The curriculum lead will make a significant contribution to the development of the teaching, learning and assessment (grading and observation of practice and academic components) on Frontline’s programmes. The curriculum Lead will also be primarily involved with delivery of teaching materials in various settings, including at the summer institute, recall days and in unit teaching. You will play a key role in the development of Practice Tutors and Consultant Social Workers, running briefings on curriculum areas, developing teaching skills, undertaking observations of teaching, unit meetings, individual and group coaching sessions. 

This is a varied and exciting role in a rapidly growing, ambitious organisation. We need people who are enthusiastic about joining us to ensure our programmes remain innovative and excellent and that we become widely recognised as delivering world leading programmes. You will  be passionate about teaching and learning and have a deep interest in social work education.

We believe in the potential of every individual.

We believe no one should live in poverty.

We believe in the power of effective information and advice.

The Manchester Volunteer Advice Partnership (MVAP) recruits and trains advice volunteers centrally and then supports them in ways that enable them to develop. This has been a collaboration of Manchester Mind, Cheetham Hill Advice Centre, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Manchester Refugee Support Network, Centrepoint, and, since December 2017, Manchester City Council. The project increases our respective capacities to meet the advice needs of our communities. We all share our talents and skills and the responsibility for this exciting project for which Manchester Mind serves as lead and accountable body.

We approach our work in a way that is shaped and guided by our core values of:

• Collaborative Communities
• Sharing
• Trust

We are seeking someone who cares about social justice and collaboration to work with us:

Advice Supervisor

Salary: £28,785 pro rata (£17,271 actual)    |    Hours: 21 per week

Funding for this post is in place until 30th March 2021.

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Supporting volunteer development
• Collaboration
• Advice in areas of social welfare law (benefits, debt, housing)

This part-time role is based at the Town Hall, where you would be supporting volunteers in Manchester City Council’s Homelessness Contact Centre. As such you would be working both within the Town Hall and at the Zion Centre in Hulme.

If you are interested in this role, please download the application documents from this listing or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website. The deadline for application submissions is 9am, Monday 24th August 2020.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services or had experience of volunteering.

As Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead at St John, you will deliver expert advice, change leadership and guidance alongside developing and implementing strategic policies, practices and action plans.

About the role

As Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead at St John, you will deliver expert advice, change leadership and guidance alongside developing and implementing strategic policies, practices and action plans.  Above all, your over-riding purpose will be to influence the organisational culture to one in which EDI is the driver for sustainable change.  You will also be the principle EDI advisor to the CEO, the Chief Commissioner, the Head of HR and to the Celebrating Communities Steering Group.  This will be an extremely challenging role which will ensure that, as an organisation, we discharge our specific legislative obligations as well as significantly contributing to the St John Values and cultural change expectations.

About you

You will need to be a special person to succeed in this role with a strong passion for fairness and equity and an in-depth understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion matters as they affect all St John people.  Previous experience of delivering EDI interventions and influencing positive change via a range of stakeholders is important.  Being able to inspire and drive delivery across a wide range of EDI areas in a complex organisation will require strong levels of resilience and perseverance and the ability to persuade at all levels of St John.

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 support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: 10 August 2020

Application Review Date: 28 August 2020

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.

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with 28% of our staff coming from BAME and 20% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with 11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the role:

We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable.

The purpose of the position will be to deliver IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety) domestic violence and abuse (DVA) awareness training to health professionals in General Practice (GP) surgeries to improve their understanding of DVA and to increase the numbers of victims identified and referred for support. The post holder will provide holistic support and advocacy for the individuals referred by the GP Practices. In addition the post holder’s responsibilities will include:

Line Management To line manage the Advocate Educators (AEs) working in the same CCG area, to carry out supervision to the AEs in the same CCG area in line with organisational policy, to carry out case management of the AEs in line with organisational policy and act as an advisor/first point of contact for queries to the AEs and the GP Practice staff in the area and surrounding as required.

Practice-based Work to promote an awareness of the experiences and needs of people, predominantly women who are living with, escaping or have a history of DVA particularly in relation to their health.

