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Job title: CYP Schools Senior Coordinator

Hours: 35 hours (Full-Time)

Contract: Fixed-term until 31 August 2025, with the high likelihood of an additional year of funding

Salary: £28,879

Responsible to: CYP Schools Lead

Location: Contractual base is Chorley. Delivery will take place in schools across Lancashire.

We’re looking for bold and caring people to join our Children and Young People’s team. We want people who have experience of engaging and working with children and young people in schools, ideally in Lancashire.

To succeed in the role, you will need excellent communication skills, be confident, driven and have the ability to work autonomously. You will be open, hardworking, creative and able to quickly build rapport with young people and school staff.

You will have experience working with schools and colleges and understand the barriers some young people face to achieving good mental health and wellbeing. For the Lead and Senior Coordinator roles we are looking for someone with people and project management skills who are adept at building fruitful relationships. 

This is an exciting time for Lancashire Mind as our children and young people’s services are growing, enabling us to reach and support more people. We want people who believe in our vision of a Lancashire where everyone can have the best mental health and wellbeing possible.  

Lancashire Mind has a dedicated workplace wellbeing programme to ensure staff are supported with their own wellbeing which includes an Employee Assistance Programme, a half-day wellbeing day and wellbeing activities throughout the year.

We also offer a workplace pension scheme, paid emergency time off to care for dependents, regular supervision, and a commitment to supporting learning and development opportunities. We have also recently enhanced our annual leave offer with basic annual leave of 25 days, plus 3 days closure between xmas and new year, long service leave, the option to buy or sell annual leave and a half-day wellbeing day for all staff.

Above all, we are a friendly and supportive place to work; ‘Great staff team, positive and supportive culture’ (Lancashire Mind wellbeing survey, March 2024) 

Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. 

Deadline for applications: 9am on 5 August 2024  

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 14 August 2024

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

the3million is looking for a new Community Organiser to help us build the power of EU citizens in the UK and of their non-EU family members, working alongside two other Organisers in our team and the members of our EU Citizens’ Campaigns Network

Since Brexit, EU citizens in the UK and their family members have been brought under the Hostile Environment. the3million has been providing information to EU citizens and has continuously advocated for a fairer immigration system, especially in making the EU Settlement Scheme more accessible to all.

We provide a platform for EU citizens to become politically active and use their voices to advocate for themselves. The Community Organiser will be part of a team to create opportunities for EU citizens to have increased capacity to engage in activism and lead the change they want to see in the UK, their home.

This role is at an officer level and suitable for people who are looking for their first paid role in Organising, but have had some grassroots experience, even if on an informal or voluntary basis. You can expect to be mentored by an experienced Community Organiser and thereby learn a lot while on the job. More experienced candidates are also welcome to apply.We are currently in the process of applying for funding to extend this role. If we are successful, the contract will be extended by 2 years and we will work with the successful Organiser on a progression route, reviewing the job holder’s salary level after they have been in the role for 6 months. 

Position type: Part time, between 3 to 4 days a week, depending on the successful candidate’s preference

Duration: 4 months (September - December 2024) with possibility of a 2 year extension from January 2025, subject to funding

Salary: £30,000-32,000, depending on experience, with possibility of salary increase subject to funding and successful probation period

Location: Remote, must be UK based. Regular travel across the country to meet local community groups. All travel expenses covered.

Benefits: 28-days holiday + bank holidays pro-rata, contributory pension scheme, flexible working patterns.

Reporting to Community Organiser - Campaigns

Application deadline: Monday 5th August 09:00. Please note that applications will be considered on a rolling basis, therefore we encourage you to apply early. If you have any questions about the role, please do not hesitate to contact us at info[at] the3million[dot]org[dot]uk 

**About the3million**

We are the leading organisation representing EU citizens and their non-EU family members in the UK. Our vision is a world where our communities can thrive, reach their potential and have an equal voice in UK society. 

Our work ranges from monitoring the implementation of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement, advocating for the integration of EU citizens throughout all sections of society, informing people of their rights, promoting access to justice, and giving EU citizens a voice in British society to change the narrative on migration as a whole. 

We are a grassroots and non-partisan organisation, working with a variety of stakeholders, from MPs to NGOs, legal advisors, the media and community leaders across civic society on specific issues affecting migrants’ rights. We regularly engage with the Home Office and its monitoring bodies to advocate for change. 

**Duties and responsibilities **

1. Co-lead the3million’s “EU Citizens’ Campaigns Network” 

• Working with the Community Organiser - Campaigns to recruit more members of the EU Citizens’ Campaigns Network by regularly reaching out to relevant communities and booking 1-1 meetings with key community leaders;

• Working with the Community Organiser - Campaigns to support and guide our existing Network members made up of over 40 community leaders who have a variety of backgrounds and levels of experience in campaigning, developing their confidence and ability to become effective change-makers and encouraging them to take coordinated, strategic actions to advance our campaigns;

• Co-facilitate monthly Network meetings: setting agendas, facilitating Breakout rooms, taking minutes and following up with Network members on their agreed actions;

• Support the3million’s campaigns by supporting our Head of Policy and Advocacy on our MP-facing work in Parliament and our Communications Manager to ensure that our campaigns are featured on our social media, newsletters and clearly communicated to key stakeholders such as partner organisations in the migration sector and to key community leaders on the ground

2. Relationship-building and in-person workshops

• Rolling out a series of “listening sessions” and “Know Your Rights” workshops with community groups across the country: liaising with relevant community leaders to visit them and their communities, this may include working on Saturdays (and taking time off in lieu during the week) and running in-person sessions. You will receive guidance on the format from the Community Organiser - Campaigns but will be the main person delivering such sessions on the ground.

3. Professional learning and development

• Taking a proactive approach to your learning and development towards becoming a confident and versatile Community Organiser and Campaigns specialist, you will have regular check-ins with your line manager (Community Organiser - Political Campaigns) and engage in an ongoing process of evaluation, thereby reflecting on the work you are carrying out to draw out learning and being willing to stretch yourself. Depending on your current level of experience as an Organiser, you may be set assignments such as reading recommended articles/books, listening to relevant podcasts, attending specific training sessions, etc.

