Social Care Jobs

Are you passionate about helping churches near you to remain open and thrive?

If you can respond to enquiries and engage with stakeholders, you could make a massive difference to the churches, chapels and meeting houses in Scotland by joining our team.

We're hiring a Cherish Support Officer in Scotland to join our team as part of the Cherish project.

You’ll be responsible for the content and delivery of our support and advice, and our grant assessments, in collaboration with the wider Church Engagement team. You’ll give presentations to church volunteers, helping them to care for their historic church buildings. You’ll build local connections and partnerships, and contribute to sector forums.

We are looking for someone who will respond quickly to enquiries, in a friendly and professional manner. You should love interacting with volunteers, be positive and upbeat, and have excellent written and spoken English. We also want you to feel confident about managing a busy workload against deadlines.

Location: Home based in Scotland with travel throughout the country or region and occasional travel to the National Churches Trust offices in London.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the future of the Scotland’s amazing church buildings. You should have a keen interest in heritage, conservation, architecture, community, or church buildings, and understand the value that they bring to the history of the UK and local communities. We expect that you’ll have experience in project delivery.

Download our job information pack to build your knowledge of our organisation and help you to decide if this is a place you would like to make a difference and grow your career.

If you’re a talented individual who has a keen eye for detail, can work accurately and efficiently, and are looking to start or extend a career in church buildings, then we’d love to receive your application.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the 'Apply' button. 

Closing date: 5.00pm on Friday 2nd August 2024.

Interview date: Wednesday 21 August 2024 (In person in Glasgow, location TBC)

Development Officer
Hours: 35 hours (full-time with hybrid working)
Location: ISHA, 102 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N4 2DR / Hybrid
Salary: £39,670
Contract: Permanent

As Development Officer, the main part of the role will involve assisting the new Business Manager with appraisal of development opportunities across ISHA’s core and key working boroughs to meet the organisations business development growth. This will comprise review of potential projects and communication with multiple agencies to include Landowners, Estate Agents, and developers as well as internal and external stakeholders like local authorities plus our regulator and funding body, the Greater London Authority. The role also requires working closely with the development team both Delivery and Sales to the agreed development programme to achieve handover and completion.

In addition to the above, there are other aspects of the role you will be required to undertake and involve reporting and monitoring of defects and latent defects across our projects to ensure these are resolved to a satisfactory conclusion and outcome, whilst ensuring excellent customer services are delivered in line with ISHA’s core values. You will also help the team to take on the role of raising Purchase Orders and processing departmental invoices for payment to our approved suppliers within the agreed timeframe.

You

We are seeking an individual who is a good team player and has the ability and drive to contribute to the team tasks and learn new things. The development team is a busy environment so ideally, we are looking for a candidate who can work closely with the team and other departments within the organisation and has the tendency & flexibility to adapt to the changing environment.

This is a supporting role and therefore good communication is required as you will be engaging with multiple and a variety of people and clients at all levels both internal and external. Your support is crucial to ensuring a smooth and functional department which in turn will help to deliver our development programme, whilst providing housing to serve and meet local community needs.

Don’t feel you meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. At ISHA, we are dedicated to building an inclusive workforce, so if you’re excited by this role but your experience doesn’t quite align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You just might be the right candidate for this, or other roles, because of your transferable skills.

Staff Benefits

We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme (up to 10% employer matched contributions and a death in service benefit), 29 days annual leave (increasing after five years’ service), eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits (see attached). We have an evolving wellbeing offer, that is being developed following employee feedback, and we will invest in your professional development with on-going training and career development opportunities.

This role is based at our Head Office but there is some flexibility to work in a hybrid way if preferred.

About ISHA

We are a small but ambitious housing association at a critical juncture. Our ambition is for the communities we are anchored in and exist to serve, and we have done and achieved much over the past few years. But in these challenging times we know we’ll achieve nothing unless we are equally ambitious for own our people.

Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work.

We can’t be a brilliant landlord if we don’t partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them and be trusted to make the difference?

