With drive, enthusiasm & flexibility you will fit in to our small, dynamic, friendly team raising funds to enhance patient care in the NHS hospitals & community services we support.

Your role will involve increasing the contributions of individuals, groups and local businesses by building relationships and exploring new fundraising opportunities from various sources.  You will need good inter-personal and communication skills to inspire and motivate a wide range of range of stake holders, with the ability to develop and give presentations to groups and organisations.  Supporting individuals who fundraise for the charity and engaging with local companies to support specific appeals is also key to your role. 

If you enjoy working as part of a fun, hard-working, driven team and have passion the develop our NHS healthcare services, then you can help us make a difference!  Please note that this position is a 12 month contract with the possibility of moving to a permanent contract subject to funding.

Northamptonshire Health Charity is an independent charity that supports both Northampton General Hospital and Northamptonshire community hospitals and mental health services above and beyond that which the NHS can provide. It is the mission of the charity to enhance patient care in all departments, wards and across services by providing the funding to; support staff development, wellbeing and training, buy the very best equipment and improve both patient and staff environments. 

Fundraising Officer
Location: Milton Keynes (flexible home-based working available during pandemic, but due to the nature of the role we’d give preference to those living within commutable distance to our office in Milton Keynes).
Salary: £25,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time / 37.5 hours per week split between the Trust and Individual Giving team
Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave per leave year increasing to 28 days after three years’ service and to 30 days after five years’ service.
Other: Access to group pension scheme (6% employer contribution).

The support of individuals is the lifeblood of our charity and we value every donation that we receive. The delivery of our vital services for spinal cord injured people is only possible because of the income we receive from sources including Trusts, fundraising appeals, in memory donations, in celebration gifts, regular donations, major donors, legacies and the sale of our Christmas cards.

With strong connections to a range of sports including horseracing, rugby and F1, we are well positioned to build our networks further and expand our community of supporters. With the support of our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, as well as our President, Vice Presidents and Ambassadors, SIA has enormous potential to grow and diversify our fundraising income.

As Fundraising Officer, you will report to the Donor Development Coordinator to support SIA’s individual giving and charitable trust fundraising activities, as well as help establish a new major donor fundraising programme. Our ideal candidate will have at least one year’s experience in a paid or voluntary fundraising role – we will also consider applications outside of the Charity sector.

You will also have experience in building relationships and achieving financial or non-financial goals. To be successful in this role, you will need attention to detail, strong communication, administrative and organisational skills, as well as a high degree of tact and diplomacy. If this is you, please get in touch.

The deadline for applications is 28th February 2021 and interviews will be held on Monday 8th March either virtually or at SIA House, Milton Keynes.

To Apply and for More Information:

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

The Spinal Injuries Association is fully committed to the promotion of equality and diversity within our organisation. We are a Disability Confident Employer. 

No agencies please.

Senior Philanthropy Executive

Salary: between £30-£35k per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes or Work from Home

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

We are looking for an experienced and inspirational Major Donor fundraiser to join a committed and passionate Philanthropy team. You will be managing several key relationships with established Philanthropists and be responsible for inspiring and acquiring new major donors who want to be part of making a difference in children’s lives in some of the world’s hardest places.

You will have a successful track record of securing 5 + 6 figure gifts from major donors and trusts and foundations and be a strong networker who is comfortable working to targets. We are looking for someone with the ability to communicate and influence senior stakeholders with strong verbal and written skills.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please ‘click’ the link provided to view the full job description.

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 31st January 2021

Interview Dates: 3rd & 4th February 2021

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

Background

NOAH Enterprise has been delivering services to vulnerable people throughout Bedfordshire since 1987 and has established and embedded the single trusted adult model. This means that each service user can begin to trust one person as they get to know them, and this trust allows recommendations and support options to be taken up.

You will be committed, compassionate, resilient, caring, have common sense and be empathetic to the needs of those among the most deprived. You will work with people who may be chaotic, may have mental health and addiction issues but need your help and support.

Throughout your work you will have considerable autonomy and significant periods of time lone working, enabling you to make a personal difference to people’s lives. You will have excellent time-management, prioritisation, motivating, organisational, inter-personal, and administrative skills. You will be competent in IT and communication, have the ability to build relationships with people from many nationalities and organisations and a commitment to help those in need. You will be persistent and undaunted in the face of seeming adversity.

Job Purpose

· You will provide on a 1-1 basis, support for the living and lifestyle needs of a group of 8 carefully selected homeless people with complex needs who have been allocated independent accommodation within Luton on the Housing First Pilot.