Advocacy and Support Work by providing effective one to one support, advice, information and advocacy to service users who are experiencing or who have experienced DVA as they are referred from participating GP Practices. Maintain awareness of safeguarding and complete Early Help and/or social services referrals as a matter of urgency and

Contributing to Project Success by managing workload to ensure compliance with IRIS National and local commissioning reporting requirements. Contribute to the development of the IRIS online case management and reporting tool to ensure this is fit for purpose. 

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week

Duration: Fixed Term to 31st March 2021

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers

Application forms should be returned by midnight 21st  August 2020. Interviews will be held on 9th September 2020. If you have not heard from us by 2nd September 2020, your application has been unsuccessful.

Background

New Schools Network (NSN) is a dynamic, growing charity. Our purpose is to ensure that every child has an equal chance to succeed, irrespective of their background, by supporting communities to establish, run and improve schools.

An unacceptable number of children fail to reach their potential because they lack access to an excellent education. Too often, a child’s background dictates their destination in life, entrenching inequality and impacting communities for generations to come.

NSN is passionate about ending educational inequality once and for all.

We envisage a country where every child has an equal chance to succeed in life, irrespective of their background. Through our programmes, we partner with individuals, groups, trusts and business leaders to establish, run and improve pioneering and innovative schools.

By offering advice, guidance and support, the charity has been instrumental in helping hundreds of groups of parents, teachers, charities and schools to establish new schools. Over the last three years, NSN has expanded its activities to support the 800 or so free schools that are open or have been approved to open. This is an exciting opportunity to work in medium sized charity and to improve the quality of education in England by joining NSN’s Free Schools Programme Directorate.

New Schools Network is powered by a dynamic and enthusiastic team, united by a passion for improving life chances for children through education.

Free Schools Programme Directorate

As a member of the Free Schools Programme Directorate (FSPD), you will be supporting the team to deliver services to free schools at all stages of their journey. No two days will be the same; you will be involved in a varied range of projects across the team and wider organisation. The FSPD intern will primarily support NSN’s two free school services:

• Advisory Services: NSN’s Advisory Services offers support and guidance to free school applicant groups. This includes researching and reaching out to groups who are best placed to set up specific types of schools, and working with them to develop their idea and prepare them to submit a free school application to the Department for Education (DfE).

• Delivery Services: NSN’s Delivery Services offer a range of support to free schools that have been approved to open, and those that are open. NSN supports approved groups by providing a range of paid-for services, specially designed to help groups achieve the key milestones in a challenging and rigorous set up process. Open free schools can access a range of free support including events, meetings with specialist consultants, and NSN’s dedicated helpdesk service.

The FSPD intern will also be expected to provide ad hoc support to other projects and teams across the organisation.

Our values are:

• We take action to generate change.
• We embrace innovation.
• We believe in individual agency.
• We celebrate diversity.

Key responsibilities

Interns work across all areas of NSN’s work. They have an opportunity to develop a number of key skills, including research, writing and presenting, event organisation and database management. This role will include the following responsibilities:

• Helping to deliver accurate advice to free schools at all stages, including applicant groups, through NSN’s universal helpdesk service;
• Supporting the co-ordination of one-to-one advice surgeries;
• Researching various topics in public policy, politics and education;
• Helping to organise events, including (virtual) visits to schools, roundtables and webinars;
• Supporting advisers to identify and contact high quality potential free school applicants;
• Updating and maintaining records on NSN’s internal database, including running reports and logging queries in a timely and accurate manner; and,
•  
• We commit to continuous improvement.
• Supporting the work of the wider team and the administration of NSN’s work in general

Candidates need to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

• Enthusiasm – NSN’s interns must be passionate about education, and support the free school policy.
• Proactivity – NSN’s interns must be able to use their initiative to solve problems, handle external queries appropriately, and support the team.
• Impressive communication skills – NSN’s interns communicate with a great variety of individuals and groups in person, over the phone and in writing, including civil servants and senior leaders of national academy trusts.
• Strong time management skills – NSN’s interns need to prioritise their workload and be able to balance time sensitive tasks with longer-term projects.
• Professionalism – NSN’s interns are often the first point of contact for external stakeholders, so they need to represent NSN in a professional manner in any situation.
• Adaptability – NSN’s interns are asked to complete a wide variety of projects and need to be adaptable.
• Attention to detail – NSN’s interns need to complete both written and data-related tasks with precision and accuracy.

