Community Service Manager Jobs in Westminster, Greater London

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities. 

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today. 

We are delighted to be delivering the National School Breakfast Programme. Family Action is committed to supporting child development, and we believe a healthy school breakfast, without barrier or stigma, can set up children to succeed and give them the very best chance to learn. Working with schools across the country, the post holder will make a vital contribution in ensuring thousands of children in disadvantaged areas have a healthy breakfast at the start of the school day.

As a School Breakfast Coordinator, you will be required to work directly with schools to recruit them to the programme, facilitate the successful set up of breakfast delivery in their schools and provide ongoing support and advice. A big part of this role will be to proactively contact schools to offer them a virtual meeting to support them to sustain and grow their breakfast provision. 

Main Responsibilities:

• Proactively contact schools to offer online meetings and support in the ongoing delivery of their breakfast provision. Offering advice and guidance to increase the number of children having breakfast each day
• Respond to school queries via a support desk either by phone or email in a timely manner. Escalating to colleagues within the service as appropriate.
• Share knowledge, ideas, feedback and evidence of good practice with schools to inspire and encourage improved delivery of the breakfast provision.
• Work closely with colleagues and partners supplying the service delivery, ensuring any issues relating to Food orders, deliveries or provision help are reported and action is taken immediately.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):

• The successful candidate will preferably be educated to degree level or relevant professional qualification to level 3. Have experience of working in customer service environments or experience of being first point of contact and providing high quality support.
• Experience of working in an educational setting or in partnership with schools or other educational providers and knowledge of how schools operate.
• Experience working in a remote team with the ability to confidently build relationships with a range of professionals, stakeholders and services.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills including the ability to engage a range of audiences virtually.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with strong IT and administration skills and a high level of competency in the use of Salesforce or a similar CRM tool. 

Benefits: 

• an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays 
• up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• cycle to work scheme
• investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

· Download and submit a completed Application Form linked to the Family Action job advert

• Closing Date: Monday 11th November 2024

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons

This role is a core part of Pecan’s senior leadership team (SLT), working to develop strategic direction and playing a play a key role in the organisation’s aim to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged people in our community.

You will enable Pecan’s frontline team to deliver the highest possible standards of service. You will have responsibility for developing a strategy and vision for all community food activities and developments within Pecan. You will focus on ensuring the programmes have dignity at their heart and work towards seeing an end to foodbanks. You will work with the projects to support them to collaborate and work together. You will play a key role in the organisations aim of transforming the lives of the most disadvantaged people in our community.

When working for Pecan, you can expect to become a valued member of a diverse and supportive team. In addition to a place in our 35-year legacy, you will receive a generous holiday allowance, pension contribution and life assurance cover. You can also expect regular team meetings and social opportunities, and a variety of other benefits as outlined in our recruitment pack.

Main Responsibilities:

• Line manage and appraise staff in line with Pecan’s procedures: Foodbank Manager, Pantry Manager, Operations Manager, and the Development Manager Community Food Programmes.
• Demonstrates strong financial literacy and business acumen.
• Develop and oversee food strategy for Pecan’s food services, implementing the vision to end the need for food banks, re‑imagining the food services offer and including a cash-first approach.
• Develop and manage partnerships with authorities, corporates, churches, community groups and networks to support the successful development of programmes.

Key Requirements (specific skills, qualifications required):

• Strong experience of managing multiple projects.
• Experience of managing staff and volunteer teams.
• A strong understanding of community food programmes. 
• Demonstratable history in achieving targets.

Desirable knowledge/expertise

• An effective networker.
• Experience of the voluntary and community sector.
• Experience of working across a spectrum of church cultures and types.
• Experience of organisational development.

Please read the Recruitment Pack containing the Job Description for more information. To apply please submit the following:

• CV
• Covering Letter, no more than 2-sides of A4 paper, expanding on your passion for this area of work and describing how you meet the Job Description/Person Specification, as set out in the Recruitment Pack.

