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• £37,062 per year
• Full-time – 37.5 hours per week
• Permanent contract
• Based in Beckenham/Orpington, with travel required across all SEL Mind boroughs
• Hybrid working considered in line with policy

The Benefits Service within SEL Mind supports people with mental health problems to navigate the benefits system and challenge unfair decisions. The service currently operates across Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich, delivered in partnership with local NHS. It includes dedicated welfare benefits specialists who provide casework support, and a cross-area team of volunteers who assist with form filling and assessments for health and disability benefits.

The Casework Manager will play a key part in the service, providing line-management and supervision to a team of welfare benefits specialists, and on-site supervision for South East London Mind’s weekly form-filling clinic. The post-holder will lead on making sure that we are delivering high-quality and accurate advice in a way which meets the needs of our clients.

We are looking for people with significant experience of working within welfare benefits, including providing representation at appeals, and giving advice on complex entitlement issues. A strong understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems, and experience of management and supervising the work of others (whether staff or volunteers) are also essential to this role.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date: Monday 5th August (11:59pm)

Likely interview date: Wednesday 14th August

SEL Mind supports people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We are proud of our diverse workforce and know that our organisation is made stronger by the variety of backgrounds, experience, and ideas within it. We promote a culture of inclusion and representation, and are working hard to build a workforce that even better reflects the communities we support.

SEL Mind is somewhere that you can be your authentic self without fear of discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodivergence, gender, age, lived experience of mental health problems or anything else that’s part of who you are.

Read more about staff benefits and why staff love working here on our website.

Engagement Coordinator

Salary: £21,000 – £23,000 per year (FTE); 21 hours, based in Luton

About us: Community ConneX is a campaigning organisation and a multi-project service provider working across West London. We support autistic people, people with a disability, and people and families experiencing barriers to live healthier, happier, and inclusive lives. We do this by ensuring their needs, rights and aspirations are met.

Location: Hybrid based in Luton

Key duties:

· Leading and delivering engagement activities to identify and challenge issues within the Health & Social Care sector

· Development and leading self-advocacy groups and service user-led engagement

· Organise activities that support individuals who are socially isolated and provide isolation prevention support

· Recruit and support volunteers to support with engagement activities

Our ideal candidate:

· Has qualifications relevant to the role

· Has excellent communications and writing skills, and the ability to tailor written and verbal communications to a wide range of different audiences

· Can maintain existing relationships and develop new relationships with clients, families, colleagues and volunteers

· Can generate reports and make presentations

In return we offer a range of benefits including:

· Pension contribution up to 5%

· Death in service insurance

· Employee assistance programme

· Bluelight Card

· Cycle to work scheme

· 23 days of annual leave + bank holidays (increases after 2 years of service)

· Salary sacrifice

· Healthcash plan

· Professional development

We are committed to safeguarding and equal opportunities, and we guarantee an interview to all applicants with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the post.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

Cranstoun is an independent charity and leading provider of specialist treatment, harm reduction and recovery services to those affected by drug and alcohol use. This is an exciting opportunity to become a part of our high performing psychosocial drug and alcohol service in HMP Birmingham.

We provide a range of services for those affected by drugs and alcohol. Our skilled and compassionate people work closely with services users to change and save lives. We combine proven expertise in treatment and recovery with innovative approaches and actively involve those we help in improving the design of the services we provide.

You will be based in our psychosocial team working with adult males (over 18 years old). You will be responsible for delivering a range of elements of our substance misuse work, including case management, assessments, care planning, the delivery of one-to-one interventions to include harm reduction and motivational work, group work, and engagement support, as well as other associated duties. You need to be committed supporting clients to make positive changes in order to prepare them for release into the community, and you will arrange continuity of care. You will work in collaboration with the clinical team and integrated working is a key element of this role. You will work within the prison setting and contribute towards the wider drug strategy.

Having experience of supporting people with complex health needs including substance misuse, you will bring knowledge and commitment to deliver drug and alcohol treatment. You will have a non-judgemental attitude and a desire to support the lives of our service users to be healthier and safer by delivering a high-quality service.

Experience of working with drug and alcohol misuse and individuals is essential. You will be a competent communicator, with the ability to work independently and be comfortable and enthusiastic, both with the highlighted client group and working in partnership with other service providers. Previous experience or knowledge of working with clients on opiate replacement treatment, and/or involved in the criminal justice system will be advantageous.

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Please note we are unable to accept CVs

This position is part of rolling recruitment and therefore has no closing date.