**Person specification**

Essential

• A passion for people power, social justice and holding decision-makers to account

• A passion for supporting grassroots communities, such as small charities, faith groups, schools and other civic associations, to take action on the issues affecting them

• A positive, proactive and solutions-oriented attitude, able to take initiative

• Experience of organising people/communities to achieve change, whether in-person at a local level or online - this could be as part of a trade union, a student group, an activist group, a community-based civic institution, political party, etc. It does not need to have been as part of a formal, paid role, but could be experience that you gained in an informal setting and/or as a volunteer.

• Experience of leading or of working with others to deliver and/or facilitate events such as workshops or group meetings in an engaging manner, with attention to administrative detail

• Ability to actively listen to people and identify their motivations for campaigning, encouraging people to speak up for themselves and building relationships based on trust

• Motivational attitude to encourage people to take the first step in social activism

• Strong oral and written communications, including the ability to write clear emails with compelling calls to action and the confidence to speak in public settings

• Strong administrative skills, time management and attention to detail, including the ability to set meeting agendas, keep records of volunteers/partners and to follow up on agreed actions

• Interest in the issues affecting EU citizens in the UK, as well as wider migrant rights’ issues (e.g. citizenship, visas, hostile environment policies)

• Experience of working with people from different backgrounds, including different language skills, cultures/ethnicities, ages, etc. Comfortable interacting with people who hold different opinions with a view to build mutual understanding and solidarity.

• Full commitment to the values of a small organisation that works on social justice issues in support of EU citizens in the UK

Desirable

• Experience of leading or participating in campaigns that put people with direct experience of the issues at hand at the heart of the campaigning process

• Experience of engaging with decision makers, such as local Councillors or MPs

**Before you apply**

One of the3million’s core values is inclusion - we are people led, we value diversity and are enriched by differences. We strive to listen to, engage with and represent the broadest range of people. 

We recognise our team is not currently representative of communities that experience racism and that our own ways of working may replicate wider societal oppression and injustices. We are actively working towards becoming an anti-oppressive organisation, including taking steps to create a more inclusive recruitment process.

You may not have worked in the migration sector before, or in an organisation whose focus is campaigning for migrants’ rights. Or you may have experience in grassroots organising in a setting which is not formalised. Please still consider applying as many other sectors and settings offer transferable skills.

If you are from a background that is underrepresented in the migration sector - for example you are from a community that experiences racism, or you have lived experience of migration, or you are a disabled person, or you did not go to University or had free school meals as a child - we strongly encourage you to apply.

We believe our work will be stronger with greater diversity. the3million welcomes the whole person to work, and we understand that each of us brings our experiences, our backgrounds and our own unique lens to what we do.

This role is part of the Wiltshire Adult Domestic Abuse Team, which provides support to people and their families who have been impacted by domestic abuse.

Working within the team, you will work directly with victims of domestic abuse, providing them with support and educational sessions to increase their safety and the safety of any of their children.

Offering support to standard to medium risk victims of domestic abuse, key tasks will include:

• To provide high quality, person centred, trauma informed support to people impacted by domestic abuse.
• Being part of a team providing a whole family approach.
• Support people to increase their personal safety.
• Support people’s personal empowerment to take control of their lives.
• Undertaking risk assessments and collaboratively developing safety plans.
• Give practical and emotional support to families who are experiencing domestic abuse in the community.
• Deliver and facilitate groups for people impacted by domestic abuse, including the Inspiring Families Course (including evening delivery where required).

You will work closely with Children’s Social Care, offering professional consultation regarding domestic abuse cases and attending team meetings where required. You will work closely with local Social Workers to increase the safety and stabilisation of people, by offering specialist domestic abuse educational sessions to the non-abusing parent, either in a one-to-one or group setting.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide a high-quality, person centred, trauma informed service and empowerment to those who need it.
• Manage a caseload of standard to medium risk cases, providing virtual and face to face support.
• Complete an initial assessment of individuals’ and families' needs with corresponding support plans to meet these needs so, preventing escalation of difficulties.
• Triage new referrals, ensuring comprehensive safety and safeguarding advice and guidance on initial contact.
• Undertake regular caseload review meetings with individuals and families during home and community visits to ensure they are fully supported to meet their personal goals.
• Be responsible for running groups, adhering to a clear manual and supporting second facilitators.
• Complete pre and post group assessments.
• Attend regular meetings with Children’s Social Care and offer professional consultation to Social Workers regarding cases involving domestic abuse.
• Assess, manage and review risks to service users, colleagues and self, including the use of the DASH Risk Assessment, and professional judgement.
• Attend Children’s Social Care multi-agency meetings such as child protection conferences and core groups, offering your professional perspective and provide written reports for Child Protection proceedings.
• Work with colleagues, health and social care professionals and multi-agency networks to evaluate caseload needs.
• Improve parents' understanding of the impact of Domestic Abuse on their child(ren) and work with the parent to provide continued support to their child(ren).
• Ensure personal safety and that of service users and other staff at all times.
• Respond to emergencies and crises including access to places of safety.
• Plan and implement activities to promote self-awareness, confidence and participation for service users.
• Enable service users to participate in the design, delivery and evaluation of services.
• Utilise evaluation and monitoring systems to ensure high standards of service are consistently achieved e.g. Insights and Orchards Database.
• Assist clients in attending legal and other appointments where necessary.
• Ensure support provided is accessible to clients in terms of location and times.
• Facilitate and deliver group work to people impacted by domestic abuse, including evening groups on a rota basis.

General Responsibilities:

• Remain up to date and concordant with organisational procedures, policies and professional code of conduct, upholding standards of best practice.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings.
• Contribute to effective team working with a flexible and pro-active approach, including cover for other team members’ holidays and sickness where required.
• Undertake agreed training and keep updated on changes in legislation, policy, and best practice.
• To support additional duties at your team managers discretion.
• To cover duty in the event of emergencies or staff absence.

For a full job description/person specification and to apply, please follow the link provided on this website. There is no specific closing date for this role and this vacancy will close once a suitable candidate is found, so early applications are encouraged. 

FearFree is committed to encouraging equality and diversity in the workplace.  We strive to be a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can all be ourselves and individual differences are recognised and valued. 

Business Support Coordinator

Location: Leeds, LS12 2AE

Salary: £24,020 - £30,790 per annum

Our client is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. They provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. They are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining their teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen.  You can really make a difference by believing in their service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.

The Role

An exciting opportunity to join their admin team as Business Support Coordinator. This role is all about providing business support to the Forward Leeds management team. This role would be well suited to someone who is extremely organised, methodical in approach and with proven business administration skills and has experience in minute taking.