We are interested in applications from anyone with the above attributes, regardless of your level of education or experience. A proven interest in education (e.g. tutoring, volunteering with young people) and/or experience in a customer facing role would be beneficial.

Please note: We are keen to appoint as soon as possible and may interview for this position before the deadline. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Interviews will be held virtually due to COVID-19.

Location

 London or Manchester (with initial flexibility around working from home due to COVID-19).

How to apply

To apply for this role, please e-mail with your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are the right person for this job. NSN operates a 'blind' recruitment process, whereby all personal and identifying details are removed from candidates' applications. We do this to ensure that the hiring team evaluate applicants on the basis of their skills, aptitude and experience instead of factors that could potentially bias decision-making.

Overview
Justlife works with people who are close to the streets, living in unsupported temporary accommodation (UTA). Justlife exists because we know that every time we don’t act another person living in unsupported temporary accommodation suffers. They suffer with deteriorating mental and physical health, become victims of crime, lose control of their life, drop off the bottom rung of the housing ladder or die prematurely. Our vision
is clear and simple: to make people’s experience of housing vulnerability as short, safe and healthy as possible.
Justlife works in Manchester providing re-housing advice, benefits advice and one-to-one key work support to empower vulnerable adults housed in UTA to move towards more secure housing, independent living and improved health and wellbeing. We run a similar project in Brighton alongside a Hospital Discharge Project
which, in partnership with the specialist homeless GP service Arch Healthcare, provides support to homeless people discharged from hospital into UTA.
Justlife have recently completed research mapping out the number of UTAs across Greater Manchester. Tenants were found to have low levels of wellbeing, were isolated, faced accommodation issues (poor food, no heating
or hot water, limited access to kitchens, and feeling their accommodation was chaotic), experienced deteriorating mental or physical health and felt that they were limited in the support they could access.
Now that we know WHERE individuals are, in the coming year we intend to roll out a new ‘mobile’ model of operating - taking our work OUT to reach beneficiaries where they are, enabling more residents to find out about and access the support Justlife provides.

Job Summary – Specialist Support Worker

The role of Specialist Support Worker involves playing an active part in the Specialist Support Team by taking part in regular outreach visits to UTA’s across Greater Manchester and supporting a caseload of clients that are experiencing varying stages of housing vulnerability. The role requires the use of specialist knowledge and relationship skills to support clients with varying degrees of mental health, addiction and trauma related issues
to engage with health services and to access suitable housing solutions. The Specialist Support Worker is also expected to develop good working relationships with UTA Landlords and Managers recognising the important role that they play in ensuring that their tenant’s experience of UTA’s is as positive as possible. This will include advocacy in registering them for medical services and accompanying them to appointments;
assisting them in addressing all aspects of physical and mental health and addiction needs, as well as advocating for them to get access to suitable housing and social security benefits. The role is dependent on excellent communication and joint working with colleagues and a variety of partners and professionals.
The role requires a high degree of motivation in addition to creativity and flexibility to support complex and vulnerable people. With a passion to work collaboratively with others for the good of our clients, and with some experience of working in a related field in a voluntary or paid capacity.
A high degree of emotional intelligence is required to support clients, many of whom have complex emotional needs, with backgrounds of trauma, neglect, abuse, crime and low self-worth. In a role of this nature you will experience a range of emotions from joy to grief and as such it requires a high degree of resilience to cope with
the emotional demands of the role.
Making decisions in the moment to do the right thing to mitigate risk with clients can place high emotional demands on the job holder. At times the role can be reactive and unpredictable. The role requires a high degree of self-awareness to one’s own resilience levels and exercising appropriate levels of self-care. The role sits within
a highly supportive team with all staff in receipt of regular line management, external clinical supervision and professional training. With reflective practice actively encouraged in weekly team meetings.

