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Tower Hamlets Community Connector

Job Title: Tower Hamlets Community Connector
Salary: £30,345 per annum (pro rata), including Inner London Weighting (30 hours/week: £24,276).
Hours: Part-Time, 30 hours per week
Contract Term: Permanent
Location: Open House, Bow E3, and across Stepney and Wapping Primary Care Network
Closing Date: 9 December 2024
Interview Date: 12 December 2024

About Us

Mind in Tower Hamlets, Newham, and Redbridge is a local charity affiliated with National Mind. We are committed to supporting individuals with mental health challenges through inclusive and accessible services, creating opportunities for connection, recovery, and resilience.

About the Role

As a Community Connector, you’ll support individuals referred by the Stepney and Wapping Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, helping them engage with services and activities. Based at our MindTHNR office and the Stepney and Wapping Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, you’ll build strong relationships, understand individuals’ interests and goals, and connect them to appropriate opportunities.

This role empowers individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) by supporting them to achieve their aspirations, access local services, and address key wellbeing factors such as housing, employment, and social isolation. You will also help identify wider issues impacting their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness, and caring responsibilities, ensuring a holistic approach to support.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one tailored support to help individuals set and achieve personal goals.
• Act as a local expert, connecting people with community services and resources.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and community organisations to create robust care pathways.
• Use tools like health coaching and motivational interviewing to overcome barriers and monitor progress.
• Advocate for inclusion and ensure access to welfare, legal, and community services.

If you are passionate about promoting mental health and wellbeing, have substantial experience providing 1:1 support, facilitating wellbeing groups, and collaborating with communities, and possess a strong understanding of the diverse needs and inequalities in East London, we encourage you to apply. Submit your CV and supporting statement outlining how you meet the requirements of the person specification and your interest in making a meaningful impact to  Bernadette Keane

Prison Facilitator - HMP Isle of Wight

Location: HMP Isle of Wight
Salary: £27,584
Hours: 35 hours
Department: Prison delivery
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent

Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing low literacy levels amongst people in prison?

Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide peer-led learning programmes at HMP Isle of Wight. You will be working across both sites, HMP Albany and HMP Parkhurst during your working week.  Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our prison-based reading and numeracy programme, maximising opportunities for people in prison to improve their skills.

Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach. 

The role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.

‍We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.

Closing date: 17th December 2024. Please note, the role will close early if we find a suitable applicant.
Interviews to be held on a rolling schedule

Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.

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FoodCycle is an award-winning charity that has achieved exceptional growth over the past few years thanks to some key corporate partner relationships with blue-chip companies. We are now looking to build on our recent successes and extend our corporate portfolio to fund our work as the largest community dining charity in the UK. ​

Your work with us will allow you to play a vital role in supporting people faced with hunger and loneliness and to champion community dining in communities up and down the country. You will be responsible for driving significant income growth from corporates - working with brands and businesses to reach challenging targets.​

You will have a proven track record of securing new partnerships and be adept at relationship management. You will have significant new business experience in a charity setting and a background in securing six-figure sum support. As this is a hybrid role, you will need to live within a commutable distance of Vauxhall, London.​

Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays, and additional holiday for length of service (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.​

How to apply:  Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.​

Deadline for your application:  11.59pm on Wednesday 4th December 2024.

Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will need to prepare a presentation to deliver at interview. ​

Interviews: planned for Tuesday 10th December, in Vauxhall, London.

Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We are a Disability Confident Scheme member. ​

Safeguarding: Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. This role will therefore require a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check. ​

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.​​

Business Development Manager

Birmingham LGBT is seeking to recruit a Business Development Manager (BDM) to work closely with the Director to grow the business activities of Birmingham LGBT. The BDM’s core purpose is to work with the Director, the management team and the Board of Trustees to identify and develop new business and funding opportunities to help Birmingham LGBT to meet its charitable objectives.

