Richmond Carers Centre, a network partner of the Carers Trust, is a registered charity providing information, support, advice and a voice for carers living and caring in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 

Helping Carers to Live Well is our organisational aim.  We are looking for someone with the skills and ability to offer a coordinated approach in supporting unpaid and family adult carers in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Carers provide vital support and can come from all walks of life and be of any age.

As Adult Carer Support Team Leader you will lead and supervise a small, dedicated team and participate in the direct delivery of a range of services for adult carers, including information and advice, emotional support, and other activities. Using your strong leadership skills, you will work with the management team and support staff to deliver, review, and continually develop services for carers to best meet their identified needs.  You will demonstrate your ability and experience to take a strategic approach to service development, showing your capacity to effectively manage change, take risks, problem solve and be innovative.  Supporting, developing and leading your team will be key to your success.  Building and maintaining relationships both within our organisation and with external third sector, health and social care professionals will be essential. 

With your proven knowledge of working with carers or other vulnerable groups on an individual and/or group basis, you’ll recognise the importance of being client focused and have a commitment to enhance the lives of carers.  You will be able to demonstrate a broad knowledge of carer’s needs, a wide range of skills in relation to service delivery to support carers, and have a sound understanding of social care provision in both statutory and voluntary sector environments. 

You will be self-motivated and positive in your approach to working with both carers and staff, and have a willingness to embrace our organisational values.  Being an effective leader, you will respond positively to new challenges and be influential in supporting others to manage change, develop their skills and knowledge, problem solve and make decisions. Strong administrative, time management, IT and organisational skills are essential.  Your ability and willingness to occasionally work outside normal working hours is required.

In return, we offer regular supervision, training and professional development for this rewarding position, along with generous annual leave, employer’s contribution to your pension scheme and above all, a supportive and friendly working environment.  

Please use the application form only. CVs will not be accepted

Closing date: Monday 29th November at 9am.

Provisional interview dates: Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th December 2021.

Interviews will be on zoom unless otherwise stated.

Privacy Notice

In compliance with General Data Protect Regulations, Richmond Carers Centre will only collect personal data and applicant information relevant to carry out a safe recruiting process. This means we will ask for data such as applicant’s name and contact details, education and employment history, and contact details for referees. The application pack will include an equalities monitoring form, which will be separate to the application form for statistical purposes only. Applicant’s information will not be shared with a 3rd party unless required to do so by law. We will retain applicant’s information for the duration of the recruitment period after which unsuccessful applications will be deleted.

Richmond Carers Centre is committed to Equality of Opportunity

Registered Charity No: 1092459. Company No: 4412793

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Adult Learning Tutor

REPORTS TO: Adult Learning Team Leader

LOCATION: Based in Morley with possible delivery across South Leeds

HOURS OF WORK:Full-time (37 hours per week)

SALARY BAND:£22,000-£24,000

Purpose of Post

Groundwork Yorkshire delivers a range of adult learning opportunities.  The tutor is responsible for the development and delivery of a range of courses based on the tutor’s skill set. 

Alongside delivery in a range of on-site and off-site learning environments, the role will require management and development of learner portfolios, session planning and evaluation and ensuring compliance of all Groundwork policies and procedures.

The tutor has joint responsibility for recruitment of learners to courses.

Groundwork Yorkshire

Groundwork Yorkshire are recruiting an adult learning tutor for immediate contract starts. The hours are 37 hours per week.  This is a full-time, fixed-term contract position, and will end December 2022. Interviews will be held as applications come in.

The closing date for applications is 17 December 2021 with interviews arranged as applications come in.

About the Role

This role is 42 hours per week. 

As an Ambulance Care Attendant - Adult Critical Care at St John Ambulance, you will provide a high level of care, compassion and professionalism while responding to a variety of emergency and non-emergency situations including medical emergencies, inter-hospital transfers and urgent hospital admissions. You will be responsible for assessing, transporting and attending to patients whilst ensuring that they receive high-quality care including driving ambulances in a safe and controlled way.

You will ensure that you take all relevant information from the patient, carers or others at the scene, to ensure the best possible care for the patient including being vigilant to ensure that you are aware of the patient’s social and environmental condition, this includes reporting to healthcare professionals, hospitals or others as required whilst ensuring patient confidentiality is maintained.