Closing Date: Wednesday 6th November 2024, 9am

Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 11th November 2024, Details TBC.

Start Date: December 2024 or January 2025

Please note that applications that do not contain BOTH the CV and Covering Letter as described above cannot be considered. Candidates that have not been contacted by the interview date or within 2 weeks of submitting an application if it is an open recruitment, have not been shortlisted for interviews.

The main purpose of this role is to support the development of the champions network through the development of relationships; exceptional communication; logistical management and administration. You will also support the wider Starlight Team, especially fundraising and marketing, with health professional and family stories that can engage supporters across all media and inspire the public to donate to Starlight. You’ll take the lead on creating opportunities for visits to healthcare settings where possible and appropriate.  You’ll help with the facilitation and delivery of meetings, training sessions and webinars.   You will also contribute to the development of our Health Play Awards, which have rapidly become recognised as the highest accolade for play professionals in healthcare.

You will report directly to the Play Professional Development Manager.

Work with us to shift our mindset as an organisation, moving from primarily receiving income from public sector bodies to proactively seeking funding from a wide variety of organisations.  We want you to develop an income generation strategy and plan to enable IRISi to have a sustainable business model harnessing our existing knowledge assets and skills.

By the end of this project, we would like the following: 

• an understanding of new potential customers and funders for IRISi and our value proposition to them 

• an income generation strategy and plan. 

We’re open to consultant suggestions regarding what shape this work might take. But to give an idea, we would be looking for things like:

• Horizon scanning to identify income generation opportunities 

• Cultivating relationships with potential customers and funders 

• Research about short-term income generation opportunities (3-6 months) 

• Testing value propositions with target audiences 

• Recommendations of where we should be focussing our income generation efforts and targets for each income stream 

• A generic case for support, which can be repurposed for a variety of funders.

• Facilitation of workshops with staff members and potentially board members to surface existing ideas to generate income and barriers to implementation 

Skills and experience 

Essential 

• Experience developing effective income generation strategies for social enterprises and charities, particularly as part of wider organisational strategy development and/or review 

• Strong charitable and/or commercial bid writing skills 

• Significant experience in successfully generating income from a variety of sources for social enterprises and/or charities 

• Evidence of excellent interpersonal and communication skills including at senior levels 

• Commercial awareness 

• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal 

• A creative approach to work and seeking out new opportunities 

Desirable 

• Experienced fundraiser for charities and/or social enterprises, particularly for health and/or VAWG sector organisations 

• Understanding of gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence 

• Knowledge of/contacts with funders in the health and gender-based violence and higher education (including health care professional training)  sectors 

• Understanding of the health system and and higher education structures across the UK and in particular, England and Wales 

• Workshop facilitation skills 

We are looking for a part time Information & Advocacy Community Support Worker in Scotland.  You will be home based living in the North of Scotland.

You will ensure that service users (children and adults) and their families, receive high quality support, from the point of diagnosis and throughout their journey, and will assist them to access funding, equipment and care and support that they are entitled to. You will join a team that makes a real difference to the lives of the people living with muscle-wasting conditions, and their families, in Scotland. The role will be primarily home based, but there will also be a requirement to attend outpatient clinics within the region, attend home visits where appropriate and to support responding to queries through the helpline and information inbox. Some travel will be required to attend meetings and events outside of Scotland. You will work with both statutory and voluntary organisations, clinicians, and health and social care professionals to ensure that people living with muscle wasting conditions get the care and support they need to live well and independently.

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us:

Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) is the charity for the 110,000 people living with muscle-wasting conditions in the UK.  We bring together people affected by more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions.  We provide vital information, advice, resources and support for people with these conditions, their families and the professionals who work with them. Our care, information and advocacy service coordinate our support for families, providing advice and practical support to enable individuals to access the services, benefits and equipment they are entitled to. As part of our support, we also connect individuals with others affected by these rare conditions through our peer support networks.