Age UK Wandsworth is an independent local charity. We've been working in the local community to help older people for over 60 years. We have dedicated staff and over 300 volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Wandsworth.

A rare opportunity has arisen to join our caring and experienced day centre team as a driver and support worker. You will be driving clients to and from their homes each day in our minibus and then working with them at the centre during the day.

You will be assisting older people and/or vulnerable adults to improve or maintain their overall wellbeing and stay independent for longer whilst enabling them to retain, gain or regain independence.

Could you help

· To provide assistance with personal care and support, daily living tasks or with activities to clients within our day centre.

· To drive clients to and from their homes and the day centre.

Both full-time and part-time roles are available.

Please note that a clean driving licence is essential for this role. You will need a D1 driving licence or we can train you to drive one of our mini-buses.

What we can offer you:

· A vibrant workplace where no day is ever the same

· An experienced and supportive leadership team

· Kind and caring colleagues who work as a team

· A great employer’s pension contribution

· A cycle to work scheme

· An employee shopping benefits scheme

· An employee assistance programme (EAP)

· A friendly hypo-allergenic office dog to play with

Important notes:

Please note that CVs will not be accepted and only full application packs will be reviewed.

A perfect position for someone who likes a varied, exciting working environment where every day is different. This role will see you interacting with green spaces, small charities, schools, church groups and firms big and small, meeting people from all walks of life and making a genuine difference to our community through the use of volunteers.

Confidence and good interpersonal skills are essential, as is good organisation and time management, allowing us give our volunteers an enjoyable, impactful experience whilst ensuring that our charity beneficiaries get the most out of their contribution. 

You'll get to experience every facet of London life, and play an important role in the day to day running of our own small charity. You'll pick up a variety of new skills in areas as wide as conservation, administration, elder care, grant-writing and event planning.

If you're an open-minded, motivated, well organised individual who cares about making a positive difference, this might be the right position for you.

Closing date: 9am Monday 15th of July. Interviews: Tuesday 23rd of July.

Welfare Benefits Caseworker for the Macmillan Benefits Advice Service.

The Disability Solutions West Midlands and Macmillan Cancer Support partnership are seeking to appoint a Welfare Benefits Caseworker for the Macmillan Welfare Benefits Service for Staffordshire to support individuals affected by cancer in securing appropriate welfare benefits/grants/services. Based at Disability Solutions (North Staffordshire Medical Institute), the successful candidates will have proven successful experience of working in the welfare benefits advice sector and will have an excellent working knowledge and experience of the welfare benefits system.  

The successful candidate will have a full driving licence and daily use of a car.

Role responsibilities:

The Staffordshire Macmillan Welfare Benefits Advice Service based at Disability Solutions West Midlands, supports people affected by cancer living in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

· You will be supporting people affected by cancer to claim disability-related welfare benefits,

· You will challenge unfavourable benefit decisions and help to prepare cases for appeal and where necessary, attend tribunal hearings with clients to support them through the appeal process.

About Disability Solutions West Midlands (DSWM) - we are a user-led pan-disability charity based in Stoke-on-Trent and have been working in the city for over 40 years. Our mission is to empower people with disabilities and long-term health conditions to attain the highest possible quality of life, through listening, information, advice, guidance, and emotional support.

Staffordshire Macmillan Welfare Benefits Advice Service (Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent) - provides advice, support, information and representation for people who are affected by cancer and are living or receiving treatment within the county and city.

The Welfare Benefits Caseworker will support the Senior Welfare Benefits Officer in delivering a high-quality welfare benefits advice service and in promoting and raising the profile of the Service with other professionals and with client groups.

They will be expected to establish and take responsibility for managing their own caseload.

Please refer to the full job description attached below.

Successful applicants will be required to prepare a 7-minute presentation to deliver at interview regarding:

“What are the main issues facing people experiencing cancer in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire?”

 Candidates are asked to bring their presentation on a data stick. A laptop and projector will be ready for candidates to use on the day of the interview.

Description: 

• Closing Date: ASAP 

• Salary: £15,840 (£26,400 full time equivalent) 

• Working Pattern: Part time – 3 days a week. For two days of the week the UAO is based in the School and the 3rd working day is Friday (based at home), which is a compulsory working day for training and team meetings.

• Contract: Permanent 

• Job Location: Lambeth, London.

