Watford Women’s Centre is looking for an exceptional project manager to help us deliver a pioneering project called MyAlly.  Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for 3 years, this project will offer victims and survivors of domestic abuse access to a phone-based helpline run by volunteers as well as trauma informed peer to peer support groups.

The project Manager will ensure all outcomes and outputs detailed in the grant agreement are delivered on time and within budget. You will be a champion for the MyAlly programme locally, regionally and nationally, promoting and disseminating information about the project across our professional networks and wider community. You will have some experience of working with individuals who are vulnerable or have support needs.
 

Speech and Language Therapist (Grade 5)

St Elizabeth’s Centre is a specialist Centre providing holistic care together with learning, leisure and other opportunities for adults and children with severe epilepsy, learning difficulties and complex health needs.

Position: Speech and Language Therapist (Grade 5)
Location: St Elizabeth`s Centre
Job type: Part Time, Permanent
Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 3 days per week
Salary: £18,443- £20,412 per annum (£15.76 - £17.45 per hour)
Benefits: Life Assurance, High Street retail / leisure discounts, Generous holidays, Discounted gym membership, Free on-site parking facilities, On site subsidised cafeteria, Contributory Pension Scheme, On site staff accommodation is available subject to eligibility.

About the role:

We are looking for a motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our busy multi-disciplinary therapy team. You will work closely with colleagues of all disciplines to further develop the provision of Speech and Language Therapy and be responsible for providing clinical assessment, reports, therapy programmes, advice and training as an integrated resource across the Centre. Working with the team you’ll take a holistic approach to our complex service users improving their quality of life by promoting their well-being and self-advocacy. You’ll be managing, training and developing our Therapy Assistants and other members of the team so experience of working in a multidisciplinary team supporting and supervising others is essential.

About you:

You’ll be a positive person who possess excellent general professional skills and have experience within a range of clinical settings with adults / children who have complex and physical needs. For this role its essential you have experience of dealing with communication and dysphagia difficulties and have knowledge of specialist equipment. This is a great opportunity for someone who has a recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree, are HCPC registered and a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

As a recognised Investor in People, we offer commitment to your CPD, regular supervisions and training.

HCPC registration is essential.

Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, medical and an enhanced DBS check. We are an equal Opportunities employer.

You may have experience of the following: Speech & Language Therapist, Therapy, Therapist, Speech and Language Programme, Youth Offending, Young People, Children, Adolescents, Challenging Behaviour, Sexually harmful behaviour, Complex Needs, Learning Disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, HCPC, RCSLT, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Health and Care Professions Council, etc.

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Care Assistant / Support Worker / Healthcare Assistant (Auxiliary)  

Essex (various locations across Essex)

Salary £8.75 per hour (inclusive of pay award in April 2020)

Casual Flexible Bank Hours (0 hours per week. Bank (zero hours) contract)

Are you looking for rewarding employment?

Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?

Our client is recruiting for experienced Auxiliary Bank Support Assistants to work flexibly across their Supported Housing & Care services for adults with learning and physical disabilities and/or mental health needs. The main purpose of these roles is to provide essential support to their busy frontline teams of Support Assistants and Qualified Nurses. 

They have available positions across the following locations:

Billericay/Basildon/Pitsea, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Leigh-on-Sea, Maldon, Rochford, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, South Ockendon and Wickford

The role:

Specifically, you’ll be undertaking non-care related duties which include:

• Household tasks,

• Shopping 

• Community-based activities 

• Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with service users and other key stakeholders

The type of candidate they're looking for:

• Demonstrable commitment and passion for working with people 

• An interest and/ or previous experience of working in the social care sector 

• Basic understanding of the needs and rights of people with disabilities

• Basic knowledge of the regulations that govern their services

• Excellent literacy and communication skills 

• The ability to work effectively both alone and as part of a team.

