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Freshwater Habitats Trust is a friendly, well respected conservation charity that works to protect freshwater wildlife through practical, evidence-based and effective nature conservation projects. We are now recruiting for this post: Engagement Officer in the New Forest National Park.
The role will focus on the delivery of community and stakeholder engagement across the Climate Action Fund project, YouCan, a climate action scheme, with a focus on connecting young people to nature and helping communities across the region tackle the climate and nature crisis.
The role will also cover engagement activities under the Species Survival Fund, another partnership scheme, with a focus on action to halt species decline by restoring habitats back to the landscape.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who will deliver a programme of activities and events, citizen science surveys as well as delivering an awareness campaign to engage local communities and visitors in the protection of the New Forest’s freshwater and coastal habitats.
Freshwater is our passion. Together, we can make a difference for wildlife.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Description – Head of Food Partnerships
Reporting to: COO
Location: Field base (regular food industry visits and travel)
Contract: 12 month FTC (Maternity Cover)
Hours: Full time – 35 hours
Salary: £68,974-£72,605
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK's biggest food charity, strengthening communities reaching nearly 1 million people through over 8,000 charities with over 134 million meals.
The food we provide would cost charities and people over £184 million if they had to buy it at retail value. This saves charities an average of £154 per week, which they use to build their capacity through things like paying for overheads, training staff, and investing in new equipment and resources.
We save the UK over £225 million through 34 sites, 18 delivery partners, over 26000 volunteers and over 1000 employability programme participants. Our work reaches 99.8% of UK constituencies, strengthening those communities through outcomes like providing healthier diets, reducing isolation, and helping children do better in school.
However, there are still over 10 billion meals worth of food being wasted in the UK's supply chain every year and tens of thousands across the country we could support to do more.
Our Vision: No good food goes to waste
Our Mission: Maximize the social and environmental impact of surplus food
Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.
Our Values:
Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead
Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen
Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and our beneficiaries
Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger
Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and achieve the most for our clients/customers.
The role
Our key priority at FareShare UK is to increase the amount of surplus food redistributed to the charities and community groups we support across the UK. Food partners (manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, importers, packers, catering providers, producers and others) are essential in helping us to achieve this, providing access to food and many other strategic resources. This crucial role will focus on working with our top food partners to maximise the mutual value in the relationship through strategic and structured account management. Our ability to meet growing demand and increase the amount of surplus food redistributed will be heavily influenced by the success you have in this role.
You will be the account lead for some of the biggest food businesses in the UK and will lead the Food Partnership Team focused on deepening and developing our most established food partnerships, maintaining food and funding from key accounts.
The role will see you lead your team to deliver a tiered and structured strategic account management approach of all top partners, coordinating colleagues across departments, including the Food Team, FareShare Go, Marketing, Fundraising, Network Operations and Volunteering teams. Working closely with the top food partners and internal stakeholders will ensure appropriate identification of activities, and monitoring of progress, benefits and evaluation.
You will help identify and overcome the barriers to food redistribution and increase the volumes of foods available to FareShare from food partners and their wider supply chains. You will innovate and problem-solve to provide the best outcomes for our most important food partners.
Main areas of responsibility
Business Development and Relationship Management
- Support the senior Leadership team by implementing and driving FareShare’s strategy to deliver the services that our top food partners want now and in the future.
- Keep up-to-date on trends and key areas of opportunity for top accounts.
- Lead a team of account managers, embedding a structured approach of account management to secure multi-year partnerships with key food partners
- Engage colleagues from across departments in delivering a holistic account management approach, underpinned by mutually beneficial joint business planning.
- Innovate and identify opportunities for improved partner experience
- Directly account manage key accounts, whose food and funding support we are looking to maintain, through structured joint business planning.
- Embed a strategic approach to account management and joint business planning processes for top partners to make sure that they receive a best in class service from FareShare.
- Develop relationships with key personnel within our top food partners and develop a good understanding of their structure and operations to help drive sustainable, successful relationships and engage the relevant internal departments
Business Process Improvement to deliver growth
- Understand the barriers to redistribution of food and lead initiatives to overcome them
- Develop new models of food redistribution which meet market needs and build new channels of supply to FareShare
- Liaise with colleagues in the FareShare Go and Supply Chain and Logistics teams to highlight and resolve any operational issues and support improvement programmes.
Project and Initiative Management
- Be responsible for managing and communicating key projects and initiatives and securing support from a range of internal stakeholders within the food partners and among the FareShare network.
- Prepare and proactively present the benefits of new initiatives to existing and potential partners despite the challenges to existing embedded processes.
People and Culture
- Lead, manage and motivate the part of the Food Partner Team focused on maintaining and deepening partnerships, creating a culture of high performance and a positive working environment.
- Support effective working with colleagues in the wider Food Team, and Network Development and Operations Teams to support an atmosphere of collaboration and trust consistent with FareShare’s values.
- Foster positive change, new ways of working and an understanding of best practice in using FareShare’s Customer Relationship Management systems.