Benefits:

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, financial wellbeing and an employee assistance programme.

Location: Home based in the North of Scotland. 

Please note: you will need your own car and be able to drive for this role.

*Unfortunately, due to resource capacity, we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

**Please note interviews may be held on a rolling basis (via Microsoft Teams) so early application is advisable

Job Title: Gardener Project Officer for Young Marketeers Sheffield

Position Type: Freelance

Reports to: Development Manager

Based at: Home-working and at schools in Sheffield

Working Hours: 14 days @ £165 per day from March – July (£2310); 8 x school gardening sessions at £110 per session plus 1 day planning @ £220 (£1100). Total budget £3,410 + expenses

Contract: Temporary 

Job Purpose

· To manage the delivery of Young Marketeers in Sheffield in four primary schools

Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Young Marketeers

This much-loved programme was started in London in 2012. It is now running in 12 cities across England and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for three years.  The programme provides hands-on opportunities for children from primary schools to grow fruit and veg from seed to sell at their local market. Young Marketeers is also a platform for School Food Matters to promote food education to schools and communities as a way to support children to live happy and healthy lives.  Children learn the art of growing veg from seed, and market traders will share their secrets on how to create a winning market stall.  Primary schools will be visited by our gardener in March/April and then again in May/June and receive further tips on how to ensure a bumper crop. And in July, they head to the market to sell their produce, and to meet the mayor!

Key Tasks include:

· Recruit four schools to take part in Young Marketeers

· Build and maintain relationships with teachers, teaching assistants and senior leaders to ensure the smooth running of the project

· Build and support relationships with contacts in partner organisations

· Schedule, organise and deliver

o One assembly in each school

o Two food growing sessions in each school

o One market trader training session in each school

o Market Day in the city centre in July for four schools

· Maintain accurate records relating to the programme

• Complete monitoring and evaluation forms in accordance with instructions from our Evaluation team
• Take photos of workshops and events where possible
• Keep Development Manager fully updated on progress

· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

• Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

Person specification

Essential  

· Experience of delivering food growing sessions to children

· Knowledge of fruit and vegetable growing

· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail

· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email

· Experience of building relationships with partner organisations and individuals 

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude

Desirable  

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

Experience of working in primary schools and engaging children

Could you be our next Kids Club Leader? We love children at Christ Church London and we are looking for a fun and dynamic Kids Ministry Leader to work at our growing Stockwell service.  As the Kids Ministry Leader you will play a crucial role in guiding and nurturing the spiritual growth of children and their families within the Stockwell community. Working with the local Service Leader and Head of Families you will provide leadership, spiritual oversight and organisation to the Kids Club and create a fun and engaging environment where the children and the team can thrive! 

This role involves working with children aged between 3 and 13 years and we currently have around 25 children on our books - a number that is growing! The wider service currently has around 50 adults attending and another 5-10 babies from age 0-3.

Roles and responsibilites 

Sundays

• Ensure all families, both new and regular receive a fantastic welcome to church 

• Oversee all Sunday Kids Club groups and teams, leading one session per week

• Set up the kids rooms before the session, ensuring we have all the resources needed

• Be a role model for how to lead sessions, enabling new members of the team to learn and grow

• Ensure that children are safe in our care and to liaise effectively with the Safeguarding Lead 

Midweek

• Prepare each Sunday’s service, in conjunction with the Head of Families and Sutton Kids Worker, following the shared curriculum.

• Set rotas termly and work with volunteers to manage any gaps in the rota.

• Communicate to parents regarding Sundays and the curriculum.

• Collaborate with the Stockwell Service Leader and Head of Families to ensure teams are well staffed and trained.

