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At First Days, we believe every child deserves the same start in life. That's why we empower families facing financial hardship by providing resources and support. We strive to create a community where our services are no longer needed, but until then, we're here to make a difference.
Join our passionate team as our Logistics Manager and play a vital role in ensuring families receive the help they need. You'll be the backbone of our operation, working alongside a dedicated team to maximise our impact.
What you'll do:
● Stock Management: Managing the end to end process of receiving donations and fulfilling orders from our Family Support Team into our Essential Items projects (School Days, Baby Bank, Safe Place to Sleep).
● Coordinate volunteers: Work with the team to recruit, train and manage our vital volunteer workforce to maximise the support we can give to families.
● Administrative and Data Management: Oversee the day to day administration of the organisation, line managing our administrator and data manager, to ensure that families are receiving the best service possible.
● Facilities Management: Ensuring our buildings are safe places to work and everything is in the right place at the right time to support families the best we can.
● Day to day line management: 3-4 direct reports, helping deliver logistical support across the organisation to be as efficient as we can be in our support for families.
● Events Support: Work with the events manager to ensure that all events equipment is ready, available and delivered for our fundraising events.
What you bring:
● Excellent people management skills: You will know how to get the best out of people and how to manage them well to achieve our goals.
● Training Expertise: Experience delivering training or instruction to small groups or individuals.
● Quick thinking and great organisational skills: You thrive on prioritising, delegating, and multitasking in a fast-paced environment.
● Team Player: Comfortable working in a collaborative, supportive environment where everyone contributes.
● Physical Strength: This role involves regular moving of stock, furniture and donations (with a team of volunteers).
● Values-Driven: A strong alignment with our mission of empowering families and building a stronger community.
● Tech Savvy: Proficient in using computers and willing to learn new software/apps to optimise our work.
● Detail-Oriented: A keen eye for accuracy and a commitment to upholding our high standards.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a strong leader who is passionate about Corporate Fundraising and dedicated to making a real difference? Samaritans is looking for Head of Corporate Partnerships to head up Samaritans’ Corporate Fundraising, ensuring sustainable income growth that’s supports our ambition of doubling our income over the next 5 years.
As the Head of Corporate Partnerships, you’ll be at the forefront of our corporate fundraising strategy. Your leadership will be key to achieving sustainable income growth, essential for Samaritans’ aim of ensuring opportunities to build and develop corporate partnerships are maximised. You’ll manage and inspire the Corporate Fundraising team, drive forward Samaritans corporate fundraising strategy and build lasting relationships with our corporate partners.
- Permanent role
- Full time (35 hours per week)
- £62,000-£66,000 per annum
- We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
- Hybrid working, linked to our office in Ewell (Surrey), with a mix of home and office working. You’ll have the option to work from our London hub office if needed.
- In-office working: we’d love to see you in the office at least twice per month, with a willingness to also travel to meet corporate partners across the UK, when needed
- This isn’t a 9-5 role. There will be significant evening and weekend working, within your working hours.
Our Corporate Fundraising journey….
As we embark on a new five year strategy, this is a unique opportunity to lead the development of an ambitious approach to corporate partnerships with businesses, building on the successful partnerships we have with Three, Network Rail, Standard Life, Cala Homes and many more.
The Team:
You’ll join a growing and engaged team, who play an increasingly important role in growing Samaritans’ fundraising capacity and raising awareness of the charity in new and different environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and Inspire: You’ll support a team of 5 passionate team members and foster a high-performance, creative, and committed to bringing our partners to the centre of our work.
- Strategy Development: Craft and implement our corporate fundraising strategy, aligning with our broader fundraising goals.
- Relationship Building: Develop and maintain strong relationships with corporate partners, ensuring they receive the recognition and support they deserve.
- Innovate and Improve: Continuously refine our fundraising offers using market insights and performance data.
- Collaborate: Work across teams to maximise the potential of our corporate relationships, involving training, volunteering, marketing, and services.
About you
We’re seeking someone with significant corporate fundraising experience and experience developing relationships with the corporate/commercial sector.
