Application deadline:  21st November 2020

Potential Interview Dates: 25th November 2020 & 1st December 2020

Here at Mercy UK we have a passion for God, passion for people and passion for excellence – this means we are committed to becoming an organisation where team members feel supported, valued and challenged to deepen their personal and professional growth. As an agile and fast-moving team, we seek to give our very best to what we do in attitude and activity.

As the HR Advisor, you are passionate about working with people and building relationships and educating, equipping and empowering individuals and teams to recognise their potential and thrive within their working environment. You empower others to work at their creative best and bring leadership and guidance in delivering HR support across the staff teams throughout Mercy UK.

You have an eye for detail and the stomach for change; your professional excellence underpins the effective development and ethical implementation of policies, all which create a culture through which our core values are evident at every level.  Your passion for people along with your experience and insight into HR, means you are a key voice into creating an outstanding employee experience, where God comes first.

Through innovative and creative development of employee engagement opportunities, you create access for all our teams to become part of our story of restoring hope and transforming lives.

Job Description:

The post will include but is not limited to:

• Bringing support, direction and opportunities of growth and learning in your management of the HR Administrator, and together, delivering HR services to the highest possible standards
• Working innovatively under the direction of the Director of Operations to identify areas of improvement and to develop and roll-out changes
• Coordinating our safer recruitment strategies, ensuring all relevant DBS checks are carried out and staying informed of changes in safer recruitment practice.
• Raising Mercy UK’s employer profile within the Christian community to attract the best possible talent
• Maintaining oversight of end to end recruitment, onboarding and induction processes to ensure an outstanding employee experience from beginning to end
• Managing our payroll and pension processes to ensure excellence and efficiency
• Contributing to the management and analysis of our income and expenditure in relation to HR and contributing to the financial forecasting, planning and monitoring of costs
• Monitoring and analysing metrics, KPIs and strategic enquiry relating to HR and producing reports to demonstrate results, key learnings and recommendations.
• Educating and equipping our managers and wider staff team, through your enthusiastic and informative training on key policies, processes and working practices.
• Equipping and empowering managers to effectively, efficiently and ethically manage their teams, ensuring that team members have access to personal and professional development plans.
• Providing guidance, advice and coaching to managers in resolving challenging employee relations matters, including investigations and appeals in processes such as, but not limited to, disciplinary, grievance, capability and performance management.
• Ensuring that employee data is processed in line with relevant regulatory requirements, consulting as required with the Data Protection Lead, the Operations Director
• Promoting understanding of health and safety across the team and serving as the Health & Safety Officer for the Cornerstone building
• Ensuring regulatory compliance and excellent execution of our HR responsibilities and providing guidance and accountability in the planning and implementation of our HR plans.
• Presenting the vision and mission of Mercy UK and being willing to deliver training to Christian audiences of all denominations and backgrounds as well as bringing an example of healthy Christian leadership in line with Mercy UK’s statement of faith and lifestyle policies.
• Remaining discerning, innovative and open to change, offering your skills and support across the charity, as needed.
• Undertake continued training, be an active participant and show commitment to personal and spiritual development.
• Adhere to ethical practice, strict confidentiality, disclosure and safeguarding policies and use discretion at all times.

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and motivated Coordinator who will oversee and develop the Take a Break (TAB) short breaks service for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Even during the Coronavirus pandemic, TAB has maintained a trusted and well regarded service for children and families and we believe that it will continue to thrive once pandemic restrictions are lifted.

TAB offers school holiday camps as well as individual and small group activities throughout the year. TAB is the children and young people’s operation of Barnet Mencap’s Short Breaks service. This role would suit someone with a background in sports, arts and crafts, or drama and dance with experience of working with children with learning disabilities; someone who enjoys a fast-paced environment and has a real drive for children’s activities. The role will be both administrative and active, based in Hendon and across the London Borough of Barnet.

