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As our digital communications and engagement manager, you’ll take an editorial role in ensuring our website is accessible and regularly updated with relevant and engaging content. You’ll lead on scheduling the send out of newsletter, advocacy, and fundraising emails to our mailing list and ensure they’re as engaging as they can be. And you’ll use our software to create digital tools allowing our supporters to take meaningful action.
Whether it’s donating to our cause or emailing local politicians, you’ll be the person who inspires people to take action on climate.
In our small comms team, there is a lot of crossover between roles, so you will also occasionally be asked to pitch into other functions across the team such as social media and press, and take joint responsibility for some of our administrative work. But don’t worry, we can train you up on this!
Working with others in the Possible team, you’ll take a proactive approach to deepening engagement among our existing supporters, and attracting new people to our campaigns through our website and digital tools. You’ll also be invited to contribute to general marketing, media, outreach, fundraising and campaign strategy. And everyone at Possible chips in to make the tea, take out the bins and do the washing up, or the virtual equivalent, so there’s that too.
Our core working days are Tuesdays and Wednesday, which means everyone works these days to make sure we have enough time to connect with each other. We usually work 9.30-5.30pm but staff can use flexitime to work the hours that work for them depending on the day, within reason i.e. 8-4pm or split shifts for the school run. Our all team meetings mostly run 10-1pm and smaller team meetings are usually in the afternoon.
About Possible
Our values Daring, Joy and Community guide our actions and our organisational culture. Here at Possible, we have a vision for a zero carbon Britain that has been built by and belongs to everybody. Our mission is to inspire people in the UK to take the action the climate crisis demands.
We create, build, and share ways people can take meaningful action on climate change together. We translate overwhelming climate urgency into socially just and workable proposals the public can get behind. And we do it all with a can-do attitude and stubborn optimism.
Commitment to anti-oppression
We have made a commitment to make Possible an anti-oppressive place to work. We’re doing the work to undo inequalities and oppressive systems reflected in wider society, and are an inclusive and welcoming group that wants our team mates and the communities we work with to be able to thrive.
We believe that our team and our projects should reflect the diversity of the communities they seek to serve. We particularly welcome applications from marginalised groups, especially people of colour and other ethnic minorities, people who identify as LGBTQIA, disabled people, those who are neurodivergent, people who have experienced mental health challenges and those who identify as working class or have done so in the past.
Benefits
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35 hour full time work week.
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Flexitime and TOIL.
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33 days paid holidays including bank holidays (pro-rata) and additionally three days at Christmas when the office is shut.
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Employer pension contribution.
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Flexible working considered from day one.
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Learning and development plans and budget for all staff.
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Generous sick leave and pay, including paid time off for periods and menopause, gender affirming care, fertility treatment and disability leave.
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Good parental leave and pay and family friendly policies and practices.
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Up to one week (FTE) paid carer days.
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Paid volunteer and study leave.
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Cycle to work scheme.
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Climate Perks - paid journey days for low carbon holiday travel.
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Headspace account (mindfulness and meditation app).
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Options to work remotely abroad.
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Employee assistance programme that includes free counselling sessions and financial advice for you and your family.
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A caring and supportive culture and lots of opportunities for team connection.
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Paid duvet days, when staff need to look after their wellbeing.
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Support and development boost fund.
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Staff discounts on selected climate friendly opportunities.
Interested?
Read the full job application pack, and fill in the application form.
Deadline: 9am Tuesday 13th August.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Philanthropy (Fundraising) Officer – building donor relationships
Salary £25,000-£30,000 pa dependent on experience, skills and working hours – hybrid & flexible working, compressed or reduced hours considered; higher hourly income a possibility for highly skilled individuals with a proven track record**
Have you got the skills to help us to grow the financial investment in Nature across Surrey and beyond? Can you influence, engage and deliver?
We are Surrey Wildlife Trust, part of the federation of 46 national wildlife trusts. We are experts in increasing biodiversity and bio abundance. Our mission is to restore 30% of land in Surrey to nature by 2030. Research shows that if 25% of people take action, this can create large scale change which is why our mission is also to get 1 in 4 people taking action for nature.
We are looking for an engaging people-focused individual to build relationships with supporters of Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT). To achieve our mission we need to grow investment in conservation. As Philanthropy Officer you will bring your expertise in Major Gift and Legacy Fundraising to the team at SWT, successfully growing our donor portfolio and cultivating and winning major gifts in line with agreed targets and the Fundraising Strategy.
You will work with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, and colleagues in the fundraising team, and across the Trust to evolve and continuously improve philanthropy activity.
This role is all about long-term relationship-building and will involve engaging with a wide range of supporters of SWT to take them on a journey and achieve key outcomes including;
· Identifying donor segments to tailor activity towards different areas of interest and levels of support
· Cultivating trust in SWT and the way in which it invests funds to restore and protect Surrey’s nature.
· Creating a sustainable pipeline of funding for SWT from major gifts and gifts in Wills.
