Coordinator Jobs in Enfield, Greater London
We are looking for a Programme Assistant to support the delivery of the Development programmes team which delivers over 200 training and development activities annually for NHS boards and foundation trust governors.
The Development Programmes Assistant is a newly created role in the team and will work closely with the whole of the Development programmes team in providing effective programme administrative support.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to build their programme and event experience in a busy, high-performing team working across two of NHS Providers’ successful programmes – GovernWell and the Board development programme.
The postholder will be an enthusiastic and hardworking individual, who is eager to learn and be a member of a high-performing team.
We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief. We particularly encourage applications from those from underrepresented communities.
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter setting out why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification to HR Team.
NHS Providers is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality, beliefs, or disability. To be successful in this role you will need to be personally committed to being anti-racist and support our broader diversity work across all protected characteristics.
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. NHS Providers is not able to offer visa sponsorship
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Disability Advice Service Lambeth (dasl) is Lambeth’s peer-led Disabled People’s Organisation.
You will work with dasl’s members, local Deaf and Disabled people, to empower them to become leaders and campaign, fighting for social justice for Deaf and Disabled people. You will recruit new members, support them to understand their rights, provide training and peer support, and enable them to hold decision-makers accountable.
dasl’s success comes from dedicated work of our skilled staff, many of whom are Disabled people. You will be valued for who you are in our supportive and friendly team. We pride ourselves on the support we offer staff. We work flexibly between home and office. Our office in Brixton is accessible.
To apply, please email your CV, our equal opportunity monitoring form, and a personal statement, demonstrating why you think you are suitable for the job by showing how you meet the skills, experience and knowledge requirements on the person specification. The deadline for applications is Thursday 17th October, 9am.
Please make sure you have the following documents:
- Recruitment pack
- Equal opportunities monitoring form
- Job description and person specification
- Personal Statement form
We highly recommend contacting us to learn more about this exciting role. We can offer a 1:1 informal meeting via phone or video call.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Tender works with children and young people to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence through creative projects. Our programmes are safe, enjoyable, age-appropriate spaces where young people can engage with sensitive topics and “rehearse” for real-life scenarios. We enable young people to explore their choices, rights and expectations in relationships and to recognise the early warning signs of abuse.
We have identified core audiences we are seeking to engage more proactively and more consistently to both spread the message of our work and to influence public policy and statutory commissioning decisions. We are now looking for a Communications Manager to drive this work and establish our position as an influential, informed and powerful voice for change.
You will work closely with the Development Director to develop and implement a cross-organisational communications strategy to maximise our reach and brand awareness amongst core audiences, leading in turn to increased funding and an impact on statutory and policy approaches to preventing VAWG. You will line manage our Senior Communications Coordinator and collaborate closely with the senior leadership team (SLT), who lead on our policy and influencing work. You will also support the Development team to better engage current and potential supporters and funders.
Bridging the gap between senior leadership and delivery, you will be a confident and strategic thinker, but remain excited by the challenge of getting stuck in. You will be comfortable supporting colleagues to deliver activity as well as working independently on your own projects. You will have the knowledge and experience to ensure that the right policies, frameworks and plans are in place for our small team to achieve ambitious plans.
The main purposes of the Communications Manager role are:
- Developing, leading and implementing Tender’s communications strategy, focusing on supporting our fundraising and building engagement with key audiences
- Accountability for Tender’s organisational profile, building profile and engagement through content creation with key strategic audiences, including the website, social media, and print and online marketing materials
- Accountability for the development and management of Tender’s own media channels, ensuring a consistent user experience and organisational voice
Required knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of audience segmentation and personalisation and of optimising CRMs to improve supporter journeys
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Experience in leading or supporting the development of communications strategies and operational plans
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Demonstrable experience working in a communications or campaigning role
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Creating high quality content across various channels (blogs, social media posts, website landing pages, marketing materials, newsletters, case studies etc)
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Writing engaging copy for different audiences and objectives, such as fundraising campaigns, internal communications and corporate engagement
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As an expert in people safety and secutrity, you will enable us to serve the persecuted church well, by finding the right balance between keeping our people as safe as we can and still being free to do everything we need to do and go anywhere we need to go as a ministry.