In this role you will oversee the operational excellence of our camps and clubs as well developing the year-round community-based children’s service. You will ensure that services are delivered in line with company and Care Quality Commission requirements, and will achieve business performance targets.  

Take a Break work will require working in early mornings, evenings, weekends and school holidays as well as during regular office hours.

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application for work with children and adults

We are looking for candidates with a background in children’s activities, children’s sport, arts, drama and childcare who hold a relevant level 4 qualification or above, or who are working towards such a qualification.

We are looking for someone with the following skills and abilities:

• To communicate effectively and to inspire confidence and motivate children and young people aged up to 25 of all abilities;
• To demonstrate perseverance, patience and flexibility;
• To react calmly, quickly and effectively in emergency situations;
• To demonstrate excellent planning and time management, working within tight budgets;
• To communicate effectively with parents, carers, teachers and professionals from other agencies;
• To be able to lead, coach and develop a team of support workers
• Good IT and administration skills.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assess the needs of potential clients of the TAB short break project

• Ensure that individual care plans are implemented and monitored by Support Workers for each child or young person's short stay or support session

• Promote the value and respect for individuals’ rights and needs; giving opportunities to make choices; giving opportunities to gain life skills and to develop relationships; and to be involved in non-segregated activities in the community
• Keeping children and young people safe, and keeping safeguarding at the front of all our work by identifying and resolving any potential issues and working with other colleagues and agencies
• Plan and carry out all TAB work in a person-centred way
• Ensure that the project is sensitive to and meets the cultural needs of individuals. Establish and develop links with parents, carers and relatives in order to provide sensitive services.
• Develop flexible services which respond to the needs of the clients and parents and carers 
• Ensure a high standard of medical care is given to those clients with health issues and eating difficulties, e.g. epilepsy, asthma etc.

OFFICE SKILLS

• Assist the Registered Manager to co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the Take a Break project to include planning community support sessions, group work and activity programmes with appropriate staff rotas in place
• Maintain effective communication systems including effective short break booking systems and dealing with related telephone calls, emails etc.
• Have good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft packages including cloud-based systems
• Maintain accurate records in accordance with GDPR and Data Protection requirements
• Keep records and implement documentation as required by the CQC
• Attend reviews and other meetings as appropriate
• Assist with regular quality audits for Barnet Mencap and our commissioners.

STAFF MANAGEMENT

• Positively promote teamwork and lead in team building sessions for TAB staff
• Assist in the recruitment and selection of support staff in conjunction with the Manager and Chief Executive
• Maintain effective supervision communication systems including written procedures and handover notes to maintain continuity of care
• Assist in implementing inductions for new staff
• Offer regular supervision to staff which is of a high professional standard and quality
• Carry out quality appraisals yearly with six-month reviews
• Identify staff training needs

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Maintain and monitor budgets ensuring the systems operate within budget and in conjunction with Barnet Mencap's procedures.  Suggest improvements to systems and highlight any issues to the Manager.
• Take responsibility for TAB budgets in the absence of the Manager, e.g. Petty Cash

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Ensure that high standards of health and safety are maintained and that procedures are reviewed and followed
• Contribute to developing in-house procedures, e.g. risk assessments and lifting & handling assessments
• Have a willingness to take controlled risks, and to be adventurous, but managing those risks carefully.
• Ensure that a high standard of food is served when appropriate, and that food hygiene regulations are adhered to when food is prepared by TAB staff
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by means of reading literature and journals etc.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Actively promote equal opportunities policies and anti-discriminatory practices

PROMOTION OF SERVICE

Develop links with the community and other organisations to promote positive images of people with learning disabilities including utilising Barnet Mencap’s social media platforms.

It is expected that the post holder will perform the role in a way that furthers the values of the organisation with reference to equal access and opportunity and the high quality of service provided.

FLEXIBILITY

In order to deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is needed and the postholder may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above and be required to change shifts in response to the needs of the service.  Such duties, however, will fall within the scope of the post, at the appropriate grade.