Key Responsibilities

· To ensure consistency of approach with regard to systems and monitoring across the Units

· To collate FL systems data as required.

· Provide ‘document control’ to the Forward Leeds section of the company extranet.

· To provide direct admin support to the Directors and Management Team.

· To support the Directors to plan and organise meetings, Away Days, Conferences and events.

· To work alongside the quality and performance manager in Leeds and support them with regulatory compliance requirements and governance issues.

· To support the Forward Leeds Board and Intergrated Governance Board

· To support the Chairs of various meeting within the FL Governance Framework ensuring that invites, papers and actions are sent out in a timely manner.

· To attend meetings and produce efficient minutes within 7 working days.

· To work closely with the Directors, Quality and Performance Manager and quality team

· to provide on-going quality assurance support.

Skills and Qualifications

· Outstanding IT skills

· Excellent minute taking abilities

· Excellent organisation skills

· Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes

· Experience in gathering and collating data and producing financial and statistical reports

· Experience in producing high-quality written work

· Experience of Quality Systems

Benefits

· A rewarding role that allows you to make a tangible impact in your community.

· Opportunity for professional growth and development in the field of substance misuse and criminal justice.

· Collaborative and supportive work environment.

· Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)

· Annual leave purchase scheme

· Enhanced occupational sick pay

· Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension

· Death in service benefit

· Free Will writing

· Eyecare vouchers

· Blue light card discount

· Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses

· Work-life balance- flexible working and family-friendly policies

· Happy, Healthy You! – their wellbeing offers for their workforce

· Employee Assist Programme and the companies Support Networks

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

The organisation welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or ag

Your new company

You will be working for a large faith-based organisation based in Central London. Although it is a religious charity, individuals from all backgrounds and faiths are welcome.This is a permanent position that is Hybrid with 2/3 days in the office per week. Working hours are flexible and core hours are between 10-4.

Your new role

• Support the Payroll Manager in providing an accurate and timely payroll service.
• Input data into the Payroll Systems to ensure that details of staff, ministers and pensioners, including tax codes, entitlements, NI and other deductions are correctly set up.
• Calculate final payments as notified by HR and send P45s by the contractual pay date following the employee's last day of service.
• Ensure all statutory and voluntary reductions are made correctly.
• Prepare and post payroll summaries to the nominal ledger and reconcile control accounts.
• Update and submit RTI submissions to HMRC and upload tax code changes, ensuring all data is correct.
• Produce monthly debit statements, deal with staff queries and provide payroll information to HR, HMRC and other government departments.
• Prepare bank reconciliations for all bank and deposit accounts.
• Carry ou the annual payroll year-end routine, ensuring that the records reconcile with net pay, PAYE and other departments on annual returns.
  
  What you'll need to succeed
  
  
• CIPD qualified or equivalent / Qualified by experience.
• English and Maths GCSEs at grade 5 or above (or equivalent qualifications).
• Processing payroll: starters, leavers, changes, sick pay, maternity, deductions, shared parental leave, auto enrolment.
• Great communication (both written and verbally) with different stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively deal with processes for starters, leavers, pensions auto enrolment and payroll year-end reconciliations.
• Good understanding of the principles of accounting, including double entry bookkeeping.
• Strong understanding of tax, NI and pensions administration.
• Familiar with using IRIS Cascade HR, Star, PSE (Northgate).
• Highly numerate, with good attention to detail.

What you'll get in return

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and an extra 3 days at Christmas and New Year. This increases with length of service.
• Flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Excellent pension scheme. Employer contribution up to 16%.
• Season ticket loan.

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Job Title: Support and Development Worker 

 

Department: England Service Team 

Reports to: Senior Support & Development Worker 

Salary: £28,471 (pro rata for Part-time) 

Hours: 35 hours a week over 5 days (Part-time will be considered) 

Location: Home based – with travel across Teesside, County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Tyne & Wear and neighbouring areas. Occasional travel across wider areas and nationally will be required. 

We are looking for someone who can cover the Teeside, County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Tyne & Wear area. You will be home based but will be required to attend clinics, events and meet members one to one where necessary within your allocated area and occasionally across wider areas and nationally. 

Purpose of Job 

To deliver a high-quality service to and facilitate opportunities for individuals with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their families/carers through Shine membership.  To empower and enable members Living with the conditions to lead healthy and happy lives through greater independence, better condition management and by creating links to the Shine community across England. 

SHINE has just under 14,000 members with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. This post will bring a real focus to the County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland & Tyne & Wear area and will be an exciting opportunity to engage with members and develop and deliver the services we offer. 

Our Little Stars project for 0–12 year olds has been established for over 3 years supporting younger members and their families with their diagnosis and beyond. We also have a growing Teen membership known as FIRE (Friendship, Independence, Resilience, Equality) Working alongside our multi skilled, established team, you will be supporting members across all age groups and building on the great foundations already in place. 

Core role 

• To provide information to individuals, families, carers affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus including hard to reach communities living within your area. 

• To provide advice, support and guidance to enable people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to access the correct benefits to become financially stable, the right services to improve their health and well-being, and to better co-ordinate their support and independence through a variety of methods. This will include attending specialist clinics in the area to engage with them. 

• To refer individual members and/or their families/carers to the most appropriate source of expertise and support in Shine’s Health team and other designated leads within the organisation, or signpost to external agencies as appropriate. 

• To develop age-specific groups and peer support networks which will provide opportunities for people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to connect and interact, enabling social opportunities and to share experiences, support and learn from each other. 

• To work with and develop opportunities for Shine volunteers. 

• To contribute to the delivery of regional and national programme of events to Shine’s membership, based on identified need and interests, geographical location and age. These will be face to face and virtual events.

• To provide information to professionals working with those individuals and families affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. 

• To raise greater awareness of Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus amongst professionals, external organisations and the general public through presentations, training and attendance at professional events. 

• To actively promote membership of Shine to people with the relevant conditions. 

• To keep clear and accurate records for monitoring and evaluation using our Salesforce database system. 

• To work with other service, fundraising, marketing, trust and foundations colleagues and Shine’s membership to identify and seize potential fundraising opportunities for long-term sustainability of the work. 

• To prepare and keep up to date a directory of relevant contacts across the area and to share relevant information with colleagues. 

