Community Jobs

Fundraising Officer (Community and Events)
Salary: £16,800 per annum (£28,000 full time equivalent)
Part time: 21 hours (worked over three to four days)
Closing date: 9am on 25th April 2025
Interview dates: 30th April and 1st May 2025
Benefits: Employees are eligible for Medicash (a non-contractual benefit), 33 days paid holiday (full-time equivalent), access to Cyclescheme (for discounted bikes and accessories), and a long service award (after five years).

New Hope’s crucial work depends upon our Head Office team, which includes the following functions: HR, volunteering, finance, workforce development, fundraising and communications, maintenance, health and safety, and IT. New Hope’s Leadership Team, which oversees all operational and strategic activity, is also part of the Head Office team.

Following an increase in our community and events fundraising, we are looking to recruit for a new role developing and delivering these activities. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, be a strong communicator, flexible and with a can-do and proactive attitude. Able to manage competing demands and projects, you will be able to work independently and as part of a small and busy fundraising and communications team. You will be a team player who thrives in an inclusive environment, ready to contribute your skills towards our shared goal of preventing homelessness and transforming lives.

You may be looking to start a career in fundraising and are keen to develop and learn from an experienced team.

This is an office based role.

Interested? Click apply and upload your CV and Cover Letter now.

In 2024, Tower Hamlets received Trailblazer funding to develop and implement new models of community-based mental health care that integrate clinical and voluntary sector provision, in line with  The Community Mental Health Framework.

The Tower Hamlets Mental Health Alliance (THMHA) was formed two years ago to create a bold new community-based mental health support service for Tower Hamlets residents. THMHA consists of 18 Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise Sector (VCFSE) service providers that have come together in partnership. The primary criterion for membership is that the organisation either specialises in mental health support or has a significant and growing focus on mental health in its work. Mind in Tower Hamlets, Newham, and Redbridge is a member of this alliance.

Alongside THMHA members, Look Ahead, and East London Foundation Trust, we are implementing a new community-based, 24/7 mental health care system that prioritises the tailored needs of individuals facing mental health challenges. The goal is to provide support in a non-hospital setting, preventing the need for more intensive interventions in the future.

Coproduction and Community Engagement (CCE) Coordinator will play a vital role in ensuring the services at the Barnsley Street Project are designed and delivered in true partnership with the local community. This role is particularly focused on minoritised and underrepresented groups, ensuring their voices are central to service development. The ideal candidate will be passionate about inclusive service design, community engagement, and mental health equity. You will work closely with clients, carers, and community partners to create a responsive and culturally competent service that meets the needs of Tower Hamlets' diverse population.

SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.

We are now looking for a Senior Fundraising Officer - Mid-Value, Legacy and Community for:

• Mid-Value Giving - Lead and refine the mid-value giving strategy to boost donor engagement, retention, and income through tailored journeys and cross-team collaboration.

• Legacy Fundraising - Drive legacy giving growth by creating compelling campaigns, stewarding pledgers, and integrating powerful stories into supporter communications.

• Community Fundraising - Grow grassroots and local fundraising by supporting community groups, engaging schools and universities, and strengthening diaspora connections.

• Collaboration & Insight - Collaborate with our Communications team, maintain up-to-date content, and use data-driven insights to optimise fundraising performance and supporter experience.

• Compliance and Regulation - Ensure all campaigns meet fundraising regulations, GDPR, and best practice standards, keeping processes compliant and up to date.

If you are a proactive person, with experience in driving income generation, looking for a role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!

To Apply

Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.

The deadline for applications is Monday 14th April, 12.00 pm UK time.

Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.

Aftercare Manager - Community

At Thames Valley Air Ambulance, we know that everything can change in an instant. We want to give everyone in our community the best chance of surviving and recovering from their emergency.

Since August 2018 Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA) has provided an Aftercare service to support our patients and their loved ones after the acute phase of their injury or illness. 