GENERAL

The duties and responsibilities of this post may change over a period of time.  Only significant additional duties or responsibilities as required by the Chief Executive will render the post for re­-evaluation.

To apply, please fill in our Application form or send us your CV with a covering letter exaplining how you meet the criteria in our Person Specification. For more details, head to the Jobs page on our website.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS COORDINATOR (YOUTH AND SAFEGUARDING)

ST JOHN INTERNATIONAL

From £30K Up to £32K depending on experience + 11% pension contribution

The Order of St John (also known as St John International) is a prestigious chivalric organisation with a rich history and is an international development Charity. It aims to support its members and its establishments around the world in delivering first aid and health care services in more than 35 countries. The International Office of the Order is a small but busy organisation that serves as the secretariat for the global organisation and is on the cusp of expansion. It is looking for an experienced International Networks Coordinator. This is a mid-level role in the organisation, with real scope to help shape and drive change in a global organisation that reaches and engages millions of people every year.

 St John International is currently undertaking a Strategy Review and the post holder will take an active part, both in the Review and developing their own job specification.  The organisation’s role, as the international secretariat, is to provide services that enable linking up and synergy to develop between all 40 of the organisations within the family of St John, while encouraging a movement towards internationally consistent standards in all areas of organisational delivery. Functions of St John International in line with this include facilitating the development of thematic working groups to build consensus for subsequent action across all organisations.

The post holder will need to be comfortable in a role that involves considerable network building, developing consensus among peers, and using that consensus to define and enable further actions. The role would suit someone who is able to build strong peer relationships among thematic groups and able to guide a working group towards delivery of their purpose. It requires an ability to provide absolute clarity in communications and decisions, along with a willingness to hold peers to a deadline or agreement. 

This role is orientated around two specific themes of Youth involvement in governance and building a world class safeguarding system in all St John organisations. It will be necessary, however, for the post holder to recognise that these themes will evolve over time, and they could be called upon to address other themes in the same facilitation role.

This role is chiefly facilitating two developing areas of the Order of St John: The International Youth Advisory Network (40%) and development and implementation of an Order safeguarding strategy (40%). The remaining time will be involved in other network functions, such as supporting an international community of practice that is identifying good practice in volunteer management. (20%)

Although still developing in structure, aid and support for many of our smaller organisations around the world will come from the larger St John organisations based in the region.  The post holder may be required to work closely with the regional leads, linking their work with the requirements of the International Office.

International Youth Advisory network (IYAN): Facilitate the meetings of the IYAN group as per the IYAN ToR, and coordinate support discussions with youth staff managers to enable IYAN. Assist IYAN members to understand their role and encourage development of a vocal and empowered IYAN cohort.

Methods:

1. Provide a secure online space for IYAN members to use. Respond to IYAN opinion and needs in development of this space and ensure that all members are fully able to use it.
2. Develop an IYAN culture and infrastructure that is youth friendly and responsive to young people’s needs, to encourage participation.
3. Encourage discussion, remind members of deadlines, prompt engagement where necessary
4. Provide access to information as requested by IYAN members (consulting with Head of development if necessary)
5. Ensure IYAN members remain true to their purpose as described in the ToR.
6. Provide a secretarial role to IYAN as necessary, although encourage members to create their own material and minutes as much as possible.
7. Relay questions about strategy development from IEM to IYAN, and vice versa
8. Assist IYAN in producing formal documents that clarify the support that IYAN needs from staff (in the event of further youth consultation for instance)
9. Assist IYAN in delivery of their purpose in any other way
10. Coordinate peer meetings of priory youth management staff meetings, to ensure they are aware of IYAN’s discussions, and that they are prepared to assist IYAN members in delivering their purpose.
11. Facilitate IYAN in putting members forward to join other governance committees of the Order and ensure those members are adequately aware of the issues and discussions to be able to contribute meaningfully.