If this sounds exciting, we want you on our team. Please do apply.

Deadline: 09:00am on Wednesday 17 July 2024.
Interview: 25 & 26 July 2024 in person at 102 Blackstock Road

Interested?

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

Please note: We can only accept applications from candidates with eligibility to currently work in the UK.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do.

Asking for adjustments

ISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.

No agencies please.

To excel against targets in the provision of an effective supported Money Advice debt casework service that is compliant against quality standards including the MaPS quality of advice framework; ensuring that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.

To be appointed as a Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.

Requirements

1. To be appointed as a Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions
2. Experience of achieving performance and quality targets/KPIs.
3. Ability and willingness to undertake training and development to comply with MaPS Caseworker accreditation and Citizens Advice quality standards.
4. Effective oral and written communication skills.
5. Numerate to the level required by the tasks.
6. Ability to prioritise own work, meet deadlines, manage workload and targets in a pressured environment.
7. Ordered approach to casework and an ability and willingness to follow and develop agreed procedures.
8. IT literate with an ability to use software packages including Microsoft Office products in the provision of advice and preparation of formal written materials.
9. Ability to give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively and a willingness to challenge constructively.
10. Ability and willingness to work as part of a team.
11. Understanding of and commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service and its equalities and diversity policy
12. Ability to work across different sites within Liverpool and to advise clients in their own homes, according to the funder requirements and whether you are applying for the permanent or fixed term (6 months) Money Advice Caseworker role.
13. Institute of Money Advisers Certificate in Money Advice Practice or MaPS Caseworker accreditation equivalent if applying for the qualified Money Advice Caseworker roles.

About us

Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. We depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 120 trained volunteers. We give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. We are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.

CAL have achieved accreditation with the Workplace Wellbeing Charter, showing we are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our workforce. We've also gained an award for outstanding contribution by an employer to workplace health and wellbeing 2022 by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust.

We've gained awards from Citizens Advice National recognising our Advising Margainalised Communities Team for championing equity, diversity and inclusion in both 2021 and 2021. We were also named volunteer team of the year in 2022.

As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid Working Scheme
• Interest free travel loans
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lifestyles Gym Membership (20% corporate discount)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with The Intensive Care Society. We are currently recruiting 2 exciting roles within their Communications team; Marketing Communications Manager, and Communications and Member Engagement Manager.

The Intensive Care Society offers a flexible working environment, with hybrid working and an expectation to go into their London office at least 1 day per week.

Both roles will report into the Head of Communications and will play a core role in the Society’s communications team providing the intensive care community with the information they need to care for patients and to continue raising the profile of intensive care to the public and Government. You will lead projects and manage campaigns to grow the membership of the Society and create engagement opportunities and communication for members, focused on ensuring direct benefit and designed to promote member growth and retention.

Key Responsibilities:

· To play a leading role in developing strategic marketing and communication advice and advising the senior management team and CEO

· Manage and implement marketing campaigns from planning to delivery and evaluation, ensuring they are informed by clear objectives and integrated across agreed channels in line with the Society’s Strategy and Plans

· Raise the profile of the Society using all communication channels delivering a consistent message to all stakeholders.

· Work with all areas of the organisation to communicate workstreams through newsletters, social media, blogs, websites and other mediums. 

· Develop compelling content to highlight member successes and tell engaging membership stories. Utilise storytelling techniques to highlight member and sector achievements and contributions.

· Use our channels and networks to promote attendance across the Society’s event programme which includes one day seminar style events, the Intensive Care Society Awards and our flagship Congress, State of the Art.

· Take responsibility for data analysis and insight in relation to our website, email marketing, the CRM database, and streaming analytics to help inform decision-making and strategy, and also for reporting purposes across the organisation

· Work with Head of Communications to create informative and interesting press releases, press kits, newsletters, and marketing materials.

· Plan and manage design, content and production of communication materials to help tell the Society’s story.

