At the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association we an exciting opportunity for an MND Connect Adviser to join our Care Directorate at our national office in Moulton Park, Northampton on a part-time basis.

Salary: 'Competitive' plus benefits

Location: Northampton

Hours: Part-time 25 hours per week

Working Pattern: 5 hours per day, 1200 - 1700

Contract Type: Permanent

About the role

The MND Connect Team offers information and support on all aspects of motor neurone disease, including symptom control, practical management, improving quality of life, clinical research and signposting to other organisations.

As an MND Connect Adviser you will provide a professional and accurate service, providing practical and emotional support to people living with or affected by MND, their carers, and family members.

You will also be an important source of information, resources and support for healthcare professionals, MND Association staff and volunteers.

What are we looking for?

We strive to ensure the highest standard of care and support for people living with MND, and therefore it would be beneficial to have a professional knowledge of terminal illness and its impact, or an understanding of disability issues.

Key skills:

• Excellent listening and communication skills both oral and written
• An excellent telephone manner, demonstrating tact, sensitivity and empathy
• The ability to produce and present information to a wide range of professional and lay audiences
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with a calm, confident and flexible approach
• Ability to self-organise and to work without direct supervision
• Good computer literacy and attention to detail
• A sound understanding of confidentiality

To view the full role responsibilities please view the job description on our careers site.

This role is 25 hours per week and you will be required to work 12:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday.

This role is currently based remotely due to the covid pandemic. In normal circumstances this role will based from our national office in Northampton, where we operate an agile working environment with the flexibility to work from the office and home.

How to apply?

We would love to hear from you and encourage early applications.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a supporting statement and CV.

About Us

We have been through some exciting changes - embracing agile working, introducing new technology and a recent move to a new, flexible office space.

These changes, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, will give staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by wider society.

Important Notices

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, and we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments and competency based interview/s.

At the MND Association we are committed to equalities and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation by people with and affected by MND, current and future staff and volunteers and stakeholders.

This is an exciting time for Citizens Advice services in Buckinghamshire. The charities Citizens Advice Aylesbury Vale, Citizens Advice Chiltern and Citizens Advice High Wycombe District are merging to become Citizens Advice Bucks. Like the constituent organisations that will form it have done for many years, this new charity will provide independent and impartial advice on debt, benefits, housing, employment and family issues that will help people get their lives back on track, as well as using on the ground knowledge to improve local and national social policy.

While the merger was planned long before the COVID 19 crisis, this newly formed, larger organisation will be better placed to meet the increasing demand for our services. It also matches the geography of one of our primary funders, the newly formed unity authority, Buckinghamshire Council, which will allow us to build strong working relationships at county level.

Each of the constituent charities have considerable areas of strength, providing services that respond to the need in their local communities. Citizens Advice Bucks must maintain these strengths and the local focus of services, whilst also ensuring the same high quality, availability and consistency of services across the county, and developing a strong, shared internal culture across the new charity.

We believe that in these times more people than ever will need money advice – and we need someone to help us grow this service; to meet the exacting requirements of contracts that we have in this area; and to support and develop our staff and volunteers as we change to meet the demands placed on us. 

We are looking for a Money Advice Manager to join the team

Key details

Organisation: Citizens Advice Bucks

Job Title: Money Advice Manager

Salary : £35 000 per annum

Length of contract and hours: 12 months FTC, Full time

Location: Buckinghamshire

Key responsibilities  

• You will be the manager of the new Bucks Money Advice Service (BMAS), including debt advice and financial capability services, ensuring services are managed, monitored, evaluated, and developed effectively and efficiently.
• You will ensure BMAS delivers a high-quality money advice service throughout Buckinghamshire
• You will work alongside the Chair of the Financial Insecurity Partnership, leading the Citizens Advice Bucks  research, campaigns and advocacy work related to financial insecurity and debt issues, making the case for policy, practice and systemic change to policy makers and creditors.
• You will also be responsible for maintaining good relationships with funders of money advice and financial capability services, ensuring reports are delivered, and for assisting with the development of new income streams for these services, in close liaison with the Head of Development & Communications.

The successful candidate will have

• Proven ability to manage effective services, preferably in the money advice sector.
• Proven ability to plan, manage and report on projects and budgets (including to funders) and contribute to decisions on the allocation of resources.
• Proven ability to develop and sustain effective partnerships.
•  An understanding of quality standards preferably within the money advice sector, and the ability to ensure that these standards are met.
•  Excellent understanding of debt and financial insecurity issues and effective interventions to alleviate them.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and use IT systems for the provision of advice, research and campaign services.
•  Proven ability to manage people including the ability to recruit, develop and motivate staff and volunteers.
• Proven ability to monitor and maintain casework systems and procedures, service delivery against agreed targets and analyse and interpret complex information produce and present reports verbally and in writing.

We encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 am, Monday 25th January 2021

ECP - Sexual Violence Support Worker
The purpose of this post is to support the Independent Sexual Violence Advisors to provide a high quality and victim/survivor focused advocacy service to children, young people and adults of any gender who have been subjected to sexual violence within and outside the criminal justice to:
Provide emotional and practical support, at every stage of the victim/survivor journey
Reduce risk to keep victims/survivors (and others) safe
Ensure clients are aware of their options in relation to the recording and reporting of sexual assault
Connect victims/survivors with health and other support services which appropriately recognise and meet their needs and concerns
Keep clients informed of case progress
Applicants must have a clear understanding of sexual violence, rape trauma syndrome, modern day slavery, trafficking, prostitution, the long-term mental health effects of sexual violence, self-harm, suicidal feelings and attempts – and to be able to translate this knowledge into the delivery of effective services.
Please note that we will be arranging interviews before the closing date if we receive a successful application.

Senior Humanitarian & Business Development Manager

Salary: £36,994 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes – Currently home working during COVID-19

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

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

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

Job Purpose

The Senior Humanitarian & Business Development Manager will join the Business Development and Acquisition Unit at World Vision United Kingdom (WVUK) and will be responsible for ensuring WVUK maximises its impact on the lives of the most vulnerable children in fragile states, emergency response and developing contexts through effective cross-organisational coordination. With a drive for influencing the humanitarian sector, you will be actively engaged in external networks, and will manage a small team, responsible for establishing a sustainable and diversified institutional funding pipeline (grants, tenders, and innovative funding opportunities). You will build and maintain strong relationships with the World Vision International (WVI) Global Centre and Regional Office Resource Development Hubs and will support WVUKs’ MEAL and Research Advisors to identify and secure strategic research partnerships that contribute to effective programming and support WVUKs’ culture of learning.

WVUK is seeking to find a person with the following knowledge, skills, and experience:

· An excellent understanding of humanitarian and development theory, process, and practice, including current humanitarian aid discourse, such as standards relating to quality and accountability in the aid sector (e.g., SPHERE, ICRC Code of Conduct, HAPI, etc.) 

· Demonstrated knowledge and competence in assessment, design, and project cycle management for multi sector programmes in large complex and rapid on set emergencies. 

· Minimum Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline. 

· Significant management experience and active engagement in the humanitarian industry.

· Demonstrable understanding of the design requirements and regulations of major institutional donors, e.g., FCDO, EU, Start Fund, World Bank and Trusts and Foundations.

· Strong track record of working with, managing, and developing relationships with consortium partners

· Strong financial management and reporting skills, strong quality assurance and proven experience of good quality proposal writing skills.

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

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

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

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

Closing date for applications: 7 February 2021

Interview dates: 15 & 16 February 2021

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

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

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

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

No agencies please.

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

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

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

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

Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references

About Mind BLMK

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

About the role

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

Duties and Responsibilities include:

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

About you 
Experience required:

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

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

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

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

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

No agencies please.

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

“This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults with care and support needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment”

We are looking for people who care, have patience and life experience and like working with young people. Due to increasing demands for our service, we have several Talkback learning assistant vacancies to deliver a range of services to our members with learning disability and/or autism. Within the Equip team, you will be working part of your time in local Further Education colleges supporting young people,( 16-25 years old) one to one, towards their education goals. We also do community based projects including gardening and allotment groups (some of which are based in National Trust properties), social and life skills training, a men’s independence group, travel training, a drama group which puts on regular shows, a recycling and tools workshop, a creative media group and a group working with animals.

We are currently recruiting for:

Project Workers – Learning Assistants - £18000- £19200 p.a. or pro rata

Both full and part time roles available (a minimum of 3 days a week)

Full year and term time roles available

No shift work or evening/weekend work

You will work at our High Wycombe and Aylesbury buildings, plus in local colleges and out in the community. You will work alongside people with a learning disability or autism to meet their individual needs also support young people with their families to achieve positive outcomes.

To succeed you will be able to work both as part of a team and independently and have a 'can do' attitude. You will need to have good communication skills and an understanding of how to build confidence in a young person. We can teach you all you need to know; you just need to have the passion and care.

You will have the opportunity to help someone develop and grow as a person whilst making a difference that will live with you forever. And, as one of our team said ‘Working with people with a learning disability or autism is the most rewarding and fulfilling role’

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on successful applicants including a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) including checks with past employers (Applicant Declaration must be completed and returned with application).