Wider Responsibility

• Attend relevant core team meetings with Stockwell team with other ministry leaders

• Initiate projects and events as and when required in conjunction with Stockwell Service Leader and Head of Families (e.g. Easter / Christmas events for kids)

• Ad hoc projects, tasks and training as and when required

Person Specification

• Deep Christian faith: A strong personal relationship with God and a passion for children's ministry which would typically be seen through existing church involvement and service

• Fun: passionate with the ability to engage children and adults alike

• Integrity and accountability: Holds oneself and others accountable, models ethical behaviour and integrity, maintaining clear boundaries as appropriate 

• Empathy and patience: Understanding and patience when working with children and their families. 

• Self-motivation: able to drive activities forward

• Reliability: punctual and excellent time management

Skills and Competencies 

• Leadership skills: ability to lead, inspire, and manage a team of volunteers

• Communication skills: effective in communicating biblical teachings in an engaging and age-appropriate manner

• Organisational skills: competent in planning, organising, and executing programs and events. 

• Thinking outside the box: able to problem solve and create solutions to problems 

• Tenacity: a hard worker who sets ambitious goals and perseveres to achieve them

Experience 

• Experience with working with children and adults

• Team leadership: Experience in recruiting, training, managing volunteers

• Spiritual leadership: able to demonstrate regular involvement and leadership responsibilities in the life of their church and confident in leading others spiritually

• Able to demonstrate good sound knowledge of the bible and its application in daily life

• Safety and child protection: Knowledge of child safety protocols and commitment to maintaining a safe environment.

Employment type 

Part time, 4 hours on Sunday morning, 2 hours midweek

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the successful applicant to be a committed Christian. It will be necessary to work on Sundays and occasional evenings, and it is expected that the post holder will have a vibrant and active Christian faith which is essential for the credibility and performance of this role. A DBS check is required for this role. Please note this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship; applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Please get in touch if you require further information. Thank you for considering the work of Christ Church London.

About us
Providence Row believes that no one should have to sleep rough and that everyone should have access to the support they need to find a safe place to call home.

We work with those affected by homelessness and those vulnerably housed in Tower Hamlets, offering an integrated service of housing advice & support, access to substance use, physical & mental health services, as well as, training & progression programmes. We ensure that people often excluded from mainstream services gain the support and opportunities they need to create a safe, healthy and sustainable life.

About the role

• Navigating the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, working with people who have a higher complexity in substance use and need additional support from multiple services.
• To work in a trauma informed and person centred way, empowering the client to make informed choices around their care and support
• Conducting street outreach with partner agencies to identify and locate people on your caseloads, who are sleeping rough.
• Attending local hostels with the aim of supporting those who are at risk of eviction and where substance and/or alcohol use maybe a contributing factor.
• Managing a caseload of clients
• Attending partner agency meetings relating to rough sleeping & hotspots in the borough.
• Providing targeted harm reduction advice and information to individuals around the risks associated with drug or alcohol use and supporting people to improve their health and wellbeing.
• Signposting individuals to other support services inclusive of substance use, based on individual need.
• Removing the stigma of homelessness and for those who use substances and/or alcohol
• Breaking the barriers of which people experiencing homelessness face, when trying to access needed services 

Benefits

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension – 5% employer, 3% employee
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Employee assistance programme
• Monthly reflective practice
• Wide range of learning & development opportunities

To apply:  Please upload your CV with a covering letter, detailing how you meet the job specification. CV’s without a covering letter will not be considered.

Research shows some people, especially women and marginalised groups, may hesitate to apply unless they match all the criteria. However, we want to assure everyone that we encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of whether they fulfil every point in the job description. Your unique perspective matters to us – please apply with confidence.

Interviews
Please note that we may interview on a rolling basis and therefore encourage early applications.

Providence Row is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales; company number 07452798 registered charity number 1140192.

Make a difference for children now and for their future

We’re looking for someone to work with schools across Lewisham to improve the education and health potential of Young Carers. You’ll work alongside our wider team supporting Unpaid Carers across the borough.

