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This role is home-based within regular commutable distance to London and the Southeast
Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.
The Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer will be an adaptable people person, capable of developing meaningful and positive relationships with a variety of supporters and organisations. They will have excellent attention to detail and be comfortable learning and utilising data systems to inform donor outreach. They will seek to build successful and collaborative relationships within the Philanthropy and Partnerships team and the wider Major Giving and Partnerships team in addition to other internal stakeholders.
Principal duties include:
- Proactively cultivate and steward current, prospective and lapsed mid-value individuals and organisations to develop relationships, deepen connections, and secure mid-donor income.
- Work with the Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager to further develop and implement the mid-value giving strategy.
- Direct outreach communications including phone, email, letter, and face-to-face meetings with a large number of different mid-value supporters and prospects.
- Ensure useful, accurate and clear record keeping on the fundraising CRM (Salesforce) to allow us to identify connections and build our networks.
- Use multiple web-based data platforms to identify prospects, opportunities and trends as well as accurate reporting and analysis.
- Contribute creative and innovative ideas for developing and improving our mid-value donor journeys.
- Assist the organisation and delivery of events for the wider Major Giving and Partnerships team as required.
- Promote Sponsor a School (SAS) as a key product for mid-value givers and ensure SAS supporters have an excellent donor experience with Mary’s Meals.
- Contribute to income and expenditure budgets and forecasts.
- Collaborate with other teams including Supporter Care, Marketing and the Grassroots team to ensure high-quality stewardship and acquisition of mid-value donors.
- Be prepared to act as an ambassador for Mary’s Meals at public and Mary’s Meals organised events, and to deliver pitches, speeches or presentations to a wide range of audiences.
- Travel as required to meet supporters or attend events.
Please see the recruitment pack for full list of duties and further information by selecting the Charity Job apply button.
Tenancy Services Officer
£16,560.59 + car allowance £1,901.81
Throughout Fenland in Cambridgeshire, and will have oversight of a supported scheme in Northampton
Permanent
Part Time – 17.5 hours per week
Do you have the drive to make a difference by living our clients values every day to deliver an excellent customer experience?
You'll add significant value providing a comprehensive housing management service working with their customers to maximise their quality of life. You'll work with their residents and communities to help them thrive, offering targeted actions and delivering a holistic customer service approach.
They’re looking for a flexible, dedicated and highly motivated individual, who would welcome the opportunity to have a direct impact on improving their communities. You will be customer-focused, innovative in your approach and be able to implement initiatives to promote tenancy sustainability and deliver excellent customer service in a challenging environment.
You’ll be able to…..
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Deliver an excellent customer focused service that is accessible, visible and results in high levels of customer satisfaction
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Design and deliver effective actions to encourage tenancy sustainment, and improve the social and financial performance of their communities.
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Support the creation of new ideas and innovation in the business
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Be adaptable and brilliant at working in partnership with their customers, colleagues and communities
So, take a look at our job profile - if you think you’ve got most of what they are looking for, but not everything, they’d still love to hear from you. You’ll need to submit a CV and supporting statement telling us about you and why you're right for the job.
Interviews will take place on Monday 29 July 2024
Please note: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received so apply early to avoid disappointment!
About the team …
Their team is great (if they don’t mind saying so themselves!) They’re led by their Executive Director of Customer Experience.
They work hard, support each other, and also like to have fun!
You’ll be part of their new Customer Experience Directorate – where you'll work as part of their Neighbourhood Teams who are led by their Assistant Director of Neighbourhoods and you’ll be reporting to their Community Housing Manager - it’s an exciting team to be part of, as they deliver their new corporate plan ambitions.
Here are just some of the reasons they think you would enjoy a Career there..
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They offer great Remuneration & Benefits
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They are serious about Health & Wellbeing
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They are committed to Living our Values everyday
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They are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
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They offer a strong Work / Life Balance
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They are committed to high Employee Engagement
Their benefits
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Generous holiday entitlement (25 days, rising to 28 days after four years’ service, plus bank holidays)
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35-hour working week
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Agile and flexible working opporunities
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SHPS Defined Contributions (DC) Pension scheme with enhanced employer contributions
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Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
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Medicash Employee Assistance Programme
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Free eye tests and £20 off glasses at Specsavers
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Cycle to Work scheme
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Free car parking
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Dedicated Learning and Development opportunities
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Volunteering (up to 3 days per year)
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Staff Activity Fund
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Charitable donations (match-funding)
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Head of Intelligence
£40,595
London-based, hybrid-style and flexible working
We are looking for an individual with an intelligence background who has a passion for preventing modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT), creating and delivering intelligence products, has human rights, ESG, and/or financial crime knowledge. Our prevention program team also regularly interacts with individuals at high risk of being trafficked and therefore robust safeguarding is essential.