Safeguarding: Coordinate delivery of a safeguarding strategy for the Order, including management of a consultant to provide an indicative baseline assessment of the Order’s current situation and roadmap for improvement. Ensure that the Order strategy adequately responds to the risk from poor safeguarding, and that resources necessary to provide a world class safeguarding strategy are planned and ultimately put in place for the Order.

Methods:

1. Advocate and discuss the strategy for safeguarding development across the Order with all Priories and regional management teams. Build awareness and adherence to the strategy means and method.
2. Manage an internationally experienced safeguarding consultant, able to understand the complexities of safeguarding in international organisations that work in LMICs. The consultant should:
   1. Conduct baseline assessment of safeguarding policies, procedures and culture in at least 1 Priory and 1 Association.
   2. Provide a presentation to the trustees of the Order that highlight the current status of the Order’s safeguarding risk, the requirements and responsibilities of the trustees from a legal and moral standpoint
   3. Develop a roadmap for the improvement of safeguarding to a world class system in all of the Order’s establishments
3. Build consensus among all Priories for the safeguarding roadmap, or a variation of it. Ensure the actions identified within it are resourced and built into the Order development strategy
4. Lead in the development of any secretariat functions with regards to the agreed safeguarding strategy

Volunteer Management Community of Practice: The Order has engaged several staff managers from around the world in an effective community of practice (CoP) that discusses the subject of Volunteer management. The post holder will be required to support the continuation of this CoP

Methods:

1. Schedule and communicate with all CoP members about next meetings
2. Facilitate a rotating chair to create lively and engaging discussion around preferred issues
3. Document discussions, identifying good practice, ideas, areas requiring research, etc.

An ideal applicant would have experience in:

1. Managing a support function for an international organisation or network of organisations.
2. Working to facilitate disparate groups of people around the world to come together with a shared understanding of purpose
3. Driving committees towards clarity of decisions and purpose and holding them accountable.
4. Working with and to empower young people, particularly working with them to encourage their involvement in governance type roles.
5. Managing consultants in a timely and effective manner.
6. Using a baseline survey to evidence needs and developing costed action plans to address those needs.
7. Working successfully in a variety of countries and cultures, particularly the LMIC’s within the commonwealth.

Along with technical knowledge of:

1. Safeguarding in organisations, especially those working in resource poor settings.
2. Using digital applications to facilitate collaboration, particularly MS Teams
3. Consultancy contract management

The role will have an expected element of travel, including to LMIC countries from time to time. It is estimated that this will not exceed 6 weeks a year. The global reach of St John means that the post holder will occasionally be required to be flexible with working hours to match different time zones.

The Order of St John are committed to increasing diversity in the workplace and across our practices. Applications from all minority ethnic or under-represented groups will be very welcome.

To apply, please send a CV and a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience and skills and providing your current salary.

Applications will be accepted until 1700hrs on Friday 30 0ctober 2020.

INTERVIEWS:

Video interviews will take place on 4-5 November 2020.

Face to Face interviews will take place on Thursday12 November (subject to Covid19 restrictions)

About us

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at a leading Hospice who aspires to a world in which all dying people and those close to them have access to care and support, whenever and wherever they need it. St Christopher’s Hospice was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders and formed part of the modern hospice movement. Proudly celebrating over 50 years and with a turnover of over £20 million, we provide invaluable care and support to over 7,500 people across the five London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.

Your new role

We are seeking to appoint a Spiritual Care Coordinator to join our team on a Fixed Term Contract until August 31st 2021. The post holder will work autonomously and have the support of the Deputy Manager of Patient and Family Services in the delivery of religious, pastoral and spiritual care to patients and their family members and carers. You will be responsible for ensuring that the profile of Spiritual Care is maintained throughout the organisation and in the community. The role encompasses an awareness of faith based and broad spiritual needs at the end of life.

