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Amazing opportunity to join fast-growing organisation supporting older people with benefits help around the UK. Looking for experienced, passionate individuals; team leader roles available also for great candidates.

About Kinly

At Kinly we are on a mission to help older people live independently for longer. We know that old age is expensive and difficult for individuals and their families. Millions of pensioners face major barriers accessing the support they need; whether due to disability, low income, lack of internet or lack of family. We are here to help.

Kinly helps people over-66 to understand what benefits and allowances they are eligible for, and then helps fill-out the various complex forms/applications for them. By unlocking funds for people in need, we help people to afford the support that they need (e.g., carers, taxis, heating).

The business is based in London, but we have agents based remotely all around the UK, helping to make the service accessible to everyone.

About the role

Kinly is looking for a Benefits Adviser to provide benefits advice, complete benefits checks and maximise the income of people over-66, their families and their carers. This includes Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance, Council Tax and Housing Benefit support. It is a great opportunity to join an amazing team at a pivotal time in our growth, and shape the future direction of the service.

Team leadership roles are available for great candidates.

What We Offer

• Salary: £32,000 – £40,000 per year + annual bonus (based on performance)
  • Team leadership roles available for great candidates (higher salary)
  • Salary open to discussion (based on significant experience)
• Hours: Full-time (Monday – Friday) + holiday
• Contract: Permanent
• Promotion: Opportunities for personal growth and promotions within the company
• Perks: Free Nuffield gym membership
• Location: West Kensington, London (hybrid work possible)
• Start date: As soon as possible

 Main Responsibilities

• Provide benefits advice, benefits checks, form-filling and assistance to clients over-66 relating to disability and Pension Age people (including Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support, Attendance Allowance, Blue Badge)
• Review completed forms and carry out case checks to ensure quality
• Work with Kinly team in identifying additional ways we can help clients (i.e., other benefits people might be eligible for)
• Speak with clients on the phone to help them with different benefits applications; demonstrating empathy, patience, listening and a good phone manner
• Help to train new colleagues (e.g., systems, form-filling) and provide mentorship
• Help other team members with complex cases
• Maintain good records of cases, using the company’s systems effectively
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the benefits system and policies and procedures relevant to the post
• Kinly provides support nationwide. Be aware of how regional differences can affect benefit entitlement (e.g., Local Housing Allowance) and include this knowledge in shaping the service and support
• Uphold Kinly’s high standards of professionalism at all times, living up to our core values of “access for all”, trust and championing older people

* Team leadership roles: great candidates can be offered a Team Leader role for a higher salary than advertised. This role will assist clients, but also help to lead and train the core team of benefits advisers.

Person specification

• Good knowledge of welfare benefits, including those relating to disability and Pension Age people (including Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support, Attendance Allowance, Blue Badge)
• Strong recent experience of giving advice on welfare benefits –  ideally 2+ years of experience, ideally somewhere like Age UK or Citizens Advice Bureau
• Ability to use tools to conduct benefits checks
• Good understanding of how different benefits impact each other (e.g., premiums in Pension Credit, what Pension Credit unlocks)
• Knowledge of other issues affecting older people including housing, transport, Blue Badges, care funding and community support is important
• Desire to learn about benefits in different regions (e.g., Social Security Scotland)
• Experience of taking welfare benefits claims to reconsideration and appeal
• Great team player, excited about Kinly’s broader mission of helping older people
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly compassionate and caring individuals
• Experience of working autonomously and taking responsibility to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Willingness to participate in opportunities for training and professional development
• Competent and efficient at using a computer and typing (word, pdf, email)

How to apply

Please submit CV and a short cover letter explaining your experience of giving benefits advice and form-filling (where, how long for, and which benefits in particular).

Are you ready to take the next step in your fundraising career by leading a new business team that creates impactful partnerships and raises vital funds to support St Mungo’s mission to end homelessness?

We are seeking a Corporate Partnerships Manager – New Business to join our high performing Corporate Partnerships team.

Over recent years, St Mungo’s has seen significant growth in corporate partnerships. We are proud to have a number of long-term relationships with companies from a range of sectors including, Bloomberg, Taylor Wimpey and The Deposit Protection Scheme who share our commitment to ending homelessness and rebuilding lives. Reporting to the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager this role will be responsible for leading the new business team and adopting a strategic approach to new business across the corporate partnerships and wider fundraising team.

