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We currently have an exciting opportunity for an individual with a commitment to animal welfare to join us as a Deputy Centre Manager at our thriving Nottingham site. You will join us working 21 hours per week on a rota basis (to include weekends) and in return you will receive a salary of up to £16,077.60 per annum plus excellent benefits.
Since 1927, Cats Protection has helped thousands of cats each year, across the UK. As a community of volunteers, employees, supporters and partners, we’ve improved the lives of millions of cats and transformed the way millions of people see and care for cats.
Our adoption and homing centres care for thousands of cats each year until they are able to find a loving new home. This success would not be possible without our dedicated team of employees and volunteers. Dealing with thousands of visitors each month, our centres are the face of Cats Protection and we pride ourselves on our employees providing the very best in animal welfare and customer service.
We are looking for someone who shares our values of placing cats and their welfare first, never putting a healthy cat to sleep, valuing and respecting our volunteers, supporters and employees, providing the highest quality of service and being open and honest.
Responsibilities of our Deputy Centre Manager:
As Deputy Centre Manager you will be tasked with managing our established Centre in line with Cats Protection’s main aims of homing, neutering and educating. You will ensure the welfare of all cats in our care and ensure that all administrative and maintenance procedures are completed to a high standard that is in keeping with our vision. A flexible approach to working hours including the ability to work weekends will be required as all centre employees are expected to work 50% of weekends and some evenings.
What we’re looking for in our Deputy Centre Manager:
- Supervisor/team leader experience, ideally within an animal welfare environment or organisation
- A confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Knowledge of the prevention and control of infectious diseases in cats
- A driven, positive and enthusiastic individual with plenty of initiative and the ability to thrive under pressure
- Experience of managing a diverse team
- Experience using Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word and Excel
- A full UK, manual or automatic driving licence as you may on occasion be required to drive centre vans
What we can offer you:
- salary of up to £16,077.60 per annum
- generous annual leave entitlement
- contribution pension scheme
- life assurance scheme
- range of health benefits including private healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- and more
Through our values and behaviours we help people see the world through cats’ eyes. Together we can make a difference.
Closing date: 08 July 2024
Interview date TBC
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
Please email if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.
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Barnet Mencap has been helping people with a learning disability and/or autistic adults in the London Borough of Barnet for nearly 60 years. We provide supported accommodation, leisure and learning activities, information, advice, and guidance, and so much more. All while being committed to equal opportunities and the safeguarding of children and adults.
We know job satisfaction, flexibility, work/life balance, and a great team are incredibly important. So, at Barnet Mencap, in addition to offering 22 days of annual leave per year pro rata (plus Bank Holidays), we have a TOIL system to allow flexible working. There will always need to be some face-to-face work, but there will also be opportunities to work from home and/or have different working patterns as agreed by your manager. Travel expenses can be claimed, at the agreed rate, for journeys that are necessary in the course of your work; and claims for additional expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with our expenses policy. We also have auto-enrolment into a pension scheme with employer contributions in place, and all staff qualify for schemes like the Blue Light card.
Job Overview:
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate individual to join our team as a Hate Crime Reporting Coordinator. As Hate Crimes are still under reported, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in increasing awareness of Hate Crime in Barnet and working on a multi-agency basis to coordinate community awareness raising events, ensuring residents, statutory and voluntary organisations, and others are informed about Hate Crime and know how to report it.
This role requires community engagement, delivering staff training workshops, monitoring and reporting hate crime data, and a commitment to a victim-centred approach.
The post is funded by MOPAC
Key Responsibilities:
· Engage with residents and diverse communities, including disabled people, LGBTQ+ groups, and Gypsy Roma Traveller groups to raise awareness about reporting hate crime.
· Coordinate communications and community events to raise awareness of Hate Crime and encourage reporting.
· Organise and conduct workshops and forums for diverse community groups.
· Train staff and volunteers to identify hate crime and support clients to report incidents to the Police.
· Monitor national and local hate crime data, including incidents recorded by Barnet Hate Crime Reporting Centres and produce quarterly reports of the work to tackle Hate crime in Barnet
· Support victims to report hate crimes and incidents to the Police and signpost to relevant support organisations.
· Support Barnet’s network of Hate Crime Reporting Centres including co-ordinated communications and staff training.
