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Building meaningful and purpose led partnerships with both our current and future corporate partners is a key part of our ‘Inclusion in Action’ strategy. We are looking for a highly motivated Corporate Partnerships Executive to join the team to further strengthen our partner relationships, engagement and activation.
Your role as Corporate Partnerships Executive will be to support the Senior Corporate Partnership Lead to grow the income and engagement of Special Olympics GB corporate partners through employee engagement, fundraising and activation of meaningful partnerships.
If you are an experienced Corporate Account Executive with a track record for growing and developing high-value partnerships (five figures +), then this is the role for you.
This is a permanent, home-based, full-time role. There will be the requirement to attend internal and external meetings or events which will involve regular travel away from home and working outside of normal hours.
The challenge is great, but the rewards are greater. If you are a brilliant fundraising professional, who wants to be part of a movement which transforms lives through sport, then please have a look at the job description in more detail.
For Job Role specifics please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
What We Can Offer
- 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE).
- Competitive salary circa £22,400 - £25,600 (£28,000 - £32,000 FTE) per annum depending on experience.
- 20 days holiday on appointment (25 days FTE) and 1 day for your Birthday, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time staff).
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme from appointment.
- Health Cash Plan
- Time off in Lieu (TOIL) for out of hours work.
- Flexible working.
If you are just looking for a job, then we are probably not for you. If you are looking for a challenge, a chance to make a huge difference and you want to be part of a high performing team which gets things done, then we would like to hear from you.
To apply, please send a covering letter (maximum 2 pages) explaining why you wish to work for Special Olympics Great Britain, along with your CV. It is important that all prospective employees understand our mission and are driven by our cause. Referring to the Job Description & Person Specification, please be specific about how your skills and experience will help you undertake this role. Generic letters will not be considered.
We are Special Olympics GB. We are Inclusion in Action.
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National LGBT+ Independent Victim Advocate
Do you want to make life better for LGBT+ victims and survivors of abuse?
Galop, the UK’s LGBT+ anti-abuse charity, is seeking an LGBT+ Independent Victim Advocate to support survivors remotely across the UK.
Galop works directly with thousands of LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence every year. We specialise in supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime, and other forms of abuse including honour-based abuse, forced marriage, and so-called conversion therapies. We are a service run by LGBT+ people, for LGBT+ people, and the needs of our community are at the centre of what we do.
We run four national support helplines for LGBT+ victims and survivors of: domestic abuse; hate crime; rape and sexual abuse; and so-called “conversion therapy”. We provide advocacy services, both in London and nationally, for LGBT+ victims who need longer-term support. We are person-centred, empowerment-based, and trauma-informed – meaning our focus is always on helping our clients decide what is best for them, and then supporting them through their journey.
We use what we learn through working on the frontlines with clients to work on national and local policy change, to improve outcomes for LGBT+ victims and survivors of abuse and violence. We build evidence through key pieces of research, like our upcoming report into LGBT+ experiences of sexual violence. We push for legislative change, improved statutory guidance for victims, and better understanding of the needs of LGBT+ people around the country.
We are looking forward to someone to join our growing national advocacy team, supporting survivors remotely across the UK. You will work directly with LGBT+ victims/survivors, offering them a space to talk and think through options, helping them plan what they want to do, and offering assistance in getting what they need from services. Your work will focus on needs specifically related experiences of abuse or violence, including issues such as wellbeing, support with the criminal and civil justice process, safety and access to other services to enable survivors to cope and recover. You will be empathetic and thoughtful in your approach to understanding your clients’ needs, while remaining boundaried and mindful of self-care.
You will work with mainstream services to ensure the voices and experiences of LGBT+ survivors are represented in order to make change for our community at a local and national level. You will also work closely with key partner organisations by attending meetings and have the opportunity to take part in external work to ensure a joined-up approach among services working with LGBT+ people facing abuse and violence.
You will have expertise in delivering needs-led specialist support services. You will need to be solutions-focussed and enjoy working collaboratively across a diverse and committed team. You’ll need to have good resilience and self-care, and be prepared to work in an environment where abuse and violence are regularly talked about. You’ll need to understand the impact of trauma and how that affects our team.
Location
This is a remote post, working from home.
The role will include travel to our London building and occasional travel across the UK.
Hours
Full Time (35 hours per week)
Contract
Until 31 March 2025 (extension subject to funding)
Reports to
Advocacy & Support Manager/Senior Advocate
Salary
Grade F: £27,230.31 - £31,878.96
Closing Date
Applications should be submitted by 10am on Wednesday 4th September 2024
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11th September or Thursday 12th September 2024
Questions?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further prior to application, please contact our Recruitment team via email.
REF-216 243
Location: Barnstaple - Little Bridge House
Contract Type: Permanent/Part time
Salary: £25,698 - £28,476 per annum (pro-rata)
Hours: 30 hours per week over 4 or 5 days (to include Monday and Friday)
About Them
They are an established and successful charity providing hospice care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families in the Southwest of England. They aim to recruit passionate, friendly, and enthusiastic staff who are motivated to really make a difference to the lives of the children and families who visit them.
Join their team for a rewarding career move where 98% of staff agree that they are proud to work for the organization.