You will work across the various entities within the organisation, to take a holistic view on advising managers and staff on safety and security. You will analyze and advise on security incidents, enable greater organizational learning and awareness, and help managers and staff to comply with agreed security procedures, while working cross-culturally. In the event of a crisis situation, you will advise on all aspects of handling the situation. You will be fully aligned with the core values of Open Doors and have a passion to serve the Persecuted Church. This role reports to the Director of People and Culture.
Your key responsibilities
·Advise proactively on identified threats and risks, and on specific staff safety and security matters on request.
·Provide a cross-organization perspective on how staff safety and security management can improve.
·Promote a culture of safety and security.
·Encourage an approach to compliance with our global security policy and handbook, which respects the need for organisational responsibility as well as the calculated acceptance of necessary risks.
·Provide advice in any crisis situation, including as part of a crisis management team.
·Maintain a record of staff safety and security incidents and near-misses, and analyze learnings and trends.
·Develop security-related learning needs analyses, and enable learning solutions.
·Support and work together with regional and local staff security experts and point persons.
Your profile
·Committed Christian with a heart for the Persecuted Church.
·Relevant education and experience.
·Able to provide advice and practical support on a wide range of safety and security matters.
·Able to work practically and give advice in critical situations.
·Analytical and abstract thinker.
·Excellent communicator and influencer, able to work with people at all levels in an organisation and in different cultures.
·Experience of managing change and providing or facilitating learning.
·Result- oriented with proven project management skills and the ability to deliver on time.
Our offer
Working at Open Doors means that you are actively involved in serving the worldwide Persecuted Church. We offer you a versatile position in an international, dynamic environment, a professional team and the opportunity to grow professionally and personally. As a global organisation we are used to combining working from home with working from the office and to have flexible working hours. The role can be based in the UK, US, Netherlands or any existing Regional or Country office location on approval.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you have the commitment and resilience to make a real difference in the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities? If the answer is yes, we’d love to hear from you!
About the role:
We’re looking for passionate and dedicated Project Worker to join our Complex Needs Services in Camden. In this role, you will be part of a dynamic team providing tailored support to clients with multiple and complex needs, including mental health challenges, substance use, offending behaviour, and physical health issues. Using a Biopsychosocial model and working within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE), you will deliver high-quality, holistic support to help clients achieve stability and move forward in their lives.
Role responsibilities will include;
- Providing personalised support to clients with multiple disadvantage, including poly-substance misuse, mental health concerns, and histories of trauma.
- Conducting needs and risk assessments, and work collaboratively to develop and implement support plans.
- Promoting harm minimisation and recovery, enabling clients to set and work towards their own goals.
- Supporting clients to develop life skills, manage relationships, build social networks, and access external services and community resources.
- Facilitating group activities and structured interventions as part of our in-house recovery programme.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary setting, coordinating with other professionals to create integrated care plans.
About you:
- Experience of working with multiple disadvantage individuals, including those with substance use, mental health issues, or histories of offending and trauma.
- Proven ability to provide personalised assessments, support planning, and casework.
- Strong understanding of the challenges that disrupt clients' journeys towards independence, such as substance misuse, mental health issues, and domestic violence.
- Excellent crisis management skills and the ability to respond effectively to challenging situations.
- A strong understanding of the strengths and recovery model and experience of working within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE).
- Ability to motivate and engage clients through structured activities, group work, and positive interventions.
- Strong time management skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
If you are passionate about supporting people with complex needs and want to work for a charity that’s leading the way in homelessness prevention, apply today!
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 13th October at Midnight
Interview date: Week commencing 21st October 2024
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Exams Assistant
£32,642 pa plus excellent benefits
Aldgate, London
35 hours per week
As Exams Assistant you will support the day to day running of the examinations with a particular focus on question bank management. You will be working with the Examinations Team and examiners across all specialties. This will include supporting examiner panels to organise and run question writing sessions and ensuring that question banks remain up to date.