You’ll develop relationships with schools and school staff, raising awareness and supporting the identification of Young Carers within education settings, and supporting the development of policy, guidance and resources. You’ll work one-to-one and with groups of Young Carers, and carry out home-based visits to offer support interventions.  

As a Young Carers Schools Coordinator, you will also support the planning and delivery of the service’s activity package, including respite activities, online groups and face-to-face sessions.

Applicants should have relevant personal or professional experience of working with children, young people, and families in social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector. You’ll need a practical understanding of barriers faced by Young Carers, and an awareness of cultural differences and access to services. You should be confident engaging with young people and teaching and non-teaching school professionals at all levels.

You should be an excellent communicator with great organisational skills, and able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team. This is a full-time role.

Apply today!

We offer our employees:

· Inclusive values-based environment

· Competitive remuneration package

· Workplace pension scheme

· Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays

· Opportunities for hybrid working

· Benenden Health Care

· Death in Service Benefit

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Employee Supported Volunteering scheme

· Development opportunities

· and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.

Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) is an award-winning charity that offers welfare, wellbeing and mental health support and services to veterans of the UK Armed Forces and Merchant Navy in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. They provide a Drop-In model of support, a welfare advice service, a range of peer-supported wellbeing activities and social groups, and access to psychology, psychiatry, and therapy services.

VOS has secured additional funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to continue the work of the Thrive Together programme (formerly VPPP) in the South East, which is designed to bring together a network of veterans’ support agencies that will take an informed approach across the South East region to ensure that there are connected pathways, which work well for veterans; that there are safe places for veterans to go, which connect into these pathways; and that volunteers and staff who support veterans have access to training and work closely with other organisations within veterans’ mental health pathways.

The Families and Carers Project Manager will work with the Thrive Together Portfolio Manager, Partners, and members of the VOS core team to explore the challenges of reaching out to families and carers of veterans, many of whom may be unaware that they are entitled to support and to make recommendations as to how this might be improved.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in identifying, planning, executing, and evaluating pilot projects, research groups, focus groups, community workshops, including managing project timelines and budgets.
• Experience of preparing reports and recommendations based on evaluation and feedback, including developing metrics to assess the effectiveness of services and collecting feedback for continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with engaging diverse communities, assessing and understanding their needs, and building relationships.
• Ability to lead discussions and encourage participation from group members.

We are seeking an organised and effective communicator, with strong active listening skills. You will be able to work with a range of people, with a cultural awareness and sensitivity to the differences that may affect collaboration. You will be analytical with the capacity to understand information and draw actionable insights from the discussions, empathetic in approach and able to identify the specific needs and preferences of families and carers.

For more information, please contact Louise Portnall, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Location: Homebased / hybrid / within easy commute of Portsmouth and the South East. Some attendance at VOS headquarters will be required (Royal Maritime Club and Hotel, Portsmouth). Regional travel will be required, which will be funded by the Thrive Together programme.

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 24th November 2024.Applications are being reviewed by Charisma on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Interviews with VOS will take place Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th November.

Main Purpose: To support the Café and Kitchen Manager in day to day running of the CareTrade’s Café Traineeship Programme at the Southwark Resource Centre, SE17 providing hands on work-based training to autistic jobseekers interested in catering and hospitality careers

This post is based on a full-time salary of £28,000 per annum. Holiday is based on annual leave of 5 weeks plus bank holidays

Reporting to: Café and Kitchen Manager

Line Management responsibility: Café Assistant and between 3 and 4 Trainee Café Assistants (at any one time)

Working with: Southwark Resource Centre Management, Café and Kitchen Manager, Larcom Kitchen Chef, CareTrade Head of Education, TAP Project Coordinator, Administrator and CEO, Café Assistant, Trainee Café Assistants

Place of work: Southwark Resource Centre, Hithard Court, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2 QB and CareTrade’s Office, Larcom House, 9 Larcom Street, SE17 1RT

Core Responsibilities:

1. Supervising CareTrade Café throughout the school year (including half terms)

2. To work with the Café and Kitchen Manager to write and prepare training materials for the Trainee Café Assistants

3. Oversee the training of the Trainee Café Assistants (young people with autism) during work placement

4. Monitor the progress of Trainees and write end of placement reports

5. Line Manage the Café Assistant and the Trainee Café Assistants and report to Café and Kitchen Manager

6. To work closely with the Southwark Resource Manager and CareTrade to develop marketing materials and promotions for the Café and Community involvement

7. Responsible for opening and locking up the café and cashing up

8. Prepare coffee and food including: baking cakes, making sandwiches, salads, cooking hot meals.

9. Restock/refill items as necessary and list items that need ordering from suppliers.

10. Check stock in fridge for out of date products and dispose of as necessary.

11. Customer service including taking orders, serving customers and cash handling.

12. Maintain coffee machine including set up, cleaning and refilling with beans.

13. Ensure daily cash up form is filled in and money is in safe.

14. Ensure café is ready for customers on opening.

15. Create a welcoming and professional environment.

16. To help raise awareness of autism amongst customers.

17. To keep the café clean and ensure a high standard of hygiene.

18. To ensure food safety guidelines and laws are adhered to.

19. To ensure a Healthy and Safe working environment for self, staff, trainees and customers.

General Responsibilities:

1. To attend all staff meetings and participate in staff development as required.

2. Promote a positive image of autism, the Project, Southwark Resource Centre, Project partners and CareTrade.

3. Co-operate with all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre staff in maintaining good relationships with outside agencies and the general public in order to promote the charity and win increased support for its work

4. Co-operate with all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre staff in maintaining harmonious inter-personal relationships. Ensure that your conduct within and outside of your work place does not conflict with professional expectations.

5. Ensure an awareness and observation of Fire and Health and Safety Regulations at the work place.

6. Ensure the respect, dignity and rights to privacy of both students and staff as far as possible.

7. Work within all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre policies and procedures, in particular Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality and Data Protection.

8. Carry out any duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job and the title of the post, as required by your Line Manager.

The job description reflects the present requirements of the post. You will be expected to carry out other activities that are within the scope of the role.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people who use our services and as such expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff must provide a current, adequate and relevant DBS Certificate or be willing for CareTrade to process a new enhanced DBS application. All staff must have a satisfactory enhanced DBS check prior to starting.

Confidentiality: All staff are required to maintain confidentiality for all areas of the CareTrade Charitable Trust, partner organisations, its staff, and its work. The nature of the work entrusts people with confidential information about clients/service users, their families and staff within CareTrade and partner organisations. Any breach of this confidentiality will constitute gross misconduct. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and adults who use our services and as such expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff must provide a current, adequate and relevant DBS Certificate or be willing for CareTrade to process a new enhanced DBS application. All staff must have a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB check) prior to starting.

Applications are sought from all suitably qualified sections of the community.

Job Types: Full-time

Pay: £28,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 24/11/2024

We're looking for a dynamic, strategic and resilient Head of Service - Domestic Abuse Matrix Lead.

£60,000.00 per annum, working 35 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? 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.

As a key senior leader in Look Ahead, the Head of Service will work in alignment with the Director of Housing Related Support, and the wider Senior Management Team to drive performance, quality, business, and financial efficiencies. The role will provide expertise and capacity to support the organisation to deliver our vision and strategic objectives.

The Head of Service will be the strategic and operational lead ensuring delivery of consistent and high-quality performance across the Housing Related Support directorate. The successful candidate will ensure that all Services are run effectively, well managed financially and employees are performing at high levels.  

The Head of Service for Housing Related Support will be a Domestic Abuse Matrix Lead which is a key area in the directorate.

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.