• To undertake administrative duties as required of the role. 

• Any other duties in line with the job role. 

Essential criteria 

• Ability to travel across the designated areas

• Flexible working hours. This may include some evenings and weekends 

• Ability to work from home 

• The ability to be motivated and work on your own initiative with lone working from home, whilst also travelling across the area and Region to be part of the wider dispersed team. 

• Full Enhanced DBS checks and referencing will be completed 

Experience and qualifications – essential 

• At least two years’ recent experience of delivering support and advice services 

• Experience of working with people of all ages with disabilities 

• At least two years’ experience of advising on one or more of the following: 

health and wellbeing; independence; benefits; education and learning; employment; developing friendships and social skills; reducing isolation; social care; housing

• Experience of developing and delivering opportunities to enable and empower people with disabilities to achieve their goals towards independence. 

Knowledge, skills and abilities – essential 

• Understanding of spina bifida and hydrocephalus and of the issues and challenges faced by people living with these conditions 

• Ability to work with people individually and to facilitate and run group activities and events 

• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written 

• IT literate with a good knowledge of computer systems and programmes (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and use of databases 

• A non-judgemental approach to working with people 

Experience and Qualifications – desirable 

• Hold a qualification in a health, nursing, social care or disability related field 

• Experience of working in the third sector in a paid or unpaid capacity 

Knowledge, skills and abilities – desirable 

• Understanding of the role peer support plays in enhancing services and support to members 

• An awareness and understanding of how to use social media and its effectiveness in reducing social isolation 

In return, Shine will offer you: 

• A competitive salary of £28,471 (pro-rata for part-time hours) 

• 3% pension contribution 

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays + additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year (pro-rata for part-time hours) 

• Support to learn and develop 

• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave 

• Broadband allowance

• Additional annual leave due to length of service 

If you would like to have a chat about the role in more detail or have any questions, please give us a call and ask to speak to Gill Valentine, our Director of Services. 

Shine is a Disability Confident employer and will offer guaranteed interviews if a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the job. 

To apply please submit your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role criteria.

*Please note applications without a supporting statement will not be accepted* 

Closing date: Sunday 4th August 2024 at 11pm

Interviews:  Thursday 15th August 2024 (Virtual) 

Please note: we reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the closing date, therefore we encourage applications as soon as possible. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

1.Main purpose of role

To develop The Family Centre Deaf Children’s (FCDC) fundraising channels and secure income from grant funders and individual donors in order to sustain and develop the charity’s services and infrastructure, building strong relationships with key stakeholders and contributing to FCDC's overall strategic development, aims and operations.

The Development Officer is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of our Fundraising Strategy 2024-2029 to support the charity’s continuous improvement, financial sustainability and future growth.

The post holder will be responsible for inspiring individual donations to the charity through local giving initiatives and further developing the charity’s existing income channels including:

· Community and events fundraising

· Individual giving

· Grants from Trusts and Foundations and other relevant grant income sources.

2.Duties and Responsibilities

2.1 General

· To champion FCDC’s vision, mission, ethos and values (internally and externally).

· To comply with all relevant charity and other legislation.

· To uphold and contribute to the updating of FCDC’s internal policies and codes of conduct.

· To contribute towards the delivery of the charity’s strategic, operational, and departmental plans.

· To develop and maintain good working relationships with FCDC staff members, Trustees, service users, volunteers and other key internal and external stakeholders.

2.2 Income generation from individuals

· Sustain and grow FCDC’s individual donor base and community fundraising in line with agreed income targets.

· Research and identify potential major donors.

· Work alongside the Centre Manager and Board of Trustees to develop relationships with potential donors.

· Work alongside FCDC’s Fundraising Working Group, Centre Manager and Events and Family Development Officer to develop and coordinate an annual calendar of community fundraising events.

· Develop local individual giving campaigns and social media appeals to secure individual donations.

· Ensure all fundraising activity is in keeping with the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice and is compliant with fundraising regulations.

· Ensure all fundraising activity is in keeping with FCDC’s mission, values, ethos and objectives.

· Ensure Gift Aid is claimed on all eligible donations and appropriate Gift Aid records are kept.

· Ensure our email opt-in and supporter subscriber lists are kept up to date.

2.3 Income generation from Trusts, Foundations and Statutory Agencies

· Maximise income from grant-giving organisations to ensure sustainable growth of restricted and unrestricted income in line with agreed income targets.

· Build and manage relationships with Trusts and Foundations to secure grants of £5,000 or more.

· Research, contact, correspond and meet with funders (as and when required) to build relationships prior to submitting funding applications.

· Collaborate with the FCDC team across the organisation to create compelling fundraising proposals and produce high-quality applications, reports and budgets.

· To assume responsibility for a portfolio of current and potential grant funders to maintain, grow and/or revive their support for the charity.

· Develop a robust pipeline of charitable Trusts and Foundations to support FCDC’s services and activities.

· Maintain relationships with funders between applications to nurture positive relationships between them and FCDC.

· Work alongside the Centre Manager and Board of Trustees to develop partnerships and positive working relationships with current and potential grant funders.

2.4 Donor engagement and stewardship

· Working closely with FCDC’s Centre Manager and the Chair to develop a donor journey that encourages long term support from individuals.

· Process individual donations, including: recording donations, thanking supporters in a timely fashion and responding to ad hoc supporter queries.

· Contribute to and proofread fundraising appeals, marketing materials and FCDC digital content.

· Support existing and new supporters of the charity in their initiatives to raise funds for FCDC.

2.5 Funder and donor data management

· Ensure that all funders and individual donor contacts and activity are accurately recorded on our funder and donor database.

· Work alongside the Centre Manager to ensure that all personal data is gathered, held, and used in-line with relevant data protection regulations and FCDC’s Data Protection Policy.

· Accurately record Trusts, Foundations and other grant income data on FCDC’s financial ICT system.

· Compile and submit timely funder reports, working alongside the Centre Manager in checking monitoring data, proofreading reports and ensuring reports are uploaded to funder portals, as and when required.

2.6 Fundraising Strategy 2024-2029

· Oversee the development, implementation and monitoring of FCDC’s Fundraising Strategy 2024-2029, with specific focus on individual giving, community fundraising and Trusts and Foundations.

· Support the Chair and Centre Manager to set up a new Fundraising and Events Working Group (consisting of volunteers, service users, Trustees and staff), who will support and act as a sounding board for new fundraising initiatives and open doors to new income streams.

