Could you be our next Snow-Camp London Programme Manager?

We are looking for a new London Programme Manager at Snow-Camp to manage and deliver our range of youth snowsports and wellbeing programmes.

This is a really exciting opportunity to play a key role in Snow-Camp’s development over the coming years. So if you love working with young people and have solid experience delivering youth programmes, combined with a passion for snowsports – and if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role working with a committed team of staff at Snow-Camp and some amazing young people – this job could be the job for you!

Summary of Main Duties

The London Programme Manager, reporting to the Programme Director, is responsible for delivering and developing the full Snow-Camp London journey of programmes. Which involves a range of snowsports and life-skills focused youth activities run by Snow-Camp throughout the year, taking a young person form a beginner skier or snowboarder right through to a qualified Snowsport England Level 1 Instructor.

Experience of working successfully with disadvantaged young people in a range of settings will be essential to the post. Furthermore, experience within a snowsports field and passion for supporting young people generally will be a huge advantage!

Project management skills, logistical skills, managing relationships, communication and presentation skills, experience of delivering life-skills or similar courses to motivate young people, excellent IT skills – these will all make up the job.

This is a key post requiring at least 2 years’ experience involving the above skills, together with proven project management and budgeting experience.

Please see Job Description and Personal Specification attached below for further details of this position.

To apply please send your CV with a covering letter outlining why you are right for this role by using the Job Description & Personal Specification below. Deadline for applications is Thursday 11th November 2021.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd November 2021 at the London House of Sport, near London Bridge.

For more information and an informal chat please contact Operations Director Lara Kinnear.

Snow-Camp is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Could you be our next Snow-Camp Midlands Programme Manager?

We are looking for a new Midlands Programme Manager at Snow-Camp to manage our range of youth snowsports and wellbeing programmes.

This is a really exciting opportunity to play a key role in Snow-Camp’s development over the coming years. So if you love working with young people and have solid experience delivering youth programmes, combined with a passion for snowsports – and if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role working with a committed team of staff at Snow-Camp and some amazing young people – this job could be the job for you!

Summary of Main Duties

The Midlands Programme Manager, reporting to the Programme Director, is responsible for delivering and developing the full Snow-Camp Midlands journey of programmes. Which involves a range of snowsports and life-skills focused youth activities run by Snow-Camp throughout the year, taking a young person form a beginner skier or snowboarder right through to a qualified Snowsport England Level 1 Instructor.

Experience of working successfully with disadvantaged young people in a range of settings will be essential to the post. Furthermore, experience within a snowsports field and passion for supporting young people generally will be a huge advantage!

Project management skills, logistical skills, managing relationships, communication and presentation skills, experience of delivering life-skills or similar courses to motivate young people, excellent IT skills – these will all make up the job.

This is a key post requiring at least 2 years’ experience involving the above skills, together with proven project management and budgeting experience.

Please see Job Description and Personal Specification  for further details of this position.

To apply please send your CV with a covering letter outlining why you are right for this role by using the JD & Personal Specification below. Deadline for applications is Thursday 11th November 2021.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 24th November 2021 at the Ackers Adventure Centre, Birmingham.

For more information and an informal chat please contact Operations Director Lara Kinnear.

Snow-Camp is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Job Description 

Job Title: Team administrator (Part-time 0.4 FTE)

Reports to: Office Services Manager 

Location: Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3EB. Open to flexibility on location provided able to attend offices in London on a regular basis. 

Purpose: The Team administrator will work to ensure the smooth running of the office and the charity’s programmes, taking responsibility for the IT equipment and logistics of the work, including arranging interviews and travel; supporting and maintaining information systems and documentation; managing basic electronic mailbox and distribute / action requests accordingly.

Remuneration: £21k - £25k per annum pro-rata

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday pro rata, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days. Additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments.

