Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose. To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we embark on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.

We are looking for a social care specialist who can support teams across the charity in their work. You will help deliver our expert telephone advice service. You will provide guidance and training for our advice team on social care issues affecting older people. You will support our information team with the production of social care resources and working closely with our policy teams on wider system change. There is potential to develop this role and you will play a key part in this.

The role sits within a Technical Advice team of four covering advice on social care, money and welfare benefits and health and wellbeing.

With experience in the field of social care and/or delivering social care advice, you should have a good understanding of the legislative and regulatory frameworks relating to social care, the Care Act 2014, and the issues faced by older people. You will have excellent written and verbal communication and the ability to write about social care issues in a clear and concise way. Ideally, you will have experience of supporting staff development.

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are all currently working from home due to the pandemic, so this role is currently work from home.

We are passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion and creating an environment where we can ALL be ourselves

To apply, please visit our website to submit a covering letter along with a CV, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 18 May

An internationally acclaimed Awarding Body are looking for a Quality Assurance Advisor to join their organisation on a permanent basis. The Quality Assurance team is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the organisation's qualifications across three regional teams.

You will support the Quality Assurance team in all quality management and compliance activity, with a particular focus on Europe, Middle East and Africa. As someone with strong critical thinking skills, you will administer the organisation's quality and compliance processes, as well as Approved Programme Provider (APP) registration, monitoring and renewal to ensure best practice and exemplary customer service.

You will also carry out APP visits remotely and in person as well as maintaining compliance records including the Continual Improvement Plan that will be used across the Quality Assurance tam. Additionally, you will take ownership for ad-hoc projects across the Quality Assurance team.

In order to make a success of this role you will have previous experience in quality assurance, risk or compliance from an educational organisation. You will have excellent customer service skills and be able to integrate well as part of a team. As someone who has worked in a regulated environment before you will be able to take initiative and have strong CRM or technical skills.

If you would like to apply then please send a copy of your CV to [email protected] quoting the reference number J74669HS by the closing date of 22nd April.

Senior Policy and Campaigns Adviser, Health Charity, £35,000, London

• Are you a policy and campaigns adviser with experience of working in welfare and with government departments?
• Do you have a background in creating policy position papers and identifying opportunities to influence national policies?
• Would you like to work and support a well-known UK national health charity?

I am working alongside a well-known health research and support charity. They are seeking a new Senior Policy and Campaigns Adviser to help influence national policy development and implementation to improve welfare and work services for the affected target audience of the charity.

What is great about this organisation…

• Well known UK health charity
• Central London offices
• Flexi-time and flexible working options
• 25 days annual leave plus office closure between Christmas and New Year
• Ride2work programme
• Educational loan (interest-free)
• Maternity, adoption, and shared parental pay
• Pension options

In this role, you will be responsible for...

• Influencing national policy developments and implementations to help improve welfare and work services for the affected target audience of the charity
• Creating policy position papers and identifying opportunities to influence national policies
• Producing communications materials about the charity's work campaigns and welfare to promote their campaigns in the media
• Representing the charity at external meetings with stakeholders

You will be ideally suited for this position if you have…

• A track record of campaigning and influencing government, public policy, and decision makers (preferably in the welfare, work, and disability sector)
• A background in running successful national campaigns, events, and coalitions
• Excellent writing skills

What next?

An appointment is looking to be made urgently for this Senior Policy and Campaigns Adviser role, with applications being reviewed on a rolling basis. As such this opportunity is liable to close at short notice so apply now to avoid disappointment! If you wanted to find out more about this Senior Policy and Campaigns Adviser position, get in touch ASAP on the below:

Tel: 0207 269 6338

Email:

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Prince's Trust International are currency seeking a Safety & Security Advisor. This role is central to the growth and sustainability of our work overseas which will provide health and safety guidance to our global partners in the form of organisational capacity building and manage the organisations approach, policies, and procedures to travel and physical safety.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of successfully delivering advice and guidance on a range of health, safety, and security matters.

They will have excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work with a wide range of external and internal customers and stakeholders including from different countries and cultures.

Prince’s Trust International has been supporting young people worldwide since 2015. Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, we work with partners around the world to deliver education, employment and enterprise programmes that empower young people to learn, work and thrive.

We blend our expertise with a global network of local partners and develop programmes and interventions to help young people to build their own futures. Our work complements global efforts to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those relating to quality education and decent work.

