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Head of People and Culture
Location: UK-based / Hybrid
Permanent
37 hours per week
Job Overview
National Energy Action (NEA) is seeking a dynamic Head of People and Culture to develop a positive, inclusive work environment where colleagues feel supported, engaged, and empowered to perform at their best to help the millions of vulnerable people who are facing sky high energy bills.
Responsibilities
Reporting into the Deputy Chief Executive, and working with the leadership team, you will foster strong employee relations and well-aligned policies to indirectly enhance the quality of services provided to our beneficiaries. Embedding our values and behaviours, ensuring legal compliance, and promoting inclusion and diversity, you will facilitate a workplace that better reflects and serves the diverse communities NEA supports.
Why National Energy Action?
It is a key time for the charity as the energy crisis highlighted the importance of the work we do - on the ground and with government. And, over the coming years the drive towards a net zero carbon future could help to eradicate fuel poverty across the UK.
We provide a flexible and supportive working environment. You are likely to work from one of our offices, but we are a geographically dispersed organisation, and you may be based elsewhere. Wherever you are, you will make a huge difference for colleagues who are helping people forced to live in cold and damp homes.
NEA is changing how we work in lots of different ways. We are developing a new values and behaviours framework to help drive the future direction of the charity, including as an employer. This is an exciting period in the charity’s life and the Head of People and Culture will be a critical part of this journey.
About you:
You will want to make an impact. You will want to be part of a passionate team. You will be motivated by working in a values-driven organisation. You will want to help NEA be an exemplary employer. You will share our passion for creating big change so that everyone can afford to keep their homes warm and safe.
You will have had significant experience working within a motivated and mission-led environment, possibly but not essentially, in another charitable organisation. You will have experience in inclusion, organisation reporting and change management.
We are committed to improving our approach to diversity and inclusion and as a senior leader and member of the Directors team, you will be a champion of our work in this area. For this role we would strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups, in particular people of colour and disabled people.
NEA's headquarters are in Newcastle upon Tyne, although we have other offices within the UK. We anticipate the post will be based in one of our offices for at least one day each week.
Hybrid working is subject to necessary H&S and GDPR checks.
Post holders must be resident within the UK and be able to provide their Right to Work in the UK.
We are offering:
£57,576 – £61,461 – (plus £3,300 London Weighting if applicable). New appointments are usually made at the starting point of the scale.
- 11½% non-contributory pension.
- 25 days annual leave plus 3 additional days in between Christmas New Year Period when our offices close; plus, all public holidays per annum for full time staff, pro-rata for part time staff.
- Flexible working arrangements including the opportunity for Hybrid working.
- Enhanced family friendly payments.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Employee benefits platform.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are currently recruiting for caring, enthusiastic and resilient people who enjoy helping others and seeing the difference their support can make to promote and enable individuals to lead happy and fulfilling lives.
We currently have opportunities for part time (30 hours) and full time (37.5 hours per week) Support Workers to join the team at our registered care service, Ashley Drive, in Tylers Green, High Wycombe where we provide support for six individuals with learning disabilities, some of whom are non-verbal and have physical disabilities.
Based in a residential area of High Wycombe, near shops and local amenities, you will work alongside a like-minded team and the care and support you provide will make a real difference to their lives. They will depend on you to meet all of their daily needs, by showing a caring attitude and building a trusting relationship. This is a very rewarding role where the more you give, the better the outcome.
As a Support Worker you will on a shift rota over seven days and;
- Create and follow agreed support plans and risk assessments to ensure that we are providing a service that meets each individual`s needs
- Work alongside families and friends to identify person centred care as well as learning to identify what makes the individual happy, what they like and what they dont like.
- Respect that the scheme is their own home and not just a place of work
- You will be providing personal care, with some hoisting (full training will be given)
- You will be supporting activities both inside and outside the home, by being creative and introducing new ideas to offer variety.
- Helping plan for and accompany them on trips in the local community and further afield using the scheme vehicle.
- Supporting with domestic tasks such as cooking meals and cleaning within the home
- Under supervision you may administer medication (full training will be given)
- Build long lasting support relationships with people who will benefit from you "being the difference".
.About You;
If you have previously worked in a care setting or health and social care field and have experience of providing support to vulnerable people then this role could be perfect for you. We are looking for passionate people who are driven by the desire to make a difference and create a person-centered environment.
We are looking for passionate people who have a`can-do attitude and who are driven by the desire to make a difference to peopleslives. You will work well in a team and have the ability to recognise the wishes and needs of the people you care for and communicate effectively using different methods according to peoples needs.