The TVAA Aftercare Service offers support and guidance to patients and their families. The service offers former patients and those close to them, help, emotional support, and advice, usually following their discharge from hospital. This is a bespoke service as the needs of patients and their families can vary considerably. It can involve meeting a patient and ‘filling in the gaps’ of the treatment that was provided as they may not be able to remember. It could involve meeting a bereaved family or facilitating a reunion of a patient and the crew that provided them with care. It can also involve signposting to other services and charities where a need is identified for more specific support. 

This is an exciting time of growth for Thames Valley Air Ambulance as we embark on the delivery of our new organisational strategy. One of the core goals of our new organisational strategy is that ‘We care beyond the scene’ and in order to be able to grow with the organisation, the Aftercare team is expanding.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed individual to become part of the Aftercare Team in the position of Aftercare Manager - Community. You will be an integral part of the Aftercare service focusing on helping our patients transition back into their community as they recover. Sadly, the reality is that some of our patients due to the severity of the illness and injuries we attend to don’t survive and so we also work very closely with people who have been bereaved in the community.

You will be predominantly based in the community visiting with our patients, their loved ones, the bereaved and bystanders in their community setting. As such, we’re looking for someone who has the experience and confidence of operating autonomously in the community but equally relishes being part of a respected wider team working towards a common goal. You should also be confident communicating via the telephone and other virtual means.

TVAA provides critical care to the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. This means that you will need to be confident driving in this footprint, in order for us to see our patients in their preferred environment.

You should have a strong clinical background and although this will not be a clinical position, you will need to be adept at tailoring your approach when discussing and explaining complex and sensitive clinical information to our patients often when they are at their most vulnerable. 

You will forge strong links with your Aftercare colleagues, clinical teams and other members of the charity to help provide appropriate opportunities for our patients and their loved ones to engage with Thames Valley Air Ambulance when they wish to support us in our work. 

This is an immensely privileged role to hold, and we expect to see the pride, passion and your professionalism shine through in developing and delivering our Aftercare service.

We offer a competitive salary and great staff benefits such as.

• 25 Days holiday (FTE)  (Rising to 30 days  after five years’ service)

•  Holiday Trading

• Free annual Flu Vaccination

• Option to purchase a Blue Light Card

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Company Pension Scheme

• Health Cash Plan

Successful appointment to this post will be subject to a DBS check

Closing date: 6th April 2025 at 11.59pm.

Interviews will be held: Week Commencing 21st April 2025. 

Application is by CV and a covering letter addressing the Essential and Desirable competencies as laid out in the Job Description.

You may have experience of the following: Community Aftercare Lead, Community Support Manager, Patient and Family Liaison Manager, Community Recovery Support Manager, Community Integration Manager, etc.

REF-220 561

Community Development Worker

We have a rewarding opportunity for a Community Development Worker to ensure that children, young people and families can access timely Early Help support and activities to improve their wellbeing and quality of life. 

If you are passionate about identifying, supporting, and developing a community offer provided by individuals, groups, organisations, services and places, then apply today!

Position: Community Development Worker (Early Help)

Location: Harborne/hybrid working (this is an outreach position and you will be expected to be based in the community especially within Edgbaston and Northfield but with some city wide work as well)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £26,430 per annum

Contract: 1 x Fixed Term until March 2026

Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, hybrid working where the role allows, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

Closing Date: 13th April 2025

Interview Date: 25th & 28th April 

The Role

You will work as part of a city wide team of Community Development Workers as well as on a locality basis to ensure that they can combine targeted work with locality needs. This will include a strong element of co production, working with families and community assets to lead on projects and the development of new groups, services, and activities to meet the needs or improve services within the community. 

The role will also focus on increasing children and families engagement with local assets by working with them to improve accessibility, identify gaps in provision and encourage innovation and improvements to services.

Duties and key responsibilities include:

• Engaging statutory, community and voluntary organisations in a locality and working with all communities in the city.

• Engaging with a broad range of health, education, early years and social care organisations.

• Working with community providers to enable a ‘live’ understanding of community needs and resource capacity as part of a ‘gap analysis’ of the children and families offer across the locality. 

• Supporting residents to lead on community projects and the development and delivery of new groups, services, or activities to meet needs or improve services in the community.