What you will be doing
This is an exciting opportunity for a flexible, enthusiastic, and experienced Administrator to play a key role in supporting their skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team in the unique setting of Little Bridge House.
This role is responsible for the efficient running of the administration function and will support the Head of Care, the hospice Doctors, and the care team with all aspects of administrative and secretarial duties. Main responsibilities of the post include dealing with incoming calls from families and professionals and assisting with the administration of the referral process for children. Duties will also include maintenance of the care database, producing reports, maintaining the records of the children that use their service, and supervising paid and voluntary administrative support as required.
The Successful Candidate
Applicants must be able to work on their own initiative, be able to prioritize workloads, have an eye for detail, have strong all-around communication skills, and experience in organizing a busy office. Strong IT skills including working knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook and experience using databases is essential.
Due to the environment at Little Bridge House, experience of working within a health or social care setting and thorough understanding of the need for confidentiality is essential. They value their staff and offer an excellent working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team. Your work makes a real difference to short and precious lives.
What they offer:
- 33 days (plus bank holidays) holiday entitlement, which increases with service
- enhanced sick pay scheme rising to 6 months full and 6 months half pay
- personal pension scheme with 7% employer contribution
- family-friendly policies, with enhanced maternity/adoption pay
- occupational health, wellbeing, and counseling services and employee assistance programme
- group life insurance scheme
- training and development opportunities
- environmental and green agenda
- a supportive and inclusive environment
- a chance to make a real difference
They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and all employees must apply for enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. They welcome applications from all sections of the community.
This fantastic opportunity will give you the chance to explore the wonders of the South West, whether you are already located here, you are a returner or looking for a different way of life; the South West offers a high quality of life and great leisure opportunities. These environmental attractions are matched by the excellent reputation of the highly successful organization as an employer.
You may have experience in the following: Supervisor, Senior Healthcare Administrator, Senior Care Services Manager, Senior Care Home Administrator, Senior Residential Care Coordinator, Lead Care Administrator, Senior Health Services Coordinator, Senior Care Manager, and Senior Care Operations Manager.
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Job Title: Head of Service (CoramIAC)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: Circa. £60,000-£65,000 per annum
Location: CoramIAC Office - Cockfosters (until January 2025 then moving to Coram Campus - Bloomsbury), Home Based (Hybrid Working)
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About CoramIAC
CoramIAC is a Voluntary Adoption Agency which specialises in Intercountry Adoptions. This position is a member of the Leadership Team and will have a pivotal role in leading, developing and managing a range of operational adoptions services, ensuring that they meet the needs of children we are providing services for, including all legal, policies, guidelines, and internal standards. They will play a key role in helping to develop new services and where appropriate will take operational control of these.
About the Role
The Head of Service post holder will take the lead responsibility (under Ofsted registration) as the Adoption Manager of CoramIAC. They will ensure the ongoing delivery of an outstanding VAA that is fully compliant with national minimum standards and regulations; and ensuring high quality adoption support and a sufficient supply of adopters that reflects the diversity of the countries they are adopting from.
Applying to adopt in the UK is open to anyone already in the process with CoramIAC but we do not actively recruit domestic adopters like other VAAs. Approved Intercountry Adopters may however request to change their approval advice to the UK if they are considered a suitable match for children available and waiting for permanence through Adoption in the UK.
CoramIAC predominantly serve prospective adopters from the global majority and as such recruit and train a highly diverse and skilled group of adopters to enable the best outcomes for children whilst also offering adopter and sector diversity for potentially harder to place children. This includes family groups and older children. Our offer to RAAs via our domestic program therefore delivers families for children who often wait the longest in the care system.
Please note, the successful candidate must have a degree in Social Work or equivalent. They must also have significant post qualification experience at a Team Manager level in Adoption services, and a demonstrated passion for working in the adoption, children and families sector.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing Date: Sunday 8th September 2024 at 23:59
Interview Date: TBC at Coram Campus, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AZ. Please note that interviews will take place in person and will include a written test.
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBTQ+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No: 1067313
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
LEASE DO NOT UPLOAD A CV OR A COVER LETTER AS THESE ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
Please complete and upload the application form via Breathe HR. Your application will be rejected without a completed application form (Please see vacancy documents at the bottom to download the form)
If you have any problems with attaching the form, please send it to talent @ bookmarkreading .org
At Bookmark Reading Charity, we exist to change children’s life stories through the joy of reading. We have seen significant growth over the past few years and have built a network of engaged supporters. As we launch our new strategy, we are looking for a talented individual to lead our Philanthropy Team and grow both our major donor and Trusts & Foundations programme so that we can support more children to develop the reading skills and confidence they need for a fair chance in life.
Job Description
Delivering the Philanthropy plan
- Manage the philanthropy programme at Bookmark, working with the Head of Fundraising to grow the major donor and Trusts & Foundations portfolio within the wider strategy
- Lead a team of three to deliver on the fundraising strategy, providing direction, support and guidance. Directly line manage the Philanthropy Manager and support their professional development
- Work with trustees, staff, and our wonderfully supportive Partnerships Board to build a robust pipeline of supporters and secure introductions
- Own and build a portfolio of donors through the full donor cycle who give £50,000 or more, ensuring a first-class cultivation and stewardship journey
- Lead on the philanthropy events strategy and programme, providing support to the Philanthropy Manager and wider team in delivering income generating, cultivation and stewardship events
- Lead the philanthropy team to compelling, relevant and tailored funding proposals, reports and collateral to inspire and inform donors, reflecting Bookmark’s strong brand
- Work closely with the Corporate Partnerships team to ensure opportunities to maximise income for the fundraising team
Work with the rest of the Fundraising team
- Devise and deliver annual plans, together with associated budgets, in line with the charity’s strategic objectives.