The role of Corporate Partnerships Manager – New Business, offers a unique opportunity for personal and professional growth, with support to develop your skills and make a real impact on the lives of people we exist to support. In this role, you will:

• Lead and oversee new business activity (strategic, COTY, commercial and brand partnerships)
• Develop relationships with prospective partners from proactive outreach
• Develop high quality pitches and proposals to secure partnerships
• Use a relationship led approach to build the new business pipeline, maximising potential for high-value, strategic, multi-year, multi-faceted partnerships
• Develop and implement resources and processes for new partnership opportunities
• Ensure St Mungo’s strategic priorities are addressed through our partnerships and that the brand is protected and appropriately valued

In this role you will be required to work flexibly for at least 2 days per week from our head office in Tower Hill, London. We support a flexible approach to work with opportunities for agile working for the rest of your week; from home, or other St Mungo’s locations.

About you

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience.

• Proven eexperience of securing new multi-year, high value partnerships, as well as brand and commercial partnerships.
• Demonstrable experience of negotiating, influencing and creating partnership agreements.
• Experience of leading, motivating and managing people to achieve team and organisation objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in IT, especially Microsoft Office and databases such as Raiser’s Edge.

We are creating a diverse and fully inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups, particularly Global Majority candidates who are underrepresented at this management level.

How to apply

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website.

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website. 

Closing date: 10am on 21 April 2025

Interview and assessments on 1 May 2025

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
• A Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
• Competitive salary and other Benefits

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Waking Night Support Worker to join our Mental Health Service in Slough.

£18,720.00 per annum, working 30 hours per week.

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.

Our benefits include:

Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
Free DBS
Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
Fully paid induction programme and further training
ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
Healthcare Cashplan through our partner Healthshield
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
Online wellbeing resources
A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution

Hope House provides support for 16 customers over 2 sites. The first site is a 10-bed supported housing unit and the second consists of 6 independent living flats. The supported housing unit has staff present 24 hours 7 days per week (with sleep- ins). Our customers residing in the independent living flats receive floating support during day-time hours.

The team at Hope House is comprised of 1 Contract Manager, 1 Team Leader, 4 Support Workers, 2 Waking Night Support Workers.

We have a current vacancy for a Waking Night Support Worker. This is a 9-month Fixed Term Contract secondment cover with the possibility of extension to a permanent contract depending on the current employee's secondment.

This is a great opportunity for a Night Support Worker wanting to gain exceptional experience within the mental health field, based on the solid working relationship with Specialist Community Mental Health Team (SCMHT). We have recently implemented training directly from SCMHT to support staff with understanding Mental Health diagnosis and Managing Crisis with our customers in-house.

The shift pattern for this role involves a rolling rota, meaning some weekend and bank holiday work will be required.

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 bring:

Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Experience working in mental health

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.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

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.

Could you use your communication skills to help St Mungo’s inform, involve and inspire our colleagues?

We are looking for someone to join the St Mungo’s People, Culture and Inclusion team as a Senior Internal Communications Officer. You will work closely with the Head of Internal Communications and Internal Communications Officer to develop and deliver clear, consistent communications that inform and engage colleagues.

In the role of Senior Internal Communications Officer you will produce content for a range of communication channels, alongside other key responsibilities:

• Leading the day-to-day management and longer term improvements of our intranet, ensuring it is easy for colleagues to find the information they need to do their roles. 
• Playing a key role in managing our regular webinars and events for colleagues, and have opportunities to lead on communications campaigns and projects.
• Advising colleagues on communications best practice and promoting a culture of mutual respect, diversity and inclusion.

In this role you will be required to work flexibly for at least 2 days per week from our Central Office in Tower Hill, London. This allows for training, in person collaboration, team building, line management and other relationship building  opportunities. We support a flexible approach to work with opportunities for agile working for the rest of your week; from home, or other St Mungo’s London or regional locations. 

About you

We are looking for a creative individual with excellent communication skills who can demonstrate their experience of working in a communications role, ideally for an internal audience.  