When working with more junior team members, you will act as the senior team member and maintain clinical responsibility for the Ambulance, patients and crew.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

All applicants must have a C1 on their licence, you must have a minimum of two years driving experience, and hold a full UK driving licence with a maximum of three penalty points.

You will be working with patients who could be vulnerable or experiencing trauma, so you must be compassionate and have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, as well as, being able to work as part of a team.

Due to the nature of this role, if successful, you will be subject to enhanced DBS checks.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive;

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
• Discounts - Blue Light, NHS Discounts and SJA discounts including discounts on mobile phone, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping-including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date: TBC

Application Review Date: 31/01/2022

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered

Do you want to help build a world where everyone feels part of a community?

Do you have a track record in driving the excellent delivery of grant-funded programmes? 

Are you an inspiring and enthusiastic manager?

If you answered yes to all of the above, this could be the role for you! 
 

We’re looking for a programme manager with a proven track record of delivering multiple projects, excellent relationship-building skills and experience in working with older adults. The Delivery Manager is part of the senior management team, working closely with the Head of Operations and providing line management and supervision to the Older People’s team.

This full-time post plays a vital role in motivating and guiding the strong delivery of a range of programmes for older adults encompassing group work and one-to-one support. It is an exciting opportunity to support us to deliver our strategy by ensuring older people are at the heart of this programme. This post will also contribute to funding reports and maintaining relationships with our partners.

Therefore, the successful candidate will have a high level of programme management experience. If you have an excellent track record in programme delivery and team leadership, this is a fantastic opportunity for you. 

What we do 

Time & Talents is a lively, busy community centre in the heart of Rotherhithe, London. Set in a leafy heritage building, and ‘T&T2’, our second venue in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, we offer something for everyone. With a history of 134 years of supporting people of all ages in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, we bring people together for mutual support, fun and friendship, with a wide range of services and activities for older people and other adults, along with children and families’ programmes and a range of volunteering projects.We are at an exciting stage of development. Our income has grown substantially in recent years and this growth has enabled us to develop our programmes and activities to reduce loneliness and social isolation in the local community by supporting more older adults, children and families.

The role 

In this role, you will: 

• Develop and manage older adults’ programmes

• Motivate and lead teams and contribute to the wider organisation as a member of the senior management team

• Drive intergenerational activities in collaboration with the Delivery Manager responsible for the Children and Family team 

• Contribution to overall organizational monitoring, strategy and KPIs 

• Report to donors on outcomes and write funding applications

• Represent Time & Talents as operational delivery partner in the Ageing Well Southwark contract 

• Act as Deputy Safeguarding Officer 

About you 

You are passionate about the power of community to connect and support people, and you like to work in collaboration with others. You are friendly and positive with demonstrable experience as a programme manager, particularly able to show experience in the voluntary sector working with older adults. You’re flexible, accountable, take responsibility, are highly organised and skilled in multitasking and balancing priorities.

About us 

We are an energetic, experienced, and passionate team of 17, with a strong sense of shared purpose and a lively sense of humour. You’ll have the chance to make a big contribution to a growing, ambitious and innovative organisation which has doubled its reach and impact in recent years.

This role is full time, with flexibility for regular evening and occasional weekend working. 

Time & Talents is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity, and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person that they are. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. 

The closing date is 09.00 on Monday 29th November; interviews the weeks commencing 6th and 13th December

TO APPLY: All applications to be submitted online via CharityJob. Send a CV and a cover letter of no more than two sides of A4, explaining why you want the job and how your experience relates to the job description and person specification. 

IMPORTANT: We’ll use cover letters to assess applications alongside CVs. Please ensure you take the time to include a well-written cover letter as detailed above. We won’t assess applications without one. 

COVID-19: the safety and wellbeing of our current and future employees remains a top priority, therefore while interviews are planned to be in-person, they will be conducted remotely by video if necessary. 

Organisation

Jami is a mental health charity that enriches and saves lives impacted by mental illness in the Jewish community.