• Working with the Family Hub to align outcomes and workstreams with Family Hubs Outcomes.

• Increasing children and families’ engagement with local assets by working with groups and organisations to improve accessibility, identify gaps in provision, and encourage innovation and improvement to services including local commissioning in line with identified needs. 

• Responding to targeted areas of work on a city-wide basis.

• Alongside the Service Lead, develop and deliver communications and engagement plans.

• Engaging with the citywide Early Help network, coordinated by BVSC, including regular attendance at meetings, as appropriate.

About You

We are looking for an empathetic communicator with excellent engagement and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of people. 

You will have experience of:

• Working in an engagement or community development role with diverse community settings with statutory and third sector organisations

• Working with community/grassroots organisations 

• Information sharing, consent and confidentiality issues and risks.

• Importance of equalities, diversity, and inclusion.

About the Organisation

A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, where the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Development Worker, Social Service, Social Services, Support Worker, Care Worker, Early Help, Social Work, Youth, Youth Worker, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Care, Care and Support, Social Care, Community Support, Community, Children, Young People, Family, Community Project Officer, Community Partnerships Manager, Community Partnerships Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Community Engagement.  #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

We are a local charity that enables people and organisations to get involved, helping to build strong and vibrant communities in Buckinghamshire.

We do this by helping people find volunteering opportunities, advising charities and other not-for-profit groups on all aspects of running an organisation, and directly supporting those most in need in the community.

Key Tasks

• Line Manage the Communications Officer
• Develop and implement the strategy and business plans for your communications and engagement.
• To drive legal and compliance standards and take full responsibility for those within your area.
• Lead the successful implementation of a communications strategy for FY 2025-2027.
• Raise the profile of Community Impact Bucks, of the VCSE sector in Buckinghamshire, and of voluntary and community action in the county.
• Identify and develop partnership opportunities and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to extend the reach of the charity’s communications.
• Ensure that all Marketing, PR and Communications materials, publications and messaging are consistent with brand, targeted and reflect and enhance the reputation of the charity.
• Develop content e.g. writing all comms plans, messaging, newsletter copy (for partners to use), press releases, social media, copy for flyers, posters, case studies.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact and effectiveness of our communications: analysing trends, outcomes, using evidence to inform service development.
• Prepare budgets and plan and manage the allocation of resource to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of communications activity. 
• Oversee digital planning and content production, with a strategic oversight of the website and social media channels as well as new digital products.
• Oversee the charity’s social media channels, increasing engagement with relevant audiences and creating content.
• Oversee, write and edit content for the Charity’s website, working with staff, volunteers and contractors as necessary to improve content and user experience.

Diversity & Inclusion

Community Impact Bucks is committed to challenging inequality and values the diversity of our communities in Buckinghamshire. We recognise that reflecting that diversity will only ever make our organisation better. We work to ensure an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed and supported to succeed and thrive. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented communities. 

Base of Work

Hybrid, typically minimum 1 day per week at Community Impact Bucks Office near Aylesbury with the rest working from home. This role requires attendance at local community events across the county, occasionally in the evenings or at weekends, so you must be able to travel throughout Buckinghamshire.

Join Our Team as a Community Learning Programme Manager

Are you passionate about creating meaningful learning opportunities and fostering connections within communities? If so, we want to hear from you!

About Us:
At St Christopher’s, we are dedicated to supporting people in our community to live well until the end of life. Through innovation, compassion, and collaboration, the Community Action Team aim to create sustainable change to shift society’s approach to end of life, so that it is more social, and equitable.  We do this by empowering individuals to share knowledge and experiences about death, dying, and loss. Our Centre for Awareness and Response to End of Life (CARE) offers unique opportunities to explore these themes through learning, exhibitions, workshops, and events.

The Role:
As our Learning Programme Manager, you will lead and develop our learning and enrichment initiatives. Your work will help improve death literacy and create equitable and inclusive practices between organisations and communities. By creating opportunities for knowledge exchange and capacity sharing, you will enhance understanding of end-of-life issues and help tackle inequalities.