Person Specification
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
- Proven influencing, negotiation and selling skills, and ability to demonstrate the value of the proposition to the customer.
- Ability to coach and lead a team to deliver results.
- Understanding of a strategic account management approach and ability to manage multiple accounts in the FMCG, food, retail or comparable sector with professionalism and integrity consistently meeting or exceeding challenging targets
- Good working knowledge of the key players and ways of working in the food industry
- Successful track record of managing cross-functional projects such as new launches, operational initiatives, promotional activity or other projects to tight timescales and budgets, ensuring involvement of all key stakeholders
- The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at a range of levels and across multiple functions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to prioritise effectively with strong time management skills to ensure effective allocation of FareShare resources to cope with competing demands and to prioritise tasks appropriately
- Ability to use own initiative working independently and responsibly
Experience
- Track record of building, leading and managing high-performing, effective teams through periods of growth and change
- Food industry account management experience, working at a senior level across Operations, Communications, Marketing, CSR, business support and technology.
- Demonstrable experience of driving significant growth and impact in food accounts
- Experience of managing direct reports including managing performance issues
- Project management of multiple stakeholder initiatives
- Delivery of process improvement in a sales or customer service environment
- Knowledge of and interest in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and experience of its application within the business environment.
- Drive and motivation in ensuring all business opportunities presented to FareShare are captured and explored
- Organised and able to work under pressure, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Offices packages, ideally at an advanced level and with a good level of numeracy and literacy
Competencies and behaviours
- Excellent written and verbal communication with effective presentation skills
- Proven ability to lead and manage teams and build strategic relationships across the business with a customer service focus
- Negotiation and influencing skills to deliver win-win outcomes
- Excellent organisational skills
- Creative approach to problem-solving
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
Support worker
Job type - Full time/ Permanent
Salary - £27,404 per annum (including base salary + 6%- AW + £1300- UWH)
Hours -35 (plus 5 hours paid lunch breaks)- Shift work and weekend required. Early shift 8 -4 late 12-8.
Location –Harlow (Ladyshot)
Nacro are pleased to introduce an exciting new support provision called Essex NEST (Nacro Education Support and Transition) which is focused on providing support to young people.
You will have your own caseload of young people, maintaining oversight of their progress from the point of service entry through to service exit and independence.
It’s a flexible model in which we aim to provide the ‘right help at the right time’, underpinned by a trauma-informed approach. Our mantra is “No decision about you without you!”
We are currently recruiting for staff to join our exciting service where you will be working with:
• Young people aged 16 and 17 years old at risk of homelessness.
• Care Leavers aged 18-21
• Vulnerable young parents up to the age of 21
• Other vulnerable 18–21-year-olds
Who are we looking for :
An experienced candidate to support our service users, supporting them to source move on accommodation, helping with benefits, financial concerns, employment and training opportunities as well as to address offending behaviour issues and liaise with offender managers and 3rd party agencies to provide cohesive support.
We are searching for Support Worker for young people within Harlow. Your role will be to improve the lives of young people using the service by providing direct housing related support services in conjunction with Nacro housing and property management. You’ll be working with external agencies with the aim of achieving successful move on and other measurable outcomes.
A Full driving licence access to vehicle to travel across county is required.
Previous criminal justice or support work experience is desirable but not essential.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Plan and deliver an effective support and safety plan with the service user referring to specialist agencies as required. The progressions/outcomes identified, delivered and service user contact should be recorded, monitored, reviewed, and updated regularly and in line with contract requirements
- Maximise rent collection, ensuring successful housing and other welfare benefit claims are submitted and maintained, taking proactive action to minimise rent arrears in line with targets, monitoring the account and recording all actions and where necessary taking appropriate action when arrears arise in line with policy and procedure
- Ensure that routine property maintenance and damage is reported promptly to maintenance staff
- DBS check required for this role
- A full UK driving licence and use of own car are required.
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Are you passionate about supporting older people with dementia and their carers to enage with activies across Lewisham? If so, we want to hear from you!
Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is looking for a part time coordiantor to deliver arts and crafts, physical exercise and singing groups for people with dementia in Lewisham. You will be delivering the programme with the support of our volunteers and working directly with freelance workers and community partners.
The successful candidate will have a good undersatnding of the needs and issues affecting older people including dementia awareness.
They will be able to work as part of a team and travel within Southwark and Lewisham. Great interpersonal skills required along with the ability to work to Age UK Lewisham and Southwark’s values to empower and enable older people to lead fulfilled lives.
Employee Benefits:
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata)
- Additional 1 day leave for Birthdays
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including access to a helpline for partners and dependents
- Generous contractual sick pay scheme, allowing staff to recover without the worry of loss of income
- CycleScheme members – enabling employees to save 25-39% of the cost of a new bike & accessories whilst also spreading the cost
- TechScheme members – enabling employees to purchase tech and home furnishing through AUKLS and spread the cost from their salary
AUKLS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
For full details, please download the Recruitment Pack which includes a Job Description and Person Specification.
