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Projects and Contracts Manager
Reference: 2391
Location: NCB promotes a hybrid, flexible way of working, staff can work remotely or from our Devon or Sheffield Research in Practice offices if they wish.
Status: Permanent term. 35 hours per week.
Salary: £39,623 with generous benefits package including 30 days annual leave plus Bank holidays and 3 days of Christmas closure.

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

Research in Practice works with and for professionals in the social care, health, criminal justice and higher education sectors offering resources, learning opportunities and specialist expertise.

The Project and Contracts Manager is responsible for contracting for Research in Practice, ensuring all incoming and outgoing contracting is robust, well-managed and legally compliant. Excellent programme management skills are needed to oversee project support to a portfolio of projects.  With a focus on efficiency, consistency and quality of project management, this role is critical in ensuring value for money is maintained across the portfolio.  Risk monitoring and escalation skills and producing timely management information are essential elements of the role.

This role sits at the heart of Research in Practice, supporting teams and working to ensure processes and procedures are well designed and consistently applied whilst remaining able to adapt to changing priorities and the requirement to identify the need for change and drive that change as the organisation develops.  The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator and have line management experience.

Applications close at 08:00am on Monday 15 July 2024.

Please quote the job title and reference number in your application. CVs will not be accepted.

Assessment and interviews to be conducted on Monday 22 July 2024.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and male candidates, as we would like to increase the representation of these groups at NCB. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

No agencies please.

We seek individuals deeply committed to supporting children and young people (CYP), driven by intrinsic motivation and unwavering standards for themselves and others. If you resonate with this, we invite you to join our team!

AllChild (formally West London Zone)  is a non-profit organisation that proactively works with children and their families to flourish socially, emotionally and academically through our tailored Impact Programme.

Working with schools, we identify and support children and young people before the need for crisis intervention, connecting them to the help they need through our trusted adult, the Link Worker.

Our Associate Link Worker/Link Worker/Hub Lead is based in the school with the children and young people they are working with on our programme. They work directly with the children, their families, their teachers and our partners to design and facilitate a two-year Impact Programme of support and champion the children and young people along the way.

Since our launch in 2016, our Impact Programme has helped thousands of children and young people at the tipping point of need. 75% are no longer at risk in their emotional and mental wellbeing, two thirds improved their grades, and 90% of schools renew after the first programme, noting ‘transformational or significant positive impact’ for the children and the wider school environment.

We are proud to be an employer that puts equity, diversity and inclusion at the core of all that we do, for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the communities that we work with. We are proud of our diversity and are therefore keen to receive applications from people who may be under-represented in our AllChild community. Please read our EDI statement on our website.

For more information, please read our detailed Job Pack and refer to our Safer Recruitment and Selection Policy.

Please inform us of any accessibility needs for the application or interview process. We will address them when scheduling interviews

To ensure fairness in selecting the best candidates for this role, we operate a blind recruitment process. Therefore, all applications are anonymised until an interview has been confirmed. 

All applicants will be contacted regarding their application status and shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

Housing Support Worker

Job type: Full Time, permanent

Salary: £24,962 Per Annum (Base salary £23,962 + £1,000 Unsociable Hours)

Hours: Working hours are 8 hours per day, shift patterns and flexibility will be discussed during the interview. (The provision of the contract is between 08:00 and 22:00

Location: Exeter

An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

Candidates are required to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for the purposes of undertaking the requirements of this role.

Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.

Nacro deliver the Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) which is a national service across England and Wales. The service allows Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed.  CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.   

The Team provides flexible and holistic support to Residents who have a wide range of support needs. We aim to support our Residents to find and keep a stable home at the end of their CAS-2 placement. You will manage a caseload of Residents and properties in your allocated area.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support clients to comply with the requirements of their HDC/Bail conditions.
• Producing a realistic and achievable Support Plan to include accessing and using housing and accommodation services to support move on to longer term accommodation. 
• Ensure that all Support Plans and Risk Assessments are unique, inclusive and person-centred.
• Provide weekly support to Residents to engage with their support plan and contribute to the achievement of their objectives and aspirations.
• Support Residents to access Housing Benefit in the first instance to ensure that their tenancy is not put at risk with escalating rent arrears.
• Manage properties within your area of responsibility to ensure they are being maintained to Decent Homes Standard by reporting repairs, and replacing furniture and equipment are required.
• Undertake basic cleaning tasks as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver effective, person-centred Support and Safety Plans 
• Provide weekly support sessions (up to 2 hours per week) working with our Residents to achieve the goals identified on individual Support and Move On Plans.
• Maintain up to date individual Resident records.
• Support Housing Benefit applications for each Resident.
• Complete referrals to specialist support agencies in the community as required.
• Liaise with Partner Agencies such as The Probation and Prison Services, Courts, and Police where necessary.
• Ensure that properties are always adequately equipped, maintained, furnished, and clean.
• Empower and motivate Residents to identify and achieve desired outcomes.
• Develop Move-on plans with Residents at the earliest opportunity, identifying realistic options for their future home.