Fixed Term Contract, 12 months

Full Time 37.5 hours per week

London, Birmingham or Manchester

£45,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable)

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented mentor and relationship manager to join our Teaching Programmes team as an ECF Support Lead. The ECF Support Lead is a new and exciting role for the organisation, working as part of the wider Early Career Teachers (ECT) programme team delivering the new Department for Education funded Early Roll Out of Early Career Framework (ECF) nationally.

Schools involved in the ECT Programme will nominate an in-school ECF Lead to oversee the programme in their setting. ECF Leads will be crucial to the successful delivery of the ECT programme in schools. Their role will include supporting mentors and ECTs on the programme, promoting and monitoring engagement with the programme in line with the principles of ECF, and being an in-school champion for the ECF and the ECT programme. 

The ECF Support Lead will be responsible for holding ECF Leads to account, promoting engagement with the programme across all stakeholders, supporting ECF Leads to ensure ECTs and mentors completion, and to champion the ECF and ECT programme across their portfolio of schools.  The ECF Support Lead’s key responsibility will be to foster, develop and manage the work of these ECF Leads over the course of the programme.

Based in either our London, Manchester or Birmingham office, you will be the direct point of contact at Ambition for the ECF Leads and the role will involve supporting and empowering them to ensure that the programme is being delivered with fidelity in their settings. You will  provide support and challenge ECF Leads on the progress of their NQTs and the quality of mentoring happening in their school. You will track progress of the ECTs within your portfolio of schools and design intervention where necessary to ensure all participants are experiencing exceptional support.

The ECF Support Lead will need to be an expert in teacher education, instructional coaching, the ECF, the ECT programme, Early Career Teachers and senior leaders in schools. This is an exciting new role in our organisation and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the role as our ways of working are established.

Who are Ambition Institute?

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

Applications are being assessed as they are received; the advert will close once a successful candidate has been appointed.

Interviews will start to be held from 23rd August onward on a rolling basis

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with 28% of our staff coming from BAME and 20% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with 11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the role:

We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable.

The purpose of this position is to provide holistic support and advocacy for individuals referred by the GP Practices across the city. The responsibilities will amongst others include:

Practice-based Work to promote an awareness of the experiences and needs of people, predominantly women who are living with, escaping or have a history of DVA particularly in relation to their health.

Advocacy and Support Work by providing effective one to one support, advice, information and advocacy to service users who are experiencing or who have experienced DVA as they are referred from participating GP Practices. Maintain awareness of safeguarding and complete Early Help and/or social services referrals as a matter of urgency.

Contributing to Project Success by managing workload to ensure compliance with IRIS National and local commissioning reporting requirements. Contribute to the development of the IRIS online case management and reporting tool to ensure this is fit for purpose. 

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week

Duration: Fixed Term up to 31st March 2021

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers

Application forms should be returned by midnight 21stAugust 2020. Interviews will be held on 10th September 2020. If you have not heard from us by 2nd September 2020, your application has been unsuccessful.

akt is looking for a digital caseworker to support young lgbtq+ people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness across the UK. Based in our Manchester office, the successful applicant will be responsible for developing a digital offfer that meets all the current and potential needs of young people accessing our services.

Job Summary

• Embed online chat as a core offer within akt for young people.
• Identify and scope further areas digital work with young people
• Develop and grow with the Assistant Director of Services to have a digital offer that meets all the current and potential needs of young people.
• To assess the needs of young LGBT people who are homeless, vulnerably housed, or in a hostile environment, and to carry out signposting and brief interventions.
• Maintain and deliver the quarterly performance management reports for digital services and participate in services committees to offer feedback on local performance.
• Develop tools that monitor the impact of the digital work for those accessing the service.
• Offer support to volunteers around digital engagement including live chat.
• Create and maintain digital resources and signposting to allow you to engage with young people and signpost appropriately.  
• Maintain and develop the online resource hub so it continues to meet the needs of young people accessing online support.

Victim Support are looking for a Service Delivery Assistant to work based in Greater Manchester, Bolton.

