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Help transform children's lives by managing our welcoming therapeutic centre in Twickenham. 

Do you have a passion for supporting young people’s mental health and a desire to make a difference? We're seeking an emotionally intelligent professional who can create a warm, understanding environment for the families we support, while keeping our centre running smoothly.

About Us

The Purple Elephant Project is a dynamic charity providing vital therapy services to 130-150 children a week in Greater London. Our mission is to alleviate mental health distress by working through challenging life experiences and traumatic early life events using specialist therapies such as Play and Art Therapy. 

The Role

As our Centre Manager, you'll be the backbone of our daily operations, while ensuring our Twickenham centre runs smoothly and efficiently. You'll play a crucial role by providing a welcoming and supportive environment for the families we serve, while also supporting our staff, therapists, and volunteers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create a nurturing 'home from home' atmosphere for children and families
• Provide a compassionate first point of contact for visitors
• Manage centre operations, scheduling, and administration
• Responsible for the recruitment and line management of volunteers and operational staff
• Support our team of therapists
• Maintain essential systems and records

About You:

• Natural talent for making families feel welcomed, supported and at ease
• Skilled at reading emotional cues and responding with empathy
• Strong administrative and organizational abilities
• Experience in creating calm, safe spaces
• Excellent communication skills

Details:

• 27.5 hours/week (Mon-Fri)
• Shifts between 8am-6:30pm
• Centre-based role (TW2)
• Enhanced DBS required
• Pension scheme
• 28 days holiday pro rata

The Purple Elephant Project is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check and provide references.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Location: South West England, with travel expected to local authorities in and around the South West

12 month fixed-term contract

A little bit about the role 

Please note that applications for this role will close on Friday 15 February 2025 at 5pm.  

To help us achieve our mission, we are recruiting qualified social workers with direct experience of working with children and families, and knowledge and experience of supporting social work students. We are looking for candidates who can contribute to the delivery of teaching across the year, support participants in their local authority hubs and supervise participants during the 2nd year of the programme.

Practice Tutors (PTs) work closely as a peer group to share effective ways of working across participant practice hubs, local authorities and regions. They play a key role within the development and delivery of our social work curriculum, contributing knowledge and expertise to create a culture that promotes outstanding social work education and enables teams to do their best work.

PTs are responsible for teaching and developing participants at the Readiness to Practice stage, regional teaching days and, in participant hubs within local authorities. PTs support four practice hubs, based within statutory children’s social care services. Each practice hub is led by a Consultant Social Worker (CSW). Core to the Practice Tutor role is the ability to provide support, challenge and guidance to participants and CSWs to ensure a high-quality practice learning experience.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Use social work knowledge, theory, practice skill and experience to develop and support participants to become outstanding social workers
• Support CSWs to lead the hubs, role model best social work practice and support effective practice educators
• ​Teaching for year one participants is during the Readiness for Practice stage both in person and online, attend face to face regional recall days and whole cohort online teaching.. There is also online teaching for our year 2 participants on the programme through large lectures, small seminars and one to one support as necessary

A little bit about you 

We are looking for a registered social worker with experience in teaching and learning, and an intellectual curiosity to challenge and develop their own ideas by keeping up to date with current research and evidence. The role will suit someone who is passionate about the development of social work practice, innovation and leadership who has a thought-through vision of what excellent social work looks like.

We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own. 

If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you. 

Important information

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.

Please let us know how we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you by emailing the people team, please see contact details on our Pinpoint ad.

We recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) such as ‘ChatGPT’ etc can be useful for applicants e.g. to shorten an initial draft, so we do not attempt to have an absolute ban on AI in applications. However we would caution applicants not to rely too much on AI in drafting answers to application questions. We want to hear your authentic voice arising out of your experience, and we will be looking for answers that use examples and experiences that are specific to you. You are more likely to be able to produce that kind of content yourself than an AI will.

We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!

You will need to have current right-to-work in the UK prior to application and for at least the first six months (for permanent positions) or for the full duration of the contract (for fixed-term positions). Visa sponsorship is not guaranteed.