Our content delivery is now present in 13 countries around the world including Barbados, Jamaica; Trinidad & Tobago; Greece, Malta, Serbia; Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda; India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Jordan. In 2021 we will also develop further projects in Nigeria and the Eastern Caribbean.

At Citizens Advice Hounslow we are looking to appoint an experienced Generalist Adviser with the ability to work remotely (via phone and/or digital channels) as well as the flexibility to work from our offices and outreach venues when viable.

To apply you need to demonstrate:

• at least one year full-time or part-time equivalent experience of providing high quality advice and casework at generalist level;
• a sound knowledge of generalist enquiry areas, in particular welfare benefits and debt;
• the ability to work out benefit calculations and better-off calculations in a system where Universal Credit and legacy benefits operate alongside;
• the ability to meet deadlines and manage your workload in a pressured environment;
• the capacity to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision
• good communication and IT skills to deal efficiently with telephone queries, online information and case recording on a CRM.
• the willingness to take up research & campaign work in accordance with the aims and principles of Citizens Advice
• the willingness to carry out any other reasonable duties as and when required to meet service needs
• the flexibility to work remotely and ideally move around the borough and work from our venues if required, should this become possible again.

For more details about the role please download the Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note:We can only respond to successful applicants. We reserve the right to close this vacancy as soon as it has been filled, therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

Communications & Media Relations Advisor

The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is a ground-breaking alliance of companies, trade unions and voluntary organisations working together to improve the lives of workers in international supply chains. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Communication and Media Relations professional to help maximise the impact of ETI’s work by leading on ETI’s corporate communications and media relations as part of an integrated approach that positions ETI on key issues.

We are seeking someone who can help to promote understanding, awareness and build wider support for ETI within its membership and beyond.

The ideal candidate should have a substantial communications experience including writing and editorial, media relations, marketing and social media and proven experience in developing and delivery communications strategies with evidence of measurable impact. We are also looking for someone with experience of leading the development and delivery of effective stakeholder engagement and solid track record of successfully implementing communications initiatives using a range of tools and techniques.

This is a full-time post with a salary of between £40,680 - £51,674 plus benefits.

Please be aware that due to current restrictions we are working remotely. The office will reopen in line with the governmental advice.

Why join ETI?

• Great people!

• 25 days annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays + office closed over Christmas

• 13 weeks of contractual sick pay

• Flexible working hours and central London location

• Employee Assistance Programme

• 7% Pension Contribution

• Enhanced maternity(90% pay for first 20 weeks) and paternity leave(full pay for 6 weeks)

• Staff Union Representatives

• Season ticket loan

• Cycle to work

• Childcare vouchers

• Staff social

To apply please visit our website and complete application form.

Closing date for applications: 2nd May 2021

RCN Foundation

Trustees and External Advisers

Unrenumerated - reasonable expenses such as travel or childcare may be claimed.

The RCN Foundation is a UK wide independent charity and grant-maker supporting nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants, and is part of the RCN Group. The charity supports and strengthens nursing and midwifery to improve the health and wellbeing of the public.

With the pandemic shining a light on the incredible work of nursing and midwifery teams, this is an opportunity for the new Trustees and External Advisers to play a vital role in supporting the Foundation's work and help shape the UK's healthcare landscape.

We are seeking four Trustees to join the Board:

• Two individuals with a nursing and/or midwifery background - one based in Scotland and a second based in Wales.

• One individual with a financial background ideally in accounting, investments or audit experience.

• One individual with a fundraising and/ or marketing background.

We are seeking External Advisers to join our two substantive Committees - the Grants Committee or the Income Generation & Investment Committee. Advisers should have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Grant-making

• Benevolent activities

• Investments

• Fundraising

• Marketing and Communications

• Nursing and Midwifery

RCN Foundation is committed to ensuring that principles of equality, diversity and inclusion underpin our approach to our governance, activities, staff and beneficiaries. We know that equality, diversity and inclusion strengthen the work that we do and lead to better outcomes for our beneficiaries, and greater societal impact. We actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and from all sections of the community to apply for these Trustee roles.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Deadline for applications: Monday 3rd May

Interviews with Prospectus: w/c 17th and w/c 24th May

Interviews with RCN Foundation: w/c 7th and w/c 14th June

Are you interested in supporting people who have, or are recovering from, mental health challenges; experiencing barriers affecting their ability to move towards, or stay in, paid employment? Do you have what it takes to join a team of individuals that prides themselves on professionalism, values and hard work to make a real difference to people's lives? 