Person Specification:

· A proven communications and/or B2C marketing professional with experience of using multiple channels for communications and B2C marketing purposes.

· Experience working with third parties to create content.

· Analytically minded with demonstrable ability to use data to improve future work.

· Experience managing both CMS and CRM systems 

· Experience and confidence in managing difficult and challenging situations and stakeholders.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Benefits:

• Semi-flexible hours
• Career progression
• Wellness allocation (for gym, spa, massage or private healthcare)
• Enhanced pension
• Mental health support
• Birthday off

Overview of FSUK

‘To put everything into one sentence. FSUK has positively changed my life in a time of darkness and I will forever be indebted to the charity for this. Thank you.’

Sam, Fowler’s Fox, 2022

Fowler’s Syndrome UK (Registered Charity number 1196903) is a unique patient and clinician led charity that works to raise awareness, promote education and encourage research into the debilitating bladder condition Fowler’s Syndrome. The condition solely affects women and Fowler’s Syndrome UK (FSUK) is the only charity in the world to directly support women with this condition.

Fowler’s syndrome is a life changing and currently almost untreatable condition, affecting up to 20,000 women in the UK. It  causes full or partial urinary retention and solely affects women*, meaning they have problems passing urine due to a difficulty in relaxing the urinary sphincter. The peak age of onset is 26. It was first described by Professor Clare Fowler, Emeritus professor of Uro-Neurology at UCLh, and FSUK’s patron, in 1985.

We estimate that there are in excess of 20,000 women in the UK suffering from, but not necessarily diagnosed with, the condition, because of the lack of knowledge about Fowler’s Syndrome both from a patient and clinician perspective.

85% of women with Fowler’s Syndrome say the condition has had a severe or devastating impact on their life.

75% of those with FS have been told their urinary symptoms are due to anxiety or ‘all in their head’

There is low awareness of the condition among the medical community outside of specialist hospitals. Only an estimated 30% of GPs are aware of Fowler’s Syndrome. Once diagnosed, there are few resources available for patients and limited treatment options. Many women feel alone and unsupported.

Our mission is to provide resources, promote education and facilitate research into Fowler’s syndrome; so women with the condition have stigma free access to a timely diagnosis, suitable and effective treatment options, care and psychological support.

* Women and AFAB

The Role: Administrator

The administrator’s role is to support the CEO in the daily management of the charity. This will include administration, delivering resources, comms including social media and website, outreach and events, fundraising and research. It will also include supporting the CEO and Patient Liaison with seminars and conferences, and support groups.

Administration: Support the CEO and the Finance and Governance lead with daily activities, including but not limited to grant applications, basic finance administration, project management, project delivery, database management, office management. Objective: Improve efficiency and quality of the charity’s management

Resources: Supporting the CEO and working to deliver first class resources.  Working with the CEO and Patient Liaison to efficiently and effectively run the roll out of our resources, following the CEO’s guidelines and the charity’s mission and vision. This will include Healthcare professional (HCP) leaflets, Patient leaflets, a catheter support series, mental health support series, Pain management support from pharmacists and Physiotherapist led sessions. This will also include management of zoom and in person groups,  dissemination of information on studies and surveys.

Comms:  Manage the patient database including GDPR, manage newsletters, PR, website. Manage FSUK’s social media, with direction from the CEO. Daily posts plus responding to queries and signposting. Social media partnerships. Monthly email to database. Basic updates to website

Outreach and events: Drive awareness of FSUK in the local community and beyond Work with CEO to manage merchandising, registration, setup, logistics of events. Find, plan and represent FSUK at events. Manage yearly even calendar. Working with the CEO and administrator to plan, organise and run events, including transformative one-day seminar for healthcare professionals and a two-day seminar for FSUK users and clinicians.

Fundraising: Help the CEO and Patient liaison with fundraising, both on an individual and trust basis.

Community led research: Assist the CEO in creating patient led community research.

