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We are looking for a Specialist Huntington's Disease Adviser to provide invaluable, specialist support and advice to people affected by Huntington’s disease. The role is 21 hours per week and is home-based, living in the Merseyside and Isle of Man area, but will involve extensive travel within the region and occasional travel across England and Wales.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated person who is dedicated and committed to the welfare of families affected by Huntington’s disease, developing and improving the quality of care that they receive. You will need to have skills gained within a Health and Social Care profession. Your main responsibilities will be to offer specialist help, information, advice, support and education to everyone affected by Huntington’s disease and professionals involved in supporting them.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to bring their knowledge, skills and experience to our organisation.
Some of your main duties will include:
- Undertaking a confidential needs-led assessment of the individual and/or carer, in consultation where necessary with other agencies.
- Working in a way that promotes safety and wellbeing. Identify and act appropriately where issues of risk, including safeguarding, arise and refer to the relevant leads and agencies where appropriate.
- Negotiating care and support to ensure the best possible service is provided by the appropriate agencies, monitoring the quality and effectiveness of service provision, and advocating where necessary on behalf of the recipient of services.
- Delivering training and information for professionals, ensuring that they have a comprehensive understanding of the needs of people affected by Huntington’s disease.
- Organising and facilitating educational and peer opportunities for families and professionals.
- Promoting and raising awareness of Huntington’s disease and the Huntington’s Disease Association.
- Establishing new peer support opportunities where a need is identified and to promote the online support services facilitated by the Huntington’s Disease Association.
Learn more about the role of Specialist Huntington's Disease Adviser in the job pack included.
We are committed to equal opportunities in our recruitment process and in order to find out how well we are doing, we collect monitoring data. This will not form part of the selection process in any way and will be used for monitoring purposes only. The completion of this form is voluntary.
We are looking for someone with the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of adults at risk, children and young people. We follow safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the people we work with. We require the successful candidate to provide two employment references and undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for enhance disclosure before joining the charity.
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Click on 'apply' to begin your application for the role of Specialist Huntington's Disease Adviser.
To ensure your consideration, please upload both a CV and cover letter. Your cover letter should include why you are applying for the role and how you meet the requirements of the person specification. The job description and person specification can be found within the job vacancy pack.
Applications submitted without both a CV and cover letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 11 March 2025, 9am.
Interviews will be held in Liverpool on Monday 24 March 2025.
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Registered Charity
21 - 50
We improve care and support services for people with Huntington’s disease, educate families and professionals, and champion people’s rights.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Finance Assistant - Accounts Payable
Location: Hybrid role with a requirement to work periodically at Head Office (Vauxhall, London)
Salary: £26,919 per annum (exclusive of a London Weighting allowance of £3,000, which may be applicable depending on your home location and any agreed permanent homeworking arrangement)
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as Finance Assistant on the Accounts Payable part of the Accounts Function.
This is an exciting role within the finance team at Refuge working as part of the Corporate Services directorate. The finance team is on a change journey and this role is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to gain experience within finance and looking to start their journey in finance. This role reports to the Financial Accountant and will take full ownership of the purchase ledger function of Refuge.
Please see our applicant information pack for further information on the key accountabilities for the role and person specification.
Closing Date: 09:00am 12 March 2025
Interview Date: 19 March 2025
Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services, and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development.
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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There has never been a greater need for Independent Age’s work. More than two million older people are in poverty, with millions more living with precarious finances. At Independent Age, we believe that no older person should face financial hardship. Our information and advice, grant-making, partnership activity, policy work, and campaigning increases the financial well-being of older people, enabling them to have greater choice and independence in wider areas of life.
As Director of Services and Grants, you will be responsible for ensuring that our multi-channel services and grants programme serve and improve the lives of older people, reach those who are most likely to be in poverty, and have the maximum impact. You will help us grow our capacity, build our network of charity and commercial partnerships, develop our external training offer, and reach more people including those groups most likely to experience financial hardship.
Having operated at a senior level, ideally as part of a Senior Leadership Team, you will be an inspiring leader with a demonstrable passion for our cause. Experienced in successfully managing service transformation and development, including in a contact centre environment, you will also have an understanding of grants programmes, and of building strategic partnerships and national networks. With an understanding of demonstrating and reporting on impact, experience of supporting fundraising for services and bidding for contracts, you will ideally also have knowledge of developing an external training offer.
Please review our candidate pack below for further information. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits. We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard (the successful candidate will need to be in the London office a minimum of two days a week and be able to travel, alongside some flexible working). If you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age on the Careers page on our website.
Application Process:
To apply, please visit our website to submit a curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the job description and person specification. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format.
To support our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion we use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement, and please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name. Please do not omit dates of employment.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.
Closing date for applications: end of day (11:59pm) on Wednesday 5 March 2025.
First round interviews to be held virtually in week commencing 24 March 2025.
Second round interviews to be held in person on Tuesday 1 April 2025.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This is a marvellous opportunity for an experienced leader and fundraiser to join Yes Futures at a critical juncture in its development. The details associated with this role are contained in the recruitment pack.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Positive futures begin with self-belief. Yes Futures empowers young people to believe in themselves and discover their personal potential.
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The details associated with this role can be read in the accompanying recruitment pack. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a well-established organisation with a fantastic reputation, positive track record and significant potential for growth.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Positive futures begin with self-belief. Yes Futures empowers young people to believe in themselves and discover their personal potential.