• You will have experience of creating compelling and accessible communications in different formats for a range of online and offline channels.
• You will have an interest in working with others, and able to build positive relationships with colleagues including senior stakeholders.
• You will have hands-on experience of managing and developing intranets or websites.
• You will be confident coordinating and managing both online and offline events.
• You will also be able to demonstrate experience of planning and evaluating campaigns and projects to ensure they support our strategic goals.

St Mungo's is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.

How to apply

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website.

Please visit the St Mungo's careers page for further information. When you're ready to apply click the ‘Apply Now’ Button to start your online application form. 

Closing date: Wednesday 16 April 2025

Interview and assessments on: 28-29 April 2025

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
• A Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
• Great Pay and Other Benefits

Do you have proven experience of working in either a busy press office, PR agency, or as a journalist, plus a real desire to help tackle the social injustice that is bad housing and homelessness?

Then join Shelter as a Media Officer and you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our fast-paced media team.

About the role

The Media Officer is an important role in the media team. You will have responsibility for the development and implementation of a whole range of proactive media campaigns in support of our organisational strategy, and you’ll actively contribute to the running and success of our busy reactive press office.

About you 

If you care about storytelling, are a great team player, and want to end the housing emergency, this is the job for you. 

As a Media Officer, you will play a key part in the day to day running of a busy press office, and an active role in developing press materials that meet the strategic needs of the whole organisation.

You will have some experience of working in either a busy press office, PR agency, or as a journalist, and have a good track record of producing and pitching stories to your editor or the press. As well as working closely with the media team, you will work in a truly integrated way with colleagues and teams across Shelter. As such, you will have a knack for building rapport with lots of different people. Your enthusiasm and collaborative approach to work will help you share your media expertise and work with colleagues to reach our shared goals.

Your writing skills will be second to none, as you digest complex content and quickly turn it into pithy soundbites and key messages for your target audience. And your creativity and drive will stand you in good stead as you come up with media tactics and ideas that encompass traditional print media, broadcast, digital, photography and video. You take the initiative with new ideas and are always on the lookout for ways to improve how we work.

You will be excellent at managing your own time and projects. And given the news agenda rarely waits for anyone, you will be used to thinking on your feet and working to tight deadlines. 

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits 

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team 

The media team comprises of Head of Media, two Media Managers, three Senior Media Officers, two Media Officers, and an Assistant Media Officer.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast paced and high performing team with a heritage of ground-breaking campaigns. The media team are a key part of the Communications, Policy and Campaigns division, but we serve the media needs of the whole organisation. Collaboration and relationship building skills are the name of the game, as we work closely with a broad range of internal stakeholders, as well as our external partners, to generate influential coverage across Shelter’s campaigns, fundraising, community and services outputs.   

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free of harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Sovereign Network Group (SNG) is a leading Housing Association, committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities. We're led by our values and driven by a strong sense of social purpose, placing our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We have a fantastic new opportunity to join our Communities Team as Community Investment and Partnerships Manager on a permanent basis.

Ideally the role would be based either out of our Basingstoke or London office but we can be flexible on location as we have other offices within the South and South West.

The role will be a combination of time in the office with working from home and traveling across our locality areas.  There will be regular travel across our geography, so you should have access to transport and be happy to travel.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of Community Investment and Strategic Partnerships, you'll lead the development of a Regional Community Investment strategy and embedding of our Thriving Communities strategy across our Localities.

Managing an existing team, you'll be responsible for delivering the Community Investment and Partnership programme across localities, identifying opportunities for fundraising and programme development, building new partnerships and delivering social impact. Key responsibilities include:

• Building and maintaining key relationships with external partners, including local authorities and other agencies working in our communities
• Overseeing the delivery of a wide-ranging programme of Community Investment interventions in localities that deliver measurable social impact
• Effectively managing the performance of the team through objective setting, providing support, coaching, guidance
• Ensuring contracts and projects are managed effectively and demonstrate social impact, including financial management
• Working with the Partnerships and Funding team by writing bids that bring in external funding to support programme development
• Leading the design of Grants programmes that respond to customer and community needs, working closely with the Grants Officer
• Working across the Community Investment team and wider Customer directorate to embed a framework for social impact and outcomes recording

What we need from you

You should have previous experience in a similar role, with significant experience in Community Investment and a track record of developing and commissioning a variety of programmes and partnerships which deliver social impact. You'll also have:

• A proven track record of positive stakeholder engagement and relationship management
• Previous experience in identifying fundraising opportunities to support community investment programmes
• Experience in contract management, bid writing and budget management
• Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise important tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Previous experience managing a high performing team; coaching and developing to ensure a supportive working environment

What you'll receive from us

• £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as we progress through an exciting period of change at SNG. We pride ourselves on having a relaxed, supportive and forward-thinking culture, working collaboratively to achieve success.