For a full job description for this role, please visit our website jobs.lookahead.org.uk and search for REQ005833

The ideal person for this role will have: 

• Specialist experience and knowledge of working within the Housing Related Support sector, as well as expertise and passion for the relevant matrix lead area
• A positive attitude and ability to motivate direct reports
• Proven experience of being a strategic lead across relevant services
• Experience of successfully delivering in a contract and target driven environment
• Proven financial management experience and delivering surplus
• Previous experience of working with housing management contracts and agreements
• Experience of Safeguarding and responding effectively to serious incidents
• Excellent report writing skills
• Experience of successfully leading on new and existing contract negotiations
• Experience of leading investigations into serious incidents
• Experience of successfully managing and developing teams across geographical areas
• Ability to turn organisational vision into reality for front line employees
• High levels of written and verbal communication
• Proven influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent prioritisation and organisational skills
• Resilience and ability to work effectively in a team as well as self-manage
• Ability to cope with change in a fast paced and challenging environment
• A degree or equivalent. Hold relevant CMI/NVQ Level 4 or other business/management qualification
• Have relevant training and/or specialist qualifications

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:

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We are looking for someone with energy, vision and experience to make disciples for Christ among young people and their families.  We need someone who can

• Live in and love this community
• Build a team around work with children and families
• Resource work with families already in the church
• Work with our new Director of Music to build up prayerful participation through a children’s choir
• Work with schools and in the wider community on projects to help the youngsters of the parish live the Risen Life
• Help develop the vision for the long term

We offer

• The support of a small but growing congregation and a Vicar who wants to empower the right person to get on with the job
• Close connections with local schools
• A really interesting, big, mixed parish to work in
• A remarkable church building
• A salary of £23,750, and, in addition, for the better performance of your duties, rent free accommodation in a two bed flat in the parish
• The chance to make disciples of Christ, God being your helper, and change young lives for the better

To find out more, please get in touch with Joshua, the Vicar.  A detailed Role description with terms and conditions is here.  We are going to take the time needed to get the right person, so we haven’t set a tight schedule: ideally we will interview in October 2024 and make an appointment shortly thereafter.

Job Title: Gardener Project Officer for Young Marketeers Newcastle

Position Type: Freelance

Reports to: Development Manager

Based at: Home-working and at schools in Newcastle

Working Hours: 14 days @ £165 per day from March – July (£2310); 8 x school gardening sessions at £110 per session plus 1 day planning @ £220 (£1100). Total budget £3,410 + expenses

Contract: Temporary 

Job Purpose

· To manage the delivery of Young Marketeers in Newcastle in four primary schools

Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Young Marketeers

This much-loved programme was started in London in 2012. It is now running in 12 cities across England and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for three years.  The programme provides hands-on opportunities for children from primary schools to grow fruit and veg from seed to sell at their local market. Young Marketeers is also a platform for School Food Matters to promote food education to schools and communities as a way to support children to live happy and healthy lives.  Children learn the art of growing veg from seed, and market traders will share their secrets on how to create a winning market stall.  Primary schools will be visited by our gardener in March/April and then again in May/June and receive further tips on how to ensure a bumper crop. And in July, they head to the market to sell their produce, and to meet the mayor!

Key Tasks include:

· Recruit four schools to take part in Young Marketeers

· Build and maintain relationships with teachers, teaching assistants and senior leaders to ensure the smooth running of the project

· Build and support relationships with contacts in partner organisations

· Schedule, organise and deliver

o One assembly in each school

o Two food growing sessions in each school

o One market trader training session in each school

o Market Day in the city centre in July for four schools

· Maintain accurate records relating to the programme

• Complete monitoring and evaluation forms in accordance with instructions from our Evaluation team
• Take photos of workshops and events where possible
• Keep Development Manager fully updated on progress

· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

• Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

Person specification

Essential  

· Experience of delivering food growing sessions to children

· Knowledge of fruit and vegetable growing

· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail

· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email

· Experience of building relationships with partner organisations and individuals 

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude

Desirable  

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

· Experience of working in primary schools and engaging children