You will also have a number of other examination-related duties, including – but not limited to – processing applications, invigilating at examination and collating examination results.
The College offers Fellowship examinations in 17 different pathological specialties, supported by the Examinations Team and a panel of volunteer examiners from the College’s Fellows for each specialty. The examinations are run both online and in person.
The Royal College of Pathologists is a professional membership organisation dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of pathology. There are currently approximately 12,000 members, all of whom are pathologists based in hospitals, universities and laboratories in the UK and overseas. The College’s main tasks are to set and maintain training standards for doctors and scientists, to advice on the appointment of consultant pathologists, to ensure the membership is kept up to date with current practice through the continuing professional development scheme, and to promote the latest developments in pathology by holding scientific meetings.
The College’s mission is to promote excellence in the practice of pathology and to be responsible for maintaining standards through training, assessments, examinations and professional development.
We offer attractive staff benefits including 25 days annual leave (pro rata) rising with length of service, an employee discount scheme, and season tickets, as well as a cycle to work scheme. The College values diversity, welcoming applications from all members of society. We offer a mix of remote (home) and office working, with hybrid working arrangements in place.
We may close this vacancy early if we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Closing date: 9am Monday 30 September 2024.
Interviews currently scheduled to happen Monday 14 October 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You will be at the forefront of our mission, helping to change the narrative about young people who experience homelessness in the UK.
You should have experience of securing press coverage and be comfortable delivering engaging and relevant stories for the media.
You will be at the forefront of building EveryYouth's youth engagement function which aims to give marginalised young people a voice to share their experience and stories. Alongside this work you will maintain and uphold strict safeguarding and GDPR practises.
You will work with a team to maintain EveryYouth's website and newsletter and oversee EveryYouth's social media content and delivery.
Finally, you will think strategically about the direction EveryYouth is taking with our external communications, and measure and evaluate our work against agreed KPI's.
We are looking for someone who is ambitious for the future of every young person, and who relishes the challenge of presenting marginalised young people in a positive, uplifting way, going against the longstanding norms. You should have an incredible eye for detail and enjoy working with a small, but highly collaborative team.
EveryYouth prides itself on ‘doing charity differently’ and you’ll be excited about the opportunity to join a new charity with a start-up mentality where your ideas can help shape the future of the organisation.
If you're looking for a role where your skills, passion, and dedication will come together to create a brighter future for young people, we encourage you to apply. Join us at EveryYouth and be a part of something truly extraordinary – together, we can help Every Youth reach their full potential.
Essential Experience, Skills, Knowledge and Attitude
- Experience of placing stories in broadcast and/or print media.
- Able to develop strong relationships with the media.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience managing social media accounts, website and email marketing systems
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Pro-active and positive, with a creative approach to problem solving.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage conflicting demands.
- A strong commitment to EveryYouth’s mission, vision and values with a passion for making a significant and strategic difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people in the UK.
- A desire to shape the future culture of an organisation.
Desirable Experience, Skills, Knowledge and Attitude
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people to share their stories
- Experience of securing and delivering media appeals
- Excellent design and video editing skills.
- Line management
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Senior Multiple Needs Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate
Salary: £30,000-£32,000
Location: Ealing Women’s Wellness Zone & Hammersmith – Advance Head Office
Hours: 35 Hours per week (a late shift once per week till 7pm)
Contract: Fixed Term – 12 months (from start of employment)
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
The Senior Multiple Needs Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) will work within a dynamic, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service based at the CGL Ealing Women’s Wellness Zone. The IDVA will provide support in the local community and at the Ealing Women’s Wellness Zone. The successful candidate will be co-located up to 5 days a week at the Women’s Wellness Zone.