We are currently recruiting for a full time (37.5 hours) Personal Assistant (Care) at our supported housing scheme, Westcroft in Tring Hertfordshire.

Working as part of a dedicated team, you will provide support to service users with their day to day needs, within the service or out in the community. This may involve personal care and also helping to promote life skills such as shopping, managing budgets and housework. You will follow agreed support plans and risk assessments to ensure that we are providing a service that meets each individual`s needs, supports their aspirations and maximises their independence.

You do not need sector experience as we provide a structured introduction and comprehensive training to support you with your role and you will have the opportunity to gain an accredited vocational qualification.

The role will involve working shifts on a 4 week rolling pattern which includes a sleep in.

About You

We are looking for passionate people with a `can-do` attitude who are driven by the desire to make a difference and who have the ability to recognise the wishes and needs of vulnerable adults and communicate effectively using different methods according to people`s needs.

You will need to be able to work shifts as part of a rota system which will include weekend and bank holiday working. You must be able to work as part of a team to deliver an excellent service to the people we support and be flexible in your approach to work. You will have a commitment to equality and diversity and take a positive approach to supporting people with learning disabilities.

Experience is desirable but not essential.

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
• £12 per hour
• Regular support from your line manager and colleagues
• Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
• Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
• Annual salary and cost of living review
• Commitment to health and wellbeing with the Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Ongoing professional development and support to deliver outstanding support
• Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
• Refer-a-friend scheme: Earn a £130 bonus for each friend you refer to work for us
• Access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for use at work
• Access to COVID-19 vaccinations
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Employee assistance helpline
• Mileage paid for car usage
• Fully paid DBS

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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We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Sobell House Hospice Charity is looking for a collaborative and detail-oriented Director of Finance to join our Senior Management Team. With our retail and fundraising teams generating around £4m income annually, this is a growing and dynamic charity.

As Director of Finance, you will manage our finance function and lead our finance team. You will also work alongside the CEO, the Director of Fundraising and Director of Retail to develop the charity’s strategic direction, fulfil our aims and embody our values across the organisation and externally where appropriate, in conjunction with the Charity’s trustees. If you are motivated, want to work with people who care about making a difference and have a can-do attitude, we would love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities

As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will collaborate closely with the CEO, Directors, and Trustees, to deliver the aims and objectives of Sobell House Hospice Charity (SHHC), in particular supporting the delivery of income generation activity and grants to the NHS. You will be responsible for the day-to-day accounting and financial management and compliance of the charity and its subsidiaries. The Director of Finance is also responsible for budgeting and reporting on the financial performance to the Trustees and particularly their Finance Committee, as well as communicating financial information and improving financial understanding at all levels of the organisation. 

Tasks and Responsibilities:

 1. Direct all financial management matters, including setting policy and procedures, for:

• Accounting
• Tax
• Controls, including management

2. Reporting

3. Communicate strategy and policy decisions to senior management, employees and volunteers

4. Contribute to the strategic direction of the Charity

A full job description can be found on our website.

Part-time hours 22.5 - 30 hours per week.

How To Apply

Please apply on our website. The closing date for applications is Monday 7th April 2025 with first interviews taking place on Friday 11th.

Sobell House Hospice Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The postholder will be required to undergo identity checks including a DBS check before taking up the role.

Our aim is to provide care at the heart of our community, and we can do this best when our staff truly reflects that community. To ensure that we represent and support everyone, we welcome job applications from people of all backgrounds and with differing experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other aspect of a person’s background.