You’ll be a supportive and enterprising people leader, with a strong understanding of our challenges and how to make the most of opportunities to create new relationships with partners and think differently about what it means for a business to support a charity and social cause. You’ll have proven success in securing multiple new business opportunities – including 6 figure gifts or partnerships.
Job Description is here
What’s in it for you – our benefits
So, you want to work for us? Good choice. We like it here too. We offer competitive salaries, flexible and hybrid working to suit your needs, family-friendly policies, 28 days annual leave inclusive of wellbeing days and a matched pension contribution up to 5%. You’ll have a structured induction and ongoing projects, secondments & learning opportunities. We also have colleague-led affinity groups made up of people with shared identities.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority. We have a staff community of Mental Health First Aiders, a Health Cash Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme. You’ll have free subscriptions to Headspace (your personal guide to mindfulness, sleep, focus, movement, and more) & Perkbox (an employee benefits platform with online exercise classes). That’s not all. We listen to your ideas and have staff forum and social committee networks.
Hybrid and flexible working: We are a flexible organisation, and we embrace hybrid working – a mix of connecting in person and remotely. We’re aware that the world is changing, and we all want and need different things from our work and home lives. So, if you need to walk the dog, go to the gym, or have commitments outside of work, we’re open to talking through flexible working options that work for you and us.
Being Inclusive: We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from Disabled, BAME and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Application:
If this role sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You’ll be asked to upload your CV and provide a cover letter (2 pages maximum) tailored around your motivations for applying and your skills and experience in relation to the job outline.
This role will close for applications at midnight on 21 July.
Join us in our mission to support those in need. Together, we can make a difference.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
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Are you a proactive, compassionate and collaborative individual with a proven record of working and engaging positively with young people involved in or at risk of serious youth violence and exploitation? Do you have sound experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and have the ability to assess a client’s needs?
If so, St Giles is looking for Caseworkers to work on our pioneering SOS project where, as part of a high-performing team, you will work with both victims and perpetrators of serious youth violence, exploitation and other gang-related offences and help them to be safe, move away from offending and take positive choices.
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 assess referred clients, with reference to St Giles Trust assessment practices, offering support to up to 20 young people per year, who are identified by local partners as most at need of support. You will produce support and risk management plans based on these assessments, plus deliver a holistic support service, working independently or with colleagues as the situation dictates, which will involve providing practical guidance on areas such social and housing support, education, training and employment options, and benefits work.
We will count on you to develop and maintain strong relationships with referral and partner agencies, including police, Youth Offending Teams, Probation, local authorities and social services, while closing cases efficiently and positively, identifying a survival plan for the client that will identify agencies that can be used for on-going support is also a key aspect of this role.
What we are looking for
- To have worked on an offender-led support project, had personal experience of the criminal justice system, served a prison sentence, or still be serving a prison sentence in a prison within reach of Greater Manchester
- Experience in negotiation with partner agencies to establish links to further aims of the project
- Experience of engaging successfully with challenging people
- To have a relevant qualification to a good standard or be working towards one
- Knowledge of the local community, its projects and services available to young people
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
- A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work.
Please note this role requires an Enhanced Children with the Child Barred list checks.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan 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.
To apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.
Closing date: 11 p.m. on 09 July 2024 Interview date: 19 July 2024
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient IDVA to join our homelessness service in Kent.
£26,330.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
The role of an IDVA is to address the safety of victims and survivors at high risk of harm. IDVAs work with their customers from the point of crisis by safety planning and risk assessing using the DASH to ascertain the level of risk to the victim.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
Manage client referrals, completing Dash Risk Assessments and obtaining and maintaining all relevant paperwork.
Building supportive, trusting relationships with clients and creating a positive atmosphere.
Knowledge of the criminal justice system. Understanding of Marac protocols.
Regular attendance at Marac and completion of all Marac referrals.
Support Customers to obtain Non Molestation Orders where needed and any other civil remedies available to them.
Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities.
Attending all court and Case Management hearings with or as a representative for clients.
Supporting clients to set personalised goals in the form of a Safety and Support Plan.
Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents.
Creating a safety plan with clients.
Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes.
Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues.
Encouraging customers to attend relevant programmes when appropriate i.e Own My Life.
Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc.
Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures.
Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills.
Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Service Manager.
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
Prefers working as part of a group or team
Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
Able to apply the right balance of care and support dependant on the needs of the customer
Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
Ability to adhere to Look Ahead's professional boundaries policy
What you'll bring:
Essential:
Previous experience managing a caseload
Desirable:
IDVA qualification
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
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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!
Communications & Engagement Manager (Dotdigital Expertise) - CSSC
We are seeking a dynamic Communications & Engagement Manager to join our team and play a key role in developing and executing strategic communication plans that reach and engage our membership base. You will be responsible for fostering brand awareness, member loyalty, and increased participation in CSSC activities.
Responsibilities:
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Develop and implement a comprehensive communication strategy across various channels, including email, social media, website content, and internal communications, specifically tailored to a membership organisation like the CSSC.
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Manage and execute email marketing campaigns using Dotdigital, including design, copywriting, A/B testing, and reporting.
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Leverage marketing automation tools within Dotdigital to streamline campaign workflows and trigger personalised messages based on member behaviour and activity participation.
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Analyse campaign performance metrics (open rates, click-through rates, conversion rates) and make data-driven recommendations for optimisation, focusing on RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary Value) segmentation for targeted campaigns specific to member types or interests.
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Segment member lists based on demographics, participation history, website behaviour, and membership category to deliver highly personalised messages that encourage engagement with CSSC activities.
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Collaborate with design and marketing teams to create high-quality, engaging communication materials that resonate with a sports and leisure audience.
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Manage and maintain our customer relationship management (CRM) platform, ensuring data accuracy and segmentation for personalisation efforts tailored to member profiles.
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Lead and manage a team responsible for social media strategy and community management across various platforms. This includes content creation, scheduling, posting, and monitoring engagement metrics.
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Develop and nurture relationships with key stakeholders across the CSSC.
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Stay up-to-date on the latest communication trends and best practices in email marketing automation and personalisation, particularly within the membership organisation and sports participation landscape.
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Demonstrate a track record for innovation and development in communication strategies, implementing new and creative approaches to drive engagement and participation within a membership organisation.
Qualifications:
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3-5 years of experience in communications, marketing, or a related field, with a demonstrated understanding of membership organisations.
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Proven track record of success in developing and executing email marketing campaigns using Dotdigital (or similar platform), with a focus on automation and personalisation for a member-based audience.
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Strong writing and editing skills with the ability to craft clear, concise, and engaging content that promotes sports and leisure activities.
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Experience in social media management, including content creation, scheduling, and community engagement.
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Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data (including RFM analysis) and translate it into actionable insights specific to member engagement and participation.
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Experience with project management and the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
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Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace.
Bonus Points:
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Experience with content marketing (blogging, social media content creation) targeted towards a sports and leisure audience
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Experience with marketing automation platforms beyond Dotdigital
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Proven ability to generate creative and engaging content promoting physical activity
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Experience with data visualisation tools
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that promotes health and wellbeing through sports and leisure activities. If you are a passionate communicator with a results-oriented mindset and a love for personalisation and automation within the membership organisation space, with a strong track record for innovation.
We are a not-for-profit, membership, organisation for over 124,000 colleagues from the civil service and public sector.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Labour Behind the Label's Advocacy Lead is responsible for engaging with key stakeholders in campaigns to call for better conditions in the garment industry and pushing our message in the media. They take part in LBL’s outward facing work, delivering lobbying and campaigns, and designing actions to push brands and policy decision makers to improve conditions.
You will join Labour Behind the Label - a small but mighty garment workers' rights campaign, working as part of a global network of unions and worker rights groups on the ground in garment producing countries to improve conditions in fashion supply chains. Our workers' co-op is a flat structure organisation where you get to work alongside a small of team of colleagues to shape campaigns and directly make a difference.
Job description
Campaigns and Policy
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Design and participate in delivery of UK-wide campaigns strategies to call for better rights and conditions in clothing production facilities worldwide, alongside other staff
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Lobby companies and policy decision makers to push for corporate and legislative solutions
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Write policy reports, articles and briefings, and create campaign materials
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Organise seminars and events with brands and policy decision makers on key campaigning issues
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Organise, with team members, demonstrations and online actions for supporters to take to push brands and decision makers on key campaigning issues.