The IDVA will be closely working alongside CGL colleagues/team to deliver support to women with a range of complex support needs including substance misuse, mental health, domestic abuse, sex working, trafficking, and offending behaviour. The IDVA will work in collaboration with their team members to holistically support women in the borough of Ealing to achieve sustained recovery, improved health and wellbeing, helping women to manage/mitigate risks, and empowering them to reach their fullest potential in society as well as ensuring the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process.
The Senior Multiple Needs IDVA will assess the needs and risks of survivors, carry out short and longer-term risk management, safety planning and support. As well as identify and refer to services appropriate to their needs. They will also proactively advocate and advice women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies, encouraging them to engage with other agencies, and help co-ordinate the provision of multi-agency support where necessary.
About You:
To be successful as the Senior Multiple Needs IDVA you will need to have:
Excellent understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children, of best practice in supporting survivors of domestic abuse, and of the MARAC. As well as understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
Bringing your experience of risk and needs assessment, safety and support planning, and crisis planning and successfully managing high numbers of referrals and experience of working in a co-located setting with another agency and providing consultations/briefings to professionals to support in upskilling them around Domestic Abuse. The candidate will have experience of partnership working and of maintaining excellent working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to work as part of an innovative service, designed to offer multi-disciplinary wrap-around support to women with multiple needs, with the aim of facilitating long-term recovery.
We enthusiastically welcome applications from Substance Misuse Workers/Practitioners, Recovery Workers, Recovery Practitioners, Recovery Coordinators, Drug Workers, Alcohol Workers and Needle Exchange Workers who meet the specified requirements.
How to apply:
Please submit your up to date CV along with a covering letter to the Talent email address - PLEASE WRITE THE JOB TITLE IN THE *SUBJECT*
· Closing Date for Applications: Friday August 30th 23:30
· Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis
· *Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- On week paid carer's leave
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
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We are looking to recruit exceptional individuals with an open, collaborative style and a practical, can-do approach to provide a nightly service vital for our guests.
While experience of working within the homelessness sector or with similarly vulnerable people would be desirable, an understanding of the needs of people experiencing homelessness and working in a compassionate and flexible manner is more important and essential.
Flexibility is required, as you will be working a shift rota that will include weekends and public holidays. Due to the vulnerable group you will be working with, you will be asked to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our safeguarding measures prior to appointment.
We value diversity and welcome all, in particular those with life experience and lived experience.
What you will do as part of our team
Job spec
The Night Shelter Manager is responsible for the following:
- The day-to-day operation and management of nights shelters in West and Southwest London. Maintaining a friendly, supportive environment and cultivating positive relationships with guests, colleagues and volunteers.
- Welcoming and inducting new guests into the shelter by explaining the shelter policies.
- Supporting volunteer teams at each venue to ensure the smooth running of the project and developing good communication with the Volunteer Co-ordinators.
- Diffusing difficult or dangerous situations and summon assistance when necessary. Training will be provided.
- Ensuring cleaning protocols are implemented by all staff, guests and volunteers.
- Maintaining guest attendance records and shift reports on our iPad-based In-From client relationship platform.
- Following best practice procedures for the security and safety of the guests and volunteers.
- Monitoring guest welfare throughout the shift and responding to any situations or emergencies that arise. Adhering to Glass Door’s operational and health & safety policies in all aspects of your work.
- Maintaining clear lines of communication with your colleagues including Overnight Project Workers, Caseworkers and Operations Manager.
- Conducting a nightly briefing for volunteers and staff before the shelter opens to guests.
- Undertaking any other duties to aid the good running of the project, as required by the Operations Manager. Attending regular meetings with caseworkers to share any relevant information including guest welfare, interactions and other important information.
- Attending 1 to 1 sessions with the Operations Manager on a fortnightly basis.
- Attending the monthly winter services meetings held on Wednesday afternoons
- Accurately reporting observations, interactions, concerns and actions with guests to their caseworker using written reports.
- Ensuring the shelter van is kept well organised and stocks are well maintained.
- Supporting casework team with practical tasks related to guests’ day-to-day activities as requested.