The role provides an opportunity for an individual with existing experience in philanthropic fundraising to develop and to help shape the philanthropy programme at SWT.
Our offices are in Pirbright, Leatherhead and Wisley and our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working. The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support schemes, 22+ days holiday, flexible/hybrid working policy.
**it may be possible for us to consider using the available budget for this role on a part time or short term contract basis if we have interest from highly skilled individuals with a proven track record at a level above that advertised.
We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible.
Please apply using the Application Form available on our website or provide a full CV and explanatory covering letter, email to Sarah Jordan, Head of Fundraising & Communications, by 5pm Friday 23rd August 2024. Interviews will be in week commencing 2nd September 2024 at our Nower Wood Education Centre near Leatherhead.
Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.
If you prefer to use our application form, it is available on our website with the full job profile.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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!
Closing Date: 18 August 2024
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Are you a passionate marketing leader with strong experience of building deep connections and driving income growth? Do you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment? We are recruiting for an exceptional Senior Marketing Manager - Retention and Growth, to join our Loyalty Squad and make a real difference.
About Us
We are Save the Children. Together we create lasting change with and for children. In the UK and around the world, we influence policy and legal changes, share our expertise and skills with others and bring in new approaches in order to increase our impact for children. We are dedicated to reducing hunger and malnutrition, reducing child poverty, improving health, reducing violence against children and increasing access to a quality education. In this way we help give children a fair chance at a future they deserve.
About the role
As our Senior Marketing Manager - Retention and Growth, you will provide strategic marketing leadership to the Loyalty Squad. Partnering closely with the Head of Loyalty, you will spearhead the planning and execution of compelling retention and income growth campaigns. Your role will be pivotal in forging strong relationships with supporters, prompting action, and increasing donor value. Ensuring our marketing efforts are engaging, accurate, and inspiring, you will align all supporter touchpoints for maximum impact.
In this role, you will:
- Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to retain and engage supporters, leveraging data and insights to understand audience needs and motivations.
- Develop and execute multi-channel marketing plans aimed at achieving ambitious income and loyalty targets.
- Oversee marketing efforts across Email, Direct Mail, Telemarketing, SMS, and Messaging.
- Ensure a seamless supporter experience across all touchpoints to deepen engagement and drive long-term value.
- Manage content plans and create inspiring marketing assets across various engagement opportunities, collaborating with agencies as needed.
- Analyse the effectiveness of marketing strategies, using data insights to drive a test-and-learn approach and share learnings across the team.
- Participate in an out-of-hours roster for emergency appeals, as required.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Proven experience in growing customer or supporter value.
- Expertise in leading and coordinating retention marketing, including campaign development, data analysis, and audience planning.
- Proficiency in delivering complex, integrated multi-channel marketing campaigns.
- Technical leadership in marketing delivery across various channels.
- Skilled in supporter stewardship and experience design, crafting engaging journeys to deepen supporter engagement.
- Strong project management capabilities with a track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
- Proficiency in managing large budgets and analysing complex data for strategic decision-making.
What we offer you:
- A diverse, unique role where no two days are the same, with huge capacity to build and acquire new personal and professional skills and create your own scope to make change within one of the world's leading international charities.
- An organisation that believes in innovation and a diverse set of brilliant colleagues who are both experts in their fields and keen collaborators.
- Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. We also understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- To have the best (and happiest) employees, we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing – both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
- You can find our employment offer here.
Closing date:August 18, 2024
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Actively Interviewing
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!
Closing Date: 14 August 2024
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Are you an inspiring, driven and highly organised individual with proven experience of managing internal and external creative, direct marketing, telemarketing and digital agencies? Do you have a passion for legacy and mid-value fundraising and for developing deeper relationships with donors overall?
If so, join Save the Children as Head of Legacy and Mid-Value, where you will lead a high-performing team to deliver ambitious income and supporter engagement goals by growing two of our most critical and high potential fundraising programmes.
About Us
We are Save the Children. Together we create lasting change with and for children. In the UK and around the world, we influence policy and legal changes, share our expertise and skills with others and bring in new approaches in order to increase our impact for children. We are dedicated to reducing hunger and malnutrition, reducing child poverty, improving health, reducing violence against children and increasing access to a quality education. In this way we help give children a fair chance at a future they deserve.
About the role
As our Head of Legacy and Mid-Value, you will lead the dedicated Legacy and Mid-Value Squad to set and deliver predominantly one-to-many direct marketing strategies that will allow us to unlock the great potential we have within our large and committed supporter-base for donors to give at a higher level either during their life-time and/or by leaving a legacy for children.
You will work within a scrum (championing agile ways of working within the team) to deliver ambitious results and will collaborate closely with the other teams across Fundraising and Marketing as well as contributing to global communities of specialists in Legacy and Mid-Value fundraising.
In this role, you will:
- Lead the Legacy Engagement and Mid-value Squad to create top-tier fundraising programs.
- Develop and implement integrated plans, budgets, and forecasts for Legacy, In-memory, and mid-value fundraising to achieve long-term goals.
