Participation Coordinator Jobs in Salford, Greater Manchester
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At Gaddum, we treat everyone as individuals. We really get to know those we help, understanding their world to offer a range of support that’s right for them. Our promise of tailored support is made possible by our breadth and depth of knowledge, through our unwavering commitment to the local people of Greater Manchester.
Our experience listening to generation after generation, for nearly 200 years, has taught us the importance of considering not just the individual but also the relationships around them. Our innovative approach means we can, not only build resilience, but identify further risks and offer preventive support now and in the future. At Gaddum, we believe that by supporting individuals, we ultimately help support entire communities.
Job Summary
Community Mental Health Transformation is part of a long-term plan to improve mental health services. Gaddum has been commissioned to support the facilitation of mental health lived experience in Community Mental Health Transformation in Manchester.
This role will ensure Lived Experience is a crucial partner in the collaborative approach, which will enable more responsive and accessible services. The collaborative includes Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care, leaders from local Voluntary and Community Sector organisations, Primary Care, Public Health.
Job Purpose
To lead and coordinate initiatives that amplify the voices of individuals with lived experience by embedding co-production principles into program delivery. The role aims to create inclusive opportunities for meaningful involvement, ensuring equal representation, capacity-building, and the removal of participation barriers.
Through collaboration with stakeholders and partners, this position supports the development, supervision, and recognition of lived experience representatives, fostering their contributions to service transformation while building pathways for their continued personal and professional growth. Additionally, the role ensures effective Lived Experience Coordinator – Manchester December 2024 communication, reporting, and evaluation to share insights, measure impact, and support service improvement efforts.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Reestablish a Lived Experience group, reviewing potential membership gaps and forward steps.
• Ensure the underpinning principles of coproduction are embedded with balance of professionals and lived experience representation.
• Attend the Transformation Group and other key meetings attached to the programme.
• To support Lived Experience representatives to lead on ethnographic story collection across the programme.
• Develop unpaid Peer development opportunities with Lived Experience representatives, providing Peer supervision.
• Identify and, wherever possible, remove barriers to panel member participation including but not limited to travel, childcare, carer responsibilities and translation costs.
• Ensure Lived Experience Representatives receive inductions and training suitable for their level of engagement.
• Coordinate regular meetings and events via a hybrid approach of face-to-face and virtual
• Manage the recruitment specific additional members for each of these opportunities, depending on the theme of the event.
• Ensure that panel members, whether from the core group or single invitees, are properly off boarded.
• Assist Lived Experience members to capture their experiences into their CVs or find opportunities in the community where people with lived experience are needed to help change services.
• Regularly communicate with Manchester Living Well, providing training and awareness raising and relevant updates and opportunities for co-production.
• Provide specialist information, guidance, and support about service user involvement to Adult Social Care staff, partners and stakeholders across a range of services and departments.
• Maintain records and data and to provide regular monitoring reports and outcomes, including end of project evaluation report.
• Contribute to Gaddum newsletters, website, and meetings, sharing information and learning form the programme.
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Young People Support Worker
We have a new role available for a Young People Support Worker to join Depaul UK to ensure that every client leaves a service with the skills and resilience to be confident and self-determining in their lives.
Position: Young People Support Worker
Location: Warrington
Contract: Full time, permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours a week
Salary: £24,136 pa + pension and other benefits
Closing Date: Friday 7th February 2025
Start date: Please note that the charity is currently awaiting funding confirmation for the new Service
About the Role
As Young People Support Worker you will work as a member of a services team in Warrington, delivering an assessment, support and move on service to vulnerable clients in supported accommodation. Your work will be underpinned by the charity’s Endeavour model of assets based, psychologically informed delivery, the aim of which is to ensure that every client leaves the service with the skills and resilience to be confident and self-determining in their lives.
Under the guidance of a Service Manager, you will be responsible for all aspects of support planning, risk assessment and move-on for a caseload of young people, addressing their physical, emotional, social and behavioural needs and supporting them to progress towards independence. You will participate in a programme of meaningful activity by running group sessions and activities within the accommodation to support young people’s individual development and social engagement. You will ensure the accommodation is properly maintained and take an active role in the upkeep of the physical spaces of the accommodation.
