Suicide Bereavement Team Leader (South)
This is a 25 hrs per week role (salary is pro rata of 35 hrs).
Amparo is a leading support agency for those who have been bereaved, or otherwise affected by, suicide. We help people dealing with the trauma of suicide by offering practical assistance at a difficult time. Our Suicide Bereavement Liaison Workers (SBLWs) are key to this support, and we're looking for someone to lead the team in Kent & Medway.
You'll need a background in community work, social work, psychotherapy or counselling (although this role does not involve counselling). We're looking for someone with a minimum of three years post-qualification experience working with complex clients in a helping profession.
Working from home, you'll be responsible for supervising a team of staff within the Kent/Medway area, including co-ordinating and facilitating Line Management /Team meetings, cascading any supervisory concerns to the Head of Clinical Services and managing appropriate safeguarding and clinical issues. You'll be supporting staff who are working with people that have been bereaved by suicide, coordinating and attending stakeholder events (including local memorial services) and undertaking the full recruitment process for new staff and volunteers.
You will also carry a small caseload of clients and be responsible for making first contact with these referrals - we pride ourselves on making contact within 24 hours. You'll build an ongoing support relationship with clients that could be short term or may last several months. This may involve travel in your local area or regular contact by phone or video chat.
It's important work. Research shows that up to 10% of people who have been bereaved by suicide may go on to take their own life, but your support can prevent this. Since Amparo was created in 2015, not a single client has taken their life.
This is a role where you can make a difference, so please take a look at the job description and person specification for more details.
Amparo is managed by Listening Ear (Merseyside), a leading counselling charity in the north west.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking to recruit a CJS Director!
To ensure success, should understand the charity’s operation and decision-making processes with a keen interest in producing targeted and tangible results. Working in line with the charity and its values.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
GamLEARN is a community of non-judgemental people who support each other and work together to reduce Gambling Harm.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Rethink Mental Illness are hiring a Regional Associate Director to lead our teams and services in the South-East region.
As a leading charity provider of mental health services in England, we’re on a mission to bring about meaningful change: to our health and social care system, to the way society views mental illness, and to people’s lives across the country. Our services keep people living with mental illness safe and well in the community, prevent their needs from escalating, and help them live independently, access the information, support and care they are entitled to, and understand and exercise their rights.
As a Regional Associate Director - South-East, you will: Lead a regional operational team, within our Services Division, who are responsible for delivering safe and high-quality care and support services across the region, which are aligned with our quality and safety standards and meet contractual requirements. This means that services in your region are delivered in line with/exceed budget, all internal and external KPIs, and quality and regulatory standards.
The Services Division lead the delivery and growth of our services and strategic partnerships and alliances. The division is comprised of our four regional teams (north, central, south west and south east) and a separate strategic partnerships and alliances team. The five teams are each led by an Associate Director.
Our regional teams are responsible for all services we deliver in a local area:
Other service types may be added as growth and development takes place with the South-East Region:
Essential skills and experience:
Who we are?
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”
It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress here.
Registered Charity
501 - 1000
We’re Rethink Mental Illness and no matter how bad things are, we can help people severely affected by mental illness to improve their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you interested in working for an exceptional charity that offers support to men in suicidal crisis? James' Place provides a lifesaving, brief intervention for men in a suicidal crisis.
We are looking for an experienced professional who is passionate about men's mental health. In our Newcastle Centre, which opened in late 2023, you will work with a small, supportive team to deliver our collaborative, semi-structured, psychologically informed interventions in person to men and their supporters.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This Suicide Liaison Manager will manage a team of Suicide Liaison Workers, a CYP Counsellor and work with a team of volunteers who deliver support to adults, children and young people who are bereaved by suicide in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. The post holder will implement and monitor the day-to-day operations of the service in line with contractual obligations, ensuring grieving people can access a range of high-quality bereavement support and are informed about the services available to them.