To succeed in this role

You will have the ability to build relationships with faith leaders in the community who work within the hospice catchment area. You will be skilled at working on your own initiative to create rites of passage congruent to your own religious group and other occasional offices for patients reaching the end of life. Possessing knowledge of rituals for people of faith at the end of life is essential for this role.

If this sounds like you, we will be excited to hear from you.

Benefits of joining St Christopher’s

• You will gain a stimulating and rewarding role with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community
• Access to excellent training and development opportunities
• A number of health and wellbeing schemes
• A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan
• Access to plenty of free local street parking.

Closing Date:  27th October 2020 at Midnight

TLG is a rapidly growing charity seeking an excellent administrator to provide key support to our Bradford based HR, People & Culture team. This role will work closely with TLG’s HR Advisors, requiring someone with a desire for detail and accuracy across a number of crucial areas and the ability to handle confidential information with sensitivity.

The role will lead on key administrative processes across the HR function, including staff records, safeguarding checks, and assisting the team with recruitment administration. Furthermore, the postholder will play an essential role in data reporting and payroll processes, so we are looking for someone with a strong eye for detail. You will be joining the team at an exciting time where we’re implementing a new HR system, so we’re looking for someone who thrives in providing operational excellence and setting up logical processes to ensure the system is used to its full potential. The successful person will need to be comfortable handling a wide range of different administrative duties and be able to meet multiple demands and responsibilities.

This is a unique opportunity for someone with a strong passion for administration and organisational skills. With high capacity, proactive instinct and excellent communication skills, the HR Admin & Systems Coordinator will need to be comfortable handling a wide range of administrative duties and be able to meet multiple demands and responsibilities. The role may also provide opportunities to offer administrative support to different teams within TLG as they help to shape how TLG operate and function.

 We are looking for individuals who have a strong and vibrant Christian faith. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.

We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

Initial interviews will take place on Monday 2nd or Tuesday 3rd November 2020, with final interviews week commencing Monday 9th November 2020.

The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) is a Charity and Company Limited by guarantee and is the representative body for Directors of Public Health (DPH) in the UK.

It seeks to improve and protect the health of the population through collating and presenting the views of DsPH; advising on public health policy and legislation at a local, regional, national and international level; facilitating a support network for DsPH; and providing opportunities for DsPH to develop professional practice.

The Association has a rich heritage, its origins dating back more than 160 years. It is a collaborative organisation working in partnership with others to maximise the voice for public health. 

We are now looking to employ two additional staff members to the full-time, permanent position of  Project Administrator.

The successful candidates will be responsible for the administration, delivery and evaluation of the Association’s events, including membership workshops and masterclasses, and arranging and minuting meetings with members and key stakeholders, all to tight deadlines. They will therefore be required to be pro-active with exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills, a keen attention to detail, and have experience of working independently in an administrative role. As current conditions dictate that the majority of these events and meetings are carried out remotely, candidates must be able to illustrate an understanding of the challenges involved in administering webinars and online meetings, and provide examples of experience in meeting these.

The roles responsibilities will also include the preparation and dissemination of the Association’s newsletters and induction of new members and as such will require the accurate maintenance of records and regular correspondence both internally across the teams and externally with members. Candidates are therefore required to have a strong background in Microsoft Office and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Working across the organisation’s Policy, Membership Engagement and Communications teams, the roles will serve as an excellent introduction to the work of the Association and its members, and the wider role of Public Health in society. Consequently, both candidate and Association will benefit from an enthusiasm for professional development, flexibility and a willingness to learn.

Our staff are all working remotely at present and help in meeting the challenges of this situation, in particular those specific to starting in a new role, will be provided by a supportive and committed team. Interviews will be carried out online so candidates selected for these must have a reliable and secure internet connection.

Applicants are requested to apply with a copy of their current CV, together with a covering letter detailing their suitability for the role.  

About us...

At the Together Trust we believe everybody deserves an equal chance in life. There are no exceptions. We provide a wide range of support services including fostering, residential, community and family support. We also provide specialist educational support through our schools and colleges.