Appointment Terms:  Permanent role 

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Office Services Manager with office activities.
• Building / utility management - undertake office facilities management including: security access, office maintenance matters and liaising with the reception and cleaners
• Organisation of office infrastructure / IT resources and telecommunications support for all office equipment
• Responsible for all front of house duties i.e., receiving visitors for meetings, providing refreshments and assisting with their pre-meeting requirements on the day, liaising with building management reception
• Resolve queries and concerns efficiently and effectively
• Working in collaboration with the Office Services Manager to support with HR, Finance, and office management core duties.
• Working with the charity’s online HR and expenses systems, recording absences, organising DBS checks, and supporting with company credit card reconciliation
• Execute credit card disbursements by verifying requisitions
• Assist with the coding of finance documentation as necessary
• Support the Office Service Manager with the monthly pay run processes
• Support logistic activities and projects e.g. support any office relocation, despatching and receiving couriering activities, etc.
• Troubleshoot digital technology queries and booking repairs for ICT equipment
• Processing all incoming and outgoing mail (including the despatch of programme related materials to volunteers where necessary) and maintain post log
• Arranging appointments and interviews, booking meeting rooms, travel, courier, and other facilities
• Keeping the office well stocked and organised with the necessary stationary, refreshments, and furniture
• Carry out all associated administrative duties including filing, scanning, and archiving
• Represent the Charity at stakeholder events
• Take on additional ad hoc task according with charity projects and activities

Team Administrator Position Requirements

• You will need to have a minimum of 2 years' experience in an administration role.
• Candidates must have excellent customer service skills, be confident and have a polite telephone manner.
• Advanced knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office especially Word and Excel
• You must have a strong ability to work to tight deadlines, be hard working, focussed and have strong attention to detail.
• Present a positive, professional image of the charity at all times
• Accepts responsibility and takes ownership of their work
• Works well under pressure, focused and results driven
• Strong organisational abilities
• Be a quick learner who succeeds when multitasking
• Adaptable and flexible
• High level of discretion

Application process 

The Education and Employers charity values having a diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We offer a range of inclusive employment and family friendly policies as well as flexible working arrangements in order to support staff from different backgrounds.  

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 26th October, 2021.Interviews will take place online in the week beginning 1st November. 

Please send a covering letter and CV setting out your interest and suitability for the role.

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter and applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa.  

  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.  

  

The Charity is fully committed to safeguarding those in our care. We plan our recruitment processes to ensure effective timelines for any required vetting processes such as enhanced DBS, qualification, reference and identity checks. The Charity also ensures that each staff member is appropriately trained for their duties with a comprehensive induction process on commencement.  

About the Education and Employers charity 

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here. 

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work. 

Nearly 65,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring. 

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America. 

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 2 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place. 

The charity runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement. 

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment. 

Reporting into the Head of Programmes, you will be leading a team to provide better education outcomes and career prospects for young people in our local communities. You will lead on the development and funding opportunities to expand our youth offer.

• Oversee performance, compliance, and day-to-day activities to drive performance on a single contract as well as supporting on frontline duties.
• Drive the operational team to achieve sustained high performance and quality of delivery in accordance with contracts, business priorities and organisational culture and values, in particular our One-Foundation approach, which focuses our activities on meeting the needs of the communities we serve.
• Lead a team of Programme Leads, developing, mentoring, and coaching your team to ensure outcomes, team targets and individual goals are met.
• Develop and maintain key stakeholder partnerships within the community and with external stakeholders and the wider business.
• Provide a sense of authority to the customers and enable them to feel more confident and strengthened.
• Lead on, write and project manage bids and proposals from beginning to end.
• Provide a framework for IAG to help NEETs progress into education, employment and training.
• Co-ordinate a programme of training and activities for participants to prepare them and give them the skills and experience to progress into education and employment.
• Design engagement plans in order to deliver effective outreach in local boroughs.

Key Responsibilities

Overall responsibility for the delivery of contractual KPIs from participant attraction to sustained outcomes.

• Drive the successful delivery of our youth programmes and achieve sustained high performance and quality of delivery in accordance with our commissioners.
• Work collaboratively with other business units to ensure our services are integrated and company resources are utilised.
• Build and develop relationships with key stakeholders across our delivery locations to ensure our programmes are reflective of the needs of the community.
• Look for growth opportunities with existing commissioners and establish relationships with new potential funders.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and motivate others to develop/grow industry-specific knowledge and skills.
• Conducting monthly 1-2-1s for all staff members within the team and use the performance management framework.
• Work with the Quality and Compliance team to implement areas of best practice or plans for improved compliance.
• Create awareness amongst the employers about our company's vision of equal opportunities and values.
• Accurately forecast performance pipeline and identify risks to contractual performance.
• Prepare and present monthly management reports for the operations manager/director/prime providers.
• Lead daily team meetings to ensure priorities for the day are disseminated and followed up with meeting notes to ensure accountability within the team.
• Carry out monthly caseload reviews with the team to ensure they are clear.