Closing date: 31st December 2020

Extra Care Scheme Manager (Housing)

Location: Banbury or Bicester (covering both schemes)

Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent 

Salary: £28,050 plus £2,000 car allowance

Our client is currently looking for an Extra Care Scheme Manager to deliver a high quality, responsive service that meets the needs of customers living in and applying for extra care.  The post will provide appropriate management of the service and the two schemes.

What you will be doing: 

• Ensuring that our client provides homes for people of varying care and support needs whilst facilitating a vibrant community housing. 

• Assessing the housing and support needs of customers.

• Managing any scheme-based employees such as Caretakers, Night Concierge or Handypersons, providing appropriate guidance and supervision. 

• Remaining fully engaged in all housing related issues including arrears and money management, ASB and repairs/maintenance of household. 

• Overseeing the health, safety and maintenance of the building, ensuring that compliance requirements are met.

They’d love to meet someone with:

 

• Experience and knowledge of the housing or care environment.

• A sensitive and supportive approach to the needs of vulnerable people.

• Experience of carrying out assessments and identifying and managing needs/risks

• The ability to work on your own initiative and make decisions

Please note the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application and this will need to be returned and verified before a start date can be provided.

Amongst what they offer you is: 

 

• £28,050 per annum

• £2,000 car allowance

• 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays!

• Contributory pension scheme 

• Private health care

• Opportunities for development and professional training

• Discounted gym membership

• Retail discount scheme

 

About the company:

 

Our client is a forward-thinking housing association, on a mission to build thriving communities where people can live happily in a home they can afford. They work right across the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, and own or manage over 19,000 homes. As one of the top 25 housing associations for developing new homes in the country, they remain committed to delivering high-quality affordable housing to those who need it the most. 

Their work in retirement living is no exception. They believe in creating modern communities where over-55s can live in desirable, social, and independent spaces. Safe in the knowledge that they have extra tailored care and support available if it’s needed. This is all possible thanks to their dedicated and passionate retirement living team. A team that you could be part of.

 

Our client reserves the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that they have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

We at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association have an exciting opportunity for a Supporter Information Officer to join and support our Major Donor and Corporate Fundraising Team at our national office in Moulton Park, Northampton.

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Salary: c.£23,000 per annum plus benefits

Location: Northampton

Hours: Full time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

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About the role

You will help our high value fundraising teams to communicate with their supporters by producing fundraising and stewardship materials relating to our research programmes.

Working with the Head of Development and the Head of Research you will be responsible for collating and interpreting complex scientific information from our world-class research programmes for use in raising funds for and sharing progress and achievements for these programmes.

What are we looking for?

You will have an interest and ability to read, understand and interpret biomedical research, with the aptitude to help secure funding to drive our research programme and maintain long term relationships with our supporters.

Your key skills:

• Degree or relevant experience in science or bio-medical subject
• The ability to translate complex scientific information into compelling simple language for a diverse range of non-scientific audiences
• An excellent all-round communicator
• Build and maintain excellent relationships
• Able to work across teams, independently
• Project management
• Attention to detail
• Excellent digital skills and proficient in Microsoft Office

This role is currently based remotely due to the covid pandemic. In normal circumstances this role will based from our national office in Northampton where we operate an agile working environment with the flexibility to work from the office and home.

How to apply?

We would love to hear from you and encourage early applications.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now by submitting a supporting statement and CV.

About Us

We has been through some exciting changes - embracing agile working, introducing new technology and a recent move to a new, flexible office space.

These changes, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, will give staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by wider society.

Important Notices

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, and we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments and competency based interview/s.

At the MND Association we are committed to equalities and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation by people with and affected by MND, current and future staff and volunteers and stakeholders.

Casework; substance misuse; opiate

Recovery Worker

Substance misuse; recovery worker; prescribing

Your new company

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

Your new role

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

What you'll need to succeed

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

What you'll get in return

Full time hours
Weekly pay

What you need to do now
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Do you want to join an award winning team that is making a difference to  people's lives and the natural world we live in?

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To take the lead in:

• Co-ordinating Tree and Wildflower Nurseries with responsibilities for ensuring supply meets all of Lindengate’s commercial needs, as well as creating year round tasks for gardeners and increasing/maintaining habitats at Lindengate and elsewhere.
• Co-ordinating development, and ongoing maintenance of the wildlife ponds, the Community Nature Reserve and Education facilities, and co-ordinating the Rough Around the Edges project.
• Developing training for volunteers in conservation practices as needed to fulfil gardener activities, and site and trading objectives.
• Co-ordinating conservation volunteers.
• Supporting Short Programmes for young people with conservation, bush craft and heritage craft activities.
• Liaising with the STH Co-ordinators and their team to ensure that all service users programmes are supported as is best for the service users and the overall site objectives.
• Assisting and supporting training for STH volunteers and gardeners, especially with conservation projects.