We recognise the importance and advantages of diverse workplaces and communities, and we acknowledge under-representation in our workforce of Black, Asian and global majority people; people with a Romany or Irish Traveller background, and people with lived experience of migration. We particularly welcome applicants from those backgrounds, identities and lived experiences.

The successful applicant will join a motivated and enthusiastic team based at the Birmingham LGBT Centre in central Birmingham.

Terms:

Salary £34,854 (approx. 50% pro rata )18.5 hours per week

25 days’ annual leave (approx. 50% pro rata ) plus bank holidays

Plus up to 5% matched pension contributions.

18-month fixed-term contract, ongoing subject to funding.

Birmingham LGBT is an equal opportunities employer.

To apply, please click "apply" and download the application pack from our website, or download the attachments to this ad, then complete the application form with reference to the Job Description and Person Specification and email it in Word format back to us.

The closing date is 5pm on Friday 29 November 2024.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and two employer references.

ABOUT INQUEST

Founded in 1981, INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians. Our specialist casework includes deaths in police and prison custody, immigration detention, mental health settings and deaths involving multi-agency failings or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question. You can find more information on our website, particularly on our Campaigns, and Media Release webpages.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Project Assistant to support INQUEST’s National Lottery Heritage Fund project, Unlocking the INQUEST archive: memorialising death and resistance. This project encourages engagement with the INQUEST archive and memorialises state-related death and resistance through creative outputs including: 12-month consultation, artist’s residency, banner making, small scale events, archival research, film screenings and a podcast series.

Organised, motivated by logistics, system-orientated, able to react efficiently to pressure, change and multitasking, the ideal candidate will possess outstanding communications skills necessary to liaising with a varied audience, including bereaved families and other key project stakeholders. They will be experienced in handling telephone calls, email correspondence, administration systems, and key IT software packages. Working closely with the project manager and project staff, they will support all components of our heritage project, including organising events and travel, liaising with key stakeholders, project social media and general administration. The candidate must be committed to the values of INQUEST and to anti-racism and anti-discrimination.

Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men’s health globally, tackling mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. In our mission to stop men dying too young, we’re seeking a Fundraising Manager to join our London based team.

About the role: 

The Fundraising Manager is responsible for growing revenue in the UK, with a strong focus on the Movember campaign. You will focus on both acquisition and retention of Student Ambassadors and University Mo’s.

The role will be expected to deliver on annual revenue targets and will work collaboratively with other teams at Movember to do this.

You will also work on cross-team projects to create remarkable experiences for our supporters which keep them coming back to the charity.

You'll have the opportunity to: 

• Develop the fundraising strategy for the University audience and delivers this to agreed timescales and revenue targets
• Provide reporting on opportunities and work in progress as required
• Identify and develop new opportunities within their assigned community portfolio
• Develop and manage a pipeline of high value fundraising prospects
• Actively build and maintain a portfolio of high value relationships
• Develop and execute a personalised, multi-channel supporter journey to your assigned contacts both in and outside of campaign
• Work with the global teams to ensure that the fundraising proposition is translated in to meaningful and effective ‘tools’ (online and offline) which drive great engagement and fundraising
• Manage the Student Ambassador Programme ensuring Ambassadors are empowered to fulfil their roles and have a remarkable experience
• Attend Fundraising events where we are required to provide a remarkable experience
• Support the Senior Community Fundraising Manager and team members to deliver growth and revenue targets for Fundraising

For this role, you’ll need:

• 3+ years’ experience in fundraising roles
• Proven track record in managing successful fundraising activities and meeting targets
• Experience of managing projects from start to finish
• Excellent relationship management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of stakeholders 



• Strong organisation skills, the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Adept at team working, collaborating effectively with colleagues across the organisation
• Sound knowledge of fundraising law and best practice

Bonus points for:

• Experience in fundraising with universities

Why Movember?