Personal Attributes

• Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas.
• Values and respects others, builds relationships, collaborates.
• Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including influencing and relationship building with a wide range of people.
• Outcomes-focused and target-driven and passionate about supporting young people.

Skills & Experience

• Work experience or qualification in a relevant field.
• Proven track record in managing and setting up programmes.
• Achieved notable success through motivating and teambuilding staff responsible for delivering frontline services.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience developing proposals to secure grants and contracts.
• Applied knowledge of project cycle management, including problem analysis, project design, financial planning and management, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience coordinating bid teams to deliver proposals, bids, or manage contracts.
• Experience working with partners and colleagues from different organisations and cultures to deliver complex work tasks as part of a consortium.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 27 October 2021.

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is an endowed grant-making trust, based in London founded by David Sainsbury in 1967. The organisation is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts set up to provide funding for charitable causes. Gatsby works in areas that David Sainsbury and the Trustees are particularly passionate about and where they believe charitable funding can make a real difference. Gatsby's work currently relates to 6 key areas - Plant Science, Africa, Neuroscience, Public Policy, Education and Arts.

We are delighted to be supporting them secure a Programme Manager on a 3 Year FTC to lead an ambitious programme to help teachers in colleges, schools and training providers delivering technical education, including T-levels and apprenticeships. The newly created role will oversee this exciting and varied programme as you help define, shape and drive forward activity that will:

• Establish and support teacher expert groups for STEM technical education routes, which will have resource for subject-focused research including international study visits
• Develop curriculum teaching materials with sound pedagogical basis, informed by industry and editorial guidance from the expert teaching groups
• Offer national route conferences to share subject-specialist teaching expertise from across the UK and internationally

The successful candidate will have exceptional project management experience, managing a range of projects simultaneously, including full budget responsibility. You will have used evidence, analysis and communication skills to develop policy positions, sometimes of a highly technical nature and influence external and internal. Finally, you will have excellent management and communication skills, being able to adapt your style for different audiences.

To apply please submit your CV (2-3 pages) and a Supporting Statement (2 pages maximum). In your statement please explain why you are interested in this role, and how your skills and experience make you a good fit, referring to the Person Specification in this pack. Following your application you may be contacted by Prospectus for an informal discussion and may be asked to provide further information to assist with the recruitment process.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

Please note, due to high volumes of interest in vacancies it may not be possible to answer all individual queries on positions prior to an application or registration.

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is an endowed grant-making trust, based in London founded by David Sainsbury in 1967. The organisation is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts set up to provide funding for charitable causes. Gatsby works in areas that David Sainsbury and the Trustees are particularly passionate about and where they believe charitable funding can make a real difference. Gatsby's work currently relates to 6 key areas - Plant Science, Africa, Neuroscience, Public Policy, Education and Arts.

We are delighted to be supporting them secure a Programme Manager on a 3 Year FTC to lead an ambitious programme to help teachers in colleges, schools and training providers delivering technical education, including T-levels and apprenticeships. The newly created role will oversee this exciting and varied programme as you help define, shape and drive forward activity that will:

• Establish and support teacher expert groups for STEM technical education routes, which will have resource for subject-focused research including international study visits
• Develop curriculum teaching materials with sound pedagogical basis, informed by industry and editorial guidance from the expert teaching groups
• Offer national route conferences to share subject-specialist teaching expertise from across the UK and internationally

The successful candidate will have exceptional project management experience, managing a range of projects simultaneously, including full budget responsibility. You will have used evidence, analysis and communication skills to develop policy positions, sometimes of a highly technical nature and influence external and internal. Finally, you will have excellent management and communication skills, being able to adapt your style for different audiences.