We know the enormous difference play and play professionals can have on children in 
hospitals, hospices and other healthcare settings. We want the public, health services and
government to understand why play is a must have, not a nice to have.

In order to support our strategy by raising awareness of why we exist and what we do, we are 
seeking a dynamic and experienced communications professional to join the Marketing and 
Communications team. With a strong background in media relations and PR, you will have 
responsibility of overseeing and delivering the press office function, develop and deliver
media and communications plans, shape our storytelling and key messages and provide 
expert consultancy to all colleagues up to and including the Chief Executive.

Working closely with colleagues from across the organisation, children and their families, our 
youth panel and health professionals, you will proactively seek out stories to create
compelling content for the media, our fundraising and awareness raising campaigns, and 
marketing collateral. You are an exceptional copywriter and will have an understanding of
different audience requirements and can advise colleagues accordingly.

Reporting to the Head of Marketing and Communications, you’ll support with strategic 
communications planning, and in the ideation, development and management of content to 
maximise impact of campaigns, fundraising appeals, events and policy activity across owned, 
earned and paid channels.

You’ll be committed to development, both for yourself and those around you. You’ll manage 
your own environment by constantly listening, responding and adapting. You will believe in 
the value of giving and receiving feedback as helpful information for us all to continually grow, 
and consciously make appropriate, balanced decisions for yourself, others and Starlight. 

The postholder will provide advice, guidance and coaching to parents and carers of children aged 8-18 years to help them to develop new awareness and skills to enhance their support to their children through a combination of group-work and one-to-one sessions.

As part of the Mindworks partnership, The Eikon Charity provides a wide range of emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children & young people. Through this work we have seen how challenging parents and carers can find supporting their children’s emotional wellbeing difficulties. Supported by funding from the Surrey Wellbeing Partnership Innovation Fund, we are delighted to be recruiting to this new role of Family Wellbeing Practitioner, which expands our current Community Wellbeing Team offer. This is a collaboration with YMCA East Surrey working in partnership to ensure consistency of support to parents and carers across Surrey. This role will be supporting parent/carers within Elmbridge and Runnymede.

Responsibilities

• To work collaboratively and effectively with statutory and voluntary agencies, to identify parents/carers in need of support and to agree effective referral processes.
• To create, develop and deliver one-to-one interventions, workshops and presentations for small parent/carer groups covering a range of emotional wellbeing and mental health topics.
• To set up and facilitate peer-to-peer support and discussion groups.
• To identify a range of specialist services and agencies who can offer further support for parents and families
• To work in partnership with YMCA East Surrey who will provide support to parents/carers across Tandridge, Reigate and Banstead
• To promote the service within The Eikon Charity and with statutory and voluntary sector partners across the region – this might include presentations at networking events and production of promotional material.
• To help assess the needs and strengths of the parents/carers referred into the service and help them identify short-term goals to achieve desired change.
• Record and review parent/carer goals using the Goal-Based Outcomes tool and use this to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
• To involve parents/carers in the co-design of group work and ensure that the service responds to user voice and meets the needs identified.
• Record and collect data with various tools and use this to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions
• To take responsibility for own caseload of parents/carers, some with complex and multiple needs
•  To work collaboratively with other Eikon delivery teams in delivering interventions for children, young people and families.
• To keep accurate records of individual engagement, evidence of change and celebrate progress with parents/carers
• To provide, record and report the appropriate data to ensure support programmes can be accurately monitored and evaluated
• To provide written case studies as evidence of the effectiveness of individual interventions 
• To assist with the development and progression of the service by adhering to all communication requests and assisting with peer progression development when requested through case supervision

Organisational requirements 

• Understand and act when safeguarding issues need to be escalated
• Work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events and participate fully in 1:1
• Work co-operatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff to ensure the highest quality of delivery and support
• Work within Eikon’s internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations
• Be responsible for equipment/resources
• Work some planned evenings or weekends
• To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment
• Attend and actively participate in regular clinical supervision
• Other work as requested by your line manager as needed to support our aims

London Bridge - Hybrid (currently 2 days in office, 3 from April 2025)

We are looking for a Trust Fundraising Officer to support our Trust fundraising team at Whizz Kidz. The role includes preparing applications and reports to small Trusts, managing annual mailings to Trusts, cultivating close relationships with funders and providing data entry and CRM support to the team. This role offers candidates a great opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of Trust Fundraising supported by a well-established Trust team. 

