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Project Coordinator
£29,269 - £31,364 per annum (full-time) plus 8% pension contribution. £1,290 pa pay rise pending.
Starting salary based on skills/experience
A fantastic opportunity for a community focused individual looking for an exciting and varied role at an established, flourishing and financially stable Oxford based charity. Our culture of inclusion, focus on health & wellbeing, and flexible working models, help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best.
About My Life My Choice
My Life My Choice (MLMC) is a multi-award-winning self-advocacy charity uniquely run by and for people with learning disabilities, founded in 1998. The charity delivers a diverse range of innovative user led projects that enhance and empower the lives of adults with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire. These established projects include a fee earning training and consultancy Professional Services team, the gig buddy and travel buddy schemes, a nightclub, campaigns and self-advocacy groups.
About the role
We are now looking for a committed individual who will enjoy a diverse and challenging role. The role holder will work across a variety of our projects. This includes working with the Travel Buddy Coordinator to ensure the delivery and growth of a high-quality programme of travel support for our membership. Additionally, the successful individual will join the staff team in delivering self-advocacy groups, facilitate Quality Checks (peer inspections of local authority supported homes), and lead our crucial engagement with Oxfordshire County Council (OCC). The work with OCC involves supporting and coordinating our members with a learning disability to effectively contribute and have their voices heard at high level meetings.
This post calls for an individual with excellent project coordination, administration, and communication skills. We need a resilient individual who thrives on regular face-to-face interaction with beneficiaries and is as equally comfortable with professionals across the sector. We welcome applications from candidates with a background in coordinating projects in the charity sector or those who possess transferable skills.
The successful candidate will need to show a passion for empowering and raising the voices of people with learning disabilities.
MLMC not only says it values its staff but commits to them by offering an enhanced pension contribution, a Healthcare Plan (Claim up to £1,650 pa towards dental, optician, health consultations and therapy costs), Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, flexible working with time off in lieu, a weekly fruit basket, a £100 contribution towards a health & wellbeing activity, cycle to work scheme, business mileage rate of 45p per mile, and working from home when appropriate. Free, dedicated staff parking is also available.
Salary: £29,269 - £31,364 pa, plus 8% pension contribution
Closing Date: Monday 28th October 2024 (10am)
Interview Date: Thursday 7th November 2024
Start Date: Monday 2nd December 2024 (but negotiable)
To Apply: Please send us your CV (max of two sides of A4) and a covering letter (max of two sides of A4) matching skills/experience to the Job Description and Person Specification. Job description can be downloaded from our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Could you help people improve their health and well-being through gardening? Do you have experience of working in a community gardening or health and social care setting? At Thrive, our Practitioners work with plants and people to improve an individual’s physical and psychological health, social interaction. skills and confidence.
We’re looking for a new STH Practitioner to provide high quality and effective Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) programmes for adults in our gardens in Battersea Park and outreach settings. Working alongside volunteers this role will support people with learning disabilities, autism, long term health conditions or other disabilities.
Based at Thrive London in Battersea Park. The role will involve some work undertaken off-site in London and occasional travel to the Thrive Centres in Reading and Birmingham.
Appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check. Thrive complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from working for Thrive.
Closing date for applications: Monday 21 October 9am. Interviews are anticipated to take place on Monday 28 October 2024.
For further information please refer to the full job and person specification below
To apply, please email recruitment with your CV and a written statement explaining how you meet the person specification and what you will bring to Thrive.
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Barnwood is not your typical funder. We drive change so that disabled people and people with mental health conditions have choice of opportunities, access their rights, and are included where they live. We bring people together for a different conversation and explore big ideas. Through learning and collaboration, we influence the change that’s needed. By partnering with local organisations and looking for better ways to fund, Barnwood makes a difference in Gloucestershire.
We are looking for a creative and motivated Digital Marketing Coordinator to join our team. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about marketing, social media, and digital communications and is eager to develop their expertise and experience in a friendly and flexible organisation.
This role will collaborate closely with the rest of the Marketing and Communications team, contributing to a range of projects and campaigns.