- Establish and maintain a clear vision to achieve the Squad's objectives over various time frames.
- Collaborate closely with the Loyalty Squad, Regional teams, and the Philanthropy team to execute the strategy.
- Create and apply new strategies to promote legacies to key groups like volunteers, high-value donors, and in-memory donors.
- Oversee supporter relationship management and pipeline development for both programs.
- Use data to continually optimize our work for the best use of resources and highest income in the mid to long term.
- Support squad members to independently complete tasks for maximum impact.
- Advocate for the needs of legacy and mid-value audiences in cross-organizational projects.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Proven experience of providing effective and inspiring leadership
- A good understanding of legacy and individual giving programmes and what drives success
- Experience of managing internal and external creative, direct marketing, telemarketing and digital agencies
- Extensive experience in legacy and/or mid-value fundraising, including prospecting, pipeline development and stewardship
- Proven experience in all the levers of fundraising performance and journey planning (data, media, content, creative)
- Experience using data analysis, insight to improve fundraising performance or pipeline management
- Proven experience of using consumer insight at the heart of strategy, proposition, and journey development
- Proven commercial acumen and a demonstrable track record of improving marketing effectiveness and efficiency
- Be a natural communicator, both verbal and written, with excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
What we offer you:
- A diverse, unique role where no two days are the same, with huge capacity to build and acquire new personal and professional skills and create your own scope to make change within one of the world's leading international charities.
- An organisation that believes in innovation and a diverse set of brilliant colleagues who are both experts in their fields and keen collaborators.
- Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. We also understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- To have the best (and happiest) employees, we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing – both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Closing date: August 14, 2024
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Relate Mid & East Surrey, the leading provider of relationship support services across the region, is seeking a Chief Executive who can run an organisation that supports the local community with their relationships.
Healthy relationships between family members, partners, friends and colleagues are paramount to our wellbeing. Relate is here to develop and support relationships particularly by helping families, couples, individuals and young people make their relationships work better through counselling or mediation.
We are a thriving and successful charity with two centres, a charity shop and we operate within three local schools.
As part of the national federation of Relate, we are an independent local charity with a turnover of around £325k and deliver around 5000 hours of high-quality counselling per year. We offer face-to-face services as well as online webcam counselling services. Over the years we have established an exemplary team of supportive and conscientious individuals, made up of 2 clinical supervisors, 20 counsellors, 1 mediator, 9 Receptionists, 3 office staff and management and 40 volunteers.
To be considered for this post you must have proven management experience, professionalism, the ability to implement projects and plans to achieve targets and results, excellent communication skills, and the energy and commitment necessary to lead a busy charity at a key time in its development.
We expect candidates to demonstrate an understanding of the kind of services Relate provides and a passion and commitment to our social purpose.
We are looking for the right person/s to take on this role and therefore would consider part-time and job share.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check.
Closing date 18th August 2024
Deputy Service Manager (Residential) - Edenbridge
Location: Edenbridge
Discipline: Care and Support
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £28,619 per annum
Expiry date: 01 Aug 2024 23:59
Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated manager, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?
As a Deputy Service Manager at Hft you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. Supporting the Service Manager, you will be responsible for nurturing and inspiring those coming to work for Hft to help ensure we have the best staff teams offering great support services. This role also offers great opportunities for career progression to help you develop your knowledge and skills.
Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values.
As the Deputy Service Manager you will support the CQC registered manager to oversee a residential service providing the regulated activity of “personal care” to individuals within the Edenbridge site in Kent.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits and career development opportunities. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training and support along the way. With Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.
As a ‘Gold’ standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority. Within this, all Hft employees get access to TELUS Health – the world’s biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service. It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.
We offer
• Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
• Wage incentives: 10% overtime allowance, 20% Bank Holiday allowance, 50% for key dates over Christmas.
• Training: Access to award winning training and development
• Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
• Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
• Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts. As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
• Care Friends: Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
• Free life assurance – 3 x your annual salary
• Family friendly policies – term time only contracts, part time, annualised and compressed hours. Generous return to work bonus following maternity leave
• and more…
About the role
Alongside the Service Manager, you are responsible and accountable for monitoring, maintaining and providing the highest standards of clinical and personal support and service delivery, while promoting independence and choice to the people supported in the service. You will support the Service Manager to manage and ensure the delivery of the service’s key quality and safety priorities by holding delegated responsibility in key areas of the day-to-day running of the residential activity/service. You will also have delegated responsibility for the direct supervision and line management of a team of support workers. As a senior member of the team, you will promote and lead good practice at all times, doing all you can to make sure that the people we support and their colleagues come to no harm and that the people we support are satisfied with the level of support they receive by acting as an exemplary role model.
