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About Bank Workers Charity 

We’re the benevolent society supporting UK bank employees and their families. Each year we help thousands of people encountering financial, health, housing, and wellbeing challenges with independent advice and guidance, case management, referrals to expert partners and grant giving. 

About the role 

Following organisational growth Bank Workers Charity has introduced a fundraising strategy, which focuses on driving new income streams. 

Individual and legacy giving are key parts of this growth, so we are looking for an experienced and proactive fundraising professional to join the team, who will lead and deliver this work. 

The successful candidate will be an important member of the Corporate Engagement and Fundraising team, supporting the Head of the team, and contributing towards our plan to drive individual income growth of circa £200k per annum. 

About you 

Our ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience developing and implementing engaging fundraising campaigns along with a proven track record of meeting six-figure income targets within individual and/or legacy fundraising. They will be inquisitive and analytical with great attention to detail and be at ease communicating with stakeholders at all levels. 

What we offer 

We’ve put a lot of energy into being a great place to work. We’re proud of our supportive culture and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. There are plenty of learning opportunities, and as a wellbeing charity we aim to be a leader in wellbeing support for our people. 

Our benefits include: 

• 30 days holiday, plus public holidays (FTE) 

• 8% employer contribution to Bank Workers Charity’s pension scheme and up to an additional 3% matched with employee contributions 

• A wide range of employer funded wellbeing experiences through Heka 

• Flexible benefit provision (including Medicash plan, cycle to work, payroll giving and electric car scheme) 

• Group Life Cover (three times annual salary) 

• Weekly wellbeing half hour 

• Employee Assistance Programme 

To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement (no more than a single side of A4) to outlining how your experience meets the criteria as set out in the person specification in the Applicant Pack. 

Closing date: 9.00am, Monday 24 March 2025.  

Bank Workers Charity is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all backgrounds and communities.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Youth Participation Officer is a new role and will play a pivotal part in

advancing the integration of youth voice into our organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a well-established grassroots charity, to capture and amplify the voice of the young people in our community and truly make a difference.

The post holder will be required to work across all OTR services, partner agencies including schools, youth providers and other professionals. The post holder will also provide wrap around support, training and education, connection, mentoring and purposeful positive activities for our youth panel. The successful applicant will have a passion for engaging and empowering young people.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Youth Participation Officer

Location: Hybrid or office-based – OTR has two offices, both based in Leigh Park. PO9 3SU and PO9 5BG.

Reports to: Family Service Manager

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract for three years with the opportunity to extend the project if funding allows.

Hours: Part-time (12 hours a week)

Salary: £14.00 per hour

JOB PURPOSE

To lead on all participation events, including implementing a youth panel and co-producing content with young people on information distribution, advertising and fundraisers.

You’ll work on a wide range of projects including creating engaging content in coproduction with our young people that aligns with OTR’s brand and values across our website, social media, and email campaigns. This includes developing multimedia content (including graphics, videos and blogs) to promote our work and highlight our impact in the local community.

Specific role duties

· Working together with young people to hear and share their voices about service delivery.

· Working with the Senior Leadership Team to develop a participation strategy, including establishing and supporting a youth panel.

· Provide safe sessions, where young people can meet and participate in youth-led positive activities.

· Provide informal training programs to young people to enhance their personal, social and learning development.

· Working together with young people to hear and share their voices about service delivery.

· Work with young people to create meaningful content / advertising and service recommendations.

· Work with young people on fundraising and promotional events.

· Create opportunities for participation beyond that of the youth panel

 PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge, training and qualifications

Essential

· Understanding of charitable organisations.

· Understanding of issues facing families in Havant and South East Hampshire.

· A qualification in Youth Work or equivalent to NVQ Level 3.

Experience

Essential.

· Experience working, coproducing, and positively engaging children and young people, particularly young people who are vulnerable.

· Demonstrable experience of empowering young people to speak up and have their voices heard in a meaningful manner

· Ability to coach and develop young people’s interpersonal skills and confidence through training and youth support.

· Ability to develop positive relationships of trust with young people.

· Have good knowledge and experience within aspects of youth work or therapeutic work.

· Experience of delivering one to one and group work interventions, information, advice and guidance for young people in a range of settings in response to their needs

· Demonstrable strong interpersonal communication skills such as active listening, empathy, ability to constructively challenge and resolve conflict, solution focused skills, facilitation skills and clear writing skills.

· Youth work skills and experience or transferable youth work skills and willingness to learn and develop youth work skills

Skills

Essential

· Public speaking and presenting.

· Ability to work effectively with other professionals in a respectful and collaborative manner.

· Strong time and project management skills.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships and to be impactful with people of varying levels and experience.

· A flexible, pro-active approach to work including the ability to work to deadlines, plan, prioritise and manage own workload.

· Strong interpersonal skills.

· Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate initiative.

· A team player committed to working collaboratively to achieve results.

· Ability to use Microsoft Office Packages including SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the internet.

· Ability to learn and better utilise IT systems.

· Ability to deal with sensitive information with discretion and to always maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

· To use youth work principles and practises to empower children and young people in the design, planning, preparation, evaluation and delivery of the youth participation offer.

· Ensuring appropriate systems are in place to capture and monitor quality of work undertaken in line with service targets and performance management of inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact.

· Using good practice initiatives ensuring that these are embedded in ways of working, building trusting relationships, advocate on behalf of children and young people and support parents/ carers.