· Develop Barnet’s Safe Places Scheme for people with learning disabilities, autistic adults and adults-at-risk.
To apply, please submit your CV alongside a statement explaining how you meet each of the points in the Person Specification, or fill in the Application Form.
Any applicant with a disability that meets the essential criteria will be shortlisted and invited to interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Your work for the MNVP team is in partnership with the NHS, Public Health and other parts of the system to help them hear the diverse voices of service users. You will facilitate projects and workstreams to understand the needs of all communities including African, Caribbean, Asian and other minoritised communities in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Your role will be to bring together insights and present reports and data so that our services work in partnership to plan, design and improve care You will be confident representing mothers, parents and families by working closely with staff in our Acute Trusts. Your role will include being a source of information for communities, communicating opportunities for them to get involved, using social media and website content, online surveys and face to face focus groups or engagement to do so. This work is offered at 20 hours a week, with some room for flexibility after interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Citizens Advice Wirral is a local charity that supports Wirral residents by providing advice, information, casework and social prescribing services. We assist clients with a range of issues including benefits, debt, employment, housing and life challenges that affect their health and wellbeing. Citizens Advice Wirral also actively works for change in the policies and practices of organisations that impact our clients - we are passionate about the difference our Research and Campaigns work can make to people’s lives.
Our values shape how we as an organisation operate and how we work with each other across all roles: Open and Honest, Professional, Empowering, Non-judgmental and Approachable. They apply to all areas of our advice-giving, our research and campaigns work and how we challenge discrimination and champion equality.
We are seeking to recruit a number of advisers to join our compassionate and respected team. These roles are ideally suited to people who want to help others and make a real difference to those who need it most. (Full and part time hours available)
If you are new to the advice sector but possess excellent communication skills and the ability to research information and present it clearly, the role of adviser could be right for you. We are looking for people who can demonstrate our values of being open and honest, approachable, professional, non-judgemental and empowering. Advisers give advice in face to face settings, over the telephone and also via email in a range of enquiry areas including (but not limited to) benefits, employment and housing. Full training is given so prior knowledge of these areas is not essential. Advisers also work on bespoke projects in community locations.
Working for Citizens Advice Wirral has a range of benefits including:
- A generous holiday allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days) plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Agile working, including up to 5 additional days of flexi leave each year (pro-rata) and both home and office-based days (role dependent)
- A contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
To find out more and start your application please click on the apply button
Closing Date: Thursday 4th July 2024
Location: Acorn House, 361 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3HP. Outreaches: Stoke Mandeville Hopital & Milton Keynes University Hospital
Citizens Advice Milton Keynes is a local charity that helps people to resolve their legal, money and personal problems. We have been providing free, confidential, and impartial advice since 1972 and helped over 8000 local people last year.
We’ve been working in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Care for over 15 years, supporting people with cancer and their families. We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, and confident person to join our Casework Team to help people to cope with the ‘cost of cancer’.
Each year our Macmillan Caseworkers provide advice on practical and financial matters like benefits, debt and employment you can find out more about the service by watching a short video on our vacancy page via the apply button.
The ideal candidate will provide advice and support in person, via telephone, email and video call to patients undergoing treatment for cancer at Milton Keynes and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals. Macmillan Project Caseworkers will assist clients with complex welfare, debt and housing enquiries. This requires a good foundation knowledge of each advice area, so competence in these subjects is desirable, but full and ongoing training will be provided to support successful candidates in their professional development.
This is a challenging role, managing a demanding caseload and working with people at every stage of their cancer journey. All our advice work is carried out to the strictest quality standards, and we are committed to ensuring that all our advice work complements the wider services provided by both Citizens Advice and Macmillan Cancer Care.
Applicants need to be –
- Computer-literate, although training on our case recording systems will be given.
- Confident in working to performance targets.
- Able to show good communications skills, both written and verbal. These are essential in the role, as are excellent customer service skills with a non-judgemental approach.
- Prepared to work independently, sometimes remotely and also from a variety of community-based locations.
A minimum of 12 months’ experience in an advice agency or similar setting is desirable.
The successful Applicant/s will be asked to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Closing Date:Monday 22 July 2024 at 5pmInterviews:To be agreed
Please note interviews will be held face to face in Acorn House
Sands exists to save babies’ lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy loss or baby death receives the support and care they need.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an organised and proactive Administrator to join our specialist Training and Education team.