- Flexibility is required, as you will be working a shift rota that includes weekends and public holidays
- You will also be expected to attend other training sessions, team meetings and other activities as required.
Person Spec
Essential
- Valid driver’s license and willingness to drive the shelter van.
- Commitment to providing an excellent service and to interact with shelter guests in a positive and respectful manner.
- An understanding of the needs of people experiencing homelessness and working in a compassionate and flexible manner.
- Ability to work as part of a team and be a supportive team member. Confidence in dealing with challenging behaviour.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Ability to carry out manual handling tasks.
- Understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities.
Desirable
- Experience working within the homelessness sector or with similarly vulnerable people.
- Ability to speak additional languages including but not limited to Polish, Romanian, Arabic, Spanish, French, Bulgarian, Russian or Tigrinya.
- Lived experience of homelessness.
- An understanding and value of trauma informed care.
- Relevant training certificates (First aid, health & safety, fire Safety, conflict de-escalation).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role overview
This key role manages our flagship and award-winning project supporting refugees with IT Hardware. The project collects IT Hardware, refurbishes and repairs it through our network of technicians, matches it with a suitable recipient through our referral process and then distributes it to charities and individual refugees and asylum seekers at no cost to the recipient. The project is in its third year, in which it will grow to overseeing e-waste collection and tech re-sale.
This role has two central arms: project management and volunteer management.
Overall management of the project includes key decision-making on tech refurbishment and distribution, building and maintaining key partnerships, impact reporting, staff management, external representation, developing and recording institutional memory and supporting the project's strategic growth with support from the Director. The postholder will be responsible for working with their team to maintain the smooth running of the project and deliver the project outcomes. They will deputise for the Director where necessary.
Volunteer management predominantly looks like the recruitment, coordination, training and retention of technical volunteers, many of whom are asylum seeking graduates of our tech training course. The post holder will be the go-to person for the volunteers and provide technical and management support with the help of our Technical Lead.
We know good project managers have a variety of skills and experience. We are not running a personal specification, but the strongest applications will indicate staff management experience and basic knowledge of IT repair.
We choose to publish the draft job description of the roles we advertise for. If you have the skills, experience and character to do the job below, please apply. We particularly welcome applications from those with experience of asylum and migration.
Outcome 1 - Manage the Digital Access project and the team working to deliver its outcomes
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Oversee the logistics and operations involved in collecting, storing and redistributing large quantities of IT Hardware, including the distribution of Data SIM cards to recipients with support from your team.
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Work with the Engagement Manager to identify and communicate with businesses, individuals and other sources of IT Hardware to explain our process and the impact of the project.
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Oversee the smooth running of and improvements to the referral process through which charity partners and individual refugees apply for and receive devices.
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Ensure the project goals are delivered on time and within budget.
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Provide thoughtful and kind management of the Operations Coordinator and Operations Assistant, meeting regularly and supporting their development.
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Record the institutional memory of the project through a digital guide to the processes and learnings which constitute the Digital Access programme.
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Ensure everyone at Screen Share who engages with the project does so in line with our safeguarding and privacy policies.
Outcome 2 - Monitor, evaluate and communicate the impact of our device provision
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Collate and present service user and device data (e.g use-case, age, geography) on a monthly and quarterly basis which represents our impact on the ground for internal and external audiences.
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Lead on the measurement of our impact through collection of case studies and distribution of our feedback form.
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Critically analyse and improve our impact measurement process to ensure it is ethical and fit for purpose.
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Work directly with service users, the Director and Communications team to produce compelling stories of the impact of Screen Share’s provision, with particular focus on our annual impact report.
Outcome 3 - Coordinate tech volunteers, external repair partners and technical staff (tech agents) to secure a regular flow of repair and refurbishment
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Oversee the process by which tech agents request and receive parts for the refurbishment process (hardware, software and tools).
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Work with our Technical Lead to ensure tech agents are provisioning devices consistently across our suite.
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Ensure the smooth implementation of changes to our technical provision.
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Critically analyse and improve the way in which the repair and refurbishment process is technically facilitated and recorded.