Research: Assist the CEO and work with the Patient Liaison in creating and conducting research. Including Patient perspectives input into consensus guidelines for non-surgical management, Dr. Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Patient experiences with sacral neuromodulation, Dr. Caroline Selai, Awareness of FS among UK urology community, Prof Jalesh Panicker via University Cambridge, Physiotherapy treatment experiences with FS and CIUR, Dr. Ingrid Hoeritzauer. Our research will help enable women to receive the support they need and fulfil their potential, offering quicker diagnosis and better treatments and enabling our community to thrive.

There may be occasions where staff are required to work out of hours or support at events, including wish related activities such as our annual wish family Christmas party or wish community events, cheering runners at the London marathon or working at our annual fundraising gala. The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Personal Qualities for the role:

- Preferred: Lived experience of bladder conditions

- Demonstrate commitment to the charity, its strategic objectives and cause

- Exhibit strong relationship building abilities

- Strong networking capabilities

- Good team player

- MS Office, Zoom, social media, Wordpress, Mailerlite proficient

- Good written and communication skills

- Enhanced DBS check

 To apply:

Via Quick Apply, or send your CV plus a cover letter by 14th July 2024 (email address in job description and candidate information pack) 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Caseworoker (known internally as a Victims Champion- Anti-Social Behaviour) to join the Victim Support team in Cardiff, working 37.5 hours a week.

Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?

Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?

If yes, then we'd love to hear from you.

What we offer:

At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:

• Flexible working options including hybrid working
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
• An extra day off for your Birthday
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
• Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression.

About the role:

This role is based in Rumney Police Station, Cardiff with the opportunity for hybrid working. Travel within the local area will also be required. As a ASB Victim' Champion you will:

• Work within a multi-agency setting alongside Cardiff Council to provide tailored support to Victims of Anti-Social Behaviour in the Cardiff area.
• Recruit and manage a base of volunteers to help deliver the service.
• Liaise with the Council in respect of new referrals, ongoing casework and to seek advice and guidance as required
• Promote awareness of the service and driving referrals.

You will need:

• to work constructively with groups and individuals in the community
• to work proactively to recruit volunteers
• the ability to lead, motivate, supervise & support a team of volunteers
• to deliver coaching and training as appropriate to volunteers
• the ability to think strategically & plan ahead
• Able to deliver direct services to a client group
• good interpersonal skills appropriate to the support of people in crisis
• to be able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with a wide range of people
• an organised, methodical & dependable approach to work
• the ability to prioritise & deal with competing demands
• to work without direct supervision, demonstrating a high level of self-management, motivation & determination
• Able to apply problem solving techniques

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

About Us:

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.

As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

How to apply:

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.

We look forward to hearing from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.

Salary: £37,181 pa plus £5,023 pa London Weighting allowance

Contract: Fixed Term Contract for 3 Years

Location: Hybrid – weekly travel to our London Office (EC1) will be expected 2 days a week, as well as occasional travel to corporate partners offices

Hours: Full time (37.5)

Closing date: Monday 22nd July at 11.30pm 

Do you have relevant experience of working in a busy press office or a PR agency, plus a good track record of managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders? Then join Shelter as a Senior Media Officer and you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our Media team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

A key part of a broader Communications, Policy and Campaigns division, our media team serves the media needs of the whole organisation. Collaboration and relationship building skills are the name of the game, as we work closely with a broad range of internal stakeholders and external partners to generate influential coverage across Shelter’s campaigns, fundraising, community and services outputs. Our aim is to make sure housing and homelessness rides high on the political and public agenda through timely and powerful storytelling. We help Shelter to deliver change by amplifying our hard-hitting research, giving a platform to people directly impacted by the housing emergency, profiling our incredible services, capitalising on high-profile supporters and partnerships, and by swiftly seizing reactive opportunities.

About the role

If you care about storytelling, are a great team player and want to end the housing emergency, this unique opportunity to join a fast paced and high performing team with a heritage of ground-breaking campaigns is the job for you.