Since the start of the pandemic, demand for our services has grown exponentially. In 2021 we undertook a thorough review of the needs of the community, to develop a new strategy that will secure the Jewish community’s mental health provision. The new strategy sets out a huge agenda for change in scale and provision, which will be developed over the next five years while we continue to run our diverse set of highly professional mental health services:

·Advice and advocacy

·Treatment and support

·Education and campaigning

Jami currently supports over 1,400 individuals, delivering almost 50,000 separate service interactions each year, and reaches thousands more people through education, seminars, work in schools and other organisations. Through our social enterprise community café, Head Room, we raise mental health awareness while delivering mental health support on the high street.

Job purpose

The role of Social Worker plays an integral role in the multi-skilled team at Jami.  You will be working as part of our hubs and community team across Jami services. You will help to create effective links with primary care, voluntary and statutory sector organisations to support people who use Jami services. You will be expected to manage a caseload of clients who self-identify as needing mental health support requiring social work interventions.

Duties will include reporting safeguarding concerns and mental health concerns/risk to the relevant bodies. You will be expected to complete Jami risk assessments, formulate personal support plans and periodically review risks.  You will also be using our Jami in house initial assessment and review tool to help service users identify their goals.

You will be supporting service users to develop care plans and set personal goals. You will co-ordinate care where required and periodically review needs.  

You will support service users by linking them into other appropriate services based on identified needs where required.

We aim to 

• Provide a high quality and effective social work service to respond to the needs of people with mental health problems.

• Develop and sustain professional working relationships with clients, carers, colleagues and external agencies. 

• help Promote independence and well being

Responsibilities

1. To respond to members of the Jewish community who identify as needing

 support with their mental health

2. To work as part of a multi skilled community team of staff and volunteers

3. To be responsible for effectively managing a caseload.

4. To support the multi-skilled team with complex cases and situations.

5. To undertake assessments and where appropriate to work in partnership with statutory services.

6. To carry out initial assessments and periodic reviews as required.

7. To carry out face to face and telephone assessments as required.

8. To assess and regularly review risk in consultation with the service user and the team.

9. To ensure needs assessments and support plans are formulated, implemented and reviewed regularly.

10. To coordinate and support service users in gaining access to community resources including education and training, volunteering and employment provided both by Jami and other agencies.

11. Respond to unexpected and emotive problems, seeking solutions, modifying plans and arranging the provision of additional services and/or resources where appropriate

12. To maintain sequential and contemporaneous records as required by existing procedures and write reviews and reports when necessary

13. To highlight any safeguarding issues within Jami, respond accordingly and raise these with Jami’s Safeguarding Lead as well as with relevant statutory services.

14. To have a practical working knowledge of the Care Act; Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act & LPS. 

15. To maintain excellent working relationships with other statutory and non-statutory agencies

16. To provide advocacy and support applications for welfare benefits and housing.

17. To take responsibility for updating own knowledge and skills in accordance with the requirements for continued professional development.

18. To update knowledge and understanding of all relevant legislative and organisational policies and procedures.

19. To undertake relevant training to enhance the role and the development of the service.

20. To contribute to the development of Jami’s policies, procedures and links to other agencies.

21. Keep up to date with practice developments through involvement in appropriate national and local networks.

22. Maintain own personal development and keep up to date with current knowledge and health and social care agenda through reading, attending study days, conferences and meetings as appropriate

23. Work within Health and Safety guidelines, with reference to the Lone Worker Policy and individual risk assessments

24. Compliance with the Equality Act, and Health and Safety legislation

25. Attend regular supervision with named supervisor

26. Participate in the organisation’s appraisal process

27. Ensure that all activities are operated in a way which is consistent with the values of Jami and the Jewish community it serves.

28. Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by your line manager or another designated senior manager 

Key relationships

• Collaborate with other statutory and voluntary sector agencies and ensure that service users are signposted onto appropriate agencies such as housing, counselling and advice

• Liaise with the local community stakeholders to provide good working partnerships

• Attend local meetings, workshops and conferences of relevance to the service

• work closely with Jami in house services

Training and Qualifications

Essential 

• 2 years min post qualifying experience in mental health services
• Must have completed NQSW (if applicable)
• Recognised Social Care Qualification Degree in Social Work, Dip SW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent
• Registered with Social Work England
• Maintain a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards (Social Work England)