Whizz Kidz: the facts

Over 75,000 young people aren’t getting the wheelchair or support that fully meets their needs.

Without the ability to be independent young wheelchair users are restricted in their ability to socialise and participate in society.

We’re here to change that.

As the UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users, we empower young people by providing the wheelchairs, equipment, support and confidence-building experiences they need, and campaigning for a more inclusive society.

Our values

We are young people focused, ambitious, collaborative and inclusive.

Job summary

The Trust, Statutory and Lottery Fundraising Team is part of the Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Department and is central to Whizz Kidz contributing to its ambitious goal of ensuring that every young wheelchair user in the UK is mobile, enabled and included. The five-strong team is responsible for delivering over £3m a year for the organisation’s services.

As Trust Fundraising Officer you will be growing income through managing smaller funders and building close relationships with them, issuing small Trust mailings, researching new funding opportunities and developing case for support liaising with colleagues in service teams.

You will also ensure that donor records are maintained accurately on the fundraising CRM, process bank and cash donations and thank donors promptly and appropriately.  The role will involve supporting the maintenance of the team’s administrative systems and the team’s move to a new CRM – Microsoft Dynamics.

The small Trust donor pool is a well-established income stream for Whizz Kidz with content for proposals readily available and warm funders interested in supporting our work. The role receives advice and guidance from the Trust Fundraising Manager on the day- to- day work and the opportunity to develop experience with a range of funders. You will use your skills of relationship management to make a real difference to the lives of young wheelchair users. Finally, you will join an ambitious, young-person focused and collaborative fundraising team, keen to share success and support one another.

The person

The ideal candidate will have experience and understanding of Trust fundraising including preparing successful fundraising proposals and reports, effectively managing funder relationships and strong funding research skills. They will also have experience of managing fundraising administration, income processing and data management with skills using a fundraising CRM. They will have excellent writing skills in relation to proposal and report writing, be a confident communicator with an ability to engage funders with the work of Whizz Kidz, manage their time effectively and prioritise their own workload.

Please note: This post is subject to a Basic level DBS Disclosure, which will be sought prior to the confirmation of a job offer.

A few perks

The wellbeing of our colleagues is of paramount importance to our success as an organisation, and we want to ensure that our benefits package provides something of value for everyone, whether it is our generous holiday entitlement, wellbeing days, Healthcare cash plan, long-service awards. We hope you agree!

Annual leave

25 days of annual leave per annum plus Bank Holiday (pro-rata for part time colleagues).

Christmas closure

In addition to annual leave, employees get three days of paid Christmas leave.

Pension

Automatic enrolment for all colleagues with the option to opt out. Contributions of 5% gross salary made by both Whizz Kidz and employees. We will match higher contributions of up to 6% of gross basic salary.

Simply health

Automatic enrolment in a fully paid for cash plan that assists you with everyday health costs. This scheme is also available to your families for an extra charge.

Season ticket loan

An interest free loan of up to £5,000 following the successful completion of the Probationary Period.

For further information on the role and to apply please visit our website via the apply button. 

Closing date 11 February 2025 

Supporter Care Officer

Location: Hybrid - at least one day per week will be required in our Cambridge office (CB2 1AB). Occasional travel to Cambridge or London will be required for meetings or collaborating with colleagues. The post-holder is required to have the right to live and work in the UK.

SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.

We are now looking for a UK-based capable Supporter Care Officer to provide high quality supporter care to all of our Individual Giving (IG) supporter types.

• Acting as a reliable first point of contact
• Handling queries and tasks efficiently
• Maintaining accurate records
• Improving and streamlining processes
• Working with colleagues in the UK and across the SOS Children’s Villages Federation to achieve results. 

If you are a self-motivated and collaborative person, with excellent communication skills and good attention to detail, looking for an essential role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!

To Apply

Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.