What they can offer you:

• A varied, rewarding and interesting workplace;

• Work patterns that fit around your own commitments - for example, they can accommodate term-time or holiday-only shift patterns;

• Many of their services are 24-hour, so there are various shift patterns available, including lates/earlies/weekends/nights;

• Free mandatory and specialist training, workplace mentoring and support;

• Competitive salary and benefits.

So do you think this is for you? Are you ready for the challenge? Well if you are, they would love you to apply for this post.

Values-based recruitment

Our client has a value-based recruitment policy which means their selection process is aligned with their core values of Excellence, Care and Innovation - this ensures that, when recruiting, they find the right person with the right values and expected behaviours for the job, who will strive to provide excellent services to the people we support.  This supplements their requirements for essential and desirable skills, knowledge and abilities for each role.

Safeguarding & recruitment

There are committed to safeguarding and practices safer recruitment standards and expects everyone who works for them to share the commitment to safeguarding children and people with care and support needs. The successful applicant will be required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK. These posts are also subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks.

Diversity & inclusion

They are committed to embedding equality and diversity at the heart of their culture and everything they do. They aim to be an inclusive organisation in which individual differences and needs are supported, and a place where everyone has a fair opportunity to fulfil their potential without suffering discrimination, harassment or disadvantage. They strive to ensure the people who work for them and use their services, as well as their families and carers, are treated with dignity and respect at all times.

The vacancy will remain open until all posts have been filled; however, applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a regular basis as we are seeking to fill these roles urgently.

Due to the nature of the role an Enhanced DBS check is required.

Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care is looking for a service delivery assistant to be based in the Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care service

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

The main purpose of the role is to provide a high quality and responsive administrative function for our Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care service, acting as the first point of contact for general enquiries into the service and supporting the wider team and service with administrative duties. You will also assist the management team in ensuring all referrals into the service are triaged and processed in line with service requirements.

To be successful in this post you will have experience of working in a victim or client focused environment and will need to possess excellent communication, organisational and IT skills and be able to deal sensitively and effectively with a wide range of audiences including clients of the service, partner agencies and colleagues. You will have an understanding of the issues surrounding data protection, confidentiality and information sharing and you will be able to work to agreed processes and practices in an efficient and timely manner. You will also have experience of working within a statutory, voluntary or similar organisation.

This post is subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check).

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days' annual leave (pro-rata), and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.

Rethink Mental Illness have secured a new contract to deliver All Age Advocacy Services across Essex.  We are seeking a Referral and Data Co-ordinator to support the Contract Manager in the delivery of the Single Point of Access for the service.

The Single Point of Access (SPA)  provides a comprehensive intake system for all new referrals to Essex All Age Advocacy, providing all new referrals with timely screening and triage, allocating referrals to our Locality Hubs or signposting to other services or sources of information.

You will be the first point of contact for anyone contacting the SPA; providing first response to clients or referrers and co-ordinating the referral triage process, gathering referral information and working closely with the Contract Manager and Locality Team Leaders to allocate referrals to advocates and our advocacy groups.

We are seeking a motivated, highly organised individual with experience of providing a first-class customer focused service.  You willrespond positively and professionally to a wide range of contacts, working directly with social care and health staff, stakeholders, carers of, and people with learning disabilities, physical and sensory impairments, acquired brain injuries, young people, older people and those with mental health needs. 

About You:

• You will be committed to delivering a timely and personalised response to all contacts, ensuring that our Advocacy service is delivered efficiently and effectively.
• You will have experience of working or volunteering in an Advocacy setting. 
• Strong verbal/written/non-verbal communication skills, able to communicate sensitively and empathetically.
• A good understanding of advocacy practice and key laws, in order to answer non-complex questions around rights under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Act.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team with flexible approach to undertaking a wide variety of tasks.
• IT literate with working knowledge of standard Microsoft Office programs and experience of accurate data entry to databases.
• Experience and skills in statistical data analysis and presentation.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Annual increments to top of pay scale
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• 33 days annual leave including statutory/bank holiday
• Childcare vouchers scheme
• Where appropriate paid eye test plus up to £55 towards the cost of new glasses or lenses
• Excellent career development opportunities with access to further training and advocacy qualifications

This post will initially be based in Southend-on-Sea.  We are currently relocating the SPA to a central Chelmsford location.  We will consider home based working until the Chelmsford office is operational.

