Registered Manager Children Service Jobs in Manchester
Location: On site · Brussels, Belgium
Team: Community Healthcare Services
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Health Visitor to deliver and lead the Healthy Child programme across mainland Europe and Turkey. You will be responsible for supporting and monitoring the health and development of children across the 0-19 age range. The desired applicant will work in developing, implementing, and evaluating health plans in response to identified needs of the individual, family and community; participating in health promotion and public health campaigns; and assisting with the delivery of childhood immunisations.
You will work collaboratively with the Community Health Team, Primary Care, Social Care, Education and welfare agencies. Furthermore, you will be involved with Early Help Assessments and attend multi-agency meetings.
About the team
You will be a member of the SSAFA Community Health Team overseas and will be based in Belgium, responsible for the delivery of HV services to four GP practices, three firm base and one virtual practice. You will be supported through clinical and safeguarding supervision remotely.
The successful candidate will be co located within a DPHC GP practice in SHAPE NATO HQ Belgium.
About you
You must be a Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) with a minimum of three years post SCPHN qualification experience. Experience of working within a military environment would be an advantage. You will be able to manage and prioritise a caseload effectively, have good time management skills, excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to personal and professional development. You will have a good working knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children. You will have good IT skills, including Microsoft Teams.
All SSAFA staff are required to be committed to safeguarding children and adults and to adhere to child protection policies and guidelines in conjunction with Command Local Safeguarding Children’s Board procedures.
A valid driving license and the ability to drive a manual car is essential.
About SSAFA
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for the Armed Forces community in their time of need. In 2023 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 53,000 people, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.
SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way they need us.
Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA
SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.
Review the benefits that SSAFA has to offer here
No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.
Closing date: Midnight on Tuesday 07 January 2025. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy once we receive sufficient suitable applications.
Please be aware that our response times may be longer than usual from 24 December to 02 January.
Interviews: TBC
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Job purpose:
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone enthusiastic about driving change to join the Huntington’s Disease Association, proactively working to advocate for and improve care for people with this rare neurological condition.
As Policy and Public Affairs Officer, you will work closely with our Head of Public Affairs to influence decision makers in the NHS, and UK and Welsh governments. You will be joining the charity at an exciting time as we develop a new influencing strategy. You will help shape this work, while having opportunity to work with external stakeholders, including health professionals, civil servants and other charities, all whilst developing your skillset and policy and public affairs experience. We have had success over the past year in parliament in highlighting the issues faced by people living with Huntington’s disease, and we are now focused on building this work to help drive policy change.
This is a remote role, working from home mostly, but will require travel to London and other locations across England and Wales (which the charity will cover expenses for).
This is an essential role in a small, national organisation supporting people affected by Huntington's disease.
Learn more about the role in the job pack included.
Benefits:
* 25 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)
* A pension scheme with 3% employer contribution
* Medicash scheme
* Tax-free working from home allowance
* Flexible working approach
* Supportive and positive working environment
* Fantastic learning and development opportunities
Applications:
Applications submitted without a CV and cover letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 7th January 2025, 9 am.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We improve care and support services for people with Huntington’s disease, educate families and professionals, and champion people’s rights.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About Gaddum
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, providing preventive support now and in the future. At Gaddum, we believe that by supporting individuals, we ultimately help support entire communities. Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of the people we exist to support.
About the Accelerating Reform Fund
The Accelerating Reform Fund is a new initiative which aims to transform social care services, making them more responsive to the needs of the community. It is a national programme, with 42 regions allocated to have their own projects. Greater Manchester is one of the ARF regions. The ARF has a particular focus on unpaid carers and aims to boost short-term breaks for carers and improve hospital discharge processes. This work is made possible by Department for Health and Social Care grants. As an organisation, Gaddum has supported and collaborated with unpaid carers for many years, so we’re excited to bring our experience to the table. This role will be based in the Manchester team working to improve hospital discharge processes.