Desirable

• Post qualifying awards such as practice educator
• Experience of working in a statutory mental health service
• Adult safeguarding experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience working in a multi-skilled team – relevant to people with mental health difficulties.
• Evidence of partnership working with other agencies including Social Care Services, Health Services, Voluntary Agencies and/or Education
• Experience of undertaking needs led assessments, care planning and reviewing
•  Experience of undertaking and reviewing risk assessments
•  Understanding of Recovery values and principles
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems.
• Ability to develop practical solutions to problems that may arise.
• Ability to form good working relationships with people who have mental health problems.
• Ability to help clients develop and maintain living skills, with support from the multi skilled team.
• Knowledge and understanding of Social Care practice
• Knowledge of appropriate legislation and issues relevant to client group e.g
• Mental Health Act 1983 and Amendment 2007 and Equality Act 2010 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. 
• Understanding of social care resources and provision available in both statutory and non-statutory agencies
• A champion for the values and objectives of prevention, early intervention and Social Care in enabling people to exercise choice and control over their lives
• Good organisational skills - an ability to manage time, prioritise work and meet deadlines
• A commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• A commitment to ongoing personal and professional development
•  Working in partnership with other agencies 
• Proficient use of IT

Desirable

• Local knowledge of community resources and facilities
• Experience and knowledge of the Jewish community
• Working in a complex and changing environment
• Ability to gather, analyse and interpret data
• Personal experience of using mental health services and/or mental health problems, distress or trauma.

Supervision

The post holder will be expected to: - 

• Attend and participate in regular supervision with named supervisor.
• Participate in a programme of continued personal development. 
• Incorporate feedback from supervision into practice.
• Attend relevant training
• Maintain CPD
• Engage in annual appraisal process

Flexibility

To deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is needed, and all post-holders may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above. Such duties will fall within the general scope of the job description. The job description will therefore be subject to periodic review with the post holder to ensure it accurately reflects the duties of the job. The post will include face to face meetings with service users across Jami sites as well as remote working where required.

Disclosure of criminal background

All employees are checked with the Disclosure Barring Service

If it is a requirement of the post that an enhanced check is undertaken, successful applicants will be asked to complete and sign a Disclosure Form giving permission for the screening to take place.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with Jami. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of offences.

Please note applicants refusing to sign the form will not be progressed further.

Equality and diversity

Jami are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We recognise and promote, the positive value of diversity, equality and challenge discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Confidentiality

All information relating to service users, volunteers and staff gained through your employment with Jami is confidential. We work within guidelines determined by General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

To apply for the role, please send your CV and covering letter. Closing date for applications is ongoing.

Please note when submitting your application, you must clearly state how you meet the job requirements in your covering letter as this forms part of our shortlisting process.

About the role

This is an exciting time to join Shropshire Partners in Care, the care association for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, with social care in the spotlight both nationally and locally. We are a not-for-profit organisation representing approximately 240 independent care/nursing homes, supported living and domiciliary care providers in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. We are the local voice for the independent adult social care sector and offer a wide range of services for care providers including training, a Disclosure and Barring Service and a wide range of workforce initiatives.

We are seeking a Business Operations Manager to support the leadership and governance of the organisation, with specific focus on financial management, governance, IT and facilities, and HR and staff management.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting the Chief Officer and our Board of Directors in the financial management and governance, and the operational management, of the organisation to ensure that it is effectively managed.

About you

You will have knowledge and experience in financial management, corporate governance, IT management and facilities management.

You will need effective interpersonal and influencing skills, excellent communication skills, and strong organisational and management abilities.

Knowledge and experience of working with a Board of Directors/Trustees, and of managing external accreditations/membership required as a training provider, would be desirable.

How to apply

To apply, please submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than 3 sides of A4 by no later than 11.30pm on Sunday 5 December 2021. Your supporting statement should describe how you meet the essential and desirable criteria in the person specification for the role, as this will be used to shortlist applications.

Please also complete and return the following documents:

• Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.
• Staff Recruitment Consent Form and Privacy Notice.

Please also read our Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders before submitting your application.

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues. We are recruiting an experienced and enthusiastic project manager to join our clincial team.

The Centre values diversity and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The post-holder will have responsibility for the oversight of multiple ongoing projects within the Family Trauma team, including a large national pilot study. The Project Manager will oversee the design, development and delivery of project work within the clinical team, largely focussed on developmental trauma, children in care and high conflict parents. In addition, the post-holder will be responsible for identifying and developing new initiatives, working with senior clinical colleagues on the development of further work opportunities. The post-holder will successfully manage and develop the Family Trauma Project Officer.