Sands’ Training and Education team provide bereavement care training for professional and volunteers across the UK. This is a varied and interesting role, which helps ensure that our training is delivered to the highest standard.
This new role is responsible for providing effective and efficient administration support to the team, ensuring face-to-face workshops and online webinar training events run smoothly and maintaining accurate records of training events, participant information and evaluation data.
With demonstrable experience of providing high quality administration support, you will have excellent time and workload management skills. An excellent all-round communicator, you will be able to develop productive working relationships with a range of stakeholders including other departments, volunteers and professionals working in external organisations.
Experience of event administration or study day coordination is an advantage as is genuine interest in training and education.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Referrals Lead
Are you passionate about delivering excellent mental health support?
We're looking for an outstanding Referrals Lead to be the first point of contact for prospective Restore members (service users) and health and social care professionals wishing to refer clients / patients into our services. Every year, Restore works with over 500 people across Oxfordshire, supporting them on their mental health recovery journey and helping them plan for the future. The Referrals Lead plays a critical role at Restore, ensuring a professional, empathetic and knowledgeable response to all enquiries, establishing positive working relationships with our service teams and external agencies.
We are committed to creating a supportive working environment where you can thrive and grow. We invest in learning and development opportunities to ensure you can provide the best possible support to service users and continuously develop as a practitioner.
Person Specification - please download the full job spec
Essential
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including face to face and on the telephone
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Ability to listen, empathise and provide accurate information to people in distress
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Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues
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Ability to work effectively with other statutory and voluntary sector agencies and their employees
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Excellent IT Skills, including MS suite, particularly in the use of Excel and databases
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Excellent administrative skills, particularly in organisation, planning and prioritisation
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Experience of data inputting and the ability to keep up to date records
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Ability to manage a diverse workload and multiple priorities
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Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team
Education
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GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English 9 to 4 (A to C) or equivalent
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Awareness of GDPR
Desirable
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Experience of working in a mental health setting
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Ability to write reports based on analysis of data
Closing date will be on Sunday 7th July 2024 at midnight
Interviews will be held on Friday 12th July 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Title: Social Welfare Law Adviser (Energy)
Trainee Considered
Location: This is initially an in-office role, but following successful progression, will become a hybrid role working between home/ office and presence at outreaches across Bury/ Bolton.
Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton (CABB) is a leading provider of legal advice and information, supporting thousands of clients every year. We are a busy, client focused and dynamic service with a track record of delivering high quality advice. Our services are delivered between 8am – 6pm. Postholders will be expected to actively contribute to service delivery rotas between these times.
The post holder will work as part of a well-established team, providing reliable and effective advice services, across all advice channels and access points, utilised by Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton.
Key elements:
- Deliver free face-to-face quality assured advice for those vulnerable to fuel poverty across Bury and Bolton to support them towards being able to keep warm and healthier homes.
- Promote greater awareness and access to advice and other services pursuant to helping people with fuel insecurity.
The postholder will target cohorts to afford their energy bills, and reduce fuel poverty, creating a positive impact on their health and wellbeing.
By:
- Providing advice and assistance on maximising incomes
- Improving the energy efficiency of homes
- Improving health and well-being of people living with fuel vulnerability
- Developing people with Energy advice skills
- Learn from people with lived experience in the delivery of this and future projects.
To be successful in this role you will be able to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, exhibit excellent listening and questioning skills and to present and conduct yourself in a professional and courteous manner with all clients seeking support.
You will liaise with local partners and stakeholders across Bury & Bolton, including internal colleagues within CABB. You will have a robust understanding of the importance of security and data protection to ensure all data is protected in line with GDPR legislation. You will have a good standard of numeracy to perform benefit check calculations to aid the advice process and be proficient in the use of computer packages with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office. You will have an open and friendly demeanour and be able to work as part of a diverse team.
At CABB, we value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, people with physical or mental health conditions, LGBT+ and non-binary people, and people from racially minoritised communities.
To Apply
Please click on the apply button to be redirected to our website, we are accepting CV & Cover letter to the email provided on the page.