Your application must consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role with reference to the Job Description and Person Specification and should be no longer than two pages.
Please be advised that if you do not hear from us by 14th April 2025, unfortunately on this occasion you have not been shortlisted. Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from all protected groups as defined by the Equality Act 2010. Appointment will be made on merit.
Criminal Record Checks:
All staff are required to complete a Criminal Record check. Staff working directly with clients will be required to complete an enhanced check. We comply with the relevant codes of practice and they can be viewed online:
Applicants in England and Wales: DBS Code of Practice
Applicants in Northern Ireland: AccessNI Code of Practice
Previous convictions will not prevent full consideration of your application to work with Cruse. Our Recruitment of Ex-offenders' Policy & Handling Criminal Record Check Data Policy are available on request by email.
We comply with all relevant data protection legislation and process your data fairly.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Regional Development Lead to join our award winning Rail team at Samaritans.
As Regional Development Lead you’ll be helping to make a huge difference to the lives of those that work and use the railways in the region, as you support us in our life saving suicide prevention work. In this exciting role and working with our award winning rail programme, you’ll provide expert care and advice within the rail networks within the region.
In this role you’ll be an expert advisory support link for the rail industries and local community partners. You’ll have experience of stakeholder engagement and partnership working. Warm, personable and friendly, you’ll be able to build and maintain relationships with many different groups of people.
You’ll need compassion and resilience to work with exposure to incidents that may be upsetting.
Organised and methodical you’ll also be an effective Project manager with enthusiasm and a good understanding of mental health and suicide prevention.
The Region
Working alongside other Regional Development Leads, this role is responsible for the North West and Central route region (primarily covering the Network Rail routes on the rail infrastructure.
The successful candidate will be based within/adjacent to this region to enable them to fulfil the travel requirements of the role.
Working remotely, you’ll be a self-starter but also have the support of the wider rail team at Samaritans.
This is a brilliant opportunity to work with Samaritans at a critical time. As the country recovers from the pandemic, and the cost of living continues to increase, we must ensure we have the right measures in place to support mental health and prevent suicide.
A full outline of the role can be found in the Job description here.
Employee Benefits
We offer some brilliant benefits including flexible working, family-friendly policies, and training to support your development. You'll have 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and we match your pension contribution up to 5%. You can claim money back via a Health Cash Plan and wellbeing options including a free subscription to Headspace and a PerkBox account.
Find out more about working for us in our recruitment brochure here.
Application
Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. We warmly welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to everyone and are flexible in how we receive information. If you would like to apply via a different format or let us know how we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact the People team.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You’ll be asked to upload your CV and a covering letter outlining your transferable skills and experience. You’ll also be asked to answer some application questions. This role will close for applications at midnight on 9th April, with interviews taking place in the week of the 28th April.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
SUPPORT OUR LIFE-SAVING FUNDRAISERS
At Campaign Against Living Miserably, we’re searching for a Stewardship Officer with heart. Your mission? To inspire and support our growing community of Fundraisers as they take on epic challenges, all in support of CALM’s life-saving work.
You’ll join a growing team, fresh off its biggest fundraising year to date
You’ll help shape meaningful experiences for thousands of fundraisers
You’ll turbocharge your professional skills across fundraising and communications
You’ll help prevent suicide and make a life-saving difference for people struggling with life
Not bad, right? Plus, you’ll get to work in an inclusive, collaborative and development-focused environment, and receive excellent benefits, including a nine day fortnight, unlimited annual leave, enhanced pension scheme, and access to therapeutic and wellbeing services.
SOUND LIKE A BIT OF YOU? HERE’S MORE ABOUT THE ROLE
Our Challenge Events team is expecting fundraiser numbers to increase by 60% in the coming year. We’re hiring now to unlock the full potential of this incredible community. Reporting into the Challenge Events Manager, you’ll boost our ability to connect personally with the incredible people who support CALM on a day to day basis.