· Contributing to the development and implementation of appropriate procedures, guidelines and systems to improve the delivery of service priorities in participation and leadership programmes.

· Keeping accurate and comprehensive records using appropriate management information systems and processes, maintaining and reviewing in a timely manner.

· Forming and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries with children, young people and their families.

· To keep abreast of the new government ‘National Youth Strategy’, ensuring OTR maximises opportunities that arise from the strategy, including partnership working and potential funding.

· Monitor and evaluate session effectiveness, making relevant adjustments where required.

· Act as a role model to motivate, empower, facilitate growth and confidence, raise aspirations, and assist in the realisation and achievement of young people’s goals

Requirements

· Experience of working effectively with other professionals in order to safeguard children, young people and their families particularly those who present with risk issues and challenging behaviour such as substance misuse, anti-social behaviour, mental health and criminality.

· Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, policy, practice and current issues related to children, young people, youthwork, youth justice, crime and antisocial behaviour.

· Experience of coproduction and working with young people and staff to develop projects.

Other requirements

· A commitment to treating your colleagues fairly, consistently and with respect (Essential)

· An interest in and understanding of OTR’s mission and strategy (Essential)

· Resilient, creative, determined and hard working (Essential)

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

We will provide a laptop, and other necessary IT equipment to facilitate hybrid and home working.

As an employee, you will receive the following benefit package:

• Generous annual leave entitlement including bank holidays

• Flexible start and finish times between core hours of 8am and 6pm

• Flexible hours to take time off for medical appointments and caring responsibilities

• Hybrid working

• 3% employer pension contribution if eligible

• Paid sick leave

To apply

Please submit a full CV (accounting for all gaps in employment - for Safer Recruitment).and a covering letter detailing all of the below:

• why you believe you are right for this role.
• why you wish to work at OTR.
• detailing your experience in all ‘essential’ criteria of the person specification

Registered charity number 1064275

Limited company 3333729

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund

Title: Research and Development Manager
Reference: 2418
Location: Hybrid working from Devon or Sheffield. Remote working from within the UK may also be considered.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week (1.0 FTE). Open to part-time (0.8 FTE)
Salary: £51,349 (National weighting) (Band 6) with generous benefits package including 30 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, and 3 days of Christmas closure.

About Us

Research in Practice is part of the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) family. For over 60 years, the NCB has been building a better childhood for all.

Research in Practice works with organisations across the adults and children’s social care, health and criminal justice sectors, supporting them to develop an evidence-informed approach to their work. This role is focused on our work with Adults. Our focus is on using evidence from research, practice and lived experience, to provide resources that improve policy and services, in order to achieve positive outcomes for people of all ages.

About the Role

This is a permanent, senior position at the centre of Research in Practice’s work, leading a team in the development and delivery of evidence-informed resources and learning activities.

Research in Practice works with and for, professionals in social care, research and higher education and across safeguarding partnerships. The Research and Development Manager leads a team to scope, develop and deliver a rich annual programme of learning and development content and activities, to ensure the highest quality offer to our membership network of organisations, working across services for adults. The work is fast paced, varied and stimulating – an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to make a tangible contribution to evidence-informed policy and practice development.

We offer hybrid working from our Devon and Sheffield offices. Remote working from within the UK may also be considered. International applicants will not be considered without proof of right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer employment to applicants who do not live in the UK.

Applications close at 08:00AM on Tuesday 1st April 2025.
Assessment and interviews to be conducted on Monday 7th April 2025.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.
​​​​​​​Please quote the job title and reference number 2418 in your application.

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.

NCB is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, political opinion, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, paternity, and carer status. 

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.

Community Navigator (Mental Health)
Post no: 631 
Salary: £24,667.47 per annum
Contract: Permanent 
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 
Location: Eaglestone Health Centre, Milton Keynes

This role is an opportunity to work for Mind BLMK as part of the Milton Keynes NHS mental health service for someone with experience working in health, social care or information and advice, in direct contact with service users.

Working alongside colleagues from Central Northwest London Foundation Trust (CNWL) this role will provide referral management to and from Secondary Services. This will include signposting patients to statutory services including talking therapies and wider community based & voluntary sector support.

The Community Navigator will work as part of the team to deliver on the aims and objectives of the Mental Health Hub whilst representing the Voluntary and Community sector with the NHS.

Service Delivery

• Work within the NHS Mental Health SPA (Single Point of Access) Team to review and process referrals received from GP Practices and other sources including those to be subsequently triaged and assessed by mental health practitioners.
• Actively call patients with a view to assisting them through the process and making their onward appointments into community or secondary care service providers.
• Support the hub to signpost patients and direct them to appropriate services including secondary care, the local Voluntary and Community sector services and activities that support the patients’ wider determinates of their mental health and wellbeing.
• Answer calls, ensure sufficient phone cover, respond to messages/voicemails, provide administrative support to the Mental Health SPA for all services and deal with queries in a sensitive and timely way liaising with clinical or team lead as is appropriate.
• Monitor service inboxes during core office hours, responding to any queries professionally providing helpful information.
• Monitor and action tasks within SystmOne and maintain records of all activities carried out, i.e. outbound calls, calls received, archiving any received correspondence.
• Build good working relationships with the voluntary and community sector, relevant services and activities to ensure signposting pathways are kept up to date as well navigating and developing the setup of new signposting pathways through networking.
• Provide clinical and non-clinical information in appropriate chronological templates to other services.
• Carry out health and safety responsibilities as directed by Managers in line with Mind BLMK’s H&S policies, procedures, and guidance (risk assessments, reviews, reporting, safeguarding, incidents/accidents, premises).
• To bring VCSE experience, knowledge and culture into an NHS team.