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Design and Deliver a tech volunteer retention strategy.
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Ensure our repair and refurbishment costs do not exceed our budget.
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Conduct in-person reviews with tech agents to monitor their progress and provide quality assurance.
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Explain our process to prospective repair partners and onboard them onto our system.
Outcome 4 - Recruit, train and support new technical volunteers
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Design and implement a nationwide technical volunteer recruitment and retention strategy which establishes a regular flow of technical volunteers into Screen Share, including and especially volunteers from an asylum seeking background and those who have graduated from our training course.
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Facilitate tech volunteer onboarding including external references, interviews and safeguarding.
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Coordinate and lead monthly volunteer tech team meetings.
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Explore partnerships with local tech businesses or refugees for paid refurbishment.
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Run basic laptop refurbishment refresher training for new volunteers in need of support.
Outcome 5 - Ensure Screen Share tech agent records are kept up to date
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Ensure the tech agent base is kept up to date at all times with all necessary details to facilitate refurbishment
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Ensure contact logs are maintained for each tech agent in accordance with GDPR legislation and that holidays/preferences/issues are recorded
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Ensure the right staff can access notes on 1:1’s with tech volunteers
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Analyse tech agent data thematically, implementing adjustments on a regular basis
Outcome 6 - Contribute to the strategic development of the project and ensure the Director receives appropriate support
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Represent the project to prospective partners, local councils and at public events, increasing its visibility within the refugee and tech sector.
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Design and implement experiments to test assumptions, minimise risk and scale the project.
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Deputise for the Founder and Director in internal and external settings where necessary.
Please write a short covering letter which sets out your motivation for applying, your experience managing staff and leading charitable projects.
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Whipps Cross Hospital, London
Ref EDS-243
Are you a proactive, empathetic and flexible individual with a proven record of providing support, advice and advocacy, and communicating effectively the needs of clients to other professionals? Do you have strong experience of assessing the needs of vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of significant harm?
If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Specialist Caseworker to be embedded with the Emergency Department of Whipps Cross Hospital, where you will provide support for those young people admitted to emergency departments right through to their discharge back into the community.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this key role
As our specialist worker you will provide peer supervisory support to the team within the wider hospital based services, which includes deputising for the Senior Caseworker, and supporting the Data Coordinator and Senior Caseworker with the collation of information and data for project monitoring purposes. We will also count on you to develop and maintain strong relationships with clinicians and hospital staff, while also identifying onward referral pathways with other services in the hospital such as CAMHS, IDVA, COMPASS and other statutory and voluntary sectors in the community.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will also help to identify and assess young victims of violence and to provide support, advice and advocacy for both them and their families as they plan to be discharged from hospital back into the community. You will produce support and risk management plans based on your assessments and deliver a holistic support service that includes practical help such as social and housing support, accompanying to appointments, ETE options, benefits work, appearing in court, DIY work and cleaning.
What we are looking for
- Personal experience of the criminal justice system, lived experience of the issues facing this client group and/or experience of working with ‘high risk’, vulnerable children, young people and/or families.
- Experience in working as part of a multi-agency team, working together to achieve positive outcomes for young people and establishing links to further the aims of a project.
- Experience of using support plans to enable people to successfully access support services.
- Substantial experience of engaging successfully with ‘challenging’ young people.
- Proven experience of working in a high intensity environment.
- A working knowledge of relevant services for young people and their families in the service provision area.
- First-class interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written.
Please note this role requires Enhanced Adult and Child Workforce with Child Barred list DBS.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
To apply please request an application form from our HR Team, via the apply button, stating the job title and ref number.
Closing date: 27th September 24.
Interview date: 07 October 24.
Family Rights Group is the leading child welfare charity, and is rolling out its highly successful Lifelong Links programme in London for care experienced young people. As part of that work, we have received funding to create this exciting new post which is ideal for a young people participation expert.