Through this collaboration, you will receive guidance and support in developing your skills, offering a unique opportunity to work creatively on real projects.
We want to diversify our team to better reflect the work and communities we support – this means we would particularly welcome applications from people who:
· are from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds.
· have lived experience of disability and/or mental health challenges.
Contract terms:
· Permanent contract.
· We welcome applications from candidates seeking full-time hours (37.5hrs per week).
· We would consider part-time hours for the right candidate. If you would like to be considered for the role on a part-time contact, please note hours would need to be worked Wednesday through Friday.
· We offer a flexible start time between 8:00 am and 9:30 am.
· Salary £30,260 p/a
· 36 days of holiday, including bank holidays.
· This position is based in our office in central Cheltenham with occasional opportunities for home working.
Summary of key duties:
Social media management:
· Assist in the creation, scheduling, and publishing of content across various social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter) and LinkedIn).
· Work with the Events and Marketing Coordinator to create the monthly content calendars.
· Monitor social media channels for trends, engagement, and opportunities to interact with our audience.
· Respond to comments, messages, and mentions to maintain a positive and engaging online presence.
· Track and analyse the performance of social media posts and campaigns using analytics tools.
Website management:
· Format, edit and maintain content on our CMS, WordPress.
· Liaise with the Trust's web developer for ongoing website development, ensuring an effective and accessible web user experience.
· Build and manage online forms and surveys.
· Monitor and share engagement data with colleagues to inform marketing and communication plans.
Content creation:
· Format documents and reports for internal and external audiences.
· Design and create visual content for digital and print channels.
· Commission accessible formats, including BSL and Easy Read.
· Collaborate with the team to develop new content ideas and campaigns that align with our brand voice and goals.
Administrative and logistical support:
· Perform administrative tasks as needed, such as updating contact lists and maintaining marketing databases.
· Liaise and assist with scheduling for external photography and film contractors.
· Liaise with commercial printers and providers of collateral materials.
· Manage the Trust's photography and film media library.
· Administration of photography and film permissions data.
For full details please see our application pack
Summary of skills
- Strong IT skills (demonstrable proficiency in using MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Experience using a cloud-based website platform (e.g., WordPress)
- Proficient in Adobe Suite - InDesign, Photoshop, PDF Editor and Illustrator.
- Good knowledge of emerging trends within the digital marketing field.
- Experience using a social media scheduler (e.g., Zoho) is desirable but not essential.
- Experience using a CRM platform is desirable but not essential.
- Experience using digital engagement analytics tools is desirable but not essential (e.g., Google Analytics)
Benefits:
· 36 days annual leave including bank holidays. (FTE)
· Life Assurance (3 x Salary)
· Work within an organisation that is committed to improving equality and diversity.
· Competitive salaries and fantastic pension contribution rates.
· Excellent personal development plan and extensive training which includes a commitment to training employees to be confident when working with people with a wide variety of impairments, disabilities, and mental health challenges.
· Friendly and collaborative working culture; everyone’s voice is heard.
· We have a range of supportive wellbeing policies and almost a third of our employees, are qualified mental health first aiders with Mental Health England.
· Our offices in central Cheltenham are wheelchair accessible, have free accessible parking on site and great facilities.
· Assistance dogs are welcome.
Guidance On Applications:
Click on Apply Now to be taken to the Barnwood Trust website where you need to apply for this role via our online application form.
You will also find a detailed application pack which gives a full and detailed job description and person specification as well as guidance on how to make an online application and what you should include within it.
Should you have any questions or require any of the information in a different format please email the recruitment team directly at recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org.
We want our application process to be right for you as an individual, so if there’s anything you think we can do to make this process more straightforward for you please email recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org directly to discuss what support we might be able to provide. Our career page on our website has some examples of things we may be able to put in place for people who request extra support.
- Deadline for applications: 12.00 noon of Friday 11th October 2024
- First interviews: Monday 21st and Wednesday 23rd October 2024
- Second stage interviews: Thursday 24th & Friday 25th October 2024
We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.