- Work with the Senior Leadership Team, Chair of Trustees and colleagues across the charity to ensure major donor fundraising activity is aligned with the charity’s wider plans and objectives
- Use Salesforce to manage the accurate recording and forecasting of major donor income, enabling efficient reporting and KPI management
- Ensure that all activity helps to build Bookmark’s brand and is always brand compliant
- Ensure Bookmark’s ethical fundraising policy is adhered to
Person specification
Essential
- A successful track record in high value fundraising and acquisition, including a proven track record of securing five-and-six-figure gifts, to meet or exceed targets
- Experience line managing individuals, nurturing their development and managing their performance to achieve results
- Excellent understanding of complex relationship-based fundraising from high-net worth individuals and/or grant making organisations, and experience developing relationships with donors through all stages of the donor cycle
- Experience working with a fundraising board or high value committee
- Experience developing and managing a calendar of successful charity events that meet fundraising targets
- Great verbal communication skills, a passion for presenting and public speaking
- You will have the skills to influence, motivate and persuade people to donate
- Demonstrable experience of writing successful, inspiring, emotive, and technically accurate cases for support and proposals tailored to a major donor audience
- Experience growing and managing a pipeline, planning for your portfolio and increasing income
- An understanding and ability to build budgets and work with financials
- Experience using of Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- You have experience using Salesforce, or another fundraising database
Desirable
- Experience managing and growing a Giving Circle
Location: One to two days per week based at the Bookmark office (London), with flexibility around home working for the remaining days
Contract type: Permanent, 3-5 days per week
Salary: £48,000-£50,000 pro-rata
Hours: 22.5-37.5 hours per week. Flexibility around compressed hours.
Deadline: Sunday 15th September 2024, 11:59 pm
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Service Manager - Young Peoples Team Location: Leeds, LS12 2LY Salary: £30,280 - £43,780 per annum Our client is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. They provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. They are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining theit teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in their service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves. They are incredibly proud of the work that they do to help address health inequalities in England. Every five minutes, an individual accesses one of their services, and they have supported over 90,000 people across all their services last year. The Role They are looking for a Service Manager to oversee its Young People's Team. As the Young People's Team Service Manager, you will be working with a committed, diverse team, of approximately 14 staff, who support young people across Leeds with issues related to drugs and alcohol. In addition, you will help develop the skills of this highly valuable team as you lead them towards personal fulfilment—and career success! The service supports young people up to the age of 18, as well as offering support and treatment for drug or alcohol use to young adults aged 18 - 24. As a Service Manager for the Young People’s Team, they are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting young people to reach their potential and recognise the positive impact quality drug and alcohol interventions can have on young lives. They require the Service Manager to be confident in developing strong relationships with a diverse range of community partners to support young people. Ideally you will:
If you’re interested in experiencing a different service-delivery model and have several years of management experience, ideally as a Service Manager in another field, this may be the perfect role for you. If you have less experience of managing staff, they're willing to overlook this if you can provide us with evidence of unique skills or talents. Benefits
To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application. The organisation is an equal opportunities employer They value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. They encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, they want to hear for you. They also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. |
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You have significant experience of individual client work with adults/young people in an addictions or social care setting. You’d also like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with. Welcome to Aquarius as a Team Leader.
We’re part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.
As Team Leader you will ensure good clinical practice and see that the service operates within policy and statutory requirements. Bringing leadership to the team and providing induction, supervision, coaching and work and development reviews will be important too. We’ll also rely on you to help deal with performance management issues and assist in the recruitment of team members and volunteers. And, when it comes to developing and maintaining effective liaison with commissioners and service providers, again, we'll count on you. Managing the budget for the service, ensuring appropriate recording and data reporting and actively promoting Aquarius’ values and mission – all are aspects of this vital leadership role.
Ideally, you have a professional qualification in health/social care, youth and community work, (e.g. NVQ Level 4 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Candidates with proven experience of working in the substance misuse field and a commitment to complete NVQ4 Health and Social Care or equivalent will also be considered. Knowledge of alcohol and health related issues, including the functional model of alcohol use is essential, as is experience of staff supervision/management/training. Familiar with primary, secondary and other outreach settings, you're used to liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals too. What’s more, you have a good understanding of safeguarding issues, and are great at engaging effectively with clients. Good IT skills (we use Microsoft Office) are also required, together with a flexible, can‐do and results driven approach.
In return, you can expect some great benefits, including 32 days' holiday, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers, plus exceptional professional development and training opportunities.
This is a permanent full time role requiring the post holder to work 37 hours per week.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
Closing date for applications is 16 September 2024 (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received).
It is a mandatory requirement of the application process for this post that candidates submit a CV and Supporting Statement, thus only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.