Title: Country Fundraiser
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Contract: 2 year Fixed Term Contract (renewable)
Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week
About the role
Sightsavers Nigeria has an exciting and fulfilling opportunity to join the team as the Country Fundraiser, where you will secure funding from new and existing foundations and corporate partners as well as managing and maintaining donor relationships to achieve annual income targets and deliver significant year-on-year long term growth.
The Country Fundraiser will engage with high net worth individuals within Nigeria that are able to contribute towards annual planned funding growth that will be toward vital programmes in Nigeria, they will also collaborate with other fundraising teams in Sightsavers to implement the Global Fundraisings team's plans for Nigeria.
The duties of the Country Fundraiser include:
Proposal Development:
Develop and deliver high quality funding proposals to prospect pipelines and targets of high value, as well as new and existing corporate partners and Nigerian foundations, supporting the implementation of the overall Sightsavers Nigeria Foundation funding strategy. With direct involvement in the planning, coordination, and production of proposal writing.
Building strategic relationships:
Develop and maintain key external and internal relationships critical to fundraising activities towards achieving planned objectives.
Individual Giving:
Develop key external and internal relationships critical for the achievement of planned objectives with these high-net-worth donors. To take personal responsibility for delivering agreed targets in line with the team strategy of securing planned income.
Strategy and planning:
Develop and implement vital operational plans in support of fundraising strategies, including creation of bespoke development plans to engage new prospects, and to encourage growth in income from existing corporate partners and Nigerian foundation portfolios. Identify and research new prospects to introduce into pipeline.
Contract Management and Reporting:
Manage funding contracts and grants for agreed Sightsavers' projects to deliver on internal and external reporting requirements:
Work with the Country Director and Board of Sightsavers Nigeria Foundation on income, key performance indicators, prospecting, and account planning.
Report to donors on project delivery.
Develop communication plans to support corporate funding partnerships.
Market understanding:
Develop and maintain a broad knowledge and understanding of the corporate social responsibility agenda of corporate organisations/partners in Nigeria and advise the country office on potentials areas of collaboration and fundraising.
The Country Fundraiser role is a highly varied and involved position and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills (below). Please see the for full details.
As the ideal candidate you will posses extensive fundraising experience in Nigeria that has involved high level relationships and high net worth individuals. You will have proven success in cultivating new relationships with prospective supporters/clients and maintaining relationships with existing supporters/clients and have a background in fundraising from corporate/foundation fundraising and/or major individual donors and/or significant experience of working at senior level, in a fundraising, marketing or sales capacity.
Further requirements include:
Experience working at senior level externally to develop high value relationships.
A proven track record of meeting or exceeding financial targets and soliciting gifts from donors, or business in a commercial setting.
Knowledge of the principles of corporate, foundation and major donor fundraising.
Significant experience of successful face-to-face donor / customer contact, building long term relationships.
Extensive experience and knowledge of good fundraising practice and relevant legal issues or equivalent from a commercial setting.
Experience of working for an NGO/INGO.
Strong listening and negotiating skills.
First class presentation and writing skills, including preparation of proposals, project budgets, reports.
An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people.
Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying and your fundraising experience.
Closing date: 7 July 2024
As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
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The post holder will lead on the hospital discharge work, regularly working out of St Georges hospital alongside the discharge team and hospital social care teams, providing information and support to Carers navigating the hospital discharge process.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full time Casework Administrator to join the Scottish Regional Office team at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
You will be responsible for providing specialist administrative support and undertaking virtual telephone casework across the whole of Scotland, working remotely with SSAFA branch volunteers and Regional Office colleagues to ensure a consistent, timely, quality service is provided to SSAFA beneficiaries.
To help you establish yourself in this new post you will receive excellent training and induction to the Scottish Regional Office. You will work closely with the Regional Casework Managers and Regional Operations Manager.
The post is home-based and lone working with support from your line manager and team colleagues and you must have a fast, stable broadband connection in your proposed workspace. You may have to travel occasionally around Scotland or elsewhere in the UK; expenses will be paid.
About the team
In this role you will be working closely with volunteers from seventeen SSAFA branches across Scotland, supporting them to administer casework for SSAFA beneficiaries. The successful candidate will work as part of a larger team which includes 2 Casework Managers and a Regional Operations Manager and a team of Regional Casework Co-ordinators.