Closing date for applications – 9am on 8 July 2024
Interviews will take place week commencing 15 July 2024 at Stones End Day Centre, Southwark
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Founded in 1993, Exeter Community Initiatives aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the Exeter area, and beyond. Over the years, we have helped over 50,000 people through our work.
Working as part of the Wellbeing Exeter partnership, we have a team of Community Builders working across Exeter and Cranbrook. They help to create new networks, connect people and opportunities, and look at what community spaces, skills, groups and people exist in an area.
Are you interested in people, able to listen to their points of view, good at motivating people and passionate about building and strengthening local communities? This is an exciting and varied role for dynamic and confident individuals, in which the right candidate will work directly within communities in Exeter; bringing people together to improve wellbeing and make the community a better place to live!
Key Responsibilities
- Maps and maintains awareness of formal and informal community activity andprovision.
- Identifies community assets and resources
- Listens widely to people of all ages and backgrounds within the community tounderstand more about people’s lives and how they feel about their community
- Supports motivated individuals to transform ideas into action for the benefit ofthemselves and others.
- Identifies people who are natural connectors and natural leaders withinneighbourhoods
- Advocates for the community or underrepresented aspects of the community
- Develops insight into power dynamics within a community and supports peopleto understand, manage and challenge these, where necessary.
- Maintains awareness of City and County initiatives and developments thatpresent opportunities for citizens to be more engaged and have influence overwhat happens in their communities.
- Builds & maintains co-operative internal and external relationships as part of the
- Wellbeing Exeter partnership including attending training, meetings andactivities.
- Actively markets and promotes the programme within communities
- Collects evidence of outputs and outcomes, ensuring consistent implementationof the monitoring and evaluation process.
Part Time, Permanent - Fixed Term for 2 years
£26,265 pro rata
Vacancy 1 - 15 hours per week (£10,648 pro rata)
Vacancy 2 - 20 hours per week (£14,197 pro rata)
We would consider offering the above as one combined role - 35 hours per week (£24,845 pro rata)
Hybrid working locations (home/office blend)
26 days holiday plus bank holidays with 1 extra day for each full year of service, up to 31 days
A Pension Scheme is available with a 5% contribution from the employer, provided it is matched by a minimum contribution of 3% from the employee
A local charity working with people, families and communities to build connections, develop capacity, improve wellbeing and support each other.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Hounslow Volunteer Coordinator
Salary: £ 15,000.00 Actual (£25,000 FTE)
Working Hours: 21 hours per week (contracted through till 31st March 2025)
Location: Hounslow Borough Based with some home working
Benefits: NCT membership with access to exclusive benefits, pension scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank and public holiday (pro rata)
About us at the NCT
A lot of people know NCT for our antenatal classes, and we want to continue to support as many parents and families as we can to access evidence-based information. But we are also much more than this. We are a charity that campaigns on the issues that matter to parents. We run breastfeeding and infant feeding support, provided by specialist counsellors. We run thousands of free community activities and events across the UK, led by our fantastic volunteers and peers. And we support women and families facing specific challenges, such as social isolation, feeding difficulties or poor mental health.
Our Hounslow Infant Feeding Support project is commissioned by Hackney Council and the Integrated Care Board, to offer infant feeding support across the region. The support is delivered by staff, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellors and volunteer peer supporters.
About the Role
You will be responsible for coordination and recruitment of volunteers to support at our services. Peers will all receive accredited training to provide support to other parents whether that’s sharing their breastfeeding and infant feeding knowledge, welcoming parents or providing social interaction to those they support. Our services within Hounslow include four NCT Baby Cafes, other Infant Feeding community peer support drop-ins and our home visiting service across Hounslow.
· Engage with underrepresented communities through outreach and networking with other local organisations, scoping of new groups within region.
· Attend community groups and working with volunteer peer supporters, supporting them to carry out their role, and providing coordination, direction and encouragement
· Following home visiting criteria to support parents unable to access group drop-ins
· Responding to referrals, signposting and partnership working with health professionals into the service. Providing updates whilst building relationships with key stakeholders.
· Ensure that data collection and feedback is collected in a timely manner adhering to NCT data protection policies and processes.
· Use a variety of platforms and media to promote the service and recruit volunteers
· Maintain the Infant Feeding Website ensuring all information is accurate and up to date.
You must have good communication skills and be able to build relationships and create a rapport with a wide range of people easily. This project covers multiple locations and demographics so you must be able to confidently prioritise your own work, be organised and able to work independently.
Being able to make decisions and respond appropriately to our staff, peer supporters and parents and other external stakeholders is essential, alongside good IT skills– including Outlook, Word and Excel – and you must have good attention to detail.
It is essential for this post that you undertake the training to become an NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporter. This requires the candidate to have given breastmilk. The training can be undertaken within your working hours. The role is 21 hours per week, which will be covered across the working week between Monday to Friday. The working hours range between 9-3. The role will include occasional evening and weekends. This is a community-based role in Hounslow, with some home working.