This senior media officer position is an exciting role that’s been created in partnership with our High Value Partnerships team to help boost the media cut through and support the smooth running of our partnerships with big brand names like Ikea, HSBC, B&Q and Marks & Spencer. It is a new role that you will have the opportunity to mould within a supportive framework and team.

But you won’t just work closely with our corporate partners and internal income generating teams, you will also have the chance to flex your skills and get stuck into a whole range of media activities that drive forward our organisational strategy. You’ll also play a big part in the day to day running of a busy press office, get to matrix manage high profile projects, and deputise for the Media Managers as necessary.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

Creative and results driven, you have extensive knowledge of media across print, online and broadcast channels, as well as the different tools and tactics in the PR toolbox.  You know what makes something newsworthy and how to land high-impact coverage, and , you’re great at translating research and information  into pithy soundbites and key messages suitable for public audiences. What’s more you’re used to thinking on your feet and working under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

A knack for building rapport and relationships with lots of different people is essential too, as is the enthusiasm, expertise, and collaborative approach to work that can help to upskill other teams to better understand and utilise the media to meet our shared goals. Crucially, you have a keen grasp of what journalists and producers are looking for and are as comfortable speaking to a consumer journalist, as you are the policy editor of the Times– and you will know how to tailor your pitch accordingly.

Adept at managing your own time and projects, and happy to contribute new ideas and try different approaches, you also know what it takes to support, enable and motivate others. Your keen eye for risks and opportunities, and strong attention to detail will help ensure your team and colleagues deliver to a high standard. Finally, while prior knowledge of housing and homelessness is not a requirement, you must have a passion for social justice. There’s a huge amount we need to achieve together, and you’ll need to thrive on this challenge.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society

Peer Support Worker

£27,344 – £29,439, depending on skills and experience

37.5 hours per week with some evening/weekend work

Hybrid working - based on the needs of the service.

The Peer Support Service operates alongside other clinical and wellbeing services to provide formalised peer support for people living with common and complex mental health needs and complex emotional needs, including personality disorder. 

The service compliments and collaborates with NHS Peer Support Workers and is delivered from community-based locations and NHS Hubs across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster to help people regain control over their lives, shaped by their own unique recovery process. 

The role involves experiential sharing, connecting relationships and community building to deliver a range of peer support activities, including one to one peer support, peer support groups, social peer support, peer support training and Living Well Workshops.

The successful candidate will have:

· Personal lived experience of recovery and living well with a mental health condition

· Knowledge of recovery focused approaches in mental health and trauma informed practice

· Proven experience of delivering peer support in a mental health setting

· Knowledge and experience of common and complex mental health conditions, including complex emotional needs and personality disorder

· Experience of working with diverse communities

· Strong communication skills

· Ability to use your own lived experience to inspire hope and recovery in others

· Ability to manage self-care

· Ability to plan and organise your own time and work

· Ability to facilitate online support face to face and using Zoom or Teams

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

We welcome applications from all sections of our community.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in full compliance with the Equalities Act (2010).

A job pack, including an application form, can be downloaded from our website via the apply button. Please note CVs will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: July 19th, 2024

We are not able to respond to applications individually. If you have not been invited for interview by July 26th, 2024 your application has not been successful on this occasion, and we thank you for your interest.

Interview date to be confirmed.

Kensington & Chelsea Mental
Health Association (Mind)
Limited by Guarantee

Reg. Charity No. 1002986
Registered in England
Number 2597728

Registered Office
Office 1, 7 Thorpe Close
London W10 5XL

Kensington & Chelsea Mental
Health Association (Mind)
Limited by Guarantee

Reg. Charity No. 1002986
Registered in England
Number 2597728

Registered Office
Office 1, 7 Thorpe Close
London W10 5XL

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

Luton Wellbeing Service Manager
Post no: 604
Working base: Luton Wellbeing Centre, LU1
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Work Pattern: 5 days per week incl 1 evening per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £27,500 per annum

About our Wellbeing Centres

We offer a safe, non-judgmental space to take part in group activities, chat with others over a cuppa, play a game, read a book, or just sit quietly over some mindful colouring. Our sessions are facilitated by our recovery workers who can also provide information about other services available locally and on ways to support your well-being.