At our Specialist Day Provision in the Stockport area, we are committed to supporting adults to live happy, safe and fulfilling lives. We provide person-centred, creative, fun and professional support services to adults, providing them with opportunities to develop their social lives, building new interests and confidence.

We support them to achieve their goals through actively implementing plans that support the development of communication skills, enable independence and build meaningful community integration and leisure opportunities.

As our community support worker, you will…

Working alongside our existing team, you will offer a diverse range of exciting and varied activities for people aged 18+. The work you deliver will be based on a person centred framework and will focus on developing community integration and independence skills in order to help reduce barriers. Facilitating socialisation and developing meaningful relationships is a key element to the role.

As a community support worker you will be actively involved in supporting individuals to live a full and active life. You will do this by ensuring that you and the team around the person do all you can to deliver the agreed plans. You will play an important role, alongside your line manager and senior managers, to ensure that the team functions effectively and is supported through the attendance of productive team meetings and 1-1 supervision sessions.

Community Support Workers play a key role in developing relationships between the person supported, other important individuals in their lives and the Trust. You will also be expected to work closely with any family and professionals involved in the individuals care and ensure that needs and interventions are explored and acted on within your remit.

This is a dual contract role. 26 hours based within a learning environment and 6.5 hours based in the community.

About you...

Experience is preferable but is not essential, we pride ourselves on staff development and offer an outstanding training package and induction into the organisation. We are looking for people who have a genuine interest and motivation in working for the people we support.

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

Social Inclusion Project Worker
Grade & Salary: WM5 SCP22 £24,218 per annum (£9,687 pro rata)
Hours of Work: 15 hours per week

Mind Brent, Wandsworth & Westminster are seeking a suitably experienced Social Inclusion Project Worker to join the team at the Tooting Wellbeing Hub.  Your role will be to work with service users providing support and identifying, through regular support planning meetings, goals and ways of achieving them evidencing on VIEWS database. 

You will be responsible, as part of our group and outreach programme, to facilitate groups to individuals and reporting on group outcomes and achievements quarterly. In addition, you will collect and report on data, measuring outcomes using the Mental Health Warwick Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale and other appropriate measuring tools.  You will develop good working relationship with external agencies together with attending external meetings.

Application Deadline: 11.00am on Monday 26th October 2020

Interviews: Friday 6nd November 2020

About the Together Trust

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

Job advert

We now have an opportunity for a Community Support Worker to join one of our teams.You would be working at a small and well established supported tenancy in Salford, close to the Trafford Centre. The service supports two young men, with complex non-verbal autism, to live as independently as possible; both at home and in the community. The service is committed to improving quality of life outcomes for tenants, with a particular focus on developing confidence, functional skills teaching, and increasing levels of engagement. We are looking to recruit a flexible and committed individual who is warm, personable and understanding.

Experience of using picture supports is advantageous but not essential as robust coaching will be available. Drivers are also highly preferred due to the individual needs of the tenants.

As our community support worker, you will…

As a community support worker you will be actively involved in supporting individuals to live a full and active life. You will do this by ensuring that you and the team around the person do all you can to deliver the agreed plans. You will play an important role, alongside your line manager and senior managers, to ensure that the team functions effectively and is supported through the attendance of productive team meetings and 1-1 supervision sessions.

Community Support Workers play a key role in developing relationships between the person supported, other important individuals in their lives and the Trust. You will also be expected to work closely with any family and professionals involved in the individuals care and ensure that needs and interventions are explored and acted on within your remit.

It is expected that you will support the individual to access appointments, formal reviews and planning of the care and support provided. You will work within a person centred framework within the service so that the individual/s supported can develop control of their lives and resources in a meaningful and empowering way. For example, empowering and teaching individual to use budgeting systems, assisting in detailed self-care plans and building independence skills in the least restrictive way.