What We Expect From You

• Ability to develop person centred support and move on plans.
• Understanding of safeguarding.
• Ability to work with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
• Flexibility to travel within your allocated area for training and team meetings and be flexible to cover other local patches as required.
• Familiarity with computer-based packages

What you can expect from us

• A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
• The opportunity to work flexibly within the community as this role allows you to plan your own workload of support sessions and property visits.
• A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
• Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements, cycle-to-work scheme and many more.

This role requires regular travel across an allocated area and therefore, a Full Driving License and access to your own vehicle are essential. You will be able to claim mileage expenses from base location (to be ascertained) at 45p for every mile travelled.

An Enhanced DBS and Prison Clearance is required for this role.  These will be completed as part of the Pre-Employment Screening process. 

We are ready and waiting to receive your online application.

If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat regarding the role, please contact [email protected]

Do you want to support people with mental health issues in a moment of crisis? Are you calm, non-judgmental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?

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

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

Crisis House Coordinator
Reference: 217
Responsible to: Crisis Centre Team Leader
Based: Hemel Hempstead Crisis House
Salary: £24,928 - £27,250 per annum, FTE
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time or Full time available (22.5; 30; 37.5 hours)
+ We are also seeking a Night Coordinator working 3 Night Shifts 3 out of 7

About the Service

The Crisis Centre and rest of Nightlight Services (Café’s, Helpline, Daylight provision) is proud to provide urgent support, crisis intervention and emotional support to people experiencing a mental health crisis in Hertfordshire as an alternative to statutory pathways. We provide support to adults across Hertfordshire 7 days a week, 365 days a year through our helpline, crisis cafes and 24/7 Crisis Centre. We aim to provide a safe space for people in crisis to talk and feel supported, be listened to without judgement, access relevant support with problem solving and facilitate access to external services when necessary.

As a member of our diverse team, you will work closely with service users in crisis by using a person-centred approach to ensure that each individual is supported with dignity and respect. By honouring the individual experience of each service user, we are able to respect their autonomy as well as encourage and facilitate positive steps towards management of crisis and recovery.

About the Role

This role is managing a shift, delivering emotional support within a 24/7 four bed crisis house.

Alongside other Crisis Centre Coordinators, to be a key member of the Crisis Centre team, providing effective operational leadership delivering the Nightlight Mental Health Crisis Centre Service. You will be ensuring the delivery and development of quality crisis support services and instilling Hertfordshire Mind Network’s values throughout the provision. You will provide management support to Crisis Centre Mental Health Support Workers and support the Crisis Centre Team Leader in ensuring practice within the service is safe, effective and person centred.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing emotional support and developing, alongside service users, flexible and realistic crisis support/person-centred plans within agreed guidelines with support from the leadership team (including assessments of need, risk, crisis support plans and review forms) in person or via telephone.
• Draw upon own lived experience as appropriate to inform the delivery of person centred support.
• Providing immediate advice and information to clients to support with crisis presentations.
• Liaise with Nightlight management and external services e.g. police, ambulance service, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, Single Point of Access, Safeguarding Out of Hours Service, Mental Health Liaison Teams, Adult Community Mental Health Services etc. as needed in terms of accepting referrals and proactively recognising the indicators of deteriorating mental health and facilitating appropriate support.
• Complete appropriate signposting/onward referrals to both internal and external services in accordance with identified needs and risks.
• Ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standards at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements.
• Arranging transport for service users to facilitate access to services as needed.
• You will line manage a number of Crisis Centre Mental Health Support Workers and be part of the operational management for the Nightlight Crisis Centre.

We offer:

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

Closing date for receipt of applications is 7th July 2024
Interviews shall take place week commencing 15th July 2024

Please note: We reserve the right to close the advertisement once sufficient applications are received so would encourage early applications.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Equal Opportunities

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

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

We are delighted to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.