As a Deputy Service Manager, flexibility is important for both you and for the service. You will be required to do on-call shifts during out of office hours. You will be expected to work 20% of your total weekly hours on shift across your assigned services and will be able to role model all aspects of a support worker role duties and responsibilities. Following your time on shift, and in general practice at all other times, you will have responsibility for reporting back to the Service Manager and for maintaining a continual dialogue loop of feedback that focuses on quality, and continuous improvement and learning and ensuring the smooth operation of the allocated group of services.
A full UK driving licence, with access to your own vehicle, is essential for the role.
About you
• You will have significant, recent experience at a front-line management level in field of learning disabilities in regulated services which may have included being a Registered Manager
• You will have knowledge of legislation and guidance relating to adults with learning disabilities, CQC regulations and Health and Safety issues.
• You need good IT skills and experience of maintaining records to be a success in this role.
• You need to hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care or hold a level 3 diploma and be willing to undertake this level 5 apprenticeship qualification within an agreed reasonable timescale of 18 months as part of a development plan
• You will have the ability to lead and manage people and be a role model in all aspects of people leadership especially performance
If you have the passion for delivering high quality care and support services to people with learning disabilities and you want to make a difference to enable people to live a more fulfilling and independent life – then this is the role for you.
For more information on the role and responsibilities, please refer to the job description & person spec.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.
Hft's usual terms and conditions apply. Hft is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, Hft is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do. Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employment.
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At YMCA Sutton Coldfield, we transform the lives of young people with support, respite and safe spaces.
Job title: Disability Service Manager
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Salary: c.£24,800 dependent on experience (£31,000 FTE)
Hours: 32 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term to 31st July 2025
Please contact us if you need help accessing this recruitment information
We’re looking to recruit an exceptional individual who can make a big difference to the lives of children and young people in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham.
The focus of the role is to lead our dedicated Disability Service team to support children and adults with physical and learning disabilities, and work with managers and funders to get the service successfully recommissioned.
You will shape and oversee a high-quality service that provides weekday, social and respite opportunities, and youth and holiday clubs. You will also provide knowledge, insight and data to support the successful recommissioning of services and secure funding for new projects and activities.
A significant part of the role will be to support and supervise our Disability Service coordinators and support workers, and work with managers to identify and implement quality improvements and manage change.
Do you have the exceptional communication skills, experience of service delivery, and people and data management that we need?
We are a friendly, inclusive organisation with policies, working arrangements and benefits that support staff wellbeing and learning.
We are happy to consider a range of applications including, where appropriate, secondments and contract work. We offer hybrid working.
To apply for this role, you will have to complete our application form and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, outlined in the job description. We do not accept CVs.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on 5th August 2024
We expect interviews to be held at our Sutton Coldfield office during the week commencing 19th August 2024.
Please apply asap. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early without notice if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
The YMCA Sutton Coldfield is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment This is reflected in our recruitment and vetting processes which includes asking candidates to provide information about any gaps in employment, pre-employment checks, including references, an identity check, right to work in the UK, disclosure (if applicable) and qualifications (if applicable).
A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure.
The YMCA Sutton Coldfield is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all we do. We aim to grow an inclusive workforce where everyone feels welcome irrespective of age, class, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religion, sexual orientation or social-economic backgrounds.
The YMCA Sutton Coldfield is a registered charity in England (1008752).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you between 18 to 23 and a Member of the Methodist Church?*
This is a exciting and unique opportunity to become our
YOUTH PRESIDENT 2025-2026
13-Month Fixed Term Contract from 1 August 2025 – 31 August 2026
A full time role offering a salary of £25,760-£29,120 per annum**
We are looking for our Youth President for 2025-2026 to work with the Connexional Team to:
- Enable, encourage and enthuse children and young people to get involved in every aspect of Church life
- Represent and host 3Generate, the Children and Youth Assembly of the Methodist Church
- Listen to the voices of children and young people from across the Methodist Church in Britain and to be advocate for them in the life of the Church at every level – this may involve a lot of independent travel, and evening and weekend travel
- Influence the decision-making of the Church by sharing the opinions and priorities of children and young people
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to travel and work around Britain and overseas, supporting children and young people from all backgrounds. The work is challenging and varied and you will have experience of public speaking, debating, team and independent working, report writing, listening and facilitation, worship leading and more.
Interviews will take place in central London on Friday 13 September 2024. At this time there will be an opportunity to explore and discuss the role more fully.
Candidates must be available to attend 3Generate at the NEC in Birmingham as part of the election process from 4-6 October 2024. It is at this time that the children and young people of the Methodist Church will vote in elections for the next Youth President.
In this post, you could work from home or from our office in central London.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
If you require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact HR (see our website for contact details).
Closing date for applications: Sunday, 18 August 2024
*There is a genuine occupational requirement for you to be aged between 18 and 23 and a member of the Methodist Church by 1 August 2025. Only completed application forms will be considered. CVs will not be accepted.