Barnwood acts as an agent of social change, working alongside disabled people and people with mental health conditions to create that change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Transition and Placement Coordinator
Join Our Clients Team as a Transition and Placement Coordinator!
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of individuals with complex needs? Do you excel in coordinating and advocating for person-centred care? If so, this exciting role as a Transition and Placement Coordinator could be the perfect fit for you!
Within this role, you’ll play a crucial part in ensuring smooth transitions for adults with complex needs into our specialist day service. You will work closely with individuals, their families, and a multidisciplinary team to create personalised transition plans, monitor progress, and advocate for the best possible care. You’ll be the point of contact for the people they support, liaising with external agencies and ensuring everything runs smoothly.
What you'll do:
- Coordinate and implement transition plans.
- Organise pre-placement visits and reviews.
- Work with families, carers, and professionals to ensure comprehensive support.
- Advocate for the individuals' needs and preferences.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team for holistic care.
What they’re looking for:
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- A proactive and compassionate approach to care.
- Experience working in multidisciplinary settings.
- Passion for improving the lives of people with complex needs.
- Experience in facilitating a person-centred care approach.
- Experience with excellent communication and coordination skills to liaise with families, carers, and external agencies.
- You will be proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a multidisciplinary environment, ensuring smooth transitions and placements for the people we support.
- Strong advocacy skills are essential, as you'll be representing the needs and preferences of the people we support while ensuring person-centred care is delivered.
If you're passionate about making a meaningful difference in people's lives and thrive in a collaborative role, they’d love to hear from you!
Why Join them? You’ll be part of a passionate, dedicated team that’s committed to making a positive impact. They offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to truly make a difference in people’s lives.
Location: Harborne, Birmingham
Apply Now! If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply today by submitting the attached application form and your CV!
Be part of a team that makes lives better!
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Centre 404 is a leading charity with an excellent strong reputation for providing high quality support and services to people with learning disabilities and their families. Based in North London, we currently work across eight London boroughs.
We are now seeking an experienced, solution-focussed Head of Finance and IT to join our Senior Management Team. This role oversees the financial operations and drives the development of our integrated IT strategy, ensuring first-class financial and IT service across the organisation.
In this role you will ensure timely and accurate management and financial reporting across the organisation, fostering a culture of financial accountability and ensuring that all stakeholders have a sense of co-ownership of this; working closely with the senior management team you will support grant applications to ensure that the terms and conditions of these grants are understood and complied with. You will also manage our cloud-based IT services to support the delivery of our strategic plan, ensuring best value IT across the organisation.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or CIPFA) with a solid understanding of IT systems management. They will have proven experience in both financial and IT leadership roles, working closely with senior managers and collaborating with a range of internal and external stakeholders at senior levels. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to present complex financial data to diverse audiences to ensure the organisation's financial sustainability. Experience in the charity sector and in developing financial strategy is essential for this role.
In return, the post holder will benefit from being part of a well-established and supportive finance function and Senior Leadership Team.
Full details of the role are outlined in the job description and background information.
Closing date: Please note, applications will be shortlisted and interviewed on a rolling basis.
Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and the children we support, and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.
We are dedicated to providing a meaningful and rewarding work environment, as well as offering a range of perks and benefits for our staff to enjoy.
Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Charity ref number 299889
How to apply: Please submit a CV along with a cover statement addressing the following: “Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience”. Please ensure you refer to the person specification in your statement and explain how you meet the criteria.
Director of Fundraising
Both full and part time hours considered
Minimum of 32 hours per week over 4 days
Up to £65,000, dependant on experience (pro rata to 36.5 hours for part time)
Treloar’s is a charity which runs one of the UK’s largest specialist education centres for young disabled people to live and learn. Through our school and college, we offer students the opportunity to fully take part in life and achieve their aspirations.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic, and professional fundraiser to lead the team at Treloar’s. As the Director of Fundraising, you will develop and implement innovative fundraising strategies, oversee a dedicated and passionate team and support them in generating significant income through a variety of channels, including trusts and foundations, events, corporate partnerships, individual giving, and major donations.