· Keep up-to-date with fundraising trends, opportunities and best practice and recommend changes in our funding strategies and annual fundraising action plans.

· Maximise income from new fundraising opportunities as and when they arise in the course of our work. For example: local sports group donations and company payroll giving.

2.7 Reporting

· Regularly report on fundraising outputs, outcomes and the impact of fundraising initiatives to staff, the Chair and the Board of Trustees.

· Contribute to funder monitoring activities and evaluation reports to ensure that FCDC meets its reporting obligations to funders.

2.8 Other

· Contribute to FCDC’s positive working culture, strategic direction and the future growth of FCDC by participating in team meetings, supporting other staff in their work and contributing ideas and feedback across the organisation.

· Ensure that key stakeholder enquiries, contact details and other relevant records are maintained and kept up-to-date.

· Undertake other reasonable duties and responsibilities which the Chair may request from time to time.

· Actively participate in the staff appraisal scheme and be committed to learning and development in line with the Charity’s aims and objectives.

· Manage and liaise with volunteers, service users and other stakeholders as necessary.

· In collaboration with the Centre Manager and other colleagues, you will help ensure our website is engaging and up-to-date.

 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

 Experience

 Essential

1. Experience of working in a fundraising role.

2. Experience of writing successful grant applications / proposals and reporting of successful bids.

3. Experience of developing and delivering successful online fundraising campaigns via social media or websites.

4. Experience of financial planning and budgeting.

5. Experience of using Microsoft Office.

Desirable

1. Experience of working with volunteers.

2. Experience of working for a small non-profit organisation.

3. Interest / experience of hearing loss and the D/deaf community.

Knowledge

Essential

1. Knowledge of where and how to access local and regional charity income streams, national fundraising opportunities, pathways, etc.

2. Knowledge of data protection and GDPR.

3. Knowledge of the Code of Fundraising Practice.

Desirable

1. Fundraising qualification.

2. Other relevant qualification that would be suitable for this role.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

1. Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation and influencing skills, with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships.

2. Excellent proposal writing, proofreading and editing skills.

3. Excellent organisational, prioritisation and administrative skills with the ability to work to strict deadlines.

4. Excellent attention to detail and accurate record keeping.

Personal Attributes and Other Requirements

Essential

1. Highly self-motivated and able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.

2. Enthusiastic, pro-active and positive ‘can do’ attitude to work and willingness to learn new skills and support colleagues as needed.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Bank Support Worker to join our Young People service in Hounslow.

£13.15 per hour, Zero Hour Contract.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Bank Support Workers have the ability to accept any shifts available on an ad-hoc basis across from all of Look Ahead's specialisms including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Homelessness and Young People. Bank Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Conducting key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Report any observations relating to customers welfare
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local area to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed
- Carry out support duties to enable customers to integrate into the community including e.g. accompanying the customer to attend benefit agency appointments and meetings, go shopping, to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

What you'll bring:

Desirable:

Applicants may have some previous relevant work experience. This may be experience gained from care of a vulnerable person or work in similar organisations. Prior experience is not a pre-requisite for the role as key behaviours and core competencies will also be taken into account.

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Please see our website for full job description.

Trainer

West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC) is partnering with the NHS on a pilot project to provide a range of support services for adult survivors of sexual violence with trauma related mental health needs

The Organisation

Purple Leaf is a trading name of West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre WMRSASC. WMRSASC has been supporting survivors of all types of sexual abuse and sexual violence for over 35 years and provides a range of services including advocacy, therapy, online and a helpline service

Purple Leaf is an organisation dedicated to working to eradicate sexual violence through:

- Empowering individuals and organisations
- Enabling positive change through assessment, intervention and support
- Transforming working cultures and lives

The Person

We are looking for a skilled trainer who has experience of working in the sexual violence sector or an aligned field and has knowledge and understanding of sexual violence and its impact’ to join us in this critical work in preventing ongoing sexual harm. In return we can offer you specialist training, support, supervision and the opportunity of working as part of a talented team.

The Role

This exciting new role will be part of a multidisciplinary team that brings together a range of knowledge and skills to support adult survivors of sexual violence with trauma related mental health needs.

Summary of Position:

This role will be required to develop and deliver sexual violence practitioner training and support the delivery of groups for survivors of sexual violence with trauma related mental health needs.

Primary Responsibilities

- To research, develop and deliver a programme of sexual violence practitioner training for delivery in single and multiagency settings through a range of blended learning formats.
- To support the development and delivery of a programme of psychosocial education groups for survivors of sexual violence.
- To support the team is completing assessments for clients accessing the service.
- Collaborate with a range of multiagency partners to ensure the most appropriate pathway of support for the individual survivor.
- Advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual violence to ensure they can have access to a range of services based on need.
- Ensure all risk and safeguarding processes and procedures are followed.
- To promote awareness of training and group offerings for survivors with a range of multiagency partners
- To undertake evaluation and outcome meetings and data reporting to ensure continuous development of training products delivered.
- To manage booking process and associated administration for training delivery
- Represent and promote WMRSASC in meetings and events

This role is based in Worcester. The role holder will be expected to travel across West Mercia as and when there is a need.
Hybrid and flexible working is available and encouraged as part of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
Hours: Up to 37.5 hours/negotiable
Salary: £29,439 - £32,020 per annum pro rata

We reserve the right to close applications for this post early should enough appropriate applications be submitted.

This role is available to start from 1st September 2024 and will be fixed term until November 2025

REF-215 437

Job Title: Public Law Paralegal

Salary: £23,614

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Location: Tyseley, Birmingham (regular travel to Coventry)

About this role

The Public Law team at Central England Law Centre (CELC) provides legal advice and representation to clients across the Coventry and Birmingham area under a Legal Aid Contract.

The Public Law paralegal will play an essential and pivotal part in ensuring the smooth running of the day-to day work within the team. They will be required to provide administrative and casework support to their colleagues within the team, ensuring the needs of clients are put first and foremost in the work they do.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play an essential role in a friendly organisation that is trying to make a difference to the lives of those people in our communities that are most vulnerable.

The successful candidate will be subject to a basic DBS check.