About you
· Are you willing to undertake our Breast feeding Peer Supporter Traning?
. Are you passionate about breastfeeding and supporting parents?
· Can you work at pace and juggle a number of different priorities?
· Are you passionate about supporting families to reach their parenting goals and contribute to their positive wellbeing?
· Do you want to join an amazing Charity that supports parents across the UK?
· Would you like to be part of an amazing team of passionate staff?
If so, please read the job description attached.
What we offer
We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support.
We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity.We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability.
The welfare and safety of individuals is at the heart of everything that we do. NCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Please apply for the role via our careers page .You can Also find further details and information on our website.
Closing date: 05/07/2024
Interviews: Week beginning 08/07/2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is dedicated to supporting and empowering people living with and affected by MND.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Area Support Co-ordinator to lead, manage and support teams of volunteers, develop, and maintain relationships with local services, and ensure that people living with and affected by MND receive an exceptional service, improved support, and are at the heart of our care initiatives.
A fundamental part of the role is ensuring individuals affected by MND receive tailored support. Your responsibilities will include leading and coordinating volunteer activities, developing branch and group capacity, and establishing new groups as needed.
A key focus will be understanding local needs and collaboratively planning, designing, and delivering support activities. You will build and maintain excellent relationships with our wonderful volunteers, care centres/networks, care co-ordinators and multi-disciplinary health and social care professionals, hospices, other partners.
We are in search of someone who can:
- Identify and address support issues by working with volunteers and individuals affected by MND.
- Guide collaboration within the branch and group network, fostering a supportive environment.
- Proactively manage the recruitment, selection, and induction of volunteers.
- Facilitate local learning, development, and networking opportunities for volunteers in collaboration with Association colleagues.
- Enable effective communication between volunteers, staff, and the wider Association, promoting a culture of collaboration.
This opportunity is home-based with travel requirements across Hertfordshire and Essex.
What are we looking for?
- Experience of leading directly managed and/or coordinating self-managed groups of volunteers.
- Skills to identify, assess, and respond to support needs through a person-centred approach.
- Understanding and delivery of care and support services in the statutory, private and/or voluntary sectors including value and challenges of volunteering.
- Experience of working with vulnerable people and/or carers and families.
- Demonstrable understanding of the management of risk and safeguarding.
For full role responsibilities please view the job description located within the Candidate Pack.
Our Benefits
- 28 days holiday, rising to 33 days after 5 years' service, plus Bank Holidays
- Access to UK Healthcare which includes reimbursement for dental appointments, eyecare, Health & Wellbeing screening and therapies
- Access to a 24/7 phone and video GP Service
- Life assurance
- Confidential counselling helplines
- Salary sacrifice schemes to include:
- Cycle to work
- Buy and sell annual leave
- BenefitHub which offers lifestyle discounts and offers on everyday shopping
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Opportunities for training and personal development
- Hybrid working
How to apply
Please submit a CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should be no longer than one side of A4 and demonstrate how you meet the following areas of the role.
- Experience of leading directly managed and/or coordinating self-managed groups of volunteers.
- Skills to identify, assess, and respond to support needs through a person-centred approach.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
Where experience is asked for, please give one example showing what you did and what it achieved. Where we require evidence of ability, please explain either how you would approach that particular competence or give an example to support your suitability.
Alternative Applications
To provide an inclusive application process for all our opportunities, we are open to receiving alternative applications from candidates who may find it difficult to complete our online form. For example, if you would like to apply via video or audio format, please email your recorded application, ensuring you cover the supporting statement aspect.
About Us
Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.
We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.
We guarantee interviews for disabled applicants that meet the requirements of the role as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme. Reasonable adjustments can be made as required.
Important Information
Adverts may be closed before the deadline once sufficient applications are received. To avoid disappointment, please apply early.
We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Centre Manager – Day Care Centres
Age UK Camden Day Care Centres are looking to recruit a skilled and experienced Day Care Centre Manager for our centre – Great Croft, for older people in Camden – based in Kings Cross. (You will also work at our other Centre – Henderson Court based in Hampstead as required)
Our Centres provide a wide range of activities as well as being a specialist Day Care Centres caring for older people with complex needs. The Day Care Centres also provide a hot lunch and a range of special events.
We have a dedicated, specialist team supporting people with care needs, including those living with mild - moderate dementia and complex needs.
The successful candidate will:
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Take leadership responsibility (reporting to the General Manager Day Care Services) for the development and implementation of a comprehensive service of care and support for service users making it relevant for the community that it serves.
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Oversee that older people will have their assessed needs, preferences and choices met by skilled and experienced staff operating within clear, agreed and ethical care plans.
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Represent Age UK Camden and the views of the service users externally, promote partnerships and community involvement
Salary: P02 SCP 30-33 £38,936.70 to £41,961.98 pa incl. London Weighting for 35 hpw (plus 6% contributory pension scheme) and 27 days annual leave rising to 32 days after 5 years service.