· To provide and coordinate, within daytime hours and with crisis telephone advice out of hours, specialist welfare service support where needed.

· To provide lifestyle and education to clients who have experienced repetitive homelessness to actively reduce the risks of eviction and abandonment. Promote independence and understanding of primary health service access to reduce the use of emergency services.

· To work with NOAH management to coordinate delivery of grant funds allocated for the project to transform flats into homes and to provide for the personalisation needs that will help people feel a sense of connection and safety.

· To innovate and work creatively to source additional material, items and technical expertise from the wider community in Luton such as other grants, corporate donors and corporate social responsibility team building days in order to help clients transform their flat into a home.

· The Housing First Service aims include:

ü Supporting people who are homeless with multiple and complex needs to access suitable accommodation.

ü Developing new approaches to working with people with multiple and complex needs.

ü Supporting service users to improve their health and wellbeing.

ü Supporting service users to engage with services to meet their health and social care needs that are non-emergency.

ü Supporting service users to build resilience, develop their social capital within the local community and support recovery.

ü Supporting service users to develop independent living skills to live more independently in the community and sustain their accommodation.

ü Reducing the use of acute emergency services, such as A&E, ambulance call-outs and fire and rescue service.

ü Reducing repeat homelessness.

ü Contributing to the reduction in rough sleeping.

ü Contributing to the reduction in the use of temporary accommodation

Main Duties

· To promote and provide clear information about the Housing First Project to other organisations and to work in close partnership across different agencies to share information to reduce rough sleeping in Luton.

· To deliver some on street outreach work in Luton to meet prospective candidates and assess their suitability for the project.

· To assist with receiving and managing new referrals onto the project both from external and internal sources and to maintain communication with the referrer.

· To attend the Housing First Operations Group and Caseload group to support the processes of assessing eligibility, prioritisation and allocation.

· To work with the new tenant to prepare them for embarking on an independent tenancy, communicating their responsibilities whilst also providing reassurance and advice.

· To support the new tenant to work with the housing officer to develop between them a strong and positive relationship which can withstand future tensions.

· To support the new tenant with all administration around setting up and equipping their new home incorporating their personal choices where possible.

· To support the new tenant with completing the 2 support plans on inform within week one and then to renew these at scheduled intervals every 12 weeks.

· To assist the clients to access primary health care services to help stabilise any health and wellbeing concerns or addictions if they are interested in this support.

· Build trust and relationships at a pace suitable to them, learn about their lives, their background and their ongoing needs. Where appropriate offer expertise and advice to tackle some of the barriers in their lives such as housing, benefits, employment, relationships and health.

· Use motivational interviewing techniques to support people to explore their own lifestyles and choices and to reflect on whether they are interested in recovery.

· To provide the clients with opportunities and choice to receive free support in decorating their homes with the assistance of corporate volunteering teams.

· To maintain keywork contact in person or by phone at least every other day with every client on their caseload and deliver a personalised approach allowing the client choice in the way that they engage with NOAH.

· To use the inform system to record every support intervention which is delivered.

· To provide opportunities and facilitate visits to places to encourage clients to live their own lives and to express their personalities and individuality and reduce social isolation.

· On an ongoing basis to help to manage their personal safety including undertaking persistent, assertive outreach such as on-street visits at any stage where eviction or abandonment seems to be approaching in order to give the client every opportunity to retain their home.

· To work with the local communities and neighbours to promote positive communication and understanding in order to reduce ASB and maintain property infrastructure.

· Monitor improvements and regressions and support the NOAH management in delivering comprehensive monthly reports to update commissioners of the current situations, trends, challenges and success that the project has witnessed.

· To support the NOAH management to ensure excellent quality and robust evidence is available to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Housing First Pilot. Working alongside the University of Bedfordshire team to audit this work and promote continuation of the project through a robust exit strategy which will ensure continuity of funding and the opportunity for project expansion.

· Submit written reports as required

General Duties

· Act as a NOAH Enterprise representative always and in a manner befitting a representative of the organisation.

· To work as part of the wider NOAH welfare team which includes supporting the work of the welfare centre as well as the on-street outreach workers.

· Identify opportunities to improve the level of service NOAH offers to service users.

· Take a responsible approach to your personal development – manage and update own skills base to ensure quality service delivery and engage fully with all training offered.

· As part of the NOAH welfare staff team you will be required to be part of an on-call rota and take occasional phone calls from service users requiring out of hours advice.

Application deadline: 10/02/2021

Open University Students Association
Salary: £33,797 - £40,322                   
Contract: Full-time, Fixed Term. Maternity Cover, 8 months with potential to extend.
Location: Home-based until at least April 2021. Normally based in Milton Keynes.