We are looking for someone with a strong track record in senior-level charitable fundraising. You should bring advanced knowledge of a wide variety of fundraising channels, compliance expertise, and exceptional leadership skills. Experience in the education or disability sectors and relevant qualifications in fundraising are advantageous.
In return, we offer a competitive salary and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of young people with disabilities. We also provide a flexible work environment with options for home and office working (minimum 3 days a week in the office), as well as part-time opportunities.
Informal chats about the role are welcome – get in touch with Sophie Milroy, Recruitment Specialist Lead.
We offer:
- 27 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays
- An opportunity to work on site with industry experts
- Excellent paid training and development opportunities
- Life insurance, Group Personal Pension & Occupational Health schemes
- Health Cash Plan & Perkbox discount scheme
- Free wellbeing activities (e.g. gym/yoga)
- Free parking & many other benefits
How to apply?
To apply, please complete our Online Treloar Application Form, alternatively please call our Recruitment Team to discuss further.
Closing date: Tuesday 8th October 2024
Treloar Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a DBS Check along with other relevant employment checks.
Treloar Trust, responsible for Treloar School and Treloar College, is an equal opportunities employer and operates a no smoking policy. Registered charity number 1092857.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role and responsibilities
To support and assist the operations and customer services of the Jumbulance Trust.
· Enquiries management
· Liaise with travel agent
· Administration of scheduling of trips
· Communications with group leaders and travellers
· Social media support
· Invoicing and debt management
Skills and attributes
A well organised individual who understands the work of the Jumbulance Trust
Meticulous record keeping
Sound escalation and decision making
Digitally competent – XCEL, Microsoft word, email etc
Strong communicator
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Summary of Role and Person:
The Volunteer Coordinator supports the development and management of volunteer roles at The Jumbulance Trust. This includes recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers, particularly those in carer and fundraising roles. All administrative duties involved in creating records and storing personal data of volunteers.
This role is suited to a person with integrity and core values which reflect the ambitions of the Jumbulance Trust. We are committed to equality and diversity in our organisation as a leading provider of accessible services.
Driver with own vehicle preferred, adhoc travel will be required in this role.
Objectives:
- Increase volunteer numbers and placement opportunities.
- Ensure all volunteer activities comply with health, safety, and legal standards.
- Develop new roles to support fundraising and service expansion.
- Enhance the Trust's reputation as a provider of quality respite holidays and DoE Gold residential activities.
Key Responsibilities:
Volunteer management
- Recruit, onboard, and train volunteers in collaboration with the Senior Administrator and Trustees.
- Match volunteers' skills with the needs of Assisted Travellers, including home visits for assessments.
- Maintain volunteer records and ensure compliance with Data Protection regulations.
Training and Support
- Develop and deliver volunteer training, both face-to-face and online.
- Arrange regular online meetings to provide feedback and support to volunteers.
- Ensure high-quality volunteer experiences and address any complaints or concerns.
Development and Recognition
- Promote Jumbulance Trust as a top choice for volunteers by attending events and building community relationships.
- Recognise and celebrate volunteer contributions through awards and other acknowledgments.
Strategic Initiatives:
- Develop new volunteering opportunities and support Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
- Establish training placements with nursing and health professions students.
- Produce quarterly and annual reports on volunteer activities and outcomes.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join us!
Contact is a national charity for families with disabled children. We provide information, advice and support, and bring families together so they can support each other. We campaign to improve their circumstances, and for their right to be included and equal in society.
Your role
The business development team aims to expand Contact’s reach to parent carers and practitioners by exploring opportunities for new projects, partnerships, commissions and paid for content including webinars, workshops and training. We also work with forums to offer support on areas not covered by their grant. We expand our reach and support offer alongside of funded programmes. We aim to increase organisational sustainability by generating income and contributing to core organisational costs.