Job Summary
To develop and ensure safe discharge planning and information for patients and unpaid carers. To embed procedures to raise awareness of the needs of carers in a secondary care setting, working in partnership with the discharge, virtual and enablement teams. To empower carers to be involved in the discharge process.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this role is to provide operational leadership and oversight of the Carers Hospital Discharge Pilot in Manchester. The role involves line-managing a team of three Hospital Discharge Workers across multiple hospital sites, ensuring effective collaboration with hospital staff and community services to support carers. The aim is to enhance the identification and referral of carers, ensuring timely and appropriate support to prevent carer breakdown and facilitate smoother, safer, and more efficient hospital discharges. By fostering strong relationships with health teams, discharge teams, and local services, this role bridges the gap between secondary care and community resources, contributing to improved outcomes for carers and patients alike.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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ABOUT BPNA
The British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) is the professional organisation for doctors who specialise in the care of children with neurological disorders. The BPNA has developed a number of educational programmes for doctors in the UK and overseas both online and face-to-face. This role directly supports the education of healthcare professionals across the UK, impacting the care of children with neurological conditions.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a respected and growing organisation, BPNA is looking for a highly motivated individual who can use their dedication, attention to detail and reliability to help us develop further. We are seeking to appoint a UK Short Course Administrator to join our small team which is based across our Bolton and London offices. This is a full-time, permanent post based in Bolton, working 37.5 hours a week (7.5 hours per day x 5 days per week). The Short Course Administrator will provide customer care as well as logistical and technical support to both online and face-to-face UK short courses.
ABOUT YOU
This role would suit an organised, efficient and practical person with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a good deal of common sense. You will also have diplomatic skills and the ability to build good relationships. You will need to be flexible, have an ability to problem-solve on-site, provide online zoom support, set up equipment such as computers and data projectors, and to organise highly educated people whilst remaining calm and maintaining a sense of humour. We are looking for someone to join our team who will contribute to maintaining and developing our customer focused ethos.
While this role is primarily based in Bolton, there will be some UK travel with overnight stays to support in-person courses. We offer time off in lieu or overtime paid for additional hours worked.
WHY COME AND WORK FOR US?
At BPNA, we value a supportive, collaborative, and inclusive work culture. The BPNA is a small organisation with big ambitions, and we work closely together to make an impact. You'll join a welcoming team that values mutual respect, flexibility, and work-life balance. We believe in continuous learning and career progression. As a member of BPNA, you'll have access to ongoing training opportunities and support for professional development, ensuring that you can grow both within this role and across future career aspirations.
We offer 25 days’ annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays) plus an additional day leave for birthday, rising to 30 days after 10 years of service and access to the Nest Pension scheme, with 6% employer contribution.
LOCATION
While this role is based in Bolton, BPNA offers hybrid working arrangements, enabling you to balance time between working from our office and from home. Your line manager will agree with you how much time you will be required to work in the office and how frequently, to achieve productivity and service levels. This could vary week to week. You should anticipate spending an increased amount of time in the office during your probationary period.
JOB PURPOSE
This role provides hands-on experience with technology support for virtual courses and event planning for in-person courses for health care professionals, equipping you with skills in both administrative and event coordination settings. All course planning and logistics are arranged from the BPNA offices.
The purpose of this role is to:
• Support the organisation and delivery of virtual short courses
• Support the organisation and delivery of face-to-face short courses
For the full Job Description and Person Specification, see the attchment below
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a covering letter (maximum 2 pages) through CharityJob. Your covering letter should detail how your skills and experience meet the person specification. You must have the right to work in the UK.
Closing date: 29 December 2024
Interviews aimed for: 15 January 2025
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Stargardt's Connected is a unique award-winning charity supporting those with the rare sight loss condition Stargardt's Disease. Our mission is raising awareness, giving support and seeking a cure. Founded in 2017, to address the lack of support and awareness around the condition, today the charity reaches well over a 1000 people and is rapidly growing.
The following are the range of duties you will be asked to contribute to and would be undertaken dependent on priorities and capacity.
● Manage the Charity’s email inboxes, responding to communications from the Stargardt’s Community, volunteers, external partners, and third parties. Triage messages, escalate to the CEO when necessary, and develop responses with appropriate signposting to information and support.
● Represent the Charity at various in-person events alongside the CEO, including Stargardt’s Connected events (e.g. annual conference, summer picnic) and external events (e.g., Sight Village, fundraising events, other sight loss charity events).
● Assist the CEO in developing content for presentations, articles, and resources for the Charity.
● Co-ordinate the development and dissemination of the Stargardt’s Connected e-newsletter via Mailchimp, collaborating with the CEO to gather and create content.
● Co-ordinate the Charity’s social media channels (X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn), ensuring timely posting of news and updates, building a following, and responding to comments and direct messages, escalating to the CEO as needed.
● Oversee the Charity’s Zoom account, including setting up and helping to run online meetings for Community events, Trustee meetings, and ad-hoc meetings with external partners.
● Support the organisation and coordination of logistics for Charity activities, including liaising with vendors, organising travel and accommodation for conferences, managing event registrations, handling donations, and coordinating the sign-off and submission of policies and reports.