Hours: 35 hours per week Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 8th July 2024 – 12 noon
Interview date: Monday 15th July 2024
As part of the application process please submit a completed application form demonstrating how you meet the shortlisting criteria in the Person Specification. Please also complete and return the criminal convictions declaration form.
Age UK Camden is an Equal Opportunities and London Living Wage Employer. Registered Charity No. 293446
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Exciting Job Opportunity: Project Support Officer with the VCS Alliance
Are you passionate about making a difference in the community? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where your organisational skills and proactive attitude can shine? If so, the VCS Alliance wants you to join our team as a Project Support Officer!
About Us:
At the VCS Alliance, we are committed to empowering communities and driving positive change through our diverse range of projects and initiatives. We work in partnerhip with our cross-sector colleagues, to develop exciting, innovative and ground breaking responses to community health needs, and support our diverse voluntary and community sector organisations to put these exciting programmes into action.
Basic Requirements of Post:
As part of this role you will be required to work and travel across the Bradford District and Craven. While the VCS Alliance supports hybrid working, there is an expectation that you will be in the office for at least two days per week.
Purpose of the Post:
As a Project Support Officer, you will be at the heart of our mission, providing vital support to our project managers and teams:
- Providing essential support to project leads to ensure effective delivery of our projects.
- Providing general support to all our staff across the VCS Alliance to ensure our work can run smoothly and effectively.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the Project Leads to arrange meetings.
- Take minutes and actions during meetings.
- Update relevant action logs following meetings.
- Working with the relevant staff to ensure invoices are processed promptly.
- Assist in developing marketing materials.
- Post regular updates on the VCS Alliance website and social media.
- Support to plan and run events.
- Handle administrative tasks such as printing, filing, ordering refreshments, record keeping.
- Support Project Leads to collate and input monitoring information.
- Support Project Leads to prepare reports and progress updates.
- Monitor office inventory.
- Respond to enquiries via phone, email and drop-ins.
- Work with colleagues to develop newsletters, mailing and website updates.
- Complete any other relevant administrative tasks.
General Requirements
- Undertake personal training as required.
- Attend regular supervision sessions and staff meetings.
- Support general VCSA administration by handling inquiries via the telephone, email and drop-ins.
- Provide relevant information for VCSA’s newsletter/s, mailings, website and social media
- Comply with all organisational policies and procedures.
- Promote VCSA with all stakeholders during the duties of your work.
- Undertake any other duties prescribed by your line manager.
Why Join Us?
- Impact: Be part of meaningful health programmes that make a tangible difference in communities.
- Growth: Opportunities for professional development and career advancement within the organisation.
- Team Spirit: Work with a passionate, supportive, and collaborative team dedicated to making positive change.
- Innovation: Engage in a dynamic environment where new ideas are encouraged and celebrated.
Benefits:
28 days annual leave per year (Pro Rata) plus Bank Holidays, and additional day of leave for your birthday. Employee Assistance Programme, hybrid working, workplace pension, opportunities for professional development and free office parking.
Ready to Join Us?
If you're excited about the prospect of contributing to impactful projects and being part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you! Apply today to embark on a rewarding journey with the VCS Alliance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position: Health Advocate
Location: Southampton
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: £25,614.24 - £27,720.54
About the Role:
We are seeking a passionate Health Advocate to join our team. This role focuses on promoting and delivering a training package to general practice teams, building relationships with local practices, and providing specialist support to patients affected by domestic abuse.
Key Responsibilities:
- Promote and deliver in-house training on domestic abuse to general practice teams.
- Provide ongoing advice and support to practice teams.
- Encourage health professionals to inquire about patient's abuse experiences and ensure proper response, recording, safety checks, and referrals.
- Offer specialist advocacy and support to patients referred from participating practices and make onward referrals where needed.
- Collect and collate performance and monitoring data for reporting and programme development.
- Collaborate with the Southampton IDVA service to deliver Pippa, providing advice and guidance to victims, professionals, and family members.
- Participate in the on-call out-of-hours rota.
- Arrange and deliver training sessions with participating practices, preparing necessary training materials.
- Maintain accurate and confidential records of practice-based work and service user interactions.
- Provide direct support and advocacy to those experiencing domestic abuse through phone and in-person meetings.
- Work with victims to increase safety and inform them of their rights and options.
- Perform administrative and financial tasks, maintaining full records and receipts.
On-Call Duties:
- Handle emergencies and provide support outside service hours.
- Provide emergency safety advice and support to refuge residents.
- Admit families into refuge accommodation and process referrals.
- Support clients in accessing refuge accommodation elsewhere.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Experience in health advocacy, domestic abuse prevention, or related fields.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Commitment to professional development.
- Confidentiality and integrity in handling sensitive information.
- Flexibility for on-call duties.
- Access to a car and a valid driver's license.
How to Apply:
If you are passionate about making a difference, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your experience and why you are the ideal candidate for this position.
Application Deadline:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Join us in our mission to support and empower victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Together, we can make a difference.
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.