Our Intelligence Team research and produce our Exploitation Analytics service – a suite of reports containing actionable insight that our clients utilise to find potential bad actors operating within their transaction monitoring systems. We also offer a Business Resilience package to help companies mitigate the risk of potential exploitation within supply chains and operations through intelligence sharing and practical guidance.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate who will build partner and client relationships, develop our current team members, and continue to innovate our offering to better prevent and disrupt human trafficking
Responsibilities:
· Leading our work to develop strategic and tactical insights that will enable a spectrum of actors (business, banks, law enforcement) to prevent MSHT. This may include safeguarding potential victims or victims.
· Providing expertise to support our team of managers who deliver the above reporting and consulting to commercial organisations.
· Effectively pitching our products and services to secure new clients and increase our impact.
· Nurturing and developing existing commercial relationships and collaborations.
· Ability to manage and set targets, and report on progress regularly.
· Developing new offerings that increase the effectiveness and impact of our work, turning intelligence into relevant actionable insight for commercial clients.
· Supporting our internal MEL lead to document and evidence the impact of our intelligence services.
· Participating in public-facing events to promote STOP THE TRAFFIK and engage different audiences in this fight.
· Working alongside the Senior Leadership Team and Executive Team to strategically develop our organisation and drive sustainable growth.
· Direct line management and leadership of Intelligence Managers.
· Promoting collaborations across all teams in an agile manner.
Benefits:
· A friendly, supportive team
· Opportunity to work directly with global brands and experts around the world
· Encouragement and autonomy to present new ideas and lead on solutions
· The opportunity to join a cash benefit healthcare scheme for low monthly contributions, which can also cover your partner and children
· A corporate eye-care scheme
· Life insurance
· A non-contributory Grouped Personal Pension Scheme, where we pay a 7% contribution of your gross salary into your pension pot (you can choose to personally contribute if you wish)
· Life insurance
· An annual leave allowance of 27 days annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), rising to 1 day annually up to 33 days
· Cycle to Work scheme
· Season Ticket Loan Ability to switch 2 bank holidays to better suit your needs
· Employment policies, including flexible working policy which reflect the needs of our staff In-house and external training opportunities
Further details about STOP THE TRAFFIK can be found on our website.
If you have the relevant experience, are highly resourceful, adaptable, pro-active, and a critical thinker able to work in a fast-paced environment, please send in a CV and short cover letter that evidences your ability to be successful in this role.
Only applications sent via email will be considered to ensure an equitable review process. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
We cannot sponsor applicants at this time.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1127321
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This new role within our fundraising team is an exciting opportunity to work for Suffolk's leading nature charity, creating lasting relationships with our donors, growing our major gifts and legacy programme, and developing inspiring fundraising campaigns.
Based at our Brooke House head office in Ashbocking - north of Ipswich - the Individual Giving & Major Gifts Manager role is a new role with a focus on indiviudal giving and major gift fundraising, developing inspiring and creative campaigns, and developing support and products to bring in a new era of fundraising at Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
This is a leadership role, working closely with the Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships to drive the development and delivery of our fundraising strategy across Suffolk.
We are looking for someone with a proven track record of mamaging successful campaigns. A target driven, finacially savvy confident communicator who can build lasting relationships.
We offer a great benefits package including a 9% non contributory pension scheme and wellbeing support. You will be joining a passionate and driven team with a very clear goal.
Climate change is upon us and biodiversity is on the decline. Raising vital funds to bring nature back to Suffolk is needed now more than ever.
Full details can be found in the detailed recruitment pack on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Asylum Matters is looking for a dynamic leader committed to fighting for the rights of people seeking
asylum. Our team of eight staff is geographically dispersed across the UK. We are a charity that
campaigns locally and nationally, in close collaboration with an extensive network of partner
organisations, to advocate for progressive change on a range of issues that affect people in the
asylum system in the UK.