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Participate in international working groups as necessary
Communications
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Lead on press work, including representing Labour Behind the Label in the media, writing and sending press releases, logging media coverage and responding to media enquiries where relevant.
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Build LBL’s press list and relationships with journalists
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Write campaigns communications towards supporters, including online supporter mailings and updating the website regularly with new content.
Urgent Appeals (1 day)
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Work with the Clean Clothes Campaign and international partners to respond to urgent appeals
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Log ongoing cases, and liaise with partners to ensure effective strategies are built
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Lobby companies, policy decision makers, or relevant institutions about urgent appeals
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Develop and deliver mini campaigns to see resolutions to urgent appeal calls
Other Tasks
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Project and budget management
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Work with other staff to identify opportunities for grants and funding, and to report back on outputs and costs to funders as relevant
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Writing and inputting into relevant areas of the website, social media and publications
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Participate in team meetings and undertake organisational management tasks as appropriate
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting new role in the Fundraising Team. The Digital Fundraising and Engagement Manager will play a key role in enhancing the charity’s online fundraising presence, leveraging our digital channels to drive awareness of the impact, and the need to engage both existing and potential supporters in fundraising initiatives and putting the donor at the centre of what we do.
The Digital Fundraising and Engagement Manager will lead, and project manage online appeals and campaigns, sometimes alongside offline campaigns each year and will be key to improving the way the charity fundraises digitally through both fundraising and awareness.
You will help the team offer outstanding supporter care and a seamless user experience, engaging in the organisation to maximise lifetime value.
You will work closely with the Head of Fundraising, the Fundraising Team and the Communications Team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Spectra is a dynamic, London-based not-for-profit, committed to improving the well-being and choices of communities, particularly in relation to sexual health, gender identity, emotional resilience, and combating isolation. The organisation has a 30-year history of delivering to some of London's most marginalised communities, and has operated as Spectra CIC since 2012. Since 2012 we have expanded and stand now at over 40-staff with an annual turnover of circa £1.8m.
Spectra’s services are funded by local authorities, trusts and foundations and other grants and donations. Spectra have made recent investment into our fundraising capacities to support further growth and sustainability.
Spectra’s current founder and CEO is stepping down from the role after some twelve years as leader, and the Board is looking to recruit a new CEO with the energy, drive and enthusiasm to take Spectra to the next level.
Please download the CEO Recruitment Pack for details of who we are looking for and how to apply.
You will be able unequivocally to respect, support, promote and work within LGBTQ+ and the other diverse communities that Spectra serve. Applications from people with lived experience in the communities and issues we work with are encouraged.
Please submit a CV, supporting statement and Diversity Monitoring Form as per the CEO Recruitment Pack instructions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Can you make a BIG difference to children in care?
We are keen to employ THREE part-time Practitioners – TWO working daytime shifts (8am to 8.30pm) and ONE Practitioner working night shifts. (8pm to 8.30am).
Children & Young People’s Residential Practitioners
Location: Working exclusively at our all-female Children’s Home, Yvonne House, SW8 (Zone 2)
Salary: £27,400 to £29,000 pa + benefits (pro-rata)
Hours: Part-time (27hrs per week), shift work
The setting is an all-female Children’s Home for 13-to-17-year-olds. Whilst the home is stunning, modern, and purpose-built, our greatest asset is our people.
Ideal candidates will join a strong team of Practitioners who put love and kindness into everything they do.
We are passionate about learning and development and committed to providing an outstanding experience for all staff.
Part-time Practitioners work two 12-hr shifts per week. One shift Monday to Friday plus either a Saturday or a Sunday shift. You will also need to be available for meetings, training, and group thinking space – these take place on Fridays from 9.30am to 12.30pm. The total number of working hours is 27hrs per week.
Do you have?
- Some experience of working with children and/or young people - e.g. mentoring, coaching, teaching.
- Key qualities that enable good relationships – e.g. warmth, kindness, humour.
- Strong values and a commitment to inclusion.
- An ability to understand, recognise and respond appropriately to risk.
- Ambition matched with a desire for professional development.