Aquarius is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About Us
Learning with Parents supports all families to have positive learning interactions together and leads the sector to learn what works in tackling inequality.
In partnership with 150 primary schools, we support families across the UK to enjoy learning together at home. Families are motivated to sustain and enjoy frequent and positive interactions at home.
Our parental engagement journey with schools starts by focussing on reading. Our digital reading log is an inclusive way for schools and families to record reading, replacing physical reading records.
Our full Maths and English programme builds on the positive habits fostered by our reading log. It replaces traditional Maths and English homework with fun activities which have parent-child interaction at their heart. Through behavioural insight research, innovative technology and teacher training we ensure that as many families as possible are supported effectively.
We are working to improve parental engagement across the sector, by producing evidence of parents’ impact and generating insights into how schools can best support them. Learnings are disseminated through the Parental Engagement Forum and amplified through the Fair Education Alliance.
You can read our 2023 impact report here and see our latest news and blogs here.
About the Role
We are looking for a technologist to help us in the next phase of scaling our web platform and supporting the communities we serve. To date our tech support has all come through an external team, and now we are excited to add an in-house role with significant support from our experienced (part-time) CTO and an external team.
You will work across a range of technologies on a variety of problems, which may include working with the team to triage urgent bugs; making improvements in our testing setup and CI/CD pipeline; understanding and investigating our data; supporting with IT issues; and more.
This is a flexible role in a growing charity, with the opportunity to build and deploy solutions from the ground up. As well as our CTO, the former lead engineer will be on hand to answer questions and support (0.2FTE), and the team developing features has experience working on this app. We will look to expand this team over time as the charity continues to grow.
Our technology
Our platform is built on the following stack, so familiarity with some of these, or equivalents, will be helpful for this role.
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Platforms: AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare
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Frameworks/technologies: NextJS, NestJS (Typescript), GraphQL, Postgres
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Code: Github
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Test: Cypress, Jest, Lambdatest
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Monitoring: New Relic, Zabbix
We also use a range of common cloud systems in managing the IT side of the organisation, including Google Workspace and InTune.
Areas of Responsibility
Monitoring and resolving issues
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Performing root cause analysis of production errors and resolving technical issues (with support from tech lead and development team)
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Communicating with the school partnership team and content development team to understand requirements and keep them updated on issue progress
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Designing procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance
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Building tools to reduce occurrence of errors and improve customer experience
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Providing level 2/3 technical support
Platform engineering, pipelines and deployment
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Setting up CI/CD pipelines for our products
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Building and maintaining development tools and infrastructure
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Deploying updates and fixes to production environments
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Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
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Building and deploying automation and monitoring solutions
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Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Support with data
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Liaising with the wider team to understand data needs
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Writing and reviewing SQL queries, including to extract anonymised data or report statistics
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Creating data dashboards (potentially with volunteer support)
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Making sure our Postgres database is operating efficiently and reviewing updates
IT
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Support with laptop setup
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Support with issues with a range of cloud services
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Working with users to ensure the tools are meeting user needs and proposing solutions
About You
Our ideal candidate is a problem solver who has capability across a range of technology areas, and can drive the range of problems that might arise in running a web platform to solutions. You may have developed and deployed a web application, whether professionally or as a side project, and been responsible for its end-to-end maintenance. You may have managed the IT for an organisation, whether professionally or in a voluntary capacity, including managing integrations and solving users’ problems.
We will ask you for examples of the following skills and experience:
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Experience in continuous integration and continuous delivery practices
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Experience deploying & maintaining web applications, including cloud hosting (AWS or equivalent)
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Working knowledge of databases and SQL
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Familiarity with version control software (Git preferred)
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Understanding of monitoring tools (Sentry or equivalent)
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Experience with automated testing tools (Cypress or equivalent)
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Collaborative approach to solving technical problems
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Effective communications skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
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Willingness to learn and apply new technologies
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Working well within a team, drawing on the skills and knowledge of those around you, as well as supporting others with your own expertise
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A desire to champion and uphold our vision, mission and values.
Our ideal candidate might also be able to provide examples of when they have used some of the following skills and experience, although these are not essential:
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Experience in agile testing approaches, frameworks and implementations
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Experience with performance and/or security testing
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An understanding of education inequality in the UK
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Lived experience of some of the barriers that families from disadvantaged communities face in engaging with children’s learning
Our Values
Our Learning with Parents values are key to how we work and inform our strategy, programme, and how we collaborate.
Ambition
We strive do more for the families, schools and organisations we work with
Collaboration
We value the voices of others and achieve more by working together
Exploration
We are curious and seek evidence to inform our work
Innovation
We test, learn, adapt and embrace failure in our pursuit of progress
Integrity
We act responsibly and honestly, and default to transparency
Supportive environment
We work to create an environment which supports growth, belonging and wellbeing for everyone
Benefits
We have a passionate team and supportive culture, which was recognised as we were named one of “The top 100 organisations to escape to in 2022” by Escape the City. In addition, we offer:
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Generous holiday allowance (35 days, including bank holidays)
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Additional day off on your birthday
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Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policy
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Income protection in case of sickness
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Flexible working times
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Social events
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Environmental (Net Zero) Pension
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Cycle to work scheme
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Benefit Hub, including virtual GP and discount scheme
To Apply
Please apply via our website. You will be asked to submit a CV and one-page Cover Letter outlining your interest and suitability for this role. First round interviews will be online. Second round interviews will be in person, at our Bristol offices. Interviews will typically be arranged within a month of applications being received.