● Take ownership of the Charity’s Google Drive, establishing systems and processes to manage files in compliance with data protection, audit policies, and best practices.
● Attend and minute meetings with external partners and the Board of Trustees as requested.
● Any other similar reasonable duties as required
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Salford CVS to support our grants and investment programmes.
We are looking to recruit a part-time (30 hours per week) Grants Development Worker on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract.
You will assist the Grants Manager and Grants Coordinator in the development and delivery of a large grants and investments programme (aimed at voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations and schools) in excess of £1.6m per year, largely focused on addressing health inequalities in the city of Salford. The role will be based in both the office and community settings. We currently operate a hybrid working model, which includes office days and working from home.
To be successful, you will be able to communicate effectively with people from a wide range of backgrounds, from small community groups to large charities, schools and public-sector commissioners. This will include tailoring information, advice and guidance to the needs of the VCSE sector.
If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!
In return, we offer:
- 28 days’ holiday rising to 30 days (after five years) plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Paid sick leave – subject to terms and conditions of service
- A compassionate approach to dependants’ leave and compassionate leave – to help deal with life’s unforeseen circumstances
- Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer-subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities – we support and encourage our staff to progress in their careers (including formal training)
- A supportive working culture – we respect and support one another to do the best we can
For further information, please view the Job Pack.
To apply, please return your application form to us via the Apply button.
Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 8th January 2024.
Interview date: Thursday 23rd January 2024 (in person at Salford CVS offices in Eccles).
Please note late applications will not be accepted.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About Gaddum
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, providing preventive support now and in the future. At Gaddum, we believe that by supporting individuals we ultimately help support entire communities. Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of the people we exist to support.
About the Accelerating Reform Fund
The Accelerating Reform Fund is a new initiative which aims to transform social care services, making them more responsive to the needs of the community. It is a national programme, with 42 regions allocated to have their own projects. Greater Manchester is one of the ARF regions. The ARF has a particular focus on unpaid carers aims to boost short-term breaks for carers and improve hospital discharge processes. This work is made possible by Department for Health and Social Care grants. As an organisation, Gaddum has supported and collaborated with unpaid carers for many years, so we’re excited to bring our experience to the table. This role will be based in the Manchester team working to improve hospital discharge processes for Carers and will be based in one of the three hospital sites in Manchester (North Manchester General, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Wythenshawe Hospital)
Job Summary
To develop and ensure safe discharge planning and information for unpaid carers. To embed procedures to raise awareness of the needs of carers in a secondary care setting, working in partnership with the discharge and enablement teams. To empower carers to be involved in the discharge process.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this role is to support the early identification and referral of carers, ensuring they receive timely and appropriate support to meet their needs. The role focuses on enabling faster, safer, and smoother hospital discharges by addressing carer-related issues and providing clear referral pathways for hospital staff, acting as a critical link between secondary care and community services. By fostering collaboration with hospital staff and local services, this role contributes to the prevention of carer breakdown, reducing the risk of hospital readmissions and ensuring a seamless transition from hospital to home.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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WorkWell is an opportunity to create a more collective approach to supporting residents with health conditions to retain or find work, integrate existing health and work services, and support and increase capacity to provide additional support within the system.
As a Community Connector, you will use strength-based approaches to support individuals referred to Wellbeing Matters by the primary care networks and WorkWell partners to connect with appropriate community assets, activities or services that support their wellbeing and self-care.
Working within the WorkWell Salford multi-disciplinary team and primary care networks, you will be a strong communicator, able to promote the WorkWell offer and identify individuals who will benefit from your support. You will be a team player working as part of the Wellbeing Matters staff team.
To be successful, you will be experienced in working collaboratively, working one-to-one with clients to access support, and sharing insight and information to support the wider Wellbeing Matters team based on your engagement within the WorkWell partnership.
If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!
In return, we offer:
- 28 days’ holiday rising to 30 days after five years plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Paid sick leave – subject to terms and conditions of service
- A compassionate approach to dependants’ leave and compassionate leave to help deal with life’s unforeseen circumstances
- Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer-subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities – we support and encourage our staff to progress in their careers (including formal training)
- A supportive working culture – we respect and support one another to do the best we can
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
We are actively reviewing applications and will be reaching out to suitable candidates promptly, so don’t hesitate to submit your application.
The first review of applications will be on 9th December 2024 at noon. If we are unable to identify suitable candidates at this stage, we will extend the deadline to 2nd January 2025 at noon.
Initial interview date (subject to response): 16th December 2024.
Please note late applications will not be accepted.