**Salary offered will be dependent on location. London-based employees will be paid at the upper end of this range. Non-London-based employees will be paid at the lower end of this range
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Engagement Officer
Salary: £27,029 to £29,159 (pro rata), with an 8% pension contribution
Contract: Fixed Term to 31 May 2025, possible extension. 0.5FTE (17.5 hours per week)
Location: Office in Guildhall, remote working, and outreach work
Responsible to: Thames Programme Manager
What does Thames21 do?
Thames21 is one of London’s leading environmental charities and its work on rivers and landscapes across London and the Thames Basin builds climate resilience, biodiversity and connected communities. It supports the relationship between communities and their rivers while aiming to deliver powerful social impacts like improved wellbeing, community cohesion, and greater equality of access to good quality green-blue spaces.
Job Description
Purpose of the job
We are seeking a skilled engagement officer to work on our projects in London and the Thames Basin. This role offers an opportunity for the post holder to make a difference to diverse areas of London, with differing challenges and an array of ambitions.
The key skill for this role is being able to connect with and bring people together. The project relies on creating strong networks of local institutions, such as schools and local authorities; grassroots organisations and groups; community leaders and representatives from the public and private sectors, including councillors and politicians.
The key value for this role is curiosity. Being able to ask questions, listen and encourage people to get involved in whatever way they are able, will help you succeed.
You’ll thrive in this role if you are able to see the strengths and assets of communities and individuals and find space for them to flourish. By working together with local people in diverse communities beside waterways you will establish a new and positive ongoing relationship between Londoners and their blue spaces.
A typical day is likely to involve keeping on track with what’s happening across each area, meeting with key partners, being alert to upcoming network meetings, or delivering community events or activities. You might be working from home, or out of our offices in Bow or Guildhall, or working with a community group or local organisation or institution, including schools, co-producing an engagement event.
You might be posting on social media or updating the web page. You may be working on strategic long-term plans on how to share the learnings from the project. You’ll be thinking both big and small on any given day!
Diversity
We primarily serve a London community, and we would love our organisation to better reflect the diversity of this great city. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Being a diverse and inclusive organisation is very important to us. We actively encourage applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. This role is primarily about community engagement. For that reason, while an interest in environmental issues is a bonus, it is not required for the role.
Main duties and responsibilities
1. Plan, support and deliver a range of activities to engage local communities and build connections between them and blue spaces. Raise awareness and respect for the river and water environment, including Thames riverbank and foreshore, adhering to Thames21’s health and safety policies.
2. Compile area profiles, identifying key stakeholders from public, private and third sectors. Work with stakeholders, including schools, to ensure understanding of the programme and the opportunities available.
3. Work with local community organisations and representatives to open dialogue with residents about local perceptions, connections and interest in the river and co-produce an engagement programme that will lead to a better understanding of the environmental issues that affect blue spaces; improve community wellbeing and explore cultural connections to rivers.
4. Carry out robust monitoring processes, including gathering feedback from partners and participants and regularly evaluate the effectiveness of projects. Collaborate with colleagues to inform a relevant programme of activities that will engage a wider diversity of Londoners with the Thames.
5. Work with Thames21’s Comms Team to promote projects, celebrating achievements and learnings; and collate and contribute content for the webpage.
7. Contribute to internal quarterly reports and annual reports to funders.
8. Represent Thames21 at community events, activities and partnership meetings.
9. Maintain clear records of progress, ensure all administration and statistical information is kept, and regularly upload information onto the Thames21 database.
10. Attend Thames21 Team Meetings and liaise with Thames21 staff.
This job description cannot cover every issue or task that may arise within the post at various times. The post-holder will be expected to carry out other reasonable duties from time to time which are broadly consistent with other Thames21 activities and with those in this document.
Person Specification
It is essential that in your application you give evidence or examples of your proven experience in each of the following criteria.
Experience:
· Experience of working with a broad range of community groups, volunteers and private and public sector organisations.
· Experience of organising safe and successful events and activities with community groups and grassroots organisations from conception through to delivery and evaluation.
Ability:
· Excellent communication skills, using good listening skills, curiosity, empathy, and tact to build positive, trusted relationships with individuals, grassroots groups and community organisations.
· Ability to be resilient and manage a demanding workload with enthusiasm and self-motivation.
· Ability to work alongside residents to “work with”, not “do to”, following the principles of co-design or co-production of services.
· Current driving licence and willingness to drive a van to and from various sites across London, if required
Knowledge:
· A strong interest in the environment and an understanding of environmental issues.
· Knowledge of community engagement methodologies as a means to build social connections, confidence and local pride.
· Knowledge of using monitoring and evaluation techniques and methods in practice.
Ethos:
· Commitment to, and understanding of, diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and when providing a service to the public.
· Commitment to the values of Thames21 as set out in our five-year plan
Additional Information
· The post holder must be willing to occasionally work in the evening and at weekends.
· 25 days paid annual leave are available pro rata plus public holidays. In addition, theThames21 office is closed between Christmas and New Year.
· Thames21 operate a flexitime system of working.
· Thames21 have an ‘Auto Enrol’ Workplace Pension Scheme with NEST.
· 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.
· Laptop & Mobile phone for company use.