• Interview date: Thursday 20th June/ Thursday 27th June 

• Start date: Monday 19th August 

• Reporting to: Programme Manager 

About the organisation 

We believe that every young person should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and make the most of their education. We’re passionate about reducing the educational barriers our students face, helping them to pursue a career in their chosen field and follow their dreams. 

Our mission is to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.

The programme combats educational inequality and improves social mobility by raising students’ grades and supporting them to understand the pathway to a top university. Students who receive support from our programme are more than twice as likely to attend top universities as statistically similar students, according to UCAS.

Why work at The Access Project 

People who work at The Access Project are motivated by the desire to create a fairer society. We all play an active part in achieving the mission to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds access top universities. At The Access Project, we’re a friendly, collaborative, supportive and inclusive team, with passionate people working together in Programmes, Strategy & Impact, Volunteering, Fundraising & Communications and Operations to achieve our mission.

In the last year we engaged with staff across our organisation and co-created an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion vision and strategic objectives. Our work on this will develop throughout 2024 to ensure The Access Project can foster an equitable place to work.

We value every individual who works at The Access Project and we have a wide range of benefits that make this a rewarding place to work. 

Our values 

Empowerment 

We support students and our people to develop the skills and knowledge to accomplish their goals. 

Courage 

We encourage our students and our people to be authentic, innovative and ambitious in order to reach their full potential and deliver our mission. 

Impact 

We evolve our programmes through an evidence-led approach, supporting our students to achieve their best outcomes. 

Inclusion 

We respect and value individuality and engage diverse voices to achieve our mission. 

Ownership 

We hold ourselves accountable in all our actions and efforts. We ask “What can I do to improve my results?” 

Role responsibilities 

• Engage with students in school and enrol them onto the programme 

• Match students with volunteer tutors 

• Monitor student attendance to tutorials and devise innovative solutions to encourage attendance 

• Assess student progress towards being able to make successful university

applications 

• Upload information onto the Salesforce database (training is provided) 

• Monitor the impact of tutorials, and intervene as appropriate 

• Build and manage relationships with volunteer tutors to ensure they have a positive

experience of the programme 

• Manage tutor relationships and attendance to tutorials through weekly monitoring of systems, emailing and making phone calls 

• Work with school staff to ensure their cooperation and timely completion of activities

contributing to the smooth running of the programme 

• Chair and present at termly school meetings with Senior Management to report on

programme progress. 

• University Access Officers support the volunteering team by helping to deliver tutor training sessions, and attending university site visits, which take place on occasional Saturdays and weekday evenings (paid time off is provided). 

• Any other responsibilities reasonably deemed necessary by The Access Project’s

Programme Managers or Director 

Person specification 

• Able to deliver projects and manage administration accurately 

• Able to communicate and influence with impact at all levels 

• Able to effectively time manage 

• Able to lead and manage change to embed the programme in school 

• Resilient and adaptable 

• Skilled in building and maintaining excellent relationships 

Benefits: 

• 25 days annual leave p.a. (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure. 

• PerkBox – offering nationwide shopping discounts, gym memberships, holidays, learning and much more. 

• Employee Assistance Programme, a 24-hour helpline for staff 

• Online Medical assistance – access 24/7 to a qualified GP within minutes, with referrals and prescriptions available same-day. 

• Interest-free travelcard loans 

• Travel-allowance for expenses over £10 per day, where applicable 

• Cyclescheme loans 

• 3 paid Volunteering Days 

• Employer’s pensions contributions (3%) 

• CPD options 

• The Access Project welcomes requests for flexible working arrangements 

Safeguarding Statement 

The Access Project is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Equal Opportunities Statement 

The Access Project is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We are working towards improvements with equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

Disclosure of a Criminal Record 

The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 applies to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment that involves working with children and young people must disclose anything listed in their criminal record, with the exception of protected cautions and convictions. All Disclosures are carried out in the strictest confidence and are made only in connection with your application for employment and for no other purpose.The application for a DBS check at a level appropriate to the job role will be activated before your first day of work. Members of staff who are not eligible for a standard or enhanced DBS check are required to undertake a basic DBS check only in line with legal requirements. If you are selected for appointment to the role, you will be subject to this procedure. 

Present or most recent employment 

It is important to give full information, including the organisation you work in, or most recent employment if not currently working, full dates, address and explanation of any gaps in employment. 

References 

All appointments are subject to verification of employment and suitability of the candidate for the post applied for. We reserve the right to approach any previous employer for a reference and to verify their identity but will request your permission before doing so. If you have experience of working with children, please include this as one of your references. 