In this role, you will:

• Oversee, deliver, and expand our community learning programme.
• Design accessible learning opportunities tailored to diverse needs.
• Facilitate exhibitions, workshops, and events that engage and inspire.
• Manage a team of people providing learning and enrichment opportunities
• Build meaningful partnerships with local organisations, community groups, and individuals.
• Monitor and evaluate projects to ensure continuous improvement and impactful outcomes.

What You Bring:
We are looking for someone with:

• Experience in designing and delivering impactful learning programmes.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• A commitment to inclusivity and equity in community learning.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Creativity and a solutions-focused mindset to address emerging challenges.

Why Join Us?
When you join St Christopher’s, you’ll benefit from:

• Opportunities to lead innovative and impactful community learning projects.
• A supportive and inclusive workplace culture.
• Professional development and training.
• Flexible working hours to help you achieve work-life balance.

Location: Based in Sydenham with some travel within South London 
Hours: 21.6 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
Salary: £24,154 per annum pro rata (FTE £40,257)

Ready to Apply?

St Christopher’s is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, faith and religion, disability and age, although we are underrepresented across the organisation with BAME and LGBTQ+ employees, and thus we encourage applications from these groups. We also welcome hearing from you if you have peer or lived experience, as this is an important feature of our team.

Closing Date:  22nd April 2025

Interview Date: Provisional date 7th/8th May 2025

Aftercare Manager – Community

At Thames Valley Air Ambulance, we know that everything can change in an instant. We want to give everyone in our community the best chance of surviving and recovering from their emergency.

Since August 2018 Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA) has provided an Aftercare service to support our patients and their loved ones after the acute phase of their injury or illness. 

The TVAA Aftercare Service offers support and guidance to patients and their families. The service offers former patients and those close to them, help, emotional support, and advice, usually following their discharge from hospital. This is a bespoke service as the needs of patients and their families can vary considerably. It can involve meeting a patient and ‘filling in the gaps’ of the treatment that was provided as they may not be able to remember. It could involve meeting a bereaved family or facilitating a reunion of a patient and the crew that provided them with care. It can also involve signposting to other services and charities where a need is identified for more specific support. 

This is an exciting time of growth for Thames Valley Air Ambulance as we embark on the delivery of our new organisational strategy. One of the core goals of our new organisational strategy is that ‘We care beyond the scene’ and in order to be able to grow with the organisation, the Aftercare team is expanding.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed individual to become part of the Aftercare Team in the position of Aftercare Manager - Community. You will be an integral part of the Aftercare service focusing on helping our patients transition back into their community as they recover. Sadly, the reality is that some of our patients due to the severity of the illness and injuries we attend to don’t survive and so we also work very closely with people who have been bereaved in the community.

You will be predominantly based in the community visiting with our patients, their loved ones, the bereaved and bystanders in their community setting. As such, we’re looking for someone who has the experience and confidence of operating autonomously in the community but equally relishes being part of a respected wider team working towards a common goal. You should also be confident communicating via the telephone and other virtual means.

TVAA provides critical care to the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. This means that you will need to be confident driving in this footprint, in order for us to see our patients in their preferred environment.

You should have a strong clinical background and although this will not be a clinical position, you will need to be adept at tailoring your approach when discussing and explaining complex and sensitive clinical information to our patients often when they are at their most vulnerable. 

You will forge strong links with your Aftercare colleagues, clinical teams and other members of the charity to help provide appropriate opportunities for our patients and their loved ones to engage with Thames Valley Air Ambulance when they wish to support us in our work. 

This is an immensely privileged role to hold, and we expect to see the pride, passion and your professionalism shine through in developing and delivering our Aftercare service.

We offer a competitive salary and great staff benefits such as.

• 25 Days holiday (FTE)  (Rising to 30 days  after five years’ service)
•  Holiday Trading
• Free annual Flu Vaccination
• Option to purchase a Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Health Cash Plan

Successful appointment to this post will be subject to a DBS check

Closing date: 6th April 2025 at 11.59pm.
Interviews will be held: Week Commencing 21st April 2025. 

Application is by CV and a covering letter addressing the Essential and Desirable competencies as laid out in the Job Description.