To apply for this position, please email a copy of your CV and a short covering letter and apply via the Charity Job button.
• Closing date: 5pm on 14 August
• Interviews: 22 August
We appreciate the time you will have taken to apply to this role, and we do appreciate that it is disconcerting when you don’t hear back from a role you have applied for. However, due to the high number of applications we expect to receive, we are unable respond to or give feedback on individual applications, but we do want to be able manage expectations. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
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Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life charity, is seeking an Associate Director of Mass Fundraising to lead the charity’s Mass giving strategy - in particular Cash Appeals, Regular Giving, Gaming and Legacy – and to lead the Innovation team for all of Fundraising.
Marie Curie is the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all four nations delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Their leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and their campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they’re likely to die from.
The role of Associate Director of Mass Fundraising will be responsible for driving lifetime value and net contribution through ever-improving CPAs, strong awareness, engagement and retention strategies.
You will use your omni-channel marketing skills to oversee your team leading the charity’s cross-organisational Christmas and Great Daffodil Supporter-facing campaigns, ensuring the campaigns deliver income, cold recruitment and brand awareness, becoming moments the whole organisation engages in.
You will also ensure the innovation team focus on £1million plus income opportunities, whilst also providing teams with some support in them running their own optimisation projects. You will use your marketing skills to ensure the Innovation strategy is insight and data-led and that the organisation can run innovative projects quickly and agilely.
Marie Curie are seeking candidates who have senior-level leadership experience in a fundraising environment with a successful track record in mass fundraising and marketing. You should be able to demonstrate strong acquisition and retention results throughout your career and experience leading significant campaigns and in managing multi-million pound income and expenditure budgets. You will also have a proven track record in managing large, high-performing teams.
This is an ideal career opportunity for an individual with extensive community fundraising experience looking to either broaden their portfolio or take the next step towards a Director of Fundraising role.
Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.
CLOSING DATE: 9am, Monday 12th August.
PLEASE NOTE: We will be longlisting applications as soon as we receive them, so please apply early to register your interest.
Learning Facilitator
We are looking for an experienced learning facilitator to design and deliver learning programmes utilising high-level people skills, facilitation skills and a coaching approach to ensure entrepreneurs have a transformative and valuable experience.
This is a remote role offering flexible working, with part-time hours considered and an amazing benefits package.
Position: Learning Facilitator
Location: Remote (North & Midlands)
Hours: 35 per week/flexible working, typical hours 9am-5am or 10am-6pm. We would be willing to consider a part-time role for the right candidate
Salary: £31,160 - £34,050 pro-rata (depending on experience)
Contract: 12 months, fixed-term
Closing Date: Thursday 8th August at 9:00am. We are shortlisting on a rolling basis and they role may close sooner than advertised
Interview Date: Friday 16th August
The Role
This crucial role provides the interface between the organisation, stakeholders and the entrepreneurs, providing a learning experience that meets entrepreneurs where they are at, helping to reveal what they don’t know and explore, and develop, what they do.
You will design, plan, and recruit social business leaders for high quality learning programmes, supporting them to start, develop and scale organisations that have social benefit whilst also contributing to their personal development as leaders of change.
This is a remote based role, requiring working from home approximately 50-70% of the time per year with travel in the North/Midlands regions of approximately 30% per year.
About You
With knowledge of the social enterprise, charity, and business sector, you will be able to curate and tailor learning programmes to meet the needs of each cohort. You will have the ability to engage with programme contributors, and design and deliver high-level themed interactive sessions to meet those needs. You will have an awareness of different learning styles and be able to adapt learning sessions to meet those needs.
You’ll have a track record of supporting leaders and/or their ventures to thrive through interventions such as coaching and innovative workshops, experience in producing digital content to support similar aims and knowledgeable about different (social) enterprise business models.
You will succeed in the role if you believe in the potential of social entrepreneurship to create social change and are willing to work collaboratively as part of a fun yet focused team.
About the Organisation
Helping 1,000 people a year develop the skills, strengths and networks they need to tackle society’s biggest problems, the charity run courses that equip people to start, scale and strengthen organisations that make a positive difference. This is not a traditional school, learning is inspiring, action-based and accessible, supporting people in other ways too, such as funding and mentoring.
Working here is engaging, exciting and demanding. If you are someone who enjoys creating solutions and contributing your ideas, you’ll enjoy working here.
Benefits include:
- 25 days’ annual leave (pro-rata) + UK bank holidays
- 5% employer contribution to your pension
- Learning & development opportunities
- All staff have access to Wisdom, an employee wellbeing app
- Opportunities to train in First Aid and Mental Health First Aid
- Wellbeing initiatives hosted by our Wellbeing Committee
- Free eyecare vouchers
- Regular online socials & weekly catch-ups
- Team away days twice a year
- Flexible working is welcomed!