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? We have an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and passionate individual to join our new Short Breaks Service as the Deputy Manager, on a full-time permanent basis.

Location of the post: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire.

Service Overview: Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity are currently on an exciting and innovative Journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of Children's homes for the most vulnerable children & young people in Leicestershire.

Please note: Our Short Breaks home is due to open in May 2025. You must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to work in our other Leicestershire Residential Services Children's homes based in Hinckley, Coalville and Syston until Short Breaks is operational. This home will then become your base location.

Our beautiful new Short Breaks home in Mountsorrel will support children & young people between 8-18 years who have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and challenging behaviour. The service will provide up to 3 service users at any one-time opportunities to enjoy different experiences, establish friendships and develop confidence, independence and social/emotional skills.

Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• To build trust and develop nurturing relationships which promote the service user's independence, wellbeing, strengths, and capabilities.
• To work in partnership and build relationships with parents/carers and other professionals.
• To shift lead and conduct staff supervisions.
• To support the Registered Manager with audits and other duties where required.
• To contribute to the upkeep of the home including cooking, cleaning etc.
• To document information accurately and ensure records are kept up to date.
• To ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to.
• To promote, monitor and maintain a safe environment at all times.

Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:

• Must hold a Level 3 qualification relevant to Residential Childcare.
• Must hold OR be willing to work towards the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's services.
• Must have at least 1 year supervisory and shift leader experience in a Children's Residential setting.
• Knowledge and experience of working with OFSTED Regulations and Quality Standards of Children's homes with the ability to support the manager to achieve a rating of outstanding.
• Knowledge and experience of recording and reporting to enable safeguarding and protection of children & young people.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

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Are you a dynamic, empathetic and highly organised individual with direct or indirect experience of the criminal justice system?  Do you have proven experience of supporting young people involved in or at risk of entry into the Criminal Justice System?

If so, St Giles is looking for an Embedded Mentor to work on our pioneering SOS project where, as part of a high-performing team, you will combine your lived experience of overcoming similar barriers to the client group and professional experience to play a crucial role in supporting vulnerable young people who are at high risk of becoming involved in violence and entry into the criminal justice system. 

About St Giles Trust 
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About SOS+

Working with young people in a variety of educational settings, St. Giles’ SOS+ Service delivers early intervention work, through one-to-one mentoring and preventative sessions on violence, vulnerability and exploitation.  The mission of SOS+ is to prevent children and young people becoming involved in gangs and youth violence by equipping them with tools, knowledge and support delivered by experts with lived experience.

About this key role

Our successful candidate will focus on overseeing the delivery of the SOS+ Embedded Mentor Programme to targeted at risk students.  You will also be expected to establish and maintain positive relationships with students to provide emotional support, guidance, and mentorship and to address individual student needs and challenges, utilising personal experiences, local knowledge, professional skills and SOS+ materials to offer support and intervention.

We will count on you to assist students in setting and achieving academic, personal, and career goals and help them to develop positive, pro-social attitudes, behaviour and social skills, while also collaborating with professionals to support and develop strategies to minimise the risk to students. Supporting and/or co-delivering whole school awareness sessions; professional sessions; and parent/carer sessions is a vital duty, as is maintaining open and effective communication with mentees, professionals, parents/carers and partners and keeping accurate records of student interactions, progress, and outcomes in line with delivery SOS+ protocols.

What we are looking for

• Knowledge of the challenges and issues facing vulnerable young people
• An understanding and demonstration of professional standards and accountability
• Experience of working collaboratively with multi-agency partners
• A commitment to promoting inclusivity and equity
• Excellent record keeping and good technical literacy of Microsoft Applications
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work.

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 09th July 2024. 11:00pm 

Interview date: 18th July 2024.

About us:

Together for Short Lives is the UK charity to make sure the 99,000 seriously ill children and their families can make the most of every moment they have together - whether that's for years, months or only hours.

We work with families and the brilliant people and services that support them - in hospitals, in children's hospices and in the community - to ensure that children and families get the support they need.

About the role:

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our highly successful, passionate, and driven Family Support Hub Team.

As a Family Support Hub Officer, you will work within our Family Support Hub, liaising with identified partners to provide enhanced support to families caring for a child with a life limited illness. In addition, you will support those families contacting Together for Short Lives through the Helpline, website and from partner referrals. The purpose of this role is to help Together for Short Lives reach and support more families - responding appropriately to their needs by listening, signposting or referring onto internal and external support eg grants, peer support, events and engagement opportunities.