We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees and supporters from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at Learning with Parents, and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.
Due to the nature of our work with young people, on acceptance of offers all Learning with Parents employees are subject to a DBS check in accordance with Safeguarding Policies and offers will also be subject to reference checks.
Our vision is that every child is supported at home to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Key info
Annual salary: £16,000 (£32,000 full-time equivalent)
18 hours a week, including 7.5 hours of teaching split over Mondays and Wednesdays (between 9.00am and 3.30pm)
14 days’ annual leave (28 days full-time equivalent), to be taken during school holidays, plus additional time off between Christmas and the New Year. Occasional term-time annual leave can be agreed with line manager.
7% employer pension contributions
Other benefits include flexible working, enhanced parental leave and sick pay, a cycle scheme, tech scheme, interest-free loans, study leave and volunteering leave. All frontline staff are offered clinical supervision and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
6 months, fixed-term contract with a possibility of extension
Start date: 23rd September (pending an Enhanced DBS Check)
Reports to Head of Learning and Language Skills
The successful candidate will need to be able to teach both online and face-to-face in Tooting.
Equalities statement
CARAS is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity. As an organisation who works with refugees, we especially encourage applications from people with lived experience of forced migration. Applications will be considered solely on merit. Where two or more candidates are judged to be of equal merit, priority may be given to a candidate who belongs to a less well represented group.
About the organisation
CARAS is a registered charity offering holistic support to refugees and people seeking asylum. The local refugee community is made up of new arrivals and longer-term residents, all experiencing varying levels of disadvantage as a result of forced migration, as well as systemic challenges built into London life. CARAS therefore has the following values:
Kindness. CARAS will nurture all who are part of our community, helping everyone to develop their skills, talents and interests.
Justice. CARAS will strive for social justice following a rights-based approach in all of our work and challenging instances when rights are not upheld in wider society.
Empowerment. CARAS works alongside people, recognising and respecting their skills and strengths and striving together for better outcomes.
‘With’ not ‘for’. CARAS will put the voices, opinions, experiences and needs of its community members at the heart of all that we do.
CARAS is a thriving organisation with a highly motivated, friendly and experienced staff team, bolstered by the generous support of equally skilled volunteers and trustees who come from many walks of life. The new Adult ESOL Teacher will input into work across the organisation, welcome volunteers and be welcomed and supported by us all.
About ESOL learning at CARAS
For many years now, ESOL learning has been essential to our holistic offer. Community members typically tell us that learning English is their top priority when they join us. The CARAS ESOL project won the President’s Award at the 2021 Festival of Learning in recognition of our work.
The CARAS ESOL project supports people in the early stages of ESOL learning. Our adult ESOL groups prepare learners for entry-level Speaking and Listening or Reading and Writing exams with the English Speaking Board. All classes have rolling admission throughout the year, which means the learner groups are evolving all the time.
ESOL classes at CARAS are guided by our values and principles, including participatory education, trauma-informed practice and translanguaging pedagogy. The three main aims of the ESOL project are to:
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increase learners’ communicative competence and confidence;
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help learners progress into college, training or employment;
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expand learners’ social networks.
Main activities
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teaching ESOL classes (face-to-face and online): 7 hours / 5 classes a week during term time (38 weeks a year), ESOL Literacies, Pre-Entry to Entry 2 level
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supporting ESOL learners to develop essential digital skills and literacies by embedding them in the lessons
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preparing groups to take exams accredited by the English Speaking Board
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collaborating closely with the adult team to develop and facilitate the CARAS employability project
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planning for and accompanying ESOL groups on educational trips once a term
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assessing learners during their engagement in the programme and planning for move on support with college applications, volunteering opportunities and signposting to other ESOL provisions
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completing admin tasks such as class records and learner enrolment
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developing participatory and creative lesson plans to inspire and meet the needs of the learner group
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meeting new community members to do an intake meeting with them once a month.
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recruiting and supervising a team of volunteer ESOL Teaching Assistants as and when required
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communicating with learners between classes to support their engagement and provide signposting or referrals to casework and external services
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participating in training, supervision and team meetings where required
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meeting with staff at CARAS and at partner organisations to ensure community members are receiving holistic support
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contributing to the monitoring and evaluation of Learning programmes
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working in accordance with CARAS policies and procedures, including those regarding safeguarding, health and safety, and equality and diversity
Person specification
We expect applicants to meet most of the criteria below, but not everything. We value experience from volunteering, unpaid work and lived experience as well as from employment history.