You will collaborate on plans to support their health, education, social, and day-to-day needs including the promotion of sports, culture and arts activities and interests. This is an important and significant role in helping children, who have experienced adversity in early life, thrive and fulfil their potential.
Please note that only women are eligible to apply for the Residential Practitioner position at our all-female unit, under Section 7(2) (b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
Salary & Benefits
We believe all staff should be paid well for work that delivers excellent services and changes the lives of young people in and leaving care.
As a result we offer:
- Competitive Sector Salary (including options to flex working hours up or down) + Work Related Travel + Pension Contribution
- Generous Annual Leave - 37 Days pro-rata, including Bank Holidays.
- Wellbeing Budget (£25 per month for all staff to encourage self-care)
- Monthly wellbeing time
- Training and Support – online modules, group training and personal training budget
- Line Management and Therapeutic 1:1 Supervision, and Therapeutic Group Supervision monthly
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Apply by: As soon as possible
Interviews: Throughout June and Early July
Start Date: From late July/early August
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.
Inclusion and Equality
We are committed to embedding inclusive practices, promoting equality and valuing diversity in all of our activities. We understand and acknowledge the positive benefits that this commitment will bring to the young people we support, our staff and our partner organisations.
We are striving to be an employer of choice for all and take measures to ensure that Young Futures is attracting recruits from the most skilled and committed people regardless of their background. Whilst we can already be proud of some examples of excellent practice, we are not complacent and recognise that we can always do better.
No agencies please.
Hours: 28 – 35 hours per week (negotiable)
Purpose of the Post
To lead insight and impact of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector across Bradford District and Craven, including developing and managing the Impact and Insight function for the VCS Alliance. To ensure the work of the VCSE sector is founded on good insight and that the impact can be presented clearly to wide range of audiences across the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership system. You will work in partnership with data and intelligence colleagues in Public Health and the NHS, promoting equitable outcomes for all community members.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To lead, on behalf of the VCSE sector, and in collaboration with system partners, the development of a shared set of metrics to measure the impact of the sector’s work, particularly in taking pressure off front line health and care services.
- Lead the development and implementation of an approach to demonstrate the impact of the work of VCS partners and their contribution to reducing inequalities.
- Work in collaboration with other voluntary sector infrastructure partners and their data and insight leads to help develop a joined up and collaborative approach to impact and insights across and on behalf of the VCSE sector.
- Develop, maintain and manage good relationships with a broad range of partners including, Local Authority, NHS partners, VCSE partners.
- Gather local, national, and international insight and learning to help inform investment decisions and the evolution of the VCS Alliance and its delivery partners’ work.
- Provide insight and learning for VCS Alliance staff, and VCSE advocates across the health and care system, to help them inform, advocate, influence and/or inspire.
- Present insights to a wide range of audiences, which includes senior leaders from different sectors, for a range of purposes including informing, advocating, influencing, and inspiring.
- To work in collaboration with system partners, including ICB and public health staff, to access relevant data that be translated into insight required to demonstrate impact of the VCSA and its delivery partners and wider VCSE organisations.
- Support the monitoring, learning, evaluation of programmes for the VCS Alliance and its delivery partners.
- Produce regular reports which help demonstrate the impact and learning of the work of the VCS Alliance and its delivery partners.
- Support the continued development of insight collection methods across a variety of projects.
- Engage in insight and impact conversations on behalf of the VCS Alliance with colleagues with similar roles across the BDC ICB system and the wider VCSE sector.
- Liaise with external evaluation agencies as required, ensuring that their insight is integrated within the VCS Alliance impact and insight system.
- Assist the Operations Director in managing all aspects of GDPR on behalf of the VCS Alliance, including acting in the role of Caldicott Guardian.
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.
Special conditions
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 based at the office for at least two days per week.
Benefits
28 days annual leave per year (Pro Rata) plus bank holidays, an additional day of leave for your birthday, Employee Assistance Programme, hybrid working, workplace pension, opportunities for professional development and free office parking.
Notes
All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly. This post is subject to a 3-month probationary period and will be subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
Support Coordinator
This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke. We are looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to join our Stroke Recovery Service based in Surrey.