The reasons people fundraise for CALM can be deeply personal. They might have lost someone to suicide, used our helpline for themselves or someone they know, or they might want to support a lifesaving service. By understanding their motivation, you’ll tailor experiences that connect them to CALM’s work, build trust and loyalty and ultimately keep them coming back for more.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
CORE
Contribute to CALM’s fundraising targets, through excellent relationship management and supporter care
Ensure all supporters receive excellent care from CALM, as well as completing all assigned admin tasks with a high degree of accuracy
Confidently represent CALM at key meetings and events
Be a data steward for fundraising, ensuring quality data management
SUPPORTER ENGAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP
Steward CALM’s Challenge Event Fundraisers effectively throughout their journey when supporting CALM, to ensure they feel appreciated and inspired to fundraise for us
Be the friendly voice of CALM, responding to enquiries through the website or phone in a timely manner
Lead on stewardship calls to Challenge Event Fundraisers - welcoming them to the team upon sign up, wishing them good luck before their event, or offering them fundraising guidance and support
Work with the wider team to ensure Challenge Event Fundraisers are staying on track - such as completing registration forms on time, and setting up fundraising pages
Craft personal emails to Fundraisers to drive retention and satisfaction
Engage with Fundraisers on our CALM Facebook groups - sparking conversation and fostering a supportive community atmosphere
Work with Challenge Events Manager and Challenge Events Officer to develop and improve automated email supporter journeys for Fundraisers
Write a regular blog for Challenge Events to improve engagement with Fundraisers, and prospective Fundraisers
Champion storytelling by building and maintaining the story bank with Fundraiser stories and identify ways these can be utilised across our channels
Proactively identify new and engaging ways to steward participants and put these into practice
Build and maintain relationships using our CRM and other systems
Analyse feedback from Fundraisers via our post event surveys and identify areas for improvement
Work with stakeholders across the organisation to improve processes and data management
Support the Challenge Events Manager with event delivery, data analysis and event research when required
Support stewardship in other areas of Public Fundraising as required, including Community Fundraising and Individual Giving.
Your profile
COMPETENCIES
Essential
Passion for fundraising and understanding of the importance of providing excellent supporter care by telephone, SMS, and email
Confident making telephone calls, with a friendly and empathetic telephone manner
Excellent copywriting skills with an ability to create compelling and engaging content
A creative mind and ability to problem-solve
Able to take initiative, manage a varied work load, and work independently
Excellent IT skills. Willing to work occasional out of hours and weekends as required
Understanding of CALM, why people choose to support us
Act as a positive ambassador for CALM, working in line with our ethos, policies and branding
Desirable
A strong understanding of challenge event fundraising
Experience of using G-suite
EXPERIENCE
Essential
Experience in a customer or support facing role, interacting with customers/supporters on a day to day basis
Desirable
Experience working with a CRM database (preferably Salesforce)
Experience working with fundraising platforms, such as Just Giving and Enthuse
Why work for us?
Reports to: Challenge Events Manager
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract
Benefits: Unlimited annual leave, Healthcare cash plan, 6% pension contribution, therapeutic services (after completion of probation), hybrid working & nine day fortnight
Based: London Waterloo twice a week (Wednesdays and Thursdays) / Remote Working (Mon, Tues & Fri), 9.30am - 5.30pm. The right candidate will be willing to work occasional out of hours and weekends as required.
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 per annum (for employees)
A work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration.
Please note we are carrying out rolling interviews and will close this vacancy when we have shortlisted enough candidates for interviews. Please do not delay in submitting your application.
About us
We're the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) - a suicide prevention charity fighting to reduce the devastating impact of suicide in the UK.
We run a life-saving helpline for anyone affected by suicide or suicidal thoughts, and our website has loads of tools and resources packed with practical advice.
We also run vital campaigns to increase awareness, smash stereotypes, and change the culture around mental health and suicide.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
To help people end their misery, not their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Following a series of significant new business wins, the Corporate Fundraising Team at CALM are looking to grow. We are looking for an ambitious and experienced account manager who is motivated by results and a natural-born relationship builder.