In the application form and at interview, we will assess if you:
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have a recognised ESOL teaching qualification, minimum Level 5 (e.g. CELTA or CertTESOL), preferably Level 7 (e.g. PGCE with ESOL specialism) or equivalent
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have a minimum one year full-time (or equivalent part-time) experience of teaching ESOL to adults or young adults
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have a track record of successfully teaching beginner-level ESOL learners and providing differentiated support
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have any knowledge or experience in providing literacy support to learners new to reading and writing English
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take a creative and participatory approach to learning
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have experience of teaching preparation classes for ESOL exams that include reading and writing components
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can support learners to develop their literacy & digital skills
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know a variety of ways to assess learners, including diagnostic and formative assessment
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can work with classes that have rolling admission throughout the year
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can communicate clearly and with people from diverse backgrounds
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use methods for delivering online classes over Zoom (or similar online platform) that follow the principles of learner-centred, communicative language teaching
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understand how to apply safeguarding, health and safety, and equality and diversity policies
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will uphold CARAS’ values in your work
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have good organisation and administrative skills
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have experience or knowledge of issues facing refugee and asylum-seeking groups
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have experience of working in the third sector or Further Education
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speak of one or more of our community languages to an intermediate level or above. Languages include Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Kurdish, Pashto, Somali, Spanish and Tigrinya.
To apply, please submit your completed Application Form by the end of Wednesday, 11th September to CARAS' Head of Learning at the email address on the application form. Note that we do not accept CV and covering letters. You must include everything on the application form.
Interviews will take place on Monday, 16th September in Tooting, London. If you are not available then, please inform us when you submit your application.
Please note that we may extend the submission deadline and interview dates depending on the number of suitable candidates.
Would you love to be the friendly and welcoming face and voice of the Prince’s Trust, representing the Wales Enterprise team and selling our great work to young people and partners in your local area?
Imagine yourself planning and attending incredible showcase events with our partners and young people in Wales. These gatherings will be the stage where we celebrate the outstanding achievements of The Trust. Whether it's an internal team gathering or an external event, you will play a pivotal role in energizing and engaging the people we aim to support. Your enthusiasm will be contagious!
You’ll be passionate about finding creative ways to engage with young people in Wales, helping them become self-employed or start their own businesses. Some experience in the business support world or helping individuals with startups would be incredibly helpful in this role. You’ll quickly be able to craft a recruitment plan for your local area, working across a virtual team to be the ultimate people connector. You’ll know how to cultivate, spearhead, and nurture fantastic relationships with agencies and partner organizations that can refer eligible young people to The Trust.
Get ready to take centre stage in our mission! You'll ignite enthusiasm in our potential customers, showing them how we can turn their goals into reality. You'll achieve this by delivering sensational sessions and engaging in one-on-one interactions, all geared towards promoting The Trust's remarkable programmes that will thoroughly captivate young individuals and partners alike. We're talking about creating excitement and making dreams come true!
Let's make sure our young people have a consistently amazing experience when they come on board our programmes. Keep them engaged by staying in touch and referring them to the right support whenever they need it. You'll also assist with some delivery and administrative tasks to support our team in reaching these goals.
And now for the serious stuff! You’ll help to keep our records squeaky clean by accurately documenting information about our young people, volunteers, and partners. It's all about ensuring each step of their journey aligns with our funding contracts and accurately reflects on our systems.
At The Trust, we're strong advocates for fostering an inclusive workplace, and it would be fantastic if you share that passion too. So, we’d love it if you would be the voice for our Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity drive by crafting a local action plan that aligns with our big EDI goals.
Be ready for anything! In addition to all these fantastic responsibilities, you might find yourself donning different hats and stepping up whenever needed. Join us at The Prince’s Trust, where every day is a chance to create a brighter future for our young superstars in Wales!
What happens next?
Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The Prince’s Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.
Why do we need Youth Development Leads?
Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with every three in four moving into a positive outcome for either work, education or training. Youth Development Leads play a crucial role in supporting young people, no matter the young person's background or current circumstances, to fulfil their full potential. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Youth Development Leads!
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Unless the location of the role is remote, the Youth Development Lead role requires a combination of office days and working from home.
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
Equal Opportunities
Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.
We are looking for people who can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBTQIA+ Network).
Safeguarding
The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks by the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.
Summary
WE ARE HIRING!
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Ministry Department aims to serve and renew lay and ordained ministry throughout the Church of England. We do this by providing advice and support to vocational enquirers, ordinands, curates, lay ministers, leaders at every level, dioceses, and theological colleges.
The team works at a national level to provide the stewardship of resources, the development of policy, and the expertise, guidance and leadership needed to sustain the ministry of the Church of England and to ensure its growth and flourishing. We oversee the discernment, formation and deployment of ordained ministers, ensuring the Church is well-equipped to serve God in living out its mission for many generations to come.
We support dioceses to develop proactive plans to grow vocations to ministry, by convening networks of practitioners, sharing good practices, ensuring proper resourcing and providing quality training for diocesan directors of ordinands and advisers.
We support and steer ministry and leadership development for the entire clergy and lay ministries life cycle, including clergy HR and senior leadership development.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Vocation Communications and Marketing Officer role is part of the National Communication Teams which sits with the National Development.
Your major responsibility is to engage, inspire, and influence all sectors of the Church to foster a vocational culture in which all persons, regardless of age or background, are encouraged and assisted in considering the entire variety of ministerial vocations for themselves and others.
You will mainly be responsible for:
- Developing, delivering and leading a marketing, communications and engagement strategy; this requires the post holder to have excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with all stakeholders at a national, diocesan and local level clearly and concisely
- You will work with stakeholders and communicate as widely as possible the ministerial needs of the church and a plethora of opportunities to discern, learn, grow and serve.