Movember is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and workplace - a place where we can all be ourselves, and each have the equal opportunity to succeed and be recognised for our unique contribution. We value the experiences, skills and perspectives of all individuals and actively encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds. We make recruitment decisions based on applicants’ skills, experience and knowledge, ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Our employee benefits include:

• Hybrid/Flexible working – we offer our team a split of home and office working
• 13 weeks paid Parental Leave and 6 weeks annual leave
• Health Cash Plan – to support the costs of everyday healthcare needs (dental, optical, wellbeing)
• An Employee Assistance Programme offering face to face counselling, plus legal and financial support
• A fun stimulating and collaborating culture, with company events
• Service awards after 3, 5 and 10 years
• Bike to work scheme
• Half day Fridays for 9 months of the year

SV 2 has been supporting victims and survivors of sexual abuse since 1994, and today provides a range of services to anyone in Derbyshire or Derby City who has experienced sexual abuse, assault or violence, including friends and family members. We support people irrespective of age, gender or when the abuse occurred.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Therapy Delivery Manager to join our friendly, professional and passionate team, working across Derbyshire remotely and in person. You'll manage our BACP accredited therapy service, which provides therapy for people of all ages, delivered by a team of employed therapists and a pool of self-employed counsellors. 

You might be the right person for the role if you have:

• Management qualification minimum level 4
• A minimum 3 years’ experience in managing and supporting staff to deliver services effectively 
• A proven track record working in a quality assurance role including data collection, analysis and problem solving
• Knowledge, experience and awareness of rape and sexual abuse and their effects 
• Brilliant communication skills including an ability to provide effective feedback, negotiate well and work with others, including funders
• Full driving licence and ability to travel across the county on a regular basis

In exchange we offer a competitive salary, flexible working, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a comprehensive employee wellbeing service. Our hybrid working policy is based on doing what's best for our clients, our services and our people, so we would expect you to based primarily from one of our offices to ensure that you can support your team effectively.

This role is subject to Enhanced DBS certification due to the nature of our services. You can find out more about our recruitment of ex offenders policy by contacting us.

 

New Horizon Youth Centre (NHYC) runs London's only youth-specific emergency accommodation project in partnership with Depaul UK. The London Youth Hub, based in Islington, provides emergency accommodation and support to help young people facing rough sleeping to transition into safe, long-term housing and achieve independence. The Services Manager supports the Head of Services in overseeing NHYC’s Youth Hub, managing daily operations, coordinating with Depaul UK to facilitate smooth transitions into long-term housing, and building partnerships with external stakeholders to improve housing pathways. Additionally, the manager leads and develops a team of Assessment and Resettlement Workers, oversees daily work planning and safeguarding, while addressing complex cases and supporting staff in securing project resources. This position contributes to the broader goal of expanding the Youth Hub model across London. 

• Fixed-term 9 month contract
• Salary £37,024 – £41,600
• Deadline: 9am Friday 6th December

TreeHouse School is an Ofsted “Outstanding” SEN School for children and young adults aged 3-19 with a primary diagnosis of autism (most of whom have additional learning, social, emotional, communication, health and care needs). 

Our Ambitious approach ensures that, through our curriculum and delivtery, we focus on delivering quality of life outcomes for our children and young people.

We are proud to announce that we have retained Ofsted "Outstanding" (June 2024) in all areas. Please do read our Ofsted reports on our website.

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, qualified SEND Teacher to join us on our ambitious journey. Your day to day role will include delivering creative and person-centred lessons to up to 8 learners in a pre-formal class.

We will consider ECT's for this role.

Why join us?