Position: S11185 Stroke Association Support Coordinator
Location: Home-based Surrey, however extensive travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (flexible working available)
Salary: Circa £16,043 per annum (FTE circa £26,700 per annum) (inner London weighting £2,370 per annum or outer London weighting £1,260 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: Our services are contracted, we currently have funding for this contract until 31 August 2025.
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 7 July 2024 (midnight). We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interview Date: 16 July and 17 July 2024
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
The service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, by providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes. A key part of the role will be to support service users and the delivery of the service.
Reporting to the Stroke Association Service Delivery Coach, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:
· Support new stroke survivors and their carers from hospital discharge into the community.
· Provide personalised information, advice and support.
· Support clients to make informed lifestyle changes which will help them to prevent further strokes
· Be accountable for volunteers, so experience of recruiting, training and managing volunteers would be an advantage.
· You will have excellent IT skills and demonstrate a flexible approach to your role.
About You
The post holder will have experience/background in:
· A caring profession ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities.
· Setting up and running virtual groups.
This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality to visit people at home and in community settings. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role
To fulfil the role you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further
information on the role.
Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our team. Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.
Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Social Care and Support Officer, Rehabilitation Coordinator, Volunteering Manager, Care and Support Officer, Social Care Worker, Health, Health Care, Support Worker, Care Worker, Social Care Support Worker, Residential Support Worker, Relief Support Worker, Support Worker Disabilities, Day Centre Support Worker, Rehabilitation Support Worker, Night Support Worker, Stroke Support Worker, Disability, Disability Support, Stroke.
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You have an understanding of drug, alcohol, and health related issues, and experience of working with adults in an addictions, criminal justice, housing or social care setting? All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Practitioner (Criminal Justice Outreach Worker).
Aquarius is a charity that helps people and communities overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling. We are part of ‘One Recovery Buckinghamshire’ (ORB), a partnership between Inclusion (MPFT NHS Trust), Aquarius, and Build on Belief providing support for alcohol and drug issues across Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for a Practitioner (Criminal Justice Outreach Worker) to join our team in Aylesbury.
Your challenge? To provide advice, assessments, brief and structured interventions and group programmes. As a Practitioner (Criminal Justice Outreach Worker) in this role you will be the initial contact for referrals into the service from the courts and probation for clients who are being considered for a community sentence treatment requirement, conducting initial assessments via telephone, face to face and offering relevant and appropriate advice, harm minimisation, family interventions risk assessment and management, actioning onward referrals to partner agencies. Facilitating comprehensive assessments and interventions for people who are attending court or have recently been released from prison to encourage engagement in services. You will also be required to manage a caseload.
An energetic and confident self-starter, you have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we’ll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care. As well as good knowledge of alcohol/drug and health related issues, you're used to liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and comfortable engaging with clients in a variety of service delivery settings. You will also have the ability to collaborate and work professionally with service users, families and external agencies to provide a service which maximises outcomes for service users. What’s more, you have a flexible approach, a commitment to the principles of confidentiality and excellent record keeping and Microsoft Office.
This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post holder to work 37 hours per week.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
To apply please submit a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.
Aquarius was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship, with both organisations being part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. On 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. At the same time, Aquarius became a subsidiary of Humankind, with no impact to terms and conditions of employment. In October 2024, Humankind will be renamed to reflect the new organisation, of which Aquarius will remain a subsidiary.
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Mental Health Support Worker
We are looking to recruit a very motivated and able individual, who will appreciate the exciting opportunity, to work with a variety of clients supporting them with their mental health.
Full-time and bank posts are available.
Position: Safe Harbour Non-Clinical Support Worker
Location: Epsom
Hours: 37 hrs. The service is open 8.45am-6pm, 365 days of the year. Full time staff will be part of the team covering the service’s needs. Bank staff will work casual shift/hours.
Salary: £30,300 per annum pro rata
Contract: Full Time and Bank Posts. Initially a 12-month Fixed Term Contract (for full time role) Bank posts, casual shifts/hours, initial 12-month Pilot
Benefits: Pension, Employee Assistance Programme, 25 days a year holiday and Bank Holidays
Closing date: 22nd July 2024. Interviews are being scheduled as people apply.