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 Wednesday 19th March 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply. 
tart 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.

We are recruiting a Sessional Counsellor to join the Children and Young People’s (CYP) Community Counselling service.

Do you want to support children and young people (CYP) with mental health concerns? Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?

Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Together, Courage and Responsive and want to be part of our vision to ensure everyone in Hertfordshire will feel supported with their mental health?

If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.

Job title: Sessional Counsellor (CYP)
Reference Number: 260
Salary scale: £30 per clinical hour
Contract: Freelance / Contractor (Dependent on the schedule of services agreed)
Reports to: CYP Senior Counsellor
Based: Counselling will be delivered from varied venues across Herts county (e.g. HMN wellbeing centres, community venues, schools). Some remote work from home is permitted and to be agreed with your line manager.
Work Pattern: Variable - to be agreed based on the schedule of service being delivered by the Sessional Counsellor. Work will be completed within the service operational hours of: 7:30am-10:30pm (7 Days a Week, excluding bank holidays)

About the Project

The Children and Young People’s (CYP) Community Counselling service is a new Herts Mind Network service, whose aim is to provide accessible, timely and high quality countywide counselling to local children and young people. Our CYP Community Counselling Service will deliver a blend of face-to-face, online, 1:1 and group counselling to enable young people to obtain impactful therapeutic support for the mental health difficulties they are facing, in a way that suits them.

The objectives of the CYP Community Counselling Service are:

• To support the emotional wellbeing of children and young people experiencing mental health issues in Hertfordshire.
• To provide high quality counselling, both face-to-face and online that is tailored to the child or young person and incorporates all facets of their life.
• To promote early intervention and prevention through an accessible and flexible counselling service that champions the strengths and self-resilience of children and young people.
• To work actively, inclusively and collaboratively with local children, young people and their families.
• To be a key partner of the Hertfordshire CYP MHS system, offering and increasing access to community-based help regarding mental health and emotional wellbeing.

About the Role

The CYP Sessional Counsellor post is integral to the delivery of this new community-based clinical service, delivering needs-led, robust and flexible counselling to local CYPF. The postholder will work clinically within the service, delivering group and/or 1:1 counselling either in-person or online. The CYP Sessional Counsellor will deliver a minimum of one therapeutic group or 3 x 1:1 counselling sessions per week. The clinical work of the postholder may take place in varied formats/locations, meeting the needs, requirements and preferences of CYPF accessing the service. The postholder will keep timely, detailed and accurate records, following organisational processes diligently. They will also ensure any concerns regarding CYPF accessing the service are escalated and managed efficiently, keeping the CYPF at the centre of their decision making.

The successful candidate will have a Level 4 qualification diploma or above in counselling, psychotherapy or arts/play therapy AND current registered/accredited/full/qualified membership of one of the following relevant professional bodies (BACP, UKCP, HCPC, BAAT etc.), competency in working within a recognized theoretical framework or therapeutic modality and a minimum of 1-2 years experience working in a therapeutic or counselling capacity with children, young people and/or families.

This is a rolling vacancy, as we are continually recruiting Sessional CYP Counsellors to work within our CYP Community Counselling Service in a freelance/contractor capacity.

Closing date: Ongoing until role is filled
Interview date(s): Interviews being held on a rolling basis

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. 

Equal Opportunities 
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.

Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.

No agencies please.

Do you want to support people with mental health issues? Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?

Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Courage, Together and Responsive and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?

If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.

Job title: Lister Hospital Mental Health Outreach Worker
Reference Number: 264
Salary scale: £25,000 - £26,000 per annum depending on skills and experience, inclusive of Outer London Weighting (OLW)
Reports to: Team Lead or Senior Community Outreach Worker
Contract length: One Year
No. of hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time, Monday – Friday)
Main base(s): Letchworth Wellbeing Centre / Lister Hospital

We have a vacancy for a Bounce Back Worker (Hospital Mental Health Outreach Worker) to join our team.

About the Project

Herts Mind Network (HMN) has formed a partnership with Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust (HPFT) to deliver a one-to-one outreach service for people who are in hospitals across Hertfordshire.

This is a new dual diagnosis arm of the project based at Lister Hospital working in A&E departments, with the Mental Health Liaison Team, and hospital wards facilitating hospital discharge for people with a mental health and/or drugs and alcohol need.

About the Role:

The Bounce Back Worker will be based at Lister Hospital and HMN Centres, promoting joint working between Lister Hospital staff and HMN, creating a seamless pathway into community support for clients recovering from mental ill health.

The aims of the Bounce Back service are; to provide up to 16 sessions of emotional and practical support, advice and information to patients. We will visit patients on the ward and continue the sessions in the local community and in patients homes once discharged. We will facilitate a smooth and timely hospital discharge.

The Bounce Back Worker will work with the HMN Community Outreach Teams and the hospital staff to ensure patients are offered advice, information, and holistic support. The Bounce Back worker will use a recovery orientated approach working with patients on the ward, and in the local community, including in people’s homes.  The recovery approach includes empathy, warmth, acceptance, authenticity, compassion and humanity.