Sovereign Network Group (SNG) is a leading Housing Association, committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities. We're led by our values and driven by a strong sense of social purpose, placing our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We have an amazing opportunity to join the Community Foundation as Social Value Specialist on a permanent basis. You'll be based in one of our offices across SNG's operating area, ideally Wembley as there will be a big focus on working with our London and Hertford based suppliers and community partners. You'll combine both home and office working to ensure a positive work/life balance. This role involves travel to other offices and events which will require some flexibility and ideally access to a car.

The Role

The Social Value Specialist will support SNG to embed impact measurement and social value into teams across the organisation, providing a central, efficient point of contact that leads on developing systems, processes and continuous service improvement.

You will engage with supply chain partners to ensure the delivery of social value in contracts and enable seamless customer service using digital platforms and relationships with community partners.

Connect with team members across the organisation to deliver impact reports and support in creating our annual ESG report.

The Social Value Specialist will report to the Social Value Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, plan and implement a community investment evaluation and monitoring framework, in direct alignment with the community foundation strategy and strategy and the corporate plan
• Work collaboratively across the multi-disciplinary community investment directorate and with other internal teams in the customer directorate across localities to embed a framework for social impact and outcomes recording
• Support the Social Value Manager to provide regular social impact and environmental social, governance (ESG) reporting to the communities' leadership team and to senior management and board when required
• Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation methods and processes for Community Foundation projects and roll out good practice to colleagues and external partners so we can effectively demonstrate our Social Impact
• Lead and support internal teams and external partners in the upload of data such as KPIs onto impact measurement platform for the business, ensuring that information is accurate and easily accessible when required
• Demonstrate strong project management skills to lead and oversee project teams across SNG and with external partners that will bring in external funding
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with stakeholders, including funders, businesses, local authorities and national agencies as required by the Head of Service and managers
• Work closely with the communications team to enable a coordinated communications approach that raises the profile of SNG's work in communities
• Prepare and present written, financial and statistical reports to internal and external bodies as required and ensure funders requirements are met
• Demonstrate everyone safe and well everywhere, every day by making health and safety a primary consideration in your decision making

 What we need from you

A good understanding of HACT's Wellbeing Valuation and Social Value Insight would be an advantage, but this is not essential. It would be great if you have some knowledge or experience of working in communities, supply chains and or, monitoring and evaluation.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisation and customer service
• Proactive and proven Stakeholder management skills with colleagues and external partners
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methods and techniques, including Theory of Change and Logic Models
• Ability to validate and impact assess, to escalate data issues as required
• Ability to inspire and activate, fostering great partnerships with suppliers to ensure social value is secured and delivered through our supply chain
• An understanding of social value in relation to the construction industry
• Storytelling skills to share social value activity and support others in understanding the impact of the Community Foundation

What you'll receive from us

We have some fantastic benefits at SNG, including:

• £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover
• Wide range of training courses available to support your career development

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as we progress through an exciting period of change at SNG. We pride ourselves on having a relaxed, supportive and forward-thinking culture, working collaboratively to achieve success.

Sovereign Network Group (SNG) is a leading Housing Association, committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities. We're led by our values and driven by a strong sense of social purpose, placing our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We have a fantastic new opportunity to join our Communities Team as Community Investment and Partnerships Manager on a 12 month Fixed Term basis.

Ideally the role would be based either out of our Basingstoke or London office but we can be flexible on location as we have other offices within the South and South West.

The role will be a combination of time in the office with working from home and traveling across our locality areas.  There will be regular travel across our geography, so you should have access to transport and be happy to travel.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of Community Investment and Strategic Partnerships, you'll lead the development of a Regional Community Investment strategy and embedding of our Thriving Communities strategy across our Localities.

Managing an existing team, you'll be responsible for delivering the Community Investment and Partnership programme across localities, identifying opportunities for fundraising and programme development, building new partnerships and delivering social impact. Key responsibilities include:

• Building and maintaining key relationships with external partners, including local authorities and other agencies working in our communities
• Overseeing the delivery of a wide-ranging programme of Community Investment interventions in localities that deliver measurable social impact
• Effectively managing the performance of the team through objective setting, providing support, coaching, guidance
• Ensuring contracts and projects are managed effectively and demonstrate social impact, including financial management
• Working with the Partnerships and Funding team by writing bids that bring in external funding to support programme development
• Leading the design of Grants programmes that respond to customer and community needs, working closely with the Grants Officer
• Working across the Community Investment team and wider Customer directorate to embed a framework for social impact and outcomes recording