No agencies please.

BACKGROUND

Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (Habitat GB) is part of the international Habitat for Humanity network. We address housing poverty worldwide by partnering with communities and families to help them achieve their dreams of safe, decent housing. 

Purpose of The role

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Community Outreach Coordinator to join our growing, dynamic team. This role will support the development of a community hub attached to our charity retail “ReStore” in Romford—the first of its kind in the UK. Globally, over 1,000 ReStores operate with the mission of upcycling unwanted home materials to support low-income households and promote a circular economy.

Beyond being a retail space, our ReStore aims to become a community hub offering additional targeted activities and services to those most vulnerable to housing insecurity. Our pilot programme will focus on supporting women recovering from domestic abuse or trafficking. These women will access free essential goods from the store, and benefit from workshops and courses such as upholstery, upcycling, art therapy, employability, confidence-building, and practical life skills.

Main Responsibilities 

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to design and maintain all community outreach activities. The Community Outreach Coordinator will represent Habitat GB, working with the leadership team to develop and implement initiatives that increase the community hub’s visibility and impact.

This position will:

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· Relationship Building: Cultivate and maintain relationships with collaborative partners in the housing support sector.

· Budget Preparation: Assist in preparing an annual budget for community outreach activities.

· Volunteer Management: Recruit, screen, and train volunteers.

· Event Coordination: Maintain a calendar of outreach activities, including community events, workshops, appearances, and other communication opportunities.

· Special Event Organisation: Organise special events, including donor and volunteer appreciation events, and fundraising initiatives.

· Proposal Development: Support the development of proposals for new initiatives.

· Performance Tracking: Track and report on outreach performance and impact.

· Safety and Compliance: Ensure events and activities comply with regulatory standards, manage risk, and ensure program safety and quality assurance.

· Additional Duties: Undertake additional responsibilities as assigned.

Person Specification

You will play a key role in developing and implementing community hub services and outreach efforts. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to adapt your approach to meet the needs of the people we support. This role is ideal for someone with a background in community outreach or social care, though we welcome applicants with relevant transferable experience and skills.

Skills and competencies:

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Experience of managing people or volunteers within a relevant sector.
• Skill in networking and liaising with specialist service providers or agencies to establish and improve service access for target groups, ideally within the housing support or related sector.
• Proven relationship-building skills to support collaboration and partnership activities.
• Understanding of the effects of trauma on people and how to work in a trauma-informed way.
• Good understanding of safeguarding practices in outreach work/social care and ability to work with confidentiality.
• Ability to effectively manage and, when designated, supervise diverse work activities.
• Ability to communicate and disseminate information effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Support for Habitat’s values and willingness to be a part of the Habitat GB team, contributing to an inclusive, kind and people-positive culture.

The role and responsibilities will be carried out in a way which reflects:

· Habitat GB’s commitment to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy.

· A commitment to Habitat GB’s vision, mission, values and approach.

· A commitment to effective management of risk, by operating within the Charity’s code of conduct, policies, procedures, and controls and by carrying out the risk management and assurance responsibilities of the role as set out in relevant Policy and Procedures

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list.  Job descriptions may be subject to change.

Flexibility   

Habitat GB is seeking to rapidly expand its activities and impact to fight poverty across the world. This means that the organisation must be adaptable and flexible and have an ambitious, dynamic and flexible team.  It is a requirement of the post holder to be flexible in terms of location (within reason), line management, and duties and responsibilities.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

Start your Habitat journey

We want the recruitment process to give you the opportunity to share your skills and experience, and to find out more about Habitat. You are welcome to get in touch and arrange an informal chat with a member of the team before submitting an application. To apply for the role, please send us your CV and a cover letter telling us about yourself, how you meet the person specification, and your motivation for applying – we don’t expect this to be more than two sides of A4. 

The deadline for applications is 21 July 2024 (at 11:59 pm).

Interviews will take place online from the week beginning 29 July 2024. Selected candidates will be contacted to agree a suitable time for interview.

Please note that we do not reimburse any expenses incurred during interviews.

We’d prefer to hear directly from applicants – we won’t be working with third party recruiters on this role. 

This post profile is not set in stone. It gives insight into the main purpose of the role, and expected responsibilities, but it might be reviewed in the future to meet the changing requirements of Habitat for Humanity GB – any changes will be made in discussion with the post-holder. 