As a Support Worker you will be expected to work on shift, administer medication, ensure good routines are in place and are undertaken to maintain the individual’s well-being. This role will extend to undertaking frequent checks linked to health and safety and daily/weekly recording systems, and implementing simple data systems to ensure that the whole service is performing in line with agreed plans, best practice and the Trusts standards.

About you...

Experience is preferable but is not essential, we pride ourselves on staff development and offer an outstanding training package and induction into the organisation. We’re looking for people who have a genuine interest and drive in working for the people we support.

As the team provide 24/7 support, you will need to be flexible and willing to work shifts on a rota basis over a day 7 period, due to the nature of this role you will be required to take part in sleep over shifts, these are paid in addition to the 37.5 hours at a rate of £62.64 and are not included in the 37.5 hours advertised.

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.

• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

Community Development Worker (Male) – Men’s Mental Health

Hours:  37 (5 days) per week

Contract: 3 years (fixed term)

Salary : £21,757 - £23,800

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and complex needs.  Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

The Men’s Mental Health project will work with communities across Somerset to raise awareness of men’s mental health in the community. It will also create spaces for men to talk about their own mental health and facilitate access to local services and networks, including Open Mental Health provision.

This exciting new role will empower and support individuals and organisations to take action to support men’s mental health and suicide prevention. Reflecting the principles of asset-based community development, it will work with community partners to develop targeted provision, community events and online engagement activities to raise local awareness of mental health and support services.

About You

We are looking for an experienced male community development worker, with experience of working with people with mental health and complex needs. You will need to be a confident communicator and facilitator, who thrives in a collaborative environment and is able to engage a wide range of stakeholders.

Due to the specific requirements of this role, this post is exempt under the Equality Act (2010), Part 1, Schedule 9 (Genuine Occupational Requirement).

For more information on the role and person specification please see the Role Profile attached to this advert. To open the Role Profile please click on ‘1 Document available’ at the top of the screen.

Closing date: 3rd November 2020 (midnight)

Interview date: 17th November 2020

For more information and to apply please see our website. Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of using mental health services.

TLG Volunteer Programmes are available for churches who have a heart for the struggling children and families in their communities. For Early Intervention, we train, equip and support volunteers to coach children for an hour a week in school. For Make Lunch, we train and support volunteers to provide nutritious meals and activities during the school holidays.

The TLG Regional Leader role offers a unique opportunity to manage a cluster of Early Intervention Centres and Make Lunch clubs within the Greater London area of England. The ideal candidate will be a very organised, strong relationship builder with a vibrant Christian faith.

This key role involves training, leading and supporting new and established TLG Early Intervention and Make Lunch Programmes, working mainly with the Volunteer Coordinators who are leading their team of volunteers. The Regional Leader will be required to support progress against set key performance indicators to ensure the best possible support is given for thriving programmes.

The communities we serve are many and varied and we are committed to ensuring that our employees are able to understand and meet the needs of these communities. In London, we are particularly wishing to reach out to black majority and multi ethnic background churches so the person we are looking for will have deep understanding and possibly a lived experience of the issues that these communities face.

TLG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and their families and expects all staff including volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

TLG particularly encourage applications from black and ethnic minority candidates as these groups are underrepresented within this type of role, and to enable us to better reflect and meet the needs of the communities we serve.

The deadline for applications is 5.00pm on Monday 23rd  November 2020.

Location: Greater London, currently covering postcode areas: WD, HA, UB, NW, W, WC, SW, TW, KT, SM, CR, SE, BR, EC, E N, EN, IG, RM and DA.

Salary: £14,413-£15,864 (FTE £24,022 - £26,441) (+ London Weighting where appropriate)

Hours: 22.50 hours (3 days) per week. Specific days to be agreed

Reporting to: TLG Volunteer Programmes Network Support Manager

Please note that while being home-based, the role will require you to travel. You will also be expected to attend events and meetings during the year as well as visits to our National Support office in West Yorkshire.