- Teams based around the UK (as well as in India)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Annual season ticket loan
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment processes, including assistance with reading this page, please let us know
The organisation is committed to eliminating discrimination and actively encouraging diversity amongst the workforce by developing a staff team that mirrors the rich diversity found in the student population. The charity will not discriminate with reference to age, gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, marital status or disability. However you identify, we would like to hear from you. In this commitment to continue to diversify teams, freelance staff and programmes.
You may have experience in other areas such as Learning, Learning and Development, Teaching, Learning Facilitator, Learning and Development Facilitator, Teaching Facilitator, Learning Programme Facilitator, Programme Facilitator, Education Facilitator.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Unfortunately, due to our limited capacity we are unable to provide feedback to candidates not shortlisted for interview.
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As a Trust & Corporate Fundraising Officer, you will support thousands of young people each year by engaging with companies, trusts, foundations and other funding bodies and securing funding for our programmes. Our fundraising team create opportunities for thousands of underrepresented young people to access the jobs of the future. At EDT we are passionate about providing accredited skills development programmes that support young people to reach their potential.
ABOUT EDT: EDT is a UK-wide charity with over 35 years of experience developing and delivering industry-linked STEM educational content. Our mission is to connect young people with industry and inspire STEM futures. Our programmes are designed to engage a wide range of young people and meet the needs of industry and education, through face-to-face and virtual delivery. Young people are at the heart of what we do and through providing industry informed, curriculum enhancing learning experiences, we help them develop personal and interpersonal skills, fulfil their potential, and make informed decisions about their future. We recognise their achievement through Industrial Cadet accreditation and awards, an industry-led quality benchmark. Our mission is to connect young people with industry and inspire STEM futures. Our core values include being 'passionate, collaborative, dynamic and showing respect'.
Salary: Band B, £24k to £30k, depending on skills and experience.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, pension (up to 10% employer contribution), life insurance (3 times annual salary), volunteering days, flexible working and well-being support and activities; including employee assistance, wellbeing and health programme, WeCare.
Hours: It is a permanent, full-time (37.5 hours a week) role and we offer remote, hybrid and flexible working options (EDT have a UK network of regional offices West Midlands, Plymouth, Glasgow, Manchester, Hertfordshire and Southampton).
Key Responsibilities:
· Identify and maximise opportunities to raise funds from companies, trusts, foundations, and other funding bodies.
· Manage a portfolio of existing and prospective partners from across companies, trusts and foundations.
· Research and maintain an on-going, sustainable pipeline of prospects including new trusts and foundations, companies and industry sectors.
· Plan, prepare and write compelling applications for funding.
· Build effective relationships with funders in order to secure long-term funding and support. Achieve income targets that support the delivery and fundraising goals.
· Keep accurate, relevant, timely records on our CRM and maintain regular communication with relevant teams including operations, finance, marketing and fundraising teams.
· Create inspiring reports and updates for funders that bring to life the impact of their support and demonstrate first class stewardship.
· Where appropriate, attend events to meet funders and/or promote EDT.
· Work closely with relevant teams to embed monitoring and evaluation throughout the funding process. Report on progress, results and income in a timely manner.
· Work with the Fundraising Manager with analysing trends to support the fundraising strategy.
Competencies and Attributes:
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Strong organisation skills - can manage workload and deadlines and proactively work to achieve timely delivery.
· Experience of securing funding from grant makers and/or companies.
· Experience of planning, preparing and writing high quality bids, funding applications and reports.
· Knowledge of managing funders' relationships. Knowledge of databases/data management, including producing reports.
· A strong team player, who can communicate effectively and engage colleagues at all levels and develop strong and productive relationships.
· Attention to detail and IT proficiency.
· Understanding of applicable legislation.
· A knowledge of the not for profit/charity sector.
· The ability to travel to locations across the UK on occasions to meet colleagues, funders and partners.
The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS/PVG check.
Closing date: Friday 19th July 2024.
Interview dates: From 23rd July 2024.
Our mission is to connect young people with STEM and inspire STEM futures.
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Do you want to make a difference and be part of a vibrant and inclusive organisation that has been helping save lives for more than a century? As one of the country’s best-loved charities, St John Ambulance played a pivotal role in responding to the pandemic as well as everyday health emergencies, training, supporting communities, and improving young people’s lives.
Supporting the Philanthropy Manager, you’ll focus on cultivating and stewarding relationships with major donors. This will include developing and maintaining relationships with, and securing funds from, existing and new donors to support St John key strategic priorities, such as our inspiring programmes with young people and our community first aid response work. You will be able to work remotely however there may be an ad-hoc requirement to attend donor meetings.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. The role benefits from a competitive salary, generous pension, hybrid, flexible working, 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years, options to buy and sell holiday, free first/mental aid first aider courses, Blue Light and NHS online shopping discounts, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, flu jab, eye care, mental health and wellbeing tools and volunteering days.
About You:
With your proven experience of philanthropy fundraising, you’ll have personally secured 5 figure + gifts from a major donor. With your ability to develop and maintain excellent relationships with donors, you’ll be able to adapt your communication style to articulate complex issues in a succinct and compelling way.