What we need from you

You should have previous experience in a similar role, with significant experience in Community Investment and a track record of developing and commissioning a variety of programmes and partnerships which deliver social impact. You'll also have:

• A proven track record of positive stakeholder engagement and relationship management
• Previous experience in identifying fundraising opportunities to support community investment programmes
• Experience in contract management, bid writing and budget management
• Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise important tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Previous experience managing a high performing team; coaching and developing to ensure a supportive working environment

What you'll receive from us

• £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as we progress through an exciting period of change at SNG. We pride ourselves on having a relaxed, supportive and forward-thinking culture, working collaboratively to achieve success.

About Us

At Hightown, we`re a housing charity that builds homes and supports people. In Newton Longville, near Bletchley, Milton Keynes we provide high-quality care and support to adults with learning and physical disabilities.

We are looking for some great new Care Assistants to join our team who have the right values, behaviours and attitudes to be the difference.

Who we are looking for

We`re keen to recruit individuals who care regardless of qualifications or experience. We care more about you sharing and demonstrating our values, which are:

• Putting our residents and service users first
• Treating people with respect, promoting independence and choice
• Developing passionate and committed teams
• Being cost effective without compromising standards or safety

We will give you all the training and support you need to do the role including a qualification in health and social care, if you don`t already have one.

If you share our values, we`d love you to work for us.

We have full and part time roles available (22.5 hours, 30 hours & 37.5 hours per week).

Typical shift rotas are 0700 to 1500 / 1400 to 2200 including some weekend working.

You will need to have a full UK driving licence for the role.

About the Role

You`ll be empowering our service users to lead the life they want and you`ll support them to get involved with the community and maintain relationships with their friends and families. They enjoy visiting the local cinema, attending church and taking part in activities at the local leisure centre.

You`ll join a strong, supportive team who are great communicators and able to engage with our residents who are mainly nonverbal or who have limited verbal communication skills. As part of the role you will be required to provide personal care and support with eating and drinking. It is a challenging but rewarding role where you can really be the difference to someone`s life.

To be considered for this role you will need to have the right to work in the UK and have a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes. Additionally you will be comfortable with providing personal care for our residents (toilet/dressing etc).

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
• £12 per hour / £23,400 per annum (for full time / pro rata part time)
• Mileage paid for car usage
• Fully paid DBS
• Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
• Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
• Regular support from your line manager and colleagues
• Commitment to health and wellbeing with the Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Ongoing professional development and support to deliver outstanding care
• Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
• Employee assistance helpline

Appointment to this position will be subject to satisfactory right to work, enhanced DBS, reference and medical checks.

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

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We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Harrogate Homeless Project is seeking to recruit a Senior Support Worker to join the Client Services Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team and to have the opportunity to make a real difference to our work.

The post holder will be responsible for leading and managing the support worker team in achieving HPP objectives; including ensuring the smooth day-to-day administration of our hostel, flats and Springboard meeting our clients’ personal, social, learning, work and housing needs.

We are looking for someone to give person-centred support for clients in a welcoming, safe, non-discriminatory and non judgmental environment.If you have a passion for making a difference to homelessness in Harrogate, then we would love to hear from you.

This is a full time position consisting of 37.5 hours a week. These hours will normally be worked between 9.00am – 5.00pm however some flexibility is required to vary working hours to cater to client needs and assisting them with their appointments.  The salary for the post is £29,250. 

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 10th April 2025, with interviews taking place week commencing 14th April. If you wish to apply for this post please forward a CV along with a supporting statement, showing how your experience fits with the job description and person specification. 

About Us:

Harrogate Homeless Project provides people experiencing homelessness with a safe place to stay and the support they need to build confidence and move towards independent living.

Company Benefits - • A supportive team environment • Opportunities for career advancement, • 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) • Healthcare package • Travel benefits • Workplace pension scheme.

Senior Grants Officer 

Salary: £40,720 

Location: Wimbledon, London 

37.5 hours per a week 

Permanent 

Closing date: 8th April 2025 at 9am 

Are you looking for a new career opportunity? If you are passionate about making a real difference through supporting vulnerable people, Our client would love to hear from you! 