To apply please submit your CV (2-3 pages) and a Supporting Statement (2 pages maximum). In your statement please explain why you are interested in this role, and how your skills and experience make you a good fit, referring to the Person Specification in this pack. Following your application you may be contacted by Prospectus for an informal discussion and may be asked to provide further information to assist with the recruitment process.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

Please note, due to high volumes of interest in vacancies it may not be possible to answer all individual queries on positions prior to an application or registration.

We are looking for Waking Nights Support Workers to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people's lives.

Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares our values

What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach.

Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

Salary: £8.91 per hour
Hours: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 Hours (Night Worker)
Location: Clifton, Bedfordshire

What will you be doing?

As a waking night support worker at Hft you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. In this caring and creative role, everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, creating flexible services that meet people’s needs and always looking for the best way of doing things.

Waking night support workers are required to remain awake throughout the night to support individuals as required.

What’s in it for you?

There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.

We offer

- Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
- Access to the Hft Plus benefits package
- Access to award-winning training and development
- Annual staff award scheme
- A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
- Free DBS Check

Please note, Government legislation is coming into force on 11th November, which states that all individuals working in registered care homes must be fully vaccinated.

This means that if you have not been vaccinated yet and are not medically exempt, you will need to be fully vaccinated by the 11th November 2021 as we may require you to operate in services which are Care Quality Commission registered.

If you have not had your first vaccine yet, you will need to allow for a minimum of 8 weeks between vaccinations before you are able to start working in our services.

If you are medically exempt, you are required to provide us with the relevant documentation stating this.

Find your place with us and change lives.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Closing date: 14th November 2021

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Support Work, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Waking Nights, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

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Recovery Worker Homelessness

We have a new opportunity for a Support Assistant - Homelessness, working full time, on a permanent basis.

Position: Support Assistant – Homelessness

Location: Cambridge

Hours: 37.5 hours

Salary: £18,525.00

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 31st October

Introduction - Support Worker Homelessness

This role is all about helping to provide supported accommodation to a real mix of people. Often these are people with complex needs and who may have a history of drug or alcohol abuse or homelessness or been recently released from prison.

This isn’t a personal care role, but people say it’s just as rewarding and challenging.

The charity was established over 90 years ago and is one of the country’s leading providers of services for people affected by homelessness and has grown to become a major provider of affordable housing in England and Scotland, with almost 56,000 homes in management and support over 12,000 people every year in the Care and Support services.

Through housing, care and support services the organisation enables people facing a wide variety of challenging circumstances to lead more resilient and independent lives.

Job responsibilities

You will be key in the day-to-day running of one of the supported housing services. This isn’t a care home, so there’s no need to provide personal care. The priority in your role includes the safety and wellbeing of everyone in the accommodation, including customers.

Working with people who have a range of needs, you could be doing any number of things. From supporting customers in conversations with calls from their GP, Social Services, or Benefits teams – to dealing with the emergency services including the Police and Ambulance, when the need arises.

You’ll log all incidents to make sure there is an accurate record of events. And when a customer leaves, you will clean and prepare their room, ready for the next occupant.

Who we’re looking for

At times this role can be challenging but most of the time it can be incredibly rewarding. You will need to be resilient, empathetic and able to leave your work at work and not take it home with you.

As a minimum requirement you’ll need:

• Experience of working with people in a customer facing environment

Ideally you’ll also have:

• An understanding of supporting vulnerable people – this could include having your own lived experience of homelessness or drug or alcohol addiction.

What you’ll get

• 25 day’s holiday, rising to 30 with length of service + 8 bank holidays per year
• Option to ‘buy’ up to an extra 5 days’ holiday
• 2 days paid leave on top for volunteering
• Paid overtime or Time Off in Lieu – if you do more hours than contracted hours we’ll give you that time back
• Pension scheme where if you pay 6%, we’ll top it up to a total of15%
• Life Assurance equal to 3x your nominal pay
• Free and confidential counselling services (provided by AXA)
• Eye care scheme, £25 towards a test and £50 towards glasses or lenses needed
• Recognition scheme and long service awards

The organisation is really keen to develop colleagues and invest your future.  There are various avenues of development available whether this be via Professional Development or undertaking an Apprenticeship Qualification alongside the role. All development is at no cost to you and is fully funded, which is a great benefit available to colleagues.