Status Employment are looking for:

2 Full Time IAPT Employment Advisers: £28,000 – Contract role funded until March 2022

1 Part Time IAPT Employment Advisor: £28,000 pro rata - Contract role funded until March 2022 

Roles are an ASAP start to work. A full-time role is 35 hours a week over 5 days to join our established team and part time hours to be discussed. Currently these positions are remote working. In future, we hope this will be a mixture of working in our Lambeth offices as well as working remotely. 

Working alongside Lambeth Talking Therapies 

The Lambeth Talking Therapies programme provides short term therapy for people with common mental health needs such as anxiety or depression. Status Employment has been the Partner of Choice since IAPT started in Lambeth in 2009. We work closely within this integrated health team, to provide a short term holistic and person-centered service. As with therapy, the intervention is short term, typically 2-4 months but varies depending on the need of our client. Joining our established team, you will be working with clients to understand and overcome their barriers to employment, supporting them to achieve their employment aspirations. 

This is a great opportunity to be part of an organisation that is passionate about the value of employment towards our well-being. We are a close-knit, ambitious team, committed to learning and developing and adding value to the clients we support.

As an Employment Adviser you will provide advice, guidance and support for clients who are:

• Off sick and wishing to return to work
• Retaining employment
• Seeking employment 

You will work collaboratively with clients, therapists and employers to deliver best outcomes. Supporting the client to devise a strategy to help them move forward with employment needs, you will deliver job seeking, CV and Interview workshops, develop an effective knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and support job applications. Ability to use technology is crucial - currently all of our sessions are over the phone or online and we use our database to capture data at every point of contact. 

Please send in your CV and Covering Letter (in line with the job description). 

Prospectus is excited to be exclusively working with a leading Advice and Support organisation to recruit their new Project Lead. This is a great opportunity to display excellent project managerial skills, and lead on the successful delivery across a portfolio of advisory-related projects.

This is a key role for the organisation that will take responsibility for a portfolio of advisory and support projects and programmes, working closely with and managing frontline staff and being accountable for project reporting requirements. The postholder will maintain and develop relationships with key relevant stakeholders across the projects and will also collaborate with the Business Development Manager to ensure continuation funding where appropriate. The role will take the lead on ensuring that new projects are implemented smoothly and that project staff are appropriately supported. The Project Lead will also oversee project budgets, ensuring that appropriate controls are in place, and will lead on the monitoring and evaluation of existing and new projects.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of managing advisory-focussed projects, and interacting with funders. Working at senior levels they will comfortable developing project evaluations and reports and positively contributing to organisational and strategic planning. They will possess a track record of managing and leading people, developing a positive working environment that supports staff to achieve their full potential. Experience of managing budgets and contributing to discussions on the allocation of resources is essential. A background in working in the not for profit sector and/or the advice sector is desirable but not essential.

Please initially apply by providing a Word Document copy of your CV. Suitable candidates will then be contacted and will be asked to complete a supporting statement.

We are Barnet Lone Parent Centre, a small grassroots charity supporting people in the London Borough of Barnet.  We provide free, independent benefits and generalist money advice for anyone in need, not just lone parents. We pride ourselves on providing high quality face-to-face, personalised, friendly service for those who are the most vulnerable in our community. This can include those with low income, mental health conditions, physical disability, substance misuse issues and more.  This work can be rewarding, stimulating and sometimes challenging.

You are an experienced and well-qualified adviser with a passion for helping people.  Ideally, you will have worked in the advice sector for two years or more and managed case files. You are a focused person who can provide excellent service for beneficiaries in an efficient, well-organised way. The ability to work independently whilst meeting deadlines is a key skill you will need. You take pride in ensuring that beneficiary needs are fully met with fairness, dignity and respect.