The Family Support Hub Officer will help us to deliver our programme of work for children’s health and social care services to improve and expand the range of support that they can offer to families.

Please note this role is home based but it will be necessary to occasionally travel to Together for Short Lives' Bristol Office and to other locations across the UK.

About you:

You will be passionate about providing support to seriously ill children and their families and be inspired by the potential to make an impact and to deliver tangible change.

You will have helpline, support work or lived experience which evidences your ability to work empathetically with parents caring for a child with a life-limiting condition, have excellent communication skills, in particular an excellent telephone manner and be a skilled active listener.

Please note this role is home based but it will be necessary to travel to Together for Short Lives’ Bristol Office and sometimes to our three project sites across the UK - Manchester, Birmingham, Bedford/ Luton/Milton Keynes.

We offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, life insurance and a staff assistance programme.

We are always looking for talented people, and welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief and sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from those with disabilities or from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the charity sector.

Would you like to work with nursery age children inspiring the next group of Coin Street champions?

Do you have a level 2 or 3 qualification in working with children?

How would you like to be part of a friendly team doing a job that makes a difference to children’s lives in an organisation that puts people before profit?

If the answer is YES then we would like to hear from you

Coin Street Nursery have a fantastic opportunities for experienced, energetic, and enthusiastic early years educators to join our team. 

We are looking for people who have: 

• a recognised qualification in childcare, ideally NVQ Level 3 or above or NVQ Level 2
• appreciate the importance of parent partnership
• knowledge of how to support children’s learning and development 
• a can-do and enthusiastic attitude
• an understanding of how to safeguard and protect children

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary (based on your qualification and experience)
• Flexible working days for better work-life balance
• Access to high quality training
• Coaching and mentoring support
• Generous pension at 8% - 5% from the employer if you contribute 3%
• 20% discount of childcare fees
• 35 days off a year, including 8 bank holidays, 3 days off between Christmas and New Year (additional days awarded for long service)
• Personal development grant of up to £1,000 per year

There's more… 

• Six inset days per year (three for nursery staff only and three with the wider Coin Street team)
• Refer a friend bonus of £500 for existing employees
• Health and wellbeing package including a confidential employee assistance programme and online therapy sessions plus free gym and daily fresh fruit
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme (on completion of probation)
• Staff social events (summer BBQ and Christmas party)
• Opportunities to join Coin Street committees (for example the Black lives Matter Race & Equality Steering Committee, Inset planning, staff social committee)
• Local retail (star card) and online discounts

Contract
Permanent, 40 hours per week (shift rotas). We are open to part-time options.

Dad Matters is a PAIR (Parent and Infant Relationship) project specifically for Dads during the peri-natal period (conception to a child’s 2nd birthday). Primarily the project aims to raise awareness amongst dads, the wider community, and other professionals of the importance of:

• Fully involving and valuing fathers in the pregnancy and early parenthood journey
• Supporting healthy mental well-being of fathers
• Encouraging fathers to be attuned and responsive to their unborn and young baby’s needs, thus fostering healthy and positive attachment.

Home-Start Manchester already has a robust Dad Matters project offer running across the city as well as the ‘Universal offer’.

This role aims to widen the projects impact by reaching more Dads This will involve increasing participation in classes and events and delivering 1-1 support to dads referred into the service. The role will be supported by and be part of the wider Dad Matters team as well as being part of Home-Start Manchester. Responsibilities will include directing dads to appropriate services, offering practical guidance for baby preparation and care, bonding and attachment and providing empathetic support.

Weekly hours can be worked flexibly to support home/work life balance. Hours can be worked both in the office and at home, whilst meeting the need of the service. The role will require travel across all Manchester communities. It is desirable that applicants have use of their own car, for which expenses are paid. A DBS (Enhanced Level) will be required.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? We have an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and passionate individual to join our Contextual Safeguarding Home as the Deputy Manager, on a full-time permanent basis.

Location of the post: Coalville, Leicestershire.

Service Overview: Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity are currently on an exciting and innovative Journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of Children's homes for the most vulnerable children & young people in Leicestershire.

Although a specific home will be your base location, you must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to cover shifts in other homes should the need arise. Our homes are located in Hinckley, Coalville and Syston.  

Marjorie House, our beautiful new home in Coalville will support children & young people between 8-18 years with a complex range of risk and behaviours. The service will provide up to 3 service users at any one-time opportunities to enjoy different experiences, establish friendships and develop confidence, independence and social/emotional skills.

Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• To build trust and develop nurturing relationships which promote the service user's independence, wellbeing, strengths, and capabilities.
• To work in partnership and build relationships with parents/carers and other professionals.
• To shift lead and conduct staff supervisions.
• To support the Registered Manager with audits and other duties where required.
• To contribute to the upkeep of the home including cooking, cleaning etc.
• To document information accurately and ensure records are kept up to date.
• To ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to.
• To promote, monitor and maintain a safe environment at all times.

Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:

• Must hold a Level 3 qualification relevant to Residential Childcare.
• Must hold OR be willing to work towards the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's services.
• Must have at least 1 year supervisory and shift leader experience in a Children's Residential setting.
• Knowledge and experience of working with OFSTED Regulations and Quality Standards of Children's homes with the ability to support the manager to achieve a rating of outstanding.
• Knowledge and experience of recording and reporting to enable safeguarding and protection of children & young people.

For more information about this role, please contact Sean Fagan – sean . fagan @ barnardos. org. uk

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Programme Coordination and Project Delivery

• ​To work closely with the Director of Strategy and Programmes to coordinate and support the delivery of all our programmes to achieve the outputs and outcomes agreed with our funders. 
• To support with event management both online and face to face including providing technical support to participants on platforms for online training, including driving all courses hosted on Zoom, and providing excellent customer service to all engaging with our work.
• To support evaluations through providing and analysing data to use in reporting to funders and stakeholders. 
• To lead on programme administration and funder updates, including tracking key data on platforms including Arts Council Annual Survey, Julie’s Bicycle, Illuminate and Salesforce. 
• To support with the administration of programme activity by attending and writing minutes for key meetings, drawing up programme contracts, aiding with diary management, filing, liaising with key personnel, and conducting phone or zoom conversations as needed. 
• To support with the financial administration of our programmes through invoicing and managing participant expenses. 
• To take part in training and attending any networking events as required, including potential out-of-hours events such as our 3-day residentials, to represent Cause4 externally when required.
• To contribute to Cause4’s overall business development when required, and being pro-active in terms of personal development, working alongside the line-manager to build key objectives for growth within Cause4.

Marketing and Communications

• To oversee and manage the day-to-day communications of our programmes, including managing our dedicated programme inboxes, liaising with participants, trainers and partners as needed. 
• To set-up and publicise key events, projects and training opportunities on all programme websites and relevant platforms, including Eventbrite. 
• To support the Programmes team to achieve public-facing training sales targets for our programmes through implementation of the marketing plan.
• To support with communications and marketing by curating social media content (SmarterQueue), programme newsletters (Mailchimp), graphics (Canva), and blogs. 
• To support updating the website on a regular basis with support from the web designer and to be a coordinating lead and contributor in writing for key publications such as the digital Now, New and Next publication. 
• To research and develop our audiences and networks, in line with our priority areas, regularly updating our databased to ensure key contacts are in place. 
• To lead on the analytics of our marketing data, collating vital information from SmarterQueue, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Analytics. 

This is a remote (home) working role, with opportunities to meet with the Cause4 team at regular events throughout the year in London, Cambridge, and other locations. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

To deliver the role, we’d expect you to have the following skills and experience:

• Some existing project management experience in the arts, heritage or culture sectors, or an equivalent role where your skills can be transferred to the above responsibilities. 
• Demonstrable commitment to Cause4’s values.
• A broad understanding and interest in the arts, culture and heritage sectors in England. 
• A thorough approach to research and attention to detail and exceptional writing skills with the ability to write in different forms and styles. 
• The ability to manage budgets and a track record of achieving targets.
• An ambitious individual that is keen to develop knowledge and skills for future leadership roles in the cultural sector.
• IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint. 
• Experience of database administration is also desirable, as is confidence in managing online platforms such as Zoom or Teams. 
• Thrives on working to tight deadlines, and able to turn work around within a short time span where demands are liable to change at short notice.
• Excellent social skills, able to operate with diplomacy, tact and empathy.
• Outwardly focussed and interested in new developments and sector trends, 
• Ability to think laterally to maximise opportunities to promote the work of the organisation, with a commitment to tackling multiple priorities.
• Conscientious, positive ‘can-do’ attitude, and a team player who is also able to work independently and show initiative. 
• Passionate commitment to the work of charities, and a strong awareness of sector potential in a challenging funding context.