Responsibilities: 

Working alongside other members of the Law Centre, the Public Law paralegal will:

• Provide an excellent front-line service to clients visiting the law centre
• Assess client enquiries using sensitive listening and questioning skills allowing individuals to fully explain their issues
• Identify and summarise key information about client issues including time limits, key dates and any requirements for urgent advice or action
• Assess and agree the appropriate level of service, taking into consideration the client's ability to take the next step themselves, the complexity of the issue and the organisation’s resources
• Refer clients internally, informing them of what to expect and making all necessary arrangements
• Signpost clients to external organisations where appropriate 
• Assess eligibility for legal aid where available

Personal Specification:

Essential

• A demonstrable commitment to social justice
• A non-judgemental attitude
• An understanding of the importance of confidentiality
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to organise and prioritise workload, ensuring excellent service to your team and clients at all times
• Detail focused with numeric ability to complete legal aid and costing forms
• Experience of using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

Desirable

• Experience of working with the public and in a busy and demanding environment
• Experience of working with people who experienced disadvantage and/or trauma
• Experience of using case management systems
• A commitment to continuous professional development, including a willingness to develop knowledge and skills in advice topics.
• Knowledge of the work of Central England Law Centre  

We invite interested candidates to download our Recruitment Pack for this role on our website.

To submit your application, please complete the Public Law Paralegal Form on our website.

Closing date: 1pm on 7th August 2024.

Interviews will be held in week commencing: 12th or 19th May 2024.

Main purpose of the job

FearFree delivers services across the South West for victims, children and perpetrators of domestic abuse and victims of sexual violence. We provide responsive, victim focused and trauma informed support, and this post will be fundamental to ensuring service users, stakeholders and partners experience this in our daily delivery.

We are delighted to be recruiting for new specialist support workers for our holistic Behaviour Change services across Devon.

Working within experienced and committed teams, the Behaviour Change Advisor will:

· Complete specialist risk assessments (including Respect RIC) and develop personalised safety and support plans.

· Deliver one to one specialist behaviour change interventions.

· Co-facilitate short term and long term group work.

· Promote the service externally and ensure our interventions are accessible.

· Provide proactive, trauma informed and holistic support, with a focus on increasing victim safety and reducing the risk posed by a perpetrator.

· Work within a multi-agency framework to effect change, manage risk and ensure safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children is paramount.

· Offer professional consultancy, training and advice to other agencies on working with perpetrators.

· To work collaboratively with Partner Safety Workers to ensure the safety of the victim is held central.

There is a requirement for evening working – approximately once per week to deliver group work interventions.

FearFree is committed to hybrid working and this role will be a mix of home based and office based in either Exeter or Barnstaple, alongside requiring travel across the county for multi-agency meetings and to deliver group support. Occasional travel to our other offices may be required.

Key responsibilities:

• To join the highly effective teams across FearFree to provide Behaviour Change support to perpetrators of domestic abuse.
• To reduce the risk of reoffending and of harm posed by domestic abuse perpetrators and increase the safety and wellbeing of victims and children.
• To provide perpetrators with an understanding of domestic abuse, healthy relationships and communication, the impact on victims and children and support them to use new techniques and strategies to change their behaviour.
• To ensure the safety and wellbeing of children is paramount, working with our Partner Safety Worker, Children’s Workers and Children’s Social Care as required.
• To complete evidence based risk assessments and safety and support plans for each case. 
• To co-facilitate perpetrator behaviour change programmes, following a clear manual.
• Live and embody the FearFree values – kind, receptive, open, pragmatic, robust and expert.

General

• Work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, offering a targeted service, reducing the risk of serious harm.
• Work with partner agencies within a multi-agency context, ensuring a multi-agency response to risk with a focus on safeguarding.
• Represent the service user voice in a multi-agency context.
•  Attend Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) meetings as required.
• Give information and support to service users regarding their other needs and refer them to other support services as required.
• Ensure our service is widely accessible – adapting practice as required to suit individuals.
• Work across a large geographical area to ensure locality is not a barrier to accessing services.
• Deliver training and information sessions to promote our service, and increase awareness and understanding of domestic abuse.
• Co-deliver specialist group-work programmes for perpetrators of domestic abuse, following a clear manual.
• Have a responsibility around safeguarding of both adults and children, maintaining knowledge of appropriate policies and procedures and integrated working.
• Support other agencies in the identification and referral of domestic abuse issues via promotion of service and institutional advocacy.
• Ensure all referrals are clearly logged on our database and all case records are kept fully updated, according to FearFree policies and procedures.
• Attend and engage with case reviews, risk reviews and Treatment Management as required.
• Work closely with Partner Safety Worker and Children’s workers to ensure the safety of the victim and children and a holistic view of risk.
• Manage a caseload ensuring each client receives the appropriate service individual to their risk and needs.
• Support the empowerment of the client.
• Engage with case management supervision.
• Support colleagues in perpetrator services across FearFree as required.
• Contribute to effective team working with a flexible and pro-active approach, including cover for other team members’ holidays and sickness.
• Undertake all statutory and mandatory training, as required by the organisation.
• Carry out any other duties that are within the scope, spirit, and purpose of the role, as required.

For a full job description/person specification and to apply, please follow the link provided on this website. The closing date for this role is 5th August, with interviews currently planned to take place on 12th August.

FearFree is committed to encouraging equality and diversity in the workplace.  We strive to be a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can all be ourselves and individual differences are recognised and valued. 

About Us: 

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.

At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best. On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:

  

Benefits: 

• 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), 3 additional free days off at Christmas
• Life Insurance
• Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
• A variety of social and wellbeing activities each month
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Monthly talks, Wellbeing Hour, etc)
• Free Gym Membership
• Free breakfasts/snacks

Reports to: Management Accountant 

Based: Battersea Park

Salary: £27,427 

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Work Arrangement: Flexible, Hybrid/Office

DBS: Basic

  

Role Overview: 

Reporting to the Management Accountant, the Finance Assistant will support the Finance Team, providing financial and administrative services for our business. The Finance team sits within our Central Services division. 