Other responsibilities:

• Support in planning a 3 month rolling programme for activities in the gardens, nature reserve and conservation areas.
• Support in the development of a programme of growing and productivity on the site to support its financial sustainability.

• Keep records of the tree and shrub nursery using the ‘Accessions’ file.
• Keep an up to date inventory of all site and horticultural tools and materials, and support in the liaising of suppliers for repairs, replacements and additions.
• Ensure the site is properly equipped for all H&S needs in line with current legislation and agreed policies, and implement monthly updates of risk assessments/ fire drills as the site develops.
• Support the Horticultural Manager with resourcing all that is needed for the site development and all programmes according to agreed deadlines and budgets.
• Support in the implementation of all site-based volunteer, corporate fundraising and community group events.  This will require some evening and weekend working.
• Implement agreed induction for new Site and Hort volunteers joining the team.

• Support all activities with effective communication and learning.
• Support in the implementing all aspects of site maintenance.
• Share general co-ordinator responsibilities with Site and Hort Co-ordinator (Hort).
• Develop a series of nature based walks and talks for gardeners, volunteers and visitors.
• Assist in the development of our conservation income streams.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

A combination of specific conservation/horticultural qualifications and/or experience, supervisory skills, and a natural aptitude to deal with a highly flexible environment. An empathy for those dealing with mental health needs and a proven track record in working with young people is paramount.

• RHS Level 2 Horticulture equivalent with relevant experience working in horticulture.
• Proven experience in managing wild spaces and habitats.
• Able to demonstrate an in depth knowledge of native species, conservation methods and practices, including bush and heritage crafts.
• Experience of successfully working with volunteers, community groups and young people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of mental health needs.
• Competency in Word & Excel.
• Competency in working to budgets and resourcing.
• Competency in project co-ordination.

Personal attributes

• An empathy for people with mental health needs, especially young people.
• Values that are in line with Lindengate’s policy to conserve nature and use eco-friendly and recycling methods.
• High personal standards, including good time keeping, ability to meet deadlines and general good husbandry with all activities.
• Good leadership skills, enthusiastic personality, able to motivate others and work as part of a team.
• Pleasant and patient manner, and ability to relate positively to many different kinds of people.
• Ability to deal with changing priorities and respond happily to the need to be flexible.

COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES

All duties and responsibilities should be carried out in accordance with agreed policy and procedures, in particular the policies on Vulnerable Adults, Boundaries, Safeguarding, Confidentiality, Data Protection and Health and Safety. 

Company Secretary
Location: Flexible working between a Community Dental Services office base and home base is required
Hours: 20 Hours per week
Salary: £50,000 per annum pro rata
Reports to: Accountable to the Chair and Members of the Board of Community Dental Services CIC (CDS)

Community Dental Services CIC is a small company with a big heart and even bigger ambition to improve oral health wherever we are.  We are a social enterprise formed in 2011 and are passionate about delivering patient centred dental care and oral health promotion.

As Company Secretary, you will provide advice and guidance to the Chair and the Board on governance, constitutional, legal and procedural matters. To support the Chair to ensure the Board runs efficiently and effectively.

Responsible for:

• Guidance to ensure that CDS Board works in compliance with the appropriate legal and regulatory framework, and understands the potential consequences for noncompliance
• Keep abreast and monitor changes in relevant legislation and take action as appropriate
• Advice on procedural matters relating to the operation of CDS Board
• Proactive involvement in any strategic matters that impinge on the Company regulatory or statutory duties
• Understands role in the context of the company and the requirement to support the Chair in communications with Board members, senior leaders and support teams.
• Manage the day to day governance arrangements of the Board and Committees
• Support the Chair to manage and develop the Board and Committee Terms of Reference
• Alongside the Chair and CEO, establish the Board's meeting process and governance arrangements
• Manage the Board Secretariat function
• Administrative and organisational support

Skills and Experience
You will have the ability to analyse complex data and express complicated, multistranded information in an accessible way, both verbally and in writing with meticulous attention to detail. An aptitude for IT software. You will also have the ability to assess any compliance issues and offer solutions for implementing actions. Provide trusted and reliable advice and the confidence to propose change. You will also have excellent communications skills and understand the role within the context of the company, the ethos of the organisation, its drive to achieve its social purpose and the values and behaviours of its workforce.

Travel:
The post holder must be prepared to visit all CDS core sites to attend and support Board meetings as required.