About the Role

This is a varied role which involves leading the continuous development of the service to ensure that it meets the needs of the community, in line with Mind BLMK values, including promotion of the service and building strong links with other local organisations, groups, agencies and the wider community. The role also holds responsibility for referrals into the service and leading on more complex cases to assess suitability along with managing the staff, volunteer and student team delivering the service and for the health, safety and maintenance of the Luton Wellbeing Centre.

Service Delivery

• Operate a service and ensure outcomes which supports individuals to deescalate crisis and develop strategies for recovery and increased wellbeing, in line with Mind BLMKs Recovery Model and contract requirements.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the delivery of the Luton service plan and in line with local Luton stakeholder initiatives and plans.
• Work closely with the recovery and peer workers to ensure the correct access to service procedure is followed, taking responsibility for more complex referrals and ensuring everybody has a consistent and quality experience and are able to access the correct service for them in an acceptable timescale.
• Ensure regular involvement of service users, volunteer and staff on local service delivery, organisational matters and wider mental health strategies.
• Maintain an effective workforce for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (recruitment, line management, workload planning, support and development of Recovery and Peer Workers, volunteers and student placements).
• Work with the Operational Services Manager to review, design and implement changes to service delivery and working models, ensuring the service meets the needs of the local community, and identify relevant funding opportunities.
• Hold responsibility for health and safety (risk assessments, reviews, reporting, safeguarding, incidents/accidents, premises), data collection, budget & cash handling (and associated record-keeping), in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures and guidance.

Entitlements/benefits:

• 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
• Health Plan with a wide variety of benefits
• Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
• In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
• Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)

If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.

Closedown: 5:00pm Thursday 11th July 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP

Interested?

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

Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.

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East Sussex Community Voice (ESCV) is supporting the Sussex voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) Leaders Alliance (SVLA) in developing a new team to work on behalf of the VCSE with health and care partners across Sussex.

We are seeking a Strategic Lead, the role is part time (0.6 FTE) and will cover East Sussex. The roles require hybrid working, with the flexibility of office, home and some travel.

You will be part of a new team of 4 Strategic Leads, with counterparts based in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, working to develop the sectors strategic role as a partner in the emerging health and care integrated structures to reduce health inequalities and improve population health for people living in Sussex.

The postholder will work closely alongside the VCSE within East Sussex and as a team with the Sussex Strategic Lead to develop and enable strong relationships to support the VCSE in its preparation and response to the developing strategic commissioning approaches in the health and care sector. Recognising the breadth of the VCSE sector, the multiple funding arrangements and the introduction of the new structures, the postholders will enable collaborative working between NHS, Sussex with the range of VCSE providers at neighbourhood, place and system level.

The work will include developing health and care partners understanding of the local VCSE eco system and developing and embedding the principles of co-design, co-production, and strategic commissioning within the commissioning and funding cycle that will drive improved population health outcomes for the integrated care system.

The successful candidate will be strategic thinker with strong leadership experience and understanding of the needs, complexities and challenges faced by the VCSE sector, NHS and local government partners. They will have excellent knowledge and understanding of the strategic national and local context and key drivers across the breadth of local health and care structures, bringing significant experience and understanding of strategic commissioning and the range of funding models and mechanisms to the team and be comfortable working in an environment of transformational change.

They will also hold a track record in engaging, influencing, and securing shared ownership to enable a collaborative vision to be realised along with experience of working in rapidly changing environments. Experience of developing and managing a varied range of projects with demonstrable success in delivery and budget management of simple projects, along with some experience of governance either through Board or Committee membership are a must.

“East Sussex Community Voice is an Equal Opportunities and Diversity employer and welcomes candidates from all sections of the community.”

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Regional Casework Manager to join the Greater London Region at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. 