These include;
- Our Fight The Anti Refugee Laws campaign
- Communities Not Camps, a campaign against mass containment sites
- Our campaign against Asylum poverty
- And the Lift the Ban campaign which we co-lead, and award winning campaign bringing together
over 300 organisations calling for the right to work for people seeking asylum
Asylum Matters was established in 2016 and became an independent charity in 2021, and plays a
significant role in efforts to defend the right to seek asylum in the UK and to bring about positive
change for refugees and people seeking safety here. We are a convenor and facilitator of
collaboration and joint action. Our work connects the local with the national, helps strengthen
collective advocacy on asylum reform and ensures it is informed by the reality on the ground.We are looking for an experienced campaigner, advocate and leader, with the skills and experience to
effectively manage people, teams and programmes of work and to develop and implement strategies
to achieve real change locally and nationally. The successful candidate will have a commitment to
working towards a fairer and more effective asylum system, and to empowering and working with
those with direct experience of it. They will have experience of Parliamentary advocacy and cultivating
progressive relationships with MP’s. They will be proactive, able to identify influencing opportunities
and rapidly mobilise support to respond to them. They will also be a highly effective communicator,
able to represent the organisation externally, build strong working relationships and close
collaboration and manage various communication channels. We are particularly keen to hear from
people with lived experience of the UK asylum system and anyone with lived experience who meets
the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview. The successful candidate must have the right to
work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Schedule: Part-time (22.5 hours per week) / In-person attendance required
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Location: Al-Hasaniya Centre, W10 5PA
Closing date: 12th July 2024
Interviews dates: w/c 22nd July 2024
Reporting to: Board of Trustees
Supervised by: A trustee from the Board, typically the Chair
Who We Look For:
As our esteemed Founder/CEO embarks on retirement, we are on the search for an inspirational and resilient female leader to fill her formidable shoes. This pivotal role requires a savvy strategist, an adept relationship builder, and a visionary leader capable of inspiring and motivating a dedicated team, in synergy with our board of trustees. The ideal candidate will be deeply passionate about women’s rights with a profound understanding of the unique challenges faced by women of minority backgrounds, particularly those from the Arabic-speaking world.
Key Responsibilities:
● Operational Management and Governance: Ensure AH services meet quality standards and regulations via Senior Management oversight; identify and manage risks, and stay updated on UN ECOSOC developments.
● Strategic development and external relations: Lead strategic vision and planning, ensuring alignment with business objectives; cultivate networks and relationships to stay informed and advocate for AH services; represent AH locally and internationally, serving as spokesperson and promoting mental health initiatives for women affected by domestic violence.
● Financial Management: Collaborate with the Finance Director to meet financial goals and regulatory standards; oversee budget preparation, financial reporting, and auditing processes; maintain cost control within delegated authority levels.
● Fundraising and business development: Collaborate with trustees to align fundraising strategy with budget and priorities; oversee fundraising activities for optimal returns and sustainable income streams; lead strategic responses to tender opportunities and partnerships, ensuring effective coordination among stakeholders.
● Human Resource Management and Leadership: Inspire and lead staff and volunteers; foster a high-performance learning culture through effective management and communication; establish reporting systems for operational accountability; oversee salary and HR policies in consultation with trustees.
● Project Management: Define project briefs and outcomes for each funded project according to governance standards; approve or seek approval for business cases, receive progress reports, and address risks or issues; make decisions regarding changes in line with established governance protocols.
● Board of Trustees, Advisory Committees and Sub-Committees: Assist the Chair and Secretary in recruiting and onboarding new Trustees; ensure effective support for AH’s Board and Advisory and Sub-Committees; attend Board meetings and facilitate sound advice to the Management Committee, foster communication between Board and operational staff, and ensure the effective implementation of Board decisions.
Required Qualifications:
● Experience: Demonstrated leadership track record, ideally within the VAWG services sector with the ability to strategize, motivate, and guide a team towards achieving organisational goals.
● Skills: Proficient in strategic planning, financial management, and project oversight. Excellent communication skills for fostering positive connections.
● Qualifications: Preferably educated to degree level or equivalent.
Join us in our mission to continue delivering incredible results and making a significant impact on the lives of the women we serve. If you are driven by a challenge and thrive on making a difference, and can work as part of a dynamic team, we would love to hear from you.
With nearly 40 years of experience, our mission is to listen, support and not to judge, while our vision is to Engage, Empower and Educate.
Apply Now to Lead the Change!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
A little bit about the role
Location: Flexible, with regular travel required during the autumn recruitment season (September-December)
We seek a proactive individual with strong interpersonal skills to join our Recruitment Team for this 12 month fixed-term contract. The ideal candidate must excel in managing recruitment strategies, building relationships, and analysing data. Enhance our social work program by attracting diverse talent and supporting applicants throughout their journey with dedication and innovation.