Habitat for Humanity requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguard our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work.  Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of our code of conduct. The employment of this position will be subject to a satisfactory reference check and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

At Habitat for Humanity GB, we aim to build, develop and retain a talented workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills and experiences. We welcome and actively encourage applications from anyone who feels they’d be a good fit for our organisation, regardless of race, religion, colour, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, neurodiversity or any other protected characteristics.

Unfortunately, because of high volume of applications we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants. If you haven’t heard from us within a month of the application deadline, please assume that your application has not been successful.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Worker to join our RBKC Complex Needs service in Kensington.

£27,352.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

As a support worker in RBKC complex needs services, you will work with a variety of support needs, working between our different services to ensure that person centred support is provided to all of our customers. Our aim is to ensure we work in a psychologically informed way to bring excellent support to our customers. To enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/ licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package. Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. In some services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional and social care. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager

Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions

Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available

Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation

Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community

Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to

Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards

Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team

For a full job description, please visit our website

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement.

Approachable and open behaviour

Prefers working as part of a group or team.

Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement

Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised

Flexible

Open to feedback and self development

Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments

Is confident with high levels of self-esteem

Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication

Is essentially customer-focused

Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude

Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

What you'll bring:

Essential: Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable: Experience working in homelessness

About us: Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date. We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Head of Policy, Voice and Influencing

Employer – Kids

Location – This is a remote position, but it is anticipated you will need to travel to London for meetings approximately once a fortnight.

Salary - £42,000

Hours – 36 hours per week, flexible hours can be discussed at interview.

Closing Date: Wednesday 17th July, 5pm.

The vacancy may close before the deadline, if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Do you possess the vision and leadership to join an extraordinary organisation dedicated to transforming the lives of disabled children, young people, and their families?

Are you an accomplished professional seeking a high-impact role? Do you aspire to collaborate with a team of passionate and dedicated experts committed to executing our strategic vision? As a senior leader, you will report directly to the Director of Fundraising and Engagement, guiding and inspiring a team of exceptional, highly motivated individuals who are deeply committed to their work.

Purpose

This role will lead Kids' social change program, delivering clear policy and influencing objectives grounded in evidence and research from both our sources and external ones. At a critical juncture following the 2024 General Election and the start of a new Parliament, you will establish strategies and tactics for achieving successful impact throughout the next parliamentary term. You will also ensure that disabled children, young people, and their families are at the heart of Kids' efforts to transform the system. By collaborating with these groups, their families, and various partners and stakeholders, they will champion reforms at all levels.

What You Will Be Doing as Head of Policy, Voice, and Influencing

As Head of Policy, Voice, and Influencing, your responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement an influencing strategy to drive changes in the SEND system.
• Create policy reports and solutions for engagement with government and stakeholders.
• Integrate insights from Kids' services into policy development.
• Demonstrate how service delivery and policy influence intersect across departments.
• Gather and present evidence, amplifying the voices of children, young people, and families.
• Establish a strategy for involving children, young people, and families in all aspects of Kids' work.
• Expand engagement efforts with parents, carers, and young people.
• Manage the Youth Voice team and oversee participation programs.
• Represent Kids in external alliances and coalitions.
• Lead campaigns for impactful transitions to adulthood.
• Develop the Young People’s Hub to enhance virtual participation.
• Collaborate on fundraising to sustain Kids' policy and influencing functions.

Leadership and Change:

• Lead existing and new teams using cross-functional methods.
• Collaborate on organisational change projects.
• Cultivate key external partnerships.

Person Specification:

• Experienced in policy development and evidence-based change.
• Knowledgeable about the UK Parliament and government affairs.
• Skilled in relationship building and communication.
• Understanding of SEND policy landscape.
• Ability to simplify complex ideas and engage diverse audiences.
• Proficient in research and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Demonstrated leadership and campaign experience.
• Competent in project management and evaluation.

