UK trained applicants, alternatives will be accepted.
(2) = performed after successful interview and at your own cost.
(3) = we will discuss why this is not as daunting as it might sound.
(4) = this is an occupational requirement.
(5) = full-time is regarded as 40 hours/week.

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