About you
To carry out this role successfully you will have a track record of providing excellent customer service by telephone, e-mail and face to face. You will have used Microsoft Office 365 to a high standard. The successful candidate will have experience of using their own initiative, planning and managing their workload with minimal supervision. You should be experienced at writing descriptive reports following a recommended structure. This role requires you to be a resilient person and it would be advantageous if you understand the way of life for today’s Armed Forces, veterans and their families. An understanding of the voluntary sector and preferably the military charity sector landscape across Scotland would be valuable, but not essential.
About SSAFA
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need. In 2023 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 59,000 people, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.
SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. We are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way, they need us.
Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA
SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, age and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service (Disclosure Scotland) to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.
Closing date: Midnight on 27 June. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews: Wednesday 3 July.
We are looking to appoint our very first Community Engagement Officer who will develop local networks, reach out to people and collate their experiences. You will value inclusion and be able to engage people who may have poorer health consequences because of their care experiences, and the quality of or their access to maternity and other related services.This post is aimed at meeting the needs of mothers, parents and families by asking questions and sharing their insights. You will deliver a workplan in a small team with the Project Officer and MNVP Lead, helping to represent users so that their voices influence the planning, design and safety of public services. This role includes communication with and facilitation of activity with volunteers and members. This work is offered at 20 hours a week, with some room for flexibility after interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Family Support & Community Engagement Worker
Salary: £18,492 (£15,593 salary per annum + £450 Working at Home Allowance + £2449 London Weighting if eligible)
Hours & Contract: 21 Hours per week - Fixed Term Contract for 12 Months
Location: Homebased working across East London, North London, Hertfordshire and Essex
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.
As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults, as well as our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Tact East London in a new role as Family Support & Community Engagement Worker and be part of an exciting project embedding community support, parent and child activities and deepen engagement across the region. The Family Support & Community Engagement Worker will be leading on the establishment of community hubs for foster carers where we can provide sustained local assistance, encourage peer to peer support, host family activities, training and identify other interventions that will consistently enhance the skills, knowledge and engagement of our foster carers.
The Family Support & Community Engagement Worker will be expected to work flexibly including some evening and weekend hours, as well as being able to travel throughout the region, working face to face with carers in a number of locations as well as joining colleagues for training and team wellbeing events.
If you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT, apply now.
Overall Duties of the Family Support & Community Engagement Worker will include:
- Establishing local hubs across the region
- Liaising with carers to establish peer groups and support
- Providing one to one support where needed
- Source and engage local providers and third party suppliers
- Innovating new ways of working and establishing local community groups amongst carers
- Working closely with the team to enhance inclusion and engagement and raise awareness of our services
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
- 31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays.
- Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
- Family friendly policies.
- Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
- Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis).
- An hour a week of live, expert led activities through the Annual Employee wellbeing Programme.
- Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 30th June 2024
Interview Date: Tuesday 9th July 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.
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About Us
At St Nicholas Hospice Care, we are dedicated to providing compassionate care and support to individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. Our mission is to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our community members, ensuring that no one faces their journey alone. We are looking for a dynamic and driven Senior Marketing Officer to join our team and help us continue our vital work.
Your Role
As the Senior Marketing Officer, you will be at the heart of our marketing efforts, leading initiatives that communicate our mission, engage our community, and drive positive change. You will work closely with our Head of Marketing and a dedicated team to craft and execute marketing campaigns across various channels which make an impact.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and inspire: Take charge of planning, executing, and optimising marketing campaigns that resonate with our audience. You’ll bring energy and creativity to every project, inspiring the team and driving results.
Project management: Organise and manage multiple projects, ensuring tasks are completed on time and within budget. Your pragmatic approach and organisational prowess will keep everything running smoothly.
Content creation: Oversee the development of engaging content for digital, print, and social media. Your meticulous attention to detail will ensure our messaging is consistent and compelling.
Stakeholder collaboration: Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, bringing people together on shared marketing goals to benefit the Hospice.
Analytical insights: Monitor and report on campaign performance, using data-driven insights to refine strategies and improve effectiveness. Your analytical skills will be key to our success.
Who we’re looking for
We are seeking a candidate who embodies the following qualities:
- People-oriented: You thrive on building positive relationships and working collaboratively. Your communication skills are exceptional, and you enjoy engaging with a diverse range of people.
- Energetic and passionate: You bring enthusiasm to your work, driving projects forward with a positive attitude. You are motivated by the opportunity to make a real impact.