The deadline for applications is Monday 10th February, 9.00 am UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.

Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.

Part of our Programmes and Delivery Directorate, our location managers are responsible for the delivery of our programmes in that area and for building sustainable growth of MyBnk in their patch and sometimes, in the surrounding areas.

You will be leading an excellent team of delivery staff who are already working across the area. We are really proud of the quality of trainers we hire at MyBnk; we have a good mix of people including former primary and secondary teachers and youth workers. You will have oversight of delivery functions in your area including implementation of training, quality and accreditation processes. Where we have estates, you will have oversight of all compliance elements and driving of best practice.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering strategy for your area; ensuring continued growth that is worthwhile, strategic and sustainable. You will drive MyBnk’s presence and reputation as the go to provider of financial education in the area. Naturally, you will also need to work across MyBnk and you are not expected to do everything alone; you will be able to call upon others at MyBnk to support you in delivering that strategy.

We want they very best people to join us who are excited by all the opportunities that a growing charity can offer you and who are willing to share their expertise with us to help MyBnk reach even more young people and adults through everything we do.

Role - Zero Hours Children's Resource Worker

Hours - variable and inconsistent including evenings and weekends

Salary - £12.77 per hour plus 15% Holiday Pay

Location - Home-based with travel required across Bristol, Somerset, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Swindon, Devon, Torbay, and Exeter

TACT South West are recruiting Zero Hours Children's Resource Workers to work with unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking children/young people, and Neurodivergent children/young people across the South West regions. 

The ideal Children's Resource Worker will already have some experience in working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children/young people, neurodivergent children/young people, and have worked with Parent-Child Arrangements. An understanding of therapeutic support for foster carers and children would be beneficial. There will be a range of opportunities for training and development for this role, as new workers join us on our organisation wide journey to become a fully trauma-informed organisation. 

As a Zero Hours worker with TACT, you will be a part of our amazing team of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice. You can review our values here.

Key duties and abilities for our Children's Resource Worker will include:

• Ability to work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children/young people
• Ability to work with neurodivergent children/young people
• Supporting interventions and activities to ensure stable placement arrangements
• Ability to transport children and young people to events, appointments, and meetings (mileage reimbursed)
• Occasional participation in virtual and face to face events and occasional residential meet ups
• Ability to attend and assist with organising events and activities
• Understanding and maintaining knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures
• Use of IT for email and communication
• Willingness to work flexibly, according to deadlines and needs of the organisation

Please see the Job Description and Information Pack for full details of the role.

An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role, which TACT will undertake on your behalf. 

Closing: Midnight on Sunday 9th March 2025
Interviews: Monday 17th March 2025 (via Microsoft teams)

Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believe that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work.  As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.  We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people.  All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them. TACT reserves the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

37.5 hours per week / Permanent / £27,225 per annum, pro rata / working across Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, office based in Horsham, delivering Transitional Services in the community across Horsham, Crawley, Burgess Hill and Worthing.

It is essential that you hold a current UK driving license and have a car for this role (expenses for mileage paid at 45p per mile, excluding home to work journey). 

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our West Sussex Transitional Housingteam, providing  safe, secure accommodation for young people aged 18-25, who have been, or are at risk of homelessness, whilst also deliveringa support package to actively encourage them into education, training, employment or voluntary work. This is a dynamic and varied role; you will be passionate about being involved in the support and growth of young people

This role will primarily involve lone working in the community.You will have the autonomy to manage your tasks and responsibilities independently and be part of a supportive team, keeping in regular contact and where necessary working together. You will receive an induction where you will work alongside an experienced member of the team before lone working.

You will have your own caseload of young people, visiting them in their homes and supporting them in the community.You will contribute to the smooth and safe running of the service by providing consistency and reliability. You will have a calm, yet assertive manner, being able to handle potentially difficult situations. You will also support young people to safeguard themselves against abuse and risk. 