Citizens Advice Hounslow is a well-respected charity, operating in the London Borough of Hounslow.  Thanks to our amazing team of staff and volunteers, we support over 8,000 clients a year through our face to face, phone and digital services. However, in the current circumstances, we are mainly operating remotely.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced Advice Supervisor or Caseworker with experience in a supervisory role to:

• support and supervise advice sessions (currently all services are running remotely, mainly by phone)
• check advisers’ work at generalist level
• give advice to clients if required, according to service needs, dealing with own casework
• ensure high quality of advice is maintained at all times
• promote and take up research & campaign work in accordance with the aims and principles of Citizens Advice
• carry out any other duties compatible with the role as and when required

For more information about the role please download the Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note: we are unable to respond to applicants who have not been shortlisted. We reserve the right to close this vacancy as soon it has been filled, therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

Do you wake up with a sense of justice, and wish you could dedicate your work to fighting inequality? We would like to hear from you. The Work Rights Centre is looking to widen its London-based service provision team with a Polish-speaking colleague who can join us for 2 days a week.

The role

As part of our service provision team, you’ll be helping beneficiaries challenge unscrupulous employers, and find their way to more secure positions. One day, you may be working with people who were not paid, or who were unfairly dismissed, and need to understand their employment rights and how to access them. On a different day, you may be helping someone who has just lost their job apply for Universal Credit, then support them in drafting a CV and looking for employment. You may also be the face of the Work Rights Centre in interactions with the Polish community, delivering short presentations in community centres.

The candidate

We’re looking for a Polish speaking colleague with a real interest in social mobility, but also a desire to help people address the urgent inequalities of today. In summary, we want to see that you:

• Have worked directly with vulnerable adults, with a view to diagnose and address their issues;
• Have good knowledge of employment statuses and rights in the UK;
• Are an excellent communicator, who can build rapport with anyone;
• Can organize your time, notes and records, value learning and can back up your decisions with evidence.

How to apply

Download the job description and follow the process. In summary, we want to see your CV ad Cover letter. The deadline for applications is the 18th of April, 23:59.  Interviews and a short written test take place online, the week commencing the 19th of April.

Domestic violence, IDVA

Your new company
Hays are recruiting for a leading charity who support people affected and survivors of domestic abuse in London.

This is initially a 1 year fixed Term Contract but a high possibility this will be extended for 2nd year if funding is gained, you will also go on to gain your "Safer Lives" Qualification with this client.

There will be some remote working from home once training and inductions have been completed.

Your new role

• You will be responsible for advocating on behalf of survivors of domestic abuse and managing and reviewing your cases.
• The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of domestic abuse and its impact on victim/survivors and their children, as well as experience of providing emotional and practical support and strong casework management skills.
• You will have the skills to provide effective crisis intervention, carry out risk assessments, safety planning, assessment of needs and individual support planning.
• You will understand the legal system in how it relates to survivors of domestic abuse and have strong communication skills and the confidence and ability to present and educate service users and agency partners on the realities and impacts of domestic abuse in a variety of settings. An ability to work independently and prioritise a busy workload is essential.
• You should have demonstrable experience of working in an IDVA or similar position with this or a similar client group, and an outstanding knowledge of supporting those experiencing domestic abuse, is essential including the MARAC process.

What you'll need to succeed

• Ideally you would of worked within a domestic violence service previously and has a IDVA BUT the client will consider those from a "Refuge" background and able to work of own initiative and will provide training for those willing to and able to hit the ground running and is a excellent opportunity for those passionate about helping victims of DV.
• You will need to understand how they relate to survivors of domestic abuse.
• Possess excellent communication, written and IT skills, the ability to engage with clients and liaise and deliver training and presentations to external agencies and stakeholders effectively.
• An enhanced criminal record check is required for this role, Hays Social Care will process this for you free of charge.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive Salary £25225.57 Unqual or £28736.64 with Saferlive's qualification
• Permanent Job
• Working for a leading charity.
• If you do not have the DV qualification this organisation will fund your Safer Lives qualification once passed probation period.

What you need to do now
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Do you want to make a positive impact on young people’s mental health?

Are you self-motivated, approachable and flexible with a ‘can do’ attitude?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team delivering Children and Young People services and bring our successful SAFE project to secondary schools.

SAFE is an innovative mental health and suicide prevention programme that supports young people to recognise the signs of mental health in themselves and peers, empower them to talk about their feelings and ask for help, establish peer support networks and build resilience. You will lead and manage the implementation of the programme within local schools, build resilience, reduce stigma and promote wider school-based mental health initiatives. 

Young People are at the heart of the SAFE programme and you support and train older students to become SAFE ambassadors in their schools, setting up SAFE spaces and offering peer-to-peer support.

You will build local networks, working collaboratively with partner agencies; and plan and deliver SAFE events. The role is based in Kent and you will your own car for travel.

You can make the difference for now and the future.