You’ll have project management skills to enable you to devise donor engagement plans and work with senior volunteers and trustees to develop funding proposals and identify opportunities.
About The Role
- Actively work to secure income to meet agreed personal and team fundraising targets in line with the organisation’s operational priorities to meet the needs of the communities and individuals we serve.
- Identify potential prospects, working alongside the Prospect Researcher, Senior Management colleagues and Trustees to continue to identify new prospects to grow the pipeline.
- Build, manage and maintain a portfolio of donors from £5,000 gifts upwards, stewarding relationships to ensure donor satisfaction and long-term financial commitment, including detailed and timely reporting as well as engagement with senior stakeholders within St John.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues in fundraising to identify major donor prospects and opportunities to maximise donor experience – such as work with Supporter Engagement and the Community Fundraising team.
Please see the job description for more detail
About Us:
St John Ambulance is committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive; we have several networks including the Armed Forces Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equity, diversity and inclusion.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We are delighted to be supporting Bradford Hospitals Charity (Charity Partner of Braford NHS Trust) to recruit them a Director of Charity to lead an ambitious team of fundraisers and at an exciting period of growth for the Charity.
Bradford Hospitals Charity are an award-winning charity who work in partnership with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to deliver projects which make a real difference to patients and their families. The Charity fund projects and equipment which are beyond the scope of government funding, enhance hospital care and the patient environment, and they invest in the development and wellbeing of our staff.
Bradford NHS Trust is responsible for providing hospital services for around 500,000 people, and specialist services for some 1.1 million. Staff work over several sites, including Bradford Royal Infirmary, which provides the majority of inpatient services, and St Luke's Hospital, which predominantly provides outpatient and rehabilitation services.
The Role
You will be joining the Charity at an exciting time as they work towards the plan to become a fully independent Charity by 2025. You will be responsible for overseeing an ambitious fundraising strategy as well as leading the capital appeal to expand the neonatal unit.
A key element of this role will be to identify new opportunities to grow and develop new income streams, providing team leadership to Charity team and their activities to build the fundraising and grant-making capacity.
As Charity Director you will play a key role in developing new strategies and diversifying income streams as well as working closely with the Chair of the Charity to a devise a brand-new five-year plan for the Charity.
About you
You must have had significant experience of leading a small or medium sized charity or have been a senior manager within a larger charity, including demonstrable experience in leading successful change management and service developments as well as be able to demonstrate that you have successfully worked towards targets. Capital appeal experience would also be advantageous. You also need experience of devising and implementing a strategic fundraising plan.
Please note that this is a Hybrid role with some home working and some time based in the office in Bradford.This role will close on the 28th July with a panel interview to take place week commencing 29th July. To hear more about this incredibly impactful role please contact Laura Iliff on 07442607841.
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Enhanced Support Worker to join our Hounslow Young People Service in Chiswick.
£27,650.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
We are recruiting for an Enhanced Support Worker to join our dynamic service and team. You will be able to be creatively engage young people in order to minimise risks and increase their independence. Partnership working is the heart of supporting our young people and Enhanced Support Workers are required to build and maintain those relationships to coordinator the young person's support.
This role requires working on a rota pattern encompassing shifts between 07:15am - 15:15pm & 13:45pm - 21:45pm, including weekends. The service is open 365 days a year.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
For a full job description, please visit our website
What you'll do:
Responsible for key-working a caseload assigned by the Management
Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions to professional standards
Co-develop a positive behaviour support plan with the individual that identifies triggers and actions required to enable positive risk taking through reduced risks
Support customers to engage with agreed support programme
Support customers to claim and receive eligible benefits, deal with relevant agencies to develop life skills, budgeting, financial literacy, and managing finances effectively
Encourage tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively
Motivate individuals to prepare and cook healthy meals safely, going shopping and offering guidance on buying balanced nutritious food
Enable customers to improve their skills to manage their day-to-day activities such a making telephone calls, dealing with correspondence, attending appointments and form filling
Support customers to access other services including CMHT, substance misuse agencies and/or work in partnership with other agencies as part of the support planning process
Develop and maintain links with key agencies and service providers in the local community
Lead on an area of specialism (e.g. ETE, health and wellbeing) and build partnerships and develop internal and external opportunities for service-users in this area
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.
Successful candidates will have:
An understanding of the issues facing young people
An awareness and understanding of the social, emotional and wellbeing needs and mental health in relation to young people
An awareness of adolescent development and relevant theories, such as attachment theory
An awareness and understanding of child development and best practice in promoting healthy living and positive parenting skills
What you'll bring:
Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector
Ability to adapt to challenging environments
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Ability to plan, manage and evaluate outcome focused activities and support programmes
Interpersonal skills to build relationships with young people in 1:1 and group settings
Strong personal resilience and excellent teamwork skills
Understanding of the Service legal framework including the Children Act and Homelessness legislation and how to use it effectively
About us: Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us. Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date. We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.