What you’d be a part of

Between April 2019 and March 2020 here are some of the organisations many achievements:

• Supporting over 12,000 people across the country, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Supported 3,356 people or households with projects that are funded by the charity
• Helped 385 customers develop their employment skills and 238 customers have moved into employment and also helped 147 into formal training or volunteering and 11 into apprenticeships
• Through the Ladders of Aspiration funding the organisation has helped 138 customers to gain qualifications
• Through the Money Advice service, there have been 1,346 referrals and the organisation has helped increase income for customers by £1,162,447
• Helped support 128 customers facing challenges to live independently and receive support for their needs through the Intensive Intervention scheme

You may also have experience in areas such Support Worker, Support Assistant, Resettlement Worker, Homelessness, Homeless Project Manager, Homeless Caseworker, Project Coordinator Homelessness, Resettlement Caseworker, Housing Support, Substance Misuse Worker, Recovery Worker, Youth Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Worker, Outreach and Engagement, Wellbeing Recovery Worker, Supported Living, Recovery Worker, Criminal Rehabilitation, Substance Rehabilitation, Recovery Support, Recovery and Resettlement Worker, Homelessness, Social Housing, Housing Officer, Housing Support Worker, Social Housing Support Worker, Dual Diagnosis Worker, Housing Officer, Care and Support Worker, Ex Offender, Service Coordinator, Recovery Lead, Recovery Coordinator, Homeless Recovery Worker, Crisis Recovery Worker, Mental Health Recovery Worker, Housing and Resettlement Worker, Resettlement and Integration, Outreach Resettlement.

As the Volunteering Development Manager, you will manage the overall development and delivery of our Shaw Trust Volunteer offer, ensuring that we offer meaningful volunteering opportunities across Shaw Trust.

We currently have 750 volunteers, who gain valuable work experience across our different business areas including retail, employability, and education, utilising and developing their skills whilst supporting their local community. As Volunteering Development Manager, you will take the lead on the day-to-day support for our volunteers, managing governance around our volunteering opportunities, supporting with the recruitment and onboarding strategy for new volunteers. You will support our volunteer coordinators and develop our volunteer offer across the business working with a range of stakeholders, and lead on opportunities to grow and develop our volunteer offer.

We are looking for a Volunteering Development Manager who has:

• A comprehensive understanding and knowledge of volunteering innovation, best practice and sector standards.
• Demonstrable evidence of delivering service improvements, leading change and responding appropriately to internal and external pressures.
• Solid skills in identifying and analysing problems, issues and areas of improvement, working collaboratively to develop creative solutions.
• Demonstrable evidence of building and managing effective, credible and productive stakeholder relationships with colleagues and partners.
• Experience of or is comfortable working remotely.

For full details, including the job description, person specification and how to apply online, please click on the apply button.

Closing date: 24 October 2021.

Employee Benefits

This is a great time to join Shaw Trust as we go through a period of growth. As well as helping to make a positive difference to people’s lives as an employee of Shaw Trust you will receive:

Paid leave

• 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• Discretionary 3.5 days paid leave at Christmas
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year

Opportunities to connect

• Join one of our employee networks: LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disabled Equality Network, Women’s Network

Opportunities to progress your career

• Access to an online learning platform
• Access to internal apprenticeships and masters level qualifications
• Cross organisational career paths
• Management and leadership development programmes

Health and wellbeing

• Healthcare cash plan, giving you money back for health care costs including dentistry and eye care, and access to wellbeing apps
• Health and wellbeing programmes including counselling via our employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym and online fitness membership

Financial wellbeing

• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Online shopping discounts including supermarkets and DIY stores

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive, please visit our website.