Just a couple of final things,

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, LGBTQ+, people with a disability, or who are BAME are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status and therefore we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to everyone.

We reserve the right to change the closing date without notice depending on the number of responses received.

Family Action runs nine children’s centres in Southend and require experienced Family Support Workers to ensure children and their families receive practical and emotional support using a mixture of home visiting, informal, targeted and structured groups delivered within the children’s centres.

As a Family Support Worker you would work alongside families in their homes, the children’s centres and the wider community offering practical and emotional support, empowering families to help themselves and supporting adults in their role as parents/carers.  This would include helping parents to develop household routines, behavior management strategies, parenting skills and assisting them to link with other services.

You would need to have a qualification in childcare/child development, health and social care, counselling or a related professional qualification equivalent to at least NVQ3. A good understanding of the development needs of children, parenting and a solid understanding of mental health and disability issues, drug and alcohol use, domestic violence and poverty and the way these impact on children and family life.  Experience of working with children and their families, including experience of running groups and evaluating their effectiveness along with access to a vehicle to enable travel to and from visits.

We are forward looking, ambitious and with a commitment to continuous improvement.  We are a people focused, can-do organisation that strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.

Please download an application form from our website to apply. 

Providing guidance, options and choice for people in various locations across the country.

Pension Wise is a free and impartial government service that offers people guidance on their defined contribution pension options. Citizens Advice offers the face-to-face Pension Wise appointments in over 300 locations. As of summer 2018, the service has helped over 250,000 people understand their pension options and has a 98% satisfaction rating.

You’ll be expected to supply accurate and relevant information and guidance on pension options and choices. You’ll need to have a good foundation knowledge of pension law and practice, gained in a pensions technical role, as well as a thorough understanding of a broad range of pension arrangements, both occupational and personal. You also should have an understanding and appreciation of wider retirement issues.

Successful candidates must be able to attend a 3-week induction programme, 6 days of which will be held in central London, Birmingham or Bristol, exact dates TBC.

How to apply

To apply please send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter detailing your suitability for the role.

Care & Support Workers (Adults/Children)

Are you looking for work?

Become a Keyworker – We really need you!

Care & Support Workers (Adults/Children) Permanent & Bank - Flexible
£17,227 - £21,691 per annum (£8.86- £11.20 per hour) plus 50% weekend enhancements and overtime opportunities.

We currently have Care & Support Worker vacancies in our Adult Home and Children’s Home, College and School supporting our residents to learn and live their lives as independently as possible in our well-equipped on site bungalows. Our teams assist with school and college work alongside leisure activities such as horse-riding and swimming. They also carry out general domestic duties and personal care.

You don’t need experience in care to join us – but you do need to be dedicated, caring and passionate about people. Our on-site training team will support you to achieve fully funded recognised qualifications in Adult Care & Child Care (NVQ 2 & NVQ 3). If you’re an excellent communicator with the desire, resilience, patience and motivation to support others we can offer you an incredibly rewarding role.

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of Hertfordshire parkland between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs from the age of 5 through to 78 in our Children’s Home, School, College, Residential Homes with nursing and Day Centre. Over 150 adults and children call St Elizabeth’s their home making us an inspirational place to do great work.