The Organisation
The Open University Students Association serves the interests of around 170,000 part-time and distance-learning students spread across the UK, continental Europe and beyond. Our role is to represent and support the interests of this vast and diverse community of students. The OU Students Association is an independent registered charity, governed by elected student leaders. Our team of vibrant, friendly and dedicated professional staff provide the vital support needed to deliver our ambitious strategy.

The Job
In this exciting and challenging role, the postholder will work closely with the Chief Executive to support the development and maintenance of our HR policies and staff management and wellbeing in addition to the efficient administration of our governance. This is a busy, varied and demanding role at the very centre of the staff team and the postholder will have the opportunity to make a real mark in the role by taking forward a series of important projects, including work to support our team culture and wellbeing, implementing a staff survey to support our culture objectives and supporting our work to consider our future working arrangements for post-Covid. Further information can be found in the Job-Related Information on the OU webite (click on apply for more information).

The Person
You will be reliable, highly self-motivated with outstanding organisational skills, bundles of energy, enthusiasm and a positive outlook coupled with proven ability to deliver. You’ll be excited to work for a supportive and empowering organisation which values staff and puts wellbeing at the forefront. You will be a real team player with a professional approach and a high degree of integrity and tenacity. If this sounds like you, we’d welcome your application. A full person specification can be found in the Job-Related Information on the OU website (click on apply for more information). 

Recycling Quality Officers

Salary: Recycling Quality Officer – £9.50 per hour (Living Wage)

Plus a shift allowance of £10 for every complete shift worked

Contract: Casual Contract for 8 weeks

Location: Across the Borough of Milton Keynes

Keep Britain Tidy is working with Milton Keynes Council on an innovative programme of behavioural interventions to address the problem of kerbside recycling contamination – householders putting unwanted (non-recyclable) materials in recycling sacks – and thus improving the quality of materials collected for recycling.

The programme of work will consist of three interventions:

1. Direct feedback to households who are contaminating their recycling in pilot areas (10 collection rounds) (feedback loop).
2. A new piece of communication material delivered to households in pilot areas (10 collection rounds) aiming to disrupt current contamination behaviours, particularly in groups who already think they are recycling correctly (disruptive communication).
3. A specific campaign to tackle the contamination of recycling with disposable nappies, with messages disseminated through key locations that parents use including children’s centres, hospitals, GP surgeries and libraries (nappy campaign).

We are looking for a team of six Recycling Quality Officers to deliver the programme of work over seven weeks, plus training starting w/c 8 February 2021.. Please consult the Job Description for full details on the expected timeline.

The successful applicants will have an interest in and understanding of the environmental and waste sectors, and the ability and willingness to undertake monitoring work and resident engagement in an outdoor environment and administrative work in an office environment.

These positions will provide sought-after experience for those looking for a career in the environmental sector, especially the waste and recycling industry, and are paid at the Living Wage. In joining this project you also have the opportunity of joining our Bank of Casual Workers, through which further employment may be available at the end of this contract.

Full training will be provided at the start of the project.

To apply please download and complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (found on our website) and submit this together with your CV and cover letter (including the details outlined in the job description) to the email address held.

If you have any questions, please consult the job description (found on our website) before contacting:  Amy Casey, Project Manager, Keep Britain Tidy, Tintagel House, 92 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TY or via the contact details held on our website.

Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 1 February 2021

Interviews: Wednesday 3 February 2021 via Microsoft Teams

Please note: Applicants will be required to travel between home and any training at their own expense.

Applications will not be considered unless you submit both a covering letter and your CV as containing the details requested in the application instructions on the job description.

Only successful candidates will be contacted. 

No agencies please.

About us
Goldington Community Nursery is a 60 place day care setting and pre-school situated in the heart of its community. We admit children from 3 months to 5 years and have a mixture of fee paying families and children accessing their free entitlement to childcare. There is a diverse population accessing the nursery which adds to the challenge and excitement of what we believe in as a Charity; that every child has the right to the best possible start in life regardless of background, culture or religion. FfB’s community nurseries will be transferring to OneYMCA from January 2021 and there are exciting plans for the future.
About the role
The Deputy Manager will work as part of the nursery management team to ensure that all children receive the highest standard of care. This includes supporting the Manager with operational duties such as overseeing and advising on the delivery of educational programmes and initiatives, acting as safeguarding lead, leading in the Manager’s absence, line managing one assistant manager, supporting practitioners, working with children with SEND and their families and contributing to individual education plans, meeting with and supporting nursery families, and working with other professionals or services.
What we are looking for
This role would suit an experienced room leader looking for their next step up or an experienced Deputy looking for a new challenge. You will need to be at least level 3 qualified and have bags of enthusiasm and initiative. The ability to build and motivate a team and work with the nursery management to raise standards are essential. You will be experienced in safeguarding, SEND, working with vulnerable children and families, and managing a team. A thorough understanding of the Statutory Framework, EYFS, and SEND code of practice is a must. Above all you will be dedicated to the care and education of young children. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance or develop new skills and bring your ideas to the setting. 
What we can offer you
You will be well supported by the Nursery management team. We will provide a safe and secure environment for you to work in with family friendly policies and a strong commitment to your continuing professional development.