Central Services ensures the company operates smoothly and assists in working towards Enables strategic direction. Supporting the various services that make up Enable, Central Services consists of small and high output teams including Human Resources, Marcomms, Operations and Finance. Together, these teams make up the foundation of our business, driving our mission and fostering growth and development.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:  

• Accounts payable and receivables: controls and processes 
• Processing purchase invoices: entering and coding invoices (including VAT) in Xero managing the approval workflow (by cost centre budget holders) as required
• Setting up weekly payment runs, expense pay runs and individual payments as required 
• Maintaining the aged purchase ledger ensuring invoices are accounted for on receipt and tracked through to payment 
• Supplier set-up: ensure appropriate supplier information is obtained 
• Raising sales and recharge invoices on a monthly/quarterly basis 
• Bank reconciliation process 
• Posting cash journals to record payments/receipts from bank statements into the ledger 
• Processing and posting payroll journal
• Assisting with month-end processes 
• Assisting with balance sheet reconciliations and other standard month end processes 
• Assisting with year-end accounts preparation and audit process 
• Assisting with general finance-related inquiries and correspondence received via the generic finance email inbox.

Skills and Experience:  

• Experience of Purchase Ledger, Sale Ledger and General Ledger management including month end processes
• Experience of bank and other balance sheet reconciliations 
• Supplier management 
• Proficiency in MS Office, Xero and other accountancy packages
• Attention to detail 
• Good communication 
• Ability to meet deadlines
• AAT qualified or part qualified ACCA/ACA - We are supportive of candidates undergoing their studies 

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts. 

Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website. 

Contract: Permanent
Location: Home-based, but with on-site meetings
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Hours: Full-time – 35 hours per week. A 50:50 job share may be considered.
Salary: In the range £36,400 - £40,200 depending on experience

Background
Evolve is a Cambridgeshire-based charity (a CIO), founded in 1978, which provides affordable mental health counselling to adults in Cambridgeshire and surrounding counties. We deliver talking therapies to adults – online and in person. The Evolve counselling community is made up of around 50 qualified practitioners working part-time at donated or subsidised rates. Our service delivers around 500 counselling sessions per month to a broad range of individuals, many of whom would not otherwise be able to access counselling support. Evolve also provides supervision, reflective practice, critical incident support and mental health awareness and related training to organisations.

Main purpose of the job
The Head of Counselling works with our counsellor members and executive team to ensure that Evolve is the local counselling charity of choice - managing existing client relationships and service contracts, as well as seeking and securing new business. They are responsible for the clinical leadership of our counselling and related services to clients, and for supporting, motivating, and managing our counsellor members.

About the candidate
The successful candidate will be an appropriately qualified and experienced individual who has leadership expertise, with the ability to engage with colleagues, trustees, counselling clients, organisational contacts and other stakeholders. They will have demonstrable experience of delivering a high-quality service in line with ethical standards and good practice, monitoring and evaluating impact and outcomes, as well as identifying and implementing, alongside other members of the executive team, service development/improvement and growth initiatives. They should also have a good understanding of the commercial considerations of managing a counselling service, and have experience of successful funding proposal/ bid writing and delivery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Management

• Overall responsibility for incoming referrals and allocations as well as ongoing management of clients and any waiting lists.
• Monitor the balance between counsellor capacity and client demand. 
• Provide leadership and support to the counselling members.
• Be the first point of contact for clinical advice and enquiries.
• Ensure the quality of provision to clients and the care of counsellors.
• Lead on revising, updating of existing, and writing of new, clinical policies and procedures to ensure compliance with charity standards as well as ethical and legal standards.
• Liaise with the CEO as Designated Safeguarding Lead, taking responsibility as the Counselling Safeguarding Lead. This includes ensuring that Evolve adheres to local and national guidelines for safeguarding and that issues relating to client risk are appropriately dealt with.
• Oversee counselling members’ health and safety including lone working and risk assessment.
• Manage and respond to complaints in line with Evolve’s procedures.
• Monitor, implement and ensure clinical service compliance with GDPR standards.
• Report on clinical service performance and attend Trustee Board meetings as required.

Training and development

• Ensure that all counsellors have the appropriate training, experience, and specialist knowledge required to support Evolve clients, including identifying training and development needs.

Recruitment

• Lead the recruitment of new counsellors, including interviewing potential new members as well as clinical induction and training of new counsellors.
• Oversee the annual membership renewal process, ensuring all members are compliant with Evolve requirements.

Monitoring and impact analysis

• Take responsibility for client feedback, ensuring comments are reviewed and acted on as appropriate.
• Compile reports and impact analysis as required, for internal and external stakeholders.

Business Development and General requirements

• Work alongside the CEO and executive team to represent Evolve and promote awareness of Evolve’s services along with the importance of mental health awareness and support. Provide clinical and commercial input to funding proposals and/or new service developments.
• Participate in Evolve’s committees, support work with the Trustee Board, and through events for the membership, to shape the future development growth and sustainability of Evolve Counselling CIO.
• Build and maintain effective external professional networks within Evolve’s operational areas.
• Work closely with the Administrator to ensure all data regarding members and clients is up to date, appropriately recorded and in line with Data Protection guidelines.
• Provide input to Evolve’s website and social media presence and other marketing channels, suggesting and writing content for posts and resources as required.
• Ensure effective partnership working with those charities and other organisations with whom Evolve collaborates.

The above list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to carry out such other duties as required from time to time on-site and working from home which are broadly consistent with the status of the post within the charity.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Education, Qualification and Training

• Degree level or minimum level 4 Diploma qualification in Counselling or Psychotherapy.
• Diploma in Clinical Supervision (or equivalent professional qualification).
• BACP accreditation, or equivalent professional status.

Core competencies

• Service planning and project planning/delivery – drive for completion.
• Problem identification and resolving – a ‘solutions’ focus.
• A client focus - negotiation for mutually beneficial results (clients/colleagues).
• Nurturing improvement and innovation – researching and making informed decisions. 
• Inspiring others – forging a cohesive and motivated membership.

Essential requirements

• A minimum of five years post-qualification clinical experience.
• Extensive experience of recruiting, leading, and motivating a diverse team of counselling practitioners, including providing clinical support, reviewing performance, and project/change management.
• Significant experience Clinical Supervisor, supervising qualified counsellors on a group, or individual, basis.
• Extensive knowledge of the legal and ethical frameworks that relate to the counselling profession.
• Considerable experience in safeguarding individuals and management of clinical risk.
• Strong professional and clinical judgment.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a diverse team, whilst retaining the flexibility  to work independently and the ability to build positive relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including presentation skills as well as the provision of executive level reports.
• Ability to convene and lead committee work, preparing and running to agendas and guiding groups to positive outcomes and consensual decisions.
• Demonstrable understanding of the charity or voluntary sector.
• Experience of costing, pricing, and monitoring financial performance of services, including knowledge or experience in forecasting and budgeting.
• Excellent IT skills including use of MS Office. 
• Experience in the use of a clinical case management system, including analysis and presentation of clinical data, and accurate client billings.
• Experience in the planning and successful delivery of service improvement/development initiatives.
• The ability to be flexible and respond reasonably to the needs of the CIO.