The Recruitment team is responsible for sourcing, selecting and hiring for 500 places on Approach Social Work in local authorities across England and we expect c. 10000 applications this year to meet target.
As an attraction officer within the recruitment team, you will be responsible for delivering a targeted recruitment campaign to engage university students, graduates and career changers with Approach Social Work.
Some key responsibilities include:
- Attracting individuals who have the potential to be excellent social workers to the Frontline programme and developing recruitment strategies
- Supporting the selection of applicants and candidate journey
- Working with internal systems, evaluating data and constructing detailed plans
A little bit about you
The successful candidate will be someone who enjoys managing a varied workload, and delivering outcomes in a target-driven team. Experience in recruitment, marketing or advertising is desirable, but passion for these areas is essential. Recruitment Officers design and implement a tailored recruitment strategy for their own areas of work, so the role would suit someone who thrives on autonomous, results-driven work.
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.
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.
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!
Closing Date: 26th July
Contract: This is a fixed-term contract, covering maternity for 12 months. Part-time, job share over 3 days.
Application Process: Please ensure you apply with a supporting statement on why you believe you would be the most suitable individual for this position.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Do you have e-commerce, administration and marketing experience and a passion for shopping? Could you inspire Alzheimer’s Society supporters to buy exclusively designed Christmas cards, branded merchandise, and assistive products to help people living with dementia from our Online Shop and catalogues?
This is an exciting, fast-paced, and extremely diverse role with a high level of responsibility, creative input and exciting opportunities for learning and development.
As part of this small but ambitious team, your role will be responsible for supporting key aspects of Commercial Trading activities with a specific focus on: Dealing with inbox queries, delivering exceptional supporter care, and managing and maximising internal and external relationships. Internal process support, updating and optimising online shop and maximising fundraising opportunities.
Alzheimer's Society has recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and we're incredibly proud as this is a fantastic indication of how far we’ve travelled over the past few years.
We would love to welcome more outstanding people to join our exciting journey to make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
About you
- Demonstrate a passion for e-commerce and merchandising the current range and bestsellers as well as searching for new products and opportunities.
- Experience in copyrighting and ability to be creative and confidently write compelling copy for products to entice supporters to buy.
- Experience managing an e-commerce shop both front-end (marketing) and back-end (stock management).
- Skilled administrator able to raise purchase orders, process invoices, monitor budgets and act as the first point of contact for customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
- Be able to give and receive feedback, prioritise your workload and make decisions based on data or insight.
- Be a keen problem solver, capable of working under their initiative whilst collaborating with colleagues.
- Strong team player, helping to track sales, respond to market changes and deliver on targets.
Person Specification
- Verbal and written communication skills to liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders and customers.
- Excellent IT skills and extensive experience/knowledge of using Microsoft packages.
- Work collaboratively and be able to prioritise your workload effectively.
- Excellent organisational skills and great attention to detail
- Advocate for Alzheimer’s Society, demonstrating passion and resilience to make a difference.
- Be a self-starter and incredibly motivated.
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We’re a national charity providing dementia support to a community that’s ethnically diverse, but we don’t reflect this in our senior leadership. This needs to change.
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the community we exist to serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from ethnically diverse communities who are traditionally underrepresented in the charity sector leadership roles.
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
Early Help Support Worker
We are looking for an Early Help Support Worker to act as a keyworker delivering packages of support with children, young people, and whole families to prevent escalation to more intensive services.
Position: Family Support Worker
Location: Harborne/hybrid (the families you will be supporting will be based in Northfield. This is an outreach position and you will be expected to be based in the community)
Hours: Full-time and part-time hours available
Salary: £26,000 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Staff Benefits include: Hybrid and Flexible working, Workplace Pension, Employee Assistance Programme, Enhanced annual leave allowance, workplace wellbeing support
Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 7th July
Interview Date: 11th / 12th / 18th July
The Role
Through undertaking an Early Help Assessment and by working with families in a person-centred way, you will help people on your caseload to make positive changes and to develop the skills to manage their issues in the future.
You will work within the Early Help Locality multi-disciplinary team to provide a timely and front-line response to the needs of children, young people, and their families, acting in accordance with local policies, procedures and priorities.
Key duties include:
- Work in partnership with other practitioner/professionals, children, young people, and their family.