Citizens Advice Bedford (CAB) is recruiting for a Recruitment Coordinator to support the implementation and coordination of our volunteering programme. The successful candidate will work closely and collaboratively with both our Training Coordinator and CAB leadership team.
Volunteers are essential to CAB operations performing many advice deliverable roles to the public. Backed up by a staff team, our volunteers are incredible who give their time for free to help people in need. Advice volunteering can be demanding with a detailed and lengthy training package to complete.
Our whole volunteer programme starts with the position of Recruitment Coordinator - being personable and professional is critical, as is promoting and engaging with potential volunteers and external stakeholders by utilising digital channels, and traditional marketing routes encouraging high quality applicants.
You will be accountable for the recruitment process and outputs ensuring volunteers are scrutinised and suitably selected at which point you’ll recommend candidates to start training under the guidance of the Training Coordinator. As CAB operational requirements change, so will your output ensuring constant and effective contribution to our organisational demands.
Part of your role will be collecting valuable data that will be used to report on, adjust and refine our recruitment process ensuring maximum efficiency and identification of leakage points.

We are one of the UK’s leading voluntary adoption agencies, rated Outstanding by Ofsted, and have been at the forefront of adoption services for over 60 years, working with local authorities across the country.

We are looking for established independent social workers based in London, Kent, Cambridge, Luton and surrounding areas to undertake initial interviews and adoption assessments.

You must be SWE registered and have at least three years’ post qualifying experience in adoption.  You will need access to your own transport, be willing to travel, and hold your own professional indemnity and public liability insurance.  We can offer a competitive rate for each assignment.

For further details, please visit our website.

We look forward to hearing from you.

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults therefore please note our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks.

No agencies please.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Crisis Café team as a Crisis Recovery Worker.

Job title: Crisis Recovery Worker
Working base: Roles in Bedford, Luton or Milton Keynes
Reports to: Crisis Café Team Leader
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £20,700.00 FTE 
Flexibility required: Evenings and/or weekends depending on agreed hours

We are looking for the following roles in each of our Crisis Cafes:

• MK: 1 role x 12hrs (2 evenings per week) and 1 role x 18hrs (3 evenings per week)
• Luton: 1 role between 12 - 30 hours (2 - 5 evenings per week)
• Bedford: 1 role 30 hrs per week (5 evenings per week)

Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references

About Mind BLMK

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

About the role

Our Mind BLMK Crisis Cafes are out-of-hours mental health crisis services which are located in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes that provide a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing a crisis. During this role you will support individuals to de-escalate crisis and improve mental health and wellbeing, through focussed 1:1s and structured crisis interventions.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Deliver crisis focussed one-to-ones and ensure outcomes which supports individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in Bedford, Luton or MK in line with Mind BLMK’s agreed crisis service and requirements as well as contract requirements.
• Assessing need and suitability for the service in line with the access to services process and undertaking one-to-ones.
• Contribute to maintaining an effective volunteer workforce for the service.
• When required and as directed by the Crisis Cafe Team Leader, represent Mind BLMK to ensure an external presence to promote Mind BLMK’s services to increase awareness and beneficiaries.
• Identify and build good working relationships with community groups, relevant services and activities for partnership work and signposting, as well as keep updated information about them.

About you 
Experience required:

• Working in a small service within a wider organisation, including delivering a service against performance targets.
• Using a dedicated database/system for recording of and reporting service data.
• Working with, coordinating and supporting volunteers.
• Experience of working with individuals experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues

Closedown: 5pm on Monday 1 February 2021
Start date: As soon as possible

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can view the full Job Description and download the application form.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

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

No agencies please.

Drug & alcohol recovery worker

Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Your new company

You will be joining an established organisation which places the service user at the heart of everything they do. This organisation is focused on supporting vulnerable people in the community. This organisation primarily supports service users are whose lives have been held back by a range of social deprivation, poverty and addictions.