The good stuff/benefits

• Join a company that truly cares about your wellbeing
• Enjoy an enviable annual leave package, starting at a generous 25 days and growing each year up to 30 days.
• Option to buy an additional 5 days holiday.
• Enjoy your entitlement to Bank Holidays.
• We've got your back with Maternity and Paternity Pay.
• Rest easy knowing you're covered with our Death in Service plan.
• Invest in your pension plan with the option to top it up knowing that Kids is also contributing 3%.
• Achieve work-life harmony with flexible hours tailored to your needs.
• Unlock exclusive discounts at hundreds of online retailers through our employee benefits portal.
• Reap the rewards with our enticing "Recommend a Friend" scheme.
• Access confidential support and expert guidance 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Programme, helping you navigate both personal and professional challenges.
• Take care of yourself with Company Sick Pay which you are entitled to from your first day.
• 5 days of paid family/carers leave.
• Salary sacrifice schemes available
• Develop your mentoring skills by either being a mentor or signing up for our mentoring programme.
• Expand your horizons with Kids’ online learning platforms, offering a wealth of professional courses for your personal and career development.
• Apprenticeship programmes available for employees
• Benefit from a colleague engagement programme enabling your voice to be heard.
• Lean on us during difficult times with Bereavement Leave.

Digital Marketing Officer 

Employer – Kids

Location –This is a remote position; however, you will need to travel to London around once a month for team meetings.

Salary – £27,000

Hours – 36 hours per week, flexible hours can be discussed at interview. 

Closing Date: Wednesday 17th July, 5pm.

The vacancy may close before the deadline, if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

Experience - 1-2+ years in marketing or communications or equivalent role, or a similar qualification.

Join our dynamic marketing team at Kids. We are a leading charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families. We're experiencing an exciting surge in audience growth and engagement, fuelled by our recent rebranding, cutting-edge website, and innovative marketing strategies.

We are seeking a digitally-focused Marketing Officer to elevate our marketing and communications to new heights and to make a real impact. This role is pivotal in inspiring and engaging our diverse audiences, clearly communicating our mission, and contributing to our ongoing success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Inspire and Engage: Communicate our vision and work to help children with SEND and their families through compelling campaigns.
• Multichannel Campaign Delivery: Execute campaigns across various channels for fundraising, service awareness, and relationship building.
• Customer Relationship Management: Develop and manage customer journeys and relationships for different types of contacts.
• Email Marketing: Create and send newsletters and campaign content using our email marketing platform.
• Social Media Management: Plan and deliver content across all social media channels to increase engagement and reach.
• Brand Champion: Position and manage the Kids brand, ensuring consistency and recognition both externally and internally.
• Content Creation: Collaborate with internal staff to produce branded content using Canva and other design programs, and coach others in design usage.
• Website Management: Oversee the content and functionality of the Kids website to ensure optimal performance and user experience.
• Audience Growth: Expand our online audience and database through effective campaign delivery, SEO, and other strategies.
• Branded Materials: Produce branded booklets and reports, including writing and managing design (in collaboration with external designers).
• Social Media Advertising: Assist in the delivery of social media advertising campaigns.
• Campaign Analysis: Analyse and report on campaign results to measure effectiveness and inform future strategies.

Personal Qualities:

• Natural communicator with the ability to appeal to various audiences.
• Creative thinker with a passion for design.
• Enjoys a role with diverse responsibilities.
• Organized and prefers working with a plan.
• Comfortable with data and process-related work and result analysis.
• Interested in CRM, customer journeys, and relationship nurturing.
• Capable of inspiring and motivating others.

Experience:

• Experience in marketing or communications campaigns targeting different audiences.
• Copywriting skills for various audience types.
• Familiarity with design programs and their use in engaging audiences.
• Proficiency in social media communications.
• Skills in content planning and management.
• Experience with website and content management platforms.
• Competence in using IT, including all Office programs.

The good stuff/benefits

• Join a company that truly cares about your wellbeing
• Enjoy an enviable annual leave package, starting at a generous 25 days and growing each year up to 30 days.
• Option to buy an additional 5 days holiday.
• Enjoy your entitlement to Bank Holidays.
• We've got your back with Maternity and Paternity Pay.
• Rest easy knowing you're covered with our Death in Service plan.
• Invest in your pension plan with the option to top it up knowing that Kids is also contributing 3%.
• Achieve work-life harmony with flexible hours tailored to your needs.
• Unlock exclusive discounts at hundreds of online retailers through our employee benefits portal.
• Spread the word and reap the rewards with our enticing "Recommend a
• Friend" scheme.
• Access confidential support and expert guidance 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Programme, helping you navigate both personal and professional challenges.
• Take care of yourself with Company Sick Pay which you are entitled to from your first day.
• 5 days of paid family/carers leave.
• Salary sacrifice schemes available
• Develop your mentoring skills by either being a mentor or signing up for our mentoring programme.
• Expand your horizons with Kids’ online learning platforms, offering a wealth of professional courses for your personal and career development.
• Apprenticeship programmes available for employees
• Benefit from a colleague engagement programme enabling your voice to be heard.
• Lean on us during difficult times with Bereavement Leave.