The Role
The Safe Harbour Practitioner will be required to coordinate and lead on activities and groups and carry out one to one sessions for people using the service both face to face, online, and by telephone. Bank staff will cover sickness, annual leave etc with no commitment to accept shifts offered.
The Safe Harbour Pilot is a 12-month Pilot in response to the rise in need and pressures across the mental health system. By creating greater capacity across the pathway and providing an additional day time resource where, a non-clinical model is best placed to meet the holistic needs of people, and support them to avoid escalation, manage and prevent crisis, better manage their mental health, stabilise, and build resilience. The service will be staffed 7 days a week, 365 days a year, by third sector non-clinical mental health practitioners.
This is not a front-line crisis service but works with those not requiring clinical crisis intervention or hospitalisation to build resilience with a focus on preventative work.
Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with clients face-to-face, to support their mental health.
- Establish and maintain a strong and positive rapport with clients of the Safe Harbour.
- Develop a vibrant programme of support.
- Motivate people attending groups, and other support sessions.
- Support the manager in the day-to-day management of the service.
- Work with external agencies to develop a programme of activities.
- Motivate and support people attending groups, and other support sessions.
- Complete all tasks related to set up, including planning initial meetings, calendar updates and rotas.
- Accept and process initial referrals and implement individual monitoring tools (Recovery Star).
- Complete risk assessments as required (including client risk).
- Monitor and evaluate activities and provide data for our funders and trustees.
- Conduct ongoing evaluation of the programmes and services and implement improvements as necessary.
- Some remote and offsite working.
About You
You will have experience of working in mental health, wellbeing, behaviour change work with adults, or similar role along with the ability to travel and work flexibly.
We welcome applicants with lived experience through directly using health and social care services or supporting someone that has or does.
You will be asked to submit a CV and supporting statement detailing how you meet the specification’ as part of the process.
About the Organisation
The charity is a mental health and emotional wellbeing charity, supporting Surrey residents since 1994 in Banstead, Elmbridge, Epsom & Ewell and Mole Valley.
Offering a variety of face-to-face and online services, available to adults (aged 16+) living in Surrey who would like to restore and/or maintain their mental and emotional wellbeing (no diagnosis needed), the services are free of charge, with no waiting list and no time limit.
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, and the successful completion of a probationary period.
You may also have experience in areas such as Mental Health, Mental Health Support Worker, Support Worker, Outreach Worker, Mental Health Outreach Worker, Mental Health Worker, Mental Health Case Worker, Community Mental Health Support. #INDNFP
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Are you a proactive, compassionate and collaborative individual with a proven record of engaging positively with young people, families, offenders, or other vulnerable groups? Do you have strong experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and the ability to assess clients’ needs?
If so, join St Giles as a Key Worker, where you will play an integral part in the new specialist multi-agency and multi-disciplinary Young Persons Team in Wolverhampton, providing a high-level service to vulnerable or at-risk young people (11-25) and their families across the different levels of need and support, from early help to children and young people in care.
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 this key role
As a proactive member of the multi-disciplinary team, our successful candidate will share best practice with other team members in relation to approaches and strategies to support and engage young people and their families to achieve best outcomes, plus work collaboratively to develop plans of support and promote programmes of social education, activities, support, advice, and information, using a range of multi-sensory methods.
We will count on you to build positive relationships and promote the value of lifestyle changes to the client group and their families and to ensure that the voice of the child and young person remains central to their support and that they are proactively encouraged to build and contribute to their own programmes. You will contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments of children and families in need of support and provide both proactive planned programmes of support and an intensive service which will include interventions to support emotional wellbeing and health and substance misuse; creative arts activities; support responding risks of criminal, gang and/or sexual exploitation; mentoring; and sports activities. Maintaining accurate records of support and interventions is also a key duty.
What we are looking for
- Experience of engaging successfully with challenging people
- Experience in negotiating with partner agencies to establish links to further the aims of the project
- Experience of working to targets and recording information for performance monitoring
- An understanding of the client group and the challenges and motivations of young people
- Sound knowledge of using monitoring systems to record all aspects of the project
- Able to recognise the signs of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and take appropriate action
- Ability to set up and operate systems to monitor and report on work
- Excellent IT, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
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.