Your new role

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey;
• Managing large caseloads in excess of 70
• Must have experience working within a prescribing service with clients addicted to Opiate Substances.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral;
• Must have worked and have experience with prescribing practices and clients addicted to opiate substances;
• Managing large caseload of clients who are addicted to opiate substances;
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community;
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement;
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services;
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination

Please note we are also recruiting for all areas in London and the Home Counties

What you'll need to succeed

• Must have experience working with clients with alcohol addictions
• Must have experience working within substance misuse services
• Must have Hays Enhanced DBS or registered on the Update Portal
• Available within a weeks notice

What you'll get in return
Full time work
37.5 hours paid weekly

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Scripture Union are passionate about seeing a new generation of children and young people who have a vibrant, personal faith in Jesus. We are seeking a Database Officer, to support the Movement in ensuring data goes into the CRM database, is processed and then extracted to drive activity and insight, in a professional and timely manner.

The successful candidate will have:

• experience of working with a CRM database, segmentation and analysis of data.
• excellent organisational skills, including time management and co-ordination, with the ability to prioritise whilst ensuring targets are met.
• excellent communication skills, written and verbal, including face-to-face.
• excellent IT skills with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the ability to use spreadsheets effectively.
• proven ability to work using own initiative and as part of a team.
• good knowledge of the different elements of fundraising and / or marketing.
• the ability to work quickly whilst maintaining accuracy and paying close attention to detail.

If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. For more details or to apply, please visit our website and download an application pack.

Employee Benefits include: Annual leave, above statutory leave entitlement. Additional 5 days to volunteer on a Scripture Union event. Pension scheme, with up to 12% employer contribution. Life Insurance (Death in Service). Permanent Health Insurance, which provides 75% of base salary, after six months absence. Employee Assistance Programme, [email protected] services and Free Bible reading notes.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Adelaide Nketsia, HR Officer.

Interview date: 11th February 2021

Interview location: Online (via Microsoft Teams)

This role has an occupational requirement to be filled by a committed Christian, active in church life. Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9 applies.

Education Advisor

Salary: £30,763 per annum pro rata, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 30th September 2021, 18.25 hours per week.

We have several exciting grant opportunities in the pipeline, which we hope will lead to a longer-term role and this post holder would be encouraged to apply for any opportunities that may arise

Based: Remote Working and/or Milton Keynes, flexible hours possible by arrangement.

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

In 2019 World Vision UK reached over 2 million children in 42 countries, through 229 projects in various inter-related sectors, that on average met 86% of output targets. We seek to reach more children, particularly those at most risk of being left behind, and deepen further the impact achieved with and for children. Achieving this by designing new projects which combine innovative ideas and proven evidence-based project models, working with diverse partners, winning accountable grants & commercial contracts and through target policy and advocacy work focused towards the FCDO and G7.

World Vision UK is looking for a dynamic Education Advisor. Someone who is a team player and who thrives within a busy environment providing high quality Education technical support in the design of new grant and commercial contract funded projects, identifying potential education partners, and contributing towards Education policy engagement.

The successful applicant will have a degree or post-graduate qualification in Education, have a minimum of three years-experience working to strengthen education systems in developing, fragile or humanitarian contexts. A track record of providing quality Education technical support to projects and programmes, including project design and proposal writing. Along with knowledge of development/humanitarian theory, policy and practice, understanding of child rights, safeguarding, gender equality and social inclusion, including disability inclusion.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employmentand reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 7th February 2021

Interview Dates: 9th & 11th February 2021

Please note, we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the advertised closing date.

Applicants must hold the necessary permissions to work in the UK (for example, British passport, indefinite leave to remain in the UK or a suitable Residence Permit).

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

Casework; substance misuse; opiate

Recovery Worker

Substance misuse; recovery worker; prescribing

Your new company

You will be joining an established organisation which places the service user at the heart of everything they do. This organisation is focused on supporting vulnerable people in the community. This organisation primarily supports service users are whose lives have been held back by a range of social deprivation

Your new role

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey;
• Managing large caseloads in excess of 60
• Must have experience working within a prescribing service with clients addicted to Opiate Substances.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral;
• Must have worked and have experience with prescribing practices and clients addicted to opiate substances;
• Managing large caseload of clients who are addicted to opiate substances;
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community;
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement;
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services;
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination

What you'll need to succeed

• Must have experience working within substance misuse services
• Must have Hays Enhanced DBS or registered on the Update Portal
• Available within a weeks notice

What you'll get in return

Full time hours
Weekly pay

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk