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We are currently looking for a new Clinician Trustee who can use their expertise and strategic insight to support our growing charity at a critical time for cleft care and NHS reform.
The Clinician Trustee will contribute to all aspects of the charity’s governance while providing essential clinical expertise to support and enhance our work.
We are seeking an experienced professional to help drive CLAPA’s clinical impact in line with its strategic priorities. We are particularly interested in hearing from clinicians with experience of strategic leadership within cleft services, specialised commissioning, workforce development or national clinical networks, who can help CLAPA navigate a period of significant change and reform across the NHS.
In this role, you will offer insight into the patient journey across the evolving cleft care pathway, strengthen relationships between CLAPA and clinical teams and provide clinical guidance to inform our campaigns and initiatives. You will bring a strong understanding of patient centred care and use your expertise to help shape and influence improvements in services and outcomes.
Ideally, you will also draw on safeguarding experience from your clinical role to support the charity’s safeguarding function and promote best practice across our work.
If you think you have the experience, passion and leadership to help us meet the needs of the community we serve, we want to hear from you.
In your cover letter please ensure that you detail your skills, knowledge and experience & how they relate to this role. Refer to the Job Description & Person Specification, giving examples from work, education, volunteering or personal experience where relevant. Please ensure that the information you give is relevant to the advertised post. Experience gained outside the UK is also relevant.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
From diagnosis to adulthood. For a lifetime with cleft – we're here for the journey.
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Do you want to use your financial expertise to make a real difference to people’s lives?
Mental health affects all of us — yet for too many people, financial circumstances can stand between them and the support they need. At FreshStart, we believe everyone should have access to safe, professional and affordable therapy, whatever their circumstances.
FreshStart Psychotherapy C.I.C. is seeking a Treasurer and Director to join our Board and help guide the financial sustainability and growth of our organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a passionate, community-focused organisation with a simple but powerful mission: to make high-quality psychotherapy available to people on low incomes who might otherwise be unable to afford it.
Treasurer Role Description
Purpose of the Role
To maintain effective financial oversight of FreshStart Psychotherapy C.I.C., ensuring financial sustainability, sound governance, and compliance with all relevant financial and regulatory requirements.
The Treasurer will provide financial leadership to the Board and support informed decision-making that enables the organisation to achieve its mission and strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Leadership
- Contribute actively to the development and implementation of the organisation's strategy.
- Advise the Board on the financial implications of strategic decisions.
- Support sustainable growth and long-term financial planning.
- Help identify opportunities for funding diversification and organisational development.
2. Financial Oversight
- Ensure the Board receives clear, accurate, and timely financial information.
- Monitor the financial health and sustainability of the organisation.
- Review management accounts, budgets, cash flow forecasts, and annual financial statements.
- Ensure appropriate financial controls, policies, and procedures are in place and regularly reviewed.
- Oversee the preparation and filing of statutory accounts and financial returns.
- Support the development and monitoring of reserves and risk management policies.
- Work closely with any external accountants, auditors, or financial advisers as required.
3. Governance and Compliance
- Ensure the Board understands and fulfils its financial responsibilities.
- Support compliance with relevant regulatory, legal, and reporting requirements.
- Promote good governance and transparency across the organisation.
- Contribute to risk management and financial decision-making.
General Responsibilities of a Director
In addition to the Treasurer responsibilities, all Directors are expected to:
- Contribute actively to setting the organisation's strategic direction.
- Ensure the organisation remains focused on its mission and objectives.
- Safeguard the organisation's reputation, values, and resources.
- Monitor organisational performance and impact.
- Ensure resources are used effectively and responsibly.
- Act in the best interests of FreshStart Psychotherapy C.I.C. and its beneficiaries.
- Declare and manage any conflicts of interest.
- Participate in Board meetings and relevant working groups.
- Stay informed about developments affecting mental health services, the voluntary sector, and community wellbeing.
Person Specification
We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals who have:
Essential
- A recognised accountancy qualification or equivalent financial expertise.
- Experience in financial management, accounting, audit, or financial governance.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- The ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial colleagues.
- A commitment to the mission of improving access to mental health support.
Desirable
- Experience of charity, CIC, voluntary sector, or healthcare governance.
- Knowledge of fundraising, grant funding, or social enterprise finance.
- Previous board or trustee experience.
- An interest in mental health, wellbeing, and reducing barriers to accessing support.
Non Charity Employer
6 - 10
To ensure high-quality, long term psychotherapy is available to everyone who needs it regardless of their financial circumstances.
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Job Description
Kent Sexual Assault & Abuse Service is dedicated to providing safe spaces where survivors of all forms of sexual violence across Kent and Medway, can access the high-quality, trauma-informed, specialist practical and therapeutic support that they need to recover from the impact of sexual violence and rebuild their lives. Having won and mobilised the Police & Crime Commissioner Kent Wide Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA)and Trauma Therapy contracts in April 2026, we are keen to extend our trustee board to ensure high quality, robust governance for our charity and support for the KSAAS team during this time of expansion.
Key Functions of the Trustee Board Include:
• Ensuring compliance to KSAAS’s governing document (constitution), charity law and any other relevant legislation and regulations.
• Providing robust, evidence based strategic direction to KSAAS in collaboration with KSAAS Management Team, by reviewing the mission, vision, values, goals, targets, performance and the long-term strategy of the charity.
• Ensuring effective and efficient operation of the charity through oversight of the policies, procedures and systems.
• Ensuring that KSAAS pursues its objects as set out in its governing document and applies its resources exclusively to the pursuance of these objects.
• Ensuring the financial stability and accountability of KSAAS and protecting and managing KSAAS’s funds, estate and property.
• Ensuring KSAAS robustly meets all safeguarding requirements.
• Using any specific skills, knowledge or experience to help the Trustee Board to make sound decisions in the best interest of the charity.
Knowledge and Skills
The knowledge and skills that are beneficial to our charity are included in the recruitment pack, but in particular, we are keen to hear from individuals who have experience of business management and development, human resources, finance management, fundraising, marketing and communications, IT, social media, ISVA or counselling work and safeguarding.
Commitment
The time commitment of a KSAAS trustee is estimated at 2-4 hours per month, comprising:
• Six 2 hour board meetings per year (normally online in the evening, but some in person in Canterbury with prior arrangement)
• Attending the annual general meeting (AGM)
• Time to read and reflect on board papers & AGM Papers
• Attending an annual trustee away day and occasional training sessions
• Attending subcommittees when required
If you are interested in becoming a trustee with KSAAS, please see further details about the role and application process in the attached recruitment pack.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The KSAAS Trustee Board
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