The role holder will:

• Provide practical and emotional support to encourage patients to develop their independence within their local community.
• Facilitate a smooth discharge from hospital back to the community.
• Have a solid understanding on the dual effect of mental health and drugs and alcohol.
• Monitor outcomes and evaluate the service.
• Ensure that the safety and wellbeing of patients using the service is monitored and reviewed regularly.
• Embed a person centred and recovery orientated approach in all aspects of the roles and responsibilities.

We offer:

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
• An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
• Ongoing training relevant to your role.
• An Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cash plan health cover (after 6 months employment) – compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.
• Eligibility for blue light card.

Being able to drive and having access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 3rd April at 5pm.
Interviews to be held on Tuesday 8th April at our Letchworth Wellbeing Centre.

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. 

Equal Opportunities 
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.

Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.

No agencies please.

Research and Evidence Officer
Reporting to: Deputy CEO, with dotted line to Campaigns and Influencing Manager
Salary: £31,200 per annum
Contract: Full-time, permanent. We are open to discussing flexible or part-time working.
Benefits: Access to a defined contribution pension and 25 days annual leave per year (pro rata) + three working days between Christmas and New Year.
Location: Hybrid working, with 2-3 days in the office (currently core team days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays) Shoreditch, London E2 8JF

About the role

Agenda’s Research and Evidence Officer will play a key role in our data, evidence and research and workstreams.

They will design, hold and deliver research projects; centre women and girls’ voices through coproduction; share evidence and insights with the wider team, trustees, and funders; and produce a range of materials, including reports and briefings, for different kinds of external audiences.

They will gather a range of evidence through data collection and desk-based research, and carry out research, using interviews, focus groups and data analysis as well as less-traditional research methods.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct desk-based, primary, secondary, qualitative and quantitative research, including; submitting Freedom of Information requests; analysing data and evidence from a range of sources; conducting interviews and focus groups; and other evidence gathering as necessary to develop clear cases for change across the issues Agenda Alliance works on.
• Design and maintain systems, project plans and research methodologies to develop evidence across Agenda’s priority areas, centring voices of women and girls with lived experience of the areas we work on, and the expertise of Alliance members.
• Produce engaging ways of sharing Agenda’s learning and communicating research findings, including through writing reports and briefings, and providing other members of the team with evidence and insights for their work, including the Communications and Campaigns Coordinator, and the Policy and Public Affairs Officer.
• Grow and maintain relationships with a network of organisations, practitioners and experts, including systems of engagement and intelligence gathering (e.g. online, focus groups, roundtables, project visits).
• Work closely with the rest of the team to develop evidence to inform Agenda’s policy positions, campaigns and influencing.
• Engaging with stakeholders, decision makers, politicians and government officials as appropriate.
• Work with the wider team to embed and utilise effective monitoring and impact evaluation processes for our research activities.
• Lead on embedding anti-racist and trauma-informed approaches into our evidence and research practice.

About you

We’re looking for an experienced researcher, with a background working with experts by experience, committed to embedding women and girls’ voices in research in a trauma-informed way.

We’re seeking someone who can demonstrate compassionate, person-centred research skills, an ability to understand and analyse quantitative and qualitative data, and an appetite for designing new projects and processes to uncover evidence and insights.

This is an exciting and varied role, providing the right candidate with a unique blend of in-depth research; using evidence to inform policy-influencing and campaigns; and engaging experts by experience. It is ideal for someone who has experience of research and data analysis, but is interested in centering the lived experience of women and girls, alongside the front-line experience of our members, to develop insights for change.

We are less interested in your qualifications, and more interested in your values, background and both lived and learned experience. We are actively trying to diversify our team, so if you are from the Black, Asian and minoritised communities, identify as LGBTQ+, have a disability, and/or bring lived experience relevant to the areas we work in, we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 23 March 2025
We will shortlist by 25 March and first round interviews will be held on Monday 31 March.
If you are shortlisted following your first interview, there will be a second round on Thursday 3 April in which you will discuss the role and your approach with one or two experts by experience who we work with.
Please keep those dates clear if you apply.

Interested?

Please scroll down to the bottom of the advert to download the job pack, here you will find full information about the position.
When applying through the job board, you will need to send us your CV and cover letter of no more than two pages answering the questions below. In your cover letter, please state where you saw the role advertised. 

Cover letter questions:

1. Why does this role appeal to you, and what about your experience makes you feel it is a good fit for you?
2. Tell us about a piece of research, data analysis or evidence production which you feel particularly proud of. What went well, what impact did it have, and what learning would you take from this into future projects?
3. What opportunities do you see to embed and amplify the voices of women and girls with lived 

Equal opportunities 
Agenda Alliance selects all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and ability to do the role advertised. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We will provide reasonable support to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. Please contact us to identify any additional support that you may require to enable you to make an application.

Because our work is about centring women and girls’ experiences, and our organisation is led by and for women and girls, this post is open to women only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, part 1). When Agenda refers to women and girls, we mean cisgender, intersex, and transgender women and girls, alongside nonbinary people who experience misogyny.

APPLICATIONS SENT WITHOUT A COVER LETTER WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

No agencies please.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Support to Participants

• Support the referral system and triage to provide timely and effective support for young people entering our programme.
• Develop personalised plans that guide participants through their rehabilitation journey.
• Provide one-on-one support to young people with a focus on physical activity and wellbeing.
• Develop MOVE’s support for 13-30 year olds following Proton Beam Therapy, and building relationships with key stakeholders and Health Care Professionals.