It is essential that you are able to work to a rota and preferably you will have a driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Additionally you will also be able to:
- Work shifts as part of a rota system to provide cover from 7am to 10pm
- Perform one sleep in every four weeks on average
- Work as part of a team to deliver an excellent service to the people we support
- Be flexible in your approach to work and demonstrate resilience in a challenging, but rewarding environment
- Have a commitment to equality and diversity and take a positive approach to supporting people with mental disabilities
- Follow Hightown procedure and policy at all time and meet the standards set by the Care Quality Commission
Hightown Benefits;
In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a benefits package which includes:
- Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including statutory bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service
- £13 per hour
- Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
- Mileage paid for car usage
- Free car park onsite
- Fully paid DBS
- Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
- Monthly attendance bonus and annual salary and cost of living review
- Ongoing professional development and training to help you deliver outstanding support
- Refer-a-friend scheme: Earn a £130 bonus for each friend you refer to work for us
- Employee assistance helpline
How to apply
If you are interested in joining our friendly team, please download the job description and click apply below.
Please note that we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis and therefore we may close the vacancy early. Interested applicants are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure they are considered.
Appointment to this position will be subject to satisfactory right to work, enhanced DBS, reference and medical checks.
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Job Title: Children's Support Worker
Location: Hounslow, London
Salary: £28,104 per annum, inclusive of London weighting if applicable
Contract type: Full Time, Fixed Term (12 Months)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.
We are recruiting for a Children’s Support Worker who will be working closely with children and their mothers who are living in our refuges escaping domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse, to provide personal welfare support and ensure that our clients are provided with a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment.
A key requirement for this role is to provide personal one to one and group support to children and young people to ensure they are provided with a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment. The post holder will support children who have witnessed or experienced domestic violence and plan and provide stimulating, safe, and appropriate activities.
Please note that this post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
Closing Date: 09:00am 17 March 2025
Interview Date: 24-25 March 2025
Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services, and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development.
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
We all need a purpose and want to make a difference in life. At Princess Alice Hospice, you’d have that opportunity. We are one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex. However, we don’t take our success for granted and are constantly challenging ourselves to do better.
As we look ahead with our 2030 plans, our vision remains the same - placing people at the heart of everything we do. In these times of uncertainty and change, our plans empower us to adapt and evolve while staying true to our long-term vision - meeting the ever-growing demand for our expertise and compassion. Our I CARE values – Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence guide everything we do, and we’d expect that you’d embrace and live up to them.
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced and commercially astute retail leader to develop and execute a retail strategy that drives sales and profit growth whilst building a strong and collaborative culture and demonstrating a passion for outstanding customer experience. Working to the Director of Income Generation, you will be expected to lead, inspire and motivate teams to deliver excellence across all aspects of our retail business and ensure effective communication, support and cross-departmental working between the Hospice, shops and wider income generation teams.
About You
- An experienced retail leader who has worked at a senior leadership level in a commercial and/or charity retail environment
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of the retail multi-site, small shop environment
- Experience in developing and executing strategies and budgets to deliver growth
- A proven track record in motivating, inspiring and building empowered teams
- A commercial mindset with the ability to spot opportunities for growth
- Proven people leadership skills and abilities including shaping and influencing teams, performance management and coaching/mentorship
- Strong financial skills with the ability to analyse and interpret management accounts, sales and KPI information
- Resilience, patience and persistence especially when implementing change.
As well as our competitive salary package and the opportunity of joining an organisation where you will be able to make a difference, we also offer a range of great benefits, which include:
- 27 days’ annual leave, plus recognised public holidays – rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service (pro rata for part time)
- Training support and development opportunities
- Free onsite parking
- Subsidised meals at onsite canteen
- Employee Assistance Programme – promoting staff wellbeing
- Access to Blue Light Card discount
- Access to Pension Scheme
- Excellent changing facilities (with showers)
- Wellbeing - We provide a programme of activities, opportunities and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work
92% of our colleagues say they feel they’re making a real and valuable difference to the lives of the individuals - and their families and friends - we all care for. Find more meaning from your work and be the difference at moments that really matter.
At Princess Alice Hospice we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We are fully committed to equality of opportunities, and we warmly welcome applications from all backgrounds and cultures.
For further information and details on how to apply, please visit our website for further details.
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At Princess Alice Hospice we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We are fully committed to equality of opportunities, and we warmly welcome applications from all backgrounds and cultures.
We are signed up to the Disability Confident scheme and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. We are a place where you can be you.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.