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 role is to support the daily operations of Greater Manchester Victim Services in accordance with national and local policy and procedure as directed by their line manager or those delegated to by their line manager.

The main purpose of the job is to provide support to the designated line manager and duties designated by the line manager in accordance with Victim Support's National standards and local policies and procedures.

Majority of the time will be spend answering to and responding to calls and incoming requests for information. The aim of the role is to serve as a central administration team to support the wider GM team and act as a central base for the coordination of service delivery.

• Maintain computerised case management database and manual records in accordance with relevant internal and external policies, procedures and legislation
• Responsible for the processing of incoming referrals ensuring all data is complete and triaged to appropriate area
• Receipt of victim self and third-party referrals, recording them on the database accordingly
• Deal with general telephone and reception enquiries, which will include contact with victims
• As appropriate to liaise with other organisations and agencies on behalf of victims
• Provide general administrative support. Tasks may include (but are not limited to):-
• Providing accurate verbal and written information
• Typing of minutes, letters and reports
• Purchasing of office supplies

• Assist with the recruitment of volunteers, including supporting interviews as required
• Assist with raising purchase orders using the Agresso system
• Checking volunteer expense returns and inputting volunteer hours onto the collation spreadsheet
• Assist and supply information and correspondence to internal and external contacts in accordance with required deadlines
• As required, assist operational staff who deliver promotional events to produce course materials and with course management e.g. booking venues
• Assist in raising awareness of Victim Support, provide support to fundraising activity and take part in local fundraising events
• Deal with incoming and outgoing mail appropriately

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, 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 essential criteria, which are marked in the person specification. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role. 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 are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

Mental Health Co-ordinator
Manchester, Greater Manchester

About Us

Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, we are the LGBT Foundation, a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.

Serving over 40,000 people each and every year, we provide information to a further 200,000 individuals online, making us one of the most significant charities of our kind in the UK. We help all LGBT people to achieve their full potential and aim to be ‘here if you need us’, living by our hashtag #EqualityWins.

We provide a range of health-focused services. This includes Talking Therapies, a free counselling service for individuals and couples providing counselling with LGBT specialist therapists and access to LGBT affirmative therapy.

We’re now looking for a Mental Health Co-ordinator to support the delivery of this vital and worthwhile project to uphold positive mental health within the LGBT community.

The Benefits

- Salary of £23,823
- Generous leave allowance (25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 days after five years’ service)
- Sector leading 10% employers’ contributory pension
- Your birthday as a day’s leave
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Office ‘buddy’ scheme for all new starters
- Free annual flu jab
- Staff social budget
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with Personal Development Plans
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and flexi-time)
- Relaxed dress code when in the office
- Convenient city centre location
- Discounts on wellbeing treatments at MMU
- Generous discounts with local businesses
- Free tea and coffee for all colleagues

If you are a proven project co-ordination professional with experience of representing projects or agencies and great face-to face service delivery skills, this is a fantastic chance to further your career and make a real difference to members of the LGBT community.

Good mental health is one of the keystones to a healthy lifestyle and outlook. Your role will be pivotal to the delivery of services that support the mental health of individuals and couples who need help the most.

You’ll discover an exceptional environment of professionalism and support alongside outstanding benefits and rewards. So, if you are ready for the next step in your career, we are waiting to hear from you.

The Role

As the Mental Health Co-ordinator, you will be tasked with the operational management of the volunteers for our Talking Therapies Programme.

Your role will also oversee and co-ordinate the Talking Therapies waiting list. This will include delivering check-in calls, allocating work to 28 volunteer therapists and providing operational and admin support to the Mental Health Lead and the Volunteer Team.