Awareness Raising

• Advocate for the importance of physical activity for those living with and beyond cancer at both internal and external events.
• Deliver workshops to health care professionals to share the importance of physical activity when impacted by cancer and to get physical activity on care pathways.
• Lead initiatives to promote our services, particularly in underserved and diverse communities.
• Create resources online and in the community to support people impacted by cancer and healthcare professionals.

Programme Development and Systems Building

• Work closely with internal staff to enhance the MOVE Online Programme.
• Develop and support the systems and processes needed to scale our services effectively as we grow.
• Focus on creating robust infrastructure that will allow for the integration of new participants into the programme and the expansion of our services, for example, the referral procedures so that waiting times for young people before they start the programme are reduced.

Impact Evaluation and Documentation

• Ensure that all data is handled in compliance with data protection standards, safeguarding participant privacy.

Building Partnerships

• Develop and strengthen partnerships with healthcare providers, community organisations, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with partners to expand our reach and ensure that our services are accessible to a broader range of participants.

EDI and Access

• Ensure that equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) principles are embedded in all activities, with a focus on reaching underserved communities.
• Prioritise removing barriers to access, making sure that all participants can benefit from our services regardless of their background.

Supporting Reporting and Sharing Our Work

• Contribute to the development of comprehensive reports that highlight our work and its impact, helping to secure future funding.
• Assist in sharing our successes with stakeholders, funders, and the wider community, reinforcing the value of our services.
• Highlight potential case studies and interesting stories to the marketing and communications team.

Person Specification

Essential Requirements

• Cancer Rehab Level 4 Training or equivalent
• Strong understanding of the role of physical activity in cancer rehabilitation and recovery.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience managing diverse stakeholders.
• Organisational skills to manage a caseload
• Able to innovate and work as a team to support programme development
• Demonstrated ability to innovate, solve problems, and drive service improvements.
• Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion principles, with experience working with underserved communities.
• Cocreating with young people.

Desirable Requirements

• Relevant qualifications in cancer rehabilitation, health promotion, or a related field.
• Familiarity with safeguarding and data protection regulations.

MOVE Benefits

Salary £26,000 - £28,000 FT

Contract: 1 year Full time, Part time considered.

Location: Remote, with occasional travel for events, workshops and meetings (Please note that this role is only available for applicants with the right to work in the UK)

The post is subject to a six months’ probationary period. We understand the importance of a work-life balance and respect individual needs. We offer a full-time position but we are also open to considering requests for a 4-day work week or part-time role for candidates with the right experience.

Annual Leave: Generous allocation of 28 days of holiday leave (pro rata if part-time)

Special Day Off: Your Birthday

Extended Holiday Break: Our charity closes down in between Christmas and New Year, giving you the opportunity to enjoy some additional time off over the festive period.

Pension Benefits: Pension plan through NEST (National Employment Savings Trust)

Flexible Working Arrangements and Hours: We believe in empowering our employees to manage their time effectively. This is a remote working role (within the UK) with travel for team meetings and other work-related events.

How To apply:

• Produce a document no longer than 2 sides of A4, outlining why your skills, experience and personal motivation make you the right person for this role. Please also attach your CV.
• Please provide name and contact details of two referees that we would contact if shortlisted.
• Please use your name in the subject header of the email and the file name of the document.
• Please send these to recruitment@movecharity .org
• For an informal discussion before applying, please email interim charity lead nazmeen.wardle-bi@movecharity .org
• Closing date to apply for this role is 9th April
• If you would prefer to submit your application in an alternative format, please feel free to choose your own approach to convey the information requested.

Key Application and interview information:

There will be two stages of the interview process. The first stage will be virtual via video call and for those invited to the second stage, the interview will take place in-person in Manchester.

Data Protection Statement

For information about how we use your data, please contact us.

Safeguarding

Move Against Cancer is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all individuals who participate in our programmes and all staff and volunteers. Successful candidates will be required to carry out a disclosure and barring check.

Equal Opportunities and Diversity Statement:

MOVE Against Cancer is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

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.

Crisis Recovery Worker
Post no: 627
Salary: £24,088 per annum (£7,975.08 actual)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 12.25 hours per week, 5:00pm to 23:00pm 2 days per week (across 7 day rota)
Location: Milton Keynes

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 Houghton Regis & Central Bedfordshire, 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 Thursday 20th March 2025
Interviews: W/C 31st March 2025
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.

Today, 12 children and young people will be diagnosed with cancer. We’ll stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.  

• £43,361 (outside of London); £45,913 (within London) 
• 35 hours per week 
• Permanent 
• Home-based, with regular travel to London and Bristol 
• Closing date:11.59pm, Monday 24 March 2025
• Interview date: w/c 7 April 2025

Change lives in a life-changing career

When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world can feel like it’s falling apart. Independence is taken and confidence is stolen. Stability no longer exists. The future suddenly feels uncertain.

The impact of cancer on young lives is more than medical. That’s why we exist. Our specialist social workers help children and young people with cancer and their families navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer. We remove barriers, solve problems and prioritise wellbeing. And we stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.

We challenge the systems and policies that surround children and young people, we highlight gaps and campaign for change. Because we know what a better future could look like. And we know what we need to do to make that future a reality. We need to push harder, reach further and work smarter. And we need the right people on our team to help us get there. People like you.

About the role

We’re looking for a Digital Marketing Manager with a background in to delivering, implementing and evaluating digital marketing campaigns and strategies that deliver against objectives, as well as previous experience of line management, to join our friendly and expert Digital Team. 