ABOUT YOU: We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience relating to housing, support work, and/or working with young people at risk
• Experience of working proactively with a caseload of young people to enable them to achieve independent living
• Knowledge of statutory and voluntary resources available to young people
• Knowledge of good safeguarding procedures in relation to young people and the ability to maintain effective professional boundaries
• Demonstrated confidence and competence in recording notes/actions in service log, incident forms and health and safety check lists

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing for appropriate recording of a resident’s progression
• Ability to work autonomously, and use own initiative, as well as being part of a team
• Ability to organise workload, take initiative and make decisions
• Ability to de-escalate volatile situations and manage challenging behaviour appropriately

Children and Young People's Service Manager

· Hours: 28 per week (negotiable working pattern across Monday to Friday)

· Negotiable working pattern across Monday-Friday

· Occasional evening and weekend work

· Contract: Temporary fixed term until 31st March 2026 (potential of extension subject to funding availability)

· Salary: £35,000 per annum (pro rata)

· Location: Gwent wide (based at a Cyfannol Hwb, negotiable with options of Newport, Pontypool, Ebbw Vale, Abergavenny)

· Internal secondments considered

· Participation in tier 3 on call rota (paid)

· All staff must work flexibly on occasions to meet the needs of the service

· Agile - working where and when required, to do the job most effectively

Purpose of the post: To lead on the development and delivery of high quality, trauma informed, person led VAWDASV services for Children and Young People at Cyfannol Women's Aid.

Specific Responsibilities: 

· Member of the Senior Management Team, key contributor to bringing Cyfannol's Vision, Mission and Values to life

· Collaborate with the Director of Support Services and other Service Managers, contributing to the development and delivery of both the Organisational Strategy and the Support Services Strategy

· Lead on creating a safe, supportive and explorative space within your own team and the wider organisation

· Lead the CYP team in an inclusive, engaging and empowering way (including recruitment, induction, supervision, training, development) supporting and coaching them to do likewise with their team members

· Oversee the service for children and young people, ensuring that they are at their centre of their own support, are fundamental to service design and to influencing the wider VAWDASV sector

· Collaborate with the Fundraising Manager in providing reports and returns to grant funders

· Collaborating with the Senior leadership and Senior Management Team in the development and sustainment of future services

· Manage the budget for your area effectively, acting as Budget Holder, meeting frequently with the Finance Team to review income and expenditure and manage under/overspend

· Manage operational obligations linked to funding contracts

· Lead compliance and continual improvement of CYP services through policy, procedure, internal audit procedures and external quality standards

· Oversee Safeguarding for CYP services, complying with internal and external policy and legislation, and ensuring the team awareness of their safeguarding responsibilites

· Oversee risk management compliance within CYP services in terms of both the team's safety and that of the individuals using our services

· Lead the development and oversee effective relationships across statutory, voluntary and community partners and referral agents

· Oversee keeping abreast of current research and good practice in relation to working with CYP's affected by VAWDASV and manage implications for services

· Communicate on your area of operation, sharing outcomes, achievements, gaps and feedback to our SLT, our Board of Trustees and external stakeholders where appropriate

· Undertake any other reasonable duties as required

General: 

Contribute to the:

· Development and achievement of our Vision, Mission and Objectives

· Promotion of our values, culture and aspirations

· Creation of a safe, supportive and explorative working environment

· Promotion of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

· Upholding of our Polices and Procedures

It may be necessary, following consultation, to amend the job description in light of experience and changing circumstances

Closing Date: 9am Wednesday 26th February 2025

Interview Dates: 6th and/or 7th March 2025

Important note: In the ‘personal statement’ section of the application form, ensure you detail how you meet the essential and /or desirable criteria that is ‘assessed in application form/cv’ on the Person Specification table. – This is important in our shortlisting process

This role is open to everyone (it is not restricted by any gender)

Cyfannol is an organisation with equality, diversity and inclusion at its heart. We welcome applications from all areas of the community. However, we particularly encourage applications from members of our BAME community as well as individuals with disabilities who are currently under-represented within our workforce.

GASP Motor Project (GASP) is at an exciting period of development and growth.  We are seeking an ambitious and positive fundraiser to join our successful team.  GASP is an education charity delivering courses in motor mechanics and engineering to young people across Surrey who may be on the periphery of mainstream education, in danger of entering the youth justice system or disengaged with their lives and future.  We work with schools, statutory organisations and charity partners to ensure that the needs of these young people are met and exceeded.