The role is based in their central office in South Wimbledon but works across all services. 

There customers come with a range of support needs, such as those associated with mental health, care leaver status, probation, ex-offending, domestic violence, learning disabilities and asylum seeking. 

You will join a lively, supportive, and friendly team to work together to provide fundraising and support to services to enable is us to build our profile and deliver more services to those in need. 

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity and inclusion are keyobjectives for them, and they reflect this in their recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.    

You will need to have the correct right to work in the UK in place, as they don't have a sponsorship license. 

Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the included job description and person specification.  

You will need to be able to work shifts on a pre-planned rolling rota - 5 /7 days a week including mornings (from 7am), evenings (to 10pm) - these also include mid shifts and weekends. 

In return, they can offer you:  

• Over 6 weeks holiday per annum (rising with service)  

• Ability to buy or sell additional one week holiday per annum  

• Employer paid DBS checks  

• Occupational sick pay   

• Employer contributory pension scheme  

• 4 x Life Assurance  

• Medical Cash Back Plan  

• Yulife Employee Assistance & Rewards Programme  

• Cycle to work scheme  

• Full training and induction programme  

• Blue Light Card

About them:  

They are a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 1,300 people each year. There aim is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to become independent and resilient. They believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help them break the cycle of homelessness. They offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. They work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. They campaign to end street homelessness. They build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life. 

Justlife’s Vision

Making people's experience of temporary accommodation be short, safe and healthy.

About this role

The role of Health Engagement Worker will involve supporting a caseload of service users that are experiencing homelessness. The role requires the use of specialist knowledge and relationship skills to influence service users with varying degrees of mental health, addiction and trauma related issues to engage with health services.

This will include advocacy in registering them for medical services and accompanying them to appointments; assisting them in addressing all aspects of physical and mental health or substance addiction needs, as well as advocating or them to get access to source housing and social security benefits. Working collaboratively with our partners Arch Healthcare the role is dependent on good communication and joint working with a variety of partners and professionals.

The role requires a high degree of motivation to support complex and vulnerable people, often in a lone-working situation. With a passion to work collaboratively with others for the good of our service users, and with some experience of working in a related field in a voluntary or paid capacity.

A high degree of emotional intelligence is required to support service users, many of whom have complex emotional needs, with backgrounds of trauma, neglect, abuse, crime and low self-worth. A role of this nature will experience a range of emotions from joy to grief and as such requires a high degree of resilience to cope with the emotional demands of the role.

Making decisions, “in the moment” to do the right thing to mitigate risk with service users can place high emotional demands on the job holder. The role is highly reactive, unpredictable and at times, chaotic. The role therefore requires a high degree of self-awareness to one’s own resilience levels and exercising appropriate levels of self-care.

Why do we exist

Justlife is in existence because we know thousands of people struggle to manage in poor and unsuitable temporary accommodation. Their stay isn’t temporary, they are likely to be suffering with deteriorating mental and physical health, becoming victims of crime, losing control of their life and even dying prematurely. We are working towards making their stays as short, safe and healthy as possible.

How do we operate?

Our values guide our work and are very important to us:

• Collaboration before competition
• People before programmes
•  Innovation before Institutions

What do we do?

Justlife delivers impactful services in Greater Manchester and Brighton & Hove, supporting and empowering people experiencing homelessness in temporary accommodation. We also drive positive system change across the national temporary accommodation sector, convening those with a common interest; people with lived experience, landlords, charities, local and national government, and carrying out research and gathering insights.

We aim to grow our impact and reach, supporting more people in temporary accommodation and to build a movement that brings about lasting positive change.

Why work for us?

Here at Justlife, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective.

Perks of working at Justlife

• Great holiday package! Starting at 27 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays (increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 30 days after 10 years’ service)
• Additional 5 days annual leave purchase scheme through salary sacrifice
• Enhanced pension contribution scheme, 5% Justlife contribution (correct at time of print)
• Cycle to work scheme
• 2 Volunteering days per year

Key terms and conditions

Job Title: Health Engagement Worker

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Normal hrs to be worked: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

Location: Brighton

Salary: £29,892 per Annum

Application Process

To apply, please upload a covering letter addressing how you meet the person specification, together with an up to date CV and an Equal Opportunities.