The NSPCC’s vision is that together, we can stop child abuse and neglect. Through the collective power of our staff, volunteers, supporters, partners, and over 100 years of experience we will move closer to achieving that vision.

We launched our ten-year strategy in 2021, which is centred around three impact goals. This is the difference we want to make by 2031:

1. Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse: we’ll work together to make it easier for everyone to play their part and create a social safety net that prevents child abuse and neglect.

2. Every child is safe online: together, we’ll transform the online world, so it’s safe for every child to go online.

3. Children feel safe, listened to, and supported: more children will be able to speak out, so they feel safe, listened to, and understood – and abuse doesn’t shape their future.

The Policy and Public Affairs (PAPA) team is part of the Strategy and Knowledge Directorate at the NSPCC. The Directorate exists to help shape the world around us – and what the NSPCC does – so that it reflects what we have learned and can help keep children safe from abuse. The PAPA team develops and holds the NSPCC’s positions on key public policy issues and harnesses these to influence policy makers and external stakeholders across the UK. The PAPA team’s strategic focus is divided into five ‘workstreams’: child protection and children’s social care; early years; child sexual abuse; online safety; supporting young victims and witnesses.

We are now seeking a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer to play a leading role in the online safety workstream to ensure legislative and policy frameworks in England and the UK are fit for purpose in preventing online abuse and harm to children.

You will join the team at a crucial moment for children in the UK and help us make the case for strong and ambitious regulation and legislation to ensure every child is safe online.

The Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer will lead the development of new policy positions and delivery of public affairs strategies to achieve regulatory, policy and legal change which tackles abuse and harm to children online. This will involve evidence-based policy development, being responsible for thematic policy areas, and playing a key role in forming and delivering public affairs and influencing strategies.

You’ll be able to demonstrate that you can hit the ground running and deliver high impact policy outputs and public affairs initiatives to ensure the NSPCC delivers real change in the best interests of children and continues to be seen as a credible and authoritative voice on online harms.

As an effective communicator you’ll have excellent written and oral advocacy skills, with a proven record of building in-depth knowledge of complex subject matter and developing a wide range of relationships to successfully influence policy decision making. Most of all, you will be passionate about preventing abuse and have a good understanding of challenges facing children and families in England.

Job purpose

The Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer will be responsible for undertaking public affairs and policy work to achieve the NSPCC’s strategic goals, using their skills and experience to strengthen the NSPCC’s impact on public policy, and in doing so make a significant contribution to keeping children safe online.

Key relationships - Internal

· Reports to Policy and Regulatory Manager

· Colleagues in the Policy and Public Affairs team

· Colleagues in the Strategy and Knowledge directorate

· Colleagues in the Media and Campaigns teams

· Colleagues in the Child Safety Online Solutions team, including working with the Online Safety Youth Taskforce

Key relationships - External

· MPs, Peers, and their advisors

· Parliamentary audiences, e.g., Select Committees, clerks, and APPGs

· Key civil servants in central government departments (such as the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology and the Home Office)

· Regulators (particularly Ofcom)

· Technology companies, including social media and gaming companies

· Other charities and organisations focused on children's safety online

Main duties and responsibilities

· Develop and implement high impact public affairs and parliamentary strategies to support the delivery of our objectives to keep children safe online.

· Scope and deliver high quality, evidence-based policy outputs including briefings, position statements, and responses to consultations, developing innovative solutions to complex problems.

· Maintain a network of key contacts across parliament, the civil service, industry and civil society, using this network to amplify the NSPCC’s voice and maximise impact.

· Develop and maintain a high level of expertise on key policy areas, with lead responsibility for specified thematic areas.

· Analyse a wide range of primary and secondary sources of evidence (such as policy documents, academic literature and survey data) to develop innovative and evidence-based policy solutions to complex problems.

· Proactively identify threats and opportunities to our work programme, enabling the NSPCC to predict and react to changes in the external environment.

· Lead the delivery of NSPCC public affairs events, such as parliamentary receptions and roundtables (working with colleagues from across the organisation).

· Prepare high-quality briefings, summaries, and papers for internal and external audiences.