The Business Development Co-ordinator reports to the Business Development Operations Manager and is the linchpin for our business development programmes. You will be responsible for setting up events online and face to face, contacting trainers, taking bookings and supporting with promotion; making sure the support and content made available to families is kept up to date. The role also involves updating our CRM database, making sure invoices are raised and paid and collating information for reports from the database or Excel.
What we’re looking for
We are looking for someone who has excellent IT and digital skills, ideally with experience of online event systems such as Eventbrite and Zoom, a good knowledge of Excel and experience using a CRM database. You’ll need to be highly organised with excellent written and verbal communication skills, a friendly, confident phone manner and a good knowledge of the issues and concerns families with disabled children face.
How to apply
Please return a completed application form along with an equal opportunities monitoring form (downloadable as part of the job pack) by the date stated below.
Important dates
Closing date: Sunday 6 October at 23:59
Interview date: week commencing 14 October 2024
Are you passionate about community development and eager to make a tangible difference in people's lives?
KeyRing is embarking on a transformative journey in Sheffield, and we are looking for a dynamic Development Manager to join the team. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of KeyRing in Sheffield, working collaboratively with people who draw on support, commissioners and other key stakeholders to develop a number of Community Living Networks and mobilising our Individual Service Fund offer.
You will also play a crucial role in building and developing a dedicated team, ensuring they are equipped and inspired to deliver high-quality services. Your visionary thinking and commitment to inclusivity and community engagement will drive the success of this initiative, ensuring that KeyRing continues to empower and support the community effectively.
If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
This is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week with a salary £32,400 per annum.
Your diverse and inclusive workplace:
Our vision is for a welcoming world that celebrates the skills and talents of everybody.
KeyRing is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community. KeyRing is also a disability confident committed employer. We encourage applications from our diverse communities to help us make this happen. We want you to feel at home, and be yourself, so we can benefit from your unique skills and talents.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Barnwood Trust is not your typical funder. We drive change so that disabled people and people with mental health conditions have choice of opportunities, access their rights, and are included where they live. We bring people together for a different conversation and explore big ideas. Through learning and collaboration, we influence the change that’s needed. By partnering with local organisations, involving people with lived experience directly in our work, and looking for better ways to fund, Barnwood makes a difference in Gloucestershire.
As part of this work, our Funding & Influencing Team engages a wide range of people in the Trust’s vision for Gloucestershire, and our Funding Relationship Manager is integral to this.
We are looking for a Funding and Relationship Manager, who will be responsible for awarding, distributing, and evaluating the impact of our funding to Gloucestershire based organisations. The team provide supportive and reciprocal learning and evaluation relationships with organisations enabling us to constantly improve our grant-making processes and social change mechanisms.
We want to diversify our team to better reflect the work and communities we support – this means we would particularly welcome applications from people who:
• are from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds.
• have lived experience of disability and/or mental health challenges.
Contract terms:
• 12 months fixed contract.
• We welcome applications from people looking for full time hours (37.5hrs per week).
• We offer a flexible start between 8am and 9.30am Monday to Friday.
• Salary £35,356 p/a
• 36 days holiday inc. bank holidays
• This position is based in our office in central Cheltenham with occasional opportunities for home working.
Summary of key duties:
• Managing and processing grants to organisations and groups
• Process Funded Partner and Themed Funding grants to organisations and groups, ensuring that information is stored and monitored routinely, and that grant payments and annual instalments are authorised and paid in a timely manner.
• Respond to enquiries from prospective grant applicants, referrers, organisations, and other connected parties, showing consideration and patience for callers with communication or learning challenges.
• Support prospective applicant organisations and groups to apply to Barnwood Trust, providing appropriate support and advice to applicants and aligning with the Trust’s values and funding principles.
• Manage a portfolio of organisational grants, providing support where needed, and maintain a supportive monitoring, evaluation, and learning relationship over the life of a grant.
Evaluation, learning and relationship management.
• Oversee the monitoring and evaluation of a portfolio of funded organisations, ensuring data and key learning is submitted to Barnwood on time and supporting organisations to collect and collate this.