- Work within a multi-disciplinary and professional integrated Early Help service to provide a timely response to the needs of children, young people and their families.
- Deliver evidenced based interventions.
- Provide a timely response to the identified needs of children and young people.
- Promote and use an Early Help Assessment framework.
- Be responsible for a high standard of case recording.
- Engage with children, young people and their families and actively promote their participation in assessments and support plans.
- Manage and prioritise an allocated caseload.
- Organise and participate in planning programme delivery of evidenced based programmes.
About You
We are looking for an empathetic communicator with experience of delivering outreach support work and supporting families and individuals with complex support needs, with the ability to forge links and establishing relationships with partner agencies
About the Organisation
A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, we provide a range of services across Birmingham, Solihull and the West Midlands where the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer, the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including flexible and hybrid working patterns, and the provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities.
You may also have experience in areas such as Family, Family Support, Community Support, Community Engagement, Family Worker, Family Support Worker, Community Support Worker, Community Engagement Worker, Outreach Worker, Family Support Officer. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Salary: £25,989 per annum + £750 Home Working Allowance per annum
Hours: 35 Hours per week
Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Location: Homebased working across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire areas
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and looks to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work-life balance for all our employees so they can give excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.
As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest in unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults, as well as our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma-informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity to join TACT East Midlands in a new role as a Family Support & Community Engagement Worker and be part of an exciting project which aims to promote community engagement for TACT as a fostering agency, through developing links with local healthcare providers, religious leaders, education establishments and leisure groups in the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire area, to develop better awareness and visibility of TACT as a fostering agency and promote our foster carer recruitment in the area.
In addition, the Family Support & Community Engagement Worker will work alongside other professionals, in developing links and relationships with the foster families in the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire area to identify and respond to their support needs, and will be leading on the establishment of a TACT Carer Support Hub which will support carers who look after children with complex needs with stay over breaks.
If you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT, apply now.
Overall Duties of the Family Support & Community Engagement Worker will include:
- To support the foster carer recruitment in the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire area to develop a ‘TACT Carer Support Hub’ that will bring foster carers together to support each other and provide more family support and breaks from caring.
- To engage foster carers to raise TACT’s profile in the community and recruit more carers in the locality.
- To support carers in the Hub who look after children with complex needs so that children can benefit from stable family life.
- To offer practical and emotional support to TACT foster families, including trauma-informed and solution-focused interventions and strategies which will involve supporting foster families to strengthen and develop their skills and knowledge relevant to supporting children with complex needs.
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
- 31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays.
- Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, and volunteer days policy).
- Family friendly policies.
- Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
- Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis).
- An hour a week of live, expert-led activities through the Annual Employee Wellbeing Programme.
- Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Closing Date: Thursday, 18th July 2024
Interview Date: Thursday, 25th July 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes 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 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 the fees associated with them.
SU Central is the glue of the SU, dealing with hundreds of queries a month, providing key admin work for our Advice service as well as other areas of the organisation, all whilst being a friendly face at our helpdesk. It is a fun but fast paced environment which would be great for a person who is energic,friendly and always wants to help staff and students.Imagine coming to work every day in a place where you get to have fun, make friends,change lives and push yourself to build your skills and achieve amazing results.
Not having years of experience in customer service isn’t a barrier.If you can prove you are willing to work hard, bring your whole self to work and put the time in to learn and develop your skills for the benefit of yourself and others, we want to hear from you.
Our SU is a charity that has won multiple national awards for, among other things, engaging thousands of people in community-building projects, having an extremely happy staff team and proving that you can create the best students’ union in the country against the odds.
Job Title: Family Finding Worker
Salary: £10,395 per annum + £300 per annum home working allowance
Hours & Contract: 14 Hours per week on Thursday and Friday - Permanent Contract
Location: Homebased within a reasonable travelling distance of Bristol
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.
As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults, as well as our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.
TACT South West are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual with experience in administration within the social care field for their Family Finding Worker post. This role is home-based, and it will cover placements Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, Wiltshire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Gloucestershire.
The Family Finding Worker is responsible for receiving placement requests for children who need to be looked after and matching them to our foster carer in close cooperation with the Duty Social Worker. The role requires exceptional communication skills and discretion, sensitivity and the capability to deal with conflicting priorities at times. The Family Finding Worker will be an integral part of this outstanding team and be required to attend in person events, training an team wellbeing, on a regular basis, local to Bristol.
If you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT, apply now.