You will be part of the regional office team, managing two Regional Casework Co-ordinators, which will provide specialist administrative and single point of contact support to SSAFA branch-based volunteers, to ensure a consistent, timely and quality service is provided to SSAFA beneficiaries.  The role will require you to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with volunteers, including branch-based casework managers.  At times, the role will require support to the Regional Casework Co-ordinators with call handling, signposting, and the triage of initial enquiries from clients. 

To help you establish yourself in this post you will receive excellent training and induction to SSAFA.  You will influence the processes and procedures within the regional office as it develops, working in a close team and line managed by the Regional Operations Manager. 

The post is home-based, but you will have to travel occasionally into London. 

About the team 

The regional office is a “virtual” office and supports three SSAFA branches in the Greater London region, as the volunteers deliver casework for SSAFA beneficiaries.  The successful candidate will work as part of a support team which includes two Regional Casework Co-ordinators and a Regional Operations Manager.  All team members are home based.

About you 

To be successful in this role you will have a good standard of education, experience of managing employees, together with managing and reporting on service delivery.  You will have a track record of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, together with achieving results through negotiation and influence.  Previous experience of working with volunteers would be an asset.  You will have used Microsoft Office 365 to a high standard and be capable of quickly learning a computerised case management system and be proficient with numbers.  The successful candidate will have experience of planning and managing their own workload, with minimal supervision. 

It would be advantageous to have an understanding of the way of life for today’s Armed Forces, veterans and their families. An understanding of the voluntary sector would be valuable, and the military charity sector landscape across London would be helpful.  Commitment to SSAFA’s values including equality, diversity and inclusion is vital. 

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need. In 2022 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 59,000 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.

Closing date: Midnight on 14 July 2024. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

 Interviews: 24 July 2024

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is
to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation,
our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. We have forty-one centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.

We are looking for someone who will thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding role helping to change the lives of young people by taking up a fixed-term contract as an Education Worker at our IntoUniversity centre in Craigmillar, Edinburgh.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. 

The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Contract

Full-time, fixed-term until August 2025.

Start date

As soon as possible as agreed with the candidate

Working hours

• Monday: 9:30am – 6:00pm 
• Tuesday: 9am – 5:30pm 
• Wednesday: 9am – 5:30pm
• Thursday: 9:30am – 6:00pm 
•  Friday: 9am – 5:30pm
  (Some additional weekend & unsocial hours will be required)

Salary

£25,500. This will rise to £27,400 from 29th July 2024

Location

IntoUniversity Craigmillar, The White House, 70 Niddrie Mains Rd, Craigmillar, Edinburgh

Annual leave

• 33 days (inc bank & public holidays)
• + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July)
• + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)

Staff benefits

– Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm

– Employee Assistance Programme

– Life Assurance

– Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year

– Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000

– Summer working hours

– Cycle to Work Scheme and TravelcardLoan Scheme

 

Responsible for communicating, developing and marketing the charity’s impact, brand and charitable purpose. Working across the trust, the Senior Marketing Executive raises awareness of the charity’s brand and its work supports the Fundraising team in meeting their objectives. Additional focuses of this role are supporting Lottery player stewardship, and marketing activities for the Community and Corporate fundraising team.

Press: 

• Write and deliver press releases focused on fundraising and charitable activities
• Support the Head of Marketing to realise opportunities for positive national coverage
• Build good relations with press stakeholders 
• Monitor media activity and opportunities for greater coverage, including broadcast

Stewardship:

• Continue development of audience segmentation and user experience
• Develop acquisition and retention campaigns utilising a mix of digital tactics 
• In collaboration with marketing team colleagues, engage supporters online and offline 
• Monitor ROI of campaigns  

Case Studies: 

• Collaboratively and independently, create video & written Case Studies in-line with agreed budget and in collaboration with Senior Marketing Executive (Case Studies & Resources)
• Maximise and report on reach and impact of all Case Studies 
• Hold positive relationships with suppliers, colleagues and service users
• Manage content requests and content management platform with Marketing team