- Organised and detail-oriented: You are meticulous in your approach, ensuring that all aspects of your projects are well-coordinated and executed to a high standard.
- Audience-centric: You have a deep understanding and appreciation for tailoring your marketing efforts to engage and resonate with our audience.
- Pragmatic and Resilient: You balance creativity with practicality, finding solutions to challenges and adapting to changing circumstances with ease.
What we offer
Our Values:
We are guided by our core values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Equity. At St Nicholas Hospice Care, we foster a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone is valued.
Working environment
- Meaningful work: Make a real difference in your community by supporting a cause that truly matters. Your work will directly impact the lives of those we care for.
- Supportive team: Join a team that values working together, support for each other, and doing the best it can for the Hospice.
- Community Involvement: Engage with the community through various events and initiatives, building connections and fostering a sense of belonging.
Benefits
- A Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme
- 25 days annual leave increasing to 29 with service (pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Enhanced Occupational sick pay scheme
- Access to a group pension plan or if you have a current NHS pension, we can offer a continuation of your plan (subject to criteria)
- Life assurance
Equal opportunity statement
St Nicholas Hospice Care is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Based at one of the Wales offices (Cardiff, Newport, Swansea or Wrexham)
Ref ADM-241
Are you a proactive, efficient and collaborative individual with a proven record of working in services providing administrative support in a busy, pressurised environment? Do you have experience of working in services which provide support to people who have faced adversity and disadvantage?
If so, St Giles is looking for a highly motivated Personal Wellbeing Administrator to join our team and provide vital administrative support to teams across one or more contracts awarded by the HMPPS to deliver Personal Wellbeing services in Wales.
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.
Who are we?
St Giles is an award-winning social justice charity using expertise and real-life past experiences to empower people who are not getting the help they need. People held back by poverty, exploited, abused, dealing with addiction or mental health problems, caught up in crime or a combination of these issues and others. We show people there is a way to build a better future for themselves and those they care about and help them create this through support, advice, and training. Our peer-led services form the backbone of our work, putting people with lived experience at the centre of delivery, design, and evaluation of support and services across the UK.
The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise which is proud to be making a difference to people’s lives. We’re proud because we help people to find jobs, provide advice to people struggling to heat their homes and support people to find their feet following time in prison. To do this, the Wise Group works in partnership with everyone from large businesses to national and local government and third sector organisations who provide essential specialist support to our customers. Together, we’re greater than the sum of our parts.
The Wise Group and St Giles came together a few years ago to form a partnership with the aim of supporting the Probation Resettlement reforms by offering a high-quality service underpinned by staff who have lived experience and cultural competency. To date we have been awarded more than 20 contracts to deliver Personal Wellbeing, Finance, Benefit & Debt and Women’s Services across England and Wales.
About this key role
Our successful candidate will monitor and manage the receipt of referrals from Probation through the Customer Approved System (CAS) ensuring they are successfully assigned to Personal Wellbeing Coaches using the appropriate guidance and process, ensure all inputting is accurate and within agreed timescales, plus provide regular activity reports to the Personal Wellbeing Manager. You will be the primary point of contact for all enquiries, external and internal to ensure communication channels are clear and effective, while also liaising with external stakeholders (e.g. Prisons), delivery partners, spot purchase providers and other agencies to arrange appointments, referrals, and generally ensure information exchanged is done in a clear, timely and effective manner.
Developing and maintaining an Estates log and diary to ensure the team always have an approved site to meet service users in mandated locations when needed and providing administration for meetings, including bookings, invitations and minute-taking, are also vital duties.
What we are looking for
- Experience of managing Customer Relationship Management systems, including inputting data and creating reports
- An understanding of the barriers faced by people with complex and multiple needs
- Knowledge of Trauma Informed practice and how to apply it in supporting service users
- Ability to develop and maintain means by which compliance with policy and procedure can be effectively monitored and reported on, including financial expenditure
- Impressive prioritisation relationship-building and interpersonal abilities
- First-class communication skills, both verbal and written
- A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work
Please note this role requires that successful candidates must undergo an Enhanced DBS check, on the basis that the post involves contact with vulnerable participants and colleagues, In addition to this, they must also undergo HMPPS vetting.
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.
Closing date: 21st July 2024 @ 23:45 Interview date: 30th July 2024