In this role, you will be responsible for…
- Processing referrals received from the Local Authority requesting a place for a child
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with Local Authority Placement Teams
- Liaising with appropriate parties regarding discussion of potential matches
- Reviewing sensitive and confidential documents
- Establishing professional relationships with colleagues, carers, and the children they look after to ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people in our care
You will be suited to this role if you have…
- Experience in a social care & health setting
- Experience of working with children/young people
- Knowledge of current safeguarding procedures.
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to build a rapport and a positive working relationship with external partners.
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
- 31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays.
- Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
- Family friendly policies.
- Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
- Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis).
- An hour a week of live, expert led activities through the Annual Employee wellbeing Programme.
- Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
- Fantastic learning and development programmes and a range of opportunities for all roles.
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Closing Date: Midnight on Tuesday 6th August 2024
Interview Date: Monday 19th August 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes 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 the fees associated with them.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Caseworker to join the Anti-social Behaviour team working 22.5 hours per week.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
As a Caseworker, you will play a vital role in providing high quality, end-to-end support to victims of crime to cope and recover. You will be responsible for establishing contact with victims to assess the impact of crime and providing appropriate information and support. As the needs and experiences of our clients are wide-ranging, the support you will provide will range from brief interventions over the telephone to longer term 1:1 and telephone based support.
You will be working from home to deliver services across Avon & Somerset, Dorset and Hampshire.
You will need:
You will have the skills to provide effective crisis intervention, carry out risk assessments, safety planning, assessment of needs and individual support planning. You should have demonstrable experience of working in a similar setting or position. An ability to work independently and prioritise a busy workload is essential.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Peer Support Worker
Post no: 600
Location: Ampthill and Leighton Buzzard
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 12 hrs per week (Monday & Tuesday)
Salary: £23,088 per annum, FTE (actual salary £7,488 per annum)
We are searching for a Peer Support Worker to join our mental health services. The role is a peer support worker, who would facilitate face to face and zoom groups, and help us with the smooth running of Mind BLMK services. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of the recovery journey needed to improve mental health and wellbeing.
Our peer support and recovery services are a key element of the services we offer, and we are looking for someone who can use their own lived experiences to provide support to help individuals achieve their goals.
Service Delivery
- Support an existing peer led eco-therapy group to work towards self-sustainability
- Coordinate the service processing of client referrals, adding details to the data base and assessing client suitability by carrying out risk assessments.
- Support clients to access other services within Mind BLMK.
- Encourage and support client engagement with Mind BLMK through the influence and participation process, Guarantor Membership, and training opportunities.
- Contribute to maintaining an effective volunteer workforce for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (workload planning and support).
- Carry out Cash Handling, Health and Safety and Data Collection responsibilities as directed by the Team Leader in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures, requirements and guidance.
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Westfield Health Plan – includes access to everyday healthcare and indemnifies towards the cost of routine health care.
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: Friday 21st June 2024
Interview date: Friday 5th July 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP
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.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Job title: Crisis Recovery Worker
Post no: 602
Working base: Milton Keynes
Hours: 12 or 18 hours per week
Working pattern: 2x or 3x 6hour shifts per week (Flexi Mon-Sun 17:00 - 23:00)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £24,088 per annum FTE (£7,812.32 - £11,718.49 per annum Actual)
Could you support individuals to deescalate crisis and improve mental health and wellbeing, through focussed 1:1s and structured crisis interventions?
About our Crisis Cafés
Our Crisis Cafes offer a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental environment outside of normal working hours for those who feel in mental distress or crisis.
About the Role
The role will involve assessing needs and offering one to one support to service users to enable them to begin the process of improving their mental health and wellbeing and to providing clarity on services and pathways available in the area. The role will be part of a larger Crisis Café team made up of Crisis Recovery Workers, Crisis Peer Support Workers, Team Leaders and volunteers.
Service Delivery
- Deliver crisis focussed 1:1s and ensure outcomes which supports individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in Milton Keynes, in line with Mind BLMK’s agreed crisis service and requirements as well as contract requirements.
- Assessing need and suitability for the service in line with the access to services process, and undertaking 1:1s.
- Contribute to maintaining an effective volunteer workforce for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (workload planning and support).
- Carry out Cash Handling, Health and Safety and Data Collection responsibilities as directed by the Team Leader in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures, requirements and guidance.
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Optional Health Plan
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: 5pm on Friday 5th July 2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 15th July 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP
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.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.