Job type: Full Time, permanent
Salary: £26,678 Per Annum (26,478 Base salary + £200 Unsociable Hours)
Hours:35 hours per week (plus 5 hours paid lunch break)
Location:Preston
This role requires regular travel across an allocated area and therefore, a Full Driving License and access to your own vehicle are essential.
An Enhanced DBS and Prison Clearance is required for this role.
These will be completed as part of the Pre-Employment Screening process.
Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.
Nacro deliver the Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) which is a national service across England and Wales. The service allows Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF YOUR ROLE
Act as a Senior Officer working across the area, guiding and supporting teams in matters of practice, quality, performance, compliance, and resource management. Carry a caseload of complex need service users, line manage support workers as needed for temporary periods, deputise for Service Leads, and support targeted failing services.
Improve the lives of service users by coordinating the provision of direct housing-related support and housing management services, working with area operational and central support teams, and liaising with a range of external agencies and partners. There may also be a requirement to work independently in the community and/or service settings.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Act as a peripatetic senior operational lead, providing direct input and support on practice, performance, or quality matters.
- Coordinate and deliver service improvement plans for services, working in collaboration with the Quality team and Service Leads. Support in the coordination of service audits.
- Work with the Quality and Safeguarding Team on developing and implementing procedures and toolkits for service users requiring higher levels of support.
- Serve as a safeguarding lead, advising teams on effective management of incidents, practice, and reporting. Liaise with relevant external agencies, e.g., Local Authority, Social Services, Children's teams, etc.
- Act as an operational subject matter expert, contributing to policy and procedure reviews.
- Represent services at external operational meetings related to service user assessments, reviews, and referrals as required.
- Deputise for the Service Lead at external service or contract reviews as required.
- Deputise for Service Leads as needed and line manage teams of support workers temporarily.
- Ensure teams comply with voids and arrears protocols and procedures, and review performance data with Service Leads, intervening where there are areas of underperformance or non-compliance.
- Liaise with Housing Management and Performance teams to monitor service performance and agree on the implementation and reporting of any improvement actions.
- Lead Health and Safety and compliance roles for the area in matters related to gas certification, legionella, property standards, and fire risk assessment completion and actions.
What We Expect From You
- Professional behaviours consistent with company values and serve as a positive role model.
- Adherents to Nacro’s Safeguarding and data policies and procedures, complying with legislation and statutory duties and data controls protocols.
- Ensuring all required health & safety checks are undertaken in person or by colleagues, taking necessary remedial action.
- Commitment to learning and development, designing actions through the appraisal and supervision process to improve practice and support skills.
- Positively promoting and representing Nacro, building strong relationships with colleagues to work as part of an integrated team focused on meeting the needs of service users/learners.
- Act in line with, promote, and carry out all responsibilities with full regard to Nacro’s Equality and Diversity Policy.
What You Can Expect From Us
- A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
- A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
- Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements, cycle-to-work scheme and many more.
We are ready and waiting to receive your online application.
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat regarding the role, please contact
Outreach Worker – Rough Sleepers Team
Hours: 35 Hours per week on a rolling rota basis. Some early morning, weekend and evening work is involved.
Shifts: The shift patterns are 6am-2pm, 8am-4pm and the occasional 3pm-9.30pm shift.
Salary: £22,989.32 per annum
Being able to drive will a full driving licence is essential to the role as you will be required to transport and having your own transport is essential.
Job Ref: A807
Do you want to support people with complex needs who are sleeping rough? Could you support people who may have complex and multiple needs to secure accommodation and exit rough sleeping? Could you carry out early morning street outreach, monitoring and identifying new rough sleeping locations? Are you computer literate in using Microsoft word, excel, email and the internet?
We are a dynamic organisation providing innovative and effective solutions in our work with people who have complex needs. We are a registered Housing Association providing accommodation, outreach support and a wide range of other community-based support services. Supporting and empowering customers using strength’s based, psychologically informed approach. We support people with mental health ill health, learning disabilities, addictions, people who may become socially isolated, people who may have come into contact with the criminal justice system, experienced homelessness and a range of trauma related issues.
The closing date is 26th July 2024 with an interview date to be confirmed. We may shortlist and interview before the closing date.
Benefits:
- Up to 40 days annual leave
- Provide excellent training and learning opportunities
- Financial support with professional studies & professional memberships
- Contributory pension scheme
- Group income protection
- Occupational sick pay
- Healthcare cash plan payback
Full information on how to apply can be found at Brighter Futures Website.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups and people with lived experience. Brighter Futures is an equal opportunities employer.
Passionate, Creative, Equal, Empowering and Sustainable
Do you have a passion for supporting young people's emotional health and wellbeing? We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our dedicated team on a full-time basis as a Community Wellbeing Mentor.
Barnardo's Community Wellbeing Mentors hold a caseload of up to 10 children and young people (aged 6-18 years old) providing early intervention to those who are experiencing poor emotional health and wellbeing either on a 1:1 or group basis. This support can take place at the young persons home, at their school or a community venue.