We are looking for someone with drive and determination to work with our Fundraising Manager, to deliver the planned increase in income required to execute our strategic development and growth.  You will be responsible for securing core and restricted income through community and corporate fundraising.  Capitalising on GASP’s success and reputation built over the last 20 years, you will provide the highest levels of stewardship to ensure that existing supporters remain fully engaged with us and that new supporters are motivated to progress GASP’s mission. 

Purpose of the role

This role requires an individual who can multi-task and manage their own work timetable. The post-holder will be an experienced, out-come driven individual who understands the needs of the charity and the young people with whom we work.

You will be required to:

• Work with the Fundraising Manager to implement our fundraising strategy to support the growth of GASP, generating agreed levels of income for the charity.
• Grow GASP’s network of supporters to ensure long-term income generation and sustainability.
• Identify, research and engage with Community groups and companies across Surrey, nurturing relationships to maximise opportunities for income generation.
• Develop and submit compelling funding approaches, matching interests and priorities, to secure operational and core income.
• Provide the highest levels of stewardship, ensuring that current and new supporters feel valued and effective.
• Initiate a programme of meetings/visits for funders and supporters to ensure sustained engagement with GASP and the young people with whom we work.
• Ensure that funding information is logged on GASP’s database (Beacon) and is kept up to date. 
• Ensure funders receive appropriate acknowledgement, recognition and feedback on the monitoring of inputs, outputs and outcomes as per their specific requirements.
• Liaise with GASP’s Programme Coordinator to monitor progress on funded programmes and collate information for dissemination to funders as required.
• Work with the GASP team to monitor restricted income and ensure it is allocated in line with funders’ wishes.
• Identify appropriate activity plans to ensure that fundraising targets are met or exceeded.
• Support the fundraising activities and events of our community and corporate funders to facilitate maximum success.

Ideally you will have a minimum of two years’ experience working in a similar role but we also welcome transferable skills and are looking primarily for a positive and outgoing person who is enthusiastic about our work and will slot happily into our friendly team.

Additional notes:

· The post holder must comply with all relevant GASP policies and procedures, the Institute of Fundraising’s best practice, and any other relevant fundraising and data protection legal requirements (GDPR)

· The role requires being aware of the constantly changing fundraising environment, and to identify opportunities, keep up to date with current trends, circumstances or issues that may affect the charity.

· The role will involve travel to meet current and prospective supporters.  It is essential that the post holder has a full driving licence and access to a car.

· Some out-of-office hours working may be necessary; time in lieu will be given at a mutually convenient time

· Working from home and flexible working hours, where appropriate and pre-agreed with the CEO, will be available

· This role requires an enhanced DBS check

· This list is not exhaustive and the post holder will be asked to undertake additional responsibilities or duties requested by the CEO

GASP operates a safer recruitment policy, and all candidates must complete a GASP Application Form.  CVs will not be considered.

37.5 hours per week / Maternity cover, fixed-term until 30 April 2026 / working onsite on a seven-day rolling rota, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Horsham Y Centre supports 50 young people aged 16-25 to alleviate the risk of or impact of homelessness. The project is staffed 24 hours a day with a support team, night team and management based onsite. The service aims to support residents into independent accommodation through life skills support. Situated in the middle of Horsham, the project has strong links with and contributes to the local community.

We are looking for a Supported Housing Support Worker to join our Horsham Y Centre team. Main areas of responsibilities are:

Housing

• Coach young people to manage their occupancy agreement and adhere to house rules, in preparation for independent living. 
• Promote a credit culture, encouraging young people to keep up to date with all payments for rent.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of housing and welfare benefits for young people and be well-informed on significant changes to housing law.
• Deal effectively with non-compliance issues, such as non-payment of rent or damage to room, using restorative practices and working collaboratively with the rest of the team.