We offer a mixture of early and late shifts (7.15am – 2.45pm and 2.15pm – 9.45pm), night positions, and weekend work across our full- time, part-time, casual roles and an excellent range of staff benefits, including:

- Currently a 50% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for full time permanent employees
- Fully paid for DBS
- Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
- Fabulous staff development – fully funded for you by the Centre
- Free on-site parking
- Subsidised restaurant
- High Street retail/leisure discounts
- Generous holidays
- Discounted gym membership
- Free Life assurance

Offers are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check paid for by the centre. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer

HR Administrator

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of Hertfordshire parkland between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford, so baby lambs and ducklings are part of our working life. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs from 5 years old through to 78 in our Children’s Home, School, College, Residential Homes with nursing and Day Centre. Over 150 adults and children call St Elizabeth’s their home making us an inspirational place to do great work. Our work as a HR team is made extra meaningful as we know that we are supporting our teams to make such a difference to the lives of others.

Position: HR Admin Assistants
Location: St Elizabeth`s Centre
Job type: Full Time and Part Time, Permanent & Maternity Cover
Hours: 30 hours per week & 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Part time £14,002 - £15,236 per annum, Full time £17,502 - £19,045 per annum
Benefits: We offer an excellent range of staff benefits including: A comprehensive induction & development programme, Subsidised restaurant, High Street retail / leisure discounts, Generous holidays, Discounted gym membership, Free Life assurance, Free on-site parking.

Closing Date: 1st April 2020
Interview Date: 3rd April 2020

About the role:

We are looking for 2 people to join us - One role supports our Staff Development team and the other is based in a busy HR Operations team. You will help us to provide a high quality administrative service to the Centre. This will be a busy and varied role, you’ll be preparing and co-ordinating training materials, providing reports, inputting data and setting up rooms for training. You will also assist with recruitment and employee relations activity. No day will be the same as you arrange meetings, take notes and keep our employee records accurate and up to date.

About you:

We’re looking for someone who loves to work proactively and use their initiative. You will be an expert in all things Microsoft and highly proficient in using IT systems. Creating reports is key so it’s essential you are highly proficient at using Excel. You’ll be the first point of contact for both staff and external agencies so you’ll need to be able to communicate effectively at all levels. If you have excellent organisational skills, are able to manage your workload effectively and have some experience in an administration role, we want to hear from you.

We reserve the right to close the position early if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Offers are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check paid for by the centre. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience.

You may have experience of the following: People Administrator, HR Administrator, Human Resources Administrator, HR Assistant, Human Resources Assistant, HR Officer, Human Resources Officer, HR Executive, Human Resources Executive, etc.

Ref: 92719

We are looking for an outstanding leader to work with the Trustees in leading and further developing the charity. The successful candidate will be someone who will inspire and empower others to share in achieving continued success in all our work.

If you have a passion for working with a great team who make a real difference for families across Essex, we would be delighted to receive your application and look forward to hearing from you. 

Families InFocus (Essex) is a forward thinking and caring organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Essex families with children and young people with any special educational need or disability (SEND).

Our mission is:-

“to provide support for children and young people (aged 0 to 25) with any special educational need or disability (SEND) by ensuring that they, their families and carers receive quality information, advice, practical and emotional support. In particular, through the provision of advice, information and support to improve the education and development of, and relieve the poverty for children and young people with SEND, to enhance the stability and quality of life for the whole family. A central consideration will be the emotional needs of all concerned”.

Our excellent reputation and established relationships within the local Essex community have been earned over many years delivering quality services to meet the needs of our service users.

We are looking for an exceptional individual who will lead and drive the continuous development of Families InFocus (Essex) and ensure that its work makes a real difference for families.

You will be:

• An experienced and empathetic leader

• A strategic thinker

• A proven relationship builder

• Someone who has a track record of successful income generation

Full Job Description

Purpose of the Job 

To work on behalf of the Board of Trustees, in accordance with our mission, aims, values and objectives:-

• To develop and deliver the strategic and operational plan and financial budget to ensure the ongoing sustainability, growth and success of Families InFocus (Essex).

• To raise our profile and act as a strong figurehead for the charity, a positive ambassador with our stakeholders, clients, partners, funders and networks and a confident, inspiring and empathetic leader for staff and volunteers. 

• To ensure service users’ views and aspirations are taken into account for all service delivery and development. 