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career:

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. 
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, please email the HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Job purpose

• Development and delivery of a high-quality programme of annual events in Portsmouth Cathedral and its precincts, raising the profile of the Cathedral and generating increased income to support its mission.
• Management, support, recruitment, induction, and training of volunteers related to the planning and running of events (with support from the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager)
• The incumbent may be a Licensee for the Cathedral

Key internal relationships

• Strategic Tier
  • Dean
  • Chapter
  • Canon Chancellor
  • Canon Precentor
• Operational Tier
  • Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager
  • Office Manager/Dean’s EA
  • Finance Officer
  • Shop Manager
  • Head of Fundraising and Events
  • Digital Marketing Manager
  • Head Verger and Assistant Verger
  • Cathedral volunteers including the Head Guide, Welcomers and Guides, and all other volunteers
  • Cathedral staff

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement annual programme of events in the Cathedral and its precincts
• Be responsible for the end-to-end process of booking
• Be responsible for the management of the Cathedral and precincts diary
• Be responsible for the management of the weekly operations meeting
• Be responsible for setting up the Cathedral and its precincts for paid and non-paid events excluding religious events and the work led by the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager
• Be responsible for developing a marketing and communications plan to advertise the Cathedral and its precincts as a venue (marketing support will be provided by the Digital Marketing Manager)
• Develop and manage relationship with external suppliers including developing a roster of approved suppliers where appropriate (e.g. catering, sound, lighting, etc)
• Be responsible for developing on-line booking and automatic invoicing capability for the Cathedral (with the Digital Marketing Manager and Finance Officer, respectively)
• Monitor and report on KPIs including numbers per event, profit/loss
• Devise and deliver a system for receiving visitor feedback and implementing learnings
• Work with the Head of Fundraising and Events to increase visitor donations
• Work with the Shop Manager to increase sales in the Cathedral shop related to events
• Manage the Events budget with associated budgets per event and annual targets
• Be responsible for conducting Risk Assessments for any activities relating to events
• Support and feed into the work of the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager in creating, reviewing, and delivering an induction programme for volunteers and paid staff (contact and permanent) who work on events
• Work with the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager to create, review, and implement a programme of volunteer training in the area of events
• Be responsible for any staff, volunteer or agency rotas associated with events
• In collaboration with others, devise and prepare for the Cathedral’s centenary celebrations and projects in 2027
• Work with the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager to support the operational aspects of cultural (non-commercial) and volunteer-led events e.g. art exhibitions
• Work in co-operation with the Shop Manager on shop volunteers and opening times
• Be fully aware of the operational aspects of the Cathedral Shop including equipment
• Manage any future Events apprenticeships or work placements/experience at the Cathedral
• Work will include the delivery of events for children, families and vulnerable adults
• Undertake whatever other tasks the Chapter might reasonably expect

Person Specification

Essential experience and skills:

• Minimum three years’ experience in a events role
• Experience of managing volunteers
• Experience of delivering training
• Experience of team and partnership working
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent IT skills

Desirable experience

• Working in the not-for-profit sector
• Familiarity with the Church of England
• Background in heritage interpretation
• Experience of managing budgets

Personal qualities:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, in particular warmth, tact, diplomacy, discretion, and imagination
• In sympathy with the ethos and aims of the Cathedral as a Christian organisation
• Highly collaborative
• Innovative
• Entrepreneurial
• Ability to lift and carry furniture, climb stairs, walk and stand unaided for significant periods of time.  A good head for heights
• At ease when working at a senior level and with the general public
• Committed to equal opportunities and inclusivity
• Committed to upholding the highest standards of safeguarding practice

Hours. This is a 36-month contracted post of 35 hours per week normally worked over five days Monday to Friday, but work will regularly include evenings, weekends, and public holidays to fulfil operational requirements.

Pension. Staff are eligible to join the Church Workers Pension Fund (contributory: employer 7.5%, employee 1% of gross salary).

Safeguarding. The Cathedral takes the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults very seriously, and practises Safer Recruitment for all roles (both paid and voluntary).  This role will require an enhanced DBS check and  face-to-face or online training as required.   

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative, and diverse teams.

We are seeking Support Workers to join us and support adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. We recognise that the current pandemic means we have had to adapt to change and in many ways we are now doing things differently but what hasn’t changed is our passion for standards and doing all we can to look after the people we support both in these current challenging times and in the future.