As our Digital Marketing Manager, you will lead the team and our media agency to deliver exceptional and effective digital activity that delivers against organisational objectives. You will have significant experience of managing teams to run successful digital campaigns including (but not limited to) email, paid digital channels (including social, search and display), and organic social channels. 

You will line manage a team of four digital marketeers, providing engaging and motivating leadership, management and personal development support. 

You will champion the voices of children and young people with cancer, and their families in everything you do.

What will I be doing?

No two days are the same at Young Lives vs Cancer. So, summarising your ‘day to day’ isn’t easy. Here are some of the main things you’ll be doing, but you’ll find more details in the job description.

• Provide engaging and motivating leadership, coaching, management and development of direct reports and the wider team
• Work with the team to devise and implement email, paid and organic social strategies to help achieve organisational objectives 
• Support the organisation to deliver excellent digital campaigns across the channel mix ensuring that there is cohesion across online and offline channels 
• Take an active role in developing and embedding new ways of working, establishing relationships with other teams and work alongside the Head of Digital to raise the profile and understanding of digital marketing across the charity
• Provide advice and expertise to other teams in the use of digital marketing 
• Project manage large campaigns from scoping to briefing, implementation, optimising and review, and managing the relationship with our digital media agency
• Support a data driven and test and learn approach within the team, encouraging continual learning and optimisation
• Manage out of hours moderation if needed for high profile or high-risk activity 

What do I need? 

The key skills we’re looking for in this role are:

• Leading and line managing teams to deliver, implement and evaluate digital marketing campaigns and strategies that deliver against objectives 
• Digital specialist with extensive experience of managing paid social, organic social, email and PPC channels, as well as leading and delivering complex digital projects 
• Significant experience and knowledge of digital tools such as GA4, CMS systems, Meta business manager, Hootsuite, Dotdigital
• Understanding of digital journeys and implementing digital strategy across channels 
• Extensive experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously and prioritising in order to meet objectives 
• Experience managing digital media agencies 
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills with a good mix of evidence-based decisions balanced with pragmatism and innovation 
• Financially astute, contribute to setting budgets and overseeing spend 

What will I gain?

 For people to reach their full potential, they need the right environment. As a member of Team Young Lives, you’ll be made to feel supported, valued and appreciated. Here’s how we do it:

• Flexible working: we’re open to working hours outside of 9 - 5 and we can talk through your flexibility requirements at interview stage
• Wellbeing days: four days a year to do what works for you – from catching up on training to going for a walk
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Great family/caring leave entitlements
• Enhanced pension
• Access to our employee savings scheme

To find out more about our benefits package, have a look on our website.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their sex, ethnicity, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. We don’t just accept difference, we value it, celebrate it, nurture it and we thrive because of it.

We’re on a journey to be reflective of the diverse children, young people and families we support. We know we aren’t there yet, and we’re passionately committed to taking actions and making changes to be a truly diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. This includes taking anti-oppressive action and removing barriers in our recruitment practices. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities. Our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy will tell you more.

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. CVs can be uploaded, but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history sections of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

Accessibility

We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always aim to be as accommodating as possible.Please let us know in your application form of any adjustments or access requirements we could make to help you with the application process and interview.

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YMCA Robin Hood Group are recruiting for a Registered Manager for one of our Newark on Trent residential children’s homes.

We are looking for someone to take responsibility for the physical, emotional and safety needs of children and young people making sure they are protected, safeguarded and their best interests promoted at all times. You will be driven by your unwavering dedication to children and young people, and you will seek to provide the highest levels of care, support and empathy to those in your home. You will inspire your team and provide them with the management, coaching and mentorship to fulfil their full potential too.

You will following our in-house psychologically informed therapeutic model to care for the children and young people who have experienced trauma, abuse, neglect, or other adverse childhood experiences.

We are looking for someone highly resilient and confident to support the children and young people through times of crisis and dysregulation, ensuring the safety of the child or young person is of paramount importance at all times.

You will successfully obtain and retain registration with Ofsted and comply with terms of registration to achieve and maintain an Ofsted rating of good or outstanding for the home.

The Role

• Ensure that the home(s) is managed in a way which complies to the Children’s Homes Regulations (England) 2015 and creates a positive physical and emotional environment where children and young people can discover who they are and who they can become.
• Create, audit and maintain clear and accurate Care Plans and Risk Assessments for each individual child within your care and any other associated documentation within the home.
• Working in conjunction with the Clinical team to ensure Clinical Safety Plans are maintained and adhered to at all times.
• Provide children with a high standard of personalised care; ensuring that children are included as fully as possible in decisions affecting their care.
• Lead the staff team to create a culture of warmth, nurture and care within the home environment.
• Maintain high levels of professional boundaries and confidentiality to protect the children and young people within the service.
• Liaise with the Facilities Team to ensure the upkeep of the homes and grounds including the fabric of the buildings, fixtures and fittings and the condition of the gardens are maintained to a high standard.
• Plan and ensure regular supervisions, team meetings, annual appraisals and de-briefs are carried out for your team.
• Act with compassion and understanding, motivating and rewarding your team when appropriate.
• Willingness to become a train-the-trainer for specific courses and deliver training across your service and wider YMCA, where appropriate.
• Schedule the required staffing levels to ensure you have the optimum staff team on shift with a complementary mix of skills and expertise.
• Minimise the use of agency staff; optimising permanent staff availability and shift patterns to provide familiar and consistent care to the children and young people.
• Responsible for the support of safeguarding all of children in our Children’s Residential Services.
• Investigate any safeguarding concerns for the service area and to make informed, fair, and transparent decisions based on information obtained including the production of investigation reports with recommendations and outcomes

About You

As a passionate expert in children’s residential care, you will bring with you a wealth of experience in caring for children and young people who have had the most difficult starts in life. Experience dealing with trauma, challenging behaviour and working in a psychologically informed way would all be highly beneficial to your smooth transition into our role.
For this particular role, we would look for someone who has held a Registered Manager position previously as we are looking for someone who can nurture and develop a newly formed staff team.