The post-holder will have a proven record of successful project management and delivery, of a least two years. They should have good working knowledge of health care systems and the systems around looked after children. The post-holder will have excellent experience of stakeholder engagement, including Clinical Commissioning Groups, Local Authorities and voluntary sector partners, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. A commitment to and passion for improving equity, diversity and inclusion is essential for this post.

The Centre has moved to a hybrid model of working. Staff are currently working 20% of their working hours onsite. From January 2022, staff will be required to work onsite for up to 40% of their working hours at the Anna Freud Centre in King’s Cross, London (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH).

Please note all our posts require candidates to have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of applying and we do not hold a sponsorship licence.

Thanks to significant new funding TLC: Talk Listen, Change is growing and are looking for a manager to lead a team of Domestic Abuse Prevention Programme Facilitators and an Integrated Partner Support Service.

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a dynamic, leading relationships charity based in Greater Manchester. 

The role
In this role you will be responsible for leading and developing a range of domestic abuse services, including those focused on prevention, early intervention, behaviour change and services for victims and perpetrators, and developing relationships with external stakeholders.

About you
You will, through collaboration and influence, drive impact and improvements to the services delivered.  You will understand the context of working in the Domestic Abuse Sector, with demonstrable abilities to translate this into effective delivery and outcomes for individuals. You will also have knowledge of Safeguarding legislation and experience of managing Safeguarding issues. Above all you will have a solution focused attitude to providing positive leadership in a changing environment. 

We want you to feel empowered to bring your best to this role, so we encourage flexible working around core hours. We offer an annual continuous Professional Development allowance, generous annual leave entitlement and Birthday leave.

About us

Funding secured will enable TLC: Talk, Listen Change to grow our work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, their partners, and families. Over the coming twelve months, we are expanding existing programmes and developing several new ones, reaching considerably more people than we ever have before, and pioneering new approaches in this crucial area of work. This is a pivotal time for TLC: Talk Listen Change and we are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, engaged and highly motivated people to join our rapidly expanding team.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest pool, reflecting the diverse range of people we support.

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact us. 

We value the importance of flexible working. Our services are a hybrid of online and in person delivery and therefore this role will include travelling to locations within Greater Manchester to support face to face sessions. This role can be home based or in our office, Trafford House, Chester Road Manchester, M32 0RS. If home based there will be a requirement to travel to the office for training and meetings. We also value the importance of human connection so offer the flexibility to book working space in Trafford House. As in person external meetings and events return there will also be a requirement to travel across Greater Manchester and sometimes wider. 

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Please note: we will be shortlisting applications on an on-going basis so we encourage applicants not to wait until the closing date to submit an application where possible.

We are seeking a project worker for our brand new Young Adult Carers (YAC) project which identifies, engages with and supports unpaid carers aged 16-25yrs. 

This post would suit someone who is skilled at connecting with young people, able to build trust and rapport, who is down-to-earth, whilst maintaining the highest standards of professionalism. Our team are all home based, with face-to-face services delivered across community settings in Hackney. 

Join us if you are a highly motivated, enthusiastic, self-starter who enjoys meeting people, being part of a team and wants to support young adult carers to achieve their goals in life.

Salary: £26,342 (FTE) per annum

Actual salary £ 21,073 for 28 hours per week

This post is funded by Carers Trust’s Making Carers Count programme, which is supported by the Covid-19 Support Fund

Please send in your CV and we will invite suitable applicants to complete our application form. 

Please note that the closing date for completed applications is Sunday 28th November at Midnight.  Interviews will be held on Monday 6th December and Wednesday 8th December 2021 via Zoom.

Project Manager (RCT360)
Fixed term until 30th June 2022  
Job ref: V358
Start date: ASAP
Hours/Days per week: 35 hours per week - (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £28,500
Location: Homebased – travel throughout  Rhondda Cynon Taf
Closing date: 30 November 2021 –5pm
Interview date and Location:  Monday 6th December 2021, Video call (Teams or Zoom)

Volunteering Matters

Everyone in the UK should have the opportunity to thrive.  So we bring people together to overcome some of society’s most complex issues through the power of volunteering.