Salary: Up to £21,761 p/a
Hours: Permanent, Full Time - 37.5 per week
Location: Barnet, London

What we Offer

Apprenticeships - earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer (ranked 11th in 2020). Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out, but also an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options, as well as support for financial wellbeing. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Hft Heroes Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) increasing to 25 days after a year of employment (pro rata for part time staff). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance. Free DBS
Check. As a “key worker” you will benefit from government incentive schemes.

You don’t need experience of support work or any special qualifications for this job - you’ll get plenty of training along the way. Having the right values, a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible is what matters most. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. You also need to have basic level IT skills to be able to use a computer as you will regularly need to record information about people you will be supporting.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in Adult Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

We are currently restricting face-to-face training; therefore most of your training courses, including some aspects of your induction, will be online. But you will still be able learn from your colleagues in a supportive hands-on environment.

Closing date: Thursday 28th October 2021

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Senior Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Relief Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP, Flexible Working, etc.

*If you are interested in this role but not based in the London, we are often recruiting in other regions so please register your interest and we’ll be in touch when there’s a vacancy.

Please note: this opportunity is a 12 month fixed term position at 0.6 FTE.

To help us achieve our mission, we are recruiting qualified social workers with direct experience of working with children and families, and knowledge and experience of supporting social work students. We are looking for candidates who can lead the delivery of teaching across the year, support participants in their local authority units and supervise participants during the 2nd year of the Frontline programme.

Practice Tutors (PTs) work closely as a peer group to share effective ways of working across participant units, local authorities and regions. They play a key role within the development and delivery of our social work curriculum, contributing knowledge and expertise to create a culture that promotes outstanding social work education and enables teams to do their best work.

PTs are responsible for teaching and developing participants at the five-week summer institute, regional recall days and, in the participant units within local authorities. PTs support a number of units, based within statutory children’s social care services. Each unit is led by a Consultant Social Worker (CSW).  Core to the Practice Tutor role is the ability to provide support, challenge and guidance to participants and CSWs to ensure a high quality practice learning experience.

Applicants need a good understanding of the social work role and have the ability to make links with adults’ and children’s services. To apply you need excellent social work practice skills, experience of developing others and a commitment to educating a new generation of social workers. This role provides the opportunity to genuinely align practice and theory. In doing so you to be a committed to evidence informed practice models and have an appetite to exploring different and innovative approaches to teaching these models. PTs are supported to gain fellowship status with the HEA if not already held.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our organisation and therefore are actively encouraging applications from ethnic minority and/or disabled candidates.

Job Title                          IT Support Technician

Responsible to IT Senior Engineer

Hours of work 35

Place of work/Base Martin House and in the Community. Hybrid working arrangements will be considered, where possible.

Type of contract Permanent, Full Time

Overall purpose of the role

• To provide ICT support for both current and future ICT systems.
• To maintain our existing Hardware and Software to agreed standards.
• To develop and deliver ICT training for all staff to digitally upskill our workforce

Tasks and duties

ICT – Support, Maintenance, Training & Security

•  Provision of technical and user support to staff having ICT issues.
• Assist in the implementation of various ICT projects.
• Deploy end user devices and associated peripherals including new installations, upgrades and the redeployment of existing equipment, including maintenance of ICT stock.
• Provide and maintain updates to the IT infrastructure and end user devices.
• Install and configure operating systems and software to agreed standards.
• Ensure the relevant security is implemented and all associated security protocols are followed and maintained.
• Maintain accurate manual and digital records relating to all work carried out and produce relevant documentation where appropriate.
• Assist with monitoring and review of system performance and the production of relevant report and statistics.
• Assist in the management of the internal telephone system.
• Undertake display screen equipment assessments for staff as required.
• To assist with the development of the website.
• To assist in the management and use of core applications, such as Finance, HR, Care and CRM systems to design and develop reports, user training and provision of support.
• Support of the Media systems, such as Smart TV, Xbox, PlayStation and associated Media systems
• To attend ICT meetings and keep abreast of ICT developments.
• Assist with IG Governance policies and procedures and to ensure compliance as directed.
• Provide support, and cover for the Head of IT/Digital.

Other

• Any other reasonable duties as may reasonably be required by the Head of IT/Digital or other Senior Manager.