• Support funded organisations to measure the impact of their work in accessible and inclusive ways, drawing on your own expertise and that of the wider Funding Team.
• Through monitoring, evaluation, and relationships with your portfolio, identify learning themes and capacity gaps in organisations in the county.
• Support the Senior Funding Relationships Manager and the Funding Policy and Evaluation Manager to publish impact data and learning from organisation and group funding on Barnwood’s website and social media channels.
Summary of Essential Knowledge and Experience
• Proven experience of building and managing ongoing relationships with funded organisations.
• Knowledge of the VCS sector, and an understanding of the challenges faced by delivery organisations.
• Ability to work with and analyse data.
For full details please see our application pack.
Summary of skills
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, including high level written communication skills.
• Exceptional time management with the ability to be flexible during busy periods while still meeting responsibilities and deadlines.
• Self-awareness, enabling excellent working relationships with a wide range of people (both internally and externally) using tact, diplomacy and sensitivity. Working well both individually and collectively in a team.
• Strong IT skills (proficient in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WhatsApp, Teams and Zoom, as minimum) with the ability to learn and navigate new systems quickly and efficiently.
Benefits:
• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays.
• Life Assurance (3 x Salary)
• Competitive salaries and fantastic pension contribution rates.
• Work within an organisation that is committed to improving equality and diversity.
• Excellent personal development plan and extensive training which includes a commitment to training employees to be confident when working with people with a wide variety of impairments, disabilities, and mental health challenges.
• Friendly and collaborative working culture; everyone’s voice is heard.
• We have a range of supportive wellbeing policies and almost a third of our employees, are qualified mental health first aiders with Mental Health England.
• Our offices in central Cheltenham are wheelchair accessible, have free accessible parking on site and great facilities.
• Assistance dogs are welcome.
Guidance On Applications:
Click on Apply Via Website to be taken to the Barnwood Trust website where you need to apply for this role via our online application form.
You will also find a detailed application pack which gives a full and detailed job description and person specification as well as guidance on how to make an online application and what you should include within it.
Should you have any questions or require any of the information in a different format please email the recruitment team directly at recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org.
We want our application process to be right for you as an individual, so if there’s anything you think we can do to make this process more straightforward for you please email recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org directly to discuss what support we might be able to provide. Our career page on our website has some examples of things we may be able to put in place for people who request extra support.
Deadline for applications: 12.00 noon on Friday 4th October 2024
First interviews: Monday 14th October and Wednesday 16th October 2024
Second stage interviews: Tuesday 22nd October 2024
We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.
Barnwood acts as an agent of social change, working alongside disabled people and people with mental health conditions to create that change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We have a job vacancy for a Dementia Specialist to join Shine as the Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) / Dementia Coordinator.
Shine has a membership of over 14,000 members living with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus and associated conditions and over 6,500 associated members.
In the last year we have seen a 25% increase in members who are living with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are currently just over 600 members with NPH, plus their carers registered, but we are expecting this to continue to rise as awareness and diagnosis of the condition grows.
We are looking for an experienced, skilled, organised and dedicated new staff member to join Shine’s Services team to develop and lead our new NPH service.
Purpose of Job
To be the Dementia specialist for Shine.
To provide the foundations for improved health, social and emotional outcomes for adults living with NPH/Dementia and to support their families/carers.
Shine will offer you:
• A competitive salary
• 35 hour working week
• 25 days annual leave plus additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Additional annual leave due to length of service
• Defined contribution pension
• Life Assurance cover
• Support to learn and develop
Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification and Introduction to the NPH Coordinator Role below and on our website.
If you would like to have a chat about the role in more detail or have any questions, please give us a call and ask to speak to our CEO, Kate Steele.
Shine is a Disability Confident employer and will offer guaranteed interviews if a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the job.
To apply please submit your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role criteria.
*Please note applications without a supporting statement will not be accepted*
Closing date: 11pm Wednesday 16th October 2024
Interviews: Tuesday 29th October 2024 at our Head office in Peterborough
Please note: we reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the closing date, therefore we encourage applications as soon as possible.