You will need to hold a minimum of a level 4 diploma in children’s residential care and either already hold your level 5 diploma in leadership & management or be willing to undertake this with our support.

Although this role is based in Newark, we would ask that you are flexible to help support the wider Children in Care service to support other homes where required which could include some regional travel. Having your own car and driving licence would be highly beneficial although not essential

If you are ready for a new challenge where you can make a positive impact and lasting impression on both the people within your staff team and the children and young people and care, we would love to hear from you.

The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. Successful applicants must complete a company application form and will be appointed subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.

To be successful in your application, you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.

Location: YMCA Newark and Sherwood
Job Type: Full time, 40 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: up to £54,490

Benefits: Equivalent of 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing 1 day each year for your first 5 years! Workplace pension with Royal London (3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution)4 x Life Insurance/Death in Service whilst in the pension scheme, Reduced school holiday childcare places at YMCA Camp Williams Nottingham & Newark10% off in our hospitality venues including the Malt Cross and the Café at our Activity Village in Newark, Pastoral support, Cycle to Work Scheme, Excellent opportunities for development and progression, Support for further study up to post-graduate level 7 courses to support your development£500 refer a friend scheme applicable across the Group, Eligible to join the Blue Light Discount scheme, Staff events and annual celebrations, On passing your probation, you can select from one of the following additional benefits: Private medical and dental cashback scheme with Westfield Health and access to Westfield Rewards for high street discounts£120 cash annual contribution towards either: Travel costs or; Childcare costs or; Private gym membership

You may also have experience in the following: Registered Manager, Head of Care, Childcare, Child Protection, Care Manager, Child Development, Team Leader, Supervisor, EYP, Registered Manager, ASD, Service Manager, LD, Learning Disabilities, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Registered Cluster Manager, Social Care, Supervisor, Team Leader, Not for Profit, Deputy Service Manager, Senior Support Worker, etc.

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Location: Remote (with occasional travel for events and monthly team meetings in Hampshire). Short commute to Fareham, Hampshire desirable but not essential
Hours: Part-time, 22.5 hours per week (3 days per week). More hours may be considered
Reporting to the CEO 
 

As the Marketing Executive (Strategic Lead), you will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies that drive income generation for Pregnancy Sickness Supports paid-for services (such as our CPD training for healthcare professionals), raise awareness of our mission and impact, and engage donors, fundraisers and stakeholders. This is a pivotal role that combines strategic oversight with hands-on delivery via marketing activities. You will also focus on growing individual giving and corporate partnerships while supporting the CEO with major donor and grant fundraising.

About Pregnancy Sickness Support

Pregnancy Sickness Support (PSS) is the only registered UK charity dedicated to improving care, treatment, and support for those affected by nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) and the severe form of the condition, Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). Calls for help to the charity are increasing every year, our campaign focus has intensified and our growth on social media is hotting up! We’re expanding our team to ensure our life-saving services continue to meet growing demand and that the impact we have is known far and wide. 

Key Responsibilities

1. Marketing

• Develop and deliver a marketing strategy to support fundraising, paid-for services and general awareness-raising goals.
• Manage and optimise digital marketing channels, including the website, social media, and email platforms.
• Create compelling content, including blogs, newsletters, and social media posts, to engage supporters and showcase the charity’s impact.
• Monitor and analyse marketing performance, using insights to refine campaigns and improve donor engagement.

2. Fundraising Campaigns

• Plan and execute internal fundraising campaigns (e.g., "March to Change Minds"), coordinating with the Support & Fundraising Coordinator.
• Create and manage digital fundraising initiatives, including individual giving campaigns and peer-to-peer fundraising.
• Track and report on campaign performance, ensuring continuous improvement.

3. Donor Journey and Engagement

• Build on and maintain a donor journey to enhance retention and engagement, supported by the Support & Fundraising Coordinator.
• Develop automated email sequences for new donors, regular donors, and campaign participants (e.g., welcome emails, and impact updates).
• Work with the CEO to create touchpoints for major donors, including personalised communications and exclusive updates.

4. Corporate Partnerships

• Identify and approach potential corporate partners, creating tailored sponsorship packages.
• Maintain relationships with existing corporate supporters, ensuring they are engaged and appreciated.
• Work with the team to deliver joint campaigns and partnership initiatives.

5. Supporting Major Donor and Grant Fundraising

• Assist the CEO in researching and preparing proposals for grants, trusts, and high-value donors.
• Provide marketing materials and reports to support major donor engagement.
• Coordinate updates and impact reports for key stakeholders.

6. Collaboration with the Support & Fundraising Coordinator

• Provide strategic oversight and support to the Support & Fundraising Coordinator on campaign logistics and donor engagement.
• Work closely to streamline processes for individual giving campaigns, ensuring smooth delivery and tracking of fundraising efforts.
• Collaborate on content creation, including fundraising packs, social media graphics, and donor communications.