Additionally, you will:

- Work closely with the Wellbeing Co-ordinator and Service Directorate for integrated service delivery
- Use internal monitoring systems to provide information for reporting
- Oversee the recruitment, training and support of volunteers
- Assess and monitor risk in line with the LGBT Foundation framework
- Provide safeguarding support for front line staff and volunteers

About You

To be considered as a Mental Health Co-ordinator, you will need:

- Experience of co-ordinating and delivering projects
- Experience of working as part of a wider team
- Experience of representing a project and/or agency at meetings and conferences (or similar)
- Experience of working in a face-to-face service delivery capacity, supporting vulnerable people
- Experience of developing and maintaining positive cross-agency relationships and making referrals
- Experience of supervising staff and/or volunteers
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- The ability to respond to people in crisis, in a sensitive and professional manner
- The ability to work to deadlines and manage competing priorities
- The ability to work with issues of a sensitive nature, working with a person-centred approach to ensure service users have access to the appropriate services

The ability to work in a multi-model service and multidisciplinary team, would be beneficial to your application. Experience of co-ordinating a support project would also be an advantage, as would experience of supporting front line delivery staff with disclosures, in line with current legislation.

Experience of recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers would be equally desirable, as would an understanding of the barriers LGBT people face when trying to access support.

Other organisations may call this role Programme Co-ordinator, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Project Co-ordinator, Programme Administrator, Programme Support Co-ordinator, or Mental Health Programme Co-ordinator.

We particularly welcome applicants who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), trans and/or older (50+) as colleagues from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Trans is an umbrella and inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

This is a full time role working 37 hours per week including some evening and weekend work as required. Job shares and flexible working will be considered for the right candidate(s).

The closing date for this role is the 23rd August 2020.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Mental Health Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. As part of your application, you will need to complete the job pack provided once you are in the application process. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality person-centred social care services for adults with learning disabilities, mental health needs and other support needs. We are very excited to be expanding our service provision in Stockport, and are currently recruiting within our new supported living services across the area.

We are looking for enthusiastic, resourceful and energetic individuals who are well motivated, hardworking and keen to join our friendly team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a new service where you will be able to contribute to the shaping of a brand new team. You will provide person-centred support to tenants to take part in all aspects of everyday life and to engage and participate with their local communities.

Previous experience is essential. You will receive a full local and corporate induction.

This is a relief position which enables you to pick up shifts at a time that suits you, and is ideal for fitting around personal commitments, study or caring responsibilities. The flexible shift pattern includes evenings, weekends and sleep-ins. In addition to opportunities for personal and career development, we offer good conditions of service and a supportive, hands-on management culture.

Purpose of role
The main duties of this role relate to paid Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) but there is also a requirement to be involved in other strands of advocacy as and when required. This activity will include working with people of all ages, including those with learning disabilities, people with mental health needs, people with physical and sensory impairment, older people and people that lack capacity.

Key tasks

• To provide Independent Advocacy support as defined under the Mental Health Act (2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005), Care Act (2014), and Advocacy Standards to individuals in community, residential and hospital settings.
• To manage a client caseload and ensure accurate case management and record keeping.
• To provide information, support or signpost clients, to inform or empower individuals on any issues regarding their health and care. Including mental health treatment under the amended 2007 Mental Health Act, deprivation of liberty safeguards under Mental Capacity Act and support with safeguarding under Care Act (2014).
• To advocate for individuals within a variety of meetings relating to their care and treatment, to include ward rounds, case conferences, Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings, mental health assessments, best interests meetings and safeguarding meetings.
• To maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant mental capacity, mental health and community care policy, legislation, case law, and good practice.
• To work within the appropriate legislation, as well as agreed case-working standards and monitoring requirements

Please see attached the full Job Description Application Form and Diversity Monitoring Form 

Creative Support is a national not-for-profit organisation which is looking to recruit warm and person centred individuals in your area to provide the highest standards of care to service users with support needs. We have a strong history of helping individuals with a wide range of needs to live independent and fulfilling lives, ensuring that our service users enjoy opportunities for personal development and engaging within their local communities.

We need energetic individuals to join our busy team to support 3 individuals with a learning disability and autism or epilepsy within their own flats in the Walkden area. Support is provided on a 1:1 basis when in the individual’s home or 2:1 basis when participating on community based activities.

You will need to work flexibly across a 24 hour rota and work with the upmost positive regard for the individuals we support. It is essential you have experience working in a social care environment and an understanding of positive behaviour support is desirable but not essential as training will be provided.