• 11 weeks annual leave per academic year
• Free healthy breakfast available every day
• Working with Autism/learning disability industry experts across our school and our charity
• Autonomy in your role – You have the freedom to be creativity and get to see first hand our learners progress and achieve their goals and aspirations (as well as your ideas coming to life in the classroom).
• Mental health and wellbeing are at the core of everything we do; The SLT practise “compassionate leadership”.
• Continued professional development and training including a wide range of in house and external training courses.
• Annual staff recognition awards.
• Eye test vouchers, season ticket loans and a cycle to work scheme (plus a bike shed outside the school).
• Employee Assistance Programme: to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.
• On-site parking is available

Your role:

• Provide excellent delivery, teaching and course leadership to learners across TreeHouse School.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of the children and young people we support.
• Work with pupils to ensure they receive a service that delivers the outcomes specified in their individualised learning, person-centred plans.
• Prepare and deliver schemes of work, lesson plans, assignments and assessments in line with departmental and awarding body requirements.
• Work collaboratively with allied health professionals as part of a trans-disciplinary team.

Our learners are mostly pre-verbal or use assistive communication systems to make their needs understood and follow different pathways depending on their needs and strengths, these are pre, semi and formal and you can read more on our website.

(Please refer to our JD and FAQ document attached to our website for more details).

Closing date: Tuesday 10th of December 2024 

Shortlisting date: Wednesday 11th of December 2024

Interviews date: Wednesday 18th of December 2024

Start date: Easter 2025

Assessment: You will be asked to attend a formal interview (45 minutes - 1 hour) and you will conduct a Micro Teach (20-30 minutes) with a group of pupils. 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity andwe warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion

or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification. Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

About BDCA: BDCA is a dynamic community-led charity that has been serving the residents of the London Borough of Newham since 1998. Our motto is, “working together to change lives and transform our community” and over the past two decades we renovated four previously dead, disused spaces into lively local hubs. From these venues, our diverse team of locally-based staff and volunteers deliver targeted activities for people of every generation from children and their parents, young people and elders too. We also run programmes providing accessible sports, healthy food, poverty support and volunteering. Across all these projects, our mission is to break down barriers, bring people together and build people up.

Job Aim:To work with the Youth Project Coordinator to provide a fun, engaging and exciting programme of activities for young people across the economically disadvantaged but beautifully diverse E6 area within the London Borough of Newham. You will assist in delivering against the partnerships successful EMPOWER youth services commissioning bid to Newham Council. The service provides 10 weekly universal activities across East Ham over 49 weeks of the year for young people aged 9-19 including:

• Three outdoor MUGA sports sessions per week.
• Three youth hub session per week which includes branched off projects such as Junior Gym, screen acting, Muay Thai, healthy cookery sessions, calming crafts and sports.
• EKO Pathways after school delivery sessions, helping to support children with social, emotional, behavioural and mental health needs.
• Outdoor parks MUGA session
• Year-round trips and residentials
• Youth Theatre
• Delivery of three-week summer holiday scheme which involves volunteering placement with accredited Sports Leadership Award for 30 participants and employment for additional young people. This includes Stepping Up life skills training and social action campaign planning workshops.

You will be part of a team of people who are passionate about BDCA’s values of: INCLUDING all local young people by welcoming them into safe spaces and positively engaging with those who often get left out. CELEBRATING their creativity and skills so they have confidence and support to thrive despite their challenges. EMPOWERING them to step up and speak out as local leaders who make positive change in our community and beyond.

About BDCA: BDCA is a dynamic community-led charity that has been serving the residents of the London Borough of Newham since 1998. Our motto is, “working together to change lives and transform our community” and over the past two decades we renovated four previously dead, disused spaces into lively local hubs. From these venues, our diverse team of locally-based staff and volunteers deliver targeted activities for people of every generation from children and their parents, young people and elders too. We also run programmes providing accessible sports, healthy food, poverty support and volunteering. Across all these projects, our mission is to break down barriers, bring people together and build people up.