You may have experience of the following: Community Aftercare Lead, Community Support Manager, Patient and Family Liaison Manager, Community Recovery Support Manager, Community Integration Manager, etc.

REF-220 561

As our Community Hub Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the Makery, leading a dedicated team of staff and volunteers to ensure a welcoming, safe, and responsive environment for all who walk through our doors. You will be both a leader and a team player, ready to step in wherever needed—whether that’s handling a safeguarding referral, supporting a distressed visitor, or simply making a cup of tea.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Service Management & Safeguarding

• Overseeing the delivery of frontline support, ensuring best practices in crisis response, safeguarding, and risk assessment.

• Making safeguarding, MARAC, and other urgent referrals as needed.

• Ensuring compliance with safeguarding protocols and legal obligations.

• Leadership & Staff Management

• Recruiting, training, and supervising a team of staff and volunteers, providing guidance and professional development.

• Conducting regular supervisions and performance management.

• Leading by example—supporting and empowering the team while being hands-on when needed.

• Community Engagement & Networking

• Building and maintaining relationships with partner organisations, charities, and statutory services.

• Representing the Makery at networking events and strengthening our presence within the community.

• Identifying and developing new services or partnerships based on community needs.

• Operations & Financial Management

• Overseeing the hub’s budget, ensuring financial sustainability.

• Managing administrative tasks related to service delivery, including data reporting.

• Ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, from managing appointments to responding to urgent requests.

We are looking for a passionate, resilient, and adaptable individual who:

• Has proven experience in managing a frontline community service, crisis response, or advocacy-based role.

• Holds strong knowledge of safeguarding procedures, risk assessments, and making safeguarding referrals.

• Has experience in staff and volunteer management, including training, supervision, and performance support.

• Can manage budgets, oversee operational tasks, and ensure smooth service delivery.

• Is a confident networker and relationship-builder, able to strengthen our connections with local agencies and services.

• Can think on their feet, work flexibly, and respond effectively to unpredictable situations.

• Is a team player, willing to get stuck in—whether it’s making a safeguarding referral, supporting a visitor in distress, or helping with practical tasks around the hub.

• Is compassionate and non-judgmental, with a strong commitment to inclusion and empowerment.

Qualifications and Experience (Essential)

• A degree in social work, psychology, mental health, or a closely related field, OR NVQ Level 3/4 or A-level standard education in a relevant subject.

• Proven experience in a management role within mental health, psychology-based interventions, or community engagement.

• Strong knowledge and direct application of safeguarding, trauma-informed practices, and person-centered approaches.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage programs, support vulnerable individuals, and engage with diverse communities in a professional capacity.

• Clear evidence of leading teams, managing staff, and overseeing service delivery in a relevant setting.

Why Join Us?

At the Makery, you will be part of a purpose-driven organisation that truly makes a difference. No two days are the same, and your work will directly impact the lives of people who need support the most. You’ll be leading a passionate team, shaping a vital community service, and growing professionally in a rewarding role.

If you have the skills, experience, and heart to take on this challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Barnet Mencap has been helping people with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults in the London Borough of Barnet for over 50 years. We provide supported accommodation, leisure and learning activities, information, advice, and guidance, and so much more. All while being committed to equal opportunities and the safeguarding of children and adults.

We know job satisfaction, flexibility, work/life balance, and a great team are incredibly important. So, at Barnet Mencap, in addition to offering 30 days of annual leave per year (including Bank Holidays), we have a TOIL system to allow flexible working. There will need to be some face-to-face work, but there will also be opportunities to work from home and/or have different working patterns as agreed by your manager. Travel expenses can be claimed, at the agreed rate, for journeys that are necessary in the course of your work; and claims for additional expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with our expenses policy. We also have auto-enrolment into a pension scheme with employer contributions in place, and all staff qualify for schemes like the Blue Light card.