Flexible Working:
In light of the evolving nature of the role, flexible working between an office base and home base is required, with full support to ensure effective communications day to day and onsite attendance as required by the Chair and Board.

If you would like to apply for this position, you can find our full JD to download at the bottom of the advert. Then simply click the apply button to attach your CV and covering letter, it will be sent automatically to us. 

No agencies please. 

Role – Hub Co-Ordinator – Attain & Aspire Project (Young People Leaving Care/At Risk Of Offending)

Salary - £20,450 - £22,035 – Full-Time

Location – Central Bedfordshire (Working from home with meetings in the Luton office a few times a month)

Interview Date – Thursday 14th January 2021
Closing Date – Wednesday 7th January 2021 @ 5PM

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic individual to join their growing team. Following project restructuring and Charity expansion, this person will co-ordinate 2 new hubs in Central Bedfordshire. One hub is for young people leaving care (Attain project), the other is for young people at risk of Offending (Aspire project). Aspire & Attain have been running for a number of years in adjoining counties.

They are an exciting, growing charity currently working across Herts, Beds, Bucks & North London. Specifically, setup 6 years ago to address the needs of a ‘lost generation’ of 15-25-year old’s. Needed more than ever, they work with young people with learning disabilities, mental health & emotional issues, young people leaving care and those at risk of offending/exploitation.

The ideal candidate for the role should have the following skills/experience –

• Experience of working within care and care leaving and/or offending, either personally or professionally.
• Excellent organisation, team leadership and communication skills are essential.
• Excellent computer literacy skills, including the use of internet and office-based platforms and applications (Including Word, Excel & Outlook)
• Excellent organisational skills, with a good eye for detail.
• A confident, friendly outgoing personality would be beneficial.
• The willingness to be the first point of contact for anything related to the project.

The key responsibilities for the role are as follows –

• You will be responsible for recruiting, deploying, co-ordinating and supporting a team of around 20 volunteer adult mentors, supported by the Development Manager for each project. Each project supports beneficiaries through a two-year transition programme, helping them to make an effective journey towards independent, adulthood, and a positive lifestyle and future.
• Helping to develop stronger links with businesses and the wider community to create opportunities for young people, whilst supporting the adult mentors to help young care leavers to make the most of them and attain their potential!

We are pleased to announce that we are looking for an Administrator to help run our HQ function.

Job title: Administrator
Post no: 375
Start date: As soon as possible
Working base: Flitwick
Reports to: HR Adviser
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £17,893.20 F.T.E (actual salary £14,508 per annum)
Contracted hours: 30 hours
Working days and hours: 5 days a week, 6 hours a day
Flexibility required: Occasional evenings and/or weekends to attend events/meetings
Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references

About Mind BLMK

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

About the role

The successful candidate will be involved in a wide variety of tasks that support our organisation, the Exec teams and departments.  The role will involve answering Mind BLMK’s enquiry telephone line so excellent customer services will be required along with a ‘can-do’ attitude in this wide and varied role.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Carry out general admin duties in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures, and processes (support Exec roles; housekeeping; meeting and greeting; referrals; post; email and telephone enquiries; Guarantor Member scheme; room bookings and meeting arrangements; minute taking; ordering and monitoring of supplies, stationery, and equipment).
• Deal with a wide variety of calls and enquiries from the general public, operational staff, and managers, responding and taking action as appropriate (directing callers to relevant services/individuals, taking messages; relaying information accurately and on time; offer appropriate information; deal effectively with enquiries from individuals in crisis and escalate potential Safeguarding issues to the Safeguarding Lead).
• Provide administrative support to HR department to include but not limited to, to enable appropriate records to be kept for new and existing employees and volunteers, assist in the recruitment process for employees and volunteers, implement and be responsible for a reminder system for HR mailing returns, and to respond to ad hoc requests for reports data and figures.

About you

Experience required:

• Working in a busy office environment in a multi-skilled and varied role
• Working with and supporting the work of senior management, managers, and colleagues.
• Dealing with staff, volunteers, external contractors, and the general public
• Using databases and systems for data collection, maintenance, manipulation, interpretation, and reporting
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good communication, organisational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Note taking, drafting minutes, and producing quality documents
• Good IT skills (MS Outlook, Word, Excel internet, databases, and reporting systems)
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Good standard of education with as minimum equivalent of 5 GCSEs A-C, preferably including English and Maths

Closedown: 5pm on Wednesday 20 January 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application form.

Mind BLMK has been annually assessed and approved as a Disability Confident Employer (previously “Two Ticks”) since 2008.

Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter since 2008

No agencies please.