The Young People’s Participation Officer will build on and continue to develop the charity's young people's participation activities so that young people inform, influence and help to deliver the strategic priorities of the charity. Over time, you will be tasked with setting up and supporting groups of care experienced young people who will be integral to the development, influence and promotion of Lifelong Links-related work including the Lifelong Links: London project.
Alongside the Lifelong Links participation work, you'll support other young people who have experience of the child welfare system or were raised in kinship care, to have their voices heard. You will work closely with others within the charity, including members of the Senior Leadership Team, FGC and Lifelong Links Team, Policy Team and with the charity’s Family Participation Officer.
We welcome applicants to this role who have lived experience of being raised in kinship care or the care system.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Grants Manager-Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
[Trialling hybrid working: 2 days in the office per month, which is subject to change]
Compulsory 2-week office attendance during an appeal
Salary: £40, 560 per annum.
Contract status: Full time to March 2026
***Please download the job description for full details***
The Ukraine Humanitarian appeal raised £426 million and helped an estimated 6.9 million people in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. The Grants Manager is integral in working closely with DEC colleagues and members to build and sustain, a solid understanding of the evolving humanitarian context. The Grants Manager will maintain strong oversight of the DEC funded programme including the reporting cycle, adaptive programming and facilitate strong and relevant engagement with DEC member charities and local partners and external briefings over the duration of the response.
Key responsibilities:
Communication and Collaboration
· Key programmes point of contact regarding the DEC funded programme, responding to enquiries from member charity programmes and other related staff, facilitating timely and accurate communication.
· Maintain strong understanding of response context.
· Manage and provide timely, response briefings to internal and external audiences, key stakeholders including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office [FCDO] and, other key stakeholders.
Analysis and Reporting
· Review, evaluate, and advise on member charity plans and reports for consistency, trends analysis and coherence of data across submitted documentation.
· Contribute to the review and analysis of plans and reports submitted by member charities in response to DEC appeals.
· Share timely and relevant information and analysis from plans and reports with DEC member charities and local partners.
· Manage external reporting requirements including preparation of stakeholder reports and infographics.
Management and Leadership
· Coordinate the team’s surge capacity to deliver points above, which may involve managing and inducting a team of external consultants and training them in the use of our knowledge management system [Box].
· Coordinate with the Programme Quality, Accountability & Learning team to ensure monitoring, learning and accountability initiatives are timely and appropriate to the response.
· Support with real-time reviews, community perception studies and other related MEAL activities.
If you have demonstratable humanitarian experience of Ukraine, with the competence to prepare timely/accurate reports and deliver credible presentations to diverse audiences, then you will be perfect to join an incredible team and organisation.
How to apply
Please apply with your anonymised CV & cover letter [i.e. please state your initials only, not your full name]. We will be interviewing on a rolling basis, with the intention to fill the role by the end of October 2024.
The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent, to these recruitment procedures.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We have a vacancy for a Group Facilitator to join our CYP team.
Do you want to support children and young people with mental health issues or emotional wellbeing needs?
Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress? Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Courage, Together and Responsive and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?
If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.
CYP Group Facilitator – Early Help Digital Intervention Service (Children and Young People)
Reference: 230
Salary: £23,250 – £24,500 per annum incl. Outer London Weighting, pro rata
Hours: 37.5hrs – to be worked flexibly across a 7-day week, between the hours of 2pm – 10pm, excluding bank holidays
Contract Length: Fixed Term – April 2025 (with possibility to extend)
Working base: Watford Wellbeing Centre (expectation of working flexibly in our centres across Hertfordshire and from home)
Reports to: CYP Coordinator – Early Help Digital Intervention Service (Children & Young People)
As a CYP Group Facilitator, you will provide online group interventions to deliver this new and exciting, high quality service in accordance with contractual requirements, and ensure that we are supporting the needs and aspirations of Hertfordshire families.
About the Service
Hertfordshire Mind Network (HMN) delivers Hertfordshire’s CAMHS Early Help Digital Intervention Service, With YOUth. The CYP Group Facilitator will be responsible for implementing and delivering the group support aspect of an innovative partnership between BfB Labs and HMN.