Providing specialist advice and support for spina bifida and hydrocephalus
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About My Life My Choice
My Life My Choice (MLMC) is a self-advocacy charity run by and for people with learning disabilities, founded in 1998. The charity delivers a diverse range of innovative and user led projects that enhance and empower the lives of adults with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire. These established projects include Professional Services (training, consultancy & research), Champions who speak up and campaign, Travel Buddy scheme, 15 local self-help groups, and Gig Buddies.
The role
My Life My Choice (MLMC) is a self-advocacy charity run by and for people with learning disabilities, founded in 1998. The charity delivers a diverse range of innovative and user led projects that enhance and empower the lives of adults with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire. These established projects include Professional Services (training, consultancy & research), Champions who speak up and campaign, Travel Buddy scheme, 15 local self-help groups, and Gig Buddies.
MLMC is now looking for a part-time Finance and Administration Officer. The successful applicant will manage MLMC’s day-to-day finances providing financial information to the Charity Coordinator and other staff as needed. Additional duties include administration/governance support to the Charity Coordinator and to manage the day to day running of the office (this does not involve any people management). This role calls for an individual with accounts and/or book keeping experience, the ability to run an end to end payroll using a computerised system including HMRC and year end reporting, and excellent administration skills. It is crucial that you will be able to communicate politely, professionally, effectively and clearly with all stakeholders (e.g. fellow staff, customers etc.).
All of the charity’s roles require individuals who show a passion for empowering, working with, and raising the voices of people with learning disabilities.
We need a self-starter who enjoys a challenge, can hit the ground running and is able to work with minimal supervision.
MLMC not only says it values its staff but commits to them by offering a competitive salary, an enhanced pension contribution, a comfortable and spacious office environment, an employee health care plan (up to £1,650 towards certain health costs), an Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, flexible working with time off in lieu, a weekly fruit basket, a £100 contribution towards a health & wellbeing activity, cycle to work scheme, 27 days of Annual Leave, and working from home when appropriate. Free, dedicated staff parking and/or bike racks are also available.
The successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check.
Closing Date: Monday 14th October (17:00)
Interview Date: Tuesday 22nd October
To Apply: Please send a covering letter explaining clearly how you meet the Job Description requirements and why you want this job, along with your CV.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Deputy Service Manager - Banbury
Location: Banbury
Discipline: Care and Support
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £30,900 per annum
Expiry date: 31 Oct 2024 22:59
Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated manager, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?
Salary: £30,900 (from 1/10/24)
As a Deputy Service Manager at Hft you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. Supporting the Service Manager, you will be responsible for nurturing and inspiring those coming to work for Hft to help ensure we have the best staff teams offering great support services. This role also offers great opportunities for career progression to help you develop your knowledge and skills.
Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits and career development opportunities. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training and support along the way. With Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.
We offer
- Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
- Apprenticeships: Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management within the first 12-18 months of your employment.
- Training: Access to award winning training and development
- Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
- Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
- TELUS health: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
- Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts. As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
- Care Friends: Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
- Free life assurance – 3 x your annual salary
About the role
Alongside the Service Manager, you are responsible and accountable for monitoring, maintaining and providing the highest standards of clinical and personal support and service delivery, while promoting independence and choice to the people supported in the service. You will support the Service Manager to manage and ensure the delivery of the service’s key quality and safety priorities by holding delegated responsibility in key areas of the day-to-day running of the supported living activity/service. You will also have delegated responsibility for the direct supervision and line management of a team of Support Workers. As a senior member of the team, you will promote and lead good practice at all times, doing all you can to make sure that the people we support and their colleagues come to no harm and that the people we support are satisfied with the level of support they receive by acting as an
exemplary role model.