We partner with communities to overcome adversity, tackling social isolation and loneliness, improving health, developing skills and opportunity and making sure young people can lead change. And because we’re a national charity, we do this at scale, sharing our expertise and building partnerships to make an even bigger impact. 

We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all. 

RCT360

This is a new local partnership of specialist providers coming together to increase opportunities for economically inactive and unemployed people in Rhondda Cynon Taf.  Our local partners include Mental Health Matters Wales (MHMW), Artis Community Cymuned (ACC) and Sgiliau, as well as some of our own national programmes.  Each partner will offer different activities to complement mainstream back-to-work provisions in RCT. Our collective goal is to help people, from school leavers to older adults, level-up their prospects of engaging with education, employment, or training. 

Purpose of the role

We’re looking for a talented, dynamic, and professional Project Manager to join our team in Wales.  The right candidate would be someone who can work flexibly and demonstrates an understanding and total commitment to our organisational values.

As Project Manager, you will lead a small delivery team of five, working closely with them and external partners to deliver a fast-paced project.  You will manage and develop all aspects of RCT360, ensuring it achieves its aims, objectives, outcomes and targets. 

As Covid restrictions ease in Wales, travel throughout Rhondda Cynon Taf will be required.

Key Duties:

1. To effectively deliver the service ensuring that the project meets its agreed targets and milestones.
2. To lead discussions and attend meetings with the local authority, liaising regularly with partners and key stakeholders to provide regular progress reports.  
3. To manage relationships with delivery partners, meeting regularly and setting performance expectations.
4. To provide line management to a small team of project staff, meeting regularly and conducting performance reviews.
5. To oversee effective monitoring, tracking and reporting of all aspects of the project.
6. To ensure a systematic way of maintaining accurate records on all aspects of the project, including agreeing information sharing protocols between partners and fulfilling evidence requirements.
7. To ensure all aspects of project delivery are compliant with health and safety, data protection and safeguarding quality standards.
8. To work with budget holders to ensure project expenditure is in line with the budget.
9. To promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters’ Equality and Diversity Policy and all other Volunteering Matters policies which relate to the work of RCT360.
10. Contribute to joint working and teamwork across Volunteering Matters.

Other:

Location: This role is homebased however the successful candidate must be able to travel regularly throughout the local authority area and to neighbouring authorities on occasion.  This includes meetings with commissioners, partners and other stakeholders.

The postholder will require good internet access to enable remote working, and a suitable home office space.  IT equipment and infrastructure will be supplied.

Volunteering Matters Values & Ways of Working: 

In all that we do, Volunteering Matters embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: 

We are Empowering
We are Inclusive
We are Compassionate
We are Positive
We are Straightforward

Benefits package: Pension, Unlimited annual leave, fully flexible working, cycle to work & season ticket loan.

To apply please visit our website.

The application form is an opportunity for you to outline your experience and credentials directly to the details of the post.

Volunteering Matters is committed to the provision of equal opportunities in employment and accordingly wishes to ensure that no job applicant is treated less favourably on unjustifiable grounds. To assist in the monitoring of our performance in relation to equal opportunities you are requested to complete the enclosed monitoring form. The questionnaire is for statistical purposes only. Upon receipt it will be separated from your CV and cover letter and will not form part of the selection process.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive if we have not contacted you by the interview date it means that on this occasion, we are unable to take your application further.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

We seek a project coordinator to be responsible for the day to day running of our brand new Young Adult Carers project which identifies, engages with and supports unpaid carers aged 16-25yrs. 

This post would suit someone with prior experience of delivering or managing projects and who is looking to further their line management and project management skills. Our team are all home based, with face-to-face services delivered across community settings in Hackney. 

Join us if you are highly organised, comfortable with working independently as well as in a team, enjoy meeting and talking to people and want to support young adult carers reach their goals in life.  

Salary: £28,845-30,528 (FTE) (depending on experience) per annum

Actual salary £ 17,037 – 18,316 for 21 hours per week

This post is funded by Carers Trust’s Making Carers Count programme, which is supported by the Covid-19 Support Fund

Please send in your CV and we will invite suitable applicants to complete our application form. 