Location:
Locality working across Surrey (Waverly, Woking, Surrey Heath and Spelthorne). Driving is essential for this role.
Office Base:
The Surrey Wellbeing Hub, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7PL
There is a requirement for staff to attend the office on Tuesdays however the rest of the working week is flexible working between the office, out in the community and from your home.
Working Pattern:
Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm with occasional weekend or evening working to meet the needs of the service (plenty of notice would be provided).
Essential Requirements to evidence in your application form:
- Due to the required travel across the locality, a full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle is essential.
- Experience of working with Children and Young People preferably within the age range of 6-18 years old.
- A good understanding of the issues which impact young People's Emotional Health and Wellbeing.
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding practices.
- Ability to accurately and clearly record case/session notes.
- Ability to develop positive relationships with children and young people, always putting them at the heart of decision making whilst working in a holistic approach with their families and other professionals.
- Strong IT skills and be able to use programs within Microsoft office package.
- Experience of delivering one-to-one and group work with children and young people, and take a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to your work (Desirable).
In this role, you will provide direct or virtual support, working collaboratively and with a strengths-based approach to support children and young people to improve their emotional wellbeing and resilience.
The Community Wellbeing Team operates within Surrey's iThrive Framework where choice and shared decision making is led by the child or young person. You will receive training on the iThrive model at the start of your employment. This position sits within Surrey Mindworks partnership (Surrey's emotional health and wellbeing service)
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.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
We are committed to welcoming people from a diverse background, culture and experience. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements
About On Purpose
We develop leaders who will help transform our economy – putting purpose before profit to create a system that is equitable and regenerative. Working here puts you at the heart of an inspirational mix of people and organisations working to create positive change. You will create impact by shaping leaders who will have a transformative effect on the economy, and expose you to significant learning and development opportunities for yourself.
Our Associate Programme will celebrate its fifteenth year in 2025. Running twice a year, the year-long programme works with a select group of high-potential career changers from a range of professional backgrounds, matching them to work with purpose-led organisations, and supporting them through inspiring learning and development.
On Purpose operates as a social enterprise. We are a member of Social Enterprise UK, a founding UK B Corp, and a London Living Wage employer. We are based in London, near London Bridge. We also have offices in Paris and Berlin.
Our values are that we:
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Choose optimism - we believe in a better future and that everyone has a part to play in making it happen
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Learn together - magic happens when we welcome diversity and learn together
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Step up - we take action in the interest of the whole
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Engage our head and heart - we are proud to be strong problem solvers, we are more proud to be a caring community
Act with integrity - we walk our talk and live up to our responsibilities
Scope of role
The Head of Programme & Organisational Development is also one of two Co-Leads of On Purpose London. As such, they are jointly responsible for the London Associate Programme in partnership with the Co-Lead of On Purpose London who focuses on Business Development & Community. We find this co-leadership model offers a useful balance of mutual support and challenge, role-modelling how we believe leadership should operate.
You would be part of our cross-organisational leadership team of six city leads and the CEO. This group is a source of valuable peer support and a forum in which to collaborate, coordinate and learn together, through which you will contribute to strategy and organisational development and lead and support specific cross-city improvement initiatives.
Whilst this role focuses on the On Purpose London programme delivery and organisational development, it is a collaborative role with shared responsibility for all of the London team and operations.
This role has the following primary responsibilities, which can be reviewed and shaped around the strengths of the successful candidate:
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Motivate and empower the London team and foster a healthy team culture - Set vision and strategy for On Purpose London alongside the co-lead and in collaboration with the International CEO and other Cities. Work together to shape a strong team culture which supports self development, collaboration, appreciation and trust. Work with the international team, the co-leads of other Cities and the board to share and develop best practice and the organisation’s direction.
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Ensure the health and sustainability of an impactful London Associate Programme - Work together with other City Leads and the international team to monitor, measure and improve the programme’s financial sustainability and impact, with a focus on overseeing London’s finances.
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Improve ways of working to enable the team to embrace change and innovation - Develop and implement processes, practices, systems, and techniques to help strengthen performance and streamline operations. Foster a team culture which values flexibility, continuous learning, and openness to new ideas.
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Support the development of Associates into impactful systems change leaders - Responsible for the overall quality of the Associate journey, envisioning and improving the Associate experience, and managing key moments including matching, induction and residential. Support Programme Delivery Manager in designing, planning and facilitating the training syllabus.
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Build engagement with our wider ecosystem of trainers, mentors & coaches - Ensure the recruitment, onboarding, matching and ongoing management of coaches and mentors throughout the year to support Associates’ growth and development.
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Lead the recruitment of high-calibre Associates from a diverse range of backgrounds - Oversee a rigorous assessment and selection process including scoring applications, training interviewers, interviewing candidates and managing the pipeline of potential candidates before and after offers.
Skills profile
This role requires the following:
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A strong sense of purpose, integrity and alignment with the On Purpose vision and values. Interested in thinking about how change happens, what purposeful leadership looks like and how significant, systemic impact can be created.
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Confident and competent training and facilitating open forms of learning within groups of up to 40 mid-career professionals
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The ability to collaborate, facilitate collaboration, and manage teams. Helping team members as well as Associates grow
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Able to think in a strategic, structured manner, with excellent prioritisation and a solutions-oriented mindset
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Skilled at building trusting relationships quickly, adapting to different styles and preferences
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Comfortable with giving and receiving feedback, and able to have difficult conversations
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Comfortable navigating change and uncertainty
We are a community that welcomes diversity in all forms, from a wide variety of professional and personal backgrounds. We encourage applications from anyone who’s passionate about purpose-led work.
Remuneration, benefits and holidays
We care about everyone we work with and have high aspirations for what we all get out of working at On Purpose. We want our time working together to be challenging and rewarding as well as fun and enjoyable.
This is a full-time position with a salary of £50,000.
Other benefits include:
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The chance to work at a genuinely purpose-first organisation, that strives to drive a fundamental shift to an economy that serves the wellbeing of all.
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A trusting, collaborative and flexible working environment
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A pension scheme with a 5% employer’s contribution plus further matched contributions up to 10%
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A £750 personalised learning budget to help you grow and develop, access to the rolling-programme of top-quality events and training we offer to our Associates and wider community
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The opportunity to volunteer with causes you care about
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Organisation-wide offsites with team members from across our London, Paris and Berlin offices
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We work flexibly, with some time in the office together and some time at home.
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Ill-health income protection insurance
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A 25 day holiday allowance, plus UK bank holidays, your birthday and the days between Christmas and New Year!
Applications
- To apply, please visit the link below where you will be asked a few questions about your suitability for the role, upload your CV, and share your contact details.
- The deadline for applications is 9am on 8th July 2024.
- If you are successful, you will be invited to a first-round interview in London on the week commencing 15th July, with the final round interviews on the week commencing 22nd July in London.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to support people with mental health issues in a moment of crisis? Are you calm, non-judgmental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?
Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Courage, Together, and Responsive and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?
If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.
Crisis House Coordinator
Reference: 217
Responsible to: Crisis Centre Team Leader
Based: Hemel Hempstead Crisis House
Salary: £24,928 - £27,250 per annum, FTE
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time or Full time available (22.5; 30; 37.5 hours)
+ We are also seeking a Night Coordinator working 3 Night Shifts 3 out of 7
About the Service
The Crisis Centre and rest of Nightlight Services (Café’s, Helpline, Daylight provision) is proud to provide urgent support, crisis intervention and emotional support to people experiencing a mental health crisis in Hertfordshire as an alternative to statutory pathways. We provide support to adults across Hertfordshire 7 days a week, 365 days a year through our helpline, crisis cafes and 24/7 Crisis Centre. We aim to provide a safe space for people in crisis to talk and feel supported, be listened to without judgement, access relevant support with problem solving and facilitate access to external services when necessary.
As a member of our diverse team, you will work closely with service users in crisis by using a person-centred approach to ensure that each individual is supported with dignity and respect. By honouring the individual experience of each service user, we are able to respect their autonomy as well as encourage and facilitate positive steps towards management of crisis and recovery.
About the Role
This role is managing a shift, delivering emotional support within a 24/7 four bed crisis house.
Alongside other Crisis Centre Coordinators, to be a key member of the Crisis Centre team, providing effective operational leadership delivering the Nightlight Mental Health Crisis Centre Service. You will be ensuring the delivery and development of quality crisis support services and instilling Hertfordshire Mind Network’s values throughout the provision. You will provide management support to Crisis Centre Mental Health Support Workers and support the Crisis Centre Team Leader in ensuring practice within the service is safe, effective and person centred.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing emotional support and developing, alongside service users, flexible and realistic crisis support/person-centred plans within agreed guidelines with support from the leadership team (including assessments of need, risk, crisis support plans and review forms) in person or via telephone.
- Draw upon own lived experience as appropriate to inform the delivery of person centred support.
- Providing immediate advice and information to clients to support with crisis presentations.
- Liaise with Nightlight management and external services e.g. police, ambulance service, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, Single Point of Access, Safeguarding Out of Hours Service, Mental Health Liaison Teams, Adult Community Mental Health Services etc. as needed in terms of accepting referrals and proactively recognising the indicators of deteriorating mental health and facilitating appropriate support.
- Complete appropriate signposting/onward referrals to both internal and external services in accordance with identified needs and risks.
- Ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standards at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements.
- Arranging transport for service users to facilitate access to services as needed.
- You will line manage a number of Crisis Centre Mental Health Support Workers and be part of the operational management for the Nightlight Crisis Centre.
We offer:
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
- An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
- Ongoing training relevant to your role.
- An Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health cover (after 6 months employment) – compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 7th July 2024
Interviews shall take place week commencing 15th July 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close the advertisement once sufficient applications are received so would encourage early applications.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.
We are delighted to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
No agencies please.