We are looking for a focused individual to join our caring, passionate, and diverse team in supporting adults with moderate learning disabilities and autistic adults to live independently in housing situations of their choice. This role gives challenge and satisfaction and will suit someone that has:

• Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults in a community setting
• A good team member
• Understanding of the issues faced by people with learning disabilities and autistic people living independently and the skills to meet their practical, social and emotional needs
• A ‘Person Centred Planning’ ethos
• Excellent communication skills
• Good record keeping skills

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with Section 115 of The Police Act 1997.

We are seeking someone with a mix of skills: an individual with proven community fundraising experience, excellent relationship-building abilities and a crafter of persuasive and powerful content that resonates with a variety of stakeholders.

You’ll be joining Brigstowe at an exciting time as we aim to build on the fundraising growth and development from recent years. Can you help us to deliver compelling communications while moving our income generation to the next level? 

Your role 

You’ll be securing financial support for Brigstowe from individuals while simultaneously raising its profile among stakeholders through strategic communications and marketing efforts. This work includes:   

1. Building relationships with community groups and corporate organisations, managing individual giving through the ‘Friends of Brigstowe’ programme, organising fundraising events and providing supporter care.  

2. Developing and implementing marketing/comms strategies to promote Brigstowe’s work, producing branded materials (newsletters, reports, blogs, videos), overseeing our website and social media presence, and handling media relations.  

About you 

You’ll have a proven track record in community fundraising, with a good understanding of stewardship that converts supporters into champions.

Creative and proactive, your previous marketing and PR expertise will bring compelling stories to life across various platforms, enabling us to connect with a diverse range of stakeholders. You’ll be someone who networks comfortably and spots opportunities others might miss. You’ll be resilient, self-motivated, and be meticulous with a strong eye for detail and fantastic planning skills. 

You’ll be someone who can commit to working within Brigstowe’s service delivery ethos of respect, empowerment and inclusion. 

About us 

Brigstowe supports anyone living with or affected by HIV in Bristol and the surrounding areas. We offer a comprehensive and holistic range of services including advice and support, a peer support group and peer mentoring. 

We pride ourselves on treating our clients with respect and dignity, with the highest regard for confidentiality. We work hard to ensure that our award-winning services are accessible, person-centred, non-judgemental, professional and of a high quality at all times. 

As well as joining a collaborative, supportive, motivated and dynamic team, you will receive:  

• 26 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro rata) 

• 6% pension contribution    

• Ongoing training and development opportunities   

• Regular one-to-one supervision 

• Flexible/remote working options available on discussion with line manager (some office working is required) 

• Cycle to work scheme

Closing date:   Midday Wednesday April 30th

Interview date:   Wednesday May 7th at The Old Coop, Ground Floor, 40-42 Chelsea Rd, Bristol, BS5 6AF  

How to Apply:   

Please fill in the Application Form outlining your reasons for applying and how your skills and experience fit the person specification. All applications will be scored using the person specification and therefore applicants who provide clear examples to evidence their skills and experience are more likely to be offered an interview.   Brigstowe values the experience and diversity of individuals and therefore invites you to also use general life experience when evidencing your abilities and experience against the person specification. 

Please also complete our Required Information Form and Equal Opportunities Form. 

If you would like more information on this role, please see our website.

Brigstowe is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applicants with the appropriate skills of any background or identity, or those identifying as having a disability.    We seek a diverse workforce which is representative of the clients we serve, and we strongly encourage applications from people of African or Caribbean heritage as they are currently under-represented in our staff team. We also encourage applications from people living with HIV.  Any applicants who let us know that they are from either of these two groups and who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will automatically be invited to interview.  

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

Community Navigator (Mental Health)
Post no: 631 
Salary: £24,667.47 per annum
Contract: Permanent 
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 
Location: Eaglestone Health Centre, Milton Keynes

This role is an opportunity to work for Mind BLMK as part of the Milton Keynes NHS mental health service for someone with experience working in health, social care or information and advice, in direct contact with service users.

Working alongside colleagues from Central Northwest London Foundation Trust (CNWL) this role will provide referral management to and from Secondary Services. This will include signposting patients to statutory services including talking therapies and wider community based & voluntary sector support.

The Community Navigator will work as part of the team to deliver on the aims and objectives of the Mental Health Hub whilst representing the Voluntary and Community sector with the NHS.