Job Title: Programme Manager
Hours: Full time, flexible options available
Salary: £34,044 including London Weighting
Contract: Permanent
Based: London, currently working remotely

The Living Wage Foundation was launched in 2011 by Citizens UK to tackle in-work poverty and ensure that workers earn enough to live on and participate in family and community life. Citizens UK is the home of community organising with diverse civil society alliances set up to develop leaders to work on the issues that matter to them, such as the Living Wage. Other projects include PACT (Parents and the Community Together) and Sponsor Refugees to add depth to the impact of Citizens UK’s work.

The Living Wage is a movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The real Living Wage is an independently-calculated hourly rate based on the cost of living and announced each November during Living Wage Week, our annual celebration of a growing network of nearly 7,000 Living Wage Employers.

The Living Wage Foundation celebrates employers that voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation scheme that recognises a long-term commitment to fair pay and has secured pay rises for 250,000 low paid workers.

The Living Wage Foundation has an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as a Programme Manager. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual with the ability to build relationships with employers to grow the Living Wage network, to develop projects that will grow our accreditations schemes and proactively influence change.

• Build and manage relationships with employers to support them to pay the real Living Wage and seek accreditation.
• Create, develop and employ the tools and knowledge available to inform and advise employers on implementing the Living Wage throughout their organisation.
• Communicate evidence for change to influence key stakeholders to become Living Wage employers, recognised Service Providers or Living Wage Funders and to champion the Living Wage to their networks.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of our work to refine our strategy and deliver projects in an efficient way.

For more information on the application process please click on 'Apply' now. 

Citizens UK is committed to being an inclusive employer. We value a diverse workforce and encourage those with an interest in this role to apply, regardless of whether they meet all the required criteria. We invest in our employees and support them to develop the skills and knowledge required to deliver their role. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates to represent the communities we work in.

Position: Production Assistant
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: MS National Office, NW London (Currently home-based)
Salary: £33,273 - £37,839 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E, Level 2
Department: Digital and Content

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We are pleased to be able to offer a role in our Digital and Content team to help the team traffic all small projects, ensuring that the projects remain within their time and resource constraints, and that progress on work is clearly communicated to all stakeholders.

You will also be providing junior management support to the Digital Project Managers including developing project plans, writing up meeting notes, undertaking risk assessments, as well as providing full project management for small digital projects, campaigns and content projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and vibrant team, who are dedicated to making a difference for people with MS.

We offer 27 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 26th October 2020

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description  

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.

Inclusivity & Diversity Programme Lead

Accelerating for Everyone

£41,663 per annum

(Ref SUS3012)

28 - 37.5 hours per week/over 4 or 5 days

fixed term contract to 31 March 2022

negotiable base within UK

About the Role

Our newly created Programme Lead role will support us to become a more diverse and inclusive charity. A charity that reflects the demographics of the UK and brings together diverse life experiences and voices, where people feel included and able to make a difference.

All urban design, including ‘active travel’, is not neutral, it either perpetuates or reduces social inequity. People working to design, plan and improve transport, now more than ever, need to better understand the implications of the decisions they take from the perspectives of all communities and voices. We are too often part of the problem even if we do not realise it and For Everyone expresses Sustrans’ commitment to improvement.

About You

We believe in working collaboratively, so are looking for someone with a track record of building productive relationships. You will be someone who thinks strategically and creatively and is a natural influencer and coach. Someone who can develop, implement and champion our inclusivity and diversity programme internally and externally, building cultural awareness and inclusive leadership capability.

If this is you and you have experience of equality, diversity and inclusion strategy and practice we would love to hear from you. We have put together a candidate information pack for this role which you can find on our website.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am Wednesday 28 October 2020. Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Tuesday 10 November 2020.

Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

This role was previously advertised but on reflection we felt that we needed to change some of the criteria to make our commitment to including everyone more obvious. If you have already applied, you do not need to reapply as we will consider your original application.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently this includes people who identify as having a disability and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.