As a Deputy Service Manager, flexibility is important for both you and for the service. You will be required to do on-call shifts during out of office hours. You will be expected to work 20% of your total weekly hours on shift across your assigned services and will be able to role model all aspects of a support worker role duties and responsibilities. Following your time on shift, and in general practice at all other times, you will have responsibility for reporting back to the Service Manager and for maintaining a continual dialogue loop of feedback that focuses on quality, and continuous improvement and learning and ensuring the smooth operation of the allocated group of services.
A full UK driving licence, with access to your own vehicle, is essential for the role.
About you
- You will have significant, recent experience at a front-line management level in field of learning disabilities in regulated services which may have included being a Registered Manager
- You will have knowledge of legislation and guidance relating to adults with learning disabilities, CQC regulations and Health and Safety issues.
- You need good IT skills and experience of maintaining records to be a success in this role.
- You need to hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care or hold a level 3 diploma and be willing to undertake this level 5 apprenticeship qualification within an agreed reasonable timescale of 18 months as part of a development plan
- You will have the ability to lead and manage people and be a role model in all aspects of people leadership especially performance
If you have the passion for delivering high quality care and support services to people with learning disabilities and you want to make a difference to enable people to live a more fulfilling and independent life – then this is the role for you.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.
Hft's usual terms and conditions apply. Hft is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, Hft is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do. Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employment.
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REF-216955
Service Manager - Oxfordshire
Location: Oxfordshire
Discipline: Care and Support
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £37,080 per annum, plus £2,000 allowance for holding the CQC registration.
Expiry date: 03 Nov 2024 22:59
Startdate: ASAP
Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Manager, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?
We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.
Join us as a manager with Hft and you’ll develop your social care career with one of the leading names in the sector. You’ll go to work each day knowing you can make a real difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities.
Salary: £37,080 from 1st October, 2024 plus £2000 allowance upon achieving CQC registration.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits and career development opportunities. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training and support along the way. With Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.
As a ‘Gold’ standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority. Within this, all Hft employees get access to TELUS Health – the world’s biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service. It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.
We offer
- Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
- Training: Access to award winning training and development
- Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
- Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
- Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts. As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
- Care Friends: Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
- Free life assurance – 3 x your annual salary
and more..
What will you be doing?
As a Service Manager at Hft, you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. You will be a role model to others through demonstrating excellent support to those we support and you will help the Regional Service Managers to coach, support and manage staff teams effectively. You will be responsible for nurturing and inspiring those coming to work for Hft to help ensure we have the best staff teams offering great support services. This role also offers great opportunities for career progression to help you develop your knowledge and skills.
The purpose of the role is to assist the Regional Service Manager by holding delegated responsibility in key areas of the day-to-day running of the registered service. You will also have the responsibility to manage the performance of your team; including your team’s delivery of care and support which promotes dignity, wellbeing and independence and a person-centred culture.
Alongside the Regional Service Manager, you are responsible and accountable for monitoring, maintaining and providing the highest standards of clinical and personal support and service delivery, while promoting independence and choice to the people supported in the service.
As a senior member of the team, you will promote and lead good practice at all times, doing all you can to make sure that the people we support and their colleagues come to no harm and that the people we support are satisfied with the level of support they receive by acting as an exemplary role model.
As a Service Manager, flexibility is important for both you and for the service. We provide 24/7 support to some people, so you will need to have flexibility to work shifts on a rota'd basis, including nights, weekends and Bank Holidays.
A full UK driving licence, with access to your own vehicle, is essential for the role.
About you
- You will have experience supporting adults with complex learning disabilities.
- You need good IT skills and experience of maintaining records to be a success in this role.
- You will have knowledge of CQC regulations
- You need to hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (or acceptable equivalent) OR have the ability to achieve this within 18 months of appointment.
- You will have detailed knowledge of Health and Safety issues, and Safeguarding regulations
If you have the passion for delivering high quality care and support services to people with learning disabilities and you want to make a difference to enable people to live a more fulfilling and independent life – then this is the role for you.
For more information on the role and responsibilities, please refer to the job description & person spec.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.
Hft's usual terms and conditions apply. Hft is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, Hft is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do. Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employment.
Apply Now
REF-216954