- Produce and/or commission excellent written and video content and updates; this includes supporting the preparation and development of online and in-person engagement events.
Key Requirements
- The post holder is required to visit various Diocese within England.
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve across the whole country. Therefore, while of course, we welcome all applications from all interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.
WHAT WE OFFER
Your Salary
- A salary of £56,833, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
Your Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
- We welcome all flexible working arrangements requests with locations with an expectation of just 1-2 days per week in the Church House office/base office location. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abby with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS
The National Church Institutions is a hybrid working organisation comprising a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. We welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
Vacancy Application Closing Date - 03 September 2024
Please note: This is a fixed-term contract for three years.
To find out more about this role, please contact Helen Fraser, at for an informal chat.
Street Paws is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 2016 with the aim of providing free and accessible veterinary care and support services to pets of homeless people in the UK. We strive to bridge the gap between animal and human welfare services. Ensuring that pets are not left behind in the fight against homelessness.
Demand for our services is ever growing due to the impacts of cuts to public funding, rising private rents, limited social housing and cuts to housing benefit. Research has shown that many owners have been asked to give up their pet in order to get accommodation. Homeless people will rarely agree to go into a hostel without their pet choosing instead to remain in extreme vulnerability and depravation on the streets.
Role Summary
This is a new position at Street Paws which has been created to support ongoing projects in the Greater Manchester region. The role involves assisting the Operations Manager in expanding current projects, such as incorporating hostels into our Dog Champion Scheme and developing the new volunteering scheme nationally. Responsibilities include recruiting volunteers, providing support and guidance, and fostering positive relationships to enhance the volunteer experience.
Role Description
Based in the Greater Manchester area, the Project Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Operations Manager with the delivery, administration, and support of Street Paws’ work nationally. The role will support the onboarding of new partners and the management of existing partners, including suppliers and contacts. They will be a point of contact for internal and external enquiries.
The Project Coordinator will support and develop our new volunteer programme, including recruitment and retention of volunteers, volunteer inductions, and training. Street Paws is a small team, and as such, we expect people to be highly flexible in their roles and willing to turn their hand to anything that needs to be done.
Responsibilities
- Promote the charity’s work nationally.
- Respond to internal and external enquiries regarding the charity’s projects and services.
- Actively seek out, develop, and maintain partnerships to strengthen the charity’s projects.
- Ensure each onboarded partner is aware of our services.
- Support the Operations Manager in the expansion of the charity’s projects to new partners and areas.
- Support the Operations Manager with the onboarding of hostels.
- Lead on the development of our volunteer programme.
- Responsible for all aspects of volunteer support; advice, guidance, recruitment, training, induction and onward volunteer management.
- Establish positive relationships with volunteers to ensure that they have a fulfilling volunteering experience.
- Design information gathering format for feedback, and statistics from partners and volunteers.
- Contribute content ideas and create copy for social media content, articles, blogs, and a quarterly newsletter for volunteers and supporters.
- Provide feedback to the Street Paws CEO to report on the charity’s KPIs.
- Travel to hostel locations as required to support hostel partners and volunteers.
- Support partnerships across the Greater Manchester area and attend sessions to provide support for people with pets.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a dedicated Engagement Officer for Healthwatch Stockport. Could this be you?
You will be working within the passionate team at Healthwatch Stockport to effectively engage with local people, communities who have a lived or living experience of serious mental illness and of using mental health services in Stockport.
You will be a point of contact for individuals and voluntary and community groups, to share experience, to develop meaningful communication methods and feedback the impact of their voice and involvement. You will facilitate co-production and develop approaches to support individuals and groups to be involved and engaged as partners in the development and co-design of mental health support and living well across Stockport.
Planning, Development and Communication
You will • Develop, oversee, and implement the Living Well Expert by Experience workstream plan in partnership with people who have lived experience in using mental health services.
• Promote the aims and objectives of the workstream of throughout Stockport with service users, potential users of the services and services themselves.
• Co-ordinate and undertake research and report writing activity as required. Completing reports within agreed timescales and presenting and tailoring them to a variety of stakeholders.
• Co-ordinate and facilitate meetings, working groups and other forums in relation to the workstream. Taking briefing notes, minutes and developing promotional materials as appropriate with people who use local services.
• Communicate effectively with the public and the community about activities – including meeting the specific communication needs of people from the range of target stakeholders.
• Liaise with a range of key partners across the statutory and voluntary sector to ensure the voice of people with serious mental illness lived experience has influence and has the opportunity to be included in the planning, development and all discussions regarding community mental health care provision so that services are truly codesigned.
• Participate in Healthwatch Stockport and other voluntary sector activity as required in relation to this workstream.
• Keep accurate records of all work undertaken
Relationships
Create, establish, and build on existing links with networks of people and groups with lived experience, and from a diversity of backgrounds across Stockport: [Neighbourhoods/Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and within the wider Living Well Programme]. This will include:
• Minority ethnic communities
• LGBTQ+ communities
• Older Adults
• People of working age
• Carers
• Disabled people
• Faith groups Maintain close working relationships with key health, care and VCFSE organisations across Stockport. Attend and contribute to the monthly Stockport
Living Well Collaborative, bringing representation and the voice of people with lived experience.