Desirable qualities

• Knowledge/experience of statutory mental health services.
• Clinical leadership experience in more than one organisation and across modalities/specialities. 
• Experience of providing clinical and commercial input to successful funding bids, including subsequent delivery.
• Knowledge of the local East of England mental health and voluntary/charitable service community, including a willingness to represent Evolve locally as required.
• Ability to support a social media presence that represents and promotes the service.
• Ability to create and plan promotional events.

As Head of Advocacy, you will lead the development and delivery of Medical Justice’s advocacy programme, drawing on our evidence of the harm caused by immigration detention, to secure lasting change through combinations of research, policy, parliamentary, and media work, as well as contribute to strategic litigation.

Reporting directly to the Director, you will lead our experienced team advocacy team, help develop our strategic objectives and shape our emerging Senior Management Team.

We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience –

Support from Experts by Experience Employment Network 

Medical Justice is a member of the initiative so candidates with lived experience for our jobs can receive its support with reviewing covering letters, CVs, and interview preparation, as well as give encouraging and constructive feedback to applicants during and after the application process, subject to its volunteers’ availability.

If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for an independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please follow the link in the application pack to request support and they will confirm if they can match you with a mentor to support your application.

- see the Application Pack for more details.

Main duties and responsibilities

1. Develop the advocacy team’s expertise in all of the ways our evidence can be used to effect change, including policy work both with the Home Office and NHS England who commission healthcare in immigration detention, parliamentary work, media work, and to contribute to strategic litigation, and how and when they interrelate.
2. Understand and keep updated on what is happening with immigration detention policy, including matters that influence it, such as the literature on health issues of detainees, key legal judgements, inquests, reports by official monitors and parliamentary committees, responses to parliamentary questions, parliamentary debates, research produced by other organisations, and information that you glean from FOI requests.
3. Keep abreast of the wider political context that may influence immigration and detention policy.
4. Represent Medical Justice at external meetings and events.
   - Participate in Home Office, NHS England and monitoring bodies’ stakeholder forums.
   - Participate in formal and informal ad-hoc NGO groupings.
5. Work both reactively and pro-actively, identify opportunities for securing change and prioritise work according to its strategic importance as well as ‘return on investment’.
6. Work with the Director and the Head of Casework to ensure ;
7. Further develop Medical Justice’s Strategy and ensure that strategic objectives across the organisation are impactful, current and coherent.
   - Developments that affect detention policy are shared within Medical Justice.
   - Issues experienced in our casework are documented and used in our advocacy work.
   - Our material is robust so that we maintain credibility as an organisation which is vital for our advocacy work as well as for the use of our medico-legal reports in clients’ individual legal cases.
   - Develop the monitoring and evaluation framework for our advocacy work.
8. Facilitate the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience of detention Medical Justice advocacy work, including in its design and development.
9. Line-manage the Parliamentary & Research Analyst and the Researcher, including providing support in terms of personal development/training and well-being. There will also be line-managing responsibilities for some periods of an individual on the Casework Trainee programme for people with lived experience, once it is introduced.

Research / line-management of the Researcher

1. Consulting colleagues, other NGOs and lawyers to identify research projects that draw on medical evidence from our casework that would have the most impact, including carrying out research for strategic litigation and supporting such litigation.
2. Collaborate with other organisations as appropriate.
3. Lead the team in conducting research and provide periodic feedback of policy implications regarding the emerging findings to others within the organisation for consideration.
4. Lead the team in the producing analysis of research and audits of our MLRs, writing up into required formats, including research reports, text for inclusion in policy work, submissions, witness statements, briefing papers for parliamentarians, and media articles. 
5. Together with colleagues, offer suitable material for peer review publication and contribute where appropriate to research carried out by medical professional bodies and others.
6. Contribute to the further development of the Medical Justice datasystem and its functionality.

Policy work

1. Carry out policy work with the Home Office, NHS England and their contractors – this may include responding to consultations, and challenging issues proactively.
2. Build relationships with the Home Office, NHS England, and monitoring bodies – make sure Medical Justice is included in all relevant consultations and alert others if they have been missed out.
3. Collaborate as much as is sensible with other organisations to get the best outcomes for people in detention.

Parliamentary work / line-management of the Parliamentary & Research Analyst

1. Oversee our work as the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Immigration Detention, raising awareness of immigration detention amongst parliamentarians and priming them to take action. Work to ensure the APPG brings together parliamentarians with experts, NGOs, lawyers and people with lived experience to amplify our collective impact.
2. Oversee the briefing of parliamentarians for challenging unjust policies, asking parliamentary questions, holding parliamentary debates, opposing parliamentary approval of harmful policy amendments, and assisting parliamentarians in tabling amendments to relevant Bills.
3. Oversee submissions parliamentary committees to inquires they hold as well as the briefing of committee members and clerks.

 Galvanise Medical professional organisations

1. Work with Royal Colleges, the British Medical Association and others to galvanise their communities, encouraging helpful evidence from them, and organising events with them.

Media

1. Work both with the Director and on your own to create mainstream and social media opportunities to promote the work of Medical Justice and the needed content.

 

General

• Provide reports for staff and/or trustees as requested.
• Respect and comply in full with Medical Justice patients’ confidentiality requirements and contribute to developing our own policy in this area.
• To work flexibly as a member of a team and the organisation and undertake other reasonable duties and responsibilities at the request of the Director.
• To assist the smooth running of the organisation, working with other Medical Justice staff and the trustees to meet overall objectives, including strategic and operational planning, participation in periodic appraisals, and contribute to organisational development. Also, attending and assisting with relevant events as appropriate.
• To promote Medical Justice policies including our equal opportunities and anti-discrimination policies.
• To be self servicing, to pro-actively share relevant information and expertise within the organisation, and to keep all records, statistics and qualitative information in accordance with Medical Justice policy and practice.

For more information about Medical Justice, this role, the Person Specification, Guidance notes for completing the application form, and the application form, please download the application pack