· Use strong project management skills to plan the delivery of policy development and aligned public affairs work, planning both your and colleagues’ time effectively.

· Represent the NSPCC on relevant internal and external advisory groups, meetings, and stakeholder events.

· Act as media spokesperson for the NSPCC on relevant subject areas, including live and pre-recorded broadcasts and interviews as well as background discussions with journalists on issues relating to policy expertise.

• Responsibilities for all Staff within the Strategy and Knowledge Directorate

There is a set of responsibilities for all staff within each directorate.

· A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.

· To maintain an overview of child protection policy and practice

· To maintain an awareness of own and other’s health and safety and comply with NSPCC’s Health and Safety procedures

· An active commitment to promoting ED&I, safeguarding and trauma informed practice

· An agile approach to work

· To maintain and develop competence in the use of IT systems

Person specification

1. Strong public affairs and influencing skills, including excellent knowledge of parliamentary processes, sound political judgement, and proven ability to influence and build support amongst a variety of stakeholders – including Parliamentarians, civil servants, and regulators.

2. Excellent policy development skills, with demonstrable experience forming credible, evidence-based positions and producing policy outputs on complex and highly nuanced subject matter.

3. Excellent communication skills including the ability to write clearly, concisely, and persuasively in a variety of formats for a range of audiences and very good oral presentation skills.

4. Strong analytical skills with proven ability to collate data from various sources, analyse findings and present them clearly and accurately to make a clear and compelling case for policy and legislative change.

5. Strong interpersonal skills to build and influence external networks and deal effectively and persuasively with internal and external stakeholders.

6. Confidence in working as part of a team, with experience of working collaboratively with colleagues to help ensure the successful delivery of projects.

7. Ability to work on own initiative with strong organisational and project management skills and demonstrable experience of delivering on competing priorities within a time-pressured environment. 

8. Knowledge of online safety policy or issues affecting vulnerable groups is desirable.

Safer Recruitment

As an organisation, we 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 our children and adults.

The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.

Our principles:

· Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.

· Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.

· We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.

· Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.

· As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.

· All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.

Passionate about volunteering, community organising, or the value of people helping people? We’re hiring a Senior Volunteer Coordinator to join our Student Development Team.

Every year thousands of students volunteer to build communities around activities and social issues that are meaningful to them. These volunteer student leaders have a huge impact on the student experience of thousands more of their peers, as well as hundreds of people in the University’s local community. The Student Development Team aims to create opportunities for students to build and participate in communities that are inclusive, sustainable, ambitious, and impactful, and the Senior Volunteer Coordinator will play a key role in achieving this vision for our student leadership programmes.

In collaboration with a second Senior Volunteer Coordinator, you’ll be leading on a series of volunteering programmes that we’re really proud of. Since September 2023, student volunteers have raised over £150,000 for charitable causes, given over 2,800 hours of their time to volunteer directly in the local community, and broadcast an award-winning radio station, among other achievements. As the Senior Volunteer Coordinator you will coordinate the onboarding, skills development, and tailored support for volunteer student leaders who, in turn, coordinate their own volunteer teams. This means you’ll play a vital role in shaping our student leadership culture, as the way you manage your volunteers will influence the way they manage theirs.

This role is of strategic importance to our student leadership programmes as, alongside coordinating your own volunteering programmes, you’ll be working with other student-facing teams to inspire colleagues to develop their own volunteer management practices.

Our programmes are well-resourced, and we have an outstanding research & insight function that will support you to make data-driven decisions on making our programmes even better. We offer a comprehensive training programme for skills you might want to work on, from giving and receiving feedback well, to coaching and safeguarding. There’s no need for previous Higher Education sector experience – you might have coordinated teams of people in any context. We’re looking for someone who is capable of motivating or inspiring others into action, comfortable making autonomous decisions, and curious about exploring new ways of working.

This is an exciting time to join the Student Development team as we overhaul our approaches to volunteer management across the Union to ensure that volunteering remains attractive to students already balancing commitments including their studies and paid work. We want the skills development opportunities and rewards for volunteering to be sector-leading – could it be you that helps to make this happen?

This is a hybrid role, with the option for around 2 days per week working offsite.