You will work a rolling rota of daytimes, evenings and weekends (some shifts will be lone working) including bank holidays to ensure that young people have full staff support during their most difficult times.
Key responsibilities include:
· Ensure client safety, wellbeing, and adherence to safeguarding and emergency procedures.
· Deliver high-quality risk assessments, support plans, and one-to-one/group support to build client resilience.
· Foster partnerships with local agencies to support clients while following data protection protocols.
· Engage flexibly and creatively with clients, encouraging their involvement in decisions and participation in activities.
· Support clients in accessing education, training, employment, and volunteering opportunities.
· Maintain health and safety standards, prepare accommodations for new clients, and oversee accurate financial records.
· Collaborate with team members, volunteers, and attend training and meetings as required, ensuring contract compliance.
About You
You will need to have the following skills and experience:
· Experience working with young people or those affected by homelessness.
· Understanding of the needs of individuals facing homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, or the care system.
· Knowledge of risk assessments, support planning, safeguarding, and health and safety procedures.
· Strong literacy, numeracy, IT skills, and commitment to diversity, equality, and professional integrity.
· Ability to maintain professional boundaries, work collaboratively, and reflect on practices for continuous development.
In return for working here, you will receive:
· A comprehensive training package tailored to your needs and role
· Flexible working model for suitable roles.
· 26 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years of service.
· Family-friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave and Carers leave.
· Auto-enrolment to pension scheme employer from day 1 with employer contribution up to 7% and increasing with service
· Employee Assistance Programme and access to the app – 24/7 GP appointments, prescription service, health checks and nutrition advice.
· Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more.
· Cash benefit plan for you and your partner (living with you) and children under 18 including covering Dental, Optical, Hospital Stays, Scans and More
· Death in service (4x Base salary)
· Legal Advice line
About the Organisation
Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialise in the provision of services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work within. Our organisation reaches from Newcastle to London, Greater Manchester and Milton Keynes.
You may have experience in areas such as: Support Worker, Peer Support, Project Manager, Care Caseworker, Youth Project Coordinator, Youth Caseworker, Care Worker, Health Care Assistant, Support Worker, Nurses, Social Care Worker, Care Assistant, Wellbeing Worker etc. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Purpose of the role
We are looking for enthusiastic colleague ready to work in a fast-paced and exciting work environment who can easily grasp and communicate impact to our different audiences. The Communications Specialist will be an exceptional writer across different platforms, be an excellent coordinator across the communications and wider team and be a strategic thinker. They will love the opportunities that come with working in an entrepreneurial environment, with a drive to deliver excellence and to support project management across our high-profile moments – events, product launches, campaigns.
The role is currently fixed term with strong likelihood of becoming a permanent role.
Key Responsibilities
Content generation
· Draft compelling content for our different audiences across a broad suite of communications, particularly for our website, newsletters and materials.
Strategic delivery
- Support the Head of Communications and Membership and the Communications Lead to implement our Communications Strategy and Social Media Strategy.
- Design and deliver several communications plans for key global opportunities – for our latest insight/research/tools and for our participation at high-profile events.
- Take a strategic focus across communications outputs, identifying core audiences and the best messages and approaches to reach those audiences.
- Oversee funding communications, developing materials and digital communications to resonate with business, foundations and other funders.
Drive efficiency and continuous improvement
· Aptly project manage the delivery of our key moments, particularly for research and events, being exceptionally organised and working well with external suppliers and the wider team.
· Seamlessly coordinate the planning and evaluation of communications milestones, including our communications calendar.
· Maintain and improve core systems including our mailing lists and help to improve our website through regularly maintenance and updates.
· Support the development of processes to enhance how we plan communications opportunities and evaluate impact from across the team.
Using relationships for change
- Build relationships with our Members, partners and donors to share their story, make them feel valued and ensure they promote our initiatives.
- Support capacity building of the wider team in communications (e.g. providing feedback, templates and running training sessions).
- Work openly with colleagues, collaborating enthusiastically and asserting and influencing effectively for timely communications.
Visual identity
- Be a brand ambassador and champion, implement and support development of protocols and house style guidelines, ensuring high standards of accuracy and consistency across the team and our content.
- Develop compelling visuals to accompany communications.
Other
- Support the navigation of communications issues.
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