Job Aim:To lead a fun, engaging and exciting programme of activities for young people across the economically disadvantaged but beautifully diverse E6 area within the London Borough of Newham. You will lead the delivery of BDCA’s Youth project, in line with our commissioning contract with Newham Council’s Youth Empowerment Service. Our project provides the following youth activities in East Ham over 49 weeks of the year for young people aged 9-19:

• Three outdoor Multi Use Games Area sports sessions per week in BDCA’s sports field.
• Three indoor youth hub sessions per week in BDCA’s sports pavilion, which includes workshops such as Junior Gym, screen acting, Muay Thai, healthy cookery sessions, calming crafts and sports.
• Weekly EKO Pathways after school youth club session specifically supporting children who have been excluded from mainstream education due to social, emotional, behavioural and mental health needs.
• Two outdoor parks MUGA session.
• Weekly Youth Theatre Club, led by a local acting workshop facilitator.
• Three-week summer holiday scheme for up to 120 children per day.
•  Annual ‘Stepping Up’ youth leadership programme offering training/ mentoring/ paid work experience / accredited Sports Leaders Awards for up to 30 young people each summer.
• Several offsite trips and residentials throughout the year - as often as match funding allows.

You will be part of a team who are passionate about BDCA’s values of: INCLUDING all local young people by welcoming them into safe spaces and positively engaging with those who often get left out. CELEBRATING their creativity and skills so they have confidence and support to thrive despite their challenges. EMPOWERING them to step up and speak out as local leaders who make positive change in our community and beyond.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic, and professional fundraiser to join the team at The New School.

As the Head of Fundraising, you will develop and implement innovative fundraising strategies, generating significant income through a variety of channels, including (but not limited to) trusts and foundations, events, corporate partnerships, individual giving, and major donations. We are looking for someone with a strong track record in senior-level charitable fundraising, who can combine strategic planning with excellent execution.

You should bring advanced knowledge of a variety of fundraising channels, compliance expertise, and strong teamworking skills. Experience in the education or youth sectors and relevant qualifications in fundraising are advantageous.

In return, we offer an opportunity for you to play a key role in the exciting scale up journey of an educational social enterprise that can positively change mainstream schooling. This is a broad role, with aspiration to become permanent, with further recruitment to develop and fundraising and philanthropic partnerships team, which you will lead.

We also provide a flexible work environment with options for home and regular engagement with TNS community, as well as part-time opportunities (i.e. 28 hours per week over 4 days, or similar), with school holiday flexibility.

Please download the attachment for further details on our school and how to apply. First shortlisting deadline is Monday 2nd December at 8am.

This is an excitign opportunity to lead our Youth Work programme and Day Centre provision at NHYC. This position is a six-month fixed-term contract to cover a staff member going on sabbatical. The contract is planned to run from February-August 2025. We are looking for someone who is able to maintain stable and consistent leadership for the team throughout that period, is a quick learner, and confident overseeing multiple programmes and activities. Given the short length of the contract, we encourage applications from those who may not have been in a more senior leadership position before and would like the opportunity to gain experience.  It would also suit anyone with prior experience who is keen to work in a dynamic environment and is passionate about making a tangible difference in the lives of young people facing homelessness.

• Fixed-term 6 month contract
• Salary £46,800 – £52,000
• Deadline: 9am Monday 2nd December

This vacancy involves a unique opportunity to be the Sex Worker ISVA Learning and Policy Influencing Lead  of an exciting new regional partnership program alongside National Ugly Mugs and POW (Notthingham) funded by the National Lottery Communities Fund. Based with Basis Yorkshire, this role will lead on influencing of policy and sharing of learning from this program to improve outcomes for sex workers who have experienced sexual violence including developing resources, organising events and sharing learning based on data from the program as well as working with those with lived experience and those in government and other authorities who help shape health and justice systems. Each organisation will be employing a SWISVA which will be line managed within each organisation. While the post is based within Basis Yorkshire, the post can be fullfilled working hybrid,  but will require frequent travel between Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester and nationally.

Basis Yorkshire is an award-winning charity that was founded in 1995 and now operates across Yorkshire. This is a unique opportunity to join a challenging and vibrant organisation, working with women who are involved in sex work. For more information about what Basis Yorkshire does and its values, please visit our website.