• Martin House has a multi-professional; multi-skilled team seeking to reach out to each family in a way that most helps them.  You may therefore be asked to help in other areas as required

Health & Safety

• To be aware of the safety needs of the children, siblings, parents and colleagues and adopt a preventative safety approach to all times.
• To report all accidents incidents and untoward incidents to a Deputy Head of Care and Clinical Services.
• To be aware of your health and safety responsibilities as an employee and adhere to these.

Personal development

• To adopt a positive and reflective approach to personal and professional development.
• To participate constructively in a yearly annual appraisal.
• To undertake core competencies for clinical skills and specific training and to remain updated.
• To work in conjunction with the education co-ordinators to develop your practice and care for the children.
• To work contracted hours including unsocial hours as required weekends evenings and nights.

This job description reflects the present requirements of the post and will form the basis of performance appraisal.  As duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and necessary changes made with consultation.

Employees may be required to drive a Martin House pool car. These cars are insured by Martin House and it is a requirement of the insurers that we have checked that any staff who drive the cars have a current driving licence.

Martin House has a multi-professional, multi-skilled team seeking to reach out to each family in a way that most helps them.  Because of this team members may be expected to accept a different or unusual task or role.

Equality statement

Martin House is committed to providing care and improving services irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, marital status, or sexual orientation

Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults

Martin House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with safer recruitment standards and successful applicants may be required to undertake an (INSERT LEVEL OF DBS AND BARRING) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

All Martin House employees are expected to

• Uphold the values of Martin House and behave in a professional manner at all times.
• Value equality and diversity and comply with relevant equality legislation.
• Attend 1:1s with line manager, team meetings and annual appraisals.
• Take part in all relevant mandatory training and any other education and training considered necessary to carry out the role.
• Take responsibility for one’s own personal development.
• Cooperate with colleagues, encourage and support positive working relationships (both internally and externally) and foster a culture of respect and consideration at work.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with relevant individuals and groups, both internally and externally.
• Take responsibility for one’s own health and safety and the health and safety of others whilst at work, and comply with Health and Safety legislation.
• Comply with information governance requirements and maintain confidentiality at all times, as required.
• Work within all Martin House policies and procedures.
• Communicate a positive image of Martin House and protect its reputation

Staff who support Martin House volunteers are expected to

• Carry out effective inductions for new volunteers in your department
• Lead and guide volunteers, providing the support needed to maintain morale and enable them to work effectively
• Supervise your volunteers appropriately in their day to day work and actively work to recognise the work that they do
• Ensure your volunteers have access to some personal time with you on a regular basis
• Ensure that your volunteers have an annual opportunity to reflect on their volunteering role with you
• Support appropriate volunteer learning and development within your team
• Communicate effectively with your volunteer team, and in line with the Martin House Staff Charter
• Play a role in the recruitment of new volunteers within your area, once appropriate training has been given
• Support the Manage performance issues with volunteers fairly and sensitively, taking advice from the HR department where appropriate

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative, and diverse teams.

We are seeking Support Workers to join us and support adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. We recognise that the current pandemic means we have had to adapt to change and in many ways we are now doing things differently but what hasn’t changed is our passion for standards and doing all we can to look after the people we support both in these current challenging times and in the future.

To be successful in your application you must be able to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Salary: Up to £19,970
Hours: Permanent, Full time
Location: Biggleswade Transition Service, Bedfordshire

What we Offer

Apprenticeships - earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer (ranked 11th in 2020). Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out, but also an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) increasing to 25 days after a year of employment (pro rata for part time staff). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance. Free DBS Check. As a “key worker” you will
benefit from government incentive schemes.

You don’t need experience of support work or any special qualifications for this job - you’ll get plenty of training along the way. Having the right values, a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible is what matters most. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach. You also need to have basic level IT skills to be able to use a computer as you will regularly need to record information about people you will be supporting.

If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in Adult Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.

We are currently restricting face-to-face training; therefore most of your training courses, including some aspects of your induction, will be online. But you will still be able learn from your colleagues in a supportive hands-on environment.

Closing date: Saturday 23rd October 2021

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Senior Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Relief Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP, Flexible Working, etc.