Details

Salary: £25,440 - £28,620 per year

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week, full-time

Recruitment Timeline

Applications opened: 13th June 2024 9am

Applications close: 4th July 2024 23:59

Interviews: 26th July 2024

Role Commencing: Late August

About Us  

akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ Youth Homelessness charity. We provide safe homes, mentoring, and support to ensure that no young person needs to choose between a safe home and being who they are. 24% of young people facing homelessness in the UK identify as LGBT (National Scoping of LGBT Youth Homelessness, akt, 2015) and 78% of LGBTQ+ young people cited an absence of family support (The LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness Report, akt, 2021). The charity was founded in 1989 and operates service centres in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and works online through a Digital Service to offer support to young people outside of our four office regions. akt works with over 800 vulnerable young people a year providing both face to face and online assistance.

Job Summary

There are two roles available on temporary four month contracts:

• one London-based (three hours per fortnight, Tuesday 5.30pm - 8.30pm); and
• one Manchester-based (three hours per month, Wednesday 5.30pm - 8.30pm).

There is a high percentage of Queer, Trans and Intersex People of Colour (QTIPOC) service users at akt who this role will directly support. Therefore, this role will require someone who has in-depth knowledge of the lived experiences of QTIPOC young people.

The role will involve supporting the provision of youth engagement activities to a diverse range of QTIPOC young people aged 16-25 who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or living in a hostile environment. Our focus is in maintaining our ability to provide the highest service possible, giving our young people the opportunities to access peer support, community engagement and life skills. Overall, we aim to support LGBTQ+ young people into safe accommodation and work or education and prevent them from becoming homeless again in the future.

Our Youth Engagement programme provides opportunities for young people accessing our services to:

• build skills and confidence to reach their own goals and objectives;
• access an affirming community of LGBTQ+ peers; and
• shape the work of akt.

More details about the job can be found in the Job Information attached to this advert on the akt website. 

Application deadline: midnight (11.59pm) Sunday 7th July 2024

Interview date: Wednesday 17th July (afternoon) or Thursday 18th July (morning)

Our partner is a nonprofit organization providing accessible & effective mental health interventions for youths. They are seeking a part-time CFO to add expertise and oversight of their finance function to ensure financial sustainability. This role is a really interesting opportunity for an experienced finance professional to shape the finance function of a young, but growing organisation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement financial strategies, and lead the development of financial projections and scenario planning to inform decision making.
• Lead the finance function, overseeing the day-to-day operations (cash, accounts payable, accounts receivables and payroll) and ensure compliance with accounting and financial reporting standards, as well as legal and regulatory requirements for Kenya and the USA
• Evaluate and implement financial systems and processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency
• Oversee the preparation of budgets, financial statements, and other financial reports
• Develop and manage the organization's risk management
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of young professionals 

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with at least 5 years of relevant experience, and willing to be hands on.
• Strong technical accounting experience covering financial accounting, management accounting, budget creation and monitoring, financial analysis, and reporting, preferably within a not for profit.
• Experience of working in a start-up or of establishing a finance function is strongly desirable.
• Experience of leading a finance function, including providing financial analysis & insight  and strategic advice to aid decision making.
• Experience of grants management, compliance and reporting
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to work with both finance and non-finance staff.
• Strong strategic and problem solving skills. 

This is a remote role, although they would be open to someone working from their office.

They anticipate the role will require 2 days/week, perhaps with more time required initially to set up the finance function and then at important times in the year, including year-end.

We're looking for two kind, compassionate and resilient Support Workers to join our Learning Disabilities service in Hertfordshire.

£24,960.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Oakview is a supported living project for 10 customers with mild to moderate learning disabilities. It provides a 24/7 support service, with an emphasis on choice and control for customers, enabling them to achieve greater independence, improved quality of life and integration into the wider community. Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. This includes providing personal care, domestic duties, emotional and social support in a person centred way. Staff will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

The service is staffed 24/7 and all staff is required to cover at least one sleep in a week.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

- If a need arises, deliver all aspects of support to enable a customer to develop independent living skills as appropriate to the individual needs of the customer. In some services, this will include delivering personal and physical care as appropriate
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Participate in the support planning and risk management, as facilitated by the lead Support Worker
- Carry out security duties to ensure the safety of the customers and premises
- Monitor the CCTV throughout the shift
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed
- Carry out support duties to enable customers to integrate into the community including e.g. accompanying the customer to attend benefit agency appointments and meetings, go shopping, to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities
- Report any observations relating to customers welfare
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication

What you'll bring:

Essential:

- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or experience within charity/social care sector

Desirable:

- Experience in working with people with Learning Disabilities and Autism

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.