7. Administration and Reporting

• Maintain accurate records of donors, campaigns, and corporate partnerships using our CRM system BeaconCRM.
• Prepare regular reports on fundraising performance and marketing activities for the CEO and trustees.
• Ensure all activities comply with GDPR and other relevant regulations

Person Specification

Essential

• Proven experience in marketing and/or fundraising, ideally within the charity sector.
• Strong digital marketing skills, including social media management and email campaigns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling stories and proposals.
• Experience in planning and delivering fundraising campaigns.
• Evidence of previous innovative approaches to telling “our story” and “our impact”.
• Proficiency with marketing and fundraising tools (e.g., Mailchimp, Canva, donor CRMs, Google Analytics, Hootsuite).
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Passion for supporting women’s health and an understanding of the charity’s mission.

Desirable

• Experience with corporate partnerships or major donor engagement.
• Knowledge of GDPR and fundraising regulations.
• Experience in grant writing or supporting high-value fundraising efforts.
• Familiarity with healthcare or third-sector organisations.
• Knowledge of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) & Nausea & Vomiting in pregnancy (NVP)
• Good working knowledge of BeaconCRM. 

What We Offer

• Flexible working arrangements.
• 28 days holiday (pro rata) inclusive of bank holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programme upon joining.
• Summer and Christmas Parties.
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of those affected by HG and NVP.

Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?

Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge?

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.

We are looking for a new Advocate to join our team in Oxfordshire. We are seeking applicants who have transferable skills, a willingness to learn and a desire to help those in need of support.

About us

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most.  For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advocate to join our team covering Oxfordshire. Your role will require you to travel to locations such as clients’ homes, Children’s homes, hospitals, care homes and within community settings across the area to meet with clients and professionals. You will be home based for administration; therefore, access to your own transportation and a suitable home internet connection is essential. 

This is a full-time role for 21 hours per week, applicants who do not hold the IAP or IAQ qualification will start on £22,500 per annum pro-rata.

About you

Desirably you will have some experience of working in advocacy, or providing welfare, supporting, or caring for Adults or young people who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing education and support

Preferably, you should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance.

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.

You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.

You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support.  You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them.  You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard. 

Professional Development?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your professional abilities and you will make a real difference every day.

Benefits:

· 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time colleagues) rising to 30 days upon 5 years’ service 

· 5% employer pension & minimum 3% employee contribution 

· Salary sacrifices pension scheme 

· Separate Life Assurance Cover (equivalent of two times your annual salary) 

· Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays, gym membership etc 

· 24/7 Employee Assistance programme 

· Access to remote counselling service 

· Paid Disability Leave 

· Paid compassionate Leave 

· Home Working Allowance  

Support with continuous professional development 

Access to Clifton Strengths Coaching for development  

Personal Development Plans 

How are staff supported to work remotely? 

VoiceAbility has a small number of offices. Employees including Team Leaders are homebased for Administration and meetings will be held online as well as in person in the relevant community. 

When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs).  

VoiceAbility offers the usual regular manager one to ones, Staff forums and communities of practice depending on role. Team meetings with a mix of virtual and in person approach. 

Equality and Diversity

VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.

VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact HR for further options.

How to apply

To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on this page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form.

Important Dates:

Closing date for applications; Wednesday 19th  March at 5pm; however, VoiceAbility reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date.

Interview date; 24th and 26th March 2025

Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification.

Hint: you can use work, personal and/or voluntary experiences, and examples to tell us why you should be our next Advocate.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Do you want to support people with mental health issues? Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?

Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Together, Courage and Responsive and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?

If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.

Community Outreach Worker
Reference: 263
Salary: £25,000 - £26,000 per annum pro rata incl. Outer London Weighting (OLW)
In addition, this role will have a yearly staff retention bonus of up to £2106 (This payment is allocated at the discretion of HMN).
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm)
Contract: 1 year
Reports to: Complex Needs Housing Team Leader
Working base: Flexible to one of our seven Wellbeing Centres across Hertfordshire, dependent on location.

Purpose of Post

The Community Outreach Worker (Complex Needs Housing Service) provides advice, information, onward referral and holistic support to clients who are experiencing mental ill health or need support with their mental wellbeing. They ensure that the safety and wellbeing of the client is monitored and reviewed regularly, they remain a source of independent support for all clients and they will embed a person centred recovery orientated and trauma informed approach in all aspects of the role.

About the Service

The Complex Needs Housing Service works as a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) with housing teams and Drug and Alcohol Services across District and Borough councils. These teams will be working with individuals who are presenting as homeless and have a number of Complex Needs.

Service Objectives

• To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental ill health.
• To increase early access to help for people experiencing mental ill health in, by providing a clear and effective pathway to services provided by Herts Mind Network and other third sector and statutory providers.
• To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
• To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
• To reduce the use of police, ASB, tenancy enforcement, housing needs and environmental health services by clients whose primary need is related to mental ill health.
• To reduce the use of crisis services by people experiencing mental ill health with positive outcomes for the individual.
• To provide an assertive outreach approach for clients who are in crisis and/ or those that may have complex or multiple needs.
• To work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) consisting of Change Grow Live (CGL), District and Borough councils, housing teams and other professionals.

We offer:

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
• An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
• Ongoing training relevant to your role.
• An Employee Assistance Programme.
• Eligibility for blue light card.
• Health cover (after 6 months employment) - compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.

Being able to drive and having access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 31st March at 5pm.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis..
Please note: 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.

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. 

Equal Opportunities 
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.

Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.

No agencies please.