  Main responsibilities 

  Strategy planning and development: 

• To develop the charity’s strategic plan in conjunction with the Board of Trustees in response to key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

• To manage the charity effectively, ensuring that its financial security and risk management is maintained and enhanced. 

• To lead the development and implementation of strategic goals, objectives and financial plans to meet both the short term and long term goals and aspirations. 

• To take overall responsibility for achieving, monitoring and reporting on performance against funders’ targets and in all areas of the charity’s activities. 

• To develop a culture of continuous improvement throughout all aspects of the charity’s work including maintaining and building relationships with key partners, funders and community networks. 

• To keep abreast of the opportunities and challenges facing local third sector organisations and keep up to date with changing legislation/developments in local or national government initiatives which could affect the charity.

  Operational Leadership: 

• To lead the development and implementation of operational plans in support of our strategic and accountability frameworks ensuring the organisation provides high quality services and meets its charitable objectives.

• To ensure that the organisation has effective policies and procedures including the management of human resources, safeguarding, finance, health and safety, information, communication and premises, and that these meet relevant legislative requirements and agreed quality standards.

• To manage the day to day operations of the charity, ensuring that staff and volunteers are effectively deployed and receive regular supervision, support, training and annual appraisals.

• To lead key projects including those bringing significant changes for the organisation, ensuring that risks and threats are robustly managed. 

  Financial management: 

• To be accountable to the Board of Trustees for the overall financial health of the charity, controlling budgets, expenditure and management accounts ensuring that income and expenditure is within financial plan targets. 

• To secure adequate funding and resources to meet income targets and objectives, including through bid submissions to grant making trusts, foundations and statutory funders, charity fundraising events and other fundraising activities.

• To maintain and build excellent long term relationships with funders, donors and supporters.

• To develop and implement an effective sustainability plan to identify and diversify income streams and maximise new fundraising opportunities for income generation.

• To identify and put in place an effective and robust risk management strategy and framework to enable the charity to support its objectives. 

  Robust governance  

• To foster excellent working relationships and ensure systems and structures are in place for the Board of Trustees to fulfil its statutory and regulatory requirements and exercise effective control of the charity’s affairs. 

• To report to the Board on progress against key strategic objectives, providing information and answering for organisational performance. 

• To advise the Board in all aspects of leading the charity, including short term and long term strategic planning for the financial welfare of the organisation. 

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

• Educated to degree level or professionally qualified by suitable demonstrable experience e.g. management, health, education, social care, or community development. 

  Experience and knowledge

  Essential

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a senior management role. 

• Demonstrable experience of strategic and operational planning, service development and project management, including monitoring and evaluation. 

• Demonstrable experience of human resources management and good practice in the recruitment, management and development of staff and volunteers.

• Demonstrable experience and a proven track record of bid writing and successful funding applications to generate income and meet challenging income targets.

• Demonstrable acumen and experience of organisational financial management including budget control and reporting.

• Demonstrable experience of effective fundraising within the non-profit and charity sector.

• Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of clients, stakeholders and partners including local third sector organisations and statutory agencies.

• A good understanding of the governance, legal requirements of a charity and company limited by guarantee.

• Understanding of quality assurance frameworks and standards. 

  Desirable

• A good understanding of the needs of families of children and young people with any special educational need or disability.

• Experience of working in the voluntary and/or statutory sector. 

• Experience of delivering front line services in a community setting. 

• Experience of service level agreements, contracts, tendering and commissioning. 

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

• Ability to inspire and lead an organisation. 

• Excellent people management skills. 

• Excellent interpersonal, oral communication and written communication skills. 

• Excellent skills in financial management.

• Excellent IT and presentation skills. 

• Ability to think strategically. 

• Ability to prioritise and work effectively towards strategic service goals, meet funders’ targets and deadlines.

• Ability to remain calm and focussed under pressure. 

• Ability to manage own learning and attend training courses as needed.

If you are interested in applying please click the ' Apply button' and send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you're suitable for this role.