Coaching and Engagement

• Coach young people so they can articulate their aspirations and ambitions and take the lead in acquiring the skills they need to live independent and fulfilling lives.
• Ensure young people are encouraged to take responsibility for their own personal development, to engage with the services on offer and build strong networks and connections within the local community. 
• Ensure consistent standards of safeguarding and Trauma Informed Practice when supporting young people, observing our safeguarding procedures, and keeping yourself and residents safe by respecting professional boundaries.
• Maintain client records on In-Form (client database) detailing the young person’s journey in relation to their strengths and needs, any risks, and any outcomes (to monitor service performance). 

General 

• Work as part of a team, on a rota shift pattern, ensuring young people at the service have non-judgemental, objective, and supportive staff during the day/evening, along with taking responsibility for personal safety during periods of lone working
• Contribute to a great working environment, with a calm, yet assertive manner, being able to handle potentially difficult situations.
• Participate in relevant continuing professional development and utilise Reflective Practice Supervision as part of leading psychologically informed practice. 

There will be times when lone working will be a requirement for this role, but you will get to know the team and service, along with an induction and training prior to starting on a rota. Please download the job profile for full role details.

ABOUT YOU: We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described below, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

This is a dynamic and varied role; you will be passionate about being involved in the support and growth of young people.

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience relating to housing, support work, and/or working with young people at risk
• Experience of working proactively with a caseload of young people with multiple and complex needs to enable them to achieve independent living. 
• Knowledge of statutory and voluntary resources available to young people with multiple and complex needs.
• Knowledge of good safeguarding procedures in relation to young people and the ability to maintain effective professional boundaries.
• Demonstrated confidence and competence in recording notes/actions in service log, incident forms and health and safety check lists.

Skills and Abilities 

• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing for appropriate recording of a resident’s progression, and to evidence outcomes achieved.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders, including signposting and advocating for clients as necessary. 
• Ability to work autonomously, and use own initiative, as well as being part of a team.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills, good IT, and keyboard skills.
• Ability to de-escalate volatile situations and manage challenging behaviour appropriately.

Researcher
Advertising Reference: 2413
Location: London or Northern Ireland 
Status: Permanent, 35 hours per week
Salary: (Band 4) £33,194 (National weighting) £35,886 (London weighting) with generous benefits package including 30 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, and 3 days of Christmas closure

For over 60 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.

The purpose of this role is to support the research, evaluation and evidence activity in NCB, working across a range of projects.  The role involves designing and undertaking primary, secondary, qualitative and quantitative research and analysis relating to children and young people and producing outputs under the supervision of senior researchers. The post holder will also represent NCB at external events and meetings, contribute to funding proposals and support the engagement of children, young people and parents in research work.

The post holder will join a team of researchers based in London and Belfast and will have the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of projects that have a direct impact on policy, services and outcomes for children and families.  Projects span a range of areas including social care, youth justice, early childhood development, education, and mental health.

Applications close at 8:00AM on Monday 24th February 2025. 

Please quote the job title and reference number in your application. CVs will not be accepted.

Assessment and interviews to be conducted on Monday 10th March and Tuesday 11th March 2025. 

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. NCB is an equal opportunities employer, and we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and male candidates, as we would like to increase the representation of these groups at NCB. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

No agencies please.

Forcesline is SSAFA's frontline telephone service handling both day-to-day and more complex enquiries from the Forces community.

This role is to respond to contact made via the Forcesline helpline, which provides a welfare support service for serving, ex-service personnel and their families.  Enquiries include requests for information, practical assistance and emotional support.

About the team

You will work with a great team of advisors who are both experienced and skilled. Their experience covers former Samaritans, Pastrol Care, Social Work and Police Despatch Calling. As a team they learn and support one another.

About you

You will have had experience in delivering welfare support to others, and ideally this has been gained through a helpline.

You will have used Microsoft Office 365 to a high standard.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a strong proficiency in Microsoft Teams and broad computer literacy that includes the ability to work across multiple applications simultaneously.

It is important that you have experience of planning and managing your own workload, with minimal supervision.

This role is homebased in the UK, you must live in the UK to be eligible.

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for the Armed Forces community in their time of need. In 2023 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 53,000 people, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.

SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way they need us.

Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA

SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.

Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 12 February 2025. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews: Week commencing 17 February 2025.