Together, we will provide a countywide early help digital intervention service that is accessible to children and young people and their families, aged 5-18, at the earliest point of an emerging emotional wellbeing and/or mental health need. The service will operate between 14:00 – 22:00 seven days a week.
About the Role
Our trauma-informed model offers a range of support options for CYP, based around digital interventions and supported by one-to-one and group sessions, so children and young people can engage in the way that works best for them. The service will build resilience in CYP by working with them to develop coping strategies and solutions that will enable them to improve their own health and wellbeing. We will also provide advice and guidance to parents/families/carers and professionals to provide a holistic response to supporting CYP and creating a network around them to empower and enable positive change.
The objectives of the With YOUth Digital Intervention Service are to:
- Promote resilience and strategies that encourage coping and self-management for CYP, enabling a reduction in referrals to more specialist provision.
- Increase the number of CYP who access evidence-based mental health interventions.
- Ensure more CYP in Hertfordshire have improved awareness and knowledge about emotional wellbeing and mental health.
- Develop an early intervention pathway for children and young people to enable individuals to get timely, responsive support aligned to their needs.
- Reduce waiting times for CYP MHS by providing a timely and effective early help service.
- Help parents and carers to better support their CYP through access to relevant, clear and accessible information about mental health and emotional wellbeing.
- Provide a safe and secure online environment for CYP.
- Reduce the number of CYP experiencing a relapse in their mental health.
- Contribute to the de-stigmatisation of mental health and emotional wellbeing.
We offer:
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
- An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
- Ongoing training relevant to your role.
- An Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health cover (after 6 months employment) – compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.
Being able to drive and having access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 30th September 2024.
Interviews to be held week beginning 7th October 2024 and will be held online via Teams.
Please note: We will close the advert prior to this date if we receive sufficient applications.
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.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.
We are delighted to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
No agencies please.
Full-time (35 hours pw) - evening and weekend flexibility required as this service operates 9am-8pm during the week and 9am-12pm Saturday and Sunday
Newham University Hospital
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Are you a proactive, driven and empathetic individual who is passionate about supporting and uplifting children and young people and want to make a difference within the community for the betterment of children and young people? Do you have an understanding of the challenges that are faced by some young people and of dominate youth culture?
If so, join St Giles as a Specialist Caseworker embedded into a multi-disciplinary team within the Emergency Department of Newham Hospital, where you will provide support for those young people admitted to emergency departments right through to their discharge back into the community.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this key role
As a Specialist Caseworker, you will provide peer supervisory support to the team within the wider hospital-based services, which includes deputising for the Senior Caseworker when required, and support the Data Coordinator and Senior Caseworker with the collation of information and data for project monitoring purposes. You will develop and maintain an up-to-date and accurate resource of suitable onward referrals and develop and maintain strong relationships with both clinicians and hospital staff and with other services in the hospital, i.e. CAMHS, IDVA, COMPASS.
We will count on you to identify and assess young victims of violence, producing support and risk management plans based on these assessments, and to provide support, advice and advocacy for children, young people and their families as they plan to be discharged from hospital back into the community. You will also deliver a holistic support service, working solo or with colleagues as the situation dictates, which will see you provide practical help such as social and housing support, accompanying to appointments, ETE options, benefits work, debt advice, and appearing in court.
What we are looking for
• Personal experience of the criminal justice system, lived experience of the issues facing this client group and/or experience of working with ‘high risk’, vulnerable children
• Experience of providing support, advice and advocacy
• Substantial experience of assessing the needs of young people at risk of significant harm
• Experience in working as part of a multi-agency team, working together to achieve positive outcomes for young people and establishing links to further the aims of a project
• Experience of using support plans, to enable people to successfully access support services
• Substantial experience of engaging successfully with ‘challenging’ young people
• Excellent IT, prioritisation, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
To apply please request an application form from our HR Team, via the apply button, stating the job title and ref number.
Closing date: Monday 30th September @ 11:45pm