Website:

• Responsible for SEO, analytics and improvements, in liaison with Web Developers 
• In collaboration, write and publish a schedule of stories that champion care and fundraising 
• Ensure website content is inclusive and accessible 

Social media:

• Manage a varied schedule of content in collaboration with marketing team colleagues
• Create engaging content that reflects hospice services
• Deliver positive and measurable supporter stewardship across all social channels 

Video:

• Produce, film and edit videos that show daily life at the hospices and family interviews 
• Manage relationship with suppliers and filmmakers
• Create videos for Fundraising team 

Advertising: 

• Manage planning, performance and reporting of digital ad campaigns 
• Develop ‘always on’ Google Grants campaigns

This is a full time, 12 month maternity leave contract. 

Benefits include flexible working options, 28 days holiday, group pension scheme, life assurance and the opportunity to work in an organisation where every job matters.

Location: Birchwood, with some travel around site locations across Warrington 

Benefits: 27 days (plus Bank Holidays)

Internally the job title will be Business Administrator. 

This Business Administrator role is an exciting opportunity for someone with previous HR or administration experience to join us and help coordinate administration across our service. 

About us 

Our vision is to reform adult social care in the North West through person –centred, outcome driven services. 

We empower our staff to advocate for system change and inspire them to lead by example, promoting dignity and wellbeing for all those we support.

At Catalyst Choices, we deliver a variety of support for adults with additional needs like learning disabilities, autism or physical disabilities. We also support older adults who’ve developed challenges with their memory or mobility.

We’re strong believers in personal choice so we make sure every care package we develop has the person receiving it front and centre. 

As a Community Interest Company, we exist to benefit those around us, not to maximise profits. Any surplus is reinvested back into the business or our communities, and employee ownership means that our staff influence the strategic decisions made by our senior leaders as well as being rewarded financially by sharing in any profits we make.

As Business Administrator you will coordinate and complete the administration for all aspects of the employee lifecycle, specifically: 

• Attraction & recruitment

• Onboarding

• Staff development

• Retention

• Performance management 

• Engagement 

• Succession Planning 

• Exit 

• Ensure accurate record keeping for all HR processes using internal systems, iTrent & Sharepoint. 

Furthermore, you will undertake service administration including:

• Ensure completion of business-critical processes, e.g. service returns. 

• Manage new customer contracts, assessments and assist the Finance team with invoicing. 

• Complete Client Finance and assist with company audits. 

• Adhoc administration support for the Management Team, tasks could include: report writing, correspondence, minute taking and high-level administrative support for formal meetings and hearings. 

• Adhoc project coordination support for transformation and development projects. 

You’ve got the skills and experience: 

• 2+ years’ experience in previous HR or administration role.

• Experience of HRIS management software, iTrent or similar. 

• Knowledge of employment law, regulatory compliance and HR best practices.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

• Capable of task prioritisation, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines. 

• Aptitude for working with systems. 

• Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity. 

• Excellent customer service skills, ability to work with a range of stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

• You are positive and outgoing, a natural “people” person. 

The type of person we’re looking for

Collaborative: You are someone who thrives on working through and with other people. You ask for help when you get stuck. 

Growth: You are motivated to make the most out of opportunities for our clients, the organisation and yourself. You are committed to your own professional development, and the growth of our quality and reputation as a provider. 

Openness: You are not set in your ways, but open to new ideas and ambitious to do good. You are thoughtful, curious and embrace constructive challenge, welcoming change even if you find it difficult.

Ownership: You take responsibility for your role, accountable for your actions as we celebrate success and seek to improve where necessary. You are not someone who hides their mistakes, rather you use your learning to improve your practices. 

In return we offer 27 days annual leave, NEST pension, cycle to work scheme, electric car scheme and an employee benefit portal. 

To apply, please email your CV and covering letter of no more than 250 words, to Grace Nolan via the apply button. 

Closing date 7 July 2024.