Deadline for applications is midnight 13th April, but we may close this early if enough suitable applicants are identified. Interviews will be held in the week of 21st April.

You will receive an automated email receipt of your submitted forms. If you do not hear from us by 5pm 16th April, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We are grateful to you for considering this role but unfortunately we are unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful shortlisting.

Role Summary

The role requires a high degree of motivation to support complex and vulnerable people, often in a lone-working situation. With a passion to work collaboratively with others for the good of our service users, and with some experience of working in a related field in a voluntary or paid capacity.

A high degree of emotional intelligence is required to support service users, many of whom have complex emotional needs, with backgrounds of trauma, neglect, abuse, crime and low self-worth. A role of this nature will experience a range of emotions from joy to grief and as such requires a high degree of resilience to cope with the emotional demands of the role.

Role Description

Service Delivery

Using frontline practical and procedural knowledge of working with complex service users to support them to engage with health care services during their housing vulnerability. This could include, but is not limited to;

• Assisting them in addressing housing, financial, health or wellbeing needs
• Accompanying them to appointments
• Connecting them with appropriate support services such as substance misuse services or food banks
• Collaborating with agencies such as the local authority, housing providers and support services
• Advocating on behalf of the service user to access medical care, housing and benefits.
• Maintaining regular contact, a listening ear and emotional support during times of crisis
• Helping increase their self-confidence and self-efficacy to improve their chances of moving on from homelessness
• Manage own calendar to deliver a caseload during periods of work-related pressure, including actively pursuing the project outcomes set for the project and individual clients.
• Use interpersonal and communication skills to provide support to service users and collaborate with others including colleagues, partner agencies, health care professionals and external agencies.
• Take duty of care seriously by assessing the service users social and environmental conditions, drawing out and passing on relevant information to and from healthcare professionals, ensuring client confidentiality is maintained.
• Use of excellent writing skills to prepare and submit housing applications along with a good working knowledge of housing legislation in order to advocate on behalf of service users.
• Support delivery of the activities programme where needed.
• Brief and liaise with other members of the team and external agencies regarding service users, enabling them to effectively carry out their roles.
• To record all service user data on the Inform system within the standards set by the organisation.
• Carry out light physical tasks, such as travelling to visit service users, shopping or lifting office equipment.
• Oversee work streams within the project as directed by the Project Lead.

Service Development

• Collaborate with the Advocacy and Patient Discharge Coordinater, maintain good standards of support for patients as well as good communication with hospital staff and the weekday in-reach team.
• Contribute to initiatives that seek to influence service improvements, implement changes and develop new interventions and support for clients.
• Provide reports and case studies when requested.
• To be part of and contribute to the Justlife staff team, attending meetings as appropriate and to be involved in appropriate staff development, training, supervision and reflective practice as well as continuing professional development and training events where appropriate and be committed to team events.

Research

• Supporting the wider Justlife vision to feed into research and help develop the service including the involvement of service users in design and delivery of the service.

This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in light of the changing needs of Justlife. It is expected that the post holder will be as positive and flexible as possible in using this document as a framework, and in performing other duties commensurate with these responsibilities, the band of the post and skills and qualification of the post-holder.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working with vulnerable adults (those experiencing homelessness or housing vulnerability, or a comparable client group)
• Experience of working with drug and alcohol dependent adults or those experiencing poor mental health

Skills

• Care, empathy and skilled in dealing with emotionally vulnerable service users
• Excellent ability to engage with service users in an empowering manner
• Effective communication; written and oral skills
• Effective administrative and IT skills
• Excellent organisational skills

Knowledge

• Demonstrate knowledge of assessment, support planning and interventions that help clients experiencing homelessness or housing vulnerability to become and stay healthy.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the challenges and solutions to working with a client group who may be experiencing one or more of the following: poor health (physical and mental), substance misuse and homelessness.
• An understanding of health and safety policies and procedures that aim to keep staff and clients safe.

Personal Attributes

• Commitment to equal opportunities in our service delivery
• High self-awareness and the ability to maintain personal well-being through periods of pressure and stress
• Ability to be self-motivated and work well in a team or as a lone worker