Service Delivery

• Work within the NHS Mental Health SPA (Single Point of Access) Team to review and process referrals received from GP Practices and other sources including those to be subsequently triaged and assessed by mental health practitioners.
• Actively call patients with a view to assisting them through the process and making their onward appointments into community or secondary care service providers.
• Support the hub to signpost patients and direct them to appropriate services including secondary care, the local Voluntary and Community sector services and activities that support the patients’ wider determinates of their mental health and wellbeing.
• Answer calls, ensure sufficient phone cover, respond to messages/voicemails, provide administrative support to the Mental Health SPA for all services and deal with queries in a sensitive and timely way liaising with clinical or team lead as is appropriate.
• Monitor service inboxes during core office hours, responding to any queries professionally providing helpful information.
• Monitor and action tasks within SystmOne and maintain records of all activities carried out, i.e. outbound calls, calls received, archiving any received correspondence.
• Build good working relationships with the voluntary and community sector, relevant services and activities to ensure signposting pathways are kept up to date as well navigating and developing the setup of new signposting pathways through networking.
• Provide clinical and non-clinical information in appropriate chronological templates to other services.
• Carry out health and safety responsibilities as directed by Managers in line with Mind BLMK’s H&S policies, procedures, and guidance (risk assessments, reviews, reporting, safeguarding, incidents/accidents, premises).
• To bring VCSE experience, knowledge and culture into an NHS team.

Entitlements/benefits:

• 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
• Optional Health Plan
• Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
• In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
• Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)

If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.

Closedown: 5pm Wednesday 19th March 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply. 
tart date: ASAP

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.

Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

No agencies please.

About The Role

About the opportunity

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Community Development Coordinator to work across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Managed by the Local Communities and Volunteering Lead for Wales and supported by the Cardiff and Vale Local Service Manager this role will work alongside our experienced Dementia Advisers & Group Coordinator and will be further supported by volunteers that this role occupant will be responsible for recruiting and role managing.

Our Local services Teams deliver a range of Dementia Support services across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to people living with dementia, either on a one-to-one basis or as a group, and either face to face, over the phone or virtually.

You will have excellent people, interpersonal and networking skills to work as a Community Development Coordinator. You will be determined to make a difference, encouraging, and influencing key stakeholders and organisations to make evidenced based changes, that will have a positive impact for those affected by dementia.

You will work with management and will play a key strategic role in leading on identifying and/or challenging local dementia specific health inequalities, ensuring teams and communities have up to date information regarding services.  You will support the development and enhancement of dementia services, including pathways, that enable accessibility.  You will play a pivotal part in improving dementia inclusivity for underrepresented communities, specifically those not engaging in dementia services.
There will be a requirement to travel independently around Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to work in the community, facilitating groups, recruiting and role managing volunteers, delivering presentations, collecting feedback, and meeting the public. Relationship building with local organisations will be a key element to this post. The role will also involve working with primary and secondary care, and community services.

Interviews will take place week commencing 14th April.
 
About you

- You should have an understanding / willingness to develop an understanding of dementia and the impact of dementia on both those diagnosed and those caring.
- You will have experience of engagement and liaison with a wide range of stakeholders.
- You will have the ability and skills to be confident to involve people with lived experience in all aspects of local work from informing through to co-production.
- You will have an understanding of the social inclusion agenda and health inequalities.
- You will have experience and skills in influencing others from a cross section of the community in positive change.
- You will have experience in working with diverse communities and unrepresented groups.
- You will be proficient in producing reports, data relating to this role and a confident user of Microsoft packages.
- You will possess strong organisational and time management skills. This will include the ability to work effectively on your own initiative and working collaboratively as part of a wider team.
- You will have good presentation skills and be able to speak confidently to an audience.
- You will have experience and knowledge of role managing or working alongside volunteers and have the understanding to champion the valuable contribution volunteers bring to services.
- You will have the ability to travel independently around Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan and be willing to work outside of normal working hours at times in order to attend community events and meetings across Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan.

About Alzheimer's Society

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.
 
Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.
 
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
 
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer’s Society.
 
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
 
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.

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