Successful candidates must undergo an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS check, on the basis that the post involves contact with vulnerable participants.
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.
To apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button. Previous applicants need not re-apply.
Closing date: 09th July /2024, 11:00pmInterview date:17th July 2024
Head of Community Services
Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to lead a team where you can work with like-minded people to make a difference in the lives of some of the most vulnerable children in care? Would you like to be part of the Care Management team for a forward-thinking charity? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Position: Head of Community Services
Location: Norwich, Norfolk (with home working, mileage paid from your nearest service)
Job type: Permanent / Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £52,690 - £59,686 (with the maximum rate based on post-appointment performance)
Closing Date: 7th July 2024 at 23:59pm
About the Role
You will be taking on the line management of our community services, which currently includes our fostering service, our leaving care service and our internal staffing agency (Mobile Team) but this may be subject to change in the future.
As the Head of Community Services, you will:
- Provide strategic and operational leadership, acting as the RI if relevant, ensuring the quality of services.
- Develop and shape the services as part of the Care portfolio
- Act as the community services lead within the Care division, working alongside the other Heads of Service
- Contribute to the development of the wider care services strategy and delivery
- Ensure that all legal, contractual, safeguarding, regulatory and care standards and requirements are adhered to on a continuous improvement basis
- To be a constructive, committed and active member of the Break leadership team
About you:
Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to join a team where you can work with like-minded people to really make a difference in the lives of children and young people who are in care and leaving care? Do you believe that by co-producing services, valuing and trusting your team and being aspirational help get the best outcomes? Do you like the idea of working for a vibrant local voluntary organisation where you can really have an impact and help shape the vision for care and leaving care services? Would you like to be part of the leadership team for our forward-thinking charity? If so, we would love to hear from you!
To perform well in this role, you’ll need:
- Minimum of 2 years experience at a management level in a care services environment, ideally managing managers
- Working with Children, young people and families, ideally with experience in disability services
- Presenting complex reports and updates to audiences ranging from young people to the Board of Trustees
- Experience working in an environment with multiple stakeholders
- Experience working to pre-defined timelines and outcome targets
- The planning, monitoring, adapting and evaluating of projects including using co-production
- Working with a range of outcomes measurement tools
In your role, you’ll have access to the following benefits:
- A “golden hello” scheme welcoming you to our services, with £500 paid to you one month after your start date and a second £500 at the six-month mark, depending on eligibility to scheme. (Candidates referred to Break via a recruitment agency are not eligible).
- An excellent relocation package
- Excellent annual leave package, including additional service-related holiday from 2 years
- Company-funded medical cash plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Access to a wealth of training and learning opportunities including the opportunity to enhance your professional development through funded level 7 courses.
- Access to the Blue Light benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across a range of shops, venues and services (your membership fee will be reimbursed)
- Access to multiple wellbeing initiatives
- Pension salary sacrifice
- The opportunity to influence Break’s strategy and direction as a member of the Executive and Leadership Teams.
- Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.
- And so much more
The first interview will be a Safe Care/Warner-style interview. Selected candidates will then be expected to attend a formal interview, including a young people’s panel.
To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.
About the organisation
The employer is a forward-thinking non-profit organisation that has delivered unique support for young people across East Anglia for over fifty years. Co-production with staff, young people and families is at the very heart of everything they do. They have a range of residential services, a family assessment centre, a fostering agency, Staying Close, Staying Connected and services for disabled children and their families. As a trauma-informed organisation, all their young people and employees are supported by their highly skilled therapeutic team - and their lifelong offer means that even when young people leave their care, they will always be there for them.
With low staff turnover and vacancy rates, they have over 90% good and outstanding gradings across their services and deliver great outcomes for our young people. Our ambition is to grow and build even further - creating an environment where people can develop their talent and see the difference they make. You could be part of this.
You may have experience in roles such as Leadership, Children, Children in Care, Children’s Care Services, Care Head, Head of Service, Head of Care, Care, Children’s Social Care etc. #INDSCP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by Social Care People on behalf of the organisation.