See attachment for further responsibilities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Purpose of the Job:
This role is within our crisis alternative service – Safe Space - which is an out of hours service providing a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing crisis. The service operates 365 days a year from 12:00pm(midday)-11:30pm across all of our boroughs. The shift pattern for this role is 4:30-11:30pm. This will be on a rota basis across support workers.
Staff within the service will provide person-centred, practical and emotional support, face to face or via telephone on a one-to-one or group basis to individuals experiencing mental health crisis. This will consist of 1:1 support; de-escalating and providing interventions, signposting for specialised or longer-term support, and delivering collaborative self-management plans with clients to improve mental wellbeing. The aim of this service is to de-escalate and prevent further crises.
The objectives of the service include:
- To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis in HFEH.
- To provide support to clients accessing the service- for instance: signposting, de-escalation, planned wellbeing activities etc.
- To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
- To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
- To treat service users with respect, dignity and personalised support
- To raise awareness of mental health services available with the goal to improve long term mental health and reduce social isolation
- To increase self-management skills of those accessing the service
- To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis.
- To reduce the use of statutory crisis services by people experiencing mental ill health without positive outcomes for the individual.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing a person centred and recovery orientated approach in all aspects of the roles and responsibilities.
- Promoting people’ rights and responsibilities
- Working collaboratively with clients to understand their needs and developing flexible and realistic crisis support packages/person centred plans
- Listening to clients and encouraging positive steps towards self-management of crisis and recovery
- Providing advice, information, practical and emotional support to clients
- Proactively recognising the indicators of deteriorating mental health and facilitate appropriate action, whilst liaising with relevant agencies e.g. CATT, Emergency Duty Teams, CMHTS, etc
- Engaging with clients to show empathy, inspire hope and promote recovery
- Establishing supportive, empowering and respectful relationships with clients and carers/ family
You will have:
- Minimum of 1 year working in mental health services and with clients experiencing mental health distress and crisis
- Experience of managing challenging behaviour and dealing with clients with complex needs
- Experience of managing safeguarding risks and understanding legal requirements for safeguarding adults and children
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Understanding of the Recovery Model in mental health
- Understanding of the principles of trauma informed care
- Understanding of suicide prevention and safety planning
- Understanding of the relationship between mental health and social issues and how these issues may impact on physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- Understanding of relevant legislation and policies
- Awareness of issues in mental health service provision
- A good understanding of mental health conditions
- Experience of working with vulnerable individuals
- Creative and flexible approach to working with individuals
- Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner and de-escalate challenging situations
Benefits of working with us:
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year, increasing by 1 day per full year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) [pro rata].
- Employee Rewards and Benefits Platform/Wellness Hub (Perkbox)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Flexible working
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including free counselling sessions
- Paid time off for medical appointments
- Training and personal development opportunities
- Access to shared resources and training opportunities via Mind Federated Network
How to apply:
Please provide your CV, and a cover letter demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the Person Specification (see JD attached) and why you want this role.
We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
HFEH Mind are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.
Post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Community Key Worker
Salary: £22,000 - £26,000 (outer London)
Location: Covering areas within Essex. Once a week in Waltham Cross
Contract: Fixed term until March 2025 (with possibility of extension)
Hours p/w Full Time 35hrs per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police & Prison Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
Are you an excellent relationship builder who can work with women and a diverse range of delivery partners to ensure that she meets her potential and successfully progresses through and beyond her probation supervision? Can you meet a women wherever she is at in her journey and work with her to create an individualised support package that gives her the best chance of breaking the cycle of offending?
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for a feminist organisation who understand that supporting women in the criminal justice system requires a specialist and gendered approach? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?
In your role as a Community Keyworker, you will be working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System; those on Probation in the Community and those women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision; providing some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support. You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide holistic one to one community support to women with a variety of needs.
About You:
Are you a strong believer in advocating for others? Are you empathetic, patient and determined? Then this opportunity could be right for you.
The Minerva London service provides holistic, trauma-informed support for women in touch with the Criminal Justice System. We do this through offering dedicated one to one support, safer women’s centre spaces and specialist interventions and partnerships.
To be successful as the Community Key Worker you will need the below experience and skills.
You will be working in a supportive, friendly, and welcoming team whilst having oversight of a caseload of women, who may be under the supervision of the National Probation Service or in custody, enhancing the offer of holistic support and advocacy services available to them throughout their journey.
Building relationships with other statutory and non-statutory agencies in local communities is vital to build referral pathways and provide a whole system approach to supporting individuals.
To carry out this work you will meet women in the community in your designated borough and co-locate with other agencies including the National Probation Service, as well as regularly attending Advance’s North London vibrant Women’s Centre/office space.
You will be a creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients with complex needs. You are confident professional relationship builder and has good awareness of Safeguarding procedures. Strong Administration skills and understanding of compliant behaviours also experience of supporting. With good knowledge of the criminal justice system and awareness of other support provisions.
- Closing Date for Applications: 21st September 2024
- Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) if working a 35 a hour week.
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please contact us via the Advane website and the Talent Acquisition Team will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.
We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
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