Please note that the closing date for completed applications is Monday 29th November at 9am.  Interviews will be held on Monday 6th December and Wednesday 8th December 2021 via Zoom.

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced manager to join us OTR to lead, manage and develop our ZAZI Team. Project Zazi is the name for our work with young black people and young people of colour, supporting them in exploring culture and identity and tackling issues of inequality and oppression. We offer a range of projects across the team in order to ensure that we have a choice to offer young people and different support offers to meet their individual needs.

As Team Manager for Project ZAZI you will have previous experience of managing and leading teams and be committed to and have a passion for partnership working in order to improve services and experiences for young people beyond OTR. 

This role will also work across OTR internally to support our journey on becoming an anti-racist organsanisation. You will think strategically and creatively, working with others to improve the experience of our staff, volunteers and ultimately our young people.

Candidates will require a robust understanding of the broader issues that impact black young people, young people of colour and their communities in seeking the support of services.

We are incredibly proud of the work that ZAZI has done over the last few years, so if you are motivated to challenge inequality, provide quality services, be creative in our offer and inspire change, please download the job pack for more information and apply.

We strongly encourage applications from black people and people of colour.

It’s an exciting time at With You as we work towards our strategic goal of radically improving the support available around drugs, alcohol and mental health. We’re making transformational changes to help us work together better.

This is a new role joining the small but high performing Communications and Change team.

As a Project Manager, you will oversee and manage some of our organisation-wide change projects, at the same time as leading key projects yourself. You provide the structure, direction and plans to help deliver projects on time, on budget, to deliver our objectives. You’ll build excellent relationships across teams to support others to lead projects well, using best-practice project and change management tools. You will deliver and continually improve regular processes and activities in the Projects and Change team.

What we’re looking for

You’ll need good experience of leading significant change projects in complex organisations. You’ll understand how to be effective, managing projects, budgets and risk, across multiple objectives. 

You’ll be flexible, adapting how you work to respond to different needs. 

You’ll be excellent at engaging people from different parts of an organisation and bringing people with you through change.

Further information

This is a 7 month fixed term contract working full time for 37.5 hours per week.

We are currently still mostly working remotely, but we occasionally meet in person in our London office.  The location for this role is flexible and London Weighting may apply.

Interviews are planned to be held the week commencing 13th December 2021.

For further details about working with us click here. 

About With You 

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need.

We work and support people and their goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. 

We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face, in their local service, community or online. 

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement.

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support. 

We Are With You.

We are a UK wide membership organisation for all health professionals working in adult, paediatric and adolescent rheumatology. BSR works to promote excellence in the care of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and to support those delivering it, involving patients and carers at every step. 

Job Summary 

We are recruiting for a Public Affairs Manager to join the External Affairs team in the Practice and Quality Directorate. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with excellent interpersonal skills who will be responsible for developing and maintaining stakeholder engagement with health, political and public figures.  

In this role you will:

- Be responsible for driving forward the Society’s public affairs agenda and support the development of the Society’s leadership voice, profile and influencing function.

-Play a crucial part in helping to ensure our members, Trustees and Senior Management Team are well briefed and where appropriate support them in developing stakeholder relationships.

- Lead the External Affairs team’s public affairs and will work autonomously with our members, partners and stakeholders to promote our specialty. Your enthusiasm for expanding our Society’s reach and impact will be infectious amongst colleagues and our members.

The ideal candidate will:

Have excellent communication skills, be passionate about building positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, be organised, adaptable and open to innovation and change.

View full job description attached

Location

Our head office is based in Central London. We are currently working flexibly (hybrid) and you will be given the support and equipment needed to make this possible.Can be based UK-wide with proximity to parliamentary network.This role will involve travel across the UK. 

We can offer: 

• A great place to work, we are Investors In People (Silver) accredited and committed to Equality, Inclusion and Diversity

• Performance related pay and incentive schemes that include colleague nominated awards
• Group pension scheme
• Flexible working approach – choose working patterns that suit you
• 25 days holiday, bank holidays
• A heap of benefits, such as BUPA health insurance, cycle to work schemes and options to buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave

• Regular staff social and wellbeing events, and team activities to build relationships and take a break from work
• Year round learning and development programmes

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010. 

We want a working environment free of all the above, where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason. We expect all BSR employees to champion and live our values through their work at every opportunity.