The role will be responsible for managing, growing and extending a portfolio of existing corporate partnerships, and, where appropriate, may be asked to support with new business by attending meetings, pitches and staff votes on an ad hoc basis. This role reports into the Corporate Fundraising Lead.
Responsibilities
Provide excellent relationship management to a portfolio of corporate partners (worth approx. £20k-100k per annum), including, but not limited to, producing account management plans, setting partnership objectives, supporting fundraising initiatives and employee engagement, thereby significantly contributing to the corporate fundraising budget and strategy.
Ensure partnership milestones and fundraising targets are monitored, met, reported on and celebrated with key internal and external stakeholders.
Confidently represent CALM at key meetings and events, where public speaking and the delivery of CALM Champion Workshops may be required.
Work closely with the Services, Data and MarComms teams to build engaging, accurate and tailored impact reports for partners that encourage long-term support.
Continue to seek ways of deepening partner relationships, and spotting opportunities for growth and extensions where possible, contributing to CALM’s strategy of growing repeatable, sustainable income.
Devise sustainable exit strategies for partners that leave behind a lasting legacy for CALM.
Build strong working relationships and collaborate closely with colleagues across CALM to complement partnership activity.
Use data, insight and subject matter expertise to inform team strategy, budgeting and reporting.
Support the corporate partnerships team, where necessary, in securing new partnerships. This may involve (but not limited to) providing quotes or case studies, attending meetings or pitches, and canvassing for staff votes.
Support the Corporate Fundraising team with administrative tasks and identifying and making improvements to working practice, process and knowledge across the High Value team to drive efficiency, improved ROI and inform strategy.
Adhere to GDPR and be fully conversant with relevant fundraising regulator legislation and guidelines.
Maintain awareness of industry trends and best practice, with a view to use these to benefit CALM.
Be a data steward for fundraising, ensuring quality data management.
When required, be an active and engaged member of CALM’s EDI Supergroup.
Understand and adhere to the CALM values.
Your profile
Competencies
A demonstrable track record of delivering significant financial results against agreed targets and timescales.
Excellent relationship management skills, with ability to engage effectively with a range of audiences, especially with influential and senior people, both internal and external.
Ability to direct client facing meetings, getting to the core of what motivates a partner to take action, and present a case for support convincingly.
Confidence in managing partner expectations and having difficult conversations where necessary, keeping the charity’s best interests at heart.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to develop tailored and compelling presentations, reports and communications to a high standard.
Proven ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload, taking initiative and often working to conflicting deadlines.
Ability to collaborate and positively contribute to team culture.
Willingness to work hard and attend, where necessary, commitments outside of office hours.
Passion for the cause and delivering CALM’s mission.
Experience
5-7 years experience of successfully managing multi-layered, five or six figure corporate partnerships, ideally within the third sector - from the onboarding of a partnership to delivering exit strategies.
Experience of growing and extending partnerships in line with organisational objectives.
Experience of being part of a new business process whether that’s attending meetings, pitches or staff votes.
Experience of working in a fast paced environment with conflicting priorities and deadlines.
Why work for us?
Reports to: Corporate Fundraising Lead
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Unlimited annual leave, Healthcare cash plan, 6% pension contribution, therapeutic services (after completion of probation), hybrid working & nine day fortnight.
Based: London Waterloo twice a week (Wednesdays and Thursdays) / Remote Working (Mon, Tues & Fri), 9.30am - 5.30pm.
Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 per annum
A work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration.
About us:
We're the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) - a suicide prevention charity fighting to reduce the devastating impact of suicide in the UK.
We run a life-saving helpline for anyone affected by suicide or suicidal thoughts, and our website has loads of tools and resources packed with practical advice.
We also run vital campaigns to increase awareness, smash stereotypes, and change the culture around mental health and suicide.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
To help people end their misery, not their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about making a difference? Do you have a knack for building meaningful relationships and securing vital support? Samaritans Ireland is looking for a dynamic Fundraising Officer to join our team and help us achieve our vision.
• Permanent role
• €39,000 - €42,000 per annum
• Full time (35 hours per week)
• We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
• Hybrid working – linked to our Dublin office (Usher’s Quay) with home and office working
• In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. Staff are expected to work in person around 4-5 days per month, with the team going in most Wednesdays and a monthly team meeting.
• Location: Successful candidate must reside within 60-90 minutes from the office.
• Travel: Occasional travel required in this role, for example to a Samaritans’ branch or corporate Partnership. Travel expenses would be covered for this.
As Fundraising Officer, you’ll:
• Proactively deliver and maximise income and engagement from a wide range of fundraising activities to support Samaritans in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
• Research, secure and manage corporate fundraising relationships.
• Provide outstanding stewardship and account management to existing and new relationships.
• Assist with other areas of fundraising including: Grants, Trust & Foundations and Community Fundraising.
• Support branches in ROI & NI to achieve their income generation goals.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
• A proven track record in relationship management, fundraising, or marketing within the charity sector.
• Experience in securing corporate partnerships and achieving fundraising targets.
• Outstanding presentation, proposal writing, and networking skills.
• A proactive and independent approach to achieving objectives.
The Team
The Samaritans Ireland team includes specialists within Policy, Safeguarding, Finance, Helpline and Communications. The team is friendly, collaborative and supportive. We’re busy working on our ambitious Strategic Delivery Plan for 2022–27, with the aim of maximising support for our beneficiaries and volunteers. This role will work closely with colleagues within the UK central charity, including the Corporate Partnership team and Digital teams.
Application
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please upload your CV (2 page max) and answer some application questions, outlining your motivations for applying to this role with us and your transferable skills and experience. Applications close at 9 am on 11/04. First stage interviews will be face to face from 16/04 onwards.
Whilst we appreciate that the use of generative AI functions like ChatGPT is quickly becoming part of working life for many people, through our recruitment process we want to see your own unique ideas and writing skills. We want your application to stand out from the rest and showcase your own strengths. Therefore, we kindly ask that you don’t rely on AI tools for your application answers, cover letter or to generate interview answers.
Samaritans recognises the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. We are wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our Gambling Outreach And Living Support service GOALS is our community-based support service that provides bespoke and holistic 1:1 and group support to individuals and affected other impacted by gambling harms.
Our aim is to deliver an impactful GOALS service across London which builds effective networks of support for people before, during and after treatment.
Role Purpose
The purpose of this role is to engage with communities across London, delivering the GOALS service and raising awareness of gambling-related harm through in-person community engagement. The role involves building strong, effective networks of support for individuals before, during, and after treatment, with a particular focus on those with lived experience of gambling harm and its effects on others.
As a key member of the team, the GOALS Community Supporter will work directly with individuals impacted by gambling harm, providing one-on-one support in a safe and confidential environment. The role also involves proactive outreach within the community, collaborating with local authorities, public sector bodies, businesses, and charitable organisations to raise awareness of gambling harm and promote available services.
Collaboration with key stakeholders in local authorities, public health sectors, and charitable organisations is essential to expanding the reach of the service, advocating for gambling harm awareness, and developing sustainable support networks. The post holder will also work closely with the GOALS Service Manager to ensure the integration of the service within the broader framework of local and national gambling treatment systems. This includes attending relevant events, networking with key stakeholders, and promoting other Betknowmore services to enhance the overall impact of the work.
Qualifications or Relevant Experience
Essential Skills & Knowledge
Desirable Skills
Please review the full Job Pack for more details before applying with your both a CV and cover letter to be considered for the role.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We support and provide information to those harmed by gambling, whilst raising awareness of gambling’s potential harms through education and training
